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THE 



Fenner Formulary 

AND 

INTERNATIONAL DISPENSATORY 






A COMPREHENSIVE MODERN FORMULARY AND 

WORK ON PHARMACY, CHEMISTRY, 

MATERIA MEDICA AND 

ALLIED SUBJECTS 



Written and Compiled By 

B , E ENNER 

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FIFTEENTH REVISED EDITION 



Published By 

THE FENNER PRESS, 

Westfield, New York. 

1912. 



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Copyright 1912, 
By B. FENNER. 



Printed by 

THE FENNER PRESS, 

Westfield, New York. 



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PREFACE. 



The first Fenner's Formulary (which was but a small pamphlet) was is- 
sued in 1874, and was a pioneer in a new field of Pharmacy, furnishing the 
first reliable formulas for the Elixirs and so-called "Elegant Preparations" 
which were, at that time, in great demand. Thirteen revised editions of this 
work, greatly enlarged and improved, have followed the original issue, and 
this, — now called "The Fenner Formulary," is the fifteenth. 

The advance in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicine and the allied sciences 
during the past forty years has been phenomenal and the introduction of 
new drugs, new chemicals and new preparations has been greater during 
this period than at any former time in the history of Pharmacy. The pro- 
duction (if it may be so termed) of new remedies and chemical combi- 
nations and new forms of medicine has so far outrun the text-books extant 
that there is a great want and demand for a new and comprehensive work 
that shall represent the requirements of the pharmacy of today, and include 
all drugs, chemical compounds and preparations now known and employed 
in medicine. It has been attempted in this work to fulfil these requirements. 

The introduction of the metric system of weight and measures in the late 
revision of the United States and British Pharmacopoeias, and their general 
use throughout other countries necessitates a better understanding of their 
relation to apothecary and commercial weight and measure in which the 
formulas of English text-books have heretofore been written. Therefore all 
the official formulas of the U. S. and G. Br., and many not official are given 
both in the commercial and metric systems. In this way the dispenser soon 
becomes familiar with the terms and values of each system and their relation 
to each other. 

The change in chemical nomenclature which was introduced in the seventh 
revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia (1890-1893), and was adopted 
by the British Pharmacopoeia of 1898, has necessitated a complete change 
in the names of chemicals, by reversing their terms. What was formerly 
called "Acetate of Potassium" is now termed "Potassium Acetate," and so 
on throughout the list. Many other changes in nomenclature will also be 
observed throughout this work. 

Pharmacy laws have been enacted in most of the states, making it necessary 
for those who would engage in the practice of Pharmacy to pass an ex- 
amination on the subjects of which a knowledge is required. This work 
presents to students of Pharmacy or those who would pass examinations, 
excellent facilities to acquire information, as it treats, in a clear and com- 



4 The Fe nner Formulary 

prehensive manner, the entire range of subjects upon which examinations 
are taken; and the further understanding of them is ably seconded by the 
information, definitions, etc., which make up the Introductory section of the 
work, pages 17 to 105. 

The introduction of the U. S. Pure Food and Drugs Law of June 30, 1906, 
and the adoption by most of the states of Pure Food and Drug laws has 
greatly changed the regulations for putting up, labeling and selling pro- 
prietary medicines and foods. The requirements of the U. S. act as to drugs 
is clearly stated on pages 9 to 16, and throughout this work under the titles 
of the drugs and preparations to which they apply. 

Many retail druggists find it desirable to prepare and sell a line of their 
own extracts, proprietary medicines, perfumes, toilet requisites, etc., thus 
deriving an increased profit and much satisfaction. To those and to man- 
ufacturers who make such preparations for the trade, the formulas and 
suggestions in Parts III„ and IV. will be found of special interest and value. 
All who have soda fountains will find in Part V. much information re- 
garding the preparations required in that department. Others may be in- 
terested in the subjects considered in part VI., in which may be found many 
valuable formulas for wines, liquors, compounds and cordials; and others may 
find in Part VII. many formulas for miscellaneous preparations much used 
in the drug and allied trades. 

In submitting this work to those who may become its possessors the 
author desires to say that it has bee'n his earnest endeavor to prepare a 
volume which will be an everyday companion to those who are engaged in 
such vocations as it subjects will interest. It is intended for the workshop 
or laboratory and as a reference book for the physician and the student of 
pharmacy or medicine. It is sincerely hoped that it may contribute some- 
thing of pleasure and benefit to those into whose hands it may fall. 
Westfield, New York, August 15, 1912. 



CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTORY. 

Pages 7-105. 

Introductory, General Plan of the Work, 7-8 

Pure Food and Drugs Act and Regulations, 9-16 

Abbreviations, Signs and References, 17-23 

Prefixes Used in Pharmacy and Medicine, 23-28 

Suffixes and Terminations Used in Pharmacy and Medicine, 29-30 

Medical, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Terms. 31-56 

Weights and Measures, 57-68 

Specific Weight or Gravity, J59-80 

Heat Measures and Thermometry, 77-80. 

Working Processes of Pharmacy and Chemistry, 81-105 

PART I. 
Drugs and Medicinal Substances. 

Pages 106-326. 

Organic Materia Medica, 106-236 

Botany, 107-119 

Vegetable Drugs, 110-112 

Animal Drugs, 112-114 

Organic Materia Medica — Vegetable and Animal Drugs, 114-236 

Chemical Elements and Compounds, 237-326 

Chemistry, 237-239 

Table of Atomic Weights, 239 

Periodic Arrangement of the Elements, 240 

The Periodic System, 241-242 

Minerals, Metals and Not-Metals, 243-244 

Densities, Melting and Boiling Points, 244-245 

The Chemical Elements and their Compounds, 246-326 

PART II. 

Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations. 

Working Formulae. 

Pages 327-1136. 

This part includes all chemical and pharmaceutical preparations official in 
the U. S. and Br. Pharmacopoeias, and all vegetable and animal drugs for 
which assay processes are given in the U. S. P. Also the more important 
preparations official in other countries and the unofficial preparations gen- 
erally used, or having commercial recognition, together with such other 
preparations as are generally known and used in the regular practice of 
pharmacy in this and other countries. 

PART III. 

Standard Remedies and Proprietary Medicines. 

Pages 1137-1264. 

In this part formulas are given for a complete line of Standard Remedies 
which may be put up as proprietary medicines. They are classified gen- 
erally, under the names of the diseases or complaints for which they are 
designed, as "Ague Cures," "Asthma Remedies," "Cathartics," "Cough 
Remedies," etc., or under the medicinal or pharmaceutical name of a class 
to which they belong, as "Balms," "Balsams," "Bitters," etc. 



6 The Fenner Formulary 

PART IV. 

Toilet Preparations and Perfumes. 

Pages 1265-1314. 

This part includes all manner of Toilet Preparations and Perfumes, Prep- 
arations for the hair, face, skin, teeth etc. Perfumes, both natural and 
synthetic, Sachet Powders, Toilet Soaps, Vinegars and Waters. 

PART V. 

Flavoring Extracts, Soda Water Requisites, Confectionery, Etc. 

Pages 1315-1354. 

In this part formulas are given for all kinds of Flavoring Extracts, a complete 
line of requisites for Soda Water, Confectionery and Chewing Gums. 

PART VI. 
Spiritous Liquors, Wines and Cordials. 

Pages 1355-1372. 

This part describes the methods for making and compounding Spiritous 
Liquors, Wines and Cordials, with formulas for extracts, bitters, cocktails, 
and all manner of preparations required in this line. 

PART VII. 
Miscellaneous. 

Pages 1373-1401. 

In this part formulas are given for many preparations not properly classified 
in the preceding sections, but frequently required in the drug and allied 
vocations. 

INDEX. 
Pages 1403-1480. 



I 



INTRODUCTORY. 

The matter contained in this volume is designed for study, information, 
convenient reference, and for use in the office or laboratory; and is intended to 
be so arranged as best to serve these purposes. 

For the student the Introductory section will be of value in familiarizing 
himself with the preliminaries that are necessary to the understanding of 
pharmacy, chemistry and medicine. This section will also be found very con- 
venient for reference by all who have this work. 

The physician will be interested in the composition, properties and med- 
icinal action and doses of the chemicals, medicines and preparations throughout 
the work. 

The manufacturer may find suggestions and information of interest in the 
department of the work which corresponds with the line of products he 
prepares. 

The pharmacist will have continual use for the entire volume, either as a 
reference or as a formulary for the making of all manner of medicines and 
preparations required in the complex business of pharmacy of the present 
day. 

In the Introductory section are included Abbreviations, Signs, Symbols, 
Prefixes, Suffixes and Terminations used in medicine and pharmacy, and a 
dictionary of Medical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Terms valuable for in- 
formation and reference. Also Weights and Measures, Specific Weight or 
Gravity and Heat Measures to which frequent reference is required. Follow- 
ing these is a section on the Working Processes of Chemistry and Pharmacy 
which contains much practical information for all those who engage in drug 
or chemical pursuits. 

In Part I. the substances used in medicine, both organic and chemical, are 
briefly considered and described. 

In Part II., which constitutes the greater part of the volume, the working 
formulas employed in the art and practice of pharmacy and chemistry are 
given. These are classified as far as is practicable, according to their phar- 
maceutical similarity or their chemical bases or radicals, and are alphabetically 
arranged from A to Z. 

In this section the official preparations are designated by their Latin 
titles, as given in the pharmacopoeias, followed by the common name or 
names by which they are generally known. Preparations not official are 
usually designated by their trade, or English pharmaceutical names. 

Weights and Measures, both of the commercial and metric systems are 
given in the U. S. and Br. official formulas; and temperature, when given, is 
expressed in both the Centigrade and Fahrenheit scale. 

In formulas other that those official the ordinary commercial weight and 
fluid measure in use in the U. S. are usually given. 

As this work is intended more particularly as a formulary, the description 
of pharmaceutical apparatus in general use, and of crude medicinal substances 
are much condensed, and for the same reason the tests of chemicals etc. are 
not generally given. 



8 The Fenner Formulary 

Part TIT. includes formulas for standard proprietary medicines, which are 
classed, chiefly, according to their medicinal uses, as Ague Cures, Catarrh 
Remedies, Cough Preparations etc. This department will be found of much 
value to manufacturers of proprietary medicines or to others who wish to 
prepare remedies of this nature. 

In Part IV. formulas for toilet preparations and perfumes are arranged as 
nearly as possible according to their uses; as Hair Preparations, Lotions, 
Perfumes etc. 

Part V. is devoted to Flavoring Extracts and various requisites for the 
soda water business, which forms an important part of the business of many 
drug stores. Confectionery and chewing gum are included in this department. 

Part VI. In this part liquors, wines and cordials and the articles con- 
nected with this class of trade are considered. 

Part. VII. This part contains formulas for a considerable number of 
miscellaneous preparations that could not well be classified in other depart- 
ments of the work. 



In preparing the formulas, where both the metric and commercial weight 
or measure are directed, follow either the one or the other entirely; that is 
— if you use the metric, use it all through the formula, and if you use the 
commercial weight or measure use it all through. The weight and measure 
indicated in the various systems are not necessarily equivalent, but only pro- 
portionate; for example, a formula reads: 

— — — — 10 grammes or 1 ounce av. 

— — — — 100 cubic centimeters or 10 fl. ounces 

It does not mean that 10 grammes = 1 ounce, nor that 100 Cc.= 10 fl. ounces. 
Follow either the one or the other system and the proportion is the. same. 



Food and Drugs Act 9 

THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, JUNE 30, 1906. 

The following extracts taken from the Pure Food and Drugs Act are of 
particular interest to pharmacists and those engaged in manufacturing phar- 
maceutical and chemical products: 

AN ACT For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulter- 
ated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and 
liquors, and for regulating the traffic therein, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
State of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any 
person to manufacture within any Territory or the District of Columbia any 
articles of food or drug which is adulterated or misbranded, within the mean- 
ing of this Act, and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this 
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense shall, upon con- 
viction thereof, be fined not to exceed five hundred dollars or shall be sen- 
tenced to one year's imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the 
discretion of the court, and for each subsequent offense and conviction thereof 
shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars or sentenced to one year's 
imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the 
court. 

Sec. 2. That the introduction into any State or Territory or in the District 
of Columbia from any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or 
from any foreign country, or shipment to any foreign country of any article of 
food or drugs which is adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of this 
Act, is hereby prohibited; and any person who shall ship or deliver for ship- 
ment from any State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other 
State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, or who 
shall receive in any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any 
other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or foreign country, and 
having so received, shall deliver, in original unbroken packages, for pay or 
otherwise, or offer to deliver to any other person, any such article so adulter- 
ated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, or any person who shall 
sell or offer for sale in the District of Columbia or the Territories of the 
United States any such adulterated or misbranded food or drugs, or export or 
offer to export the same to any foreign country, shall be guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and for such offense be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for 
the first offense, and upon conviction for each subsequent offense not exceeding 
three hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the 
discretion of the court. Provided, That no article shall be deemed mis- 
branded or adulterated .within the provisions of this Act when intended for 
export to any foreign country and prepared or packed according to the speci- 
fications or directions of the foreign purchaser when no substance is used in 
the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with the laws of the foreign 
country to which said article is intended to be shipped, but if said article shall 
be in fact sold or offered for sale for domestic use or consumption, then this 
proviso shall not exempt said article from the operation of any of the other 
provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, and 
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall make uniform rules and regula- 
tions for carrying out the provisions of this Act, including the collection and 
examination of specimens of foods and drugs manufactured or offered for sale 
in the District of Columbia, or in any Teritory of the United States, or which 
shall be offered for sale in unbroken packages in any State other than that in 
which they shall have been respectively manufactured or produced, or which 
shall be received from any foreign country, or intended for shipment to any 
foreign country, or which may be submitted for examination by the chief 
health, food, or drug officer of any State, Territory, or the District of Colum- 
bia, or at any domestic or foreign port through which such product is offered 
for interstate commerce, or for export or import between the United States 
and any foreign port or country. 



10 The Fe finer Formulary 

Sec. 4. That the examination of specimens of food and drugs shall he made 
in the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, or under the 
direction and supervision of such Bureau, for the purpose of determining from 
such examinations whether such articles are adulterated or misbranded within 
the meaning of this Act; and if it shall appear from any such examination that 
any of such specimens is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning oi 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause notice to be given to the 
party from whom such sample was obtained. Any party so notified shall be 
given an opportunity to be heard, under such rules and regulations as may bt 
prescribed as aforesaid, and if it appears that any of the provisions of this 
Act have been violated by such party, then the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
at once certify the facts to. the proper United States district attorney, with a 
copy of the results of the analysis or the examination of such article duly 
authenticated by the analyst or officer making such examination, under th< 
oath of such officer. After judgment of the court, notice shall be given by pub- 
lication in such manner as may be prescribed by the rules and regulation 
aforesaid. 

Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of each district attorney to whom the Sec 
retary of Agriculture shall report any violation of this Act, or to whom an3 
health or food or drug officer or agent of any State. Territory, or the District 
of Columbia shall present satisfactory evidence of any such violation, to cause 
appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts 
of the United States, without delay, for the enforcement of the penalties as in 
such case herein provided. 

Sec. 6. That the term "drug" as used in this Act, shall include all medicines 
and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National 
Formulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of sub- 
stances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease 
of either man or animals. The term "food," as used herein, shall include all 
articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment by man or other 
animals, whether simple, mixed, or compound. 

Sec. 7. That for the purposes of this Act an article shall be deemed to be 
adulterated: 

In case of drugs: 

First. If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United 
States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, it differs from the standard of 
strength, quality, or purity, as determined by the test laid down in the United 
States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary official at the time of investiga- 
tion: Provided, That no drug defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia or 
National Formulary shall be deemed to be adulterated under this provision if 
the standard of strength, quality, or purity be plainly stated upon the bottle, 
box, or other container thereof although the standard may differ from that 
determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or 
National Formulary. 

Second. If its strength or purity fall below the professed standard or quality 
under which it is sold. 

In the case of confectionery: 

If it contain terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, or other mineral sub- 
stance or poisonous color or flavor, or other ingredient deleterious or detri- 
mental to health, or any vinous, malt or spiritous liquor or compound or nar- 
cotic drug. 
■ In the case of food: 

First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce 
or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength. 

Second. If any subtasnce has been substituted wholly or in part for the 
article. 

Third. If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in 
part abstracted. 

Fourth. If it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated, or stained in a manner 
whereby damage or inferiority is concealed. 

Fifth. If it contain any added poisonous or other added deleterious ingred- 
ient which may render such article injurious to health: Provided, That when 



Food and Drugs Act 11 

in the preparation of food products for shipment they are preserved by any 
external application applied in such manner that the preservative is necessarily 
removed mechanically, or by maceration in water, or otherwise, and directions 
for the removal of said preservative shall be printed on the covering or the 
package, the provisions of this Act shall be construed as applying only when 
said products are ready for consumption. 

Sixth. If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid 
animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal unfit for food, 
whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or 
one that has died otherwise than by slaughter. 

Sec. S. That the term "misbranded," as used herein, shall apply to_all drugs, 
or articles of food, or articles which enter into the composition of food, the 
package or label of which shall bear any statement, design or device regarding 
such article, or the ingredients or substances contained therein which shall be 
be false or misleading in any particular, and to any food or drug product which 
is falsely branded as to the State, Territory, or country in which it is manu- 
factured or produced. 

That for the purposes of this Act an article shall also be deemed misbranded: 
In case of drugs: 

First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another 
article. 

Second. If the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been 
removed in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such 
package, or if the package fail to bear a statement on the label of the quantity 
or proportion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta 
eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any 
derivative of any such substances contained therein. 

In the case of food: 

First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name 
of another article. 

Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the pur- 
chaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of 
the package as originally put up have been removed in whole or in part, and 
other contents shall have been placed in such package, or if it fail to bear a 
statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of any morphine, opium, 
cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral 
hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any of such sub- 
stances contained therein. 

Third. If in package form, and the contents are stated in terms of weight or 
measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the pack- 
age. 

Fourth. If the package containing it or its label shall bear any statement, 
design, or device, regarding the ingredients or the substances contained therein, 
which statement, design, or device, shall be false or misleading in any par- 
ticular: Provided, That an article of food which does not contain any added 
poisonous or deleterious ingredients shall not be deemed to be adulterated or 
misbranded in the following cases: 

First. In the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now or from 
time to time hereafter known as articles of food, under their own distinctive 
names, and not an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name 
of another article, if the name be accompanied on the label or brand with a 
statement of the place where said article has been manufactured or produced. 

Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded, or tagged so as to plainly 
indicate that they are compounds, imitations, or blends, and the word "com- 
pound," "imitation," or "blend," as the case may be, is plainly stated on the 
package in which it is offered for sale: Provided, That the term blend as 
used herein shall be construed to mean a mixture of like substances, not ex- 
cluding harmless coloring or flavoring ingredients used for the purpose of 
coloring and flavoring only: And provided further, That nothing in this 
Act shall be construed as requiring or compelling proprietors or manufacturers 
of proprietary foods which contain no unwholesome added ingredient to dis- 



12 The Fenner Formulary 

close their trade formulas, except in so far as the provisions of this Act may 
require to secure freedom from adulterating or misbranding. 

Sec. 9. That no dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this Act 
when he can establish a guaranty signed by the wholesaler, jobber, manufac- 
turer, or other party residing in the United States, from whom he purchases 
such articles, to the effect that the same is not adulterated or misbranded with- 
in the meaning of this Act, designating it. Said guaranty, to afford protection, 
shall contain the name and address of the party or parties making the sale of 
such article to such dealer, and in such case said party or parties shall be 
amenable to the proscutions, fines, and other penalties which v/ould attach, in 
due course, to the dealer under the provisions of this Act. 

Sec. 10. This section relates to the seizure and disposal of adulterated or 
misbranded foods, drugs or liquors. 

Sec. 11. This section relates to the gathering of samples of foods and drugs 
imported into the United States and their disposal if found adulterated or mis- 
branded. 

Sec. 12. Defines the term "Territory" as used in the Act, to include the 
insular possessions of the United States; and the term "person" to include in- 
dividuals, companies, corporations, societies and associations. 

The following Regulations which are pertinefnt to this act as it applies to 
drugs are given: 

Regulation 28. Substances named in Drugs or Foods. 

(Section 8. Second under "Drugs," second under "Foods.") 

(a) The term "alcohol" is defined to mean common or ethyl alcohol. No 
other kind of alcohol is permissible in the manufacture of drugs except as 
specified in the United States PharmacopcEia or National Formulary. 

(b) The words alcohol, morphine, opium, etc., and the quantities and pro- 
portions thereof, shall be printed in letters corresponding in size with those 
prescribed in Regulation 17, paragraph (c). 

(c) A drug or food product except in respect of alcohol, is misbranded in 
case it fails to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of 
any alcohol, morphine, opium, heroin, cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, chloro- 
form, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivitive or prep- 
aration of any such substances contained therein. 

(d) A statement of the maximum quantity or proportion of any such sub- 
stances present will meet the requirements, provided the maximum stated does 
not vary materially from the average quantity or proportion. 

(e) In case the actual quantity or proportion is stated it shall be the average 
quantity or proportion with the variations noted in Regulation 29. 

(f) The following are the principle derivatives and preparations made from 
the articles which are required to be named on the label: 

Alcohol, Ethyl: (Cologne spirits, Grain alcohol, Rectified spirits, Spirits, and 
Spirits of wine.) 
Derivatives — 

Aldehyde, Ether, Ethyl acetate, Ethyl nitrite and Paraldehyde. 
Preparations containing alcohol — 
Bitters, Brandies, Cordials, Elixirs, Essences, Fluidextracts, Spirits, Sirups, 
Tinctures, Tonics, Whiskies, and Wines. 

Morphine Alkaloid: 

Derivatives — 
Apomorphine, Dionine, Peronine, Morphine acetate, Hydrochloride, Sul- 
phate, and other salts of morphine. 
Preparations containing morphine or derivatives of morphine — 

Bougies, Catarrh Snuff, Chlorodyne, Compound powder of morphine, 
Crayons, Granules, Pills, Solutions, Sirups, Suppositories, Tablets, Trit- 
urates, and Troches. 



Food and Drugs Act 13 

Opium, Gum: 

Preparations of Opium- 
Extracts, Denarcotized opium, Granulated opium, and Powdered opium, 
Bougies, Brown mixture, Carminative mixtures. Crayons, Dover's pow- 
der, Elixirs, Liniments, Ointments, Paregoric, Pills, Plasters Sirups, Sup- 
positories, Tablets, Tinctures, Troches, Vinegars, and Wines. 
Derivatives — 

Codeine, Alkaloid, Hydrochloride, Phosphate, Sulphate, and other salts of 
codeine. 
Preparations containing codeine or its salts — 
Elixirs, Pills, Sirups, and Tablets. 

Cocaine, Alkaloid: 

Derivatives — 

Cocaine hydrochloride, Oleate, and other salts. 
Preparations containing cocaine or salts of cocaine — 

Coca leaves, Catarrh powders, Elixirs, Extracts, Infusion of coca, Oint- 
ments, Paste pencils, Pills, Solutions, Sirups, Tablets, Tinctures, Troches, 
and Wines. 
Heroin: 

Preparations containing heroin — 
Sirups, Elixirs, Pills, and Tablets. 
Alpha and Beta Eucaine: 
Preparations — 
Mixtures, Ointments, Powders, and Solutions. 
Chloroform: 

Chloranodyne, Elixirs, Emulsions, Liniments, Mixtures, Spirits, and Sirups. 
Cannabis Indica: 

Preparations of cannabis indica — 

Corn remedies, Extracts, Mixtures, Pills, Powders, Tablets, and Tinctures. 
Chloral Hydrate (Chloral, U. S. Pharmacopoeia, 1890): 
Derivatives — 

Chloral acetophenonoxim, Chloral alcoholate, Chloralamide, Chloralimide, 
Chloral orthoform, Chloralose, Dormiol, Hypnal, and Uraline. 
Preparations containing chloral hydrate or its derivatives — 

Chloral camphorate, Elixirs, Liniments, Mixtures, Ointments, Supposi- 
tories, Sirups, and Tablets. 

Acetanilide (Antifebrine, Phenylacetamide) : 
Derivatives: 

Acetphenetidine, Citrophen, Diacetanilide, Lactophenin, Methoxy-acetan- 
ilide, Methylacetanilide, Para-Iodoacetanilide, and Phenacetine. 
Preparations containing acetanilide or derivatives — 

Analgesics-, Antineuralgics, Antirheumatics, Cachets, Capsules, Cold rem- 
edies, Elixirs, Granular effervescing salts, Headache powders, Mixtures, 
Pain remedies, Pills, and Tablets. 

(g) In declaring the quantity or proportion of any of the specified sub- 
stances the names by which they are designated in the act shall be used, and in 
declaring the quantity or proportion of derivatives of any of the specified sub- 
stances, in addition to the trade name of the derivative, the name of the 
specified substance shall also be stated, so as to indicate clearly that the 
product, is a derivative of the particular specified substance. 

Regulation 7. Standards for Drugs. 

(a) A drug bearing a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia 
or National Formulary, without any further statement respecting its character, 
shall be required to conform in strength, quality, and purity to the standards 
prescribed or indicated for a drug of the same name recognized in the United 
States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, official at the time. 



14 The Fcnncr Formulary 

(b) A drug bearing a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia 
or National Formulary, and branded to show a different standard of strength, 
quality, or purity, shall not be regarded as adulterated if it conforms to its 
declared standard. 

Regulation 15. Wholesomeness of Colors and Preservatives. 

(Section 7, paragraph 5, under "Foods.") 

(a) Respecting the wholesomeness of colors, preservatives, and other sub- 
stances which are added to foods, the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine 
from chemical or other examination, under the authority of the agricultural 
appropriation act, Public 382, approved June 30, 1906, the names of those sub- 
stances which are permitted or inhibited in food products; and such findings, 
when approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Com- 
merce and Labor, shall become a part of these regulations. 

(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall determine from time to time, in ac- 
cordance with authority conferred by the agricultural appropriation act, Public 
382, approved June 30, 1906, the principles which shall guide the use of colors, 
preservatives, a»d other substances added to foods; and when concurred in by 
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, the 
principles so established shall become a part of these regulations. 

A circular has recently been issued by the Department of Agriculture, 
naming the coal tar colors permissible for coloring foods, drugs and con- 
fectionery. See page 1399. 

(c) It having been determined that benzoate of soda mixed with food is not 
deleterious or poisonous and is not injurious to health, no objection will be 
raised under the food and drugs act to the use in food of benzoate of soda, 
provided that each container or package of such food is plainly labeled to 
show the presence and amount of benzoate of soda. Food Inspection Decisions 
76 and 89 are amended accordingly. 

MISBRANDING. 
Regulation 17. Label. 

(a) The term "label" applies to any printed, pictorial or other matter upon 
or attached to any package of food or drug product, or any container thereof 
subject to the provisions of this act. 

(b) The principal label shall consist, first, of all information which the food 
and drugs act, June 30, 1906, specifically requires, to wit, the name of the place 
of manufacture in the case of food compounds or mixtures sold under a dis- 
tinctive name; statements which show that the articles are compounds, mix- 
tures, or blends; the words "compound," "mixture," or "blend," and words des- 
ignating substances of their derivatives and proportions required to be named 
in the case of foods and drugs. All this information shall appear upon the 
principal label, and should have no intervening descriptive or explanatory 
reading matter. Second, if the name of the manufacturer and place of man- 
ufacture are given, they should also appear upon the principal label. Third, 
preferably upon the principal label, in conjunction with the name of the sub- 
stance, such phrases as "artificially colored," "colored with sulphate of cop- 
per," or any other such descriptive phrases necessary to be announced should 
be conspicuously displayed. Fourth, elsewhere upon the principal label other 
matter may appear in the discretion of the manufacturer. If the contents are 
stated in terms of weight or measure, such statement should appear upon the 
principal label and must, be couched in plain terms, as required by Regula- 
tion 29. 

(c) If the principal label is in a foreign language, all information required 
by law and such other information as indicated above in (b) shall appear upon 
it in English. Besides the principal label in the language of the country of 
production, there may be also one or more other labels, if desired, in other 
languages, but none of them more prominent that the principal label, and these 
other labels must bear the information required by law, but not necessarily 
in English. The size of the type used to declare the information required by 



Food and Drugs Act 15 

the act shall not be smaller than 8-point. (brevier) capitals Provided, That in 
case the size of the package will not permit the use of 8-point type, the size 
of the type may be reduced proportionately. 

(d) Descriptive matter upon the label shall be free from any statement, 
design, or device regarding the article or the ingredients or substances con- 
tained therein, or quality thereof, or place of origin, which is false or mis- 
leading in any particular. The term "design" or "device" applies to pictorial 
matter of every description, and to abbreviations, characters, or signs for 
weights, measures, or names of substances. 

(e) An article containing more than one food product or active medicinal 
agent is misbranded if named after a single constituent. 

In the case of drugs the nomenclature employed by the United States Phar- 
macopoeia and the National Formulary shall obtain. 

(f) The use of any false or misleading statement, design, or device appear- 
ing on any part of the label shall not be justified by any statement given as 
the opinion of an expert or other person, nor by any descriptive matter ex- 
plaining the use of the false or misleading statement given as the opinion of 
an expert or other person, nor by any descriptive matter explaining the use 
of the false or misleading statement, design, or device. 

The following explanations and requirements are quoted from a pamphlet 
issued by the Secretary of Agriculture in response to inquiries as to what is 
permissible: 

The food and drugs act, June 30, 1906, does not require the formula of drug 
products to be given on the label, but requires only that the quantity or pro- 
portion of the ingredients enumerated in the law, and derivatives and prepara- 
tions of same (Regulation 28), shall be clearly set forth on the label or labels 
of all preparations used for the treatment or prevention of disease, either in- 
ternally or externally, for man or other animals. This includes sample packages 
as well as regular trade packages. 

The law is specific on the subject of declaring the amount of alcohol present 
in medicinal agents, as can readily be seen from the following language: 'An 
article shall also be deemed misbranded * * * if the package fail to bear 
a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of any alcohol * * * 
contained therein.' No medicinal preparations are exempt, whether they are 
made according to formulae given in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia or National 
Formulary or formulae taken from any other source. The serial number, with 
or without the guarantee legend, does not exempt a preparation from this re- 
quirement. The law does not make any statement as to the amount of alcohol 
that may or may not be employed. It requires, however, that whatever amount 
be present shall be set forth on the label. The percentage of alcohol given on 
the label should be the percentage of absolute alcohol by volume contained in 
the finished product. 

The names to be employed in stating the quantity or proportion of the in- 
gredients required by the act to appear on the label of all medicinal prepara- 
tions containing the same are — 

First. Those used in the law for the articles enumerated; example, "alcohol," 
not "spiritus rectificatus." 

Second. In the case of derivatives: (a) The name of the parent substance 
used in the act should constitute part of the name; example, "chloral acetone," 
not "trichlorethidene dimethyl ketone." (b) The trade name, accompanied in 
parentheses by the name of the parent substance; example, "dionine (morphine 
derivative)." 

Third. Names of preparations containing the name of some ingredient used 
in the act. In such cases the name used in the act should constitute the first 
portion of the name of the preparation. 

Fourth. Common names .(such as laudanum. Dover's powder, etc.) of prep- 
arations containing an ingredient enumerated in the law, provided such name 
or names are accompanied in parentheses by some such phrase as "preparation 



16 The Fenner Formulary 

of opium" or "opium preparation," followed by the number of minims or 
grains, as specified in the regulations, for instance, "laudanum (preparation of 
opium), 40 minims per ounce." 

The ounce shall be the unit. The amounts of the ingredients present (ex- 
cepting alcohol, which is to be stated in per cent.) shall be given in grains or 
minims, and if it is desired the metric equivalent may be given in addition. 

Food mixtures and compounds having "distinctive names" must in all cases 
bear the name of the place of manufacture. No drug products, whether simple, 
mixed, or compounded, with or without "distinctive names," are required to 
bear the name of the manufacturer or producer, or the place where manu- 
factured or produced, except when sold under proper name brands — i. e., 
brands in which both the given name and the surname are used. All food and 
drug products sold under such proper name brands should bear the name of 
the manufacturer of producer and the place of manufacture or production. In 
all cases where the name of party or place is stated upon the label such name 
must be the true name of the place where the article was manufactured, pro- 
duced, or packed. 

If, for trade reasons, when not required by law, a name or a place be given 
upon the label of foods or drugs manufactured or packed for any person, firm, 
or corporation by another person, firm, or corporation, one of two forms of 
label is allowed, viz: 

(a) The name of the actual manufacturer or packer and the place where 
the goods were actually manufactured or packed may be given; or 

(b) The name of the person, firm, or corporation for whom the goods are 
manufactured or packed or by whom they are distributed may be given, if 
preceded by the words "Prepared for," "Manufactured for," "Distributed by," 
etc. The phrase "Sold by" is not satisfactory. The approved phrase shall be 
set in type not smaller than eight-point (brevier) caps. 

Foods and drugs repacked within a state and sold only within that state 
are not subject to the federal law; but repacked foods or drugs which enter 
interstate commerce or which are sold in the District of Columbia or in the 
Territories are subject to the law and should be labeled in accordance with 
this decision. 

In section 6 of the food and drugs act of June 30, 1906, the term "drug" as 
defined in the act, includes "all medicinal preparations recognized in the United 
States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for internal or external use and 
any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the cure, 
mitigation, or prevention of disease in either man or other animals. 



ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS 

PREFIXES, SUFFIXES AND TERMINATIONS 

USED IN PHARMACY AND MEDICINE. 



The following Abbreviations are in 
general use in Pharmacy and Medi- 
cine, and in writing formulas and 
prescriptions : 

a. (Gr. alpha) used to designate the 
hrst of a series of compounds; as 
a-naphtol. 

aa (Gr. ana), of each. Used in form- 
ulas and prescriptions to denote that 
equal parts or quantities shall be 
taken. 

abs. Absolute; as abs. ale, absolute 
alcohol; abs. temp., absolute temper- 
ature etc. 

A. D. (L. Anno Domini), In the 
year of our Lord. 

ad. or add. (L. adde), add to, or 
make up to; as aquae ad. f^iv; 
Water to make (upto) 4 fl. ounces. 

ad. The L. preposition, meaning at, 
to, in, according to; used before 
abbreviated L. words; as ad. fin., 
(ad finum), at or to the end; ad. 
init., (ad initium), at first, at the be- 
ginning; ad int., (ad interim), in the 
meantime; ad lib., (ad libitum), at 
pleasure, as you please, to the de- 
sired quantity; ad val., (ad valorum), 
according to value. 

admov. (L. admoveatur), let it be 
applied. 

ale. Alcohol; as abs. ale, absolute 
alcohol; dil. ale, diluted alcohol. 

alt. Alternate, alternately, every other 
time. 

alt. dieb. (L. alterius diebus), every 
other day. 

alt. hor. (L. alterius horis), every 
other hour. 

A. M. or a. m. (L. Ante Meridiem), 
before meridian, before noon. 

amt. Amount, quantity. 

Anon. Anonymous; referring to un- 
known author or authority. 



apoth. Apothecary or apothecarius; 
as apoth. wt, apothecaries' weight; 
apoth. meas., apothecaries' measure, 
etc. 

appt. Apparent; as appt. sp. gr., ap- 
parent specific gravity, appt. temp., 
apparent temperature. 

aq. (L. aqua), water; aq. bull, (aqua 
bulliens), boiling water; aq. com. 
(aqua communis) common water; 
aq. dest. (aqua destillata), distilled 
water; aq. ferv. ( aqua fervens), hot 
water; aq. fluv. (aqua fluvialis) ; river 
water; aq. font, (aqua fontana), foun- 
tain water, spring water; aq. pluv. 
(aqua pluvialis), rain water. 

anal. Analysis, analyst, analytical. 

anat. Anatomy, the science of anat- 
omy. 

at. wt. Atomic weight, the combining 
weight of atoms. 

av. Avoirdupois, used in this work as 
abbreviation for avoirdupois weight; 
as 2 ounces av. 

av. wt. Avoirdupois weight, abbrevia- 
tion used in many works. 

B., - Be. Baume, Baume's hydrometer 
scale; as 20°B. or Be (meaning 
Baume's scale). 

ff. (Gr. beta), used to designate the 
second of a series or compound; as 
#-naphtol. 

B. A. or B. S. (L. balneum arena), 
sand bath, Bain de Sable Fr.; also 
B. A. (L. balneum aqua), a water- 
bath. 

B. M. (L. balneum marise), hot water 
bath. Bain Marie Fr. The abbre- 
viation is generally used for hot- 
water-bath, but is more properly for 
sea water-bath. 

B. V. (L. balneum vaporis), vapor 
bath, steam bath, Bain de Vapeur, 
Fr. 



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Abbreviations and Signs 



bals. (L. balsamum), balsam. 

bib. (L. bibe), drink or drink it. 

Biol. Biology. The science of animal 
organisms. 

b.i.d. (L. bis in dies), twice daily, 

bol. (L. bolus), a large pill. 

bulb. (L. bulbus), bulb. 

bull. (L. bulliat), let it boil. 

Bot. Botany. The science of vegeta- 
ble organisms. 

C. (L. congius), a gallon; also Cel- 
sius and 

C. Centigrade, the centigrade ther- 
mometer scale, as 15° C. 

C.c. Cubic centimeter or centimeters, 
also written c.c. and Cc. 

cap. (L. capiat), let him take. 

chem. Chemist, chemical, chemistry, 
the science of chem*cal symbols, see 
list of chemical elements. 

cm. Centimeter. 

cm. (L. eras mane), tomorrow morn- 
ing. 

c.m.Sw (L. eras mane sumendus), to 
be taken tomorrow morning. 

c.n. (L. eras nocte), tomorrow night. 

coch. (L. cochleare), a spoon, a 
spoonful. 

coch. ampl. (L. cochleare amplum), a 
tablespoonful. 

coch. mag. (L. cochleare magnum), 
a large spoonful. 

coch. med. (L. cochleare medium), 
a dessertspoonful. 

coch. parv. (L. cochleare parvum), 
a teaspoonful. 

col. (L. cola), strain; (colatus) 
strained. 

colet. (L. colatur), let it be strained. 

comp. (L. compositus), compound, 
(comps.), composition. 

collyr. (L. collyrium), an eye wash, 
eye water. 

cone. Concentrate, concentrated. 

cong., C. (L. congius), a gallon. 

cont. Contents; also (L. contunde), 
contuse, bruise. 

contin. (L. continatur), let it be con- 
tinued. 

coq. (L. coque), cook. 

coq. (L. coquantur), boil, let it be 
boiled. 

cort. (L. cortex), bark. 

cor. Correction; as cor. for 0.1 p. c. 
correction for o.i percent., cor. sp. 
gr. for 1 p. c. etc. 

crast. (L. crastinus), for tomorrow. 

cuj. (L. cujus), of which. 

cwt. Hundredweight. 

cyath. (L. cyathus), a glassful. 



Cyc. Cyclopedia. 

D. (L. dosis), dose. 

de d. in de. (L. de die in diem), from 
day to day. 

dec. (L. decanta), decant. 

decid. Deciduous. 

decub. ( L. decubitus), lying down. 

deg.,°. Degree. 

dest. (L. destilla), distill. 

det. (L. detur), let it be given. 

dieb. alt. (L. diebus alternis), on al- 
ternate days. 

dieb. tert. (Lat diebus tertius), every 
third day. 

dif. Difference; as dif. in vol., differ- 
ence in volume. 

dig. (L. digeratior), digest. 

dil. (L. dilue), let it be diluted. 

dilut. (L. dilutus), dilute. 

dim. (L. dimidius), one-half. 

dist. (L. distilla or destilla), or 
dest. distil; also destillata, distilled. 

div. (L. divide), divide. 

d. in p. aeq. (L. divide in partes 
<equales), divide into equal parts. 

D. P. (L. directione propria), with a 
proper direction. 

dr. (L. drachma), 5, drachm, % of the 
troy or apothecary ounce; some- 
times written dch., drm., dchm., 
dram. Example : Tincture opii f3ij 
(2 fl. drachms). 

decoct. (L. decoctum), decoction. 

Dent. Dentist, (in Bot. dentate). 

Disp. Dispensatory. 

Diet. Dictionary. 

do. Ditto, the same again. 

doz. Dozen, dozens, the same, either 
sing, or pi. 

Dr. Doctor, M. D., a physician. 

d. t. Delirium tremens. 

dwt. A pennyweight, "(24 grains). 
Dyn. Dynamics. The science of mov- 
ing forces. 
D. D. S. Doctor of dental surgery. 
Ed. Edition or editor. 
ed. (L. edulcora), sweeten. 

e. g. (L. exampla gracia), for example, 
ejusd. (L. ejusdem), of the same. 
elect. (L. electuarium), an electuary, 

electricity, electric. 

enem. (L. enema), a clyster, an enema. 

e. o. d. Every other day. 

etc. (L. et. cetera), and so forth, ad- 
ditional. 

exhib. (L. exhibeatur), let it be given, 
administer. 

ext. (L. extractum), extract. 

ext. fl. or fl.ext. (L. extractum fluidum 
or fluidextractum), fluid extract. 



Abbreviations and Signs 



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F., Fahr. Fahrenheit. The Fahren- 
heit thermometer scale. 

Farm. Farmacopea, the foreign name 
for pharmacopoeia used in several 
countries; as. Farm. Espahola, (Sp.), 
Farm. Mexicana, (Mex.), Farm. 
Ufficiale, (It.), Svenska Farm. 
(Swed.), etc. 

fasc. (L. fasciculus), bundle, armful. 

Fee. (L. Fecit). He did it, he made 
it; made by the person whose name 
precedes the abbreviation. 

fern. Female, feminine gender. 

fin. (L. ad finem), at the end, finish. 

nit. (L. ultra), filter, filter it. 

fl. Before ounce or drachm, meaning 
rl. ounce (fl.3), fluid drachm (fl.3), 
fluid drachm. 

fl. or fid. (L. fluidus), fluid; fl. ext., 
fluid extract. 

flor. (L. flores), flowers. 

fol. (L. folia), leaves. 

For. Foreign, a foreign country or 
thing. 

frac. Fractional or fraction; frac. p. 
c, fractional percent. 

f. s. a. (L. fiat secundum artem), pre- 
pare skillfully. . 

f. p. (L. fiat potio), make a drink. 

Fr. French, France. 

fruct. (L. fructus), fruits. 

ft. (L. fiat), make, or let there be 
made: as ft.h. (fiat haustus), let a 
draught be made; ft. mist, (fiat mist- 
ura) make a mixture; ft.pil (fiat 
pilulae) let pills be made. 

< From, or refer to, or see, as <U. 
S., <Br., <Part II, etc. 

Gm. Gramme, the same abbreviation 
either sing, or pi., also written gm., 
gram., grm. 

gr. (L. granum), grain, the same ab- 
breviation commonly used for either 
sing, or pi., also written gn., grn., 
gns., grs. Because of the similarity 
of the abbreviations gm. and gr., or 
gms. and grs, the word grains should 
always be written in full in formulas 
and prescriptions. 

gal. Gallon, also abbreviated C. from 
congius, its Latin name. 

galv. Galvanic, galvanism. 

gtt. (L. gutta), a drop (pi. guttse), 
drops, used in writing formulas and 
prescriptions, also written gt. or 
gtts. 

guttat. (L. guttatim), by drops. 

h. or hr. Hour, the time designated, 
as y 2 hr., etc. 



H. D. (L. hora decubitus), at bed- 
time. 

hgd. Hogshead, a large cask of un- 
certain measure, containing usually 
about 63 wine gallons. 

H. S. (L. hora somni), at the hour of 
going to sleep. 

i.e. (L. id est), that is, or that is to 
say. 

inf. (L. infusum), infusion (infunde), 
infuse. 

inj. (L. injectio), an injection (in- 
jiciatur), inject. 

jul. (L. julepus), a julep. 

Kilo. Kilogram, 1000 grammes. 

lb. (L. libra), pound, used commer- 
cially, and sometimes in writing 
formulas. 

1. Liter, U. S., litre, Fr., Br. etc. The 
unit of metric fluid measure = 1000 
Cc. Commonly used in European 
countries. 

lib. (L. libra), book. 

liq. Liquor or liquid. 

M. (L. Meridiem). Noon. 

m. (L. misce), mix; let them be mix- 
ed, used in writing formulas and 
prescriptions: as m.ft. pil. No. XXIV. 

TH,. Minim, the 480th part of a fl. ounce. 

mac. (L. macera), macerate. 

man. (L. manipulus), a handful. 

mass. (L. massa), as pill mass. 

M. D. Doctor of medicine; physician. 

mdse. Merchandise, any goods or ar- 
ticles usually bought or sold. 

meas. Measure. A vessel used for 
measuring either solids or liquids. 
The quantity measured. 

med. Medicine. The practice of, or 
the science of Medicine. 

Mem. (L. memento), memorandum, 
remember. 

mfd. Manufactured, made by a man- 
ufacturer. 

mfg. Manufacturing. 

mfs. Manufacturers. 

mist. (L. mistura), mixture. 

mitt., mitte. (L. mittantur), send, or 
let them be sent. 

mol. wt. Molecular weight. 

mod. pres. (L. modo praescripto), as 
directed. 

mor. diet. (L. more dicto), as ordered. 

mor. sol. (L. more solito), as usual, 
in the usual way. 

muc. (L. mucilago), mucilage. 

Nat. National; natural. 

Nat. Ord. Natural order, in Bot. or 
Zool. 



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Abbreviations and Signs 



N. B. (L. Nota bene). Pay atten- 
tion, note well. 

No. (L. numero), number. 

noct. (L. nocte), by night, at night. 

Nor. N. Normal. In test solutions, 
U. S., as NA = normal; N/ 2 = semi- 
normal; NAo=deci-normal; N/ioo = 
centi-normal. 

N. T. Normal temperature. In this 
work abbreviation adopted, in accor- 
dance with most authorities, at which 
sp.gr. is taken 15°C, 59°F. The U. 
S. P. now directs 25°C, 77°F. for 
most substances. 

neut. Neuter. 

0. (L. Octarius), — % of a gallon. 
Pint. The U. S. Pint is 16 apothecary 
fl. ounces; the Br. Pint is 20 Imperial 
fl. ounces. <Weights and measures. 

obs. Obsolete. Now seldom used; 
also observation, as explanatory of 
something which precedes it. 

01. (L. oleum), oil; as ol. olive, olive 
oil. 

off. Official, Officinal. 

org. Organic; as org. chem, organic 

chemistry. 
omn. hor. (L. orani hora), every hour. 
omn. bih. (L. omni bihora), every two 

hours. 
o. m. (L. omni mane), every morning, 
o. n. (L. omni nocte), every night. 
opt. (L. optimus), best quality, also 

optical. 
orig. Origin, original. 
ov. (L. ovum), an egg, ovary. 
oz. (L. uncia), ounce; the avoirdupois 

ounce. For apothecary or troy ounce 

3 is generally used. 
P. Part, used in this work, referring 

to Part I, II or III. 
p. Page, pp. pages, followed by figures 

designating the number of the page 

or pages referred to. 
p. as. (L. partes asquales), equal parts. 
part. vie. (L. partitis vicibus), in di- 
vided doses. 
past. (L. pastillus), a pastil usually 

formed as a cone, and made of a 

pasty mass, dried. 
Path. Pathology. 
phar. Pharmacy, pharmacopoeia. 
Ph. or P. Pharmacopoeia, as Br. Ph., 

British Pharmacopoeia; Ph. G., Ger. 

man Pharmacopoeia; U. S. P., United 

States Pharmacopoeia. 
Ph. D. Doctor of Pharmacy. One who 

has the degree of Doctor of Phar- 
macy. 
Ph. G. Graduate of Pharmacy. One 



who has graduated in a regular 
course of pharmacy. 

Ph. L. Pharmaceutical licensee. One 
who has been licensed by a Board 
of Pharmacy to practice pharmacy. 

Phot. Photography, photographer. 

pkg. Package, pkgs. packages. 

pi. Plural, more than one. 

pil. (L. pilula), a pill, (pilulae), pills. 

P. M. or p. m. (L. post meridiem), 
after meridian or afternoon. 

pond. (L. pondera), by weight. 

ppt. (L. preparata), prepared. 

p. rat. aetat. (L. pro ratione aetatis), 
according to age. 

prox. (L. proximo), next or fol- 
lowing. 

pt. Part, any specific part or portion. 

pt. Pint. % of one gallon, U. S. 
apothecary, 16 apothecaries' fl.- 
ounces. Br. Imperial, 20 Imp. fl.- 
ounces. 

p. t. or pro tern. (L. pro tempore), 
for the time or for the present. 

prec. (L. precipita), precipitate. 

prep. Preparation, also preposition. 

pot. ( L. potio), a drink. 

p. r. n. (L. pro re nata), occasionally, 
or as required. 

pugil. (L. pugillus), a handful. 

pulv. (L. pulvis), powder, powdered, 
in powder. 

q. 1. (L. quantum lubet), as much as 
you need. 

q. p. (L. quantum placet), as much as 
you please. 

q. s. (L. quantum sufficiat), as much 
as is necessary; as much as will suf- 
fice. 

q. v. (L. quantum vis), as much as 
you will, also (L. quod vide), which 
see. 

qt. Quart. One-fourth of a gallon; 
the U. S. quart is 32 apothecary fl. 
ounces, the Br. qt. is 40 Imperial fl. 
ounces, but the ounces differ slight- 
ly in quantity. 

R. Radical. Used in some chemical 
works. 

$. (L. Recipe), take, or take of. A 
sign used at the beginning of a pres- 
cription. First it was written with 
the sign of Jupiter, (2|) supposed to 
be an appeal for his favor; later it 
was changed to an abbreviation for 
the Latin recipe— meaning take of — 
the names of the substances follow- 
ing it being placed in the genitive. 

rad. (L. radix), root; (pi. radices), 
roots. 



Abbreviations and Signs 



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ras. (L. rasurse), raspings, tilings. 

R. Re. Reamur; the Reamur ther- 
mometric scale. 

rep. (L. repetatur), repeat, let it be 
repeated. 

non rep. Do not repeat; written on 
prescriptions that are not to be re- 
peated. 

S. (L. signa), label or directions. 

S. A. (.L. secundum artem), with 
skill. Ft. S. A. — prepare skillfully. 

Sc, 3. Scruple, 20 grains Apothecary, 
now seldom used, grs. XX, being 
written instead. 

sem. (L. semen), seed; (pi. semina or 
semines), seeds. 

semi-. One-half, half; semi-dr., half a 
drachm; semi-h., half-hour. 

seq. (L. sequens), following or the 
following. 

serv. (L. serva), preserved, (servatur) 
preserve. 

S. F. (L. Spiritus Frumenti), whisky. 

Sig. (L. signetur), let it be labeled; 
label it. Ex. : Sig. Cochl. parv. t. i. 
d. Teaspoonful three times a day. 

sing. (L. singulorum), of each. 

solv. (L. solve), dissolve. Used in di- 
rections for preparing medicines, 
formulas or prescriptions. 

sq. Square; as a sq. ft.; sq. in.; sq. yd. 

ss. (L. semissis), semi, or half or one- 
half. Written in prescriptions or 
formulas at the end of a line indict- 
ing quantity; as potass, acet. 3 SS > 
meaning potassium acetate half an 
ounce. 

sp. or spir. (L. spiritus), spirit or 
spirits. 

sp. gr. Specific gravity or specific 
weight, also written s. g., spec. grav. 

S. R. (L. spiritus rectificatus), alcohol 
90% of the Br. P. 

st. (L. stet), let it stand; stent, let 
them stand. 

sum. (L. sumat), take; let him or her 
take. 

sum., summ. (L. summitates), the 
summits or tops, as summit flowers 
growing at the top. 

S. V. (L. spiritus vini), spirit of wine. 

S. V. G. (L. spiritus vini Gallici), 
brandy. 

S. V. R. (L. spiritus vini rectificatus), 
rectified spirit of wine. 
S. V. T. (L spiritus vini tenuis), 
proof spirit, diluted alcohol. 

syr. (L. syrupus), syrup, simple syrup. 

T. Transcribe, copy, give a copy. 

tab. (L. tabella), a tablet or lozenge. 



— Ft. tab., make into tablets. 
tr. tinct. (L. tinctura), tincture. — Ft. 
.tinct., make a tincture. 
Tial. Tralles; Tralles hydrometer 

scale, or alcoholometer. 
t. i. d. (L. ter in die), three times a 

day. 
T. S. Test solution. Used in U. S. P. 

and Br. P. 
tub. (L. tubera), 'tuber, 
ult. (L. ultimo), the last. 
ung., ungt. (L. unguentum), ointment. 

Ft. ungt., make an ointment. 
vesic. (L. vesicatorium), a blister. — 

Ft. visic, make a blister, (plaster). 
V. S. Volumetric solution. Used in 

U. S. P. and Br. P. — Also Veterin- 
ary Surgeon. 
v. or vid. (L. vide), see, or refer to. 
vs. (L : versus), against, contrary, to. 
viz. ( L. viddicet), namely, followed by 

names of persons or things. 
vol. Volume, volumetric; as ale. by 

vol.; alcohol by volume; vol. sol., 

volumetric solution. 
wt. Weight; as av. wt., avoirdupois 

weight, tr. wt., troy weight etc. 
yd. Yard, 36 inches, 3 feet. 



Signs used in Pharmacy. 

TT\. (L. minimum), minim, 1 / iS o part of 
a fluid ounce, Veo part of a fl. drachm. 

3 (L. scrupulum), scruple, 20 grains, 
Yz of an apothecary drachm. 

3 (L. drachma), drachm, 60 grains, % 
of an apothecary ounce. 

3 ( L. uncia), ounce, the apothecary 
ounce of 480 grains. 

f3. Fluid drachm, fl.dr., 60 minims, }i 
of an apothecary fluid ounce. 

fj. -Fluid ounce, fl. ounce, 480 minims, 8 
fl. drs., Vw of the apothecary pint, 
(16 ounces). 

°. Degree sign, as 15°C, 60°R, 10°Be. 

%. Percentage sign, parts in 100, as 
5%. 

<. This sign before the name or ab- 
breviation for the name of an author- 
ity or reference, means quoted from 
or taken from, or according to, re- 
fer to, as<U. S., <P II., etc. 



Botanical Signs. 

O A plant which dies after flowering 
and fruiting; a monocarpic plant, 
may be annual, biennial, or of longer 
duration. 



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® Annual; an annual plant, lives 

only one year or one season. 
© Biennial; a biennial plant, lives 

two years or seasons. 
11 Perennial; lasting or living year 

after year. 
A Evergreen;; having green foliage 

all the year round, 
c? Male plant or flower. 
$ Female plant or flower. 
$ Hermaphrodite plant or flower. 
oo Indefinitely numerous; e. g. oo 

-andra., polyandrous. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 

Pharmaceutical Authorities and 

References. 

Al. — Allemand, German. Abbreviation 
used in French for the German name 
or Germany. 

Am., Amer. — American. The American 
name or country. 

Ang. — Anglais, English. Abbrevia- 
tion used in French works for Eng- 
land or English. 

Ar., Arab. — Arabic. The Arabic name 
or language. 

Aus., Aust. — Austrian, Pharmacopoea 
Austriaca. The Austrian Pharma- 
copoeia. 

Aust. — Australia. The Australian 
name or country. 

Bat. — Batavia, Pharmacopoea Batavia, 
(New Netherlands). 

Belg. — Belgian, Pharmacopoea Bel- 
gica. Belgian Pharmacopoeia. 

Boruss. (V. Boruss) — Pharmacopoea 
Bourissica. The Prussian Pharma- 
copoeia. 

Br w , Brit. — British Pharmacopoeia, 
(Br. P.). 

B. P. C. -British Pharmaceutical Con r 
ference Formulary. 

Cod., Codex — Codex Medicamentarius. 
The French Pharmacopoeia. 

Dan. — Danish, Pharmacopoea Danica. 
The Danish Pharmacopoeia. 

Dresd. Form. — Dresden Formulary. 

Dub.— Dublin Pharmacopoeia. 

Dutch. — Holland, Netherland. Neder- 
landsche Pharmacopee. 

Ed. — Edinburg Pharmacopoeia. 

Eng. — English. The English language 
or name. 

Esp. — Spanish, Farmacopea Espafiola. 
The Spanish Pharmacopoeia, gener- 
ally referred to in this work as Sp. 

Fenn. — Fennish or Finnish. Pharma- 



copaea Fennica. The Fennish Phar- 
macopoeia. 

Fr. — French. Pharmacopee Franchise. 
The French Pharmacopoeia, (Codex 
Medicamentarius). 

Gall. — Gallica. French. Abbreviation 
used in German works for the 
French Pharmacopoeia. Pharmacop- 
oea Gallica. 

Genev. — Geneva, Pharmacopoea Gene- 
viensis. The Geneva Pharmacopoeia. 

Ger., Germ. — German, Pharmacopoea 
Germanica, (P. G.). The German 
Pharmacopoeia. 

Germ. S. — The Supplement to the Ger- 
man Pharmocopoeia. 

Gr., Grec. — Greek or Grecian. The 
Grecian Pharmacopoeia. 

Hamb. — Hamburg, Codex-Medicamen- 
tarius Hamburgensis, (V. Hamb.). 
The Hamburg Pharmacopoeia. 

Han. — Hanover, Pharmacopoea fur 
Hanover. The Hanover Pharmacop- 
oeia. 

Helv. — Helvetia, Helvetian Pharma- 
copoea Helvetica. The Swiss Phar- 
macopoeia. 

Hisp. — Hispania, abbreviation used in 
German works for Spanish Pharma- 
copoeia. Farmacopea Espafiola. 

Hol. — Holland, Nederlandische Phar- 
macopee. The Netherland Pharma- 
copoeia. 

Hung. — Hungary, Hungarian, Phar- 
macopoea Hungarica. The Hungar- 

. ian Pharmacopoeia. 

It., Ital. — Italy, Italian, Farmacopea 
Ufficale del Regno d'ltalia. The It- 
alian Pharmacopoeia. 

Ind. — India, Pharmacopoeia Indica. In- 
dian Pharmacopoeia. 

I. & C. A. — Indian Colonial Adden- 
dum to Br. P. 

Jap. — Japan, Japanese, Pharmacopoeia 
Japonica. The Japanese Pharmacop- 
oeia. 

Lat. — Latin, the Latin language or 
name. 

Lond. — London, The London Pharma- 
copoeia. 

Mex. — Mexico, Mexican, Farmacopea 
Mexicana. The Mexican Pharma- 
copoeia. 

Nat. Form. — National Formulary of 
Unofficial Preparations. 

N. Y. & B.— New York and Brooklyn 
Formulary (U. S.). 

Ndl. — Netherlands, Abbreviation used 
in German works for Pharmacopee 
Nederlandica. 



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Nedl. — Netherlands, Netherlandisch, 
Abbreviation used in tnis work tor 
Ph. Nederlandica. The Netherlands 
Pharmacopoeia. 

Nedl. S. — Supplement to the Nether- 
lands Pharmacopoeia. 

Nor., Norv. — Norway, Norwegian, 
Pharmacopoea Norvegica. The Nor- 
wegian Pharmacopoeia. 

Per. — Persian, the Persian name or 
language. 

Par. — Paris, Paris Pharmacologic 
The Paris Pharmacopoeia. 

Pol. — Polish, Pharmacopoea Regni 
Poloniae. The Polish Pharmacopoeia. 

Port. — Portugal, Portugese, Pharma- 
copoea Portugueza. The Portugal 
Pharmacopoeia. 

Prus. — Prussia, Prussian, Pharmacop- 
oea Borussica (V. Boruss), The 
Prussian Pharmacopoeia. 

Rom. — Rome, Roman, Pharmacopoea 
Romana. The Roman Pharmacop- 
oeia. 

Rus., Russ. — Russia, Russian, Pharma- 
copoea Rossica. The Russian Phar- 
macopoeia. 

Sard. — Sardoa, Sardinia, Pharmacopoea 
Sardoa. The Sardinian Pharmacop- 
oeia. 

Sax. — Saxony, Pharmacopoea Sax- 
onica. The Saxony Pharmacopoeia. 

S\v. — Swede, Swedish, Svenska Far- 
makopen. The Swedish Pharmaco- 
poeia (Suec). 

Swed., Sv. — Swedish, abbreviation used 
in this work for the Swedish Phar- 
macopoeia. 

Swiss. — Helvetia, Helvetian, Pharma- 
copea Helvetica. The Swiss Phar- 
macopoeia. 

Tur. — Turkey, Turkish. The Turkish 
name or language. Pharmacopoea 
Taurinensis. 

U. S.— United States. The United 
States Pharmacopoeia : also U. S. P. 

Ven. — Venezuela. Farmacopea Vene- 
zolana. The Venezuela Pharmacop- 
oeia. 

Wirt., Wurt. — Wurtemberg, Pharma- 
copoea Wurtembergia. The Wurt- 
emberg Pharmacopoeia. 



Prefixes. 

The following Prefixes are in gen- 
eral use in pharmacy and medicine : 
a- Greek a, alpha. In chemistry this 
signifies the first of a series or the 



first of two combinations having the 
same general name; as a-naphthol, 
alpha-naphthol. 

a-, an- In medicine and chemistry 
used as a privative, denoting the 
want of, or absence of the quality or 
thing signified; (a- before a con- 
sonant, an- before a vowel) as a- 
septic, not septic; a-septol, a prepara- 
tion against a septic condition; an- 
algesia, absence of pain; an-algesic, a 
preparation to overcome pain. 

ab- From, away from, off; as ab-sorb, 
to suck from; ab-stract, to draw 
from; ab-stain, to keep from, etc. 

ac- A prefix having the same mean- 
ing as ad-, but used before c and q; 
as ac-cessory, an aid to; ac-quit, to 
free from. 

acantho- Pertaining to a prickle, 
thorn or spike. Denoting the spin- 
ous shape of an appendage or organ. 

acephalo- Signifying without a head 
or headless. 

acet- Combining form denoting acetic 
or acetyl, used before a vowel. The 
acet-ic radical CH 3 C. 

aceto- Combining form pertaining to 
acetic acid or its derivitives; as 
aceto-bromide etc. 

aero- Signifying topmost; as acro- 
gen, a plant growing only at the 
apex; acro-spire, the first sprout 
from a seed. 

actin-, actini-, actino- Combining 
forms, denoting rays, or radiate 
structure; as actini-form, having a 
ray-like form etc. 

acu- From Latin acus, needle; denot- 
ing sharp-pointed; as acu-lens, a 
pricker; acu-te, sharp or sharp- 
pointed. 

acuti-, acuto- Denoting sharp, or 
sharp-pointed. 

ad- Above, over, adjacent or near to; 
as ad-here, to stick to; ad-renal, 
above renal, same as supra-renal. 

aden-, adeni-, adeno- Relating to 
gland; as aden-oid, glandular; aden- 
oma, a tumor of glandular structure. 

aer-, aeri-, aero- Pertaining to air or 
gas; as aer-meter, an apparatus for 
weighing air or other gases; aer-ate, 
to charge with gas, as with carbon- 
dioxide. 

ag- The same as ad-, but used before 
g for euphony; as ag-glutinate. 

al- The Arabic definite article used as 
a prefix; as al-kohol (alcohol); al- 
kali, etc.; also signifies whiteness, 



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Prefixes 



clearness or purity, as al-bumen, 
(white of egg). 

alio- Other, denoting another state or 
condition; as allo-tropism, the prop- 
erty of having other forms without 
change of chemical composition; as 
carbon, phosphorus and sulphur; 
allopathy, the treatment of disease 
by inducing other or opposite con- 
ditions. 

amblo-, ambly-, amblyo- From Greek 
amblys, blunt; applied to form or 
shape, or dullness or lack of per- 
ception; also abortion or miscarriage; 
as amblo-sis. 

ammo- From Greek ammos, sand. 
Used in botanical names of plants 
which frequent sandy places. 

amphi- Signifying in two ways, or up- 
on both ends or sides. Used chiefly 
in Bot. and Zool. 

ampeli-, ampelo- From Latin am- 
pelos, vine. Relating to vines; as 
ampelop-sis etc. 

amylo- Pertaining to starch; as amyl- 
oid, starch-like. 

an- Against, in, to, on both sides, 
not etc. 

ana- Up, back again, through again; 
ana-bolism, ana-sarca, ana-tomy. 

andro- Meaning man in a general 
sense, but used more commonly in 
botany to describe the male organs 
of plants. 

angio- A combining form used in bot- 
any and pathology to denot a cap- 
sule or capsular case or vessel. 

ant- The same as anti-. Used before 
a vowel; as ant-acid. 

ante- Before, either in position, 
time or order. 

antho- From Greek anthos, flowers. 
Relating to flowers. 

anthrac-, anthraco- From Greek 
anthrax, a coal. Resembling or re- 
lating to coal; as anthrac-oid, re- 
sembling anthrax or carbuncle, anth- 
racite, a kind of hard coal etc. 

anthropo- Pertaining to or like man; 
as anthro-pology, the science of 
man. 

anti- ant- Against or opposed to, 
(ant- before a vowel, anti- before a 
consonant) ; as ant-acid, correcting 
acidity; anti-phlogistic, against a sep- 
tic condition; anti-pyrin, a remedy 
reducing temperature, etc. 

ap-, apo- Prefix signifying from, off, 
away: also aph-, having the same 
meaning. 



ar- Prefix, same signification as ad-. 

arterio- Combining form, relating to 
the arteries; as arterio-sclerosis etc. 

arthro- Combining form relating to 
a joint. 

aster-, asteri-, astero- From Greek 
aster, a star. Relating to the star 
shape or form as generally under- 
stood, also astro-. 

audi- Relating to sound or hearing 
or the ear and its functions. 

auto- Meaning self; as auto-graph, 
self-written, auto-intoxication, self- 
intoxication, as by overeating. 

azo- Derived from azote (nitrogen). 
Relating to nitrogen combinations, 
called azo compounds; azo-tate, a 
nitrate. 

/3- Gr. beta. In chemistry signifying 
the second of a series or of two com- 
binations having the same general 
name; as j3-naphthol, beta-naphthol. 

bacteri-, bacterio- A combining form 
relating to bacteria; as Bacteri-ology 
etc. 

be- Prefix signifying by, near or about. 

bi- meaning double or two; used be- 
fore a word beginning with a con- 
sonant, as bi-carbonate, bi-chloride, 
etc. 

bin- The same as bi-, but used before 
a word beginning with a vowel; as 
bin-oxide, bin-iodine, etc. 

bio- A combining form meaning life; 
as bio-logical etc. 

blasto- A combining form used in 
Botany and Embryology; relating to 
the embryo. 

brom-, bromo- Relating to bromine; 
a combining form used chiefly in 
chemical compounds. 

bronchi- A combining form relating 
to bronchial organs. 

broncho- Relating to the wind-pipe 
and its ramifications. 

calc- Denoting the presence of lime, 
calca-, calci. 

calori- Denoting heat. A combining 
form derived from calor, heat. 

cardio- Relating to the heart. A 
combining form pertaining to the 
heart. 

centi- Denoting ioo or hundredth, as 
centi-gram, one-hundredth of a 
gram; centi-grade, graduated to a 
scale of a hundred. 

cephal-, cephalo- Relating to the 
head. 

cerebri-, cerebro- Relating to the 
brain. 



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cervico- Relating to the neck or cer- 
vix. 

cet-, ceto- Relating to the whale or 
spermaceti. 

chemico- A combining word relating 
to chemistry; as chemico-medical. 

chlor-, chloro- Denoting a combina- 
tion with chlorine, or a greenish 
color; as chlor-acetic, chloro-hydric, 
chloro-phyl etc. 

chol-, chole- cholo- Relating to the 
liver, its functions and products, es- 
pecially indicating the gall or gall 
bladder. 

chrom-, chromo- chroma-, chromato- 
Relating to color; as a chroma-to- 
scope. 

chrys-, chryso- From Greek chrysos, 
gold. Denoting a golden-yellow 
color. 

contra- Prefix, meaning against or 
opposite to, or contrary to. 

cranio- Relative to the skull or 
cranium. 

de- From or out, used in a privative 
sense; as de-hydrate, de-corticate, etc. 

demi- Half or half of, or a part of. 

denti- Relating to a tooth or teeth; 
as denti-form. 

derma-, dermato-, dermo- Relating 
to the derma, or skin; as dermato- 
logy etc. 

di- Meaning two or double; as hydro- 
gen di-oxide, carbon di-oxide, etc.; 
used the same as bi-. 

dia- In medicine, meaning through; as 
dia-betes, pass through; dia-phoretic, 
a medicine that causes sweat to pass 
through. In pharmacy di-alysis 
means to loose through or separate 
through. 

dialy- Signifying separation or sep- 
arate; as dialy-sis, the separating of 
substances of different physical con- 
ditions. 

dis- Meaning apart from or separa- 
tion; as dis-intergrate, to break apart; 
dis-pense, to weigh from; dis-sect, to 
cut apart; dis-solve, to separate, etc. 

dys- In medicine meaning difficult or 
painful; as dys-pnoea, difficult breath- 
ing; dys-entary, painful evacuation, 
etc. 

e- Prefix meaning from, out, out of; 
used before consonants instead of 
ex- in many cases. 

ec- Out; as ec-bolic, a throwing out; 
ec-zema, boiling over or out. 

ef- Out; as ef-florescence, blooming 



out; ef-fusicn. pouring out; ef-flu- 
vium, blowing out 

el- A prefix used before a word be- 
ginning with a vowel, and having 
the same signification as e- before a 
consonant. 

em- In. within; as em-brocation, an 
application to soak in; em-bryo. an 
tgg within, etc. 

en- The same meaning as em-. Ex- 
amples : En-dosmosis, passing in; 
en-dogen, a plant that grows within; 
en-teritis, inflamation of the intes- 
tines; en-ema, a medicine to inject. 

encephal-, encephalo- Pertaining to 
the brain. 

endo- Internal, within; as endo-carpic, 
endo-colotis, endo-gastric, etc. 

ent- ento- The same as endo- (ent- 
before a vowel, ento- before a con- 
sonant). 

entero- Within the intestines, or re- 
lating to the intestines. 

epi- Upon, over, outside; as epi-der- 
mis, the outer skin; epi-demic, upon 
the people; epi-glottis, over or above 
the glottis. 

ex- Out; as ex-pression, pressing out; 
ex-siccation, drying out; ex-traction, 
drawing out, etc. 

extra- Outside or external to; extra- 
vasation, extra-uterine, etc. 

flor-, flori- From Latin flos, flower. 
Relating to flower or flowers. 

flou-, fluor- Combining forms signi- 
fying either combinations with fluor- 
ine, or fluorescence. 

fore- A prefix signifying before, or 
in front of, or previous to. It has 
the same meaning as a suffix -fore. 

galact-, galacto- From Greek gala, 
milk. Combining forms relating to 
milk; as galact-agogue, a medicine 
which increases the secretion of 
milk etc. 

gastr-, gastero-, gastro- Relating to 
the stomach. 

glosso- From Greek glossa, the ton- 
gue. Combining form. 

glyc-, glyco- Signifying sweet. Com- 
bining forms from Greek glykys, 
sweet; glyc-erin, glyc-yrrhiza, gly- 
co-cholic etc. 

gran- Relating to grains or a sub- 
stance in the form of grains; as gran- 
ular, gran-ulated etc. 

gymno-, gymn- From Greek gym- 
nos. naked. Combining forms used 
in Botany and other natural sciences. 






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gyne-, gyneco- Pertaining to woman, 
feminine; from Greek gyne, woman, 
female. In medicine pertaining to 
female diseases or operations; as 
gyne-cology, : the treatment of dis- 
eases of woman. 

haema- (or haemo-) Pertaining to the 
blood; as haema-tin, a principle con- 
tained in the blood; haema-tura, blood 
in the urine; hsemO-rrhage, flow of 
blood; haemo-static, something that 
arrests the flow" of blood. 

hemi- Half or one-half; as hemi-cran- 
ia, headache on one side; hemi- 
phlegia, paralysis of the motor 
nerves on orie side of the body. 

hep- or(hepat-) Relating to the liver; 
hep-atis, inflammation of the liver; 
hepar sulph., liver of sulphur. 

hept-, hepta- 'Denoting seven. Com- 
bining forms considerably used in 
chemistry, botany etc. 

hetero- Meaning unlike or dissimilar; 
as hetero-geneous, composed of dis- 
similar substances; hetero-pathy, 
treatment of diseases by opposites. 

hex-, hexa- Denoting six. Combin- 
ing forms considerably used in 
chemistry, botany etc. 

homo-, horn- From Greek homos, 
meaning the same, or like unto. A 
combining form; as homo-geneous, 
hom-ologous. 

homoeo- (or homo-) Like or similar; 
as homo-geneous, alike in qualities, 
composition or structure; homo-logo- 
us, in chemistry compounds having 
the same elements and increasing by 
a common difference, as homologous 
series; homoeopathy, the treatment of 
diseases by remedies which produce 
a like condition. 

hydra- A combining form denoting 
water or the presence of water, or 
relating to water; hydr-a, hydr-i, 
hydr-o. 

hydro- (hydr- before a vowel) Signi- 
fying water. A compound of which 
water forms a structural part. Also 
a compound of hydrogen with an 
element; as hydro-carbon, hydro- 
chloride, etc. Hydro-pathy, the 
treatment of disease by water; 
hydro-phobia, the fear of water. 

hygro- Relating to moisture of the 
atmosphere; a combining form; as 
hygro-scope, hygro-meter etc. 

hyper- Signifying over, excess, or an 
abnormal increase. In chemistry the 
highest of a series. 



hypn- (or hypno-) Denoting sleep; as 
nypnotic, a medicine producing sleep. 

hypo- ( or hyp- before a vowel) Under, 
lower or less than, least. In chem- 
istry the lowest degree of oxidation; 
as hypo-phosphite, hypo-chlorous; 
hypo-thetical, an assumed basis or 
beginning of a series. 

hystera- o- Relating to the womb; as 
hystera-lgia, neuralgia of the womb; 
hyster-ectomy, removal of the womb. 

ichthy-, ichthyo- Relating to fish; a 
combining form; as ichthy-ol, ich- 
thyo-colla. 

im- or in- As a negative; im-pure, not 
pure; in-active, not active; in-com- 
patible, not compatible; in-soluble, 
not soluble. 

in- In or within; as in-halation, draw- 
ing in; in-jection, throwing in; in- 
fusion, melting in, incubation. 

inter- Between; as inter-action, action 
between; inter-cellular, between cells 
or walls. 

iso- Equal. In chemistry iso-mers are 
bodies having the same elements uni- 
ted in the same percentages, but dif- 
fering in the arrangement of the mol- 
ecules and their properties. Iso-late, 
to set apart, to obtain in a free un- 
combined state, as to isolate an ele- 
ment. 

lacto- Relating to milk or denoting 
a compound in which milk in some 
form is employed. 

laparo- Relating to the abdominal 
walls or abdomen. 

laryng-, laryngo- Relating to the 
larynx; as laryng-itis, an inflamed 
condition of the larynx; laryngo- 
scope, an instrument for examining 
the larynx. 

leuco- Whiteness, leucorrhcea, leuco- 
manies, etc. 

lith- or litho- Pertaining to stone; as 
lith-ontriptic, a medicine for dissolv- 
ing stone in the bladder or kidney; 
lith-uria, an excess of uric acid in the 
system. 

macro- Enlargement, hypertrophy; as 
macro-scopic, large enough to be 
seen by the naked eye. as distinguish- 
ed from microscopic; macro-melus. 
excessive development of any part 
or organ. 

mal- Bad. wrong, ill or evil; as mal- 
formation, mal-ignant, mal-ady, mal- 
aria etc. 

meso- The middle, or the middle part 
of a body or organ. 



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meta- In chemistry denoting that an 
oxygen acid has been formed from 
an ortho-acid by withdrawing one, 
two or three molecules of water; as 
meta-phosphoric acid, meta-boric 
acid, etc. 

micro- Signifying minute, smallness, 
etc.; as micro-scopic, micro-organ- 
ism. 

mis- Wrongly or wrong; as mis-car- 
riage, mis-use etc. 

mon- or mono- In chemistry denoting 
singleness, or one, as mon-acetic, 
mono-basic, etc. 

multi- Many, a number, as contrasted 
with one or two; multi-form, multi- 
polar, multi-para. 

myelo- Referring to the brain or the 
spinal cord; as myel-itis. 

myo- Pertaining to the muscles or 
muscularity. 

nephr- or nephro- From Greek neph- 
ros, kidney. Relating to the func- 
tions and diseases of the kidneys; as 
neph-ritis etc. 

neuro- ra- re- ri- Relating to the 
nerves, or nervou's diseases; as 
neuro-pathy, neur-algia, neur-ectomy, 
neur-itis, etc. 

nitr- or nitro- In chemistry indicating 
the presence of nitrogen in any form; 
and the action of nitrogen with other 
substances to produce various com- 
binations. 

non- Meaning not; as non-metallic, 
not metallic; non-solvent, not sol- 
vent; non-toxic etc. 

odonto- Of or pertaining to the teeth; 
as odonto-logy, a treatise on the 
teeth; odonto-pathy, treating of the 
teeth. 

oc- A prefix having the same mean- 
ing as ob- and od-. Used in the 
sense of hiding or concealing; as oc- 
clusion, absorption of a gas by metal; 
oc-cult, the hidden. 

oligo- Fewness of, lack of; as oligo- 
cholia, deficiency of bile; oligo-hse- 
mia, deficiency of blood. 

oleo- Relating to oil; as oleo-margar- 
ine; oleo-resin. 

op- The same as ob-, used euphon- 
ically. 

ophthalmo- Relating to the eye. 

ortho- Normal or true, right, straight. 
The normal or natural when more 
than one form exists; as the ortho- 
series, ortho-phosphate, etc.; distin- 
guished from meta- and para- com- 
pounds. 



osteo- Relating to the bones, the sci- 
ence of the bony structure. Osteo- 
pathy, the treatment based on the as- 
sumption that diseases are caused by 
conditions of the bones. 

ossi- Derived from Latin os, bone. 
Relating to bone. 

ovi- Relating to an egg; ovi-form, 
having the form of an egg. 

oxy- Sharp or sour, denoting the pres- 
ence of oxygen. Also oxi-; as in 
oxidation, etc. 

par- or para- Meaning near or beside. 
In chemistry indicating similarity of 
properties, form or composition; as 
par-aldehyde, para-formaldehyde. 

per- In chemistry meaning the highest 
combination of an acid with a base,- 
when several combinations -may be 
made; as per-oxide of hydrogen, per- 
chloride of iron, per-manganate of 
potassium. In pharmacy it may 
mean through; as per-colation. 

peri- Around, surrounding; as peri- 
carditis, inflammation of the cover- 
ing around the .heart; peri-carp, the 
shell or covering of a fruit; peri- 
osteum, the covering of a bone. 

pharmaco- From Greek pharmacon, 
meaning drug. All words beginning 
with pharm relate to drugs and med- 
icines. 

poly- Many; as poly-meric, having 
several combinations of the same 
atoms, in the same proportions; 
poly-morphous, having many forms. 

post- After or behind; the opposite 
of anti-. 

pre- prae- Before; as pre-scription, a 
writing before; pre-mature, some- 
thing that occurs before the time; 
pre-ventive, a medicine that acts be- 
fore a disease to prevent it. 

pro- Before, down from; as process, 
an issue from; prolapse, a slipping 
down; prognosis, a statement of the 
probable progress and result of a dis- 
ease. 

proto- Meaning first. In chemistry 
denoting the lowest member of a 
series, or the lowest combination of 
a base with a combining element. 

pseudo- Seeming, false; as pseudo- 
codeine, etc.; pseudo-membrane, a 
false membrane. 

pyo- Relating to pus; as pyo-genic, 
forming or secreting pus. 

pyr- or pyro- A combining form sig- 
nifying heat or fire. In chemistry 
pyro- compounds are those in which 



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Prefixes 



heat has been employed to produce 
the combination, as pyro-ligneous, 
pyro-gallol etc. 

quadr- or quadri- Meaning four. In 
chemistry a salt having four hydro- 
gen atoms replaceable by bases or 
basic radicals. 

quasi- Appearing like or similar to; 
not fully the same, but having the 
same characteristics or properties. 

re- Signifying back or backwards, 
over again, repeated; as re-absorb, 
re-combine, re-crystallize etc. 

retro- Backward; as retro-version, 
turning backward. 

sal- Salt; sometimes used as a prefix; 
as sal-aeratus, sal-iva, sal-ivation, etc. 

semi- Half, or partly; as semi-vitri- 
ous, partly vitrious; semi-circular, 
half circular; semi-fluid, partly fluid. 

sesqui- Signifying one-half more. In 
chemistry it indicates the presence 
of three atoms of one element com- 
bined with two atoms of another; as 
sesqui-oxide, containing two basic 
radical atoms combined with three 
of oxygen. 

sub- Under, beneath; as sub-carbon- 
ate, an under carbonate; sub-mer- 
sion, being beneath the surface; sub- 
cutaneous, beneath the skin. 

super- Upon or above; as super-im- 
posed; superficial, upon the surface; 
super-natant, floating above; super- 
salt, a salt containing an excess of 
acid; super-saturated, containing 
more of a salt than can be held in 
solution. 

supra- Above; used in the same sense 
as super. Supra-renal. 

sur- Above or over, the same as 
supra- or super-; as sur-renal, supra- 
renal, sur-face etc. 

sym- syn- Together, with; as synthe- 
sis, placing or uniting together; syn- 
chronous; at the same time together. 

ter- Meaning three. In chemistry a 
prefix used for salts containing three 
acid atoms or radicals; as ter-sul- 
phate, ter-chloride. 

tetra- Denoting four; as tetra-basic, 
tetra-boric acid, etc. 

thermo- A combining word signify- 
ing heat. Many thermo- instruments 
are employed in chemistry, electric- 
ity and physics. 

thyro- Relating to the thyroid gland. 

trans- or tran- Meaning beyond, 



across, through; as trans-fusion, 
trans-formation, trans-migration etc. 

tri- Signifying three; as tri-atomic, 
tri-vaient, tri-axial etc. 

tris- The same as tri-, applied eu- 
phonically to some chemical combi- 
nations, as tris-nitrate of bismuth etc. 

ultra- Meaning beyond or on the 
other side of; as ultra-violet etc. 

un- A prefix used before many words, 
expressing reversal of the action or 
condition implied by the root word, 
generally signifying not, as un-real. 

uni- Meaning one or single; as uni- 
valent, having a valence of one; uni- 
axial, having only one axis. Various 
combinations much used in botany 
and biology. 

uro- Relating to urine; as uro-lithic, 
uro-meter, etc. 

utero- Relating to the uterus or womb; 
as utero-tomy, uterine surgery. 

vagino- Relating to the vagina; as 
vagino-tomy, surgical treatment of 
the vagina; vagini-tis, inflammation 
of the vagina. 

vari- Resembling or similar to some 
condition; as vari-oloid, resembling 
small-pox; vari-cose, resembling a 
tumor. 

vasi- or vaso- A combining word sig- 
nifying a constriction in a circulating 
vessel, which may either restrict or 
accelerate the action of the blood or 
nerve fluids; as vaso-motor, vaso- 
constrictor etc. 

vermi- A combining word signifying 
worm; as vermi-fuge, a remedy that 
expels worms; vermi-form, shaped 
like a worm etc. 

vesico- A combining word relating 
to the bladder. 

vini- or vino- A combining word re- 
lating to grape vines or wines. 

vulvo- Relating to the vulva; as vulvi- 
tis, inflammation of the vulva. 

xantho- Denoting yellowness, as xan- 
tho-ma, xantho-pathy, xantho-phyll, 
etc. 

xylo- Relating to wood, as xylo-id, 
resembling wood. 

zoo- Relating to animal life - as zoo- 
logy, tbe natural history of animals; 
zoo-tomy, dissecting of animals. 

zymo- A combining word signifying 
ferment or leaven. From zyme, a 
ferment: zymo-scope, an instrument 
showing the degree of fermentation. 



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Suffixes and Terminations. 

The following Suffixes and Termi- 
nations are in general use in pharmacy 

and medicine. 

-ac Pertaining to, having; as cardi- 
ac, mani-ac. 

-ad., -ade. Related to, pertaining to; 
as mon-ad, di-ad, tri-ad; having one, 
two or three of the specified elements 
or parts; lemon-ade, an ade or drink 
with lemon as its chief ingredient. 

-ae. A genitive and plural termina- 
tion of certain Latin words. 

-aemia. A condition of the system as 
regards blood; as an-semia, lacking 
blood; or a condition of the blood; 
as hydr-asmia, watery blood; py-aemia 
pus in the blood; ur-aemia, uremic 
poison in the blood, etc. 

-agogue. Denoting a medicine that 
carries off or away, or stimulates an 
organ to perform its function; as 
an emmen-agogue, a medicine that 
stimulates the menstrual flow; a hydr- 
agogue, a medicine that causes wat- 
ery discharges; sial-agogue, a medi- 
cine that causes flow of saliva. 

-agra. Signifying an acute attack of 
pain; as arthr-agia, pod-agia, etc. 

-al. In chemistry, derivitives of alde- 
hyde; as acet-al, brom-al, chlor-al, 
etc. 

-algia. Signifying pain in the part or 
organ denoted by the word preced- 
ing it; as gastr-algia, pain in the 
stomach; neur-algia, nerve pain, etc. 

-an. Pertaining to; as Itali-an, am- 
phybi-an, Columbi-an, etc. 

-ane. In chemistry denoting a hydro- 
carbon of the paraffin series; as 
menth-ane, pent-ane, prop-ane, etc. 

-ate. In chemistry denoting salts pro- 
duced by the union of acids whose 
names end in -ic with bases; as car- 

-bon-ate, nitr-ate, sulph-ate, tartr-ate., 
-ic changed into -ate; -ic acids from 
-ate salts. 

-cele. A tumor or protrusion; as hy- 
dro-cele, varico-cele, etc. 

-ectomy. Denoting the cutting away 
or incision of all or a part of an or- 
gan; as nephr-ectomy, splen-ectomy, 
etc. 

-ene. In chemistry denoting a hydro- 
carbon belonging to the olefine ser- 
ies; as benz-ene, anthrac-ene. etc. 

-et. A suffix denoting diminution; as 
carbur-et, phosphor-et, sulphur-et. 



-ed. Denoting combination; as car- 
bonat-ed, sulphurat-ed, phosphorat- 
ed, etc. 

-ful. Full of; as cup-ful, teaspoon- 
ful, wineglass-ful. 

-fy. Meaning make or to make; as 
forti-fy, make stronger; magni-fy, 
make larger; puri-fy, make purer. 

-gen. In chemistry denoting pro- 
ducing or producer; as hydro-gen, 
water producer; oxy-gen, acid pro- 
ducer, etc. 

-genous. Having the quality of bear- 
ing or producing; as nitro-genous, 
bearing nitrogen, etc. 

-graph. An instrument for writing 
or drawing or the drawing or writ- 
ing produced; as stylo-graph, auto- 
graph, etc. 

-graphy. A treatise or writing or 
drawing; as geo-graphy, bio-graphy. 

-ic. In chemistry denoting the com- 
bination of a greater proportion of 
the element or acid than -ous; as 
nitr-ic contains a greater proportion 
of oxygen than nitr-ous acid; fer- 1 
ric compounds contain a greater pro- 
portion of oxygen than fer-rous. 
(-ic acids produce -ate salts). 

-id. A termination used in chemistry 
to form names of compounds, the 
same as -ide; as sulph-id, brom-id. 

-ide. In chemistry signifying a union 
of two elements, this suffix being ap- 
plied to the negative element of the 
compound; as potassium iod-ide, cal- 
cium chlor-ide, zinc- phosph-ide, etc. 

-in. A termination of Latin feminine 
nouns, generally used to denote 
plant and animal properties that are 
not basic, but neutral; as salic-in, 
santon-in, digestal-in, adrenal-in, etc. 
This termination is also used by 
some authorities to designate alka- 
loidal salts, as morph-in sulphate, 
quin-in sulphate, etc. 

-ine. A termination generally used 
to denote an alkaloid or basic prin- 
ciple of plant or animal substances; 
as morph-ine, quin-ine, veratr-ine, 
etc. Some authorities use the termi- 
nation -in to denote the basic prin- 
ciple, but -ine is more generally used. 

-ite. A termination denoting a salt of 
an -ous acid; as sulph-ite, a salt of a 
base with sulphurous acid; phosph- 
ite, a salt of a base with phosphorous 
acid. 

-itis. Denoting inflammation of a 
part or an organ; as cyst-itis, in- 



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In chemistry denotes a compound 
in which the element with which it 
is combined has less. 

-path, -pathy. Signifying adherence 
to the principles or practice indi- 
cated by the word preceding it; as 
homceo-path, osteo-path, allo-path. 

-pathy. Relating to the treatment of 
disease by certain systems; as allo- 
pathy, homceo-pathy, hydro-pathy, 
osteo-pathy, etc. 

-phobia. Great fear or dread of; as 
hydro-phobia, dread of water. 

-rhage, -rhagia. Bursting forth or 
out; as hemor-rhage, blenner-rhagia, 
etc. 

-rhoea. An abnormal or excessive 
discharge; as diar-rhcea, leucor-rhoea, 
etc. 

-scope. Relating to an instrument 
for examining; as laryngo-scope, 
stetho-scope, etc. 

-tomy. Denotes cutting; as ana- 
tomy, laparo-tomy, tracheo-tomy. 

-ule. A diminutive termination; as 
nod-ule, ov-ule, etc. 

-uret. A suffix formerly used in 
chemistry to denote a binary com- 
pound of elements, like carbon and 
sulphur; as carb-uret, sulp-uret; but 
now -ide is used instead; as carb- 
ide, sulph-ide, etc. 

-ute. A suffix signifying quality or 
action; as absol-ute, destit-ute, exec- 
ute,, etc. 

-uria. Deseased condition relating to 
the urine; as albumin-uria, poly- 
uria, etc. 

-yi. Denoting a radical; as meth-yl, 
the . radical of methylic alcohol. 



flammation of the bladder; gastr- 
itis, inflammation of the stomach; 
appendic-itis, inflammation of the 
appendix, etc. 

-lite, -lith. Relating to stone. Used 
in mineral names. 

-logy. A treatise on or study of a 
subject; as pharmaco-logy, bio-logy, 
patho-logy, bacterio-logy, etc. 

•mania. A mental condition express- 
ed by the word preceding it; as 
klepto-mania. 

-ment. A termination denoting con- 
dition or action; as improve-ment, 
achieve-ment etc. 

-meter. Measure; as acido-meter, hy- 
dro-meter, thermo-meter, etc. 

-nomy. The science of; as astro- 
nomy, the science of stars. 

-oid. Like or similar to; as alkal- 
oid, similar to, (being basic) an al- 
kali; resin-oid, like a resin, etc. 

-ol. In chemistry denoting an alco- 
hol or alcoholic properties; as phen- 
ol, carbin-ol; also generally an oil 
or substance having the properties 
of an oil; as glycer-ol. 

-ole. A suffix having the same mean- 
ing as -ol. 

-oma. Signifying a tumor; as gli- 
oma, sarc-oma, etc. 

-one. In chemistry designating cer- 
tain compounds having the general 
formula CsH^-*; as acet-one, hex- 
one, ket-one, etc. 

•opia. Relating to the vision or to 
the eye; as my-opia, amply-opia, etc. 

-ose. The same as -ous. 

-ous. Denotes presence of a quality 
or degree in fullness or abundance. 



MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL AND 
CHEMICAL TERMS 



Aberrant. Differing from the usual 
type or group. Wandering, varying 
from the regular form or class. 
Aberration. In optics any imperfec- 
tion or dispersion or refraction of 
light causing a halo or blur of colors. 
In the polariscope, spectroscope and 
telescope, aberration frequently oc- 
curs; the violet rays, being more re- 
frangible than the red rays, are 
brought to a focus nearer the lens, 
and the image of the object under 
examination is surrounded by a halo 
of colors. 
Abluent. In chemistry or pharmacy 
a substance used to wash out, or 
cleanse by washing out, any undes- 
irable part of a compound, as water 
is abluent for washing precipitates; 
ether an abulent for washing solu- 
tion of opium, in making deodorized 
tincture of opium, etc. 
Ablution. Washing out or cleansing 
In chemistry or pharmacy separation 
of chemical impurities or undesirable 
constituents by washing with water, 
alkaloids with ether, etc. 
Abnormal. Unnatural, not conform- 
ing to established form or course, as 
abnormal development of plants or 
animals or organs; abnormal form of 
crystals, abnormal action of chemi- 
cals or medicines. 
Abortificant. A drug or combination 
of drugs intended to produce the 
expulsion of the foetus. These drugs 
cause uterine contraction. This term 
is sometimes used for medicines in- 
tended to abort or prevent the devel- 
opment of disease, as fever, small- 
pox, etc. An abortive. 
Abortion. The premature expulsion 
of the foetus, miscarriage. 
Abortive. In medicine the same as 
abortificant. In botany a part bar- 
ren or defective or imperfectly devel- 
oped. 
Abrasion. The removal by mechani- 
cal means of the exterior portion of 
a substance, as abrasion of the skin 



or teeth, abrasion of roots, seeds or 
bark. 

Abrasive. A substance which causes 
abrasion, as sand, emery, tripoli, car- 
borundum, etc. A gritty substance. 

Abraum Salts. Large deposits of 
salts found in Stassfurt, Prussia, and 
extensively used in the manufacture 
of potassium salts. 

Abrazitic. Non-effervescent when sub- 
mitted to chemical action or heat. 

Abscess. Med. A collection of puru- 
lent matter or pus in a cavity or 

'some tissue or organ of the body; us- 
ually resulting from some inflamma- 
tion which has caused suppuration.. - 

Absolute. In chemistry and pharma- 
cy a term used to indicate the high- 
est degree of strength or purity, as 
"absolute alcohol," the strongest al- 
cohol obtainable — free from water, 
(see Alcohol); "absolute acid," 
meaning the real acid independent of 
any solvent or dilutent, (see Acid); 
"absolute ether," ether which con- 
tains no other substance, as water 
or spirit — but only molecules of 
ether, (see Ether). 

In physics "absolute zero" is that 
degree of temperature at which a 
body is wholly deprived of heat, or 
at which a perfect gas would exert 
no pressure. This is supposed to be 
about — 273°C, (— 459°F.) (minus). 
Absolute temperature is reckoned 
from absolute zero as 0°, making the 
freezing temperature of water 273? 
absolute, (see Heat Measures). Ab- 
solute vacuum is an enclosed space 
containing no material substances.. 
Absorbent. A substance which sucks 
or draws from, or takes up, as "ab- 
sorbent cotton," "absorbent sponge," 
etc. In chemistry a substance which 
absorbes or takes up a liquid or gas, 
as charcoal, quick lime, manganese, 
chalk, etc., or a liquid which ab- 
sorbs or dissolves gas, as ;water ab- 
sorbs ammonia or the gaseous acids. 
In medicine a substance which in- 
duces or causes absorption, as of 



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pus, lymph, or other fluid, or gas. 

Abstergent. In medicine a cleansing 
substance, particularly a lotion for a 
sore or wound. A detergent. 

Abstract. In pharmacy a preparation 
representing double the medicinal 
constituents of a vegetable drug. See 
Abstracts. 

Abstraction. In pharmacy the process 
of removing one part of a substance 
from another, as in distilling the vol- 
atile part is abstracted or separated 
from the non-volatile. 

Acerbity. Sourness combined with as- 
tringency and bitterness. 

Acetates. 1. In chemistry, salts pro- 
duced by the union of acetic acid 
with bases. 2, In pharmacy, medi- 
cated vinegars. Preparations in 
which acetic acid or vinegar are used 
as a menstruum for obtaining the 
medicinal properties of drugs, (see 
Aceta). 

Acetic. Having the nature of vine- 
gar. Of. or pertaining to vinegar 
or acetic acid. 

Acetification. The process by which 
saccharine or diluted alcoholic liquids 
are converted into vinegar or acetic 
acid, by atmospheric oxidation, (see 
Acetum). 

Acetifier. An apparatus for produc- 
ing acetirlcation, (see Acetum). 

Acetify. To change or convert into 
vinegar. 

Acetimeter. A graduated tube or bur- 
ette in which the acid strength of vin- 
egar or acetic acid may be tested by 
the addition of an alkaline solution 
and an "indicator" which changes 
color and shows when the acid is 
neutralized. 

Acetimetry. The process of determin- 
ing the acid strength or percentage 
of vinegar or acetic acid by means 
of the acetimeter. 

Acetous. 1. Having the characteris- 
tics of vinegar or acetic acid. 2. 
Relating to the production of vinegar < 
as by the acetous fermentation. 

Acetylization. In chemistry the union 
of acetic acid or acetyl with bases or 
radicals. 

Acid. 1. In a popular sense any sub- 
stance sour to the taste; some acids, 
being insoluble, do not have any 
sour taste, but are known by tests to 
be acids. 2. In chemistry, a com- 
pound of hydrogen, all or a part of 
which may be displaced by a metal 



or basic radical, forming a new com- 
pound called a "salt," (see Acida). 

Hydracids are acids in which hydrogen 
combines directly with a basic ele- 
ment, as hydrochloric acid, HC1, hy- 
driodic acid, HI, hydrobromic acid, 
HBr, etc. 

Oxyacids are those in which oxygen 
is present in combination as nitric 
acid, HNO.-., sulphuric acid, H 2 SO«, 
phosphoric acid. H.^PO*, etc. 

Acidify. To make acid or to change 
into an acid condition. 

Acidification. The act of combining 
substances to produce an acid. 

Acidity. The degree of acid strength 
or sourness, or the property of being 
acid. 

Acidimeter. An apparatus for deter- 
mining the acid strength or per- 
centage of an acid substance, espec- 
ially for determining the acid per- 
centage of grape must or other fruit 
juices, wines, cider, etc.; as Twitch- 
ell's Acidimeter. 

Acidimetry. The process of deter- 
mining the strength of acids by the 
• use of standard test alkali solutions 
and an "indicator" with or without 
the use of an acidimeter. 

Acidulous. Having acid taste or re- 
action, having the properties of an 
acid. 

Acidulate. The act of acidulation or 
making sour; acidulating. 

Acne. A skin disease usually occur- 
ing during adolescense. It is man- 
fested by pimples on the face, breast 
and back. The pimples usually con- 
tain matter and are known as mag- 
got pimples. 

Acology. The science of remedies, 
surgical and medicinal. 

Acrid. A pungent, corrosive irritant, 
as an acid drug, having a biting or 
burning taste or smell. Acridity, the 
quality of being acrimonious or 
acid. 

Aerometer. An instrument for de- 
termining the specific gravity of oils. 

Actinic. Relating to radiation of light 
and heat; as the actinic rays which 
are shown by the spectrum to be the 
most instrumental in producing 
chemical change. They are also 
called "chemical rays." 

Action. In chemistry the operation 
by which chemicals unite _ or are 
disassociated is called chemical act- 
ion. A base and an acid enter into 



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chemical action, producing a salt. 

Active. In chemistry one substance 
may be chemically active to another 
substance, while another may be 
passive or without action. 

Activity. The force with which chem- 
cals unite is called chemical activity. 

Acupuncture. In medicine the meth- 
od of treating by thrusting needles 
into the body is called acupuncture. 
It is considerably practiced in China 
and Japan. Acus. In surgery a 
probe or pointed instrument or 
needle. 

Adenitis. Glandular inflammation. 
Inflammation of the adenoids. 

Adhere. The act of sticking to 
or adhering, one substance to an- 
other. 

Adhesion. The quality of sticking to 
or adhering, one substance to an- 
other. 

Adhesive. The property of adhesive- 
ness or sticking together of sub- 
stances 

Adjuvant. An aid or assistant; a 
helper. 1. In medicine, any sub- 
stance designed to assist the princi- 
pal means. 2. In pharmacy, a flav- 
ored cordial designed to carry more 
active medicines, as "adjuvant elixir," 
"adjuvant cordial," etc. 

Aerate. The act of aerating or forc- 
ing gas or air into a liquid or solid 
under pressure as in aerating mineral 
waters or charging them with gas. 

Aerated. The condition of aeration 
or being filled with air or gas, as 
aerated water, aerated bread, etc. 

Aeration. The process of aerating, or 
forcing gas or air into a liquid or 
other substance under pressure. 

Aerometer. An instrument for ascer- 
taining the density of gases. 

Aeroscope. An instrument for esti- 
mating the quantity of dust in the 
atmosphere. 

Affinity. In chemistry the force by 
which atoms or molecules are at- 
tracted to each other — chemical at- 
traction. This force is inherent in 
atoms and is exerted in inapprecia- 
ble distances and between definite 
and invariable weights of the com- 
bining elements. 

Affusion. The act of washing or pour- 
ing water or other liquid upon a sub- 
stance or body. 

Agent. In chemistry a substance or 
force that effects a change — as a 



chemical agent. In medicine a rem- 
edy given to produce a change or ef- 
fect a cure — as a medicinal or thera- 
peutic agent. 

Albuminuria. A diseased condition 
manifested by the presence of al- 
bumen in the urine. 

Alchemic or Alchemical. Pertaining 
to or relating to Alchemy. 

Alchemist. One who practiced or was 
skilled in Alchemy. Among the Al- 
chemists of the middle ages were 
many learned men who were leaders 
in the scientific pursuits of the age in 
which they lived. 

Alchemy, Chemy, or Hermetics. The 
primitive chemistry of the middle 
ages The present science of chem- 
istry had its origin in alchemy which 
was strenuously pursued by a class of 
experimenters and investigators who 
sought, among other things, to find 
the Philosophers Stone, which would 
transmute the baser metals into gold; 
and to discover the Alcahest, reputed 
to be a liquid which would resolve 
all bodies into their constituent ele- 
ments; and Elixir Vitce which pro- 
longed life indefinitely. One writer 
says that "Alchemy was the sickly, 
but imaginative infancy through 
which infant chemistry had to pass 
before it attained its majority, or in 
other words, became a positive 
science." Many of the discoveries 
which are so important in modern 
chemistry originated with Alchemy, 
and Alchemy was practiced by its 
followers long after chemistry be- 
came an acknowledged science. 

Alcoholate. In chemistry, a crystal- 
line" compound in which an alcohol 
is the acid radical. 

Alcoholmeter. Another name for a 
hydrometer used for ascertaining the 
alcoholic percentages of spirits. 

Alcohols. In pharmacy but two alco- 
hols are known, ethyl or grain alco- 
hol, which is the common alcohol of 
commerce, distilled from fermented 
grain; and methyl, or wood alcohol, 
which is obtained from the product 
of the destructive distillation of wood 
In chemistry twelve normal primary 
alcohols are known, besides a large 
number of other compounds which 
are chemically classed as alcohols, 
(see Alcohols). 

Aldane. In chemistry a substance 
formed by the union of two or more 



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molecules of an aldehyde, with elim- 
ination of water. <Stand. Diet. 

Aldehydes. Derived from alcohols by 
the elimination of H 2 . They are in- 
termediate between alcohols and 
acids, each alcohol having a corre- 
sponding aldehyde. Aldehydes cor- 
responding with eleven of the pri- 
mary alcohols are known and are 
generally prepared by the oxidation 
of these alcohols, (see Aldehyde). 

Alembic. A distilling apparatus of 
metal or glass, introduced by the al- 
chemists. It consists of a matrass 
or curcubit which contains the sub- 
stance to be distilled and a head or 
condenser fitted upon it with a tube 
slanting downward to conduct the 
distilled liquid into a receptacle. The 
modern retort which is derived from 
it is the same in principle. 

Alkalies. In commerce caustic pot- 
ash and caustic soda are known as 
alkalies; also soda ash, and the car- 
bonate of potassium and sodium are 
sometimes called alkalies. In chem- 
istry the hydroxides of sodium, pot- 
assium, lithium, barium, caesium and 
rubidium are known as alkali metals, 
and solutions of ammonia gas are 
frequently called alkalies, (see 
Alkalies). They are all strongly 
positive bases. 

Alkalimeter. An instrument used for 
determining the percentage of an al- 
kali. m 

Alkalimetery. The process of deter- 
mining the percentage of alkali by 
means of an acid test solution and 
"indicator." 

Alkaline. Having the characteristics 
of an alkali; of or pertaining to an 
alkali. 

Alkaloids. Organic nitrogenous bases, 
found in animal and vegetable 
substances, either as bases or salts. 
from which they may be obtained, 
(see Alkaloids). 

Alkaloidal. Pertaining to an alkaloid, 
as alkaloidal salt. Like an alkaloid 
or a derivative of an alkaloid. 

Allopath or Allopathist. A physician 
of the allopathic or "regular school 
of medicine," or one who practices al- 
lopathy. 

Allopathy. A school or system of 
medical treatment in which it is at- 
tempted to cure diseases by inducing 
an opposite condition or antipathy, 
the converse of Homoeopathy, in 



which remedies are given which pro- 
duce like or similar conditions as the 
disease. It is also known as the "reg- 
ular system or practice of medicine." 

Allotropism. The property which cer- 
tain elements or compounds possess 
of assuming different physical char- 
acteristics while retaining the same 
chemical composition. Phosphorus, 
carbon and Sulphur are examples of 
allotropic elements, (see Isomerism). 

Allotropy. The variation in physical 
characteristics shown by elements or 
compounds, without chemical 

change. 

Alloy. Usually a compound of two or 
or more metals which unite by fusion 
to form a homongeneous body. The 
alloy or compound may possess prop- 
erties differing from the metals which 
compose it, as melting point, ductil- 
ity, malleability, etc. 

Alopecia. Baldness. Absence of hair 
from a portion or all of the scalp. 

Alpha. In a series of isomeric com- 
pounds alpha is frequently used to 
denote the first and Beta- to denote 
the second combination. 

Alterative. A medicine intended to 
alter or change a diseased condi- 
tion to a normal state. 

Amalgam. A compound or alloy of 
mercury with some other metal. They 
differ from alloys as generally known, 
by being combined at ordinary tem- 
peratures, while alloys require heat 
to fuse the metals. 

Amalgamation. The process of form- 
ing an amalgam. This is extensive- 
ly used in extracting gold and silver 
from powdered quartz or other rock. 

Amalgamator. The apparatus used 
in mining for amalgamating or sep- 
arating gold and silver from ores. 

Amenorrhoea. Suppression or ab- 
sence of menstruation when it is 
due or should normally be present. 

Amides. Organic compounds deriv- 
ed from ammonia by the substitution 
of acid-radicals for hydrogen. 

Amidogen. The hypothetical radical 
of amides. 

Amines. Basic organic compounds 
derived from ammonia by the sub- 
stitution of alcohol radicals for hy- 
drogen atoms. Mon-amines, di- 
amines, tri-amines, etc., are pro- 
duced as one, two, three, or more 
atoms of hydrogen are displaced by 
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Amorphous. Without form. In chem- 
istry this term is applied to salts or 
precipitates without crystalline form 
as "amorphous salt," "amorphous 
powder,'" etc. 

Ampere. A unit of measurement of an 
electric current, an ampere being 
the electro-motive force or strength 
of one volt produced in a circuit 
through a wire of one ohm of re- 
sistance. 

Anaemia. Deficiency of red corpus- 
cles in the blood. 

Anaesthetic. A substance administer- 
ed, usually by inhalation, to pro- 
duce anaesthesia or unconsciousness, 
as ether, chloroform, etc. 

Analeptics. Medicines or foods which 
act as restoratives or tonics. 

Analgesics. Medicines intended to 
combat or allay pain, or cause insen- 
sibility to pain. 

Analyser. 1. One who analyses. 2. 
The plate of a polariscope which 
separates chemical rays. 

Analysis. In chemistry, the act or 
process of separating a compound 
substance into its parts; of deter- 
mining the simple substances which 
compose the compound. Opposed 
to synthesis, which is the act or 
process of combining substances to 
produce a compound. 

Qualitative Analysis. The act of iden- 
tifying the component parts of 
which a body is composed, without 
regard to their quantity or propor- 
tion in the compound. In making 
chemical analysis only qualitative 
analysis may be required in many 
cases, this analysis being prelimin- 
ary to quantitative determination. 
The substance to be analysed is first 
tested with various reagents, and 
afterwards, if required, subjected to 
quantitative analysis. 
Quantitative Analysis. This consists 
(after identification of the constitu- 
ents of the compound by qualitative 
analysis) of the determination of 
the quantities of some or all of the 
substances composing the compound, 
and sometimes of their relative pro- 
portion, either by weight or volume, 
or both. 

Gravimetric Analysis. The method of 
quantitatively determining the con- 
stituents of a compound by weight. 
Volumetric Analysis. The method of 
quantitatively determining the con- 



stituents of a compound by volume. 
Many substances require only grav- 
imetric analysis, while others re- 
quire determination of gaseous ele- 
ments which may be in combination 
or solution, and must be estimated 
by their volumes. 

Analyst. One who analyses — a chem- 
ist. 

Analytic. Pertaining to analysis, as 
an analytical experiment. 

Analytical. The same as analytic; as 
an analytical chemist. 

Anaphrodisiacs. Medicines intended 
to diminish sexual desire. 

Anasarca. General dropsy. Accum- 
ulation of serum in the alveolar tis- 
sues of the body. 

Anhydride. An acid from which the 
elements of water have been remov- 
ed, or an oxide which becomes an 
acid when water is added. Any ox- 
ide, whether basic or acid, uncom- 
bined with water. 

Anhydrous. Without water. In chem- 
istry applied particularly to a salt 
from which the water of crystalliza- 
tion has been removed or is absent, 
or an acid, alcohol, ether or similar 
liquid substance which contains no 
water. Anhydrous salts are those 
in which hydroxyl or constitutional 
water is absent. 

Anion. An electro-negative element 
which is separated from a compound 
and appears at the anode or positive 
pole of a battery when a compound 
substance is decomposed by electri- 
cal action. It is opposed to cation 
which is the electro-positive element 
appearing at the same time at the 
negative pole of a battery. 

Annual. In botany plants that live 
only one season. 

Anode. The positive voltaic pole of 
a battery or the plate or place where 
the positive current is discharged. 
Opposed to cathode, which is the 
negative pole of a battery. 

Anodynes. Drugs or medicines that 
diminish sensibility or relieve pain, 
as morphine, opium etc. 

Antacids. Substances used to neu- 
tralize acidity of the stomach or 
bowels, as soda magnesia, etc. 

Anthelmintics. Drugs intended to 
destroy intestinal worms. Worm 
medicines. 

Anthrax. A carbuncle or tumor of 
the cellular tissue ending in mortifi- 



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cation and discharge of bloody pus. 
A species of boil. 

Antiarthitics. Medicines designed to 
relieve gout. 

Antibilious. Antibilious medicines 
are supposed to stimulate the flow 
of bile and thus cleanse the system 
of impurities, or relieve a bilious 
condition 

Antihydropics. Medicines intended 
to relieve or cure dropsy. 

Antilithics. Medicines intended to 
dissolve calcarious deposits or stone 
in the bladder or kidneys. 

Antiperiodics. Drugs or medicines 
employed in the treatment of malar- 
ial fevers, as cinchona, quinine, etc. 

Antipyretics. Drugs or preparations 
employed to reduce the tempera- 
ture of the body in fevers and fever- 
ish conditions, as acetanilide, phe- 
nacetin, etc. 

Antiseptics. Substances which have 
the property of preventing putri- 
faction. fermentation and decay, by 
destroying septic and fermentive 
germs. 

Antispasmodics. Medicines employed 
to relieve spasmodic conditions and 
nervous irritibility. 

Antisyphilitics. Medicines which an- 
tagonize or combat syphilitic poison 
or conditions. 

Antizymotics. Substances which de- 
stroy disease-germs of zymotic ori- 
gin. 

Aperients. Medicines which act as 
mild purgatives or laxatives, more 
particularly saline preparations. 

Aphrodisiacs. Medicines or drugs 
used to promote or stimulate sex- 
ual desire. 

Apothecary. One who dispenses 
drugs and compounds prescriptions; 
distinguished from druggist by mean- 
ing one skilled in pharmacy. This 
title is more generally used in Euro- 
pean countries while "pharmacist," 
which means the same thing, is more 
generally employed in this country. 

Apothecary Shop. A store or phar- 
macy where medicines are dispensed 
and prescriptions compounded. 

Apparatus. The utensils and machin- 
ery used in the drug business in the 
preparations of medicines are called 
"pharmaceutical apparatus." The 
utensils and apparatus used in the 
production and testing of chemicals 
are called "chemical apparatus." 



Aromatic Bitters. Medicines con- 
taining aromatics with simple bitter 
stomachics and spirits. Designed 
to increase the appetite and pro- 
mote digestion by giving tone to the 
digestive organs. 

Aromatics. Drugs having a frag- 
rant, spicy odor and taste and are 
used for their flavor, or as a stim- 
lant to digestion or to the mucous 
membrane. 

Aromatic or Benzene Series. This is 
known as the fifth series of hydro- 
carbons, CnHan-fl. 

Aseptic. Free from septic matter. 
The treatment of wounds to prevent 
septic contamination. 

Aspirator. A hollow needle for with- 
drawing pus or serum without the 
admission of air. 

Assay. 1. In chemistry the act or 
process of analyzing or assaying 
ores, metals, alloys, etc., to deter- 
mine their composition and value. 2. 
The ore. metal or other substance to 
be assayed. 3. The product or result 
of an assay. Various processes are 
employed for assaying, among which 
mav be mentioned roasting, scorifi- 
cation. cupellation, parting, quarta- 
tion, solution, amalgamation, smelt- 
ing, etc. 

Assayer. One who conducts an assay. 

Assaying. The process of making or 
conducting an assay. 

Assimilation. The digestive process 
of changing food into such condition 
that it may be taken up by the ab- 
sorbing vessels of the body. 

Asthma. A spasmodic constriction 
of the bronchial tubes, manifested 
by difficult breathing. 

Astringents. Substances used either 
internally or externally to contract 
the tissues or membranes, or to 
"pucker" the mucous membrane. 

Atom. In chemistry the indivisible 
unit of an elementary substance. 
Physically an atom is the smallest 
conceivable portion of an element. 

Atomic. Relating or pertaining to an 
atom or atoms, as "the atomic 
theory." etc. 

Atomic Bonds. The chemical con- 
ception is that each atom has poles, 
like a magnet, that attract at infini- 
tesimal distances, atoms of opposite 
electrical state which join or unite 
as with bonds. The elements vary 
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present to be bound or bonded, for 
example; hydrogen, sodium and 
chlorine atoms have but one pole, 
oxygen has two, nitrogen has three, 
carbon four, phosphorous five, chro- 
mium six. In graphic formulas 
these bonds are indicated by dashes, 
as H — (hydrogen). — O — (oxygen) 
H — H, (the hydrogen molecule). 
H — O — H, (the water molecule). 

I 
— N — , (nitrogen). — C — , (carbon). 

.1 
The dashes representing the valence 
of the element. 

Atomic Theory. The theory that all 
substances are composed of indivis- 
ible atoms having definite combining 
force and comparative weight. Also 
called atomic philosophy. 

Atomic Volume. The space occupied 
by an element compared with its 
atomic weight, obtained by dividing 
the specific gravity of an element by 
its atomic weight. 

Atomic Weight. The weight of any 
element compared with the weight of 
an equal volume of hydrogen or oxy- 
gen. The system ot atomic weights 
now universally acknowledged is 
founded upon the law of volumes as 
formulated by Avogadro, Ampere 
and others. This law is "that equal 
volumes of different gases at the 
same temperature and pressure con- 
tain an equal number of molecules." 
This law applies to all elements of 
which gases or vapors have been ob- 
tained, but the same conditions of 
temperature and pressure must be 
observed in each, the weight of the 
given volumes of the gas or vapor 
compared with the weight of an 
equal volume of hydrogen or oxy- 
gen being the atomic weight of the 
element. The weight of vapors of 
different elements at different tem- 
peratures may be calculated by the 
law of Charles and Gay-Lussac, 
which is that "all gases expand 
equally by heat provided the pres- 
sure remains constant." The rate of 
expansion being V273 of the volume 
at 0°C. for each rise of 1°C. in tem- 
perature. It will thus be seen that 
the rate of expansion corresponds 
with the absolute temperature, the 
volume increasing from 0° absolute, 
which is — 273°C. 

Atomicity. The combining or satu- 



rating power of an element is called 
its atomicity; this is also called Val- 
ency and Equivalence. The number 
of atoms of an element which unite 
with another element or elements to 
form a molecule is its valency or 
atomicity. 

Atomizer. An apparatus or instru- 
ment for producing a spray or mi- 
nute division of liquids by causing 
air under pressure to pass through 
a small tube and come in contact 
with a fine stream of the liquid to be 
"atomized." 

Attraction, Chemical. The attraction 
of atoms, (see Affinity). 

B 

Bacteria. Microscopic organisms or 
microbes consisting of single, spher- 
ical, comma-shaped, rod-shaped or 
cork-screw-shaped cells, or aggre- 
gates of such cells. They exist in 
air, water, and most moist vegetable 
and animal substance, and are found 
in the fluids and canals of animal 
bodies. Various diseases are attrib- 
uted to their presence in the human 
body, and they are important factors 
in fermentation, septic and putrefact- 
ive processes. 

Barometer. An instrument showing 
the density, weight or pressure of 
the atmosphere. The most common 
barometer is one in which a column 
of mercury in a glass tube is sus- 
tained by the weight of the atmos- 
phere. 

Bases. 1. In chemistry bases are gen- 
erally electro-positive bodies, either 
elementary or compound with which 
acids or electro-negative elements 
or substances may combine, forming 
salts, either acid or neutral. Chemi- 
cals are known as monobasic, di- 
basic, tribasic, etc., according to their 
degree of saturation. The metals, 
their oxides and hydroxides, the hy- 
drogen compounds of nitrogen, (the 
ammonia group), the anhydrides 
which are the oxides of not-metals, 
the alcohols and the alcohol radicals 
together with some substances which 
are both basic and acid, are classed 
as bases. 2. In pharmacy bases are 
the substantial part or ingredient of 
a compound, with which medica- 
ments may be combined, as alcoholic 
base or ointment base, etc. 

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In chemistry a basic salt is one that 
contains more than sufficient of the 
basic ingredient to neutralize the acid 
with which it is combined. 

Bath. In pharmacy and chemistry, a 
means of regulating the degree of heat 
for various purposes. The Water- 
bath, glycerin-bath, oil-bath and sand 
bath are used; the vessel containing 
the substance to be heated being 
partly surrounded with the heated 
water, glycerin, oil or sand, and heat 
applied to the bath. 

Battery. Generally galvanic or elec- 
tric, consisting of a cell or cells, 
either for generation or storage of 
electricity. Diffusion batteries con- 
sist of a number of tanks connected 
together for the purpose of exhaust- 
ing sugar from beets, which they 
contain, or drugs, by passing the 
diffusate or percolate from one tank 
to another, (see Diffusion). 

Bitters Medicines having a bitter 
taste. Prepared medicines design- 
ed to improve the appetite, and act 
as a tonic to the mucous membrane 
of the digestive tract. 

Blend. This name is sometimes ap- 
plied to a mixture of liquors or to 
other substances, as grains for malt- 
ing, mixe^d coffees, etc. 

Blisters. Plasters or liquids which, 
when applied to the skin cause ex- 
udation of serum. 

Bunsen Burner. A gas burner so ar- 
ranged as to admit a current of air 
at the base that mixes with the gas 
in the tube which constitutes the 
burner, thus giving more perfect 
combustion and a hotter flame. 

Burette. A tall, graduated tube so ar- 
ranged that a liquid may be drawa 
from it in small quantities or drop 
by drop. A stop-cock or pinch-cock 
is usually attached at the lower end 
to regulate the flow of the liquid. 

Burns. Destruction of the cuticle or 
skin or tissues by coming in contact 
with a heated substance or fire. Dis- 
tinguished from scalds, which are 
caused by steam or some heated 
liquid. 

C 

Calefacients. Medicines applied ex- 
ternally to cause a feeling of warmth. 

Cardiac Medicines. Heart medi- 
cines. Depressants, employed to 
lower arterial action. Stimulants, 



employed to increase heart action or 
arterial tension. 

Carminatives. Medicines containing 
aromatic stimulants or volatile oils 
and intended to promote peristaltic 
action and expulsion of gas from the 
bowels. 

Capsules. 1. In pharmacy a capsule 
is a small hollow or filled shell of 
gelatin, in which liquids, powders, or 
masses may be dispensed. 2. In 
chemistry (also in pharmacy) a cap- 
sule is a small, shallow dish or ves- 
sel which may be used for evaporat- 
ing a liquid, or for fusing crystals 
or salts or for incinerating a small 
qantity of any residue. They are 
made of glass, porcelain or platinum. 
A tared capsule is a weighed capsule, 
into which a substance to be evapor- 
ated is placed and weighed before 
and after evaporation. 

Casserole. A small stew-pan or dish, 
deeper than a capsule, usually made 
of porcelain, used by chemists for 
heating, evaporating, etc. 

Catalyser. In chemistry certain chem- 
ical reactions are greatly hastened 
by the use of copper of some chem- 
ical salt which acts as a catalyser. 
For example, in making chlorine gas, 
air is blown through concentrated 
hydrochloric acid and passes over 
pumice stone contained in a hard 
glass tube, the pumice stone having 
been previously soaked in a concen- 
trated solution of copper sulphate 
and then ignited to redness. The 
copper acts as a catalyser, but no 
traces of it appear in the chlorine 
which is produced by the~ operation. 
Many other chemical reactions are 
accelerated by the use of a catalyser. 

Catalysis. A chemical change induc- 
ed in a compound by the presence 
of a substance which is not itself 
changed or decomposed. Many med- 
icinal substances, as pancreatin, pep- 
sin etc., are catalytic in their action. 

Cathartics. Purgatives or medicines 
which cause prompt movement of 
he bowels. 

Cation or Cathion. An electro-posi- 
tive element. When chemical salts 
are decomposed by electrolysis the 
element which is disengaged at the 
negative pole or cathode of the bat- 
tery is a Cation. Opposed to Anion 
which is disengaged at the positive 
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Cathode or Kathode. The negative 
pole of a galvanic battery — opposed 
to anode, which is the positive pole. 

Caustics. Substances which destroy 
or cauterize living tissue, as caustic 
potash, lunar caustic etc. 

Cell. 1. In botany and biology the 
smallest part of an organized body 
having vitality, or through the func- 
tions of which the vital processes are 
exercised. 2. In electricity one ele- 
ment of a voltaic battery. A jar con- 
taining a liquid in which are immers- 
ed the metals or other substances 
which produce the electric current. 

Chemical Action. Any change which 
involves the alteration of the mole- 
cules of which a" substance is com- 
posed may be called chemical action. 
Elementary atoms unite to form 
molcules and may be disunited to 
form other unions with other atoms. 
The atoms remain the same but 
chemical action combines and re- 
combines them into molecules pro- 
ducing an infinite variety of sub- 
stances, differing in form, color, 
taste and other characteristics. 

Chemical Formulas. These are ex- 
pressed by the chemical symbols, 
sometimes preceded by regular size 
figures and sometimes followed by 
small (inferior or superior) figures. 
The following are examples : The 
U. S., Br., and several European auth- 
orities use inferior figures as, Ferrous 
Sulphate, FeS0 4 +7H 2 =277.42. 
The French, Mexican, Italian and sev- 
eral European authorities use super- 
ior instead of inferior figures as 
Sulfate ferreux, S0 4 Fe + 7H 2 = 278. 

Chemism or Chemical Affinity. The 
force, energy or atraction which is 
inherent in atoms and causes them 
to unite or combine with other atoms 
to form molecules. 

Cholagogues. Medicines which cause 
an increased secretion of bile by the 
liver. 

Cohesion. The force by which masses 
of matter consisting of molecules are 
held together. 

Conductivity. The capacity which a 
substance has for conduction, either 
of heat, light, electricity or sound. 

Conductor. Any substance which con- 
ducts or through which energy is 
transmitted, as a wire is a conductor 
of electricity; a copper rod is a con- 
ductor of heat; or through which a 



gas or fluid may pass, as a water- 
pipe or gas-pipe. ' 

Constringents. The same as astrin- 
gents. 

Convulsants. Medicines which pro- 
duce or cause convulsions. 

Correctives. Medicines intended to 
modify the action of other medi- 
cines as to prevent griping of pur- 
gatives etc. 

Corrigent. A corrective ingredient 
added to a medicine to modify the 
action of other ingredients, as warm 
aromatics are added to purgatives to 
prevent griping. 

Coulomb. The practical unit of quan- 
tity in measuring electricity. The 
amount conveyed by one ampere 
in one second and corresponding to 
the amount required for decompos- 
ing .0935 milligram of water. 

Crucible. A vessel of deep form, 
made of fire-clay and baked, or of 
plumbago or platinum and designed 
for fusing metals or other substances 
requiring a high degree of heat. The 
Hessian crucibles are considered the 
best variety of fire-clay crucibles. 

Cupel. A shallow, absorbent vessel, 
usually made of bone dust; used in 
making an assay by cupellation. 

Cupellation. The process of assaying 
an alloy containing lead by convert- 
ing the lead into an oxide by a high 
degree of heat in a current of air. 
The oxidized lead then melts and 
sinks into the cupel, leaving gold, 
silver or other unoxidized metals on 
the surface. 

Current. In electricity the flow or 
transmission of the electric force 
through a conducting medium or 
along a conductor. The unit of the 
electric curret is the ampere which 
is equal to one coulomb per second. 

D 

Decomposition. In chemistry the 
breaking up of a chemical compound, 
which may be accomplished by the 
interaction of another compound or 
by electrolysis. 

Dehydration. The removal of the 
elements of water from a compound; 
or the abstraction of hydrogen from 
a molecule. 

Deliquescence. The softening or par- 
tial solution of crystalline, granular 
or amorphous salts by absorption of 
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Demulcents. Mucilaginous medica- 
ments intended to protect or allay 
irritated mucous surfaces or tissues. 
Usually used in liquid form. 

Denarcotize. To remove narcotic con- 
stituents or principles. Denarco- 
tized, — relating to a substance from 
which the narcotic properties have 
been removed. 

Density. The weight of a substance 
compared with its volume is called 
its density. The term is also used to 
express compactness of mass or 
closeness of texture. A body may be 
dense in texture without having pro- 
portionate weight. Compare alumi- 
num and gold, ether and chloroform. 
The density of water at 4°C. (39.1°F.) 
at mean atmospheric pressure at sea 
level is commfonly taken as the unit 
of density. In the metric system, as 
the gramme is the mass of a cubic 
centimetre of water, the density of 
any substance may be compared with 
the weight in grammes of an equal 
mass of water. 

Deobstruents. A term formerly used 
for medicines intended to remove 
obstructions, as laxatives. Now sel- 
dom used. 

Deodorants. Substances intended to 
overcome or neutralize disagreeable 
or foul odors. 

Deodorize. To remove odor from a 
substance, as to deodorize alcohol. 
Deodorized, relating to a substance 
or preparation from which the odor 
has been removed; as deodorized 
opium. 

Depilatories. Substances intended to 
remove hair, especially superfluous 
hair or hair in an objectionable 
place. 

Depolarize. To remove the polarity 
of a substance, as a magnet which has 
been depolarized by heat. 

Depressants. Sedative medicines or 
those which reduce arterial or ner- 
vous excitement. 

Depurants. Cleansing medicines; 

those which cause excretion or re- 
moval of effete matter, thus purify- 
ing the system. 

Detergents. Medicines generally in 
the form of washes or lotions, in- 
tended to cleanse sores, wounds etc. 

Dextro. Meaning right. Contrary to 
the left. Used chiefly in relation to 
polarized light. Dextro-rotary, cir- 
cling to the right. 



Diaphoretics. Medicines which pro- 
mote sweating. Sudorifics. 

Digestants. Medicines which aid di- 
gestion, by tonic action or by assist- 
ing the digestive fluids in their func- 
tions. 

Dilutents. Medicines which dilute 
secretions, or so act as to cause a 
greater dilution of the circulating 
fluids of the body. 

Disinfectants. Substances which 

neutralize or destroy disease-germs 
or noxious properties of decaying 
organic matter. 

Diuretics. Medicines intended to pro- 
mote the secretion of urine. 

Double Salts. Some bases have the 
property of uniting with an acid to 
form double salts, as iron and am- 
monium citrate, bismuth and ammon- 
ium citrate and the alums. 

Drastics. Violent purgatives which 
cause intestional irritation. 

Ductility. In metals the property of 
being drawn out, as into wire etc. 

Dyad. In chemistry an atom, ele- 
ment or radical having the combin- 
ing power of two units. The same as 
bivalent. 



Ecbolics. Medicines which produce 
abortion or cause expulsion of the 
foetus. 

Eclectic. In medicine, a system which 
embraces any treatment or medicine 
which may seem efficient without ad- 
hering to dogmas of other schools. 
Eclectic physicians are those who 
select remedies from any or all 
sources. 

Ectropotics. Laxatives. Mild cath- 
artics or medicines which act mildly 
upon the bowels. 

Effervescence. The bubbling caused 
by the escape of gas through a liquid 
at ordinary temperature, distinguish- 
ed from boiling which is the escape 
of vapor at a high temperature. 

Efflorescence. The decomposition of 
a crystalline substance in part or 
wholly, by exposure to air, with loss 
of water of crystallization. The 
efflorescence usually occurs on the 
surface of the crystals and gradually 
extends to the interior. 

Electrode. One of the poles of a gal- 
vanic battery. The positive electrode 
is called the anode, and the negative 
pole the cathode. 



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Electrolysis. The method or process 
of decomposing a chemical salt or 
compound by passing an electric cur- 
rent through it, the positive elements 
being disengaged at the negative 
pole and the negative elements at 
the positive pole of the battery. 

Electrolyte. A chemical salt or com- 
pound which may be decomposed by 
the electric current. 

Electropathy. The treatment by 
means of electricity or electrical ap- 
pliances, of various forms of disease. 
An electropathic physician is one 
who employs electricity in the treat- 
ment of diseases. 

Element. In chemistry a primary 
substance which cannot be decom- 
posed by any known means into 
other elements. 

Elixir. Generally a sweetened aro- 
matic, weakly alcoholic preparation 
or compound of a drug or drugs. 
See Elixirs. 

Elutriation. A method of washing a 
pulverized, insoluble substance by 
stirring it with a quantity of water, 
letting the coarser particles subside 
and drawing off the liquid in which 
the finer particles are suspended. 

Emetics. Medicines which cause 
emesis, or evacuation of the stom- 
ach. Vomiting. Ipecac, tartar eme- 
tic, lobelia, apomorphine etc. 

Emmenagogues Medicines which 
assist or stimulate menstruation. 

Emmolients. Substances applied to 
tissues to protect them, as vase- 
line, flaxseed, etc. 

Empyreuma. The odor or taste which 
is produced when organic substances 
are heated in closed vessels or in 
covered pits or mounds, or when 
organic substances are subjected to 
destructive distillation. Tar and 
pyroligneous acid have an "empyreu- 
matic" odor. 

Emulsion. A preparation in which 
liquid substances, as oil, syrup or 
water, which are not soluble in each 
other are united in a homogeneous 
mixture by means of some adhesive 
substance. See Emulsions. 

Endogen. In botany a plant which 
"grows from the inside." The en- 
dogens include most plants having 
parallel-veined leaves, as palms, 
corn, the grains and grasses, lilies, 
etc. Distinguished from Exogens 
"outside growers," which have most- 



ly net-veined leaves and a bark sep- 
arated from the woody portion by a 
cambium layer which the increased 
growth of the plant has deposited. 

Enzyme. A chemical compound con- 
sisting of unorganized vegetable or 
animal substances which cause fer- 
mentation. Pepsin, ptyalin and dias- 
tase are examples. 

Epispatics. Blisters. Applications 
which cause blisters. 

Equivalence. In chemistry the equal- 
ity or valence of atoms in a com- 
pound or molecule. The same as val- 
ence. 

Equivalent. In chemistry the atomic 
power with which an atom combines 
with or displaces another atom. This 
is expressed in chemical formulas by 
figures which indicate the combining 
values of the atoms compared with 
hydrogen as 1, for example; hydro- 
gen being 1, ogygen being 16, H 2 
= 18. The figures following the = 
sign in a formula represent the atom- 
ic weight of the molecule. 

Errhines. Medicines or preparations 
which increase the nasal secretions. 

Escharotics. Caustics. Preparations 
which destroy the mucous membrane 
or the skin to which they are applied 
thereby killing abnormal or malig- 
nant growths, ulcers, etc. 

Essence. In pharmacy the solution of 
an essential oil or the essential prin- 
ciples of a substance in spirit, as es- 
sence of peppermint, essence of 
Jamiaca ginger, etc. 

In French pharmacy volatile oils 
(huiles volatiles) are also called es- 
sences. 

In Spanish pharmacy esencia is the 
name for the essential oil (aceite 
volatil) of any plant. In Italian 
pharmacy essenza indicates the vola- 
tile oil. In U. S. and Br. pharmacy 
most of the spirits are commonly 
called essences. 

The term is also applied to some 
solutions and tinctures of substances, 
as essence of opium, essence of coca, 
essence of pepsin etc. 

Ester. A compound ether derived 
from an oxygenated acid. Ethyl, 
methyl, glyceryl and other esters 
corresponding with alcohol radicals 
are known and some of them are 
used. 

Ether. 1. In a general sense the 
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a class of hydrocarbon compounds, 
prepared from alcohols by the action 
of acids, distillation, etc. The name 
of the acid employed usually pre- 
cedes the word ether, as hydrobro- 
mic ether, chloric ether, sulphuric 
ether, etc. 2. In pharmacy the name 
Ether refers to the variety prepared 
by the action of sulphuric acid on 
ethyl alcohol, other ethers have the 
name of the acid preceding the 
word Ether, or are known by their 
chemical names as methyl oxide, 
ethyl oxide, etc. 3. The name "ether" 
is given to the supposed medium 
which occupies all space and through 
which the vibrations of light, heat 
and electricity are transmitted. This 
medium is supposed to fill the inter- 
stices between the molecules of mat- 
ter, and to pervade all space, both 
terrestrial and interstellar. 

Evacuants. Medicines which cause 
movement of the bowels; evacua- 
tion, principally purgatives. 

Evaporation. The process of reduc- 
ing the quantity of a fluid by ex- 
posure to a current of warm air or 
direct heat. 

Excitants. Stimulants. Such medi- 
cines as stimulate the circulation, or 
cause increased arterial pressure. 

Excito-motors. Medicines which in- 
crease motor activity. 

Expectorants. Medicines which in- 
crease expectoration or the throwing 
off of mucous from the laryngial 
muscles, the bronchial tubes etc. 

Excipient. A substance added to or 
mixed with pill masses, suppositor- 
ies, or other similar forms of medi- 
cine to give them the proper consis- 
tence. Syrup, honey, glycerin, soap, 
wax, starch glycerite, vaseline, etc., 
are used as excipients. See Pills. 

Extraction. The process employed 
for obtaining the medicinal con- 
stituents of drugs, etc. 



Faradic. This term is applied to med- 
ical electricity to denote rapidly al- 
ternating induced electric currents. 

Faradism. The species of electricity 
caused by an induced electric cur- 
rent. 

,Faradizer. A form of battery or ap- 
pliance which produces a Faradic 
current of electricity. 

Farina. A kind of meal or. flour pro- 



duced from Indian corn or other 
farinaceous or starchy grains. 

Febrifuges. Medicines which miti- 

gate or dispel fevers. 

Fecula. A name given to starch ex- 
tracted by washing the pulp of far- 
inaceous grain. 

Ferment. A substance which may 
produce fermentation by the chemi- 
cal decomposition of an organic com- 
pound. Fermentation is supposed 
to be caused by the action of living 
organisms, which are known as or- 
ganized ferments, either vegetable, 
as yeast; or animalculae, as bacteria, 
etc., or by the chemical or "unor- 
ganized ferments," or enzymes which 
induce catalytic action, as diastase in 
malting, pepsin in digestion, etc. 

Filter. An apparatus or contrivance 
for separating insoluble matter or 
particles from fluids, or for cleans- 
ing liquids. The ordinary method 
of filtering in use in the drug busi- 
ness is to place a piece of filtering 
paper, properly folded, in a funnel, 
and pour the liquid to be filtered into 
it receiving the "filtrate" in a bottle 
or vessel placed beneath it. 

Fining. A method of clarifying 
liquors, wines or beer, by the addi- 
tion of isinglass, milk, white of egg, 
or other substances that carry sus- 
pended matter down with them as a 
precipitate. 

Fluid. This term embraces all sub- 
stances which yield readily to any 
force to change their position or 
equilibrium. Water and air are 
fluids, but water is also a liquid, 
while air is a mixture of gases, not 
classed with liquids, but it may be 
liquified by cold and pressure. 

Fluorescence. The property possess- 
ed by some transparent substances 
of showing a milky color when illum- 
inated. This property is caused by 
the reflection of light of greater wave 
lengths than the incident light of the 
bodies. Solution of quinine salts and 
many of the anilines are fluorescent. 

Formula. A form of words or writ- 
ing expressing an action or guide to 
be followed. In medicine a prescrip- 
tion or recipe directing certain drugs 
to be used in certain proportions; in 
optics a prescription directing cer- 
tain focuses of glasses of spectacles; 
in chemistry symbols expressing the 
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An empirical formula is the expres- 
sion by symbols and figures of the 
constituents of a compound, without 
regard to their arrangements or sep- 
aration into radicals and acids, as 
H-SO4, sulphuric acid; a rational or 
constitutional formula shows the 
composition of a body by the sepa- 
ration of the radical and the acid as 
H,.OSO ; , sulphuric acid; and a 
graphic or structural formula is 
shown by dashes representing con- 
necting bonds, as H — O — H, water. 
See also Ions. 

Fractionation. The method of sepa- 
rating the component parts of a body 
by various processes, as by fractional 
distillation — the lighter or more vol- 
atile portions coining over first and 
being reserved separately, from the 
heavier portions that come over 
after. 

Fusion. The act of melting or liqui- 
fying solids by heat. 
G 

Galactagogues. Medicines which in- 
crease the secretion of milk or de- 
velop the lactial functions. 

Galenicals. A general name for pre- 
pared medicines, not included among 
chemical preparations nor having a 
definite chemical composition, as in- 
fusions, extracts, fluid extracts, oint- 
ments, syrups, tinctures, etc. 

Galvanic. Relating to electricity pro- 
duced by chemical action. The same 
as voltaic. A galvanic battery is op- 
erated by the action of chemical de- 
composition. 

Galvanism. The electricity produced 
by chemical action in a galvanic bat- 
tery. Galvanic electricity is employ- 
ed as a continuous or intermittent 
current in medical treatment. 

Garbled. This term is applied to cer- 
tain drugs that are cleaned of refuse 
or useless admixtures by garbling; 
as garbled senna, garbled spices, gar- 
bled gums, etc. 

Gas. A form of matter in an aeri- 
form state, which expands and con- 
tracts according to pressure and de- 
gree of temperature. The density of 
different gases vary greatly under 
the same pressure and temperature. 

Gelatinous. Having the characteris- 
tics of jelly. Several medicinal pre- 
parations have the property of be- 
coming gelatinous by standing. Pre- 
parations of senega, kino, gossypium, 



sweet orange peel, etc., may be men- 
tioned. Some gelatinous prepara- 
tions are prepared as nutritious 
food. 

Generation. In a general sense the 
production of, as the generation of 
gas, the generation of electricity, etc. 

Germ. The vital element of repro- 
duction. A micro-organism or mi- 
crobe. 

Germination. The process of develop- 
ment of a germ. 

Germicide. A substance which may 
be used to kill or destroy germs or 
micro-organisms. A substance pos- 
sessing germicidal properties. 

Glacial. In chemistry a term applied 
to certain acids ,which assume an ice- 
like appearance when crystallized, as 
glacial acetic acid. 

Glucoside. Organic substances, which 
when treated with dilute acids, alka- 
lies or certain ferments are decom- 
posed, yielding glucose or some 
other form of sugar differing from 
the cane sugar class. The bitter 
principles of many plants are gluco- 
sides 

Graduate. 1. A graduated measure 
used by pharmacists for measuring 
liquids. Glass graduates are made 
for measuring minims (minum grad- 
uate), and for measuring drachms, 
fluid ounces, pints and quart; also 
for metric liquid measure, cubic cen- 
timeters to liters. Graduated tubes 
are also used for testing and graduat- 
ed scales of various kinds are used 
for hydrometers, etc. 2. One who 
has graduated or completed a course 
and received a diploma from any col- 
lege or school, as a graduate of 
pharmacy. 

Granular. In the form of grains or 
granules Granules are little pills, 
not larger than 1 grain; granular 
salts are composed of grains, larger 
or smaller; granulated drugs are 
coarse powders designed for perco- 
lation, generally a little coaser than 
granulated sugar. 

Gravity. Relating to the weight of a 
solid or liquid. Specific gravity, the 
weight of a body in water, compar- 
ed with its weight in the atmosphere. 

H 

Haemostatics. Medicines or applica- 
tions which arrest the flow of blood. 
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tringents Which constrict the blood 
vessels and cause stoppage of the 
flow. 

Halogen. The elements fluorine, 
chlorine, bromine and iodine and, in 
some cases, the radical cyanogen are 
called haldgens. They combine with 
other elerhents forming a series of 
electro-positive saline salts, which, 
from their similarity to sea salt, are 
called haloids. A halogen is there- 
fore, a haloid producer. Common 
salt, potassium iodide and sodium 
bromide are haloids. 

Haloid. A salt produced by the union 
of a halogen with an electro-posi- 
tive element. 

Heat. A form of energy produced by 
physical or chemical action. Heat 
may be generated by anything which 
disturbes the molecular arrangement 
of masses. Friction, electricity and 
chemical decomposition are the chief 
sources of heat. In either case it 
seems to be caused by molecular vi- 
brations produced by the disturban- 
ces of the molecules of the substan- 
ces acted upon, or imparted to sur- 
rounding media by such disturbance. 

Herbaceous. Having the character of 
herbs; as an herbaceous plant. 

Herbal. Pertaining to herbs or the 
use of herbs as remedies; as herbal 
remedies, herbalist, etc. 

Herbarium. A collection of dried 
plants arranged in botanical order. 

Homoeopathic. 1. A class of prepar- 
ations used by homoeopathic physi- 
cians. 2. The treatment of diseases by 
homoeopathy. 

Homoeopathy. A system or school of 
medicine originated by Hahnemann 
(1755-1843), founded on the princi- 
ple that "like cures like." Similia 
similibus curanter. 

Homogeneous. Having the same 
structure or composition throughout, 
or made up of the same parts or ele- 
ments; as homogeneous mixture. 

Homologpus. In chemistry a class or 
series of substances of the same 
type and similar composition; as 
homologous series. 

Humidity. The condition of being 
moist or saturated with vapor of 
water; especially relating to the 
moisture in the atmosphere. 

Hydragogues. Purgatives which pro- 
duce watery discharges, as elater- 
ium, sodium phosphate etc. 



Hyponitics. Medicines designed to 
produce sleep or allay excessive ner- 
vous irritation. 

Hydrate. A compound of the ele- 
ments of water (H.O), with other 
atoms or molecules, and without 
breaking up and rearrangement of 
the atoms composing the H 2 0. 

Hydration. The process or act of 
producing a hydrate or causing a 
chemical compound to unite with the 
group H2O in molecular combination. 

Hydride. The union of hydrogen 
with another element, as hydrogen 
sulphide, H-.S, or a compound radi- 
cal acting as an element. 

Hydrolysis. The decomposition of a 
chemical compound that may occur 
when water is absorbed or taken up 
by it, forming new chemical com- 
pounds. 

Hydrolytic. Pertaining to hydrolysis. 
A hydrolytic fement is one which 
acts only in the presence of water, 
the combination resulting in hy- 
drolysis. The digestive ferments are 
mostly hydrolytic. 

Hydrometer. An instrument consist- 
ing of a bulb, filled with small shot, 
mercury, or other heavy substance, 
from which extends a graduated 
tube. It is used for determining the 
specific gravity of liquids, in which 
it may be floated. The depth to 
which the tube sinks in the liquid in- 
dicates the density or specific grav- 
ity of the liquid. Hydrometers are 
prepared with different scales for 
testing liquids of different kinds, 
acid hydrometers, alcoholometers, 
lactometers, saccharometers, etc. See 
Hydrometry. 

Hydropathy. The treatment of dis- 
ease by the application and use of 
water. Hydropathic physicians are 
those who treat by hydropathy. 

Hydroxide. A compound containing 
the group OH, which is produced by 
the disassociation and rearrangement 
of the molecule of water, H 2 0. It 
differs from hydrate by the rear- 
rangement of the atoms of the mole- 
cule of water. Example: BaOH 2 0, 
barium hydrate; Ba(OH)2, barium 
hydroxide; the elements are the 
c ame but differently arranged. 

Hydroxyl. The compound radical 
(OH) which occurs in alcohols, most 
acids and many organic compounds. 
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Hypodermic. Under the skin. Hypo- 
dermic injections are solutions of 
medicinal substances or lymph, which 
may be introduced by means of a 
hypodermic syringe. 

Hypothesis. A theory supported by 
deduction from apparent facts or 
conditions, as atomic hypothesis, the 
nebular hypothesis, etc. 

Hypothetical. In chemistry the term 
hypothetical is sometimes used in 
reference to a substance which, by 
the action of its compounds is sup- 
posed or assumed to exist but which 
has not been isolated as a distinct 
substance. A hypothetical radical 
for example. In medicine a state- 
ment of an assumed condition, from 
which a conclusion is drawn relative 
to something which has occurred, 
caused by this condition. 



Idiopathic. In medicine a primary 
morbid condition not caused by nor 
related to any other disease. An 
individual, characteristic condition 
peculiar to the disease. 

Imide. In chemistry a compound con- 
taining the divalent radical NH, unit- 
ed with a divalent acid radical. 

Immune. Exempt from disease, es- 
pecially a contagious disease, as by 
inoculation, or by reason of having 
had the disease before. 

Indicator. In chemistry a substance 
which may color a solution but loses 
its color when some other substance 
of a different nature is added. Or 
a colorless solution which, in an acid 
liquid changes to a red (phenol-phta- 
lein) upon the addition of cer- 
tain alkaline solutions. Used 
for testing acid or alkaline solutions. 
Litmus. potassium permanganate, 
phenol-phtalein, turmeric, etc., are 
used as indicators. 

Inhalant. A medicine used by inhal- 
ation or dawing in, through an appa- 
ratus by which the vapor of the med- 
icine is applied to the affected parts. 

Inhaler. An instrument by which an 
inhalant is administered, as a catar- 
rhal inhaler etc. 

Injection. A medicine used for in- 
jection or throwing in, or the act of 
injection. Distinguished from 

enema, which is an injection into the 
rectum. 

Insoluble. Not soluble. The term 



"insoluble" as generally used relates 
to some particular menstruum or ve- 
hicle, as "insoluble in water," "in- 
soluble in alcohol or in ether," etc. 
A substance may be insoluble in all, 
or only in one or more liquids that 
are generally used as splvents. 
Invert. In chemistry a term used to 
indicate turned or reversed, espec- 
ially in regard to testing sugar with 
the polariscope. Invert-sugar or in- 
inverted sugar. 
Ion. An element of one or more of 
the component atoms or parts of a 
compound liberated by electrolytic 
decomposition and appearing at one 
or the other pole of a dynomo or 
battery. From the fact that the two 
poles of a battery attract atoms of 
an opposite electrical state, the nega- 
tively charged ions appear at the 
positive pole and the positively 
charged ions at the negative pole. 
The positively charged ipns are call- 
ed "cations" and are designated with 
a plus sign. The negatiyely charged 
ions are called "anions" and are des- 
ignated with a minus sign. 
Ionization. The process by which 
chemical compounds are separated 
into ions is called electroylitic disas- 
sociation or "ionization." Solutions 
which are capable of conducting 
electricity and are called "electro- 
lytes" are connected by inserting a 
wire from each pole of a battery or 
dynamo into them and are decom- 
posed by "electrolysis" qr the pas- 
sage of electricity through them, the 
positive ions appearing at the nega- 
tive pole, and the negative ones at 
the positive pole. In eleptrotyping 
and electro plating ionization is the 
process employed. The metal or the 
plus ion is deposited from a solu- 
tion of the metallic salt at the nega- 
tive anode of the dynamo or battery 
and the disassociated acid or minus 
ions are disengaged at the positive 
anode. 
Isolate. To separate or obtain in a 
free state. Often used in connection 
with elements, as "this element has 
not yet been isolated," or "was iso- 
lated by in ," meaning that 

it was obtained in an uncombined or 
free state. 
Isologous. In chemistry applied to a 
series of hydrocarbon compounds 
having the same elements but a sim- 



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ilar difference, as in proportion. An 
isologous series or group. 

Isomer. One of a group of substan- 
ces having the same percentage 
composition and molecular weight, 
but differing in the arrangement of 
atoms or in characteristics. 

Isomeric. Having the property of 
combining the same elements or at- 
oms in the same proportion but in 
different arrangement. 

Isomerism. • The condition of having 
the same composition but different 
arrangement properties or character- 
istics. 

Isomorphism. In crystallization the 
property of different compounds as- 
suming the same crystalline form, 
but varying in composition. 
K 

Ketone. An organic compound of 
the hydrocarbon group produced by 
uniting two alcohol radicals by car- 
bonyl (CO); or by transferring the 
ogygenated atom of an aldehyde 
from the terminal to one of the cen- 
tral atoms of the carbon-nucleus. 
Ketones are therefore isomeric with 
aldehydes, the atoms being definitely 
arranged. 

Kinetic. Producing motion. Kine- 
tic energy is the energy inherent in 
molecules, which causes them to 
move. In gases the kinetic theory 
maintains that the molecules of 
gases move in straight lines toward 
each other like elastic balls, bounding 
and rebounding with increased or di- 
minished velocity according to tem- 
perature. At ordinary temperature 
and pressure molecules of air are 
supposed to move with the rapidity 
of a rifle bullet when it leaves the 
gun. 



Lamella or Lamina. A thin scale. 
Used in describing crystals of scale 
form, as lameller, or laminate. 

Latent Heat. The heat that is seem- 
ingly lost or apparently disappears 
is called the "Latent Heat" of the 
substance, each liquid or metal has 
its peculiar degree of latent heat; the 
latent heat of the vapor of a sub- 
stance is the quantity of heat requir- 
ed to hold it in a gaseous state, and 
this is much higher than the latent 
heat of the substance itself. For 
example, the latent heat of water is 



79.25°C. (142.65°F.), that is the heat 
which is lost or disappears when the 
water is converted into vapor, but 
the heat required to maintain the 
vapor in the form of steam is 537.- 
90°C, although in either case the 
boiling water or the steam only 
shows 100°C. by the thermometer. 
The heat which is absorbed by a sub- 
stance without increasing its tem- 
perature, as when ice is melted into 
water or water converted into steam. 
Heat that is seemingly lost or ap- 
parently disappears when a change 
of state occurs in a substance. Each 
liquid or metal has its particular de- 
gree of latent heat. 

Laxatives. Mild purgatives. Medi- 
cines that loosen the bowels without 
actively operating. 

Levigation. The act of grinding sub- 
stances to a very fine state of divis- 
ion, more particularly by rubbing 
them between flat surfaces when 
moist. 

Liquid. A liquid is a fluid having a 
definite volume and surface and com- 
posed of particles which move freely 
among themselves in the mass which 
they compose. Compared with gases 
which are also fluids, liquids are non- 
elastic, while gases are compressible 
to a great extent. A liquid is one of 
the three states of matter, which is 
classed as gaseous, liquid or solid. 

Local. In medicine having relation 
to a particular place or part, as local 
affection, local ansethesia etc.; con- 
trasting with general. 

Luminosity. The property possessed 
by some substances of giving light; 
as phosphorus which is luminous 
when exposed to the air. 

M 

Magma. A moist precipitate. A moist 
mass, as the residue left after press- 
ing fruit, or drugs after extraction 
etc. 

Magnetic. Possessed of magnetism, 
as magnetic iron ore — the loadstone. 
Magnetic current, the electric cur- 
rent produced by a magnet. Mag- 
netic force, the force in a magnet 
which attracts. 

Mash. In distilling, the mixture of 
the ground grain and water which is 
fermented to develop the alcoholic 
spirit. 

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of particles into one body; the en- 
tire quantity of a substance in one 
piece, pile or enclosure. 

Matrass. A vessel intended for con- 
taining a liquid to be distilled, or a 
substance to be digested, the basic 
part of a distilling apparatus. 

MendelejefFs Periodic System. A 
system of classification of the ele- 
ments in which they are arranged 
according to the increased value of 
their atomic weights. The Periodic 
Law corresponding with this sys- 
tem is that "The properties of ele- 
ments (and their compounds) stand 
in periodic relation to their atomic 
weights." 

Menstruum. A solvent used for ex- 
tracting the soluble constituents of 
drugs. Alcohol, alcohol and water, 
ether, naphtha^ o\\, chloroform, water 
or other liquids may be employed as 
menstrua. 

Meniscus. The surface of a liquid in 
a tube or bottle. It may be either 
slightly convex or concave by reason 
of capillary attraction. Often refer- 
red to in chemical tests. 

Mercaptal. A chemical compound of 
a thiohydrate with an aldehyde. 

Mercaptan. A hydrocarbon which is 
chemically combined with a sulphy- 
drate, as ethyl mercaptan, C2HVSH. 

Metamerism. In chemistry a variety 
of isomerism in which bodies have 
the same percentage composition as 
well as the same molecular weight. 

Metamorphosis. In chemistry a 
chemical change produced by the in- 
troduction of another substance into 
a compound. 

Midriatics. Medicines which cause 
dilation of the pupil of the eye. 
Midriasis. 

Mixture. In pharmacy a preparation 
in which an insoluble substance is 
suspended in an aqueous or partly 
aqueous liquid or solution. 

Mol. A term used to express, a 
gramme molecule, which is a weight 
in grammes equal to the molecular 
weight of a substance. The mole- 
cular weight of sodium chloride is 
58.5, therefore a mol, or gram mole- 
cule of it is 58.5 grams. 
Molecule. The smallest particle of 
matter made up of a single, combina- 
tion of atoms; the combining unit of 
a substance made up of atoms. As 
an illustration take a grain of sand 



as a substance, reduce it to the finest 
possible powder and assume that a 
single particle of the powder is a 
molecule, (this is only an assumption 
however, as the smallest particle is 
made up of thousands of molecules). 
This smallest particle has the same 
composition and chemical properties 
as the mass which was the grain of 
sand or the rock or mountain from 
which it originally came. It may 
therefore, be seen that a molecule is 
a single combination of atoms united 
in chemical proportions in which the 
attractions or affinities of the atoms 
are satisfied. 

Molecular Weight. This is always 
the sum of the weights of the atoms 
that compose the molecules. For 
example, the molecule of water, 
(HsO), is composed of 2 atoms of 
hydrogen (2) and 1 atom of oxygen 
(16), making the weight of the mole- 
cule of water 18. This will be the 
combining weight of water, into 
whatsoever relations or combina- 
tions it may enter. 

Mother Liquor. The liquor remain- 
ing in a vessel after the crystalliza- 
tion of a salt. 

Multiple Proportion. In chemistry a 
law is formulated called the law of 
multiple proportions. When the 
same amount of one substance com- 
bines with more than one amount by 
weight of another substance, all 
quantities of the second combining 
substance are multiples of the small- 
est. 

Must. Freshly expressed juice of the 
grape, before fermentation. 

Mycelium. The thread-like vegetable 
growth which forms in aqueous or 
dilute vegetable acid liquids. 

Myotics. Medicines which cause con- 
traction of the pupil of the eye, 
Myosis. 

N 

Narcotics. Powerful medicines which 
cause sleep. Distinguished from 
are employed to relieve pain or 
anodynes and soporifics by being 
more powerful. 

Nascent. In chemistry the uncom- 
bined state or condition of an atom 
or radical when set free from a com- 
bination and ready to enter into an- 
other combination, as nascent hy- 
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Nascent action, the beginning of 
action or being. 

Neurotics. Medicines which act up- 
on the nerves; intended to allay 
nervous excitement. 

Neutral. In chemistry neither acid 
nor alkaline; a compound in which 
the affinity of the constituents is 
satisfied or equivalent. 

Neutralize. To make neutral, either 
by the addition of acid or alkali. 

Nomenclature. The system of nam- 
ing substances or things according 
to certain characteristics or similari- 
ties which they suggest or possess 
is called "Nomenclature." Sys- 
tems of this kind are very useful in 
the study and understanding of med- 
icine, pharmacy, botany and chem- 
istry; as when well understood, they 
greatly simplify these sciences. 

Normal. Conforming to an establish- 
ed standard, natural; opposed to ab- 
normal or unnatural, as normal tem- 
perature, normal solution, etc. 

Nostrum. A prepared medicine or 
remedy of which the formula is not 
given or published. A secret medi- 
cine, as compared with a non-secret 
preparation — for which the formula 
is given or published. 

Nutriants. Medicines intended to 
aid or modify nutritive processes or 
promote nutrition. 

Nutrients. Substances used as food 
or nourishment for the system. 

O 

Occlusion. In chemistry the absorb- 
ing of gases by metals or other ab- 
sorbents. 

Ohm. The unit of electrical resis- 
tance. The resistance of 400 feet of 
common, iron telegraph wire is equal 
to about 1 ohm. The international 
ohm adopted by the international 
congress of 1893 is equal to the re- 
sistance of a column of mercury, at 
the freezing point of water, 1.063 
centimetres in length and weighing 
14.451 grams. 

Osmose. The mixing or interming- 
ling of two liquids or gases through 
a membraneous or porous septum. 
See Dialysis. 

Osteopathy. A recent treatment of 
disease by medication or by manipu- 
lation of the bones. This "pathy" 
assumes that all diseases proceed 
from diseased conditions or faulty 



nutrition of the bony structure and 
aims to cure all ills through the 
bones. Colleges of osteopathy have 
been established and osteopathic 
physicians have been graduated and 
established in various parts of the 
country. 

Ozone. A form of oxygen consist- 
ing of three atoms in the molecule. 
See Oxygen. 



Pannus. An eye disease manifested 
by vascularity of the cornea, due to 
long continued irritation or chronic 
inflammation. It accompanies gran- 
ulation of the eye-lids. 

Papilloma. A general name for ex- 
ternal abnormal growths, as warts, 
corns, horns and small hard protub- 
erances on the skin. 

Paraffin Series. A number of satu- 
rated hydrocarbons derived from 
methane or marsh gas, CH, and hav- 
ing homologues to Ci 3 H 2 4, constitute 
a series known as the paraffin or 
marsh gas series, having the formu- 
la, CnH^. 

Paralysis. Partial or complete loss 
of motor or sensatory nerve power 
or control. It may be general or 
local and occurs in many forms. 

Paranoia. A condition of monoma- 
nia caused by gradual weakening of 
the mental balance and degeneracy. 

Parasitic Affections. Due to the 
presence of parasites which fasten 
upon the person and cause disease 
or abnormal conditions. 

Pasteurization. The heating of a 
fruit juice, solution or syrup to a 
degree which destroys germs of de- 
composition. This is variously from 
140° to 175 °F. 

Pectoral Diseases. Diseases of the 
lungs, or affecting the lungs. 

Pellet. A very small pill. The name 
is applied particularly to the small 
sugar pellets used in homoeopathy. 

Pellicle. A thin film or crust which 
forms on the surface of a solution of 
a salt when it is concentrated for the 
purpose of crystallization. 

Percolate. The liquid obtained by 
percolation. 

Pericarditis. Inflammation of the peri- 
cardium, the covering of the heart. 

Periodic. In chemistry having the 
nature of a period, or recurrence in 
cycles. Periodic law. 



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Peristaltics. Medicines intended to 
promote peristaltic action of the 
bowels. 

Peritonitis. Inflammation of the per- 
itoneum. Formerly called inflamma- 
tion of the bowels, which included all 
forms of intestional inflammation. 

Phagedoena. The extension of an ul- 
cer with sloughing condition. P. 
gangrenosa. Hospital gangrene. 

Pharyngitis. Inflammation of the 
pharynx. 

Phlebitis. Inflammation of a vein. 

Photophobia. Dislike or fear of light, 
applied to inflammatory conditions 
of the eye which are irritated by 
light. 

Phthisis. A general name for con- 
sumption. P. abdominalis, P. bulbi, 
P. pulmonaris, P. tuberculosis. 

Pill. In pharmacy the word pill may 
mean either a pilular mass or a made 
up pill. 

Pityriasis. A general name for sev- 
eral forms of skin disease manifest- 
ed by fine scales covering the dis- 
eased part. 

Phlogiston. An old name for a prin- 
ciple supposed to be a constituent 
of all combustible substances and to 
be given up by them during the pro- 
cess of combustion. 

Plants. 1. In botany a general name 
for all vegetable growths. 2. In a 
popular sense the small form of 
plants or herbs, distinguished from 
trees and shrubs which have a hard, 
woody structure and are of consid- 
erable size. 

Plasma. 1. In pharmacy the glycer- 
ite of starch is called by this name. 
2. The nutritive liquid circulating 
fluids of the system as the blood, 
lymph and intercellular fluid or the 
protoplasm which is the viscous ma- 
terial of a cell. 

Plaster. In pharmacy this name ap- 
plies either to the plaster mass or 
the spread plaster; also Plaster of 
Paris, dentists' plaster. 

Pleurisy. Pleuritis. Inflammation of 
the pleura or covering of the lungs. 

Pneumonia. A febrile inflammation 
of one or more lobes of the lungs. 
Formerly called inflammation of the 
lungs or lung fever. 

Polariscope. An instrument for ex- 
amining substances by polarized 
light. A special form of polariscope 
called the "sacchrometer" is used for 



testing the saccharine strength of 
sugar. 

Polarity. The property or quality 
possessed by a substance of having 
opposite poles, as a magnet. The 
poles of a magnet or battery are 
known as the positive and negative 
pole. In chemistry the poles of a 
magnet or battery attract atoms of 
an opposite electrical condition and 
repel those of a like electrical con- 
dition. 

Polypus. A tumor, attached by a 
peduncle to the interior of the nose, 
ear, rectum etc. 

Polyurea. Excessive secretion of 
the urine, distinguished from dia- 
betes by being simply excessive in 
quantity. 

Porrigo. A diseased condition of the 
scalp of which there are several 
forms, as impetigo, alopecia areata, 
favus etc. 

Potentize. In homoeopathy, to render 
potent or powerful, by attenuation 
or dynamization. To give potential 
energy. 

Powder. A dry substance in a state 
of fine division. In pharmacy many 
simple and compound substances in 
the form of powder are employed. 
See fineness of powder. 

Precipitate. An insoluble substance 
which settles in a liquid by standing. 

Prescription. 1. A written order for 
a preparation of drugs. A formula 
written by a physician and intended 
to be prepared by a druggist. 2. 
The medicine prepared as directed 
by the writing or order of a physi- 
cian. 3. A prescription for fitting 
glasses by an optician. 

Preservative. An ^ingredient or com- 
pound added to juices, syrups, fruit 
or any preparation for the purpose 
of preserving it unchanged by fer- 
mentation or decomposition. 

Prophylactics. Medicines intended 
to ward off or prevent the contract- 
ing of or the development of a dis- 
ease, especially fevers and contag- 
ious diseases. 

Prostatitis. Inflammation of the 
prostate gland. 

Protectives. Medicines applied local- 
ly to protect a part. 

Proteids. A class of very complex, 
usually amorphous, compounds con- 
sisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, 
nitrogen and usually sulphur, found 



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in both animal and vegetable organ- 
isms, peptones and coagulated pro- 
teids are included in the classifica- 
tion. A proteid is one of the class, 
proteidae. 

Prurigo. A chronic disease of the skin 
marked by a thickened condition, 
and accompanied with intense and 
persistent itching. 

Pruritis. A diseased condition of the 
skin or mucous membrane mani- 
fested by intense itching. 

Psoriasis. A chronic inflammatory 
condition of the skin manifested by 
dry roundish patches covered by 
silvery scales and sometimes having 
a crust under which pus forms. Lep- 
ra : Alphos. 

Ptomaine. An alkaloid, usually pois- 
onous, produced by putrefaction. 

Ptyalism. The excessive secretion of 
saliva, caused by drugs, as mercury, 
or from constitutional disturbances. 

Puerpal fever. Child-bed fever. An 
acute contagious fever occurring to 
women in child-bed. Sometimes re- 
sulting in convulsions and mania. 

Pulmonary affections. Affections of 
the lungs, as pulmonary consump- 
tion. 

Purgatives. Medicines that cause 
free or copious discharge of the 
bowels. 

Purulent. Having the character of 
pus or consisting of pus, as a puru- 
lent discharge. 

Putrefaction. The condition of rot- 
ting, resulting from the action of 
putrefactive germs in the tissues; 
Putrescence. Putrid. 

Pyaemia. Pus in the blood. Sep- 
ticaemia caused by apsorption of pus 
from internal abscesses, or malignant 
wounds. Blood poison. 

Pyelitis. Inflammation of the pelvis 
of the kidney. 

Pyrosis. Commonly called "heart- 
burn." An acid condition of the 
stomach causing a burning sensation 
and eructation of sras. 



Quack. A medical pretender, an ig- 
norant practitioner or empyric. 
Quack remedies or medicines are 
those prepared by pretenders, or 
claiming healing virtues or proper- 
ties which they do not possess-. 

Quadrivalent. In chemistry having a 
combining power of four. 



Qualitative. In chemical analysis, the 
determination of the ingredients of 
which a substance is composed with- 
out reference to their quantity or 
proportion. 

Quantitative. In chemical analysis, 
the determination of the quantity of 
an ingredient or ingredients of a 
compound. 

Quantivalence. The same as Valence 
which is used instead in modern 
chemistry. 

Quantivalent. Having the same val- 
ence or combining power. 

Quinsy. A form of tonsilitis mani- 
fested by acute inflammation of the 
tonsils and mucous membrane of the 
fauces and frequently followed by 
suppuration. 



Rachitis. The same as rickets, which 
see. 

Radiation. Emination of energy 
light or heat from a body into sur- 
rounding media. 

Radical. In chemistry an atom or 
element, or a compound of atoms or 
elements which are not decomposed 
by ordinary chemical action, but act 
as a whole like an atom or elements; 
as an alkaloid radical, which, al- 
though associated with other sub- 
stances remains constant. 
Radicals are "simple" when composed 
of only one element, and "com- 
pound ' when composed of more than 
one, as NH 4 . ammonium; C 2 H 3 , ethyl. 

Radio Activity. A force or energy 
derived from the lately discovered 
elements, radium, polonium, acti- 
nium and thorium, which give off 
light without, seemingly, losing their 
power in the least, and without be- 
ing excited by heat, electricity or 
other known force. Radio activity 
possesses similar characteristics to 
the X rays and wonderful predictions 
are made concerning it, but it has 
not, as yet, been sufficiently investi- 
gated to determine its possibilities. 

Reaction. In chemistry the interact- 
ion of chemical agents by which sub- 
stances are separated or united in 
chemical compounds. In chemistry, 
action and reaction are synonymous 
terms. 

Receiver. The part of a distilling ap- 
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Reduction. In chemistry the com- 
pression of a gas to a liquid, or the 
separation of a metal from its ore 
by melting or by similar acts or pro- 
cesses are called reduction. 

Refrigerant. A substance which pro- 
duces cold or a lowering of tempera- 
ture, as a refrigerant or refrigerating 
mixture, etc. 

Repercolation. See percolation and 
fluid extract. 

Residue. A remainder left after pour- 
ing off the liquid part of a prepara- 
tion, or what is left in the dish after 
evaporating a liquid, or what is left 
on a strainer or filter after the liquid 
has passed. 

Retort. The part of a still which con- 
tains the substance to be distilled. 

Revulsants. Medicines intended to 
draw the circulation of blood or 
nervous force from one part of the 
body, or from a diseased part to 
another locality, as by counter irri- 
tation. 

Rheumatism. A disease manifested 
by shifting pain or neuralgia with 
sensitiveness to movement of the 
muscles or joints. Supposed to be 
caused by excess of uric acid in the 
system. Articular rheumatism, 

rheumatism of the joints. 

Rhus poisoning. The poisoning by 
contact with or in presence of the 
poison-oak or -ivy, causing an erup- 
tion of the skin and swelling of 
soft parts of the body. 

Rickets. A disease due to deficient 
or defective nutrition, occurring in 
childhood and manifested by soft- 
ening of the spinal bones, causing 
deformity or twist of the spine. 

Ringworm. A skin disease caused 
by a fungus parasite and manifest- 
ed by circular patches with a red- 
dened edge in the form of a ring 
surrounding the patch. 

Rubefacients. Medicines, which when 
applied cause redness and irritation 
and act as revulsants. 



Saccharine. Having the properties of 
sugar, as saccharine solutions etc. 

Salivation. The condition caused by 
the use of mercury or other drugs 
and manifested by greatly increased 
flow of salive; plyalism. 

Salt. In chemistry a compound of a 
basic with an acid radical. Salts may 



be neutral, acid or alkaline. Neutral 
salts are those in which the atoms 
of the basic and acid radical are each 
saturated or satisfied. Acid salts 
are those in which there is an excess 
of acid or an unsatisfied acid radical. 
Alkaline salts are those in which 
there is an excess of alkali or an un- 
satisfied basic radical. 

Sarcoma. A tumor or a group of 
tumors composed of cell-elements, 
loosely connected with tissue. Any 
kind of fleshy excrescence as proud- 
flesh. 

Saturation. In chemistry the combi- 
nation of positive and negative 
atoms with each other until they are 
neutralized; or until their mutual at- 
tractions or affinities are satisfied. In 
pharmacy the state of being saturated 
as in the solution of a salt when no 
more of the salt will dissolve, or of 
a gas in water, when no more will be 
taken up, or of a solid which absorbs 
a gas or liquid until it is full to re- 
pletion. 

Satyrasis. Leprosy, especially the 
form known as elephantiasis. 

Scabies. The itch, caused by a para- 
site, the itch-mite. Scabies ferina is 
the name given to similar affections 
on domestic animals. : the mange. 

Scalds. Burns with some heated 
liquid, as hot water, steam etc. 

Scale or Scaled Salts. Salts or other 
medicaments that are dried on glass 
or porcelain plates in thin layers 
which, when removed, are in the 
form of scale, as the scale salts of 
iron, the soluble phosphate or cit- 
rate; pepsin in scale, etc. 

Sciatica. Neuralgia of the hip and 
thigh caused by inflammation of the 
covering of the sciatic nerve. 

Sclerosis. A morbid condition mani- 
fested by the hardening of a part or 
organ, as the brain or liver. Arterio- 
sclerosis, hardening of the arteries. 

Scrofula. , A constitutional disease 
manifested by glandular swellings 
suppurating into ulcers or morbid 
sores, also developing into con- 
sumption of the lungs or bowels. 
Chiefly hereditary. 

Scurvy. A disease characterized by 
scurf or scabs, occurring mostly in 
far northern countries where few 
vegetables are eaten. 

Sea Sickness. The illness experienced 
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nausea retching, vomiting. Car sick- 
ness is similar. 

Sedatives. Medicines which decrease 
functional activity, or which calm 
irritability or high nervous tension. 

Septicaemia. A poisoned condition of 
the blood caused by absorption of 
septic matter from wounds or sores. 
Septic infection. 

Sequestrum. In pathology the sep- 
aration of a dead from a living 
bone, the dead bone remaining in its 
place. 

Series. In chemistry a number of ele- 
ments or compounds having similar 
characteristics or composition or in- 
creasing in a regular proportion, or 
having a constant difference of the 
same elements, as the benzine series, 
the paraffin series, etc. 

Shock. A concussion or sudden col- 
lision. In pathology the paralysis 
of bodily functions from injury or 
operation. In electricity the passage 
of a strong electric current through 
the body. 

Sialagogues. Medicines which pro- 
mote the flow of saliva by exciting 
the salivary glands to action. 

Siphon. A device for drawing liquids 
from a bottle, vessel or barrel by 
means of a tube, one end of which is 
inserted in the liquid and the other 
in a lower position arranged for the 
outflow. The air is drawn from the 
tube by suction and the liquid flows 
through it so long as the end 
that is in the liquid is higher than 
the end from which the liquid is dis- 
charged. 

Solid. One of the states of matter 
distinguished from a gas or a liqnid 
by having its molecules adherent to 
each other and immobile. A powder 
is a solid divided into minute parti- 
cles, and all fixed masses or lumps of 
matter are solids. 

Solubility. The degree or capacity of 
absorption of one substance by an- 
other, or the state of being soluble, 
as the solubility of salt in water, of 
an oil or resin in alcohol, of one 
metal in another, as in alloys; or of 
gas in a solid, or liquid. 

Solution. The combination of a solid 
with a liquid or a liquid with a solid, 
or a gas with either liquid or solid 
in which the form or character is 
changed and a liquid is produced 
which contains both of them; as a 



solution of salt in water, or camphor 
in alcohol, or an essential oil in al- 
cohol or ether or another oil, or a 
mixture of camphor and chloral or a 
solution of carbon dioxide gas in 
water. 

Solvent. The substance in which an 
article is dissolved, as water is a sol- 
vent for potassium iodide, alcohol is 
a solvent for castor oil, water is a 
solvent for for ammonia gas etc. 

Solvency. The degree of solubility of 
a menstruum, or the capacity which 
a substance has of being dissolved in 
a solvent. 

Somnifacients. Medicines which in- 
duce sleep. Soporifics. 

Somnolence. Sleepiness, drowsiness. 
Excessive desire to sleep. 

Soporifics. Medicines intended to 
cause sleep. Somnifacients. 

Sorbefacients. Medicines intended 
to cause absorption. 

Specifics. Medicines that have a dil- 
rect curative effect on certain dis- 
eases, as mercury is a specific for 
syphilis etc. 

Specific Gravity. The weight of a 
substance in water as compared with 
its weight in air. See Specific Grav- 
fty. 

Specific Heat. The heat required to 
raise the temperature of a given 
weight of a substance to a certain 
number of degrees, as compared 
with the heat required to raise the 
temperature of an equal weight of 
water the same number of degrees. 
The atomic weights of most ele- 
ments, which cannot be readily vol- 
atilized, have been determined from 
their specific heat obtained in the 
manner described. 

Spectroscope. An instrument for 
producing and analyzing the spectra 
of the rays emitted from substances 
in the form of vapor. Each element 
has its own peculiar spectrum, con- 
sisting of brightly and variously col- 
ored bands and lines, which are 
shown by the spectroscope. Many of 
the rare elements now known have 
been discovered by their spectra. 

Spectrum. The image formed by 
the rays of light or radiant energy, 
emitted from a body, which may be 
shown by the spectroscope. Spect- 
rum analysis is the method of deter- 
mining the identity of a substance 
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Spermatorrhoea. Involuntary dis- 
charge of seminal secretions. 

Spinal diseases. Any disease or les- 
ions affecting the spine. 

Sprain. A wrench of a joint or ten- 
don, sometimes producing rupture 
of a ligament, but not dislocation. 
Swelling and pain of the sprained 
part. 

Stimulants. Medicines which are in- 
tended to promote functional activ- 
ity of an organ or of the general ac- 
tion of the body. 

Stomachics. Medicines given to in- 
crease the appetite or promote di- 
gestion. Especially stimulants of 
the stomach. 

Styptics. Medicines which contract 
the blood vessels and stop bleeding. 
Haemostatics. 

Sudorifics. Medicines intended to 
to cause sweating or perspiration. 

Sunburn. A partial destruction of the 
external skin by exposure to the 
rays of the sun. Temporary red- 
ness of the skin caused by the heat 
of the sun or by hot wind. 

Surgery. The branch of healing sci- 
ence which relates to the treatment 
of disease by operations or appli- 
ances. 

Sweating. The exudation of moist- 
ure or perspiration by the sweat 
ducts. This may be induced by 
drugs which are called sudorifics, or 
by mechanical processes. 

Sycosis. An inflamed condition of 
the skin, affecting the hair follicles, 
commonly known as "barbers itch," 
due to a parasite which is communi- 
cated by shaving. 

Symbols. In chemistry, letters, which 
stand for an elementary substance. 
These, quite generally, are the first 
or the first and second letters of the 
name of the element. If a single let- 
ter, it is a capital, as H for hydro- 
gen; but if two letters, the second is 
a smaller letter as Ca for Calcium. 
In the formula for molecules the 
symbols are often associated with 
figures, as H 2 0, water; or other char- 
acters as (H 4 N) 2 C03-H 5 = 114, am- 
monium carbonate. The figures in- 
dicate that so many atoms of the 
substance with which they are asso- 
ciated are taken. If no figures ap- 
pear a single atom only is meant, and 
if symbols are in parenthesis, follow- 
ed by an inferior figure the entire 



contents of the parenthesis is meant. 

Syncope. Faintness, fainting fits, 
swooning with loss of conscious- 
ness, sensation and motion. 

Synthesis. In chemistry the artificial 
production of a substance identical 
to one which has been naturally ob- 
tained. Synthetic urea was the first 
substance artifically produced, but 
now many substances that are nat- 
urally obtained from plants and ani- 
mals are prepared synthetically. Syn- 
thetic perfumes and flavors are ex- 
tensively used. 

Syphilis. A disease caused by a 
germ or virus communicated by con- 
tact with a diseased person or by 
heredity. It manifests itself in var- 
ious forms, on the skin, mucous 
membrane and on the soft tissues, 
muscles, bones and brain. 

Systems. In botany, chemistry and 
medicine several systems of classi- 
fication are employed. These sys- 
tems are arrangements of things in 
the order of their characteristics or 
peculiarities or properties. They are 
referred to under other headings. 

T 

Tabes. A wasting away, character- 
ized by emaciation, languor and gen- 
eral decline. 

Taenicides. Tape-worm destroyers. 
Medicines intended to be taken to 
kill tape-worm. 

Temperature. The condition of heat 
or cold, which may be measured in 
degrees by an instrument called a 
thermometer. Heat and cold are 
relative terms expressing the sensi- 
ble condition of the atmosphere or 
any substance, as compared with a 
normal standard. 

Absolute Temperature. See Abso- 
lute; also Temperature under Heat 
Measures. 

Critical Temperature. This is the 
point at which a gas under pressure 
and cold, changes to a liquid. In the 
liquification of gases the critical 
point is that at which the substance 
changes to a gaseo-liquid state. 

Tenesmus. Frequent desire to evac- 
uate the bladder or bowels, accom- 
panied with pain without being 
effectual Generally caused by in- 
flammation of the mucous membrane. 

Terminal. An end or terminating 
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a battery or dynamo that dips into a 
solution to be analyzed. In a chemi- 
cal compound an unsaturated atom 
to which another atom may be join- 
ed. 

Test. An examination made to deter- 
mine the ingredients of a compound, 
or the composition of a chemical. A 
test solution is one prepared for 
testing chemical substances. 

Tetanus. Commonly called lockjaw. 
A nervous affection caused by a 
germ, the bacillus tetanus, and man- 
ifested by spasmodic rigid contrac- 
tion of the muscles, of a part or all 
of the body. 

Tetter. A vesicular skin disease, 
manifesting itself in various ways, 
as eczema, herpes etc. Scaly sores 
either dry or moist. * 

Theory. In chemistry a hypothesis 
or supposition that seems to be 
proven by facts, observed and ex- 
periment, as the "Atomic Theory," 
"Ampere's Theory," etc. 

Thermometer. An instrument for in- 
dicating temperatures. Thermometers 
are explained under Heat Measures. 

Clinical Thermometer. A small ther- 
mometer for taking the temperature 
of the body by inserting it in the 
mouth or other internal canal. 

Thermostat. A device for regulating 
temperature by the expansion of a 
spring or other contrivance which 
automatically closes or opens a reg- 
ulator or an electrical controlling 
device. 

Thrush. A disease of fungus origin, 
affecting the mouth, lips and throat 
and manifested by round, pearl-col- 
ored vesicles that throw off white 
flakes or scabs. Usually confined to 
children. 

Tic Doloureux. Neuralgia of the 
face, usually accompanied with mus- 
cular twitchings. 

Tinea. Ringworm. A form of para- 
sitic skin disease usually in the 
form of a ring which gradually en- 
larges its circumference. 

Tinnitus Aurium. Ringing of the 
ears, rearing sounds, as of falling 
water oj cars. 

Titration. The process of testing a 
chemical solution by adding a re- 
agent which causes a precipitate or 
a change of color. The quantity of 
reagent used determines the amount 



of the substance in the solution 
being tested. 

Tonics. Medicines intended to give 
tone by stimulating organs to per- 
form their proper functions. 

Tonsillitis. Inflammation of the ton- 
sils. Tonsilotomy, cutting away a 
portion of the tonsils. 

Trachoma. A disease of the eye, 
generally known as granulated eye- 
lids : granules of the inner surface 
of the lids, with inflammation. 

Tremor. Trembling, shaking, or 

quivering as of palsy. 

Trichinosis. A disease caused by 
trichinae in the muscles or intestines, 
and produced by eating the rarely 
cooked meat of infected animals, 
especially pork. 

Trichosis. Abnormal deficiency of 
the hair. 

Trismus. Spasmodic contraction as 
of the closing of the jaws in tetan- 
us, or spasmodic and prolonged con- 
traction of any muscle or part. 

Triturate. A very fine powder pre- 
pared usually by triturating a pow- 
erful drug with an inert substance 
which acts as a dilutent. 

Trituration. The act of rubbing a 
substance or compound in a mortar 
until reduced to a very fine powder 
or a uniform liquid mixture. 

Tuberculosis. A diseased condition, 
characterized by the formation of 
tubercles within some tissue or or- 
gan, the most common form being 
pulmonary tuberculosis. 

Tumefactions. Swellings or abnor- 
mal rising up of a part, as in puffs. 

Tumors. Swellings or bunches lo- 
cally on any part of the body, or 
internally. Morbid growths. 

Tympanites. Tenseness or swelling 
of the abdomen caused by accumula- 
tion of gas. 

Type. In chemistry, a representative 
compound to which other compounds 
of similar composition may be re- 
ferred, as water is a type of a liquid, 
menthane is a typical gas etc. 

U 

Ulcers. Open sores either external 
or internal usually discharging pus 
and vitiated matter and generally 
having granulations. 

Ultimate. Last or final, as the ulti- 
mate analysis of a substance, the ul- 



Medical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Terms 



55 



timate reaction, the ultimate radical 
etc. 

Ultra. Beyond, on the other side of, 
as the ultra-violet or chemical rays. 

Union. In chemistry the condition of 
being united, as chemical union. 

Uniform. In chemistry, substances 
which have a uniform composition, 
form or quality. 

Urethritis. Inflammation of the Ur- 
ethra, the canal by which urine is 
discharged from the bladder. 

Urinary. Of or pertaining to the Uri- 
nary organs; as urinary diseases. 
Urinalysis, chemical analysis of the 
urine. Uric, derived from the urine, 
as uric acid. 

Uterine. Of or pertaining to the 
uterus or womb; as uterine diseases, 
uterine displacement etc. 

Urticaria, Nettle-rash, hives. A dis- 
ease of the skin manifested by round- 
ed elevations similar to wheals 
caused by a whip and attended by 
intense itching. 

Uvula. Relaxed uvula, a condition 
of the uvula caused by lack of tone. 
Uvulatomy, the removal of a portion 
of the uvula by excision. 

V 

Vacuum. An enclosed space from 
which the air has been exhausted. 
Absolute Vacuum, see Absolute. 

Vacuum Tube. A tube so arranged 
that the air can be exhausted dur- 
certain chemical operations. 

Vacuum Pan. An apparatus for evap- 
orating, so arranged that the air may 
be exhausted and thus allow the con- 
tents of the pan to be evaporated at 
a moderate heat. Used for making 
extracts, fluid extracts etc. 

Vaginitis. Inflammation of the va- 
gina of the female genitals. 

Valence. The combining value of an 
element or radical. The valency of 
an element is its unit of combina- 
tion. It may be univalent, bivalent, 
trivalent, quadrivalent, quintivalent, 
sextivalent etc. The valency of an 
element is sometimes expressed by 
points, as H*, O**, etc., sometimes 
by Roman numerals placed over the 
symbols etc. Sometimes by dashes, 
as in graphic formulas, as H — , 
— O — , etc., and more recently by 
plus or minus signs over or follow- 
ing the symbol, expressing, not only 



the valency, but the positive or in- 
active power of the element. 

The expresssion of valence in chemi- 
cal formulas is not, however, gener- 
ally customary, but only appears in 
textbooks to familiarize the student 

with valencies. 

Some elements have more than one 
valence or combining value as phos- 
phorus, which is either trivalent or 
quintivalent. 

Vapor. Moisture or mist, any sub- 
stance in gaseous form which is near 
its condensing point, or, in a wide 
sense, any gas that condenses to a 
liquid or solid at ordinary tempera- 
ture! Distinguished from gas by re- 
quiring a higher degree of heat to 
keep it in gaseous form. 

Vapor Density. The density of a sub- 
stance in a state of vapor — the den- 
sity increasing as the temperature 
lowers, until it becomes liquid. The 
density of a vapor as compared with 
air or hydrogen at the same tem- 
perature and pressure. 

Vaporizer. An instrument that con- 
verts a liquid into a vapor, an 
atomizer. 

Vaporize. To convert a substance 
into vapor. 

Varices. Plural of varix, and mean- 
ing an enlargement or enlargements 
of blood vessels and other vessels 
of the circulating fluids of the body. 

Varicose. Meaning abnormally di- 
luted or developed as in varicose 
veins, varicocele etc. 

Vermicides. Medicines intended to 
kill intestinal worms. 

Verminose Affections. Relating to 
persons or animals afflicted with 
parisites or vermin. 

Vermifuges. Medicines intended to 
expel internal worms, alive or dead. 

Vesicatories. Applications intended 
to blister, as blister plaster, canthar- 
idal collodion etc. 

Vibration. The rapid movement, 
back and forth, of particles of mat- 
ter. This is supposed to occur be- 
tween the molecules of gases, and, 
in fact, all matter is supposed to be 
continually in a state of vibration, 
and that vibrations of the ether 
cause the phenomena of heat and 
light. 

Vintage. The vinous product of a 
certain season is spoken of as the 



56 



Medical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Terms 



vintage of the year in which it was 
produced as the "vintage of 1885'' 
etc. 

Vintner. One who has charge of the 
making of wine; also a wine mer- 
chant. 

Viscid. Adhesive or sticky; a very 
thick fluid, as glucose, honey or tar. 

Viscous. Having viscosity; as pitch 
or other thick semi-liquids. 

Vitrious. Having properties or ap- 
pearance similar to glass. Often 
mentioned in describing chemical 
substances. 

Volatile. Having the property of 
rapid evaportion when exposed to 
the air, as alcohol, ether, benzin, 
chloroform and carbon disulphide. 
Volatile oils, essential oils, as dis- 
tinguished from fixed oils which do 
not evaporate to any extent. 

Volt. The electromotive force that 
will carry one ampere of current 
against a resistance of one ohm, or 
that will charge a condenser of one 
farad capacity with one columb of 
quantity. It is the practical unit of 
electromotive force, being slightly 
less than that of a Daniel cell. 

W 

Warts. On the human body small 
excrescences occurring on the face, 
hands or any part of the body. On 
horses, a hard, horny excrescence 



naturally occurring on the pasturns. 
On plants, a hard, granular excres- 
cence. 

Watt. The rate at which work is 
done when one joule of energy is 
transferred or transformed per 
second is called the watt. It is a 
unit of electrical measurement equal 
to 0.00134 horse-power, or 0.737 foot- 
pounds per second. The Kilo-watt 
is 1000 watts, commonly abbreviated 
KW. in electrical work. The watt- 
hour is the electrical energy capable 
of working at the rate of one watt 
for one hour. 

Whooping Cough. A communicati- 
ble disease usually confined to child- 
ren and characterized by a violent 
convulsive cough, occurring at in- 
tervals and ending with a whoop. 

Y 

Yaws. A contagious skin disease, 
usually occurring in the tropics. 



Zona. Shingles. A form of erysipe- 
las which appears in zones or marked 
in a certain area with canals radiat- 
ing from a central line. 

Zymotic Diseases. Such diseases as 
occur from fermentation. Any epi- 
demic or contagious disease caused 
or produced by fermentative pro- 
cess. 



WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



Metrology is the name given to the science that treats of Weights 
and Measures, their systems and their units. 

Weight is the measure of the Earth's attraction, or of the "pull" 
by which all material substances are drawn towards the center of 
the Earth by the law of attraction. Every substance, according to 
its nature, has its definite weight, according to its mass. 

Formerly most every country had a system of weights and 
measures of its own, but commercial intercourse has greatly modi- 
fied them and now the Metric System has been almost universally 
adopted for scientific purposes throughout the world. 

In many countries, however, the modified, original systems are 
still retained and used commercially, regardless of the adoption of 
the Metric System, in authoritative text books. In the United 
States and Great Britain the introduction of the Metric System in 
pharmacy has been particularly slow and will continue to be, so 
long as other systems of weights and measures are commercially 
employed. 

This, naturally, causes considerable confusion among works writ- 
ten in the English language for, with the exception of the grain, 
the denominations of weights and liquid measures used in phar- 
macy in the U. S. and Gt. Brit, do not, in a single instance, have 
the same value. The same condition prevails in values of corres- 
ponding weights and measures in other countries, but the native 
names are, generally, enough different to insure identification. 

The following pages give a brief history of weights and measures 
used in the U. S. and Gt. Brit., and of the Metric System, now more 
or less used in all countries. Reference is also made to other 
weights and measures used in pharmacy in the principal nations. 

EARLY HISTORY OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 

Edgar, one of the early Kings of England, in order to prevent frauds 
arising from diversity of measures, established in 972 standard measure to 
be used throughout his kingdom. Standard vessels, made by his order, 
were deposited in the city of Winchester, from whence originated the 
term "Winchester Measure," "Winchester Gallon," "Winchester Bushel." 
The original bushel is still preserved in the museum of that city. 

Henry I., early in the 12th century, in order to prevent fraud in linear 
measure, ordered a standard yard to be made, the length of his own arm. 
This standard was deposited with the measures at Winchester. Standards 
of weight and measure were provided for the whole kingdom of England 
by the Sheriffs of London in 1197. 



58 W eights and Measures 

Henry III., in 1283, lixed the weight of an English ounce, decreeing that 
it should be (540 dry grains of wheat, and that twelve of these ounces 
should be a pound, and that eight pounds should be a gallon of wine. 

Edward III. issued an order in 1353 that there should be "one weight, 
measure and yard" throughout the kingdom. 

Henry VIII., in 1532, issued a statute directing the use of avoirdupois 
weight throughout Britain. 

James I., in 1618, established troy weight in Britain. 

Succeeding Sovereigns made mure or less changes in weights and meas- 
ures until in 1824, parliament settled the standards, making the troy pound 
5700 grains, the avoirdupois pound 7000 grains and adopting the standard 
yard as the Imperial unit of measures of extension. Parliamentary copies 
of these standards are deposited in the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. 
The Standard Weights and Measures Act of Gt. Brit, was passed Aug., 1866, 
and a new act in 1878. 

As the grain of wheat was chosen the unit for weight, so grains of barley 
were chosen the unit of linear measurement: 3 barley-corns made one 
inch, 12 inches one foot, 3 feet one yard, the length of Henry Ist's arm. 
From these primitive units emerged the systems of weights and measures 
adopted by the civilized world and commercially used today by the U. S., 
Gt. Brit, and some other nations, but destined, in the near future, to be re- 
placed by the more scientific metric-decimal system, established by the 
French government in 1801. 

Troy Weight. 

The troy ounce was brought from Grand Cairo, Egypt, into Europe 
about the time of the Crusades, 1095, and was first adopted at Troyes, a 
city of France, from whence it derives its name. Troy weight was estab- 
lished in Britain by James I. in 1618, and was settled as a standard by 
parliament in 1824, the pound being 5760 grains, divided into twelve ounces, 
of 480 grains, and the ounce into twenty pennyweights, of 24 grains. 

In the U. S., troy weight was adopted from the British standard and 
used in the U. S. P until 1880. The grain, ounce and pound are the same 
as apothecaries' weight. Troy weight is the standard weight of the U. S. 
mints and is used, generally, for weighing precious metals. 

Apothecaries' Weight. 

This weight is derived from troy weight, the grain, ounce and pound 
being the same; the scruple (20 grains) and the drachm (60 grains) being 
added, while the pennyweight (24 grains), of the troy system, is omitted. 
Sometime after James 1st established troy weight in Britain, (1618) apoth- 
ecaries added the scruple and drachm and this was continued in the Lon- 
don, Edinburgh and Dublin colleges, after their establishment, and the 
London. Edinburgh and Dublin Pharmacopoeias, up to their mergement 
with the first British Pharmacopoeia., published in June, 1864, when the 
avoirdupois system of weight was adopted. In the U. S. the apothecaries' 
system of weight has been in use by pharmacists since the early settle- 
ment of the country. It was adopted by the first pharmacopoeias and con- 
tinued in the several revisions until the sixth (1880), when parts by weight 
and (whenever weight was used) metric weight were directed. At the 
present time apothecaries' weight is mentioned in the U. S. P., but is not 
directed to be used; it is, nevertheless, quite generally used by physicians 
in writing prescriptions, and in formulas. 

Avoirdupois Weight. 

The avoirdupois ounce was introduced into Britain by the Romans, but 
the first statute directing its use in England was by Henry VIII., in 1532. 
Avoirdupois weight was settled as a standard by parliament in 1824, the 
pound being 7000 grains, divided into sixteen ounces of 437.5 grains. It is 



Weights and Measures 59 

the commercial and official weight of Gt. Brit., being directed by the Br. P., 
but is in no way recognized by the U. S. P., although it is used commer- 
cially in pharmacy and in all business transactions except in weighing the 
precious metals, when troy weight is used. 

Apothecaries' Liquid Measure. 

The Winchester gallon of 231 cubic inches, established by King Edgar 
in 972, is the standard for Apothcaries' Liquid Measure to this day. It is 
known as the wine gallon and is divisible into 4 quarts of 32 ounces, or 8 
pints of 16 ounces, or 125 fl. ounces. The fluid ounce is equal to 8 fl. 
drachms or 450 minims. It is used in American pharmacy, but is not the 
same as the Imperial gallon of Gt. Brit, and its divisions, although named 
the same, are of different value than Imperial measure. It is recognized 
but not directed in the U. S. P.. but is the commercial liquid measure of 
the United States, and is quite generally used in pharmacy and by physi- 
cians in prescriptions. 

Imperial Weight and Measure. 

The Imperial system of weights and measures is employed only in Great 
Britain and its dependencies. The present weights and measures were 
made standard by parliament in 1524. In general commercial transac- 
tions and in pharmacy, the avoirdupois pound of 7000 grains, divisible into 
16 ounces of 437.5 grains, is used. In liquid measure, the gallon of 160 
fluid ounces of water, equivalent at 62°F.. to 10 pounds avoirdupois, is the 
unit; this is divisible into 4 quarts of 40 ounces, or 8 pints of 20 ounces. 
The ounce is divisible into 5 drachms or 450 minims. Avoirdupois weight 
and the Imperial fluid measure are equivalent. The fluid measure is not 
the same in any of its denominations as apothecaries' measure used in the 
U. S. The Imperial inch, foot and yard are the same as in the U. S. 

Metric Weight and Measure. 

Previous to the French Revolution no uniform system of weights and 
measures prevailed in France. The Roman pound and its subdivisions 
similar to apothecaries' weight, but of different values, and the poids de marc, 
and its divisions, having different values than the Roman, were both in 
use. leading to the same confusion as now prevails in U. S. pharmacy, ow- 
ing to the use of the apothecary and avoirdupois systems. 

On May 8, 1790, the French constituent assembly charged the Academy 
of Sciences with the organization of a better system, and a committee was 
named by the academy for that purpose, including Berthollet, Borda. De- 
lambre, Lagrange. Laplace. Mechain an.d Prony. To Delambre and 

Mechain were assigned the measurements of an arc of the meridian between 
Dunkirk and Barcelona, and from their calculations the metre. — which is the 
unit of metric measurement — was devised. The metre represents one ten- 
millionth part of the distance from the equator to the pole, measured on 
the surface of the earth (a meridian). This is equal to 3.2S0S English feet = 
39.37 inches. This unit was adopted as the base of the metric system on 
April 7, 1795 and the physicist Borda. was authorized to construct a rod or 
bar, composed of platinum-iridium. representing the metre. This was 
completed in 1799 and, together with the system, was officially adopted and 
made the only legal system, Nov. 2. 1801. The bar is known as "Metre des 
Archives.'' £ 

Notwithstanding the adoption of the metric system, other weights and 
measures continued in general use. until on July 4th. 153/. it was decreed 
that on and after Tany. 1. 1540. the metric and decimal system in its primi- 
tive simplicity should be used exclusively throughout France in all busi- 
ness transactions. Since th-en this system has been authorized and adopted 
in scientific calculations and works of nearly all civilized countries, and 
has been adopted altogether by many nations in commercial transactions; 



60 Weights and Measures 

but although legalized in the U. S. and Gt. Brit., it has not been adopted as 
the commercial system and, until it is, will not be greatly used by the 
general public. 

An International Congress to promote the universal use of the Metric 
System was organized in 1872, and an International Convention of its rep- 
resentatives met in Paris in 1875. In 1878 the International Congress of 
Weights and Measures convened in Paris and organized an International 
Commission, establishing an International Bureau of Weights and Meas- 
ures, near Paris. 

This Bureau was established by the concurrent action of the principal 
governments of the world, and its building contains duplicates of the 
Metre des Archives, the Kilogramme des Archives, and other standards of 
weight and measure. Prototypes of the Metre rod or bar and of the Kilo- 
gramme are deposited in the United States National Bureau of Standards 
at Washington, D. C. 

Linear, Surface and Cubic Measure. 

Linear Measure of the U. S. and Gt. Brit, is based upon the standard yard 
of 1760, settled by parliament in 1824, and upon the Metre adopted by the 
French Government in in 1801. The standard yard is divisible into 3 feet, 
or 36 inches; at 62 °F., the Brit, yard exceeds the U. S. yard by 0.00087 
inch. The British yard standard is a brass rod into which two pins of 
gold are inserted : The upper surfaces of these pins are sunk to the 
half thickness of the bar and a small dot is made in the middle of each. 
The distance between these two dots on the gold pins, with the tempera- 
ture 62°F., is the true yard. In the U. S. the standard yard is a brass 
copy of the English Standard made by Troughton of London. This is 
deposited in the office of Weights and Measures at Washington, D. C. 

The Metres 39.37079 inches, is 3.37 inches longer than the yard. It 
has been described under Metric Weight and Measure. 

Surface Measure is the square of lineal dimensions. In pharmacy only 
small dimensions are generally required. 

144 square inches = 1 square foot=9.29 square decimetres. 
9 square feet = l square yard = 0.836 square metres. 
1 square metre (centare) =1550.06 square inches. 

Cubic Measure is the cube of lineal measure. In pharmacy only small 
dimensions are generally employed. 
• 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot. 
27 cubic feet=I cubic yard. 

The litre is the unit for both wet and dry cubic measure; it is equal to 
10 decilitres = 1.05672 quarts U. S. measure. One cubic centimetre is equiva- 
lent to 1 gramme of distilled water at its greatest density. 1000 cubic 
centimetres = 1 litre, 1000 grammes = 1 kilogramme =2.20462 lbs., av. 

The kilogramme represents the weight of one litre of distilled water at 
its greatest density, the measure of the cube of one-tenth of a metre. 

The U. S. gallon = 231 cubic inches = 3.785 litres =3785.434 cubic centi- 
metres. 

The Imperial gallon = 277.274 cubic inches = 4.546 litres =4545.924 cubic 
centimetres. 



Weights and Measures 



61 



Apothecaries' Weights. 

Previous to 1880, Apothecaries' or 
troy weight was directed in the U. 
S. P. These weights were derived 
from the Old English troy weights 
and are, at the present day, quite gen- 
erally used in this country in prepar- 
ing formulas and prescriptions. 
Grain (Gr.). The equivalent unit of 
apothecary, troy and avoirdupois 
weight. 
1 gr. = V 2 o apothecary scruple. 
1 gr. = 7eo apothecary drachm. 
1 gr. = V 4 8o apothecary ounce. 
1 gr. = 0.0648 metric gramme. 
1 gr. = 64.8 milligrammes. 
Scruple (3). An apothecary weight. 
1 Sc = 20 grains. 
1 Sc. = ^3 apothecary drachm. 
1 Sc. = 1 / 2 4 apothecary ounce. 
1 Sc. = 1.296 metric grammes. 
The scruple is now seldom written 
in formulas or prescriptions, being 
expressed in grains instead; as 20 
grains (1 Sc), or 40 grains (2 Sc). 
Drachm (3). An apothecary weight. 
1 dr. = 60 grains. 
1 dr. = 3 scruples. 
1 dr. = Ys apothecary ounce. 
1 dr. = 3.888 metric grammes. 
Ounce (5). The apothecary ounce, 
the same as the troy ounce. 
1 ounce = 480 grains. 
1 ounce= 8 apothecary drachms. 
1 ounce = 1.097 oz. avoir. 
1 ounce = Vi2 apoth. or troy pound. 
1 ounce = 31.103 metric grammes. 
Pound (tb.tr.). The apothecary and 
troy pound. 
1 tb.tr. = 5760 grains. 
1 tb.tr. = 12 apothecary ounces of 
480 grains. 
1 -lb.tr. = 0.8228 lb. avoir. 
1 tb.tr. = 13 oz. av. +72.5 grains. 
1 tb.tr. = 373.242 metric grammes. 
In writing formulas or prescriptions 
the apothecary or troy pound is sel- 
dom directed unless large quantities 
are required. The weight is usually 
expressed in ounces instead. 



Tr 



Apoth. or . 

12 5 = 5760 gr. 

11 3 = 5280 gr. 

10 3 = 4800 gr. 
9 5 = 4320 gr. 
8 3 = 3840 gr 
7 3 = 3360 gr, 



Metric Approximate 
= 373.242 gm. (375 gm.) 
= 342.138 gm. 
= 311.035 gm. 
= 279.931 gm. 
= 248.828 gm. (250 gm.) 
= 217.724 gm. 



6 y 

5 5 : 

3 1-- 

2 1-- 

1 1-- 

8 3: 



/4 O- 

Vi 3 



=2880 gr 
= 2400 gr 
=1920 gr 
=1440 gr 
= 960 gr 
= 480 gr 
= 480 gr 
= 420 gr 
= 360 gr 
= 300 gr 
= 240 gr 
= 180 gr 
=. 120 gr 
=. 60 gr 
= 40 gr 
= 30 gr 
= 20 gr 
= 15 gr 
= 10 gr 



Grain. 

10 = 
9 = 

5 : 
734 = 

7Vz -- 

7 = 

6 = 



3% = 

D — 

2V 2 = 

2 = 

1% = 

1 

% = 

Vs - 

Ji = 

Vs - 

•y 2 = 

Vs = 

Vz = 

% = 

Ys = 

Vs = 

V10 = 

7» = 

7,0 = 

7*. = 

7. = 

/50 

1/ 

/CO — 

/100 — 

7« = 

/leo — 



186.621 
155.517 
124.414 

93.310 
: 62.207 

31.103 
: 31.103 

27.215 

23.327 
= 19.440 
: 15.552 
: 11.664 
: 7.776 
: 3.888 
2.592 
: 1.944 
1.296 
: 0.972 
: 0.648 

Approx. 
Gm. 



gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
g^n. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 



(125 gm.) 



(30 gm.) 



(16 gm.) 

(8 gm.) 
(4 gm.) 

(2 gm.) 

(1 gm.) 



7* 
7» 

/c* 



0.648 
0.583 
0.518 
0.502 
0.493 
0.454 
0.389 
0.324 
0.259 
0.227 
0.194 
0.162 
0.130 
0.097 
0.065 
0.570 
0.052 
0.048 
0.041 
0.032 
0.025 
0.020 
0.0162 
0.0129 
0.0084 
0.0065 
0.0039 
0035 
0.0022 
: 0.0016 
0.0013 
0.0011 
: 0.0006 
: 0.0005 
0.0004 
0.0003 
: 0.0002 
: 0.0001 



gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 



0.650 
0.580 
0.520 
0.500 
0.500 
0.450 
0.390 
0.325 
0.250 
0.225 
0.200 
0.160 
0.125 
0.100 
0.065 
0.060 
0.050 
0.045 
0.040 
0.030 
0.025 
0.020 



gm. 0.016 
0.010 
0.008 
0.005 
0.004 
0.003 



gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm 



gm. 0.002 



gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
gm. 
ffm. 



0.0015 

0.0013 

0.001 

0.0006 

0.0005 

0.0004 

0.0d03 

0.0002 

0.0001 



Approx. 

Milligm. 
gm. = 650 mg. 
gm. = 580 mg. 
gm. = 520 mg. 
gm. = 500 mg. 
gm. = 500 mg. 
gm. = 450 mg. 
gm. = 390 mg. 
gm. = 325 mg. 
gm. = 250 mg. 
gm. = 225 mg. 
gm. = 200 mg. 
gm. = 160 mg. 
gm. = 125 mg. 
gm. = 100 mg. 
gm.= 65 mg. 
gm.= 60 mg. 
gm.= 50 mg. 
gm.= 45 mg. 
gm.= 40 mg. 
gm.= 30 mg. 
gm.= 25 mg. 
gm.= 20 mg. 
gm.= 16 mg. 
gm.= 10 mg. 
gm.= 8 mg 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 



o mg. 
4 mg. 
3 mg. 
2 mg. 



'P gm.— a mg 
)15 gm. = l% mg 
TS gm. = 1^4 mg. 

gm. = l mg. 

gm.= 0.6 mg. 

gm.= 0.5 mg. 

gm.= 0.4 mg. 

gm.= 0.3 mg. 

gm.= 0.2 mg. 

gm.= 0.1 mg. 



62 



Weights and Measures 



Avoirdupois Weight. 

Avoirdupois weight is the commer- 
cial standard of the U. S. and Gt. Br., 
and is the standard of pharmaceutical 
weight of the Br. P. The Imperial 
system of weights and measures of 
Great Britain is avoirdupois weight 
and equivalent fluid measure. 
Ounce (Oz.). The avoirdupois ounce, 
(av. oz.). 

1 oz.=437% grains. 
1 oz. = Vio avoirdupois pound of 
7000 grains. 
1 oz. = 0.9115 ounce apothecary. 
1 oz.= 28.349 metric grammes. 
Pound (Ib.av.). The avoirdupois 
pound. 
1 Ib.av. = 7000 grains. 
1 Ib.av. = 1(5 avoirdupois ounces. 
1 tb.av. = 1.215 lb. tr. 
1 Ib.av. = l lb., 2 ounces + 280 grains 
apoth. 
1 Ib.av. = 435.592 metric grammes. 
The Stone of avoirdupois weight is 
14 pounds. This weight was for- 
merly used throughout Great Britain 
and is now occasionally referred to, 
but is seldom used as a weight. 
The Quarter (qr.) is equal to 2 
stone, 28 pounds; 4 quarters make 
1 hundred weight, (cwt.), 112 pounds. 
This weight was formerly very com- 
monly used, and is still employed 
to some extent in Great Britain. 
The Ton. 20 hundred-weight make 
1 ton, 2,240 pounds, according to 
the old tables. This is still used 
in mining and is known as the 
miner's ton, or gross ton. 

The metric ton is 1000 kilo- 
grammes, equal to 2,204.6 pounds. 

An avoirdupois drachm is also list- 
ed in tables of weights, but is never 
used in pharmacy. It is Vie of the 
avoirdupois ounce of 437^ grains = 
27 11 / 3 2 grains. 

The avoirdupois pound is seldom di- 
rected in formulas or prescriptions 
unless considerable quantity is re- 
quired. The ^weight is usually ex- 
pressed in av. ounces, instead, at 
least up to three pounds (48 ounces). 

The ton of avoirdupois weight is 
2,000 pounds, the long ton 2,240 
pounds, now seldom used in buying 
or selling. 40 cubic feet make 1 U. 



S. shipping ton; wheat in bulk 
weighs 2,240 lbs. for 40 cubic feet. 
The shipping ton applies chiefly to 
marine shipments. 



Avoirdupois Equivalents. 
Gm. 



Avoir. 






Avoir. 


ounces grains 


Metric Gm. pounds 


32 oz. 


= 14000 


gr. 


= 907.185 Gm. 

2 ' tbs. 


31 oz. 


= 13562.5 


gr. 


= 878.835 Gm. 


30 oz. 


= 13125 


gr. 


= 850.486 Gm. 

1% lbs. 


29 oz. 


= 126S7.5 


gr. 


= 822.136 Gm. 


28 oz. 


= 12250 


gr. 


= 793.787 Gm. 

U/ 4 lbs. 


27 oz. 


= 11812.5 


gr. 


= 765.437 Gm. 


26 oz. 


= 11375 


gr. 


= 737.088 Gm. 

1§^ lbs. 


25 oz. 


= 10937.5 


gr. 


= 708.738 Gm. 


24 oz. 


= 10500 


gr. 


= 680.389 Gm. 

V/ 2 lbs. 


23 oz. 


= 10062.5 


gr. 


= 652.039 Gm. 


22 oz. 


= 9625 


gr. 


= 623.690 Gm. 

U/s lbs. 


21 oz. 


= 9187.5 


gr. 


= 595.340 Gm. 


20 oz. 


= 8750 


gr = 


= 566.991 Gm. 

iy A tbs. 


19 oz. 


= 8312.5 


gr- 


= 538.641 Gm. 


18 oz. 


= 7875 


gr. 


= 510.291 Gm. 

V& lbs. 


17 oz. 


= 7437.5 


gr. 


= 481.942 Gm. 


16 oz. 


= 7000 


gr- 


=453.592 Gm. 1 lb. 


15 oz. 


= 6562.5 


gr. 


= 425.243 Gm. 


14 oz. 


= 6125 


gr- 


= 396.893 Gm. % lb. 


13 oz. 


= 5687.5 


gr. 


= 368.544 Gm. 


12 oz. 


= 5250 


gr. 


= 340.194 Gm. 3/ 4 lb. 


11 oz. 


= 4812.5 


gr. 


= 311.824 Gm. 


10 oz. 


= 4375 


gr. 


= 283.495 Gm. 5/ s lb. 


9 oz. 


= 3937.5 


gr. 


= 255.146 Gm. 


8 oz. 


= 3500 


gr. 


= 226.796 Gm. y 2 lb. 


/ oz. 


= 3062.5 


gr- 


= 198.447 Gm. 


6 oz. 


= 2625 


gr. 


= 170.097 Gm. y s lb. 


5 oz. 


= 2187.5 


gr. 


= 141.784 Gm. 


4 oz. 


= 1750 


gr. 


= 113.398 Gm. % lb. 


3 oz. 


= 1312.5 


gr. 


= 85.049 Gm. 


2 oz. 


= 875 


gr. 


= 56.699 Gm. y & lb. 


1 oz. 


= 437.5 


gr. 


= 28.350 Gm. 


% oz. 


= 382.8 


gr. 


= 24.806 Gm. 


}i OZ. 


= 327.1 


gr. 


= 21.260 Gm. 


5 A oz. 


.= 273.4 


gr- 


= 17.844 Gm. 


y 2 oz. 


= 218.8 


gr. 


= 14.175 Gm. 


H oz. 


= 164.0 


gr. 


= 10.631 Gm. 


Va oz. 


= 109.4 


gr. 


= 7.087 Gm. 


Vs oz. 


= 54.4 


gr. 


= 3.544 Gm. 


Vie OZ 


= 27.3 


gr 


= 1.772 Gm. 



Weights and Measures 



63 



Metric Weights. 

The metric system of weights and 
measures was made official in the 1890 
U. S. P. and is now quite generally 
adopted as the official standard of civ- 
ilized countries. The Br. P., however, 
retains the Imperial system, but in the 
1898 revision gives the metric as al- 
ternative. The unit of metric weight 
is the gramme, and the denominations 
generally used in pharmacy are the 
milligramme (mg.), the gramme 
(gm.) and the kilogramme (kilo.). 
Milligramme (mg.). The smallest 
metric weight = Viooo gramme. 
1 mg. = 0.0154 grain. 
1 mg. = Viooo gramme ( 0.001 gm.) 
Centigramme (eg.). A metric weight 
= Vioo gramme. 
1 eg. = 0.154 grain. 
1 eg— Vioo gramme. (0.01 gm.). 
Decigramme (dg.). A metric weight 
= Vio gramme. 
1 dg. = 1.543 grains. 
1 dg. = Vio gramme. (0.1 gm.). 
Gramme (gm.). The unit of metric 
weight. 

1 gm. = 15.4323 grains = 0.032 apoth. 
5 = 0.035 av. oz. 
1 gm. = 10 decigrammes. 
1 gm. = 100 centigrammes. 
1 gm. = 1000 milligrammes. 
1 gm. = Viooo kilogramme. 
1 gm.=Vioo hectogramme. 
1 gm. = Vi dekagramme. 
A gramme is equivalent to the 
weight of a cubic centimeter of dis- 
tilled water at its greatest density 
(4°C). 
Note. U. S. silver coins issued since 
1874 weigh: silver dollar, 25 gm.; 
half dollar, 12% gm.; quarter dollar, 
<>*4 gm.; dime, 2Vz gm. $40 in subsi- 
dary U. S. silver coin weigh 1 kilo. 
The 5 cent nickel weighs 5 gm. and is 
2 cm. in diameter. These coins are 
very convenient for larger gramme 
weights. Unworn coins only, should 
be used. 
Dekagramme (dg.). A metric weight 
= 10 grammes. 

1 dg. = 154.32 grains = 0.35 oz. av. 
= 0.022 lb. av. 
1 dg. = 10 grammes. 
Hectogramme (hg.). A metric weight 
= 100 grammes. 

1 hg. = 1543.23 grains = 3.53 oz. av. 
= 0.22 lb. av. 



1 hg. = 100 grammes. 

1 hg. = 10 dekagrammes. 
Kilogramme (kg.). A metric weight 
= 1000 grammes. 

1 kg. = 15432.35 grains = 35.27 oz. av. 
= 2.2 lbs. av. 

1 kg.= 1000 grammes. 

1 kg.= 100 dekagrammes. 

1 kg.= 10 hectogrammes. 

A kilogramme is equivalent to the 
weight of one liter of distilled water 
at its greatest density (4°C). 



Metric. Grains. 
1 kilogramme 
1000 gm. = 15432.3 
750 gm. = 11574.3 



500 gm.= 

250 gm.= 

100 gm.= 

50 gm.= 

25 gm.= 

14 gm.= 

i gm.= 

5 gm.= 

4 gm.= 

3 gm.= 

2 gm.= 

m.= 

gm. 



1 
1 

0.75 
0.65 
0.50 
0.40 
0.33 
0.25 
0.20 
0.16 
0.125 
0.100 
0.065 
0.050 
0.033 
0.025 
0.016 
0.010 
0.008 
0.005 
0.004 
0.003 
0.002 
0.001 
0.0006 
0.0005 
0.0004 
0.0003 
0.0002 
0.00015 
0.0001 



gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm. = 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm. = 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
gm.= 
2m. = 



7716.2 

3858.1 

1543.2 

771.6 

385.8' 

116.1 

108.0 

77.2 

61.7 

46.2 

30.8 

15.4 

= 1000 

= 750 

= 650 

= 500 

= 400 

= 330 

= 250 

= 200 

= 160 

= 125 

100 

65 

50 

33 

25 

16 

10 

8 

5 

4 

3 

2 

1 

















Approximate. 
= 100 grammes, 
gr. (35^4 oz. av.) 
gr. (26^ oz. av.) 
gr. (175/6 oz. av.) 
gr. ( 8% oz. av.) 
gr. ( 3% oz. av.) 
gr. ( 1^4 qz av.) 
gr. ( 7/ s oz av.) 
gr. ( V2 oz. av. ) 
gr. ( 14 oz. av.) 
gr. ( 1*4 drachm) 
gr. ( 1 drachm) 
gr. ( 34 drachm) 
gr. ( V2 drachm) 
gr. ( 14 drachm) 

mg. = 15 gr. 

mg. = ll 1 /^ gr. 

mg. = 10 gr. 

mg.= IV2 gr. 

mg.= 6V 5 gr. 

mg.= 5 gr. 

mg.= 4 gr. 

mg.= 3 gr. 

mg.= 2V2 gr. 

mg. = 2 gr. 

mg. = l 1 /4 gr. 

mg. = l 

mg.= : 



mg.: 
mg. 
mg.: 
mg. 
mg. 
mg. 



gr. 

H gr- 

V2 gr. 

Vs gr. 

Va gr. 

l A gr. 

l A gr. 

Vfei gr. 



mg.= V 16 gr. 

mg.= V20 gr. 

mg.= V 3 o gr. 

mg.= V 60 gr. 

mg. = Vioo gr. 

mg. = V 128 gr. 

mg. = Vi6o gr. 

mg.=V 2 io gr. 

mg. = V 320 gr. 

15 mg. = V4oo gr. 

10 mg.=V 6 4o gr. 



64 



Wei glits and Measures 



FLUID MEASURES. 

Apothecaries' Fluid Measure. 

This fluid measure is generally used 
as the commercial liquid measure in 
the United States. It is neither 
equivalent to Apothecary or Avoir- 
dupois weight, and its terms and val- 
ues are, therefore, somewhat con- 
fusing, but it is quite generally used 
in formulas and prescriptions, and in 
dispensing. 

Note. The volume of water in- 
creases or diminishes, in varying 
ratio with the temperature. At 15.6° C. 
(60°F.) its volume is 1,000,928 as 
compared with 1,000,000 at its great- 
est density, 4°C. (39°F.). This dif- 
ference is not important for ordinary 
calculations of pharmacy but, must 
be taken into account in exact scien- 
tific work. Metric measures are 
based upon the weight of distilled 
water at its greatest density 4°C. 
(39°F.) in vacuo. Imperial measures 
are based upon the weight of water 
at 62 °F. 

Minim (ni.). U. S. Y«o part of the 
apothecary fluid ounce, equivalent to 
about 0.95 grain of distilled water. 
1 T],. U. S. = 0.0615 cubic centi- 
meter. 

60 ni. U. S. = l apoth. fl. drachm. 
480 Til. U. S. = l apoth. fl.ounce. 
Fluidrachm (f5). U. S. 0.225 cubic 
inch, l /% of the apothecary fluid ounce 
equivalent to 57.05 grains of distilled 
water, at its greatest density, in 
vacuo. 
1 fl.dr. (f5). U. S. = 60 U. S. minims. 
1 fl.dr (f5). U. S. = 3.697 gm. or Cc. 
water at 4°C. 

8 fl.dr. (8f3). U. S. = l apothecary 
fl.ounce. 
Fluidounce (15), U. S. 1.805 cubic 
inch, Vie of the apothecary pint, 
Vim of the U. S. gallon. Equivalent 
to 456.392 grains of distilled water 
at its greatest density, in vacuo. 
1 fl.ounce (fS), U. S. = 8 fl. drachms. 
1 fl.ounce (£3), U. S. = 29.5737 gm. 
or Cc. water at 4°C. 

16 fl.ounces (16f5), U. S. = l U. S. 
pint. 

128 fl.ounces (128 f3), U. S. = 1U. S. 
gallon. 
Pint (O.), U. S. = 28.875 cubic inches; 
V 8 of the U. S. gallon. The U. S. 



pint corresponds to the apothecary 
fluid measure. 

1 pint, U. S. = 128 apothecary fl.dr. 

1 pint, U. S. = 16 apothecary fl.oz. 

1 pint, U. S. = 0.47318 liter. 

1 pint, U. S. = 473.18 Cc. 

1 pint, U. S. = 7302.26 grains distilled 
water at its greatest density, in 
vacuo. 

The U. S. and Br. pints are entirely 
different in value, the U. S. pint be- 
ing a little more than y 5 of the Im- 
perial. 

Quart (qt.), U. S. % of the U. S. 
gallon. The quart is not recognized 
as an official measure, but is used 
commercially and in pharmacy. 

1 qt., U. S. = 32 apothecaries' fl.oz. 

1 qt, U. S. = 0.9463 liter. 

The U. S. and Br. quarts are en- 
tirely different in value, the U. S. 
quart being a little more than 5i of 
the Imperial. 
Gallon (C). U. S. = 231 cubic inches. 
The standard from which are der- 
ived the apothecaries' fluid measures 
used in the United States. 

1 gal., U. S. = 128 apothecary fl.oz. 

1 gal., U. S. = 8 pints apothecary 
measure. 

1 gal., U. S. = 3.785434 liters. 

1 gal., U. S. = 3785.434 Gm. or Cc. 

1 gal., U. S. = 58418.1444 grains dis- 
tilled water at its greatest density, 
in vacuo. 

The U. S. standard is the Winches- 
ter gallon of 231 cubic inches. It is 
0.8329 of the Imperial gallon of 277.- 
274 cubic inches. 



128 fl.ounces = 3758.434 Cc. = l U. S. 

gallon = 3.785 liters. 
33 fl.oz. + 6^ fl.dr. = 1000. Cc. = l liter. 
33 fl.ounces = 975.932 Cc. 
32 fl.ounces = 946.35S Cc. = l apotTi. qt. 

l 4 gal. 
31 fl.ounces = 916.785 Cc. 
30 fl.ounces = 887.211 Cc. 
29 fl.ounces = 857.637 Cc. 
28 fl.ounces = 828.064 Cc. 
27 fl.ounces = 798.490 Cc. 
26 fl.ounces = 768.916 Cc. 
25 fl.ounces = 739.343 Cc. 
24 fl.ounces = 709.769 Cc. = ^ apoth. 

quart, IY2 pint. 
23 fl.ounces = 680.389 Cc. 
22 fl.ounces = 650.621 Cc. 
21 fl.ounces = 621.048 Cc. 
20 fl.ounces = 591.474 Cc. 



Wei <:Jits and Measures 



65 



fl. ounces = 
fl.ounces = 
fl.ounces = 
fl.oz. +7^ 
fl.ounces = 
pint,^ gal. 
15 fl.ounces = 

4 fl.ounces = 
fl.ounces = 
fl.ounces = 
fl.ounces = 
rl.ounces = 
fl.ounces = 
fl.oz. +8f£ 
fl.oz. = 236. 

Vie gal. 
7 fl.ounces = 
6 fl.ounces = 

5 fl.ounces = 
4 fl.ounces = 

pint, Vsa ga 
3 fl. ounces = 
2 fl.ounces = 
1 fl. ounce = 



501.900 Cc. 

532.327 Cc. 

502.753 Cc. 

fl.dr. = 500 Cc. = ^ liter. 

473.179 Cc. = l apoth. 

443.606 Cc. 

414.032 Cc. 

384.458 Cc. 

354.884 Cc. 

325.311 Cc. 

295.737 Cc. 

266.163 Cc. 

fl.dr. = 250 Cc. = ^4 liter. 

590 Cc. = ^2 apoth. pint. 

207.016 Cc. 
177.442 Cc. 
147.869 Cc. 
118.295 Cc. = J4 apoth. 

j. 

88.721 Cc. 
59.147 Cc. 
29.573 Cc. 



8 fl. dr. = 29.573 Cc. = l 


ap 


oth. fl.oz. 


7 fl.dr. = 25.875 Cc. = % 


apoth. fl.oz. 


6 fl.dr. = 22.179 Cc. = 3 /i 


apoth. fl.oz. 


5 fl.dr. = 18.482 Cc. = ^ 


ap 


ioth. fl.oz. 


4 fl.dr. = 14.785 Cc =Yz 


apoth. fl.oz. 


3 fl.dr. = 11.088 Cc. = 3^ 


ap 


oth. fl.oz. 


2 fl.dr. = 7.392 Cc. = ^ 


ap 


>oth. fl.oz. 


1 fl.dr.= 3.697 Cc. = ^ 


ap 


ioth. fl.oz. 


60 minims = 3.697 Cc.= 


1 apoth. fl.dr. 


50 minims = 3.081 Cc. 






45 minims = 2.772 Cc.= 


Ya 


apoth. fl.dr. 


40 minims = 2.4G4 Cc. 






35 minims = 2.156 Cc. 






30 minims = 1.848 Cc.= 


% 


apoth. fl.dr. 


25 minims = 1.540 Cc. 






20 minims = 1.232 Cc. 






15 minims = 0.924 Cc.= 


Va 


apoth. fl.dr. 


10 minims = 0.616 Cc. 






5 minims = 0.308 Cc. 






4 minims = 0.246 Cc. 






3 minims = 0.185 Cc. 






2 minims = 0.123 Cc. 






1 minim =0.062 Cc.= 


X U 


, apoth. fl.oz 



Imperial Fluid Measures. 

Imperial Fluid measure is gener- 
ally used in Great Britain and its de- 
pendencies as the commercial and 
pharmaceutical standard. It is equiv- 
alent with avoirdupois weight, but 
does not correspond with the U. S. 
apothecary weight or measure. 



Minim (min.). Br. Viso part of the 
Imperial fluid ounce, equivalent to 
about 0.91 grain of distilled water. 
1 Min. Br. = 0.059 Cc. 
60 Min. Br. = l Imperial fl. drachm. 

480 Min. Br. = l Imperial fl. ounce. 

In the Br. P. 110 minims of water 
at 62°F. are taken as the value of 100 
grains. 

Fluid drachm (fl. drm.), Br. 0.216 
cubic inch, % of the Imperial fluid 
ounce, equivalent to 54.6875 grains 
of distilled water at 62 °F. 

1 fl.drm. Br. = 3.552 cubic cent. 

8 fl.drm. Br. = l Imperial fl. ounce. 
Fluid ounce (fl. oz.), Br. 1.733 cubic 
inches, x Ao of the Imperial pint, 
Vieo of the Imperial gallon, equiva- 
lent to 437.5 grains of distilled water 
at 62 °F. 

1 fl.oz. Br. = 8 Imperial fl. drachms. 
(480 minims.) 

1 fl.oz. Br. = 28.417 Cc. or 0.028- 
4123 liter. 

20 fl.oz. Br. = one Imperial pint. 

160 fl.oz. Br. = one Imperial gallon. 

The Imperial fluid ounce is a little 
less than the apothecary; 24 U. S. 
apothecary fluid ounces=25 Br. Imp. 
fluid ounces + 1 grain. 

The Imperial fl.oz. is equivalent to 
the avoirdupois ounce, that is, one 
ounce of distilled water at 62° F. 
weighs 1 ounce avoirdupois. 
Pint (O.), Br. = 34.659 cubic inches; 
% of the Imperial gallon. 

1 Imp. pint, Br. = 20 Imp. fl.oz. 

1 Imp. pint, Br. = 0.5682454 liter. 

1 Imp. pint, Br. = 568.336 Cc. 

1 Imp. pint, Br. = 8750 grains = 1^4 
pounds av., distilled water at 62°F. 

The Br. and U. S. pints are entirely 
different in value. The Imperial 
pint being nearly % greater than 
the apothecary. 
Quart (qt.), Br. ^ of the Br. Im- 
perial gallon. It is not recognized 
as an official measure in the Br. P., 
but is used commercially. 

1 qt. Br.=40 Imperial fl. ounces. 

1 qt. Br. = 1.1366 liters. 

The Br. and U. S. quarts are en- 
tirely different in value; the Imperial 
quart being nearly ^ greater than 
the apothecary. 
Gallon (C), Br. Imperial gallon = 
277.274 cubic inches. The standard 
of the Imperial fluid measures used 
in Great Britain. 



66 



Weights and Measures 



1 Imp. gal. Br. = 160 Imp. fl.oz. 
1 Imp. gal. Br. = 4.5459631 liters. 
1 Imp. gal. Br. = 4545.9631 Cc. 

1 Imp. gal. Br. = 70,000 grains = 10 
pounds av., distilled water at 62 °F. 

The Imperial gallon = 1.2003 (1^) 
U. S. gallons. 
160 fl.oz. = 4545.963 Cc. = I Imp. gallon 
= 4.546 liters. 

40 fl.oz. = 1138.990 Cc. = l Imp. qt. 
35K fl.oz. = 1000 Cc. = l liter. 
32 fl.oz. = 907.185 Cc. 
28 fl.oz. = 793.787 Cc. 
34 fl.oz. = 680.389 Cc. 
20 fl.oz. = 568.2454 Cc. = l Imp. pint. 
16 fl.oz. = 453.592 Cc. 
15 fl.oz. = 425.243 Cc. 
14 fl.oz. = 396.893 Cc. 
13 fl.oz. = 368.544 Cc. 
12 fl.oz. = 340.194 Cc. 
11 fl.oz. = 311.854 Cc. 
10 fl.oz. = 283.495 Cc.=% Imp. pint. 

9 fl.oz. = 255.146 Cc. 

8 fl.oz. = 226.796 Cc. 

7 fl.oz.= 198.447 Cc. 

6 fl.oz. = 170.097 Cc. 

5 fl.oz. = 141.748 Cz. — % Imp. pint. 

4 fl.oz.= 113.398 Cc. 

3 fl.oz. = 85.049 Cc. 

2 fl.oz. = 56.699 Cc. 

1 fl.oz. = 28.350 Cc. 

8 fl.dms. = 28.350 Cc. 

7 fl.dms. = 24.806 Cc. 

6 fl.dms. = 21.262 Cc. 

5 fl.dms. = 17.718 Cc. 

4 fl.dms. = 14.174 Cc. 

3 fl.dms. = 10.630 Cc. 

2 fl.dms. = 8.036 Cc. 

1 fl.dm. = 3.542 Cc. 

60 Imp. minims =3.542 Cc. 
50 Imp. minims = 2.952 Cc. 
40 Imp. minims = 2.361 Cc. 
30 Imp. minims = 1.771 Cc. 
20 Imp. minims = 1.181 Cc. 
10 Imp. minims = .590 Cc. 

5 Imp. minims = .295 Cc. 

4 Imp. minims = .236 Cc. 

3 Imp. minims= .177 Cc. 

2 Imp. minims= .118 Cc. 
1 Imp. minim = .059 Cc. 



Metric Fluid Measures. 

Metric fluid measure corresponds 
with metric weight of water at its 
greatest density. Its unit is the liter 
and the denominations generally used 
are the Cc. and the 1., other denomi- 
nations are seldon used in pharmacy. 



Xote. Meter and Liter and divis- 
ions of Metric weight and measure 
ending in meter or liter are spelled 
meter and liter in the U. S. P., but in 
the French, British and other pharma- 
copoeias the original French orthog- 
raphy is followed — metre, litre, etc. 
They are the same under either spell- 
ing. 

Cubic Centimeter (Cc). A metric 
measurement = Viooo liter; also called 
a milliliter; a cube whose edge meas- 
ures Vioo of a meter and which con- 
tains one gramme of distilled water 
at its greatest density. 

1 Cc. = 16.25 minims, U. S. = 0.032 
apothecary fl. ounces. 

1 Cc. = 16.9 minims, Br. = 0.035 
Imperial fl. ounce. 

1 Cc.=Vio centiliter. 

1 Cc. = Vioo deciliter. 

1 Cc. = Viooo liter. 
Centiliter (cl.). A metric measure = 
Vioo liter. 

1 cl. = 162.5 minims, U. S. = 0.32 
apothecary fl. ounce. 

1 cl. = 169. minims, Br. = 0.35 Im- 
perial fl. ounce. 

1 cl. = 10 cubic centimeters. 

1 cl. = V 3 „o liter. 
Deciliter (dl.). A metric measure — 
Vio liter. 

1 dl. = 1625 minims, U. S. = 3.28 
apothecary fl. ounces. 

1 dl. = 1690 minims, Br. = 3.53 Im- 
perial fl. ounces. 

1 dl. = 100 cubic centimeters. 

1 dl. = 7io liter. 
Liter (1.). The unit of metric fl. meas- 
ure. A liter of distilled water at its 
greatest density weighs 1000 gm. or 
1 kilogramme. 

1 1. = 16255 minims. U. S. = 33.86 
apothecary fl. ounces. 

1 1. = 16897 minims, Br. = 35.27 Im- 
perial fl. ounces. 

11.= 1000 Cubic centimeters. 

11.= 100 centiliters. 

11.= 10 deciliters. 

The liter is represented by the cube 
of one-tenth of a meter = a cubic 
deciliter. 
Dekaliter (DL). A metric measure = 
10 liters. 

1 Dl. = 2.64 U. S. gallons. 

1 Dl. = 10 liters. 

1 Dl. = 100 deciliters. 

1 Dl. = 1000 centiliters. 

1 Dl. = 10,000 cubic centimeters. 



Weights and Measures 



67 



Hectoliter (HI.)- A metric measure 
= 100 liters. 

1 HI. = 26.42 U. S. gallons. 

1 Hl. = 100 liters. 

1 HI. = 1000 deciliters. 

1 HI. = 10000 centiliters. 

1 HI. = 100000 cubic centimeters. 
Kiloliter (Kl.). A metric measure = 
1000 liters. 

1 Kl. = 264.18 U. S. gallons. 

1 Kl. = 10 hectoliters. 

1 Kl. = 100 dekaliters. 

1 Kl. = 1000 liters. 

1 Kl. = 1000000 cubic centimeters. 



Metric 




Appro* 


:. Apoth 


Fl. Measure. 


Fl. Measure 


1 Liter = 


1000 


Cc. = 15432.4 grains. 


Cc. 


fl.oz. 


+ minims 


fl.oz. 


1000 Cc. 


= 33 


390.6= about 


33.81 


975 Cc. 


= 33 


314.5 = about 


332/3 


950 Cc. 


= 32 


259.1 = about 


323/s 


925 Cc. 


= 31 


133.3 = about 


31/ 


900 Cc. 


= 30 


207.6= about 


30/5 


875 Cc. 


= 29 


281.8 = about 


293/ 


850 Cc. 


= 28 


356.0=about 


28% 


825 Cc. 


= 27 


430.3 = about 


27^ 


800 Cc. 


= 27 


24.5 = about 


27 


775 Cc. 


= 26 


98.7 = about 


26V 5 


750 Cc. 


= 25 


173.0 = about 


25/3 


725 Cc. 


= 24 


247.2 = about 


24V 2 


700 Cc. 


= 23 


321.4= about 


23/3 


675 Cc. 


= 22 


359.7 = about 


22/ 8 


650 Cc. 


= 21 


469.9 = about 


22 


625 Cc. 


= 21 


64.1 = about 


21/8 


600 Cc. 


= 20 


138.4=about 


20/ 


575 Cc. 


= 19 


212.6 = about 


19 y 2 


550 Cc. 


= 18 


286.6 = about 


183/s 


525 Cc. 


= 17 


361.1 = about 


173/ 


500 Cc. 


= 16 


435.3 = about 


16/ 8 


475 Cc. 


= 16 


29.6=about 


16 


450 Cc. 


= 15 


103.8 = about 


15V 5 


425 Cc. 


= 14 


178.0= about 


143/s 


400 Cc. 


= 13 


252.3= about 


13% 


375 Cc. 


= 12 


326.5 = about 


12/3 


350 Cc. 


= 11 


400.7 = about 


11/8 


325 Cc. 


= 10 


475. = about 


11 


300 Cc. 


= 10 


69.2 = about 


10/8 


275 Cc. 


= 9 


143.4= about 


9/ 


250 Cc. 


= 8 


217.7 = about 


8Y2 


225 Cc. 


= 7 


291.9 = about 


73/ 


200 Cc. 


= 6 


366.1 = about 


63/ 


175 Cc. 


= 5 


440.4= about 


5/ 8 


150 Cc. 


= 5 


34.6 = about 


5 


125 Cc. 


= 4 


108.8 = about 


4/ 


100 Cc. 


= 3 


183.1 = about 


33/ 


90 Cc. 


= 3 


20.8 = about 


3V 5 


80 Cc. 


= 2 


338.5=about 


23/ 


75 Cc. 


= 2 


257.3 = about 


2% 



70 Cc. 


= 2 


176.1 


= about 23/6 


60 Cc. 


= 2 


13.8 


= about 2 


50 Cc. 


= 1 


331.5 


= about 134 


40 Cc. 


= 1 


169.2 


= about l3/£ 


30 Cc. 


= 1 


6.9 


= about 1 


25 Cc. 


= 


405.7 


= about Y% 


20 Cc. 


= 


324.6 


— about 2 /z 


15 Cc. 


= 243.5 


min. 


about 4 fl.dr, 


13 Cc. 


= 211.0 


min. 


about 3/ fl.dr, 


11 Cc/ 


= 178.5 


min. 


about 3 fl.dr. 


10 CC.: 


= 162.3 


min. 


about 234 fl.dr, 


9 CC.: 


= 146.1 


min. 




8 CC.: 


= 129.8 


min. 




7 Cc. 


= 113,6 


min. 




5 Cc. ; 


= 81.2 


min. 




4 CC.: 


= 64.9 


min. 


about 1 fl.dr, 


3 Cc. 


= 48.7 


min. 




2 CC.: 


= 32.5 


min. 


about / fl.dr. 


1 CC.: 


= 16.25 


min. 


about / fl.dr. 



Measures of Length. 

The linear measures of the U. S. 
were derived from the Old English 
yard and its divisions,, and are the 
same in the U. S. and Gt. Br. 

Metric measures of length are from 
the metre and its divisions, and are 
official in the U. S. P., also alternative 
in the Br. P. These standards have 
been described under other headings. 

English Standard. 

Inch (in.). A standard measure of 
length. 

1 in.=Vi2 of a foot. 

1 in. = V.-?s of a yard. 

1 in. = 0.0254 meter. 

1 in. = 2.54 centimeters. 

1 in. = 25.40 millimeters. 
Foot (ft.). A standard measure of 
length. 

1 ft. = 12 inches, or ^ yard. 

1 ft. = 0.3048 meter. 

1 ft. = 3.048 decimeters. 

1 ft. -30.49 centimeters. 
Yard (yd.). The U. S. and Br. Stan- 
dard of length. 

1 yd. = 36 inches or 3 feet. 

1 yd. = 0.91438 meter. 

Metric Standard. 

Millimeter (mm.). The smallest di- 
vision of the metric length. 

1 mm.=Viooo meter. 
1 mm. = Vioo centimeter. 
1 mm.= 1 Ao decimeter. 
1 mm. = 0.0394 inch, 



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Weights and Measures 



Centimeter (cm.)- A metric measure 
of length. 

1 cm. = Vioo meter. 

1 cm.^Vio decimeter. 

1 cm. = 0.3937 inch 
Decimeter (dm.). A metric measure 
of length. 

1 dm. = Vio meter. 

1 dm. = 3.937 inches. 
Meter (m.). The metric standard 
unit of length. 

1 m. = 10 decimeters. 

1 m. = 100 centimeters. 

1 m. = 1000 millimeters. 

1 m. = 39.37 inches = 3.28 feet. 

1 m. = 1.0936 yard=(l yard + 3.37 
inches). 



Surface Measure. 

The measure of area, which is 
space in two dimensions, is generally 
called surface measure. In the U. S. 
and Gt. Brit, the Old English meas- 
ure based on the square yard is" gen- 
erally used. 

Metric surface measures are based 
upon the metre unit, and are squares 
of the linear measurements. 



English Surface Measure. 
Square inch (sq.in.). 

1 sq.in. = Vi44 of a square foot. 

1 sq.in. =Vi296 of a square yard. 

1 sq.in. = 64.52 square millimeters. 

1 sq.in. = 6.452 square centimeters. 

1 sq.in. = 0.645 square decimeter. 

1 sq.in. = 0.0645 square meter. 
Square foot (sq.ft.). 

1 sq.ft. = 144 square inches. 

1 sq.ft. =Vo square yard. 

1 sq.ft. = 9.29 square decimeters. 

1 sq.ft. = 92.90 square centimeters. 

1 sq.ft. = 0.093 square meter. 
Square yard (sq.yd.). 

1 sq.yd. = 9 sq. feet = 1296 sq. inches. 

1 sq.yd. = 0.836 square meter. 



Metric Surface Measure. 
Square millimeter (sq.mm.). 

1 sq.mm. = Vioooooo square meter. 

1 sq.mm. =Viooooo square decimeter. 

1 sq.mm. =1 Aoooo square centimeter. 

1 sq.mm. =0.00155 square inch. 
Square centimeter (sq.cm.). 

1 sq.cm. = Viuooo square meter. 

1 sq.cm. = Viooo square decimeter. 

1 sq.cm. = 0.155 square inch. 



Square decimeter (sq.dm.). 

1 sq.dm. = Vioo square meter. 

1 sq.dm. = 100 square centimeter. 

1 sq.dm. = 15.50 square inches. 
Square meter (sq.m.). Also called 
Centare. 

1 sq.m. = 1,000,000 sq. millimeters. 

1 sq.m. = 10,000 sq. centimeters. 

1 sq.m. = 100 sq. decimeters. 

1 sq.m. = 1550.06 sq. inches. 

100 sq.m. = l are =1076.43 sq. feet. 

10,000 sq.m. = l hectare = 2.4714 
acres. 



Cubic Measure. 

Cubic measure is measure of mass, 
the three dimensions of mass — 
length, breadth and thickness — are 
multiplied together and equal the 
cubic contents of the mass. 



English Cubic Measure. 

Cubic Inch (cu.in.). 

1 cu.in. =Vnrs cubic foot. 

1 cu.in. = 16.387 cubic centimeters. 

1728 cu.in. = 1 cubic foot. 

231 cu.in. = 1 U. S. wine gallon. 

277.274 cu.in. = 1 Br. Imperial gallon. 
Cubic Foot (cu.ft.). 

1 cu.ft. = Vi7 cubic yard. 

1 cu.ft. = 1728 cubic inches. 

1 cu.ft. = 28.307 cubic decimeters. 

1 cu.ft. = 0.0283 cubic meter. 
Cubic Yard (cu.yd.). 

1 cu.yd. = 27 cubic ft. = 46,656 cu.in. 

1 cu.yd. = 0.7645 cubic meter. 



Metric Cubic Measure. 

Cubic Centimeter (Cc). 

1 Cc. = Viooo cubic decimeter (or 
liter). 

1 Cc. = l gm. (dist. water at 4°C). 

1 Cc. = 0.061 cubic inch. 
Cubic Decimeter (cu.dm.). 

1 cu.dm. = l liter = 100 cu. centiliters. 

1 cu.dm. = 1000 Cc. or gm. (dist. 
water at 4°C). 

1 cu.dm. = 62.45 cubic inches. 
Cubic Meter (Cu.M.). 

1 Cu.M. = 1,000,000 cubic centimet- 
ers. 

1 Cu.M. = 1000 cubic decimeters. 

1 Cu.M. = 35.315 cubic feet. 

1 Cu.M. = 1.309 cubic yards. 



SPECIFIC WEIGHT OR GRAVITY. 



Specific Gravity or Weight differs from ordinary gravity or weight 
by taking into account the space or volume occupied by a substance, 
for example : A pound of aluminum occupies about seven and one- 
half times as much space as a pound of gold ; a pint of mercury weighs 
about thirteen and one-half times as much as a pint of water; a vol- 
ume of oxygen weighs about sixteen times as much as an equal volume 
of hydrogen at the same pressure and temperature. Every substance 
has it specific weight proportionate to the space or volume it occu- 
pies, and specific gravity is the weight of a substance compared with 
the weight of another substance occupying the same space or volume, 
taken as a standard. 

In the practice of Pharmacy, Specific Gravity is of great impor- 
tance in testing spirits, acids, oils, solutions, syrups, etc., not only for 
verifying their strength or purity, but in the manufacture of many 
preparations to bring them to a definite standard. 

EARLY HISTORY OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 

The great principle upon which specific gravity is based was discovered by 
Archimides about 250 B. C. King Hiero II., of Syracuse, had given a certain 
amount of gold to an artist to be made into a crown. When the crown was 
delivered he suspected that it had been alloyed with a baser metal and he 
commissioned Archimides to discover if that had been done. At that time 
no method of determining this was known and he was greatly puzzled over 
the matter, but happening one day to go to his bath, as he stepped into the 
tub, which had been well filled, the water overflowed. This suggested to 
him the solution of the problem, and he was so excited and overjoyed that 
he ran home without his clothes, shouting "Eureka! Eureka! I have found 
it! I have found it!" Thereupon he accurately weighed the crown and im- 
mersed it in a vessel completely filled with water, the overflow representing 
a volume equal to the mass of the crown; then he took an amount of gold of 
the same weight as the crown and immersed it in the same vessel filled as 
before with water. The difference in the specific weight of the masses of 
metal was determined by the overflow or displacement of the water, and the 
principle of specific gravity was established. 

It was but a step for the mechanical mind of Archimides to demonstrate, 
by the balance, that the difference of weight in and out of water represented 
the weight of water displaced by the solid, and that the weight of the solid 
out of water, divided by the difference of its weight in water, gave its spec- 
ific weight, density or mass, compared with water as a standard. 

This discovery soon led to the construction of the specific gravity bottle, 
by which the weight of liquids could be compared with the weight of an 
equal volume of water, thus determining their specific gravity. 



70 Specific Weight or Gravity 

The hydrometer seems to have been but little known to the ancients. One 
writer mentions an instrument similar to a hydrometer, used some 300 years 
after the time of Archimides; another more reliable historian, attributes its 
invention to Hypatia of Alexandria, about 380 A. D., but no other reference 
seems^to be made until it was "re-invented" by Robert Boyle and described 
as a "New Essay Instrument" in the Philosophical Transactions for June, 
1675. Since this time Hydrometers of various construction and for various 
purposes have come into very general use; but for scientific purposes the 
hydrostatic balance and the specific gravity bottle, or pyenometer, are most 
reliable. Further information about hydrometers will be found in the article 
on Hydrometry. 

Specific Weight or Gravity. 

Specific weight or gravity is the relative weight or density of a mass or 
volume of a substance compared with an equal mass or volume of some other 
substance, at the same temperature, taken as a standard. Distilled water is 
the standard for comparison of solids and liquids, and air or hydrogen the 
standard with which gases are compared. 

Temperature and atmospheric pressure are both important in determining 
specific gravity. The barometer at 30 inches is the scientific standard for at- 
mospheric pressure, but slight variations are not taken into account in ordi- 
nary determinations; temperature, however, is important and authorities gen- 
erally state the degree at which the specific gravity (especially of fluids) is 
taken. 

The specific gravity of solids is taken with their temperature at 0°C. and 
the water in which they are weighed at 4°C, because at these temperatures 
they are at their greatest density. For scientific purposes the specific gravity 
of fluids is taken at 0°C. and compared with water at 4°C. for the same 
reason, but for general purposes the specific gravity of fluids is calculated at 
a temperature more conveniently ascertained. 

The U. S. P. now generally designates 25°C. (77°F.) as the standard tem- 
perature, except for alcohol and spiritous liquors — whisky, brandy, gin, rum 
etc. — which conform to the government standard 15.6°C. (60°F.). 

The Br. P. designates 15.5°C. or 60°F. as the standard temperature for 
specific gravity, but their measuring vessels are graduated at 62°F. (16.7°C). 

Most of the other European authorities designate 15° C. (59°F.) as the 
standard temperature for calculating specific gravity, weight or density. 

The specific gravity of solids is obtained by first weighing the solid at 
0°C. in air and then in water at 4°C, the difference of weight of the solid 
shows the weight of water displaced and the weight of the solid in air di- 
vided by its loss of weight in water, (corresponding to the mass of water dis- 
placed), shows how much heavier the solid is than water. For very exact 
scientific calculations the weighing is conducted in vacuo. 

The specific gravity of known solids has been so well determined and re- 
corded that it is seldom necessary to test them except in laboratories where 
special chemical work is done. 

The specific gravity of liquids is most accurately obtained by weighing 
them in a specific gravity bottle in which the liquid occupies the same space 
as a known volume of distilled water at a given temperature. The tem- 
perature of the liquid must be the same as the water with which the specific 
gravity bottle was graduated and its weight as compared with that of water as 
1.00 or 1.000 will show the specific gravity of the liquid. 

More rapid, but less accurate determinations may be made with hollow 
glass beads or specific gTavity bulbs, weighted to exactly float in liquids of 
definite specific gravity. 

Hydrometers of various kinds for testing the specific gravity of various 
liquids, are in general use and are sufficiently accurate for commercial pur- 
poses, but are not depended upon for exact scientific determinations. <Hy- 
drometry following. 



Specific Weight or Gravity 71 

The specific gravity of gases is determined by comparing the weight of a 
given volume of gas at the same atmospheric pressure (760 mm.) with the 
weight of the same volume of air or hydrogen under the same conditions of 
temperature (0°C), and pressure (7'60 mm.). 

The specific weight of gases is well known and recorded and it is seldom 
necessary to test them in ordinary affairs of pharmacy. The conditions 
of temperature, pressure and moisture are so important in determining the 
specific gravity of gases that it is seldom attempted, except in specially 
equipped 'laboratories. 

Hydrometry. 

Hydrometry is the art or practice of determining the specific weight or 
gravity of substances by means of graduated instruments which float in a 
liquid and indicate, either by weights or marks on a stem, the specific gravity 
or density of the substance being tested. 

The first authentic record of an instrument for this purpose was the des- 
cription in the Philosophical Transactions for June, 1675, of a "New Essay 
Instrument" invented by Robert Boyle. This instrument was devised for the 
purpose of detecting counterfeit coin, especially guineas and half-guineas; the 
coins were attached by a clamp at the bottom of the instrument and a mark on 
the stem, to which the instrument sank in water when a coin was attached, 
showed by its specific weight, whether it was genuine or counterfeit. Early 
in the Eighteenth Century Fahrenheit constructed a hydrometer on the Boyle 
idea, but arranged it with a small scale-pan at the top of the stem, upon which 
weights might be placed, thus adapting it to determine the specific gravity of 
many substances. Later Nicholson's hydrometer, which combined the char- 
acter of the Fahrenheit and Boyle instruments came into use. Nichols' hydro- 
meter (which is the same as the original Nicholson's) is still in use and may 
be had, either in brass or glass, of dealers in chemical ware in this country. 
These hydrometers are designated as hydrometers of constant immersion but 
variable weight, because the stem of the instrument always sinks to the same 
mark, when weights are added upon the pan equal to the specific weight of 
the substance being tested. There are also hydrometers of variable im- 
mersion but constant weight, which show the specific weight of a solid by the 
depth to which the graduated stem sinks in distilled water. These instruments 
are also arranged with a scale-pan for weights at the top which supplement 
the scale. Failyers hydrometer of this type is a combination of the Nichols' 
and Baume forms, and is very convenient for quickly determining the specific 
weight of minerals. Hydrometers of this class can be had at a very moderate 
cost, and are very convenient for determining the specific gravity of insoluble 
solids. Some of them may also be used for liquids, but hydrometers of con- 
stant weight and variable immersion, showing on a graduated scale the depth 
to which the instrument sinks in the liquid being tested, are much more con- 
venient for this purpose. 

Baume's hydrometer, invented by Antoine Baume about 1762, was the first 
instrument of this kind, and, although it is unscientific and has an arbitrary 
scale of degrees, of uncertain meaning, is still more generally used than any 
other hydrometer. It is calculated for temperature at 60°F. 

There are two kinds of Baume hydrometers: One for liquids lighter than 
water, in which the degrees begin with 10° at the bottom of the scale, cor- 
responding with water as 1000, and increase upwards while the specific gravity 
markings on the scale decrease upwards on the scale; and the other for liquids 
heavier than water, in which the scale starts with degrees at the top, cor- 
responding with water at 1.000, and both the degrees and the specific gravity 
markings increase downwards on the scale. 

A great variety of Baume hydrometers are furnished by the manufacturers 
for various uses. Hydrometers for liquids lighter than water are furnished for 
general uses, and for ammonia water, spirits, ether, naphtha, and other 
liquids having specific gravity less than 1.000; for liquids heavier than water, 
besides the regular standard hydrometers are acidometers, lactometers, 



72 Specific Weight or Gravity 

saccharometers, salimeters, urinometers etc., in great variety, instruments cal- 
culated for many purposes being obtainable. 

Most liquid chemicals are tested by the Baume hydrometers, but for very 
exact determinations the pyenometer, or the hydrostatic balance are employed. 

Twaddell's hydrometer. This is commonly used in Great Britain for testing 
liquids heavier than water. It is graduated in such a manner that the reading 
of the number of degrees multiplied by five and added to 1.000 indicates the 
specific gravity of the liquid compared with water at 1.000. 

Gay-Lussac's Alcoholometer. In this instrument the scale is divided into 
100 parts, each part corresponding to 1 percent., by volume, of alcohol at 
15°C, the highest division indicating pure alcohol (density 0.7947), and the 
lowest corresponding to pure water, 1.000. The Gay-Lussac alcoholometer 
and tables are quite generally used throughout Continental Europe. 

Tralles' Alcoholometer. This differs from the Gay-Lussac instrument by 
being calculated at 60°F. instead of 59°; the density of pure alcohol is also 
calculated at 0.7939. These differences make a corresponding difference, in 
the tables. Tralles' is used chiefly in Great Britain. 

A great many other kinds of hydrometers are made by various manufac- 
turers for various purposes. Among modern hydrometers recognized as re- 
liable and of reasonable price are the Brix instruments; they are very 
accurately graduated for fractions of a degree and are therefore closer reading 
than the ordinary hydrometers. 

Many hydrometers are furnished with thermometers enclosed in the glass, 
indicating the temperature of the liquid and showing the correction necessary 
for temperature above or below the specified degree. While this is not always 
accurate it is very convenient for ordinary testing. 

Pycnometers or Specific Gravity Bottles. These bottles are so made that 
they hold when completely full of distilled water at a specified temperature, 
exactly 25 or 50 or 100 Gm. There are also pycnometers that hold 500 Cc. 
Some pycnometers are fitted with a thermometer by which the temperature 
of the liquid being tested is shown, and indicating corrections to be made for 
temperature. Pycnometers do not differ essentially from regular specific 
gravity bottles with perforated corks. The pyenometer or the specific gravity 
bottles are much more reliable than hydrometers. 

Densimeters are instruments for determining the specific gravity of a small 
quantity of liquid. They are constructed somewhat like a Baume hydrometer, 
but at the top of the stem is a small tubular cup into which the liquid to be 
tested is placed, a mark on the side of the tubular cup showing the volume of 
a cubic centimeter. The graduated stem below the cup shows the depth to 
which it sinks in water and the sp. gr. of the liquid being tested is calculated 
from its weight as compared with water. 

Hydrostatic Balance. These are specially constructed balance scales for 
determining the specific weight or gravity of liquids, or solids. It is simply 
a specific gravity weighing scale showing the weight of a substance in water, 
which, when compared with its weight in air, indicates its specific weight or 
specific gravity. There are several of these balances made, but probably the 
best is the combination known as the Mohr-Westphal balance. With this 
balance the specific weight of any substance, either liquid or solid, may be 
readily determined. 



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Specific Weight or Gravity 



73 



Calculating the Specific Gravity of 
Solids. 

The specific gravity of elementary 
metals and their well known alloys 
has been so well determined by chem- 
ists that it is now seldom required to 
weigh them for that purpose. There- 
fore mere mention of the methods 
employed for determining the specific 
gravity of solids will be given here. 

Solids heavier than water are first 
weighed in the ordinary way, and 
then, by suspending them to one side 
of a balance by a fine thread, are 
immersed in water and weighed. The 
ordinary weight divided by the loss 
of weight in water gives the specific 
gravity of the solids. 

Solids lighter than water are first 
weighed, and then attached or tied to 
some heavy metal of known weight 
and specific gravity; the two substan- 
ces are then weighed and immersed 
in water together and the loss of 
weight of the lighter substance, de- 
termined by deducting the loss of 
weight of the heavy metal, previous- 
ly found, from the total loss. The 
original weight of the lighter sub- 
stance is then divided by the loss of 
weight in water, as shown by the 
former operation and the result is the 
specific gravity of the substance. 

Solids soluble in water are first 
weighed suspended in some liquid in 
which they are insoluble, as naphtha, 
alcohol or oil. The weight in the 
liquid subtracted from the ordinary 
weight gives the loss of weight; the 
ordinary weight is divided by the 
loss of weight thus obtained, and the 
quotient multiplied by the specific 
gravity of the liquid in which the sol- 
ids are weighed — this gives the spec- 
ific gravity of the solid. 

Powdered substances are first 
weighed and their weight added to 
that of the specific gravity bottle and 
1000 grains of water, as described for 
calculating the specific gravity of 
liquids. The powder is then put into 
a bottle and enough distilled water 
at 15.6°C. (60°F.) added to fill it to 
the water level marks on the bottle. 
It is then weighed and its weight 
subtracted from the gross weight 
previously obtained; this shows the 
loss of weight in water. The ordinary 
weight of the powder is now divided 



by the loss of weight as shown by 
subtraction; the quotient is the spec- 
ific gravity of the powder. 



Calculating the Specific Gravity of 
Liquids. 

Specific gravity bottles, very light, 
with perforated glass stoppers, and 
designed to hold 100, 500 or 1000 
grains, or 50, 250 or 500 grammes of 
distilled water, may be had of dealers 
in chemical ware. 

The bottle, (empty), is first accur- 
ately weighed and the weight noted 
or marked upon it; or the bottle may 
be counter-balanced on a scale. The 
bottle is then completely filled so 
that the liquid at the temperature at 
which the sp. gr. is to be taken will 
completely fill the perforated stopper. 
The bottle and its contents is then ac- 
curately weighed and the weight of 
the empty bottle, previously obtained, 
deducted from the weight of the fill- 
ed bottle. The remainder shows the 
specific gravity of the liquid. If the 
bottle is for 1000 grains and the re- 
mainder shows the weight of the 
liquid being tested 860 grains, the 
specific gravity would be 0.860; if the 
remainder shows the weight of the 
liquid to be 1114 grains, then the sp. 
gr. would be 1.114. 

For small quantities a small bottle 
holding 100 grains is most desirable. 
The procedure is the same as with 
the 1000 grain bottle, but the sp. gr. 
is calculated in hundredths instead 
of thousandths. 

Specific gravity bottles may be made 
for ordinary purposes as follows: 

First. — Take a thin bottle, with a 
long neck, that will hold three or 
four ounces — a long-necked bottle 
that 1000 grains of water will fill in- 
to the neck is the most accurate — 
paste strips of paper on two oppo- 
site sides and weigh the bottle ac- 
curately, marking the weight in grains 
— metric weight may be used instead 
of grains — on one of the strips. Then 
weigh in the bottle just 1000 grains 
of distilled water at a temperature of 
15.6°C. (60°F.). and mark the strips 
of paper on each side of the bottle 
just at the surface of the water, when 
the bottle is standing perfectly level. 
Mark 1000, the weight of the water, 



74 



Specific IV 'eight or Gravity 



under the weight of the bottle and add 
them together for the gross weight, 
then empty the bottle and it is ready 
for use. 

Second. — Having brought the liquid 
to be calculated to the desired tem- 
perature, 15.6°C (60°F.), pour it in- 
to the bottle previously used, until 
its surface comes just level with the 
water level marks on the strips of 
paper; then weigh it accurately, not- 
ing the gross weight in grains. 

Third. — Find the difference between 
the gross weight of the first and sec- 
ond operations. If the weight of the 
first operation is greater than the sec- 
ond, subtract the difference from 
1000 and point off three places as 
decimals. If the weight of the first 
operation is less than the second, add 
the difference to 1000 and point off 
three places as decimals. 

Example No. 1. — The gross weight 
of a bottle with 1000 grains of water 
is 1723 grains, the gross weight of the 
same volumt of a liquid in the same 
bottle is 1671 grains. What is the 
specific gravity of the liquid? 
1723—1071 = 52 difference. 
1000— 52 = 0.948 sp. gr. of liquid. 

Example No. 2. — The gross weight 
of a bottle with 1000 grains of water 
is 1728 grains, the gross weight cf 
another liquid in the same bottle is 
2184 grains. What is its sp. gr.? 
2184—1723 = 461 difference. 
1000+ 461 = 1.461 sp. gr. of liquid. 

This method of determining the 
specific gravity of liquids is quite ac- 
curate, and very convenient when the 
bottle is once prepared. It is also 
adapted to small quantities of liquids 
as it can be calculated for 100 grains 
or 10 grains in the same general man- 
ner. It can be used also for light 
or heavy liquids. 



Baume Hydrometer. 

As this is the hydrometer chiefly 
used in this country, and is the in- 
strument upon which most specific 
gravity calculations are based, the fol- 
lowing description is given: 

Baume, in 1768, invented an instru- 
ment which he called an Areometer, 
now known as Baume's Hydrometer. 
This was the first instrument to show 
by a graduated scale and the depth 



to which it sank in the liquid, the 
specific gravity of the liquid. These 
hydrometers were made for liquids 
either lighter or heavier than waior 
and were known as "hydrometers of 
constant weight but variable immer- 
sion." This form of hydrometer 
presented great advantages over the 
forms that had previously been used 
for determining the specific gravity of 
liquids, and the principle upon which 
they were constructed has been ad- 
opted generally by all who have fol- 
lowed Baume, although some modifi- 
cations of the scale have been intro- 
duced by other inventors. 

The Baume hydrometer for liquids 
lighter than water is made to sink to 
at the bottom of the stem in a 10 
percent, solution of salt in pure water 
at 12.5°C. and to 10° in pure water, 
the stem is then graduated by mark- 
ing it in lines of V M of the distance 
between 0° and 10°, and then extend- 
ing the scale above the 10° marking 
in the same manner to the top of the 
stem. 

For liquids heavier than water the 
instrument is weighted to sink in 
water at 12.5°C. to near the top of 
the stem and the line of level is mark- 
ed 0, it is then floated in a 15 percent, 
solution of salt in water at the same 
temperature and the point to which 
it sinks in this solution is marked 
15° and the space between into 15 
divisions each representing one de- 
gree. The scale is then extended 
downward marking in the same man- 
ner to the bottom of the scale. These 
marks represent degrees Baume. 



Baume Degrees and Specific Gravity. 

For Liquids Lighter than Water. 

To show the sp. gr. indicated by 
degrees Baume: 

Add the number of Baume degrees 
to 130 and divide 140 by the sum. 

Example. — What is the specific grav- 
ity of a liquid of 20° B. ? 

180 + 20 = 150. 140-^150 = 0.933 sp. gr. 

To convert specific gravity into cor- 
responding B. degrees. Divide 140 by 
the specific weight and subtract 130 
from the quotient. 

Example. — W T hat degree B. is indi- 
cated by sp. gr. 0.933? 

140-^-0.933 = 150. 150—130 = 20° B. 



Specific 



Weight or Gravity 



75 



For Liquids Heavier than Water. 

To show the sp. gr. indicated by 
degrees Baume: 

Subtract the number of Baume de- 
grees indicated from 145 and divide 
145 by the remainder. 

Example.— What is the specific 
gravity of a liquid of 30° B. ? 

145_30=115. 145^-115 = 1.261 sp. gr. 

To convert sp. gr. into correspond- 
ing B. degrees: Divide 145 by the 
specific weight and subtract 145 from 
the quotient. 

Example. — What degree B. is indi- 
cated by sp. gr. 1.261? 

145-^1.261=115. 145—115 = 30° B. 



Besides these hydrometers, which 
are more generally known, are many 
others that have been introduced and 
passed out of use, and also a consid- 
erable number of more recently in- 
troduced instruments of greater sci- 
entific construction and accuracy, as 
the Brix hydrometers, and for spec- 
ial uses, as the Balling's for beer and 
wort; Oechsel's for must and wine, 
and a variety for other purposes as 
for ammonia, bark liquor, benzine, 
gasoline, chlorine, cider, coal oil, 
ether, glue, glycerin, lime, milk, oils, 
salt solutions, silver solutions, cream, 
sugar, syrup, sweet-water, urine, vin- 
egar, etc., each bearing a name indi- 
cating their special use, as lactometer, 
saccharometer. salinometer etc. 

Although the Baume hydrometers 
are in very general use, especially for 
commercial purposes, the scales are 
arbitrary, uncertain and unscientific 
and should be discarded for more 
scientific and accurate instruments of 
which there are many now available. 
Gay-Lussac devised a Centesimal 
Alcoholmeter, with the scale divided 
into 100 parts indicating in measures 
of 1 percent., the volume of alcohol 
at 15°C. contained in spirits. The 
highest number indicated absolute al- 
cohol, sp. gr. .7947, the lowest, pure 
water, 1000. Directions for the use 
of this hydrometer, with tables indi- 
cating the percentage of alcohol were 
published in 1824 and came into ex- 
tensive use in continental Europe. 

Tralles' hydrometer differs from 
Gay-Lussac's in being calculated at 
the temperature of 60° F. instead of 
15°C. 



Beck's hydrometer assumes the 
zero of the scale as 1.000 and the di- 
vision 30 as density 0.850, with divis- 
ions in both directions correspond- 
ing to these. This scale is now sel- 
dom used. 

Sykes' hydrometer which was ad- 
opted by Great Britain in 1811 was 
constructed after the idea of Dr. 
Bories or Montpellier and was cal- 
culated upon experiments made by 
mixing alcohol and water in differing 
proportions. The Sykes' scale was 
calculated both for 60°F. and 62°F. 
and has been extensively used in 
England in determining spirit proof. 
Twaddell's hydrometer, for liquids 
heavier than water is so arranged 
that the reading on the scale multi- 
plied by 5 and added to 1000 indi- 
cates the specific gravity of the 
liquid compared with water at 1000. 
Twaddell's hydrometers are quite 
small compared with others, the scale 
occupying only about 75 — millimeters 
in length and the range being only 
about 30 degrees for each instrument. 
It requires six instruments to make a 
complete set. 

Most hydrometers designed for use 
in the United States and Great Brit- 
ain are calculated to be used at a 
temperature of 60° F., but many of 
them have a thermometer enclosed, 
with a scale showing corrections for 
variation of temperature. The U. S. 
P. generally directs specific gravity 
to be taken at 25°C. (77°F.), but in 
the case of spiritous liquors conforms 
with the government standard of 
60°F. 

Most European hydrometers are 
designed to be used at a temperature 
of 15° C. and most European authori- 
ties (except Great Britain) designate 
15°C. as the temperature at which 
specific gravity, ^weight or density of 
liquids should be taken. 

It should be noted here that the 
specific gravity of solids and gases 
are determined in all countries at 0°C. 
and, with gases, at a pressure of 
76cm. which is equivalent to the bar- 
ometer at 30 inches. 

Hydrometers are graduated for dif- 
ferent purposes according to the 
range of degrees required; if only a 
short range is necessary the spaces 
may be further between for a degree, 
if a wider range is required the spaces 



76 



Specific 



ITcight 



or Gravity 



must, necessarily, be shorter. For 
spirits and liquids lighter than water, 
hydrometers range from 0.700 to 
1.000, for liquids heavier than water 
from 1.000 to 1.400 and from 1.400 
to 2.000 may be required; for special 
work a much shorter range will suf- 
fice; as for milk, benzine and gaso- 
line, coal oil, oils, glycerin, urine etc., 
in which the range is only a few de- 
grees. 

For general laboratory work hy- 
drometers that indicate differences of 
0.005 may be used for all purposes, 
while those that indicate 0.05 are 
quite satisfactory for most uses. 

The jar in which the hydrometer 
floats should be of sufficient diameter 
so that the instrument will not ad- 
here to the sides, for there is always 
an electrical attraction tending to 
draw the hydrometer against the side 
of the glass jar in which it floats. 

The reading of a hydrometer is of 
much importance as there is usually 



a meniscus and sometimes foam or 
bubbles on the surface of the liquid. 
The reading should be taken on the 
level of the liquid and at the mark 
which corresponds with the middle 
of the meniscus. A drop of ether 
added to the surface of the liquid 
will dissipate the foam or bubbles, if 
any be present. 

The Densimeter, invented by Rous- 
seau, is an instrument for determining 
the specific gravity of small quanti- 
ties of a liquid. It is arranged with 
a small tube on the top into which 
lCc. of the liquid to be tested is 
placed and the depth to which it sinks 
indicates the sp. gr. 

The Picnometer is a form of speci- 
fic gravity bottle for accurately deter- 
mining the specific gravity of liquids. 
Several kinds may be had of manu- 
facturers, but they are all made on 
the same principle as those previous- 
ly described under specific gravity 
bottles. 



HEAT MEASURES 



Heat is a phenomenon pervading the entire universe and manifested in all 
forms of matter. Like light and electricity it has neither weight nor form, 
and is not, in any way, material; but by its action upon substances, it is made 
perceptible to the senses, is capable of being measured, and is recognized as a 
factor in all physical and chemical processes. Physicists call heat "a form of 
energy" or "a mode of motion." 

Temperature is the expression of heat in any substance or body, either as 
manifest to the senses, or to instruments constructed to record the hotness 
of substances. 

THERMOMETRY. 

Thermometry is the process or act of determining by means of graduated 
instruments, the temperature or hotness of substances. This is shown by 
means of a graduated scale on, or connected with a small tube, in which 
gas or a liquid is enclosed, which expands or contracts, according to the 
temperature, showing by marks on the scale, the degrees of heat of the body 
or substance. 

Early History of Thermometry. 

Galileo's Thermometer was the first of which there is any authentic record. 
All the early thermometers were air thermometers. This was said to have 
been invented by him before 1597. His first instrument consisted of a long 
glass tube connected with a bulb at its upper end and dipping at its lower end 
into a vessel of colored water. The variations of temperature caused a rise 
or fall of the liquid in the tube which, being studied and recorded, made the 
data for constructing a scale. This led to the invention of the alcohol ther- 
mometer by Galileo about 1612. It was constructed with a bulb at the bottom 
and a connecting tube in the same manner as the present forms of ther- 
mometers. The scale was arbitrary and was reliable only to the vaporizing 
point of alcohol. Several other scientists invented thermometers about the 
same time but it is, doubtless, to Galileo that the credit for the invention of 
this useful instrument should be accorded. 

The Fahrenheit Scale. 

Fahrenheit in 1714 constructed a thermometer, taking as one of the fixed 
points the temperature of the human body, and a mixture of sal ammoniac 
or common salt with ice as the low point. In 1721 he first used mercury in a 
thermometer, according to the suggestion of Halley in 1693; but it was not 
until after Fahrenheit's death that the freezing and boiling points of water 
were universally accepted as fixed points on the thermometric scale. It is 
probable that the zero of the Fahrenheit scale was chosen because it was the 
lowest point then produced by a mixture of sal ammoniac or salt and ice, and 
no other means of producing a lower artificial temperature was then known. 
When the freezing (32°) and boiling (212°) points of water were determined, 
the scale between then was marked off into 180 divisions or degrees, leaving 
the freezing point of water 32° and the 0° or zero, 32° below freezing, as the 
lowest artificial temperature known. The freezing point of water on_ the 
Fahrenheit scale being 32° is very inconvenient for comparative calculations, 
but is was thus established and must thus remain. 



78 Heat Measures 

The Reaumur Scale. 

Reaumur in 1730 constructed the scale which bears his name. The freezing 
point of water was C and its boiling point S0 r . His thermometer was first 
made with alcohol but afterwards mercury was adopted. 

The Centigrade Scale. 

Celsius in 1742 constructed the centesimal scale, marking the boiling point 
of water 0° and the freezing point 100°. 

Linnaeus, not long afterwards, reversed the order of the scale, making the 
freezing point of water U c and its boiling point 100°. This scale soon came 
to be known as the Centigrade Scale, and was adopted by that name as a 
standard. This is the most convenient scale in use and is destined in time 
to supersede the other standards. 

Several other scales were invented and some of them used for some time, 
but the above mentioned are the only ones that have survived. 

Absolute Temperature Scale. 

■ This is a scale of comparison used in physical thermometry, but not an 
instrument oi measurement, the degrees of the Centigrade or Fahrenheit ther- 
mometer being converted to its range. 

This scale assumes the temperature at which a perfect gas will exert no 
pres-ure as zero, absolute temperature 0°. This corresponds with — 273 : C. 
I — ±c9 : F.>. The absolute scale increases by degrees upwards to 0°C. (32°F.), 
the freezing point of water, which is 273 c Absolute, increasing from this 
point to 100°C. (2l2 c F.). the boiling point of water, which is 373 c Absolute. 
and as much higher in the same relation, as it may be desired to calculate, the 
degree of the absolute scale being the same in_ value as the Centigrade degree, 
but the marking being from = Absolute ( — 2<3°C.) up. while the Centigrade 
scale reads down from : C. with minus (^ — ) before the degrees to 0° Ab- 
solute (— 273°C). 

Thermometers. 

-\ great variety of thermometers are made for various purposes. To 
describe them all would require a volume. The ordinary Centigrade and 
Fahrenheit thermometers are sufficient for ordinary requirements of pharmacy. 

Chemical Thermometers of many kinds are supplied by manufacturers. For 
temperatures below — ±0 at which mercury freezes, alcohol may be used for a 
considerable range, but for very low temperatures, pentane or tolulene are used 
as the expansive liquid. Pentane thermometers registering — 2Q0°C may be 
had. For high temperatures up to 360° C. simple mercury thermometers may 
be used, but above that, up to 350° C. special mercury thermometers filled with 
carbon dioxide under 20 atmospheres pressure, or nitrogen, and so arranged 
as to prevent the boiling of mercury, are supplied. For temperatures higher 
than this pyrometers of various kinds are generally employed. Electrical 
pyrometers are made to record as high as <0o0 c C. temperature. 

For exact determination of temperatures beyond the range of ordinary 
thermometers. the gas thermometer is employed. Gases expand equally under 
the same conditions of heat and pressure, therefore, hydrogen, common air, 
nitrogen, oxygen, carbonic acid or other perfect gas may be used as the 
expansive medium. 

Clinical Thermometers. Thermometers designed to register the temperature 
of the human body, by inserting them in the mouth of the patient, are used by- 
physicians and nurses" These thermometers are of short range (90° to 110 C F.). 
and are graduated in tenths of a degree. 

The Heat Unit. 

A unit oi heat is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of a 
certain quantitv of water one degree. 

Calorie. The heat unit called the "calorie" has been generally adopted tor 
scientific calculations. A calorie varies slightly at different temperatures, but 



Heat Measures 



79 



its Value, as now generally accepted, is the quantity of heat required to raise 
the temperature of 1 gram of water from lt° to 18°C. This unit is called 
the "calorie at 17.5°" and is abbreviated cal. The "mean calorie" is one 
one-hundredth part of the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of 
water from 0° to 100°C. This differs from the calorie at 17.5° by less than 
0.1 percent. 

Calorimetry is the process or act of determining the heat value of a sub- 
stance in heat units or calories. 

Calorimeters are instruments used for the determination of the heat value 
of combustible substances, fuels etc., in heat units or calories. A variety of 
these instruments, (most all expensive) are furnished by manufacturers for 
various purposes. 



Heat Measures. 

The only scales now used to any 
extent for registering temperature are 
those of Fahrenheit, Reaumur and 
Celsius, the latter being known in 
most countries as the Centigrade 
scale. The Fahrenheit is chiefly used 
in America and Great Britain, the 
Reaumur in Germany, and the Centi- 
grade in France and other countries 
of Europe, and in scientific calcula- 
tions in nearly all countries. 

Thermometric scales are calculated 
from the expansion of mercury or al- 
cohol in a small vacuum tube, having 
usually a bulb or reservoir at the 
bottom. 

The Centigrade scale assumes the 
temperature at which water freezes 
as 0°, and the temperature at which 
it boils with the barometer at 30 in- 
ches as 100°, making 100° be- 
tween the freezing and boiling points 
of water. 

The Fahrenheit scale assumes the 
temperature at which water freezes 
as 32°. and -the temperature at which 
it boils with the barometer at 30 in- 
ches as 212°. making 1S0° between 
the freezing and the boiling points of 
water. 

The Reaumur scale, which is little 
used in this country, except by brew- 
ers and maltsters, assumes the tem- 
perature at which water freezes as 0°, 
and the temperature at which it boils 
with the barometer at 30 inches as 
80°, making 80° between the freezing 
and boiling points of water. 

Many other thermometric scales 
have been introduced and have had a 
more or less limited use for a time, 
but are now obsolete, except for oc- 
casional mention in the older works. 

The following table shows a com- 
parison of the scales from the freez- 
ing to the boiling points of water: 



Comparison of Thermometric Scales. 



Water 



c.° 


F.° 


R.° 


100 


212 


80 boils 


95 


203 


76 


90 


194 


72 


85 


185 


68 


80 


176 


64 


r5 


167 


60 


70 


158 


56 


65 


149 


52 


60 


140 


48 


55 


131 


44 


50 


122 


40 


45 


113 


36 


40 


104 


32 


35 


95 


28 


30 


86 


24 


25 


77 


20 


20 


68 


16 


15 


59 


12 


10 


50 


8 


5 


41 


4 





32 


free 



Water 

It will be seen by the foregoing 
scales that a Centigrade degree is lj4 
Fahrenheit or Yi Reaumur degrees; 
and that a Fahrenheit degree is five- 
ninths degree Centigrade, or four- 
ninths Reaumur degrees; and that a 
Reaumur degree is 1% Centigrade or 
2 X 4 Fahrenheit degrees. 

Rules for Converting One Scale into 
Another. 

The following rules will be found 
convenient for reducing or converting 
one scale to another. 

To reduce Centigrade to Fahrenheit. 

Rule. — Multiply the given degrees 
Centigrade by lj/ 5 and add 32 to the 
product. 

Example. — W T hat degree Fahrenheit 
is 25° Centigrade? 25x 9 / 5 + 32 = 77° 
Fahrenheit. 

To reduce Reaumur to Fahrenheit. 



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Heat Measures 



Rule. — Multiply the given degrees 
Reaumur by 2y A and add 32 to the 
product. 

To reduce Fahrenheit to Centi- 
grade. 

Rule. — Subtract 32 from the given 
degrees Fahrenheit and divide the re- 
mainder by iy 5 . 

Example. — What degree Centigrade 
is 176° Fahrenheit? 176— 32h- 9 / 5 =80° 
Centigrade. 

To reduce Fahrenheit to Reaumur. 

Rule. — Subtract 32 from the given 
degrees Fahrenheit and divide the re- 
mainder by 2%. 

To reduce Reaumur to Centigrade. 

Rule. — Multiply the given degree 
Reaumur by 1%. 

To reduce Centigrade to Reaumur. 

Rule. — Multiply the given degree 
Centigrade by f£. 

In reducing Fahrenheit to other 
scales or vice versa, 32 is added or 
subtracted because the Fahrenheit 
scale is marked 32 where the other 
scales are marked 0, viz., at the freez- 
ing point of water. Bear in mind 
that in computing the degrees below 
0°C. or R., the product of the multi- 
plication is a minus quantity, and that 
adding plus 32 to the minus quantity 
is the same as taking the difference 
between them. Recent American 
works on pharmacy and chemistry 
give both the Centigrade and the 
Fahrenheit degrees, so there is no 
reason that druggists should not be 
as familiar with one as the other. 

Summary. 
1 ° C. = 1.80° F. = 0.80° R. 

l o F. = 0.55°C. = 0.44°R. 
1°R. = 2.25°F. = 1.25 C. 
C. degrees X 9-^-5 + 32 = F. degrees. 
C. degrees X 4-r5 = R. degrees. 
F. degrees —32x5-^ 9=C. degrees. 
F. degrees — 32x4-^- 9 = R. degrees. 
R. degrees X 9-^-4 + 32 = F. degrees. 
R. degrees X 5-^-4 =C. degrees. 



At — 40° C. (— 40°F.), about the 
freezing point of mercury, the Centi- 
grade and Fahrenheit scales have the 
same reading. From this point the C. 
scale reads with a minus sign up to 
— 17.778°, which is equivalent to 0°F. 
From this point the C. scale reads 
with a minus sign up to 0, while 



the Fahrenheit scale reads plus from 
to 32°, which is equivalent to 0°C. 
Above this both scales are plus quan- 
tities; each 5 degrees of Centigrade 
counting as 9 degrees more + 32 on 
the F. scale. 5°C. being 41°F., 10°C. 
being 50°F., and so on. 

The U. S. P. has a table of Thermo- 
metric Equivalents ranging from 
__^0°C (— 40°F.) to 335°C. (635°F.). 
This may be referred to when con- 
verting one scale into another. 



Specific Heat or Heat Capacity. 

When two different substances of 
equal weight are heated for an equal 
length of time in the same manner, 
and at the same temperature, it will 
be found that the substances differ in 
temperature; that is, that the same de- 
gree of heat, applied under the same 
conditions to both substances, does 
not give them the same temperature. 
The temperature shown is the specific 
heat or the heat capacity of the sub- 
stance. The calorometer is the appar- 
atus in which substances should be 
heated for this purpose as an equal 
heat may be applied to two substances 
at the same time and in the same 
manner. 

Water, having the greatest specific 
heat of any simple substance, is taken 
as the standard of comparison as 
1.000. Every substance has its specific 
heat which varies with the tempera- 
ture. The specific heat of solids in- 
crease as they approach the fusing 
point. The specific heat of liquids in- 
crease with the temperature much 
more rapidly than solids. The specific 
heat of gases, when compared with 
water, represent the quantity of heat 
necessary to raise a given weight of 
gas through one degree, as compared 
with the quantity of heat necessary to 
raise the same weight of water one 
degree. Air is sometimes taken as the 
standard of comparison for the 
specific heat of gases. 

Latent Heat. 

When a solid passes by fusion into 
a liquid state the temperature remains 
constant until the fusion is completed. 
The heat which is absorbed when a 
solid is converted into a liquid is 
called latent heat or latent heat of 
fusion. Latent heat is more fully des- 
cribed in the Dictionary part of this 
work. 



WORKING PROCESSES 

OF CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY. 



The processes which follow under this heading are such as drug- 
gists or manufacturers may employ in their business ; but in large 
manufacturing establishments many other processes which require 
special machinery adapted to their particular needs are employed. It 
is not the purpose of this work to go into elaborate details of large 
manufacture, but to give such simple directions as are adapted to the 
requirements and facilities of druggists and small manufacturers of 
pharmaceutical products, and such general information as may be of 
value to those engaged in pharmacy. For further information on 
special manufacture our readers are referred to special works which 
can be obtained from publishers upon any particular subject in which 
they may be interested. 



ABSORPTION. 

In a general sense the principle, act 
or process by which a substance takes 
up or absorbs another substance is call- 
ed absorption. Thus certain substances 
may absorb heat, light or electricity; 
liquids or solids may absorb gases; 
solids may absorb liquids, liquids sol- 
ids (solution); magnesia or chalk may 
absorb acids; and in physiology certain 
vessels, tissues or glands may absorb 
gases and fluids — the act in all these 
cases is absorption and the substance 
which holds or contains the absorbed 
substance or the quantity absorbed is 
called the absorbent. 

In nature absorption is universal and 
is an essential function of vegetable 
and animal life; in chemistry it is nec- 
essary in the production of many chem- 
ical substances, and, in pharmacy, it 
frequently occurs, in connection with 
other processes, in making official and 
unofficial preparations. Ammonia 

water, chlorine water, carbonic acid 
water, formaldehyde solution and many 
of the liquid acids are examples of ab- 
sorption of gas by water; most solu- 
tions of chemical salts are the result 
of absorption; the absorption of water 



by quick lime; the conversion of iron 
into steel by absorption of carbon from 
charcoal or coke; the absorption of 
oxygen by platinum sponge and man- 
ganese; the absorption of water by 
earthy soils, and gas and petroleum by 
sandstone, as found in drilling for nat- 
ural gas and petroleum; all illustrate 
different form of absorption. 

While it is not, strictly, a pharmaceu- 
tical process, it occurs in many of the 
processes employed in pharmacy and 
will be referred to frequently in this 
work. 

AERATION. The absorption of air 
or carbonic acid gas under pressure 
by water is called aeration. This term 
is applied, properly, only to the ab- 
sorption of air, but is more frequently 
used in reference to the "charging" of 
water, mineral waters, etc., with gas as 
used for soda fountains, siphons, etc. 
Aerated waters (as commoniy known) 
are waters charged with carbon diox- 
ide. 



AMALGAMATION. 

In a general sense amalgamation is the 
act or process of bringing together, in 
unison, substances, principles or things. 



82 



Working Processes 



In metallurgy it is the process of form- 
ing an amalgam by union of mercury 
with other metals, (as gold, silver, cop- 
per, tin etc.), or their extraction by 
amalgamation from ores or admixtures 
with metals which do not amalgamate. 
In the arts, coating glass with mer- 
cury and tinfoil, or gold and silver foil 
is familiar. In mining the process of 
extracting gold and silver by amalga- 
mation is extensively practiced. In 
dentistry an amalgam of silver with 
mercury is made for filling teeth, sil- 
ver in fine filings being mixed with 
mercury and excess of mercury remov- 
ed by squeezing it through chamois 
leather. The nearest approach to the 
isolation of ammonium is by amalga- 
mation with mercury. In chemistry 
the term amalgamation is generally 
used in connection with mercury but 
rarely it is used to express the union or 
combination of any substances which 
may combine to form a new body. 



CLARIFICATION. 

Clarification is an operation by which 
substances are cleared or clarified or 
freed from insoluble or extraneous 
matter. 

In pharmacy a number of processes 
are employed for clarification. Press- 
ing, straining, filtering, precipitating, 
decanting, siphoning, percolating, dis- 
tilling, crystallizing, subliming and re- 
frigerating are all used as methods of 
clarifying various substances ; heat and 
cold are employed as adjuncts in some 
of the processes used for clarification. 

A natural process of clarification of 
liquids is by subsidence of insoluble 
matters after standing. The clarified li- 
quid may then be drawn off, decanted or 
siphoned from the sediment which has 
collected at the bottom. Some liquids 
have a film or layer floating on the top 
which it is desirable to separate from 
the clear liquid underneath; this may 
be accomplished by means of a si- 
phon in many cases, or by a separating 
funnel, having a glass stopper at the 
bottom which can be closed when the 
clear liquid has passed; or the lower 
orifice of a funnel may be closed with 
a cork, which may be loosened to al- 
low the passage of the clear liquid 
and closed to prevent the supernatant 
layer from passing. 

Some liquids are clarified by the 
addition of substances which cause a 



precipitation of suspended or dissolv- 
ed matter, as milk of lime is used in 
clarifying "hard" water; or milk, albu- 
men or gelatin for clarifying wines, 
etc. 

Pressure is used for clearing or clar- 
ifying many liquids containing coarse 
sediment or pulp, as fruit juices, etc., 
and oils are freed from stearin, para- 
ffin and other solidifiable compounds 
by refrigeration and pressure. The 
most common method of clarifying 
liquids in pharmacy is by straining or 
filtering. Syrups are strained through 
muslin, cotton-flannel or felt strainers 
or bags, thin liquids are filtered through 
Insoluble mediums, as sand, charcoal, 
magnesia, calcium phosphate, or 
through cotton-wool, filtering paper or 
filtering pulp. 

Volatile liquids are freed from im- 
purities by distillation; some chemicals 
by sublimation, others by crystalli- 
zation, etc. 

The methods used for clarification 
are, mostly, under other headings, as 
distillation, dialysis, crystallization, 
expression, filtration, precipitation, 
refrigeration, separation, etc. 



COMBINATION. 

Several processes are employed for 
combining drugs, among which the fol- 
lowing may be mentioned: 

AGITATION. The process of stir- 
ring or shaking which causes mixtures 
to be more thoroughly combined is 
called agitation. Gases are forced into 
water and the mixture agitated to aid 
the solution of the gas in the water; 
liquids are combined and rubbed or 
stirred together to form emulsions, 
soaps, etc.; crystals are shaken with a 
liquid to facilitate their solution; and 
in pharmacy many substances are di- 
rected to be "mixed with agitation" or 
"added with agitation" to ensure their 
thorough incorporation. 

MIXING. The method of mingling, 
blending or incorporating various sub- 
stances together is called mixing. 
Chemical combinations may or may 
not take place. Gases may be mixed 
together as in the atmosphere, without 
chemical combination; water may be 
mixed with vinegar, resulting only in 
diluting it; various powders may be 
mixed together as in a tooth powder, 
but no chemical combination occurs. 
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arate, but the mixtures of the pharma- 
copoeias generally separate and require 
shaking before they are dispensed. 

In mixing powdered substances in 
small quantities a mortar may be used, 
or the powders may be sifted several 
times through a sieve. In mixing large 
quantities mixing machines, construct- 
ed for the purpose required may be op- 
erated. For mixing liquid preparations 
as emulsions, etc., special apparatus 
may be had of manufacturers. 

TRITURATION. The process of 
rubbing solids or powders with other 
solids, powders or liquids, in a mortar, 
for a considerable time, in order to re- 
duce the substance to a state of very 
minute division, or to mix them inti- 
mately, is known as "trituration." This 
is usually done for small quantities in 
an unglazed porcelain or wedgewood 
mortar of rather shallow shape in 
order to present as much surface as 
possible to the action of the pestle; for 
large quantities special appliances may 
be obtained. This subject is further 
considered under "Triturations" and 
"Homeopathic Triturations." 



COMMINUTION. 

Under this general heading may be 
classed all processes by which drugs 
are reduced to the dimensions suited to 
the purposes for which they are to be 
used in pharmacy. 

Cutting, contusing, grinding, crush- 
ing, granulating, powdering, triturat- 
ing, sifting and bolting comprise the 
processes employed. Green roots of 
good dimensions, fleshy roots and tub- 
ers and some fruits are cut or sliced 
before drying. Dry roots, barks and 
twigs are cut or crushed, making them 
more convenient to handle. Certain 
flowers, leaves, barks and herbs are 
cut or chopped to a small size that they 
may be more readily dispensed or 
mixed, as in Species. All kinds of veg- 
etable drugs may be ground into var- 
ious sizes for marketing, or granulated 
or powdered for percolating or for dis- 
pensing. 

Fine powders are prepared by sift- 
ing, triturating or bolting. Various 
apparatus is used for these purposes; 
cutting knives or rotary cutting ma- 
chines, crushing mills or iron mortars, 
mills for grinding, shallow mortars for 
triturating and sieves of various fine- 
ness of mesh for separating the coarse 



from the fine powders. 

Pharmaceutical text books direct the 
fineness of the powders to be used for 
percolation. 

Fineness of Powder. 

To properly obtain the soluble con- 
stituents of drugs by the process of per- 
colation, they should be comminuted 
or divided that the menstruum may 
dissolve all soluble matter. 

To this end, different drugs are di- 
rected to be reduced to different de- 
grees of fineness as experience has 
shown to be best suited to their nature. 

The United States Pharmacopoeia 
has adopted the following standard for 
the fineness of powders: 

A VERY FINE powder should pass 
through a sieve having 80 or more 
meshes to the linear inch. (20 to the 
Cm.). — Equals No. 80 powder. 

A FINE powder should pass through 
a sieve having 60 meshes to the linear 
inch. (24 to the Cm.).— Equals No. 60 
powder. 

A MODERATELY FINE powder 
should pass through a sieve having 50 
meshes to the linear inch. (20 to the 
Cm.). — Equals No. 50 powder. 

A MODERATELY COARSE powder 
should pass through a sieve having 40 
meshes to the linear inch. (16 to the 
Cm.). — Equals No. 40 powder. 

A COARSE powder should pass 
through a sieve having 20 meshes to 
the linear inch. (8 to the Cm.). — Equals 
No. 20 powder. 

It is desirable for the purpose of per- 
colation that the powder used should 
be as uniform as possible. In reducing 
drugs to different fineness of powder 
by any process that druggists may 
command, it is obvious that, unless the 
powder is very fine, quite a proportion 
of it will be much finer than the coars- 
est powder that will pass through the 
sieve having the required number of 
meshes to the inch. If this portion is 
separated from the coarser powder by 
sifting, that which remains will not 
truly represent tne entire substance of 
the 'drug from which it was prepared. 

In preparing a powder, therefore, for 
percolation, the entire quanity of the 
drug which is taken should be reduced 
to a powder that will pass through a 
sieve having the required number of 
meshes; or, if this produces a powder 
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coarser sieve should be used; for it is 
better to use a coarser powder than to 
remove any portion of the drug which 
would be represented by the finer pow- 
der. 

For the reasons stated the powders 
directed in the formulas of the U. S. P., 
are, as a rule, too fine for successful 
percolation by the majority of drug- 
gists, and better results will be secured 
by using one grade coarser powder than 
is designated. 

Drugs are usually reduced to the re- 
quired degree of fineness for percola- 
tion by grinding in a drug mill, but 
when finer powders are required the 
old, time-honored mortar and pestle 
comes into play. But few druggists, 
however, attempt to make what is 
known in the market as "powdered 
drugs." They are usually bought of 
reliable houses who make a business 
of putting them up. 

Drugs "ground for percolation" may 
also be bought in the market, but as 
they mostly come in bulk, unless 'they 
are guaranteed by a reliable house, 
they are liable to adulteration, or to 
be ground from old or worthless drugs, 
and it is much better for the druggist 
to grind them himself, as needed, from 
reliable crude drugs. There are, how- 
ever, some reliable firms who make a 
business of furnishing drugs granulated 
or ground for percolation, which may 
be relied upon, and thus save the drug- 
gist much tedious labor. Many of the 
important drugs are now furnished by 
manufacturing houses, bearing the as- 
say requirement of the U. S. P., and 
guaranteed under the Pure Food and 
Drugs Law. 



CONCENTRATION. 

Concentration, in pharmacy, is a 
means employed to increase the 
strength or density of a substance by 
reducing its volume. 

Various processes are applied for 
this purpose: Alcohol, ether, acetic 
acid, and many other substances are 
concentrated (made stronger) by dis- 
tillation; extracts, fluid extracts, syr- 
ups, solutions, etc., by evaporation. 
Many chemical salts are separated 
from their solutions by evaporation 
and crystallization; centrifugal ma- 
chines are employed for concentrating 
some substances by causing separation 
of their constituents; refrigeration is 



used to concentrate many substances, 
as paraffin and stearoptens from oil, 
extracts in solution, weak spirits, etc., 
from dilutents or objectionable mat- 
ters with which they are combined. 
Concentration is not properly a prin- 
ciple or a process; but an act in which 
various processes may be employed for 
various purposes. (See Evaporation, 
Distillation, Crystallization, Refriger- 
ation, Separation, etc.). 

REDUCTION. In chemistry this 
term is used to denote the lowering 
of temperature from a higher to a 
lower degree, change of volume or 
quantity from a greater to a less, or 
change of character or condition by 
eliminating some of the constituents 
of a substance. In a strictly chemical 
sense it expresses the loss of some 
constituent as by dehydration, or the 
reduction of a metal from its ore or 
salt. Reduction to an oxide is the 
elimination from a compound salt of 
all but the metal and the oxygen of 
the compound. 



CRYSTALS AND CRYSTALLIZA- 
TION. 

CRYSTALS. The word crystal is 
derived from a Greek word meaning 
ice or frozen water and was first ap- 
plied to that substance; afterwards to 
pure transparent stones (rock crys- 
tals) cut into seals, as they were sup- 
posed to be produced only in the lofty 
and extremely cold passes of the Alps; 
later the term came to be used to de- 
note any crystalline substance of geo- 
metric form. The forms of crystals 
are greatly varied but in crystallo- 
graphy they are all classified under 
six svstems. 

I. The REGULAR SYSTEM em- 
braces the cube, the regular octohe- 
dron, and the rhombic dodekahedron. 
This system is also known as the iso- 
meric, monometric, cubic, or tessular 
system. It is characterized by having 
three axes or imaginary lines of equal 
length passing through a common 
point and at right angles to each 
other Rock-salt, iron pyrites, galena 
or lead ore, gold, silver, platinum and 
copper are common examples of cube 
crystals having six faces. 

The diamond, sal ammoniac, mag- 
netic iron ore and fluor spar are ex- 
amples of the octohedron form of the 
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The garnet is an example of a sec- 
ondary form of this system, the rhom- 
bic dodekahedron, having twelve 

II. The HEXAGONAL SYSTEM, al- 
so known as the rhombohedral, has 
four axes, instead of three as in all 
other systems. Three of the axes are 
of the same length and are in the 
same plane, and incline to each other 
at an angle of 60 degrees; these are 
called the secondary axes, while the 
fourth, or primary axis may be longer 
or shorter and is perpendicular to the 
other three. Quartz or rock-crystal, 
sodium nitrate, arsenic, antimony and 
ice are familiar examples. 

III. The QUADRATIC SYSTEM, 
which is also known as the square 
prismatic, pyramidal, or tetragonal sys- 
tem has three axes at right angles to 
each other, the primary axis may be 
longer or shorter than the two ordi- 
nary axes which are always of equal 
length. Pyramids of this system have 
square faces. Potassium ferrocyanide, 
calomel, tin binoxide, zircon and apo- 
phylite are examples of this system. 

IV. The RHOMBIC SYSTEM, also 
known as the right prismatic, trimet- 
ric, right rhomboidal or rectangular 
prismatic system, has three axes all of 
unequal length, which intersect each 
other at right angles. Sulphur, potas- 
sium nitrate, potassium sulphate, bar- 
ium sulphate and topaz are examples 
of this system. 

V. The MONOCLINIC SYSTEM, 
commonly called the oblique prismatic, 
oblique rhomboidal or rectangular 
prismatic, also has three axes of un- 
equal length, tne prismatic axis being 
at right angle with one of the second- 
ary but at oblique angle with the 
other, the two secondary axes being at 
right angles to each other. A great 
number of chemical salts are classed 
under this system of crystallization. 
Iron sulphate, borax, sodium sulphate, 
carbonate and phosphate are examples. 

VI. The TRICLINIC SYSTEM, 
which is also called the double obli- 
que prismatic system, has three axes, 
all of unequal length and forming ob- 
lique angles with each other. Bismuth 
nitrate, copper sulphate, manganese 
sulphate, potassium quadroxalate, etc., 
are examples of this system. 

The known forms of crystals is often 
of great importance in chemical analy- 
sis, and is especially useful to phar- 



macists in testing the purity of drugs 
which they purchase. Substances of 
the same chemical composition as a 
rule crystallize in the same form; but 
the density of solution and the tem- 
perature sometimes influence the pro- 
portion of water which unites with the 
molecule to form crystals, for exam- 
ple, sodium phosphate crystallizes from 
solution at about 30° C, with twelve 
molecules of water; but from a satu- 
rated solution at 40° C, with but 
seven molecules. Zinc Sulphate crys- 
tallizes at ordinary temperature with 
seven molecules of water; but if the 
temperature is above 30° C, with only 
five molecules. 

As crystals separate only from sat- 
urated solutions and as a greater de- 
gree of heat requires a greater propor- 
tion of the salt for saturation, it fol- 
lows that some crystals take up less 
water of crystallization at a higher 
than a lower temperature. 

The power which some crystals 
(Iceland spar or quartz) have of re- 
fracting light is made use of in test- 
ing sugars and some other substances 
by means of the polariscope. 

A number of processes are employed 
in producing crystals, as solution, 
evaporation, refrigeration, dialysis, 
fusion, sublimation, precipitation, etc., 
which see. 

Crystallization. 

Crystallization is a natural process 
by which chemical substances solidify 
into definite geometrical forms. It 
most readily occurs in concentrated 
solutions of chemical substances, but 
in some instances may occur in the 
solids themselves, as iron axles crys- 
tallize after long continued use. 

It is produced by molecular force in- 
herent in the substances themselves 
and may be induced by presenting con- 
ditions favorable to the action of this 
force; as the lowering of temperature 
or refrigeration, concentration by 
evaporation, electrical action, the sus- 
pension in a solution of some sub- 
stance which induces chemical separa- 
tion or union, or something to which 
crystals may attach themselves. 

CRYSTALLIZATION BY LOWER- 
ING TEMPERATURE. In many sub- 
stances it is only necessary to lower 
the temperature at which they remain 
fluid, to the point at which they con- 
geal or solidify to produce crystalliza- 



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tion. Water remains fluid until the 
temperature reaches 0° C., or 32° F., 
when it congeals or crystallizes: Anise 
oil is fluid at 62° F., but becomes crys- 
talline at 50° F. Glacial acetic acid so- 
lidifies at 58° F. Spermaceti fuses 
(melts) at 112° F., but crystallizes to a 
solid at a lower temperature. 

CRYSTALLIZATION BY CONCEN- 
TRATION. Most chemical salts are 
soluble in some degree and when the 
solution in which they are contained 
is evaporated, deposit in crystals. Com- 
mon salt dissolves at N. T. in 2.8 
parts of water. If this solution is 
evaporated the salt crystallizes. Qui- 
nine sulphate and other salts are ex- 
tracted all together from Peruvian 
bark. Upon evaporating the solution 
containing these salts, quinine is first 
crystallized out, the other salts remain- 
GALLEY THREE 

ing in the mother liquid because they 
are more soluble than the quinine. Upon 
further concentration cinchonidine, 
cinchonine and other salts are crystal- 
lized out in the order of their insolu- 
bility. 

The various alkaloids and salts con- 
tained together in drugs may, there- 
fore, be separated from each other by 
concentrating their solutions to dif- 
ferent degrees of density. 

CRYSTALLIZATION BY ADHES- 
ION. If strings are suspended in a 
barrel of new wine, cream of tarter 
crystals forms on them. Rock candy is 
crystallized by suspending string in 
sugar syrup. If a strip of zinc is sus- 
pended in a solution of lead acetate, to 
which a few drops of acetic acid has 
been added, leafy crystals form and at- 
tach themselves to the zinc. When 
electricity is passed through solutions 
of certain metals, crystals are deposit- 
ed. Thus in many ways crystallization 
is induced and made useful in chemis- 
try and pharmacy for separating salts 
from their solutions and from each 
other in their solutions and for purify- 
ing chemicals and obtaining the active 
ingredients of medicines in a concen- 
trated form. 

COLLECTION OF CRYSTALS. 
When liquids are evaporated for the 
purpose of collecting crystals the evap- 
oration should at first be carried only 
so far that a pellicle will form upon the 
surface of the hot liquid. The solution 
is then set in a cool place and allowed 
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crystals form. The mother liquor or 
liquid residue is then to be carefully 
drained from the crystals into another 
dish and carefully evaporated until a 
pellicle again forms, and is set aside 
as before to crystallize, and the opera- 
tion may again be repeated if desira- 
ble to secure all the crystallizable salts 
from their solution. But three crops 
of satisfactory crystals can usually be 
obtained from a solution. The crystals 
may be drained from the same vessel 
in which they are crystallized, or by 
spreading them upon blotting paper or 
porous tile or glass; or in the case of 
small quantities of a salt the moisture 
remaining may be allowed to evaporate 
spontaneously until the crystals are 
thoroughly dry. When the crystals are 
collected from the different crystalliza- 
tions and thoroughly dried they may 
be mixed and preserved in bottles. 

SIZE OF CRYSTALS. Crystals vary 
greatly in size when prepared from the 
same solution; if larger crystals are 
required the solution should not be too 
greatly concentrated so that the crys- 
tals will form more slowly and perfect- 
ly; if small crystals are desired the 
solution should be strong and quickly 
cooled and may be agitated during the 
cooling which naturally lessens the 
size of the crystals. If the evaporation 
of the solution is continued to dryness, 
with constant stirring, granulation oc- 
curs. Small particles of crystallized 
salt of the same kind as is being crys- 
tallized, if added to the cooling solu- 
tion, will greatly facilitate the forming 
of other crystals. The vessel in which 
the solution is allowed to crystallize 
should be broad and shallow, and pref- 
erably of glass or porcelain. An un- 
glazed or rough surface is better than 
a smooth one for crystallizing. 

For freeing crystals from mother 
liquor which is heavy or syrupy, a cen- 
trifugal machine called a Centrifugator 
is very useful, this apparatus is also 
very useful in drying salts which 
effloresce when exposed to the air. 

WATER OF CRYSTALLIZATION. 
When crystallization occurs a certain 
proportion of water unites in the mole- 
cules with the basic substances. This is 
known as water of crystallization, and 
is an integral part of the crystalline 
substance. 

EFFLORESCENCE. Upon exposure 
to the air the water of crystallization 
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partially evaporates, causing the salts 
to effloresce or become dull in appear- 
ance and lose their luster. By heating 
crystals to- excess the water of crys- 
tallization of salts is driven off and 
they are called dried or exsiccated. 

DELIQUESCENCE is the softening 
of crystalline or granular or amorphous 
salts by absorption of moisture from 
the atmosphere. Crystals which neith- 
er effloresce or deliquesce are called 
"permanent." 

AMORPHOUS salts are those which 
do not assume crystalline form but 
naturally* occur in masses or in pow- 
der. 



DIALYSIS. 

The process by which certain sub- 
stances are separated from other sub- 
stances with which they are combined 
in solution, by means of osmosis, or 
the diffusion of liquius through a 
thin membrane, is called Dialysis. 

Tne physical principle involved in 
this operation, is that of diffusibility 
of gases and liquids, called endosmosis 
and exosmosis. 

Many of the most important physi- 
ological operations in plant and ani- 
mal life are dependent upon dialysis. 
The circulation of the sap in plants 
is an example of osmosis; the oxygen 
of the atmosphere regenerates the 
blood in the lungs and carbon dioxide 
is discharged from it by transfusion 
through the thin septa of the air cells 
which do not permit the blood (it be- 
ing colloid) to pass; the separation of 
water and soluble salts from the blood 
by the kidneys which do not allow its 
colloid constituents to pass is another 
instance of natural dialysis. 

HISTORY. Dialysis as a process of 
chemistry, was first made known by 
Thomas Graham, a Scotch chemist, 
(about 1861), who had made a study of 
Diffusion, and had written several 
works upon that subject. Since then 
it has been somewhat employed in 
chemical work and attempts have been 
made to introduce it in the industrial 
arts by means of an apparatus called 
a Dialyzer, a simple form of which is 
here illustrated. 

. This apparatus may be made by any 
one, without expense, and is sufficient 
for the requirements of most retail 
druggists. 



Larger apparatus may be made on 
the same principle. It consists of an 
ordinary glass lamp-shade, the bottom 
of which is covered over with parch- 
ment paper, which is large enough to 
extend up the sides of the shade nearly 
two inches, and which is held in place 
by a string or rubber bands. The 
solution to be dialysed is placed in the 
apparatus constructed, and floated on 
distilled water, contained in a con- 
venient earthenware vessel. (An 
earthenware milk-pan which is shown 
in the cut, is convenient for the pur- 
pose, or an ordinary wash-bowl may 
be used.) The dialyser may be sus- 
pended by a string from above, or set 
upon bottles in the earthenware ves- 




sel, so that the surface of the liquid in 
the dialyser may be about level with 
the surface of the water in the vessel. 

PARCHMENT PAPER for this pur- 
pose may be made by immersing firm 
unsized paper in a mixture of two 
measures of sulphuric acid with one 
measure of water, and afterwards 
washing it thoroughly with pure water 
to remove all traces of acid. It may 
also be bought, at a small price, of 
jobbers or dealers in pharmaceutical 
supplies. 

Dialysis is applicable only to aque- 
ous solutions, and the process is some- 
times used to obtain the colloid, and 
sometimes the crystalloid principles 
from their solutions. The colloid sub- 
stances are always retained in the 
floating vessel or dialyzer, while the 
crystalloid substances are found in 
the water upon which the dialyzer 
floats. The liquid contained in the 
vessel upon which the dialyzer floats 
is called "diffusate." In working the 
process to obtain the colloid substances, 
the water in the vessel should be 
changed every day; but in working it 
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water as is necessary for the purpose 
should be used, for it has subsequently 
to be evaporated to obtain the crys- 
talloid substance. 

Crystalloids are not always crys- 
tallizable but may be obtained either 
in crystals or in mass by evaporating 
the diffusate. 

Gum Arabic is a familiar example 
of a colloid, and sugar, of a crys- 
talloid substance. If they are both rep- 
resented in a solution, the gum will be 
retained in the floating vessel while 
the sugar will be gradually transferred 
to the water, in which it floats. 

In conducting the process of dialysis 
it should be continued so long as the 
water in the vessel contains apprecia- 
ble traces of the soluble crystalloid, 
or other substance, which the process 
is designed to remove. Dialysed iron 
is probably the most familiar colloid 
pharmaceutical preparation made by 
dialysis. 

In chemistry dialysis is considerably 
used for separating crystalline alka- 
loids or salts from colloid combina- 
tions, and is often employed in the 
analysis of the contents of the stom- 
ach when poison is suspected. 



DIFFUSION. 

In physics Diffusion is the inter- 
mingling of the molecules of two or 
more liquids or gases by direct con- 
tact, or by separating them with a 
porous membrane through which they 
may intermingle as in dialysis. In 
making beet sugar this term has come 
to be used as a process for extracting 
the sugar from the beets, by means of 
"hot water. As this process is appli- 
cable to the extraction of other sub- 
stances as well, a brief description of 
it is given. 

The sugar beets after being properly 
trimmed, washed and sliced, are put 
into large tanks of which ten or twelve 
are used, being connected together by 
means of pipes which can be opened or 
closed with valves. When all is in 
readiness' hot water is turned into the 
first tank and agitated for some time 
with the sliced beets by means of re- 
volving paddles. The liquid is then 
drawn or pumped from this tank into 
the next one filled with fresh beets and 
the same operation conducted as in the 
first, then into the third and so on into 
the last tank, when it is fully charged 



with saccharine matter extracted from 
the beets contained in the battery of 
tanks used. Meantime the first tank 
is again filled with hot water and agi- 
tated as before and the liquor passed 
through the tanks successively; and, 
if desirable, the operation is continued 
until the beets are entirely exhausted 
of their saccharine matter, when the 
tanks are again charged with fresh 
beets and the weak diffusate which re- 
sults from the third treatment is heat- 
ed and used in the first tank. The 
liquor charged with the dissolved sac- 
charine matter, when it is of sufficient 
density, is treated in various ways to 
purify it, and finally evaporated to a 
syrup from which sugar is crystallized. 
The liquor which is used to dissolve 
the saccharine matter is sailed a "dif- 
fusate" and the apparatus employed is 
called a "diffusate battery" or appara- 
tus; the principle is that of diffusion, 
by solution and circulation; the same 
principle may be applied to the ex- 
traction of drugs and is not dissimilar 
to re-percolation. 



DISTILLATION. 

The process of vaporizing a liquid or 
other substance, by the aid of heat, 
then condensing the vapor to a liquid 
by cold, in an apparatus called a still, 
is known as Distillation. 

This process is used for separating 
liquids of less from those of greater 
volatility, for separating liquids from 
soluble substances which they hold in 
solution; for separating volatile sub- 
stances from grosser matter with 
which they are associated; for purify- 
ing and freeing liquids from objection- 
able matter, and for many other pur- 
poses, in the industrial arts, in the 
manufacture of chemicals and in phar- 
macy. 

HISTORY. Distillation is said to 
have been employed by the Egyptians 
as early as the third century. M. Cla- 
vicula, in a "Treatise on Painting," 
written in the third century gives a 
formula which may be translated as 
follows: "In mixing pure and very 
strong wine with three parts of salt, 
and heating it in a special kind of vase 
we can obtain an inflammable water 
which consumes itself without burning 
the matter upon which it is deposited." 
This is the oldest reference extant to 
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From Egypt the art of distilling was 
conveyed to the Greek and Arab al- 
chemists; the word "alcohol" being de- 
rived from the Arabic and used in the 
-tenth century by Arab chemists. 

Distillation appears to have been in- 
troduced into Europe by the Moors 
about 1150 A. D. The word "Eau-de- 
vie" was used in the thirteenth cent- 
ury as a name for the spirit distilled 
from wine. Arnauld de Villeneuve, 
who lived from 1250 to 1314 A. D. was 
the first author of a special work on 
distillation of spirit from wine. Ray- 
mond Lulle (1235 to 1315) also wrote 
about the same time on this subject 
and gave directions how to obtain 
Eau-de-vie from wine. An interest- 
ing work on distillation by Bruns- 
wick, entitled "Das Buch zu Distil- 
iren" was printed in Germany in 1515. 
and in the sixteenth century the dis- 
tillation of spiritous liquors was in 
common practice in Great Britian. In 
1801 Edouard Adam of Montpellier, 
France, invented a still which produc- 
ed a revolution in distillation in that 
country and established the apparatus 
for fractional distillation, which, with 
some modifications, is in use at the 
present time. About the same time 
(1801) in this country, at Bristol, Pa., 
Michael Krafft invented a still "which 
met with universal and unbounded 
approbation and success. This form 
of still is described in his work, "The 
American Distiller published in 1804. 
The principle of his apparatus is ap- 
proved and adopted to this day by 
the distillers of this country. Since 
then many improvements have been 
made in mechanical detail, but the 
general principle of distillation re- 
mains unchanged. 

A method of distilling or separating 
spirits from wine by means of ice made 
by the air pump was introduced by 
M. Raoul Pictet in 1881, and a method 
of cold distillation or separation of 
lighter or spiritous liquors from wine 
and whiskey by means of a centrifu- 
gal machine has been employed, but 
these methods have not been general- 
ly adopted. 

PRINCIPLES OF DISTILLATION. 
When substances are vaporized by the 
action of heat the vapor, being gener- 
ally lighter than air, rises. In distil- 
lation, advantage is taken of this 
physical property and the vapor is 
conveyed into another vessel or com- 



partment which is surrounded by a 
cold medium, by which the vapor is 
condensed again into a liquid. If a 
simple substance, as water or alcohol, 
is vaporized it is recovered again, by 
condensation, freed from all matter 
that is not vaporized by the degree of 
heat required to convert the substance 
into vapor. Thus water is distilled to 
free it from earthy salts, alcohol to 
free it from water and extractive mat- 
ter, etc. If a mixture of liquids which 
vaporize at different degrees of heat 
is disuiled it is obvious that the sub- 
stance which boils or is vaporized at 
the lower degree of heat, will rise be- 
fore that which requires a higher de- 
gree for vaporation. Thus in a mix- 
ture of alcohol which boils at 173° F., 
and water which boils at 212° F., the 
vapor of alcohol would rise first and 
may be condensed before the water 
would be converted into vapor to any 
great extent. 

The general object, therefore, of dis- 
tillation is to separate substances of 
different degrees of vaporation from 
each other, by converting them into 
vapor and condensing the vapor into a 
liquid. In this manner liquids of dif- 
ferent vaporizing or boiling points are 
separated from each other and the so- 
lutions of salts or extractive matter 
are separated from their dilutents, 
when it is desirable to recover the 
medium which holds them in solution. 

KINDS OF DISTILLATION. Two 
kinds of distillation are is use for var- 
ious purposes — the wet and the dry. 
Wet, or ordinary liquid distillation is 
employed for distilling waters, spirits, 
ethers and all manner of liquids in 
which it is required to obtain a dis- 
tillate without change of its chemical 
composition. Dry, or destructive dis- 
tillation is employed for decomposing 
dry substances and separating them 
into their chemical constituents, which 
may be gaseous, liquid or solid at or- 
dinary temperature. The distillation 
of coal by heating it in retorts and 
conducting the vapors into various 
chambers by which it is fractionated, 
obtaining gas, benzol, kerosene oil and 
coal tar is an example of dry or de- 
structive distillation, the volatile sub- 
stances passing over and the coke 
which cannot be vaporized remaining 
in the retort. 

USES OF DISTILLATION. As ap- 
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ployed for recovering alcohol and 
ether from many preparations which 
are required to be concentrated by 
evaporation, such as fluid extracts, 
solid extracts, oleo-resins, etc.; for dis- 
tilling medicated or aromatic waters 
and spirits, for obtaining ethers, essen- 
tial oils, etc., and for many other phar- 
maceutical purposes. 

In the industrial arts and the manu- 
facture of chemicals distillation is ex- 
tensively employed for freeing gases 
from their combinations; for making 
alcohol and spirits; for separating 
naphtha and illuminating oils from pe- 
troleum; for producing acetic acid and 
wood alcohol, for making glycerin, for 
fractionating coal-tar products, in 
producing linseed and other fixed oils, 
first extracting the oils with ben- 
zine, then distilling it off, and for 
many other purposes in the manufact- 
ure of commercial and chemical pro- 
ducts. 

Liquids vary greatly in their vola- 
tility, independent of their specific 
gravity. Thus ether, sp. gr 0.725, 
boils at 37° C, (98.6° F.), alcohol, sp. 
gr. 0.820, boils at 78° C, (173° F.), 
chloroform, sp. gr. 1.490, boils at 60° 
C, (140°F .), carbon disulphide, sp, gr. 
1.268, boils at 46° C, (114.8° F.). If 
a mixture of alcohol and chloform for 
example is distilled, the chloroform 
will come over first and be condensed 
although it is of much greater sp. gr. 
than alcohol. 

DISTILLATION IN PHARMACY. 
Although distillation is frequently di- 
rected in the Pharmacopoeia, no advice 
or instructions are given regarding it; 
it being assumed that druggists are 
sufficiently familiar with the process 
to enable them to conduct it properly. 
A few suggestions, however, may not 
here be amiss. 

To distil medicated waters or other 
aqueous substances no water bath is 
required, the distillation of such liquids 
being more rapid, and equally as sat- 
isfactory, without it. If herbs, leaves, 
flowers, seeds or other similar substan- 
ces are to be distilled, they should be 
protected from contact with the still 
by a false bottom, so that they may 
not "scorch," and sufficient water 
should be used with them to prevent 
the extract which collects at the bot- 
tom from "burning down." At least 
double the quantity of water that is 
taken of the drug should be used. 



To obtain oils from medicinal plants 
seeds, etc., the most approved method 
is to pass a current of steam through 
the herbs, or other substances, by 
which the particles of oil are vaporized 
and carried over with the steam and 
condensed, being afterwards gathered 
from the surface of the water. 

To distil or recover alcohol, ether or 
other similar substance of less specific 
gravity than water, the liquid should 
be placed in the water bath, the still 
adjusted and the heat communicated 
by heating the water surrounding it. 
Steam heat is much employed for this 
purpose. The boiling point of alcohol 
or other lighter liquids being lower 
than the boiling water, it is vaporized 
and condensed in the still; tne heavier 
liquids and the extractive matter re- 
maining in the water-bath. 

When drugs are percolated with alco- 
hol, or a partly alcoholic menstruum, 
the menstruum remaining in the drug 
can be recovered by transferring the 
moist drug to the water-bath of the 
still and distilling in the usual man- 
ner. If the water-bath percolater and 
still is used it is unnecessary to trans- 
fer the drug, as the still top can be ad- 
justed, heat applied, and the distilla- 
tion completed without further trouble. 

DISTILLING APPARATUS. In the 
art of distillation the first form of the 
apparatus was the Alembic, used by the 
early alchemists. This consisted of a 
base or matrass or curcubit which held 
the liquid to be distilled; the head 
which received the vapor; and the 
beak or tube which delivered the dis- 
tilled product into the receiving vessel. 

It was usually constructed of metal 
but later earthenware or glass were 
employed, and the present form of 
glass retort is but a modification of the 
apparatus with which the pioneer 
chemists sought to discover the elixir 
of life. 

The principle of distillation has re- 
mained the same through all the cen- 
turies that have elapsed, since the first 
crude ideas concerning it were put in 
practice, but the forms of apparatus 
have been gradually changed and im- 
proved until, at the present time, there 
are a great variety of stills adapted for 
various uses, some arranged for heat- 
ing with a naked fire or furnace, others 
for steam heat, others for gas and elec- 
tric heating. In the apparatus for 
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than in that for producing the vapor. 
The simple form of still has a head or 
cap or capital or helmet surmounting 
the base, and a pipe or tube leading 
from it through a cistern or vessel of 
cold water having an exit near the 
bottom of the vessel through which the 
tube passes and discharges the liquid 
which is condensed into a receptacle. 
In the industries stills are arranged 
with several condensing chambers for 
Fractional Distillation, that is, the sep- 
aration of liquids of different vaporiz- 
ing points from each other as in the 
distillation of petroleum; the lighter 
portions, benzin, etc., coming over first, 
then the illuminating oil, and after- 
wards the heavier oils, until finally 
only the tar remains in the boiler as 
residium or residue. What is left in 
the still after the distillate has been 
recovered is called the residue. 



Superheated steam is also employed in 
the distillation of some chemical sub- 
stances, (Glycerin, for example) but 
it is used to produce chemical change 
rather than as a means of heating the 
substance. 

For distilling common essential oils 
wooden chambers are constructed hav- 
ing a false bottom. The herbs, bark or 
other substances are placed on the false 
bottom and the steam admitted under- 
neath. This passes through the herbs 
or other substance in tne still and the 
vapor, charged with the essential oil is 
conducted in a pipe or worm through 
a cooling system where it is condensed 
and is finally collected in a receiving 
vessel where the essential oil is re- 
moved from the surface by means of 
flannel cloths, blotting paper, or other 
absorbing substance and transferred to 
closed vessels. 




The method of separating the con- 
stituents of a body is called Fract- 
ionating, and is much employed in the 
industrial arts and the manufacture of 
chemicals. Stills are also constructed 
for vaporizing or liberating gases, 
which may be condensed by pressure 
to liquids or may be absorbed in an 
aqueous medium, — ammonia and the 
acid gases are examples. 

For the production of spirits and al- 
cohol, special continuous apparatus is 
constructed, by which the distilled pro- 
duct is concentrated to the desired 
proof strength. Steam is generally 
employed for this purpose as well as 
for distilling essential oils, and in a 
large way for distilling all substances 
which vaporize at a heat less than 
boiling water, 212° F., but for sub- 
stances which are vaporized at a heat 
higher than 212° P., an oil-bath, a 
sand-bath or naked fire are required. 



In the ordinary business of pharmacy 
a Pharmaceutical Still is generally em- 
ployed. Fenner's Pharmaceutical Still 
is well adapted for that purpose and a 
description of it is appended hereto. 

FENNER'S WATER-BATH AND 
STILL is a convenient, simple appara- 
tus for evaporating and distilling. It 
consists of a cylindrical, shallow vessel, 
A, into which is fitted the shallow 
evaporating pan, B, (which serves as 
the vessel for open evaporation, and 
also for evaporation during distilla- 
tion) ; and the conical still top, C, in 
which the vapor, which rises, is con- 
densed during the process of distilla- 
tion. This apparatus is constructed 
especially for evaporating and distill- 
ing; it is low and shallow, having a 
large bottom surface, fitting it well for 
rapid evaporation and distillation. 
Fenner's Water-Bath Percolator and 
Still may be employed for the same 



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purposes, but as it is constructed for 
percolation also, corresponding sizes 
do not present so large a surface for 
evaporation and distillation as does 
the Water-Bath and Still. 



DruggisLs will find it a great con- 
venience to have the Water-Bath and 
Still, as well as the Water-Bath Per- 
colator and Still, for they are often 
both required at the same time. 




Fenner's Water-Bath and Still. 

DRY HEAT PROCESSES. 

The following processes in which 
heat is employed are frequently used 
in pharmacy and chemistry: 

CALCINATION. The process of cal- 
cination consists of exposing metallic 
salts to the prolonged action of in- 
tense heat until all their combining 
constituents except oxygen are disasso- 
ciated or driven off, leaving only the 
combination of the metal with oxygen 
— a metallic oxide. Lime, CaO, which 
is prepared by heating calcium car- 
bonate, (limestone or marble) in kilns, 
is an example; in pharmacy calcined 
magnesia or magnesium oxide which is 
prepared from magnesium carbonate 
by calcination, is an example; barium 
strontium, iron, copper, lead, tin, bis- 
muth and zinc oxides, also, are pre- 
pared by calcination. 

COMBUSTION. The act or process 
of burning or consuming by means of 
fire or with the generation of heat is 
commonly known as combustion. 
Scientifically considered, it is the con- 
tinuous chemical union of a substance 
with an element — generally oxygen — 
with the invariable evolution of heat, 
and, if active, of light. Combustion 
is of great importance in chemistry, 
as by it metals are converted into 
gases, compound substances are sep- 
arated into their elements, and many 
combinations, not otherwise possible, 
are formed. Combination of refractory 
metals is accomplished by means of the 
electric arc or furnace and by the oxy- 
hydrogen flame. The burning of 
wood, coal and oil, with the production 
of heat and light are familiar examples 
of rapid combustion, smoke being the 





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unconsumed particles or constituents 
combined with the gaseous products 
of combustion. The heat of the body 
of animals is caused by the slow com- 
bustion of hydro-carbons or fat in the 
system; this form of combustion is not 
accompanied by the phenomenon of 
light. Spontaneous Combustion is 
caused by the rapid oxidation of a sub- 
stance which causes heat sufficient to 
ignite the substance. 

DESICCATION. The act or process 
of drying a substance is called desic- 
cation. This term is more commonly 
applied to the drying of fruits, vege- 
tables or meats, and it is generally 
understood that the substances are to 
be prepared in some way, by slicing, 
grating, shredding, etc., so that in the 
process of desiccation they may be 
quickly and thoroughly dried. Desic- 
cated Coconut is an example. In 
pharmacy and chemistry the drying of 
delicate and deliquescent salts is ef- 
fected by means of an absorbent salt 
placed with the substance to be dried 
in a Desiccator; the absorbent salt at- 
tracts the moisture and leaves the 
substance free to dry. 

A DESICCATOR is an apparatus for 
drying or desiccating — a drying oven 
so arranged that heat may be applied 
and a current of air passed through 
it which removes the moisture. 

EXSICCATION, is another process of 
drying but this term usually relates 
to the drying out of the water of crys- 
tallization from chemical salts, as ex- 
siccated alum, dried alum, commonly 
called burnt alum. It is properly the 
same as desiccation but is applied to a 
different class of substances. Exsic- 



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cated or dried alum, plaster of Paris, 
or dried gypsum, dried ferrous sulphate 
and dried sodium carbonate are the 
only official exsiccated salts, but others 
are frequently prepared for various 
purposes. A shauow porcelain dish 
containing the substance to be exsic- 
cated is heated on a sand- or water- 
bath until the water of crystallization 
is evaporated. 

Exsiccation may be defined as the 
evaporation or drying out from chem- 
ical salts of all, or a part of their 
water of crystallization, by means of 
heat continued until the salt ceases to 
lose weight. It does not always occur 
that exsiccated salts are anhydrous. 
Dried alum is without water of crys- 
tallization; dried ferrous sulphate con- 
sists of two molecules of the anhy- 
drous salt combined with one molecule 
of water, dried sodium carbonate may 
be made anhydrous but the Pharma- 
copoeia preparation contains two mole- 
cules of water. 

FLAME. The color of flame pro- 
duced by combustion is frequently 
characteristic of the substance con- 
sumed. The substance in powder may 
be sprinkled into a jet of flame or on 
heated metal, or its solution, if solu- 
ble, may be absorbed by test paper 
and burned in a flame giving a char- 
acteristic color; or a small loop of 
platinum wire may be dipped in a 
solution of the substance to be tested 
and then heated in a non-luminous 
flame, when it will give the character- 
istic color of the metal. 

FLASHING POINT. The tempera- 
ture at which the vapor of an inflam- 
mable substance, as gasoline, illumi- 
nating oil, spirits, etc., will take fire 
when heated is called the flashing 
point. The flash test is used for test- 
ing illuminating oil. The oil is heat- 
ed and a lighted match passed above 
it; the temperature to which the oil is 
heated when the vapor takes fire or 
flashes is called the flashing point. In 
New York State this must not be less 
than 100° F., and 110° F., is the regu- 
lation standard. 

FUSION. The act of liquifying or 
melting a solid substance, by the aid of 
heat, is called fusion. Fats, stearin, 
wax, etc., may be liquified or fused at 
a comparatively low degree of heat. 
Aqueous fusion is a term applied to the 
melting of crystalline bodies contain- 
ing water of crystallization, as alum 



or sugar, which require but a com- 
paratively low degree of heat to melt 
or fuse. Dry fusion is the fusion of 
the residue of a crystalline body after 
its water of crystallization has evap- 
orated; a higher degree of heat is re- 
quired than for aqueous fusion. Ig- 
neous fusion is a term applied to melt- 
ing or fusing of metals which require 
generally a higher degree of heat than 
other substances to which fusion is 
applied. The degree of heat at which 
solid substances become liquid or melt 
is called their melting point. When 
different metals are melted together to 
form an alloy, the melting point of the 
alloy is not necessarily a mean of the 
proportion of the ingredients, but is 
influenced by the molecular union of 
Vre new compound which is formed. 
The temperature of non- volatile metals 
and substances may be increased above 
tteir melting point to a "red heat" or 
"white heat" which occurs at a higher 
temperature. Incandescence denotes 
the state of being luminous, induced by 
heat; it may occur either with or with- 
out fusion. Fusion of substances re- 
quiring only moderate temperature 
may be accomplished in tin, copper, 
aluminum or porcelain vessels. Metals 
of comparatively low melting point 
may be fused in iron or steel vessels; 
those requiring a very high degree of 
heat require to be fused in crucibles, 
which may be made of clay, plumbago 
or platinum. 

Fusion is employed in metallurgy to 
purify metals, to separate them from 
each other and to combine them in al- 
loys; in chemistry it is frequently used 
in analysis; in pharmacy it is quite 
generally used in melting fats, waxes, 
etc., and for melting crystalline bodies. 

IGNITION. In a general manner to 
set afire. In chemistry ignition is the 
act of heating to the point of incan- 
descence, or to a high degree, any sub- 
stance or precipitate, for the purpose of 
expelling organic or volatile matter. In 
making analysis, precipitates are often 
heated in a crucible or platinum capsule 
to an incandescence to expel all sub- 
stances that may be driven off by a 
high degree of heat. Every substance 
has its igniting point, or the degree of 
temperature at which it takes fire. The 
igniting point is often important in de- 
termining the identity of a substance. 
Reducing agents are frequently added 
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a certain degree of heat, thus aiding in 
identification. 

INCINERATION is the process of 
reducing to ashes and is employed 
chiefly in analytical work. The sub- 
stance, if combustible, is burned and 
the ashes collected, or a solution of a 
soluble substance may be absorbed 
with test paper, dried and burned, and 
the ashes tested. 

SUBLIMATION. Certain solids are 
vaporized by heat, and the process by 
which they are converted into vapor 
is termed sublimation. Tne vapor 
thus produced may be allowed to escape 
or may be conducted into a receiver 
and condensed into a solid which is 
called a sublimate. The process is an- 
alogous to distillation, except that 
solid substances are volatilized and 
condensed into solids instead of liquid 
form. Certain metals are freed from 
their ores and certain salts are pre- 
pared, separated or purified by subli- 
mation. Different degrees of heat are 
required for volatizing different sub- 
stances, and the products are gathered 
or condensed in different forms of re- 
ceptacles or chambers. The process of 
sublimation may be conducted to free 
metallic or other substances from gas- 
eous or volatile constituents which are 
not worth saving, or for freeing and 
collecting the volatile substance or 
sublimate. Several of the salts of am- 
monium, mercury, sulphur and arsenic 
are obtained by sublimation, as also 
camphor, benzoic acid, iodine and some 
other substances used in pharmacy. 
Sublimation is also considerably em- 
ployed as a means of analysis, espec- 
ially in the detection of poisons, ar- 
senic, corrosive sublimate, etc. 

TORRIFICATION. The process of 
roasting or torrification is employed 
extensively in metallurgy, chemistry, 
and the production of food products. 
This process consists in heating the 
substance to a degree of heat required 
for the purpose, either in the open air 
or in an enclosed apparatus, or revolv- 
ing cylinder, so arranged that it can 
be stirred or agitated, in order that all 
parts of the substance may be uni- 
formly heated. In metallurgy ores are 
roasted to free them from constituents 
that may be volatilized, as sulphur in 
sulphide ores. In the production of 
chemicals this process is extensively 
employed. In making chocolate, coffee 
and various cereal food products, roast- 
ing is a very important process. 



EVAPORATION. 

EVAPORATION is the disengage- 
ment of vapor from the surface of a 
substance at any temperature which is 
sufficient to overcome the cohesion of 
its molecules. 

Evaporation occurs in some liquids 
at ordinary temperature and in others 
is induced by the application of heat. 
Very slow evaporation at ordinary 
temperature is termed Spontaneous 
Evaporation. Vaporization is the term 
usually used to designate the disen- 
gagement of vapor at the boiling point 
of the substance. 

VOLATILIZATION is a similar term, 
but is more generally used to signify 
the disengagement of a gas from a 
liquid or substance with which it is 
combined. 

The physical principles of evapora- 
tion as vapor tension, latent heat, at- 
mospheric pressure, molecular attrac- 
tion, etc., belong more properly to the 
domain of Physics and will not be dis- 
cussed in this article. 

Natural evaporation of water by the 
heat of the sun, and the production of 
salt by the evaporation of salt water 
are familiar examples of solar evap- 
oration. In the industries and in the 
manufacture of chemicals evaporation 
plays a very important part and is an 
essential in many of the pharmaceuti- 
cal processes, as crystallization, distil- 
lation, etc. 

As applied to pharmacy, evapora- 
tion is the process by which, with or 
without the aid of applied heat the 
volume of liquids or other substances 
may be reduced. It is employed for 
many purposes in the practice of phar- 
macy, and is so familiar to druggists, 
that but little need be said regarding 
it in this article. 

The vessels used for evaporating 
should be broad and low, or shallow, 
to give a larger surface for the appli- 
cation of heat and the escape of vapor. 
Evaporating dishes are made of glass, 
iron, (enameled or glazed), platinum, 
porcelain, tin, etc. 

For rapid evaporation, heat on a 
stove over an open fire, or by means 
of steam is best; but for making many 
preparations, such as extracts, fluid 
extracts, etc., slower evaporation is 
necessary, that the preparation may 
not be injured by heat. For this pur- 
pose the water-bath* is the most con- 
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heat can be regulated and maintained 
at any desired temperature. In large 
establishments, the vacuum pan, which 
is still better for the purpose, is em- 
ployed. This consists of a large pan 
and chamber covering it from which 
the air has been removed by means of 
an air pump, causing the liquid in the 
pan to evaporate at a much lower tem- 
perature than in the open air. 

The most serviceable cheap evaporat- 
ing dish, is the ordinary granite-iron 
stove skillet or frying-pan. Any ordi- 
nary evaporating dish may be set in 
a vessel of water, which will ans- 
wer as a water-bath. A sand-bath 
may be made by partly filling an iron 
basin with sand and setting the evap- 
orating dish in it. 

*The water-bath which forms a part 
of Fenner's Water-Bath and Still is 
very convenient for the purpose of 
evaporation. It is shown in the sec- 
tional views by the vessels A and B. 
Fenner's Water-Bath percolator may 
also be used for the same purpose, it 
being necessary only to put the liquid 
to be evaporated into the percolator 
and leave off the cover. 

For very slow evaporation a warming 
closet may be made, by fastening a box 
against the wall and heating it with a 
lamp placed underneath a hole in the 
bottom; smaller holes should be pro- 
vided in the upper surface for the 
escape of vapor. This box can be so 
arranged with shelves that a number 
of evaporating dishes may be placed in 
the same. A similar arrangement may 
be constructed over a steam pipe or 
register. More elaborate apparatus 
may be obtained from manufacturers 
of chemical and pharmaceutical ware. 



EXPRESSION. 

The process of expression is employ- 
ed more or less for many uses in phar- 
macy, the apparatus and manner of 
working being governed by what is re- 
quired to be done. 

In making tinctures, fluid extracts, 
etc., a considerable quantity of men- 
struum is left in the drug after the per- 
colation is completed, and it is economy 
to recover it by pressure in a tincture 
press or other suitable apparatus; 
pressure is also employed as the chief 
operation of the pressure process for 
Fluid Extracts. In choosing a tinct- 



ure press for any purpose it is not 
economy to get the smallest sizes, a 
one or to gallon press being none too 
large for most pharmaceutical work. 
The drugs to be expressed should be 
inclosed in a coarse burlap bag or 
cloth, and the pressure should be long 
continued rather than too quick and 
forcible, that the liquid may have 
time to become separated from the 
drugs. In pressing pulpy or mucilag- 
inous drugs it is of advantage to mix 
them with some loose non-absorbent 
material, rice-chaff, for example, to 
facilitate the operation. Fruit juices 
in a small way, are best expressed by 
hand pressure, except fruits as lemon, 
orange, etc., which can be pressed with 
a lemon squeezer. In a large way 
fruit may be pressed in large wooden 
presses, or by hydraulic presses, the 
layer presses being the best for this 
purpose. In using small presses noth- 
ing is gained by trying to press too 
much at a time, the operation being 
more satisfactory in smaller quantities. 
There are several kinds of good 
presses to be had for pharmaceutical 
purposes, the "Enterprise" being as 
convenient and serviceable as any. 
There are several so called "pressure 
percolators" now sold, but, in our 
opinion, they are not convenient per- 
colators, and they certainly fail to do 
the work of a press. 



EXTRACTION. 

The various methods by which the 
soluble constituents of organic drugs 
may be separated from the inert or 
insoluble matter with which they are 
associated may be termed extraction. 
A number of processes which are else- 
where considered may be employed as 
a means of extracting the soluble prop- 
erties of drugs. Maceration or digest- 
ion, infusion or decoction, and the var- 
ious forms of percolation and pressure 
are the processes generally employed. 
Infusions, decoctions, fluid and solid 
extracts, some of the solutions, the 
medicated vinegars, abstracts, the al- 
kaloids, many of the elixirs, some of 
the mixtures, the pharmaceutical oleo- 
resins, the resinoids, some of the 
spirits, the tinctures, some of the 
syrups and some of the medicated 
wines are produced by extraction in 
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FERMENTATION. 

Fermentation is a natural operation 
induced in certain substances by the 
presence of minute organisms called 
"ferments." The most familiar ex- 
amples of fermentation are seen in the 
production of bread, wine, beer and vin- 
egar. In the first three named the act- 
ion is apparent because it is accom- 
panied with the liberation of carbon 
dioxide, which causes the bread to 
"rise," and the wine of beer to effer- 
vesce. In the production of vinegar no 
such visible action appears, but a 
change nevertheless, occurs; and it is 
known that the alcohol contained in 
the liquid has been changed by the act- 
ion of the ferment to another substance 
having entirely different characteris- 
tics. 

In the first instance sugar is convert- 
ed into alcohol by the action of the 
ferment, and in the last, the alcohol is 
converted by the action of another fer- 
ment into acetic acid. 

The ferment which causes fermenta- 
tion in bread, wine and beer is the 
yeast plant Cerevisiae fermentum, and 
in vinegar, the vinegar plant Mycoder- 
ma aceti. 

A great number of other ferments 
are known, and science has demon- 
strated that many diseases are caused 
by the action of ferments in the fluids 
or tissues in the system, and that the 
physiological processes of nutrition 
are dependend upon the action of fer- 
ments, which prepare the food stuffs 
for assimilation. 

In pharmacy but little use is made 
of fermentation, therefore the subject 
is not elaborated here, but is men- 
tioned as being essential in the pro- 
duction of liquors, wines, vinegars, 
etc., under which heading it is de- 
scribed. 



FILTRATION. 

The process of separating insoluble 
matter from liquids, by means of any 
substance or medium which will pre- 
vent its passage, is called filtration. 

Filtration, as it is employed in phar- 
macy, is usually conducted by means 
of filtering paper contained in a con- 
ical receptacle called a funnel;* but 
larger operations are carried on by 
other contrivances which will admit of 
more rapid filtration. 



The process of filtration is so famil- 
iar that it needs no explanation; but 
a few suggestions are here made for 
the benefit of the inexperienced. 

In filtering a liquid which contains a 
precipitate (unless the precipitate is 
designed to clear the liquid, as mag- 
nesia or calcium phosphate, talcum or 
pumice stone), the liquid should be 
poured carefully off and filtered first, 
the precipitated portion being added 
after most of the liquid has passed 
through the filter; this makes the pro- 
cess more rapid. 

The first portion which passes 
through the filter should be returned to 
it and refiltered, as, when the filter is 
dry, it admits of the passage of small 
particles which are retained when its 
fibres have had time to swell by the 
absorption of moisture. 

In filtering liquids containing al- 
buminous or gummy precipitates it is 
also an advantage to put a coarse cot- 
ton cloth strainer on the inside of the 
filterpaper; this catches the precipitate 
or albuminous substance which may be 
removed with it, or in which it may be 
pressed to strain out the liquid, and 
thus make the filtration more rapid.* 

A little charcoal powder, or powder- 
ed pumice-stone sprinkled in the filter, 
will often assist to clear preparations 
that are difficult to filter clear. 

A plaited filter is generally used, ex- 
cept when a filter-rack is employed, 
then the ordinary folded (quartered) 
filter is used. 

Besides filtering through paper, other 
means are often employed by drug- 
gists. Syrups and heavy liquids may 
be fleered through a flannel or cotton 
strainer or bag, or felt filters that are 
made expressly for this purpose may 
be used. Charcoal and sand, in alter- 
nate layers, are employed for filtering 
light liquids when large quantities are 
to be filtered. 

Pressure filters, by which liquids 
are filtered through felt or canvas, by 
means of horizontal screw pressure 
and apparatus arranged for mixing 
filtering paper pulp with liquids and 
drawing off by means of a siphon, 
overflow or stop-cock, and other rapid 
filtering divices are used in large es- 
tablishments. 

For various manufacturing pur- 
poses filters of large capacity are con- 
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is used in sections or layers, the ma- 
chine acting as a press to compact the 
moist paper pulp and make it more 
effective for filtering purposes. These 
filters are used for filtering beer, fruit 
juices, syrups and many other liquids 
required to be filtered in large quanti- 
ties. 

*Fenner's Spiral Filter Rack is a 
convenience for keeping the filtering 
paper off the sides of the funnel when 
filtering. It is made of tinned steel 
wire of different sizes to fit different 
size funnels. 




It is simple, cleanly, durable, effi- 
cient and cheap. The cut shows it 
as it is adjusted in the funnel ready 
for use. 

Heat often assists the process of fil- 
tering heavy liquids or oils. It may 
be conveniently applied by putting a 
filter inside of Fenner's Water-Bath 
Percolator, and applying heat by means 
of the water-bath. For supporting the 
funnel during filtration, Fenner's Fun- 
nel Rack, which is shown in the cut is 
very convenient. 

Futher remarks on filtering will be 
found in the article on "Economy in 
Percolating and Filtering," printed 
elsewhere in this work. 



GRANULATION. 

The process by which substances are 
reduced to granules or grains of near- 
ly uniform size is called granulation. 
Vegetable drugs are granulated or re- 
duced to a coarse uniform powder for 
dispensing or percolating by means of 
a grinding apparatus. Sugar and many 
of the crystalline salts are granulated 
during crystallization and drying by 



stirring or by revolving them rapidly 
in a centrifugator which keeps them 
in motion and at the same time free 
from moisture, x.^any of the chemical 
salts are furnished in granular form, 
being more convenient for dispensing, 
as granular potassium bromide, pot- 
assium iodide, etc., also gums, as gum 
arabic, being more soluble in granulat- 
ed form than in powder. Effervescent 
salts are prepared in masses by moist- 
ening them with some liquid that will 
not effect their solution, and rubbing 
them while moist through a coarse 
sieve which breaks the mass into 
small fragments, which form they re- 
tain when dried. They present a 
large surface to the solvent employed 
when they are used, thus dissolving 
rapidly. Granular effervescent salts 
are quite popular as a means of mild 
medication. The method of making 
them is fully described under effer- 
vescent salts. <Part II. 



INFUSION AND DECOCTION. 

The process of Infusion consists in 
steeping drugs at a temperature below 
the boiling point of water, in an aque- 
ous or other menstruum, for the pur- 
pose of extracting their soluble medi- 
cinal constituents. For this purpose 
"infusion pots," that contain a per- 
forated cup or receptacle for the drug, 
which is surrounded by hot water dur- 
ing the operation, are furnished by 
manufacturers of chemical ware. A 
covered granite-ware or earthen-ware 
vessel will answer the same purpose; 
the water-bath percolator is, however, 
the best adapted of any apparatus for 
the purpose of infusions, as the heat 
can be maintained and the liquid 
drawn off by the stop-cock whenever 
it is desired. For making infusions 
boiling water is usually poured upon 
the drug; the vessel covered and al- 
lowed to remain in a warm place for 
half-an-hour. The contents of the ves- 
sel are then poured upon a strainer 
and enough boiling water then pour- 
ed through the dregs to make the in- 
fusion measure twenty times the 
weight of the drug taken. 

The process of Decoction consists in 
boiling the drugs in a aqueous men- 
struum for fifteen minutes or longer 
to obtain their soluble properties. This 
may be done in an open or covered 

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vessel, but the process is now but lit- 
tle employed. The water-bath perco- 
lator is a very convenient apparatus 
for decoctions, as the heat may be 
maintained to boiling for any length 
of time, and the liquid then drawn off 
by the stop-cock. The general formu- 
la for decoctions directs twenty parts 
of liquid to be prepared from one part 
of the drug. 



MACERATION. 

When maceration came to be an 
officinal process for exhausting drugs, 
maceration, the process of our fore- 
fathers, was mostly abandoned, but 
we are glad to see that in the present 
pharmacopoeias its value is again rec- 
ognized, and that many preparations, 
which have of late been made by per- 
colation, are now again made by mac- 
eration. In addition to this, the new 
pharmacopoeias in making the most 
of the tinctures and some extracts, 
give the very much needed direction 
to macerate twenty-four hours with a 
portion of the menstruum before pack- 
ing in the percolator. Maceration is 
the necessary primary step to success- 
ful percolation. It softens the drug, 
dissolves its soluble properties and 
loads the menstruum with them, ready 
to be carried away by the subsequent 
process of percolation. 

The present U. S. P. directs macera- 
tion for making several tinctures that 
were formerly made by percolation, 
and the Br. P. directs maceration for 
from twenty-four to forty-eight hours 
as a preliminary step to percolation in 
making tinctures, etc. The German, 
French and other continental European 
authorities direct maceration mainly 
for obtaining the strength of drugs; 
and although percolation, when prop- 
erly conducted, has great advantages 
over any other process for obtaining 
the strength of drugs, without macera- 
tion it fails to accomplish its full pur- 
pose. 

Whenever percolation is employed, 
sufficient time should be given for mac- 
eration to loosen and dissolve the sol- 
uble properties of the drug. If alco- 
hol is the menstruum employed, the 
maceration may be conducted after 
packing the percolator; but if water 
forms a portion of the menstruum, the 
drug should first be macerated with a 



portion of the menstruum sufficiently 
long to allow it to swell before it is 
packed in the percolator. 

Any convenient covered vessel may 
be used for macerating drugs designed 
to be percolated. For small quantities, 
glass, specie or salt mouth jars, earth- 
en-ware fruit jars, or covered granite- 
ware stew pans are very convenient, 
even tin cans will not be injurious to 
most drugs. Drugs to be thus mac- 
erated should be thoroughly moistened 
with a portion of the menstruum and 
covered to prevent exposure and evap- 
oration. When preparations are pre- 
pared entirely by maceration, the drug 
should be put into a suitable glass jar 
or covered vessel, the menstruum add- 
ed and the jar or vessel set in a warm 
place which should be frequently agi- 
tated for several days. 



LIXIVIATION. 

The process of leaching or extracting 
the soluble constituents of ashes 
or chemical deposits by percolating 
them with water or other solvent is 
called "Lixiviation." 

Wood ashes are leached with water 
to obtain lye which is afterwards con- 
verted into potash. Earths or shale 
containing saltpetre or alum are per- 
colated with water and the soluble 
salts afterwards obtained by conden- 
sation and crystallization. Borax is 
obtained from the deposits in basins of 
evaporated lakes, treated by lixiviation, 
etc. Either hot or cold water or other 
solvent may be used for the process, 
which is practically a washing out of 
the soluble from the insoluble consti- 
tuents of the material employed. 

This process is extensively used in 
industrial chemistry and in chemical 
analysis of ashes, soils and earthy de- 
posits, but is little used in the ordi- 
nary business of pharmacy. 



PERCOLATION OR DISPLACE- 
MENT. 

Percolation is a process of pharmacy 
in which a liquid called a Menstruum, 
is caused to pass or filter through a 
powdered drug contained in a perco- 
lator, for the purpose of displacing and 
obtaining the soluble constituents of 
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The principle of percolation is that 
of lixiviation or leaching from which it 
is derived, (see Lixiviation). The name 
is derived from the Latin, percolo, to 
strain or filter through. 

When a menstruum is poured upon 
a powdered drug contained in a per- 
colator, and allowed to remain for some 
time, it absorbs or dissolves whatever 
constituents of the drug are soluble 
in the menstruum employed. When 
the saturated menstruum is then al- 
lowed to pass through the drug, 
(more liquid being poured upon it) it 
carries with it whatever it has dis- 
solved of its soluble constituents and 
when the fresh liquid passes through 
the powder it is, in turn, charged with 
dissolved properties. The first por- 
tion which passes through the drug is 
much stronger of its solubilities than 
succeeding portions. If sufficient 
menstruum is used the drug is ex- 
hausted; that is, all of its properties 
soluble in the menstruum used have 
been removed and are contained in the 
percolate,' which is the menstruum 
charged with the soluble constituents 
of the drug. 

HISTORY. The process of Displace- 
ment or Filtration by Displacement as 
it was first called, seems to have been 
introduced into pharmacy by Messrs. 
Bou.-ay of Paris, in the year 1833. It 
was not, at first, received with great 
favor, but as its merits were made 
known by different experimenters it 
soon came to be popular and was in- 
troduced as an alternative process in 
making some of the tinctures in the 
1840 U. S. P. For example; Tinctura 
Cinnamomi (Tincture of Cinnamon) 
was prepared either by maceration or 
by displacement. "Take of Cinnamon, 
bruised, three ounces, diluted Alcohol, 
two pints, macerate for fourteen days, 
express, and filter through paper. This 
tincture may also be prepared by 
thoroughly moistening the cinnamon, 
in powder, with diluted alcohol, allow- 
ing it to stand for forty-eight hours, 
then transferring it to an apparatus 
for displacement and gradually pour- 
ing upon it diluted Alcohol until two 
pints of the filtered liquor are obtain- 
ed." <U. S. 1840. The process as then 
employed, was not known as percola- 
tion, but as a method of displacement. 
The U. S. P. of 1840 refers to it as 
"the kind of filtration commonly call- 



ed displacement." The apparatus used, 
although essentially the same as the 
common percolators now employed, 
was called the Filter of Boullay. 

A little later a percolater of similar 
form was arranged by M. Beot, to be 
operated in connection with an air 
pump, by which the air was exhausted 
from a receiving vessel, into which 
the percolator was closely fitted, so 
that the liquid was forced through the 
powder in the percolator by atmos- 
pheric pressure, making the operation 
much more rapid than by ordinary 
percolation. This principle is now 
extensively used in large establish- 
ments in making extracts, fluid ex- 
tracts, etc. In 1B64, Dr. Redwood, of 
the Pharmaceutical Institution of 
Great Britain, invented a percolator 
which proved quite effective, and in 
1866, Dr. Squibb recommended the 
process of re-percolation, (also called 
fractional percolation) for making 
fluid extracts, and devised apparatus 
for conducting the process. (See Fluid 
Extracts). With the advent of fluid 
extracts, about 1850, percolation be- 
gan to assume a very important place 
among pharmaceutical processes, and, 
although many kinds of percolators 
have been produced, the principle re- 
mains the same and the process is con- 
sidered the mosc important of any 
used in pharmacy. 

DIRECTIONS FOR PERCOLATION. 
The directions for percolation are very 
complete and minute in the U. S. P.; 
to which our readers are referred. 

The U. S. P. directions cov- 
er the whole general subject of perco- 
lation, and the remarks which follow 
are intended as special consideration 
of improved methods, and the difficul- 
ties which may arise in applying a 
general rule to treatment of a variety 
of substances. 

The fineness of powder to be used for 
percolation has been discussed under 
the article on fineness of powders, but 
it may here be repeated that the pow- 
ders directed in the formulas of the 
pharmacopoeia are, as a rule, too fine 
for successful percolation, and that the 
majority of druggists will have "better 
luck" to choose a grade coarser of 
powder than is specified in the official 
formula. 

Moistening the drug is discussed in 
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on maceration, and it need only be re- 
marked tnat it is of great importance 
to have the drug thoroughly and even- 
ly moistened. Many druggists are in 
the habit of putting the drug in the 
percolator and pouring the menstruum 
on it to moisten it, without even stir- 
ring it up; this should never be done, 
for, frequently, a portion of the drug 
will "cake" so that it will not become 
moistened during the entire process of 
percolation. The drug should always 
be moistened in a basin or other vessel 
before being put into the percolator. 

Macerating before percolating is dis- 
cussed in the article on maceration. It 
may here be repeated, however, that 
when water is used as a portion of the 
menstruum for percolation, the drug 
should be moistened with the men- 
struum and allowed to macerate for 
twenty-four hours, in order that it may 
swell before, instead of after, packing 
in the percolator. 

Packing the percolator. In packing 
the percolator much depends upon the 
nature of the drug, the fineness of the 
powder, etc. Loose, fibrous, or bulky 
drugs, such as arnica, stillingia, buchu, 
etc., cannot be packed very firmly, but 
should be made as compact as possi- 
ble; heavy drugs, such as aconite root, 
valerian, golden seal, etc., do hot re- 
quire so much pressure, but will pack 
much firmer; soft, spongy, or gummy 
drugs, such as rhubarb, orange peel, 
colocynth or squill, should not be pack- 
ed very firmly; coarse powders, as a 
rule, should be packed more firmly 
than fine. The percolator should be 
packed from the outside toward the 
center and as evenly as possible. A 
disc of paper and then a cover of per- 
forated tin or aluminum should be 
placed upon the surface of the powder 
after it is packed, to secure the even 
distribution of the menstruum as it is 
poured upon the drug. A glass or 
earthenware weight may be used with 
advantage to hold the drug in place. 
It should generally be allowed to mac- 
erate for some time after the men- 
struum is poured on before beginning 
to percolate. 

The flow of percolate may be regu- 
lated by the rubber tube, as directed 
in the official process; by a loose cork 
in the bottom of the percolator; or, if 
the water-bath percolator is used, by 
the stop-cock. The rapidity with 



which the percolate should flow de- 
pends very much upon the nature of 
the drug, and the quantity required to 
be obtained as compared with the 
quantity of the drug being percolated, 
for example, fluid extracts should not 
be percolated so rapidly as tinctures, 
nor aconite as rapidly as buchu. 

With a certain class of drugs, the 
alcoholic or hydro-alcoholic menstruum 
with which the percolation is conduct- 
ed, may be forced out by adding water 
after the menstruum has disappeared 
from the surface of the drug, thereby 
making a saving of alcohol; but with 
others, which soften or make precipi- 
tates with an aqueous menstruum, the 
percolation must be conducted to the 
end with the same menstruum. The 
menstruum remaining in the drug 
after percolation, may be pressed out 
with a tincture press and the alcohol 
recovered from it by distillation. 

Drugs Difficult to Percolate. 

Many drugs present difficulties to the 
ordinary methods of percolation and 
require a special treatment; this is 
generally given in the formula in which 
they are found; but they may be class- 
ed in a general way as follows: 

1. Drugs that soften or make a 
pulpy mass upon the addition of the 
menstruum, such as orange, gentian, 
rhubarb, squill, colocynth, etc. Such 
drugs should be well moistened and 
macerated before packing; they should 
be rather coarsely powdered and rather 
loosely packed, and the percolation, 
when begun, should be continued rap- 
idly and continued to the end with the 
same menstruum. 

2. Gums and gum-resins which ag- 
glutinate or mass together when the 
menstruum is added. These should be 
mixed with an equal bulk of sand, or 
rice chaff, and not packed closely but 
placed loosely in the percolator, and 
the percolation conducted in the usual 
manner. 

3. Bulky drugs, like arnica, buchu, 
chamomile, etc. Although these drugs 
are not difficult to percolate, they ab- 
sorb so much menstruum that the ex- 
pense of making their preparations is 
considerably increased. These should 
be packed as firmly as possible, and 
held down in the percolator with a 
weight during the process of percola- 
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should be pressed to recover the sur- 
plus menstruum, which may be labelled 
and used again when preparations of 
the same kind are to be made. 

Economy in Percolating and Filtering 

Much loss of alcohol occurs by evap- 
oration when the ordinary percolator 
or filtering funnel are left uncovered 
during the percolation or filtration. To 
remedy this difficulty a simple appara- 
tus may be constructed by any drug- 
gist who will take the trouble. It is 
shown in use in the following cut. 



the cover when completed, is like a 
drum head, and, when it is used to 
cover a percolator or funnel, will make 
by its own elasticity, an air-tight cov- 
ering. The rubber may be more con- 
veniently fastened with a double hoop, 
the same as is used by ladies in mak- 
ing embroidery. 

B, is a funnel tube, so bent as to pre- 
vent evaporation or access of air. 
Through it, fresh menstruum or other 
liquid may be introduced into the per- 
colator or funnel. A glass or metal 
tube answers the same purpose and 



ah 




A, is the wooden cover, large enough 
to fit the top of a percolator or funnel; 
it is bound with a wooden hoop whose 
lower edge projects about half an inch 
below the under surface of the cover; 
to the wooden hoop is tacked a piece 
of moderately thin sheet rubber, so that 



may be stopped with a cork. This tube 
may be adjusted by boring a hole in 
the wooden cover and punching a 
small hole in the rubber, so that it will 
fit snug around the tube. 

C, is a rubber tube attached at one 
end to a glass tube in the cover (which 



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passes through the rubber as hereto- 
fore described), and at the other end 
to a tube in the stopper of the receiv- 
ing bottle. This tube allows the air to 
pass from the receiving bottle into the 
percolator, and as the liquid fills the 
bottle the air is forced from it into the 
percolator or funnel. 

D, is a rubber tube attached to the 
percolator that connects with a tube 
in the stopper of the receiving bottle, 
through which the percolate passes; if 
the lower end of the percolator is too 
large for the rubber tube, a perforated 
cork, into which a glass tube is in- 
serted, may be placed in the neck of 
the percolator for this purpose, as is 
directed in the pharmacopoeia process. 
By raising or lowering the percolator 
or the receiving bottle the flow of the 
percolate can be made more or less 
rapid, as it works on the principal of 
a siphon. A receiving bottle may be 
made of any wide mouth bottle, holes 
being bored in the cork for the inser- 
tion of the tubes to which the rubber 
tubing is attached. 

E, shows the perforated diaphragm 
of the percolator. 

With this simple arrangement perco- 
lation or filtration can be carried on 
for any length of time without expos- 
ure or loss by evaporation. 

Water-Bath Percolation. 

The process of water-bath percola- 
tion consists in subjecting the powder 
contained in a percolator surrounded 
by water, to the action of a warm 
menstruum during the entire process 
of maceration and percolation. By 
means of the water-bath the men- 
struum and powder are kept at any de- 
sired degree of heat for any length of 
time. 

It is claimed for this process, that 
the heat employed is of great aid in 
effecting the solution of the soluble 
constituents of the substance or sub- 
stances which are being exhausted, and 
therefore, it is much more rapid, effi- 
cient and economical than the ordinary 
method of percolation. 

By consulting the solubility tables 
which may be found in the pharmacop- 
oeia and other standard works, it will 
be seen that the- medicinal principles 
of vegetables drugs (especially the al- 
kaloids and other substances in which 
their value chiefly consists), are from 



several to a hundred times more sol- 
uble in boiling water or alcohol than 
in cold. Althougn the heat employed 
in water-bath percolation is seldom so 
high as boiling alcohol or water, yet 
the solubility of the medicinal consti- 
tuents is relatively increased according 
to the heat employed; and as the ob- 
ject of percolation is to exhaust the 
drug of its soluble medicinal proper- 
ties no other argument than this for 
the application of heat during percola- 
tion seems necessary; for it is evident 
that the value of the drug is much 
more faithfully represented in the 
preparations made in this manner and, 
that in making fluid or solid extracts, 
or other concentrated preparations, a 
much less quantity of the menstruum 
is required to exhaust the drug, than 
when cold percolation is employed. 

As the question may be asked by 
many if heat does not injure the prep- 
arations, it may be stated here that the 
degree of heat directed- cannot be in- 
jurous, as it is insufficient to volata- 
lize any of the medicinal properties of 
the drugs. 




Fanner's Water-Bath Percolator 

The method of conducting water- 
bath percolation is as follows: 

The powdered drug is to be moisten- 
ed with a portion of the menstruum 
and either packed in the percolator at 
once, or after macerating twenty-four 
hours, as the formula may direct. A 
certain quantity of the menstruum (as 
directed in the formula) is then to be 
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to macerate for a specified time in a 
warm place. - It is tnen to be heated 
(as directed in the formula) for a cer- 
tain length of time and the percolation 
then begun and continued until the 
drug is exhausted, or until the requir- 
ed amount of percolate is obtained. 

The same general directions for 
packing the percolator and keeping the 
drug covered with the menstruum, 
regulating the flow of the percolate, 
etc., as are specified in the official pro- 
cesses, should be observed. 

In the formulae contained in this 
book for making preparations by 
water-bath percolation, it is directed, 
after packing in the percolator and 
adding menstruum to the drug, to "set 
in a warm place" for a certain length 
of time to macerate; by this is meant 
that the percolator and its contents 
should be heated from 30° to 35 °C. 
(86° to 95 °F.), by any convenient 
means. In summer a warm place in 
the store will suffice; in winter a shelf 
by the stove or other heating appara- 
tus will do; or a box, with a hinged 
door and holes in the bottom about 
tiie size of the bottom of the percola- 
tor, may be fastened to the side of the 
wall and the heat may be maintained 
by a coal oil lamp placed beneath the 
the percolator. 

In large establishments warming- 
closets heated by steam pipes or other 
means may be arranged. It is not ab- 
solutely necessary that heat should be 
maintained during maceration, but bet- 
ter results will follow if it is. 

The directions in the formula "heat 
very moderately" means that the tem- 
perature should not be higher than 40° 
to 45°C. (104° to 113°F.), "heat mod- 
erately" means that the temperature 
should not exceed 60° to 65°C. (140° 
to 149 °F.) — a higher temperature than 
this is seldom necessary. 

After the percolation is concluded, 
if sufficient alcohol is retained in the 
drug to be of value, it may be recov- 
ered by distillation. The amount of 
alcohol or other menstruum retained 
varies with the nature of the drug — 
from one-fourth to more than its orig- 
inal weight. In making any consider- 
able quantity of a preparation, it is 
important to save this menstruum — 
which would otherwise be wasted — by 
distillation, as stated in the article on 
distillation. 



PRECIPITATION. 

For many purposes in pharmacy and 
chemistry it is required to precipitate 
(throw down) certain insoluble salts 
or substances from their solutions. 
For example; if hydrated ferric oxide 
is required, solution of ferric sulphate 
is precipitated by adding it to diluted 
ammonia water, which causes precipi- 
tation of insoluble ferric hydrate. In 
a similar manner many chemical salts 
are obtained, also many principles of 
plants, concentrates, resinoids and 
other substances may be separated 
from their solution in various media. 

In industrial chemistry precipitation 
is extensively employed, both to free 
a liquid from any objectionable constit- 
uent ueld in solution and to obtain the 
precipitate disengaged from its solu- 
tion. Precipitation is also a very fre- 
quent process in analysis to determine 
the composition of solutions by chemi- 
cal reaction. 

Washing Precipitates. 

The object of washing fresh precipi- 
tates is to free them from soluble 
salts, or other substances with which 
they are associated, which are soluble 
in water. 

The usual manner of washing fresh 
precipitates, in a small way, is to pour 
them upon a wet muslin strainer and 
filter water through them until the sol- 
uble matter has been all washed out. 

This method is open to several ob- 
jections: 1st, exposure to the atmos- 
phere, which rapidly oxidizes many 
salts, especially the iron salts, render- 
ing them insoluble; 2d, waste, as con- 
siderable of the precipitate is washed 
away by this method; 3d, inconven- 
ience, as it requires the continued at- 
tention of the operator. 

Another method is to wash the pre- 
cipitate in a large jar or earthenware 
crock, by pouring upon it a quantity 
of water and stirring thoroughly, then 
allowing the precipitate to settle, draw- 
ing off the supernatant fluid with a 
siphon, pouring on more fresh water, 
stirring, allowing to settle, and thus 
continuing until the soluble matter is 
washed out; and then draining the pre- 
cipitate upon a muslin strainer. 

The best method, however, is to 
make the precipitate in a tall jar or 
crock, filled with water; then having 
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each end of a stick, insert it in the jar 
in such a manner that a stream of 
water passing through one rubber 
tube will reach to the bottom of the 
vessel, while the water at the top of 
the jar will be carried off by means of 
the other tube which acts as a siphon. 
The water to wash the precipitate can 
be supplied from a water pipe, or from 
a bucket set above the washing ap- 
paratus, into which the tube is in- 
serted as a siphon. The same result 
will be accomplished by running the 
tube, through which the water is sup- 
plied, to the bottom of the jar and al- 
lowing the water to overflow at the 
top. 

It will be seen that by this means 
the precipitate is continually washed, 
and that it is not exposed, or wasted, 
as only clear water is drawn off at 
the top of the jar, because the pre- 
cipitate has time to settle away from 
the surface of the water where the 
waste tube is attached. Precipitates 
are rapidly and thoroughly washed 
by this method. When the soluble 
substances have all been washed out 
the precipitate should be poured upon 
a muslin strainer to drain, the water 
may then be pressed out and the pre- 
cipitate dissolved or dried as required. 



of common salt), through pipes. The 
production of ice and cold by artificial 
refrigeration has become an important 
and useful industry in making ice and 
in cold storage plants, and in many 
manufacturing establishments where 
a low temperature is required. 



REFRIGERATION. 

The physical process of reducing 
the temperature of substances is called 
refrigeration. This is applied by var- 
ious means and for various purposes. 
It is extensively used to prevent or de- 
lay fermentation and decomposition, 
as in the manufacture of beer and 
wines, and in the preservation of meat 
and vegetables. In chemistry it is an 
important aid in the manufacture of 
many chemical products, and in phar- 
macy it is considerably used in mak- 
ing preparations, as suppositories and 
other preparations that require to be 
chilled during their manufacture. 

Refrigeration may be accomplished 
by means of ice contained in a refrig- 
erator, or by surrounding the substance 
to be chilled with ice or a refrigerat- 
ing mixture, or by means of refrigerat- 
ing machinery in which ammonia or 
other gas is liquified by pressure and 
then released in pipes or tubes, the exs 
pansion causing absorption of heat, or 
by circulation of cold brine, (solution 



SEPARATION. 

Separation is a term frequently used 
in chemistry and pharmacy to denote 
the parting of substances from each 
other. It occurs naturally in many 
substances; (as cream separates from 
milk), and by some act or process in 
others, as butter is separated from 
cream by agitation or churning. 

Separation is caused or induced in 
many of the common operations con- 
ducted in the industrial arts, in chem- 
istry and in pharmacy. Metals are 
separated from their ores by fusion or 
smelting, by amalgamation and by 
electrical action. Fixed oils are sep- 
arated from animal and vegetable sub- 
stances by pressure, and from some by 
tne aid of heat. Volatile oils are sep- 
arated from plants by distillation. Al* 
cohol and spirits are separated from 
fermented liquors by distillation, naph- 
tha and illuminating oils are separat- 
ed from petroleum by distillation, and 
paraffin is separated from the residue 
left after distilling by refrigeration 
and pressure. 

Insoluble substances are separated 
from liquids by filtration or precipita- 
tion, soluble principles and extractive 
matter from drugs by percolation. 
Oils, ethers and some other substan- 
ces separate from water or aqueous 
solutions with which they may be 
mixed by stratification, the lighter sub- 
stances floating to the top; in this 
manner, essential oils when distilled 
are separated from the distillate, and 
ether, which is used to wash aqueous 
solutions of opium in making deodor- 
ized tincture of opium, is separated 
from the purified solution. Chemical 
salts in solution may be separated 
from each other and recombined into 
different salts by mixing their solu- 
tions. In this process precipitation, 
which is the separation or subsidence 
of an insoluble salt formed by the com- 
bination, frequently occurs, and the 
precipitate may be separated by pour- 
ing off the supernatant fluid. Separa- 



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105 



tion often occurs in substances by 
change of temperature, — in a few by- 
heat, but more usually by cold. Crys- 
tallization is a separation of chemical 
substances from solution; absorption 
is a means of separating substances. 
Evaporation separates lighter from 
heavier liquids; and so throughout the 
entire list of operations employed in 
pharmacy, separation in some way re- 
sults. 



SOLUTION. 

Solution is the act or process of dis- 
solving gases, fluids or solids by mix- 
ing them with other fluids or solids 
which combine with them to produce 
a homogeneous substance. The most 
common form of solutions are those in 
which a gas or vapor is dissolved in a 
liquid as ammonia gas, or carbon di- 
oxide in water; or in which one liquid 
is dissolved in another, as an essential 
oil or ether in alcohol; or in which a 
soluble substance, as sugar or salt, is 
dissolved in water. But some solutions 
are made by the action of solids upon 
each other as, for example, when cam- 
phor and chloral hydrate or phenol 
are rubbed together, forming a liquid. 
Solutions may be called simple solu- 
tions, as when one substance dissolves 
in another without molecular change, 
or chemical solutions, as when sub- 
stances combine with each other in 
chemical union and molecular change 
occurs; there is nothing, however, in 
the resulting solution to show whether 
the solution is simple or chemical ex- 
cept that the union of the substances 
may produce evolution of gas, heat or 
contraction of volume, or that the odor 
or color may be changed when the sub- 
stances are mixed, showing chemical 
union or disassociation. The degree of 
temperature generally affects the solu- 
bility of substances, heat generally aid- 
ing solutions, while cold frequently 
precipitates or separates substances 
from their solutions. Some substances, 
however, are more soluble in a cold 
than in a warm solvent. The making of 
solutions of various kinds for various 
purposes is common in many of the in- 
dustrial arts and in the manufacture 
of chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the 



chemist must have most of the sub- 
stances which he combines in the 
form of solutions. In pharmacy many 
solutions are official and much of the 
medicine dispensed is in solution in 
some form. 

In making solutions no special ap- 
paratus is required except such as is 
ordinarily at hand in an apothecary 
shop. Some means of heating is fre- 
quently required to facilitate solution. 
Some substances are best reduced to 
powder before dissolving, while others 
dissolve best if left in crystalline form. 
Scale salts are best dissolved as they 
are, by gentle agitation in a shallow 
vessel so that they will not mass to- 
gether; heat is frequently applied — 
the water-bath being generally useful 
— but naked fire, stove or steam heat 
is often used. Solution is supposed to 
be caused by some form of molecular 
attraction, but this is not well under- 
stood. There are simple solvents 
which dissolve soluble substances with- 
out chemical change, and, when the so- 
lution is evaporated again to a solid, 
yield the same substance that was dis- 
solved, no molecular change having 
occurred. There are also other chem- 
ical solvents in which the substances 
dissolved are transformed by chemical 
union with the solvent, and which, 
when evaporated, yield solids differing 
from either the solvent or the sub- 
stance dissolved. 

A saturated solution is one in which 
the solvent has dissolved or taken up 
all the soluble substance which it is 
capable of holding at the temperature 
at which the solution occurs. A sat- 
urated solution is generally considered 
to be at the ordinary room tempera- 
ture; if a lower temperature occurs it 
deposits a part of its soluble constitu- 
ted, while at a higher temperature it 
would take up more. Thus it will be 
seen why some solutions appear cloudy 
in cold weather and bright when the 
temperature is increased. 

A supersaturated solution is one that 
contains more of the soluble substance 
in solution than will remain in solu- 
tion at normal temperature; or it may 
be a clear solution if at rest, but if 
disturbed will precipitate a portion of 
the soluble substance. 



ORGANIC 
MATERIA MEDICA 



Materia Medica is that branch of medical science that relates to 
substances employed as medicines, and Organic Materia Medica re- 
lates to vegetable and animal substances used as medicine ; their 
sources, properties, modes of preparation and administration, and 
their effects. 

In this section plant and animal substances used as medicine are 
briefly considered; with such information relative to their habitat, 
manner of growth, parts used, medicinal properties and action, forms 
of preparation, and dosage, as may be of general interest to physicians 
and pharmacists. 



Only a small number of the plants known to botanists are recognized in the 
Materia Medica; and it is probable that in the future this number will be 
greatly diminished. Many plants have been introduced into medicine that 
might well have been omitted and their places taken by the few that have 
been proven to be of value. A better knowledge of the few is more im- 
portant than the uncertain knowledge of many. It is probably true that 
certain plants represent certain values as alteratives, astringents, diuretics, 
laxatives, cathartics, soporifics, eliminatives, depurants, diaphoretics, nutritives, 
reconstructives etc., and are possessed, in a general way, of properties similar 
to other plants of proven value that have been longer known in medicine; 
but it is the provence of medical therapeutics to eliminate, _ as* much as pos- 
sible, those which are least efficient and study the properties and action of 
those which are fittest for the purposes desired. To do this, less attention 
must be paid to the heterogeneous collection of the Materia Medica and 
more concentrated upon such plants as have proven specifically valuable in 
medicine. 

While we' cannot ignore the claims made for many of the vegetable drugs 
used as medicine, we may, at least, select such as have shown superior virtues 
and trust future experience to develop the claims of others. 

It is the tendency of houses that manufacture medicines for the trade to 
exploit new drugs and forms of medicine and to introduce them in various 
ways to the notice of physicians and their customers. While this, in a way, 
is progressive, it often compels the dealer to put in a quantity of the med- 
icines that have been thus exploited, many of which remain on his hands as 
"dead stock" and are seldom, if ever, used. It is fortunate however, that 
manufacturers supply fluid extracts of most of the vegetable drugs in 4 
ounce bottles, and druggists may provide themselves with a small quantity 
of each of the little-used drugs to complete their stock at a moderate expense. 

To o-ive the history, the habitat, the botanical description, the medicinal 



Botany 107 

and .chemical properties and the medicinal uses of all the plants and animal 
substances which make up the Organic Materia Medica would require a large 
volume; and in this work only brief reference can be made to what is most 
important for the busy druggist or physician to know or refer to, for present 
information t.hat he may desire. 

For the better understanding of the classification and nomenclature of 
plants, the following brief article on Botany is appended : 



BOTANY 

EARLY HISTORY OF BOTANY. 

Although Theophrastus had written a Historia Plantarum about 320 B. C, 
the foundation of Botanical Science should be attributed to Aristotle about 
347 B. C, as, in connection with his admirable works on Zoology, he at the 
same time outlined the science of Botany. They divided all plants into trees, 
shrubs and herbs, regardless of their characteristics. Dioscorides, a cele- 
brated Greek physician and botanist who lived in the time of Nero, about 
60 A. D., left a treatise on the Materia Medica in five books. He noticed 
about 600 plants, but his descriptions are so vague and superficial that the 
identity of the plants mentioned is chiefly a matter of conjecture. 

After these writers came a long period of inactivity in Botanical research 
until, towards the close of the fitteenth century, several herbalists appeared 
who, following the precedent of the earlier writers, gradually introduced a 
system of similarity and grouping, which was the first concerted attempt 
towards a real botanical classification. 

The early Herbalists of the sixteenth century from Brunfels in 1530, 
Fuchs, Bock, Mattioli and others to Kasper Bauhin, 1632, regarded plants 
chiefly as the vehicles of medicinal virtues; to them, plants were the in- 
gredients in compound medicines and were therefore termed "Simplicia," 
simple constituents of medicine. Nevertheless, their descriptions and in- 
vestigations led up to a system of botanical classification from which has em- 
erged the science of Botany of the present day. 



CLASSIFICATION IN BOTANY. 

In Botany no system of classification was attempted until the sixteenth 
century, (1583) when Andrew Caesalpinus, of Florence, It., published his work 
"De Plantis," in which he arranged about fifteen hundred plants into 15 
classes, characterized chiefly by difference in fruitage. John Ray, of Essex, 
England, made the first step toward a natural classification of plants in his 
"Methodus Plantarum," published in .1682. Several other authors during the 
following century improved upon the systems then in vogue, but no great 
advance was made until Linne (Linnaeus), the Swedish naturalist, establish- 
ed the artificial system bearing his name, which was promulgated in his 
"Philosophia Botanica" (1751) and "Species Plantarum" (1752). This 

system consisted of twenty-four classes, and a variable number of orders, 
and was founded as to classes, mainly upon the; number and the dispositions 
of the stamens, and, as to orders, partly upon the number of styles and stig- 
mas. Because of these distinguishing features this is frequently called the 
"Sexual System." An author, writing on the work of Linnaeus, says : 
"Among the most important work which he rendered to Science, not the 
least was the introduction of a more clear and precise nomenclature." This 
in fact, is what still survives of the work of Linnaeus; for although his name 



108 Botany 

is. the most prominent among botanists of all ages, his system of classifica- 
tion was soon superseded by the "Natural System" which was introduced by 
n.ntonie Laurent de Jussieu, of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, and published 
in his work "Genera Plantarum" (1789). The system of classification which 
he introduced was somewhat modified by DeCandolle, and since his time 
his work has been variously modified by eminent botanists, as Lindley, 
Hooker, Bentham and others. In this country, Wood, Gray, and Maisch have 
published text books and have contributed largely to the science of systema- 
tic botany. 

Artificial System. 

The Artificial System formulated by Linnaeus, although a great improve- 
ment on the heterogeneous systems then in vogue, totally failed to show the 
true relationship and affinities of plants, by which they are naturally united and 
classed. This system, however, continued in use more than a century, until 
Jussieu introduced the Natural System, which has since, with some modifi- 
cations, been universally adopted. 

Natural System. 

The Natural system, which is now universally used, is very simple. Plants 
— which comprise all manner of vegetable growth, from lichens to the largest 
trees — are divided into two series or sub-kingdoms : 

Both series of plants are divided into a considerable number of orders and 
a great number of families and varieties which cannot be considered in the 
limits of this article. 

SERIES I. Phaenogamous or Flowering Plants. Including all manner of 
proper flowering plants, or those which fructify by means of stamens and 
pistils and produce true seeds. Plants producing real flowers and seeds. 

These are divided into two classes : 

Class I. Exogens or Outside Growers. Dicotyledonous Plants, distin- 
guished by having wood or woody matter growing in a circle between the 
pith and bark, and showing, in perennial plants, yearly layers of growth. 
These plants have net-veined leaves, and the parts of the flowers mostly in 
fours or fives and have two cotyledons or fleshy seed-lobes usually enclosing 
the germ from which the plant is produced. This class is divided into two 
sub-classes : 

1. Angiospermous Plants, having a pistil or pistils, and ovules enclosed in 
an ovary. This sub-class consists of (1) Polypetalous, (2) Monopetalous or 
Gamopetalous and (3) Apetalous plants. 

2. Gymnospermous Plants, without a proper pistil and with naked ovules 
on a scale or on the end of a short axis. (The Coniferse). 

Class II. Endogens or Inside Growers. Monocotyledonous Plants, distin- 
guished by having scattered internal woody structure in bundles or net-work, 
instead of layers, parallel-veined leaves, and parts of the flowers very gener- 
ally in threes; with seeds having only one cotyledon or seed-leaf, generally 
enclosing the germ from which the plant is produced. This class is divided 
into (1) Spadiceous, (2) Petaloideous, and (3) Glumaceous plants. 

SERIES II. Cryptogamous or Flowerless Plants. Including all those 
which fructify without true flowers, producing spores in place of seeds. 

These are divided into two classes, as follows: 

Class III. Acrogenous Plants or Acrogens. These are Cryptogamous 
plants with a distinct axis or stem growing from the apex, usually with dis- 
tinct leaves. They are divided into two sub-classes. 

1. Vascular Acrogens or Pteridophytes. Plants having stems containing 
both woody fiber and vessels and having sexual organs formed on a minute 
prothallus which is developed from the spore on germination. This sub- 
class includes the Horsetail rushes, the ferns, the club mosses and a few 
other orders. 



Botany 109 

2. Cellular Acrogens or Bryophytes. Plants having cellular tissue only, 
with sexual organs borne upon the plant itself. This sub-order includes the 
Hepaticae or liverworts, and the scale-mosses (Jungermanniaceae). 

Class IV. Thallogenous Plants or Thallogens, consisting of lichens, fungi 
and algae. 

Besides this general division of plants into SERIES and Classes corres- 
ponding to their_ very prominent characteristics they are also divided into 
Orders or Families in which are grouped such as have similar general res- 
emblances, that is such as have a relationship to each other in a general way, 
as the Compositae (Composite Family), the Labiatae (Mint Family), the 
Liliaceae (Lily Family) etc. The term "Order" was formerly applied to this 
classification, then it was changed in the U. S. P. to "Natural Order," and 
now in the 8th Revision it is changed to "Family," conforming with recent 
botanical authorities. 

The Orders are subdivided into Genera in which are grouped the species 
which closely correspond in certain forms and features which go to make up 
the genus, as distinguished from some other genus of the same order or family. 

Species are the kinds of plants that are grouped into a genus, and which may 
differ somewhat from each other but must all conform to the general character- 
istics of the genus. 

In pharmacy the name of the plant or part of the plant is first given either 
in Latin or English or other language, as "Anisum. Anise." "The ripe fruit of 
Pimpinella Anisum" (the species) "Linne" (the authority) "(Fam. Umbelli- 
ferae)" (the family or order). 

The part of the plant used is generally designated in the description, as the 
flowers, the leaves, the bark, the root-bark, the fruit, the seeds etc. 

In botanical classification the species is taken as the unit and the genus is 
built up from the several species, the same as a structure would be built up 
from ABC blocks, alike in most particulars but with distinguishing marks by 
which each one would be known from the others. The genus, made up of 
species, is grouped with other genera, having similar characteristics, into a 
Family or Order, corresponding generally with the parts of which it is com- 
posed. 

A genus may be represented by a single known species or by many, but all 
the species of a genus must conform to the type in every important particular. 
It is not, however, the provence of pharmacy to go into details of botanical 
structures, but to designate the medicinal properties and uses of drugs and 
devise such preparations as will be best suited to the purposes for which they 
are required. 

Nomenclature. 

The names of plants have been variously derived from the shape of their 
leaves, flowers, fruit, seeds or roots; as hepatica, (liver leaf); larkspur, shep- 
herd's purse, fox glove, dandelion (dent de lion), trumpet vine, colt's foot, 
etc., or from their odors or medicinal properties, or the names of gods or 
goddesses or of distinguished personages or the names of botanists, or of 
others who have discovered or described them or the locality in which they 
are found. The Latin names sometimes, but not necessarily, correspond with 
the common names. 

References. 

Reference is made in many text-books to botanical authorities who have 
described and classified plants. In some, as in the U. S. P., the name or 
names are given in full, at Linne, Bennett, DeCandolle, etc.; while in others, 
as in the Br. P., the names are abbreviated, as Linn., Mill. (Miller), DC. for 
DeCandolle, etc. 



110 



Vegetable Drugs 
VEGETABLE DRUGS. 



By far the greater part of substances* used in medicine are of vege- 
table origin. Nearly every plant that exists has at one time or another 
played its part in the history of pharmacy, and newly discovered ones 
with "wonderful virtues," are still being brought to light from "lands 
beyond the sea." 

But little attention is now given by pharmacists to gathering and 
curing drugs; that branch of the business, which was in former time 
an important part of the trade of the apothecary, being given over 
ot collectors and others who have better facilities for carrying it on. 

Vegetable substances are, or should be, gathered at the time when 
they contain the greatest amount of medicinal value, and are pre- 
pared for market in various ways, which depend largely upon the 
intelligence, experience and convenience of the collectors. 

A brief commercial classification of vegetable drugs, and the meth- 
ods employed for preparing them for the market may not be super- 
fluous. 



Balsams. — Many substances of quite 
different consistence and composition 
are classed as balsams. They are 
generally obtained by puncturing pus- 
tular cells in the bark, or by making 
cuts or incisions in the bark or wood 
of certain trees or plants. They are 
liquid, semi-solid or solid and are 
classified quite differently in com- 
merce and pharmacy — for example 
Canada Balsam or Balsam of Fir, 
commercially, is a liquid and is known 
in pharmacy as Canada Turpentine. 
Balsam Peru is a true balsam and is 
known as such both commercially 
and in pharmacy. Storax is a true 
balsam, having a semi-solid consis- 
tence, but it is not known as a bal- 
sam either commercially or in phar- 
macy. Balsam 01 Tolu is a solid or 
nearly solid balsam and is known by 
that name commercially and in phar- 
macy. Balsam Copaiba, which is a 
liquid oleo-resin, is known in pharm- 
acy simply as copaiba, while a variety 
derived from the East Indies is 
known as wood oil or Gurjun bal- 
sam. 

Barks.— Barks are gathered in the 
early spring just after the sap has 
started to flow. The bark may then 
be readily stripped from the branches 
trunk or root, and it contains as 



much or more medicinal value then as 
at any other season. The bark from 
twigs or small branches is easiest re- 
moved by heating them over a fire 
and then pounding them with a bil- 
let of wood. The trunk-bark of 
trees is generally removed in slabs or 
strips, the outer portion being shaved 
or hewed off and discarded, the inner 
bark only being used; the root-bark 
has usually to be shaved off. Barks 
are dried in the open air or by mod- 
erate heat in kilns, evaporators, or 
other heating apparatus, and come 
into the market in the form of quills, 
small slabs, strips, or broken into 
small pieces. They are then cut, 
crushed, ground, or powdered as de- 
sired for sale or use. 

Beans. — Under this commercial 
name several kinds of vegetable seeds 
or pods are supplied. The common 
bean grows several in a pod, and is 
too well known to require further de- 
scription. Tonka beans are the fruit 
of a large tree, a single seed. The 
Calabar bean is obtained from a 
climbing plant, two or three of them 
growing in a pod. The St. Ignatius 
bean grows on a tree, in a fruit re- 
sembling a pear, which contains about 
twenty of the beans (seeds) embed- 
ded in a dry, medullary matter. The 



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111 



Vanilla bean is a fleshy pod enclosing 
a great number of very small seeds. 

Berries. — Under the common name 
of berries are included many of the 
smaller fruits, like strawberry, rasp- 
berry etc.; the small fleshy fruits, like 
juniper, ash and laurel, and the dry, 
unripe berries, like cubeb, spice and 
pepper, The juices of some berries 
are used, while others are gathered 
and dried by suitable heating appara- 
tus, to prepare them for the market. 

Buds. — A few kinds of leaf-buds, 
like Balm of Gilead, are gathered, 
dried, and used in medicine; but the 
term is usually used in pharmacy to 
designate undeveloped flower-buds, of 
which cloves and cassia-buds are ex- 
amples. They are gathered in their 
proper season, and dried in the open 
air for the market. 

Capsules. — The seed vessels, made 
up of more than one carpel or divis- 
ion holding the seeds, as the carda- 
mom capsule or the poppy capsule. 
Capsules are gathered when the seeds 
are nearly ripe, and dried without ar- 
tificial heat. In some plants the seeds, 
only, are used in medicine, but the 
capsules containing the seeds are 
found in commerce. In others the 
capsule, only, is used as medicine. 

Flowers. — Flowers should be gath- 
ered in their early blossoming before 
they have passed into their prime; 
many, even, are best gathered when 
the buds are opening. They are us- 
ually gathered with as little of the 
stalk as possible, except in the case of 
plants and herbs, which are gathered 
entire at the season of flowering. 
Flowers should be dried with as little 
exposure as possible, and packed away 
in a dry cool place. 

Summit Flowers. — The flowers 
which grow in clusters, corymbs, or 
other forms at the top of small plants 
are known as summit flowers in for- 
eign pharmacy, but are designated in 
the U. S. and Br. pharmacopoeias as 
the flowering tops. They sometimes 
include leaves and small stems. 

Fruit. — Fruit is the botanical name 
for all kinds of vegetable-growth en- 
closing and including seeds; but dif- 
ferent kinds of fruit are classed and 
named according to their pecularities; 
as fleshy fruits, of which apples and 
berries are examples, and dry fruits, 
which include nuts, capsular and 



other dry fruits, seeds, etc. Fruits 
are generally gathered when the seeds 
are ripe, and are dried, preserved, or 
otherwise treated according to their 
nature and use. Fleshy and stone 
fruits should be dried in an" evapora- 
tor or other suitable drying appara- 
tus, while the dry fruits are either 
sufficiently dry when ripe or may be 
dried in the open air. Many of the 
fruits are classed commercially as 
berries, nuts, seeds, capsules, etc. 

Gums and Gum- Resins. — Among 
the natural vegetable substances 
which are collected and put upon the 
market, a certain class of gums and 
gum-resins may be included. They are 
exudations from plants, either from 
the stings of insects, or from incis- 
ions made for the purpose of collect- 
ing the gum or gum-resin. The col- 
lection of gums and their prepara- 
tion for the market forms a very 
large and important industry. 

Besides the gums and gum-resins, 
there are many substances known 
commercially as gums which are of an 
entirely different character — as opium, 
which is a concreted juice, and cate- 
chu, which is properly an extract. 

Herbs. — In pharmacy herbs are un- 
derstood to be the upper portion of 
small plants including the leaves, 
flowers and small stalks, — the 
larger roots and stalks being 
discarded. Commercially the smaller 
plants, which are gathered entire, are 
also classed with herbs. Herbs should 
generally be gathered when in bloom, 
carefully dried without artificial heat, 
and packed away in a cool, dry place. 

Leaves. — Leaves should be gathered 
when the plants or trees are at their 
fullest prime. With plants, this is 
generally a little before the flowering 
season; and with trees and shrubs, us- 
ually a little before the ripening of 
the fruit. Leaves should be dried 
without artifical heat and packed away 
in a cool, dry place. 

Nuts. — As generally understood, 
nuts are seeds of plants enclosed in a 
shell or cover. Most nuts also have 
an outer covering, fleshy or fibrous, 
from which they are freed before pre- 
paring them for the market. They 
are gathered when ripe and dried. 

Plants. — Plants, as the term is un- 
derstood botanically, include all veg- 
etable-growths, great or small; but in 



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Vegetable Drugs 



pharmacy the name is generally appli- 
ed to small plants that are gather- 
ed and used entire. They should be 
gathered about the season of flower- 
ing and dried without artificial heat. 

Roots. — Commercially considered, 
roots are the parts of plants which 
grow in the ground; in pharmacy, 
however, they are divided into sev- 
eral classes according to their nature 
— as root, rhizome, rootlets, bulb, 
cormus, tuber, etc., the latter not be- 
ing properly classed as roots. Roots 
should generally be gathered after 
the leaves are off the plants in the 
fall, or before they start in the spring. 
The bark, only, of many woody roots 
is used, while some are gathered en- 
tire, being cut, sliced, crushed or 
otherwise prepared for market. The 
rhizome is the main portion of the 
root or root-stick, to which the root- 
lets, if any, are attached. Of the 
roots which consist of rhizome and 
rootlets, some are used entire, while 
others, only rhizome or rootlets may 
be used. 

The bulb, cormus and tuber are 
classed with roots commercially, but 
are botanically dissimilar. Bulbs are 
usually sliced or dried; cormus and 
tuber may be sliced or dried whole. 

Seeds. — Many of the so called 
"seeds," as caraway, cardamom, cor- 
iander, fennel, etc., are classed in 
pharmacy as fruit. The botanical 
distinction being, that when two or 
more separate seeds are enclosed by 
a pericarp or envelope, the structure 



is called fruit, while the seed itself is 
a single ovule, containing the embryo 
and its nutriment. Seeds are gener- 
ally gathered when ripe and dried, if 
necessary, by natural heat, some of 
the fruits which are commercially 
classed as seeds require artificial heat. 

Twigs. — The tops of the branches 
of some shrubs and small trees are 
clipped off and known as twigs. Dul- 
camara and witch hazel twigs are ex- 
amples. 

Woods. — The greater part of the 
woods used in the drug business are 
employed as dyes. A few, however, 
as guaiac and quassia are used as med- 
icine. They are generally found in 
the market in chips or shavings, or 
ground to the proper fineness for 
use. 



Pharmaceutical and Chemical 
Products. 

The many products which are deriv- 
ed from vegetable substances may 
conveniently be classed as pharmaceu- 
tical and chemical. In the former 
class may be included such as are gen- 
erally prepared by pharmacists in 
their business, and in the latter, such 
as are usually prepared by the larger 
manufacturing chemists. Of the 
former class, fluidextracts. solid' ex- 
tracts, tinctures, spirits, syrups, etc., 
and of the latter, the alkaloids and 
their salts, vegetable acids, alcohol 
and distilled spirits, etc., may be men- 
tioned. 



ANIMAL DRUGS. 



But few animal substances, comparatively, are used in medicine, 
yet in the aggregate the drugs derived from the animal. kingdom form 
quite a percentage of the material employed as drugs. 

In the early days of medicine, animal substances were used to a 
great extent — the most ridiculous and foolish use being made of them 
— but, as the science of medicine has emerged from its early super- 
stitions, many of them have been dropped and now, only such as are 
of known value are retained. There have recently come into use, how- 
ever, a number of animal preparations which have been proven 
efficient, and are now considerably used as medicine. They are noted 
in the following pages. 



Animal Drugs 



113 



Albumen. Chiefly from eggs of 
the domestic fowl, Gallus Bankiva; 
also from the blood of animals. 

Adeps. Lard. From the internal 
fat of the abdomen of the hog, sus 
scrofa. 

Adeps Lanae. Wool-fat. From -the 
wool of sheep, Oris aries. 

Ambergris. A wax-like concretion 
formed in the intestines of the sperm 
whale. 

Apis. The Honey Bee. These in- 
sects produce honey and beeswax. A 
tincture is sometimes made by macer- 
ating the bodies of the insects in 
alcohol. 

Cantharides. Spanish Flies. Used 
in the form of powder or extract as 
a vesicant or counter-irritant. 

Coccus. The female cochineal in- 
sect gathered from a species of 
cactus, and used chiefly for dyeing 
or coloring. 

Castoreum. Castor. A secretion 
from the preputial glands of the 
beaver. The dried preputial follicles 
of the beaver, containing the pre- 
putial secretion. 

Cera. Wax. From the honey- 
comb of the bee. Apis mellinca. 

Cetaceum. Spermaceti. The con- 
crete fatty substance obtained from 
the head of the sperm whale, Phy- 
seter macrocephalus. 

Cornu Cervi. Deer's horn. This is 
prepared in various ways for med- 
icinal use. 

Fel Bovis. Oxgall. The bile ob- 
tained from the gall-bladder of the 
ox. Bos tarus. 

Gelatinum. Gelatin. Obtained 

from the skin tissue, ligaments and 
bones of animals by boiling them in 
water. 

Glandulae. Glands. Several glands 
obtained from animals are employed 
in medicine; either in the form of 
powder from the dried glands or ex- 
tracts, alkaloids or principles pre- 
pared from them. See Glandulae 
Suprarenalis, Glandulae Thyroidae etc. 

Glycerinum. Glycerin. A constit- 
uent of animal fats obtained by physi- 
cal or chemical decomposition. 

Hirudo. The Leech. An aquatic 
blood-sucking worm, that may be ap- 
plied to bruises to remove ex- 
travassated blood. 

Ichthyocolla. Isinglass. The 

swimming bladders of several species 
of fish. The Russian isinglass, from 



Acipenser Huso, a species of stur- 
geon, is the most valuable. Amer- 
ican isinglass from Gadus merluccius 
is most common. 

Lac. Milk. The secretion from the 
mammary glands of female mammals. 
The varieties used as medicine and 
food are from several species of 
Ruminantiae; the ass, the cow, the 
goat, the mare, and the sheep. The 
chief constituents of milk are butter- 
fat, casein and milk sugar. 

Lapis. Crab's Eye. Excretions in 
the intestines of the crawfish. 

Lymph. A colorless, transparent 
animal fluid, found in the various tis- 
sues and organs of the body, in 
which certain virus cultures may be 
propogated. 

Musk. A secretion found in the 
musk-bag of the male musk deer, 
Moschus moschiferus. 

Olea Animale. Animal Oils. Many 
kinds of fixed oils are obtained from 
animals, birds, fishes and reptiles. 
They are described under their appro- 
priate titles. 

Ossae. Bones. Bones are obtained 
from all kinds of animals, birds, fishes 
and reptiles. From bones are pre- 
pared animal charcoal, or bone-black, 
phosphorus, bone-oil etc. 

Pancreas. From the pancreatic 
glands pancreatin, which emulsifies 
fat. is obtained. 

Pepsin. From the mucuous mem- 
brane of the stomach, pepsin, which 
digests various albuminous foods, is 
obtained. 

Serums. An animal fluid found in 
the blood, in milk, and other fluids 
containing albumin. Blood serum is 
used as a culture medium for various 
antitoxins introduced into the circula- 
tion of animals. See Serum Anti- 
diphthericum etc. 

Sevum. Various kinds of suet or 
tallow are included under this head- 
ing. The natural abdominal adipose 
fat of animals, separated from mem- 
braneous tissue by rendering. 

Testa. The shells of oysters or 
clams, which may be prepared for use 
by burning and pulverizing. 



The fats and oils obtained from ani- 
mal tissues constitute the greater por- 
tion of animal-matter used in phar- 
macy as medicine. The bones of ani- 
mals are used in making phosphorus, 
the phosphates and animal charcoal 



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or bone-black. Horns, hoofs, blood, 
etc., are now employed in making am- 
monia and cyanogen products, and 
scraps of skin in making gelatin. 
Some expensive animal substances, 
such as musk and ambergris are used 
quite extensively in perfumery. Pep- 
sin, pancreatin, albumen, the meat ex- 
tracts, etc., are used internally. Can- 
tharides is mostly used externally, 
and many other animal substances 
have various uses in medicine and 
pharmacy. 



Pharmaceutical and Chemical 
Products. 

The pharmaceutical products pre- 
pared from animal substances are 
mainly the cerates, ointments and 
plasters, in which animal fats are used 
as bases. Several tinctures also are 
prepared from animal substances, such 
as cantharides, castor, musk etc. The 
chemical products consist mostly of a 
few alkaloids and their salts, and may 
include pepsin, pancreatin, etc., as 
they are not usually prepared except 
by manufacturing establishments. 



Besides the foregoing, a class of 
preparations derived from animal or- 
gans have recently been introduced 
as medicinal agents, some of them 
having met with a favorable recep- 
tion. 

Most of these substances are used 
in the form of powder or precipitates 
prepared from their solutions, or by 
drying the substances previously cut 
fine, or minced, and by reducing the 
dried product to a powder. Some of 
them are also furnished in a liquid 
form or extract. Liquor Thyroidei 
being official in the Br. P., 1898. 

Suprarenal extract has also been 
highly recommended and is now con- 
siderably used by the medical prac- 
titioners. Brain extract, spinal cord 
extract, spleen extract, pituitary-body 
extract, thymus extract, kidney ex- 
tract, bone marrow extract, and or- 
chitic extract (from testicles) have 
also been prepared, but are little used. 
It is possible that in the future some 
of them may meet with favor from 
the medical profession on the principle 
that "a part strengthens a part." 



ORGANIC MATERIA MEDICA. 



The following pages give brief description of most of the crude 
organic substances employed in medicine, together with their im- 
portant alkaloids and compounds generally known and recognized in 
pharmacy and medicine. For further special preparations, assays and 
comments see Part II. 

ABIES. Fir. Spruce. 

A genus of Conifers comprising species of Fir and Spruce (Fam. Conifers). 

The trees are evergreen and of the same family as pines, with which they 
were formerly classed by some botanical authors; but they differ from them 
sufficiently in fruit and foliage to be separately classified. The name "Fir"' was 
given originally by our Scandinavian forefathers to the Scotch pine, (Pinus 
Sylvestrus), and it is at present not infrequently employed as a general name 
for all of the true conifers (Abietinae), but the name in a more concise sense 
has been referred to the spruce and silver firs — the genera Abies and Picea of 
the modern botanists. The species are divided by botanists into Fir and Spruce; 
Linnaeus used the name Abies to designate the Spruce and Picea to designate 
the Firs, and some of the late writers follow this designation, but the ancients 
employed the terms just reversed and some of the later botanists follow them; 
this makes some confusion in the botanical classification, but it is only techni- 
cal, and in this work the generic name Abies will be used for all the species 
mentioned. 

Abies Balsamea. Fir Balsam. Silver Fir. Balm of Gilead Tree. (Pinus Bal- 
samea). — Canada and northern U. S. 



Organic Materia Medic a 115 

The chief commercial product of this tree is Fir Balsam or Canada Balsam. 
known in pharmacy as Terebinthina Canadensis or Canada Turpentine (which 
see). In the arts this is extensively used in making printing inks and in some 
kinds of varnish; it is also employed in mounting microscopic objects and bin- 
ocular glasses. In pharmacy it is an ingredient of balsams, balms, ointments, 
sticking salves, plasters etc. An oil of fir is distilled from the balsam, but is 
seldom used medicinally. From the cones, leaves and small branches of the 
tree an "Oil of Fir" is distilled by the steam process and is somewhat used 
in liniments and embrocations. 

Abies Canadensis. Hemlock. Hemlock Spruce. (Pinus Canadensis). — Can- 
ada and northern U. S. 

From the leaves and small branches of this tree "Oil of Hemlock,'' which 
is the chief pharmaceutical product, is distilled by the steam process (see 
Oleum Abies Canadensis," From the old trees or those which are about to 
decay a juice exudes which concretes by exposure to the atmosphere and 
forms a gum or pitch known as "Hemlock Gum" or Fix Canadensis (which 
see). The inner bark, in the form of powder is an ingredient of the old 
Thompsonian Composition Powder, formerly much used as a diaphoretic. A 
fluid extract is prepared from the inner bark and a proprietary remedy known 
as "Pinus Canadensis," both in dark and light color, it said to be made from 
the inner bark. In the industrial arts hemlock bark is much used for tanning 
leather. 

Abies Excelsa. Abies Communis. Norway Spruce. Spruce Fir.— Northern 
Asia and Europe; Southern Europe, mountainous districts. 

This tree is the principal source of the Burgundy Pitch of commerce, known 
in pharmacy as Pix Burgundica, (which see). This is prepared from the 
sap or juice which concretes when portions of the bark are removed or when 
incisions are made in the bark. The concretion or pitch forms in flakes. 
This is boiled in water, strained and collected from the surface, making ''Bur- 
gundy Pitch," used in sticking salves, plasters and ointments. It is also the 
chief ingredient in cheaper grades of sealing wax and grafting wax, and was 
formerly much used as chewing gum. 

Danzig-spruce is made by boiling the cones or buds of the Norway spruce 
in water, adding sugar and yeast and allowing the liquid to ferment. It is a 
popular native drink. 

Abies Menziesii. Menzies* Spruce. Balsam Pine. — Oregon and northern 
Pacific states. From this variety Oregon Fir Balsam is obtained. This is 
extensively used for making printing inks because it is cheaper than Canada 
fir balsam; it is also used in making some kinds of varnish and. sometimes, 
as a substitute for fir balsams in ointments and plasters, although it is in- 
ferior to it, but has a heavier body, greater consistency and solidifies much 
more readily. 

Abies Nigra. Black Spruce. Double Spruce. — Northern New York, New 
England, Nova Scotia and Canada. 

This tree is the source of Spruce Gum which exudes from the trunk and is 
gathered in pieces the size of chestnuts or a little larger. It was formerly 
much esteemed as a chewing gum and was in much demand before the intro- 
duction of Checle for that purpose. An extract or "Essence of Spruce" may 
be prepared from the young branches, by boiling them in water, which can 
be used for making Spruce Beer. "Oil of Spruce" is distilled from the leaves 
and small branches by the steam process. It consists chiefly of terpene. 

Abies Alba, the White Spruce, is extensively used for making paper pulp 
by the "sulphite" process. 

Abies Picea, Abies Pectinata. European Silver Fir (Pinus Picea). — Switzer- 
land and Germany, mountains. 

This variety produces Strasburg Turpentine, which resembles Canada Tur- 
pentine and is used for similar purposes chiefly in Europe. An oil is distilled 
from the cones of this variety which is known as "Essence de Templine." 

The foregoing are all the varieties of Abies which furnish products used to 
any extent in medicine, but several other varieties yield similar products 
which are somewhat employed. A. Frazeri of the southern U. S. 



116 Organic Materia Medica 

yields a balsam similar to Canada Turpentine; A. Douglasii, of the Rocky 
Mountains yields a balsam similar to Oregon Balsam etc. 

ABRUS PRECATORIUS. Jequirity. 

The roots and seeds or beans of Abrus Precatorius (Fam. Leguminosae). 

The seeds or beans, which are the medicinal part, are used in India as a 
standard weight, and, when properly prepared, as a poison for criminals. 
They contain an active irritant ferment which, when applied to the eye pro- 
duces artificial conjunctivitis. They are usually brilliant scarlet in color 
with a black spot at one end, roundish or oval, about ^ mcn long. From 
their shape and shiny appearance they are used for necklaces or rosaries 
(prayer-beads) from which their Latin name is derived. 

Infusion of Jequirity may be prepared by pouring half an ounce of hot 
water on three beans, crushed or powdered, and, after standing a few hours, 
pouring off the liquid and adding enough hot water to make one ounce when 
the two liquids are filtered. The infusions should be freshly prepared when 
wanted for use. 

Decoction of the seeds known in some parts of Europe as "Jaqueriti" pro- 
duces a purulent inflammation of the healthy conjunctiva, and it is precisely 
this counter-irritant effect which makes it useful in chronic granular con- 
junctivitis. 

Abric Acid — G2H24N3O — has also been found in jequirity but has not, as yet, 
been employed medicinally. 

Abrin, (also written Abrine). A proteid obtained from the seeds of Abrus 
precatorius by precipitating a concentrated aqueous extract with alum. It is 
a brownish-yellow powder, soluble in water or solution of sodium chloride. 
It is believed to consist of two proteids, paraglobulin and a-phytalbumose, 
which closely resemble snake venom in their action and properties, except 
that in snake venom these properties are rendered inert by a temperature 
somewhat below that of boiling water. Abrin is a remarkably potent poison, 
V100 of a grain being a fatal dose for an adult. Great care must be used in 
handling it. Its uses in solution are similar to fluid jequirity. 1:500,000 is 
used instead of infusion of jequirity. 

Jequiritin. The inorganic ferment obtained by the maceration of jequirity 
seeds in water, and which produces inflammation of healthy conjunctiva, has 
been discovered by Bruylans and Venneman and named "Jequiritin." It 
is the same as "Abrin," except that Abrin is the isolated principle. It is 
employed in solution 1 : 500,000. 

Jequiritol. This is the trade name of a standardized, sterilized preparation 
of jequirity seeds introduced by Prof. Roemer for use in place of jequirity 
infusion. It contains 50 percent, of glycerin, which acts as a preservative. It 
is furnished in four grades of strength, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4. 

Jequiritol Serum. This is an antitoxin intended to arrest the action of 
jequiritol, and is used only for this purpose. It is prepared in accordance 
with the principles formulated by Behring. 

ABSINTHUM. Wormwood. 

The leaves and the flowering tops of common wormwood) Artemisia Absin- 
thium, Linne (Fam. Composite); obtained in the northern hemisphere, chiefly 
cultivated. 

It was formerly official in the U. S., but was dismissed from the 8th revision. 
It is now official in all pharmacopoeias except the Br., Jap. and U. S. 

The leaves and flowering tops designated "Herba Absinthii," are generally 
official and should be used unless otherwise specified, when absinthium or 
wormwood are directed. 

Absinthium is an aromatic, bitter, tonic, stomachic, anthelmintic; also used 
externally for fomentations etc. An important ingredient in the spiritous 
liquor Absinth, and the vinous liquor Vermouth and other cordials. 

Absinthium Ponticum. Roman Wormwood. The leaves and flowering tops 
of Artemisia pontica, Linne (Fam. Composite). Middle Europe. Smaller, 



Organic Materia Medica 117 

but having a stronger and more agreeable odor than common wormwood. Its 
properties and uses are similar and it is considerably employed in Europe in 
making absinth, compound bitters and cordials. 

Absinth. An aromatic spirit or liquor much used as a beverage. It derives 
its name from Absinthe, Fr., one of the ingredients of which it is composed. 

Absinthic Acid. Considered identical with succinic acid; not employed in 
medicine. 

Absinthin (Absinthine, Fr., Absintina, Mex.)— QoHseOs+HaO.— The bitter 
principle of wormwood. It may be obtained as a yellowish powder by precip- 
itating a hot infusion of the plant with tannin, washing the precipitate with a 
little cold water, dissolving it in alcohol, mixing the solution with lead oxide, 
drying it by evaporation, treating the dry residue with alcohol, filtering 
through animal charcoal and evaporating the filtered liquid by water-bath to 
dryness. If white crystals are required (Duquesnal), dissolve the foregoing 
with ether, filter again through animal charcoal and allow to evaporate spon- 
taneously and crystallize from the etherial solution. 

Absinthin is useful in doses of 0.10-0.20 gm. (\y 2 to 3 grains) at each meal as 
a digestive tonic. In larger doses it is a narcotic poison, increasing the action 
of the heart and causing tremor and 'eliptiform convulsions. 

Absinthol — GoHioO — The chief constituent and essential of wormwood oil; 
isomeric with camphor. It is associated in wormwood oil with about 2% of 
terpenes and a small proportion of blue oils. 

Sal Absinthii — Salt of Wormwood (Sel d'absinthe, Absinthate de Potass, 
Fr.). — This salt, which was official in the old pharmacopoeias, is prepared by 
leaching the ashes of wormwood and evaporating the lye to a dry powder, in 
the same manner as employed for making crude potash from wood ashes. 
It consists mainly of impure potassium carbonate and when directed, potas- 
sium carbonate may be used. 

ACACIA. U. S. Acacia. Gum Arabic. 
Acaciae Gummi. Br. Gum Acacia. 

"A gummy exudation from Acacia Senegal, Willdenow; and other species of 
Acacia (Fam. Leguminos;e)."<U. S. , „..„, 

"A gummy exudation from the stem and branches of Acacia Senegal W Hid.; 
and of other species of Acacia."<Br. 

The acacias which produce gum are all thorny or prickly trees or shrubs 
growing on dry, sandy soil. The gum gathers beneath the bark through the 
fissures in which it exudes and hardens on exposure to the atmosphere. It is 
o-athered by natives and taken to various shipping ports from which varieties 
derive their names, as Turkey gum, Barbary gum, Senegal gum India gum; or 
names of ports in those countries from whence it is shipped. When it arrives 
at the distributing market it is "sorted" according to the size and color of the 
lumps and is known as select, 1st, 2nd, 3d etc., and ' sorts 

Gum Arabic may be had in the market as above described or in granulated 
or powdered form. The granulated is more readily soluble than either the 
lumps or powder and is, therefore, more convenient for preparing mucilage or 
svrup while the finely powdered gum is best for making emulsions, and as 
an ingredient in pills, powders, confections, troches, mixtures etc. 

The true acacia gum, mentioned in ancient pharmacy as Turkish gum or 
Gum Gedda, is now replaced by Gum Senegal. . . ' 

Acacia dissolves slowly in abou-t twice its weight of water, but is insoluble 
in alcohol, ether or benzene. _ . 

The only official preparations of acacia are Mucilago Acacia? and Syrupus 
Acacia?, but is is employed in many other preparations as noted above. It is 
given medicinally as a demulcent ad. lib. 

Arabin (Arabic Acid). W r hen gum arable is dissolved in water, and is then 
acidulated with hydrochloric acid, a precipitate forms called arabin. This is 
an acid-calcium salt also containing magnesium and potassium arabates, 
it o-i V es a brown coloration in presence of hydrogen peroxide. 

Arabic acid swells in water, when pure, but does not dissolve until an 



118 Organic Materia Medic a 

alkali is added. It is converted into sugar and galactose on boiling with 
dilute acids. 

Arabinose (Arabin Sugar). This is the same nature as glucose prepared 
from starch and is produced by boiling gum arabic for a long time in diluted 
sulphuric acid. 

ACACIA CORTEX. Acacia Bark. Babul Bark. 

The bark of Acacia Arabica, Willd. (Fam. Leguminos;e) ; or of A. decurrens, 
collected from wild or cultivated trees not less than seven years old, then 
dried and kept for at least a year before use. 

Acacia bark is official in the Ind. and Col. Addendum. Its uses are similar 
to oak bark. It is usually administered in the form of decoction 1 : 10, as an 
astringent. The bark contains a large percentage of tannin — as high as 22 
percent. 

ACALYPHA. Acalypha. 

An herb, "Acalypha indica," Linne (Fam. Euphorbiace?e), indigenous to 
the hotter parts of India. It is official in the Ind. and Col. Addendum, and 
has properties similar to senega. The chief preparations of the drug are 
"Succus Scoparii" and "Extractum Acalyphse Liquidum'' (1 to 1), prepared 
in the same manner as the Liquid Extracts of the Br. P. with 90% alcohol. It 
has expectorant, emetic and laxative properties. 

Acalyphine. An alkaloid obtained from Acalypha. 

ACANTHEA. Acanthea Viridis. Moyrapuama. 

A plant, native of South America, which is employed as a general excitant 
of the nervous system. A fluid extract representing the medicinal activity of 
the plant is prepared. The dose of the fluid extract is from 10 to 20 minims 
two or three times a day. 

ACHILLEA. Yarrow, (Milfoil). 

This plant was formerly official in the U. S., but has been dismissed. A fluid 
extract is prepared and an essential oil is distilled from the plant by steam. 

It is an aromatic stimulant, having considerable reputation as a domestic 
remedy for female disorders, and for piles etc. 

The following principles have been obtained from it : 

Achilleic Acid, claimed to be identical with aconitic acid. 

Achillein, the active principle of the plant. It is obtained as a brownish 
red mass, soluble in water and alcohol, and has a very bitter taste. Zannon 
gives its formula as CaoNssNaOic. The dose is ]/ 2 to 1 gm. (S to 15 grains). 

ACONITUM. U. S., Br. Aconite. 

"The dried tuberous root of Aconitum Napellus, Linne (Fam. Ranuncul- 
acese), collected in autumn; yielding, when assayed by the process given, not 
less than 0.5 percent, of aconitine."<U. S. 

"The root of Aconitum Napellus, Linn; collected in autumn from plants cul- 
tivated in Britain and dried. "<Br. 

In pharmacy the fresh leaves and flowering tops of the plant are used in 
several pharmacopoeia preparations, and the dry leaves in others; also the 
root or tuber, which should be collected in winter or early spring before 
the leaves have appeared. The German aconite root is most commonly 
found in the market. Although several varieties of aconite have been official 
in the various pharmacopoeias at various times, Aconitum Napellus is now 
generally used. The entire plant is acrid and poisonous and when administered 
in any form produces a tingling and numbness of the throat and muscles, 
with a reduced frequency and force of pulse and respiration. 

The average dose of the powdered drug is 0.065 gm. — 65 milligrammes (1 
grain). 

A fluid extract and tincture of aconite are official in the U. S. P., tincture and 
liniment of aconite in the Br. P., and the alkaloid aconitine in both. 



Organic Materia Medica 119 

Aconitine, C^H^NOn, an alkaloid from aconite, is official in the U. S. P., 
the average dose of this alkaloid is 0.00015 gin. = 0.15 milligrammes, Vm 
grain. 

ACTiEA. 

A number of plants, bearing the botanical name Actaea, are used in medicine. 
They are generally known in pharmacy by other names as: 

Actaea alba. White cohosh. 

Actaea racemosa. Black cohosh, cimicifuga. 

Actaea rubra. Red cohosh. 

Actaea spicata. Baneberry, Christopher root. This is a European variety 
quite similar to the American cimicifuga or black cohosh. It is an active 
emetic and purgative; its medicinal propertes beng similar to the American 
white and red cohosh. Dose 5 to 20 grains. 

ADANSONIA DIGITATA. Baobab. 

The dried bark of a tropical African tree, naturalized in the West Indies.. 

This tree is of immense size, the bark is from the smaller limbs or twigs, 
and is tonic and stimulant, increasing the appetite. A fluid extract is prepared. 

The fruit of this tree is known as "Monkey bread," or cream of tartar 
fruit. It is a pleasant, acid fruit having a slightly laxative action. 

ADEPS. U. S., Br. Lard. 

"The prepared internal fat of the abdomen of the hog (Sus scrofa, var. 
domesticus; Gray); purified by washing, melting and straining. It should be 
kept in well-closed vessels impervious to fat, and in a cool place. "<U. S. 

"The purified fat of the hog, Sus scrofa. Linn."<Br. 

The title Adeps Praeparatus, Prepared Lard ? has formerly been official in 
the Br. P., but is changed in the last revision to Adeps, Lard. 

The name lard is applied commercially to the rendered fat of the hog, but in 
pharmacy the term is intended to apply only to lard purified by washing with 
water, melting and straining. The process is described in Part II. 

Adeps Benzoinatus. U. S. Adeps Benzoatus. Br., come properly under the 
head of preparations, and will be found in Part II. 

Adeps Lanae and Adeps Lanae Hydrosus, being more properly preparations, 
are included in Part II. 

ADHATODA. Adhatoda. 

The fresh dried leaves of Adhatoda Vasica, from a small tree growing 
in India. It is official in the Indian and*Colonial Addendum, the chief prepar- 
ation being Succus Adhatodae, made from the bruised fresh leaves, and Ex- 
tractum Adhatodae Liquidum (1 to 1), and Tinctura /\dhatodas (1 to 8), made 
from the dried leaves. It seems to possess properties similar to tobacco. 

Vasicine. This is an alkaloid prepared from adhatoda, and possessing its 
medicinal properties. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

ADIANTUM. Maiden Hair. 

The fronds of Adiantum pedatum, of North America, or Adiantum capillas 
veneris of southern Europe; commonly known as maiden hair. Both var- 
ieties have a sweetly astringent bitter taste and are used in medicine as a 
mucilaginous expectorant and pectoral for coughs and catarrhs. A fluid 
extract is prepared: dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims), also a syrup, 1:10, 
dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

ADONIS VERNALIS. 

This plant is found throughout the northern portions of Europe and Asia 
where it has long been used as an abortificant; and it has recently been intro- 
duced as a cardiac stimulant, being more prompt than digitalis, and without 
its cumulative effect. The whole herb is employed in medicine. It contains 



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a considerable percentage of aconitic acid, besides the following substances 
which are peculiar to it. 

Adonite. A crystalline body to which this name has been given, has 
been extracted from Adonis vernalis. It is soluble in water, and has at first 
a sweetish taste, which rapidly disappears, leaving a dull sensation on the 
tongue. It crystallizes from water in very fine, long, transparent prisms, and 
from hot alcohol in short white needles. It is insoluble in ether and petro- 
leum. It melts at 102°C, contains no water of crystallization, and does not 
reduce Fehling's solution. It is optically inactive, and possesses the formula, 
C2H12O5 or a multiple thereof. 

Adonidin. A glucoside obtained from Adonis vernalis. Dose, % to 14 
grain, every two hours. This is a cardiac remedy similar in its effects to 
digitalin and strophanthin. 

Adonidin Tannate. A brownish-yellow powder, prepared by precipitating a 
solution of adonin with a solution of tannic acid. 

A fluid extract of the herb is prepared with alcohol, dose 1 to 2 minims, 

ADRENAL OR SUPRARENAL GLAND. 

A number of preparations bearing names indicating the suprarenal gland as 
their source are found in the market. They are noticed under the title 
Glandulae Suprarenales Siccae, in Part II. 

ADRUE. Adrue Rhizoma. 

The rhizome of Cyperus articulatus, (Fam. Coniferae). It is carminative 
and astringent; recommended for checking nausea of pregnancy or indiges- 
tion. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

^SCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM. Horse Chestnut. 

The Horse Chestnut is a native of Asia, but is extensively cultivated as an 
ornamental tree in the U. S. The Ohio Buckeye — /Esculus Glabra, and the 
Red Buckeye — yEsculus Pavia, of the southern U. S., are similar. 

The leaves, bark and fruit are used in medicine. An infusion of the leaves 
is employed for whooping cough, from the bark an extract and a fluid extract 
are made, an extract of the wood is also used for dyeing. A fixed oil is ex- 
tracted from the seeds by pressure, and is said to be a valuable application 
for rheumatism or gouty enlargements of joints. The seeds or "nuts" are 
also carried in the pocket as a cure or, preventative for rheumatism and piles. 

JEsculin. — Esculin. A shining white crystalline glucoside obtained from 
the horse chestnut. /Esculus Hippocastanum. Its formula is given by Shiff 
as C15H20O9. By treating it with sulphurous acid Esculetin, C9HUO4, is ob- 
tained. Esculin is given for malaria in doses of 15 grains. 
"A fluid extract of the bark of /Esculus glabra, the Ohio Buckeye, is pre- 
pared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Asco Quinine. A combination of sesculin with quinine, recommended for 
neuralgia, sick-headache, rheumatism, etc. It is usually given in cachets of 1 
to 3 grains, several times a day. 

Argyrine. A trade name for an alkaloid obtained from horse chestnut. 
Used internally for hemorrhoids etc. Dose Ye to % grain. 

AGARICUS ALBUS. White Agaric. Boletus Laricis. 

This fungus is found on the old trunks of the European larch in Europe and 
on another variety of larch in Siberia. It is hoof-shaped, without a stalk, 
and as it is found on the market, is deprived of its outer rind, leaving a sponge- 
like interior which is used as medicine. 

This substance, which was formerly much used under the name of white 
agaric and boletus, has again been revived as a purgative and bitter stomachic, 
and to control the night sweats of phthisis. It is used in making proprietary 
bitters, and sometimes prescribed in powder, or in the form of tincttu-re. 



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Agaracin. This is an extract precipitated from an alcoholic tincture of 
agaric, the dose being 1 to 3 grains. 

Agaracine or Agaric Acid is a white silky powder and is considered the 
most uniform and valuable of the preparations of agaric. It is also called 
Laricic Acid. It is slightly soluble in cold water, but with hot water makes 
a turbid, strongly foaming liquid. In alcohol it dissolves in 10 parts boiling, 
or 130 cold. It is best administered in the form of pills or mixed with 
Dover's powder. In Bellevue Hospital a favorite form is agaricine 10 grains, 
atropine sulphate 1 grain, aromatic sulphuric acid 1200 minims. Dissolve and 
filter. Dose, 10 minims in elixir or syrup. 

A fluid extract of the fungus is prepared with alcohol, dose ^ to 1 Cc. 
(5 to 15 minims). 

AGARICUS CHIRURGORUM. Surgeon's Agaric. 

The best Agaric for surgeon's use is obtained from beech trees in northern 
Europe. The interior of the fungus is soaked in hot, weak lye and then boiled 
and finally beaten with mallets when it becomes soft and pliable and is suited 
for use of surgeons and dentists. It comes in flat, soft, pliable pieces and 
consists almost entirely of cellulose. Surgeons use it for absorbing blood 
and matter and dentists for absorbing moisture in filling teeth. 

AGAR-AGAR. 

This is a thin, elastic substance resembling gelatine, obtained from sea algae, 
found in Eastern Asia and used for the culture of bacteria. The Japanese 
variety, which is chiefly found in the market, is in flimsy, square sticks, 20 to 
30 Cm. long and about 3 Cm. broad. Some varieties are in much larger pieces. 
This is made into a jelly by boiling with about 200 parts of water and allow- 
ing to cool, when it becomes a gelatinous, slippery mass, without taste or odor. 
When smeared upon glass plates it forms a favorite field for the culture of 
bacteria. 

Until recently agar-agar has been chiefly used as a culture medium for 
bacteria, but recently it has come, into used medicinally. It consists chiefly of 
gelose which forms in presence of water an undigestible jelly, therefore 
when in the digestive tract it increases the volume of the faeces, thus en- 
forcing evacuation and relieving constipation. Fof this purpose ^ to J^ ounce 
of the coarsely comminuted substance should be incorporated with the food 
taken at a meal. It acts also as a demulcent. 

Agaroma, an agar-agar preparation, has been introduced as a laxative in 
atonic constipation. 

Agarase. Tablets claimed to consist of agar-agar and Bulgarian lactic acid 
bacilli culture. Used in gastro-intestinal disturbances caused by bacteria. 

AGAVE. American Aloe. 

The century plant or Maguey which grows in Mexico is similar in some res- 
pects to the Aloe plant native of Africa. When the leaves are cut or tapped 
a juice exudes freely which, when fermented, produces an acidulous, slightly 
laxative beverage, with about the same percentage of alcohol as beer, called 
Pulque. This is the native Mexican drink, well suited to the climate of that 
country. It is diuretic, slightly laxative and emmenagogue, and has anti- 
scrofulous properties. 

AGRIMONIA. Agrimony. 

The plant. Agrimonia Eupatoria. Native of Europe and North America; 
called cockleburr and stickwort, (Fam. Rosaceae). Astringent and tonic. It 
is useful in catarrh and chronic diarrhoea, also in sore throat and ulceration 
of the mucous membrane. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to S Cc. ( l / 2 to 2 fl. drachms). 

AILANTHUS GLANDULOSA. Tree of Heaven. Chinese Sumach. 

The bark of this tree is considerably used throughout India and China, 
where it is common, as an antispasmodic, astringent and anthelmintic. It 



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is reputed to be a specific for tape-worm. This is also cultivated as an 
ornamental tree in this country. The bark contains tannin and a peculiar vol- 
atile oil, in which its medicinal properties reside: it is a powerful nerve de- 
pressent, purgative and anti-neurotic, used in palpitation of the heart, obstin- 
ate hiccough, spasmodic asthma etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared with 2 / 3 alcohol, dose 0.5 to 2 Cc. (8 to 30 
minims), larger doses for tape-worm. 

ALBUMEN. 

The most common and familiar form of -Albumen is the white of egg 
(Albumen Ovi), which is freshly obtained from hen's eggs, or may be had 
in the market dried in scales or granulated. Another variety is obtained from 
blood and other animal fluids, and still another is found in the juices and 
seeds of plants. 

White of Egg is the only form of albumen used in pharmacy. It is also 
considerably used in the arts for various purposes, as calico printing, making 
photographic paper etc. In pharmaceutical preparations the natural white 
of egg, which contains about 12y 2 percent, of albumen, is generally used, 
but dried-egg albumen is sometimes employed. 

The chemical composition of albumen has not yet been definitely ascer- 
tained. It is the Sphinx of the chemist, and its formula is still written with 
an interrogation point (?).. It has been found however, to contain sodium, 
sulphur, nitrogen, hydrogen and (white of egg) about 85 percent, of water. 
Gerhard has given its approximate formula as : 

HNaC^HnoN,^, H 2 0. 

Albumen is but little used in medicinal preparations, but might be more 
frequently employed to advantage. It forms insoluble compounds with salts 
of mercury, lead and copper, and some other poisonous substances, and is 
therefore given in large doses in cases of poisoning by these substances. It 
forms insoluble compounds with tannin and other vegetable astringents, and 
may be employed with advantage to detannate preparations which it is desir- 
able to combine with iron etc., as Elixir of Calisaya etc. It is a valuable 
nutritive, and is given combined with iron, soda and glycerin in the form of 
a syrup. (See Syrup Iron Albuminate). Its property of coagulating by heat 
or of precipitating by acids makes it useful for clarifying liquids, wines, 
syrups, etc. It is used externally in some toilet preparations and liniments, 
and in many forms combined with wines, cordials etc., as a nutritive drink 
for invalids. 

The combinations of albumen with medicines are frequently called nitro- 
genized medicines; also protein or proteoid compounds. 

Albumen Ovi Siccum. Dried Egg Albumen. This is official in several of 
the European pharmacopoeias, and is a well known article of commerce, being 
extensively used in mixing dyes for calico printing and for other industrial 
purposes. It is prepared by drying the white of egg, contained in shallow 
vessels, in an air chamber at a low degree of heat. When dried the scale 
is broken up or powdered. It is used in pharmacy for making iron albumin- 
ate and some other preparations. 

Albumenoids are substances resembling albumen in their general character 
and composition. Fibrin is the chief constituent of muscular tissue and is 
found in solution in the blood. Casein is a constituent of milk, and Legumin 
(called vegetable Casein) of leguminous seeds, beans, peas, almonds etc. 

Albuminates are chemical compounds, either soluble or insoluble, of albumen 
with other substances. The compounds and mixtures generally used will be 
found under other headings. Glycerites, Syrups, Solutions etc. 

ALETRIS. Stargrass. Colic Root. Unicorn Root. 

The dried rhizome of Aletris farinosa (Fam. H.-emodoracere ). 

This drug, which is indigenous to the northern U. S.. has been extensively 
used as an ingredient of remedies for female troubles. It is a bitter tonic, 
diuretic, purgative and stomachic, seeming to furnish the proper qualities 



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to recommend its use as a general remedy for female complaints. A fluid 
extract is prepared; dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 minims); a solid extract is 
prepared for incorporating into pills; dose x / 2 to 1 grain: and a cordial in 
which it is combined with uterine tonics has been very popular. 
Aletrin. A resinous concentrate from aletris, dose 1 to 5 grains. 

ALLIUM. Garlic. 

"The bulb of Allium Sativum, Linne (Fara. Liliace3e)."<U. S., 1890. 

This was official in the 7th revision of the U. S. P. but was dismissed in the 
Sth. It is official in many of the foreign pharmacopoeias. 

Garlic is a bulbous plant related to the leek and onion, and having a similar 
but much stronger, taste and odor. The bulbs are gathered with a portion of 
their covering husks, and as seen in the market the husks are braided 
together with the bulbs, making a thick short rope, from which the bulbs 
are detached as wanted. The bulbs have been used for ages as a condiment 
and medicinally as a mild stimulant for the stomach and as an addition to 
expectorants. 

The plant yields by distillation an essential oil consisting of allyl sulphide. 
(CsHs^S. having the same radical as volatile oil of mustard. 

Syrup of garlic was official in the <th revision of the U. S. P.. but was dis- 
missed from the Sth. 

ALISMA. Water Plantain. 

The leaves and rhizome of Alisma plantago. (Fam. Alismacere). Native of 
Europe and North America. This plant was at one time highly recommended 
under the name of Mad-dog-weed for the cure of hydrophobia. The bruised 
plant was applied to the bitten part. It may be used in this manner for the 
bites of animals or stings of insects, and as a remedy for wounds or swell- 
ings. Preparations of this plant are also valuable in the treatment of epilepsy 
and chorea. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 minims). 

ALNUS. Alder. 

The bark of several species of alder is used in medicine. In this country 
Alnus Rubra, Tag Alder, is generally used. It is common in the middle 
and eastern U. S. Its properties are chiefly astringent and alterative, and it 
is used in scrofulous diseases, syphilis etc., and as a general blood purifier. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

The alder bark, native of Europe and northern Asia (Alnus Glutinese), is 
a tree about thirty feet high, quite different from the American alder. Its 
properties being much more astringent. 

Alnuin. A concentrate from the bark of Alnus Rubra, representing its 
medicinal properties. Dose 1 to 8 grains. 

ALOES. U. S. Aloes. 

"The inspissated juice of the leaves of Aloe vera (Linne), Webb; Aloe 
Chinensis, Baker; Aloe Perryi. Baker; or other species of Aloe (Fam. 
Liliaceae)."<U. S. 

Aloes Barbadensis. Br. Barbados Aloes. — "The juice that flows from the 
transversely cut leaves of Aloe vera. Linn; Aloe chinensis, Bak. ; and probably 
other species, evaporated to dryness. Imported from the West Indian Islands, 
and known in commerce as Barbados and Curacao aloes. "<Br. 

Aloe Socotrina. Br. Socotrine Aloes. — "The juice that flows from the 
transversely cut leaves of Aloe Perryi. Baker; and probably other species of 
Aloe, evaporated to dryness. Imported principally by way of Bombay, and 
known in commerce as Socotrine and Zanzibar aloes. "<Br. 

As found in the market aloes consist of the inspissated juice of the leaves 
of several varieties of Aloe found in the West Indies and Africa. 

The U. S. and Br. recognize both Barbados and Socotrine aloes, while the 
P. G. and some other pharmacopoeias name Cape aloes, which includes several 



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different species native of the Cape of Good Hope. The various species are all 
more or less used in pharmacy, the Barbados and Socotrine being chiefly 
employed for man and the Cape aloes for horses and cattle. 

The fleshy leaves of the aloe are cut off near their base and their juice al- 
lowed to drain into troughs or vessels. The collected juice is then evapor- 
ated to the consistence of an extract and run into boxes, kegs or gourds, in 
which shape it is brought to the market. 

Aloes is a well-known and much used purgative, being familiarly known in 
the household as "Picra." It is the active ingredient in most patent and 
cathartic pills. In small doses, 1 to 2 grains, it is a tonic stomachic, and is the 
chief ingredient of several "bitters" which have been extensively sold. The 
laxative dose is 2 to 4 grains, and the dose as an active purgative is 10 to 13 
grains. 

Various preparations of aloes will be found in Part II. under their proper 
headings, as extracts, pills, powders, tinctures, wines etc. 

Aloin. A neutral principle obtained from aloes, and representing its prop- 
erties. It is prepared chiefly from Curaqo aloes. It is official in the U. S. P. 
See Aloinum, Part II. Average dose 0.065 Gm. (1 grain). 

ALSTONIA CONSTRICTA. Bitter Bark. 
Australian Fever Bark. Also called "Dita." 

This tree is a native of New South Wales and Queensland. A fluid extract 
is prepared from the bark, also an alkaloid which is somewhat used in fevers 
prevalent in these countries. 

Alstonia Scholaris or Dita Bark is found in the Philippines, and is another 
specie, having similar characteristics, the alkaloids of which have similar 
properties. 

Alstonine. C21H20O4. This is used in the treatment of typhus and typhoid 
fevers with much success. 

Porphyrine. C2iH 2 oN 3 2 , and Alstonidine are also obtained from the bark 
and have properties similar to the foregoing. 

Ditamine, GePUOs, Echitamine, CioPUNoOi + HiO, and Echitemine, 
C21H2-NO4 are obtained. 

ALTH^A. Marshmallow. U. S. 

"The dried root of Althaea officinalis, Linne (Fam. Malvaceae), collected 
from plants of the second year's growth and deprived of the pericardium." 
<U. S. 

As found in the market it is usually in small, irregular cubical pieces, made 
by cutting the root transversely. It is very mucilaginous and is used chiefly 
as a demulcent, in the form of decoction or syrup. The leaves are sometimes 
employed as an emollient poultice and the powdered root may be employed 
as an adhesive and drier in making pills and suppositories. 

AMBRA GRISEA. Ambergris. 

This is a morbid product found in the intestines of the sperm whale, or 
floating on the water, or cast upon the sea shore after being ejected from the. 
whale. 

Owing to the demand for this substance and its rarity it commands a very 
high price. It is recommended for hysteria and spasmodic affections with 
special influence on the generative organs, but is little used in medicine. 
In perfumery it is extensively employed to give permanence to volatile 
odors. A tincture is prepared for use in perfumery and medicine. 

AMBROSIA. Ragweed. 

The common roadside weed, Ambrosia artemisiaefolia, is an astringent, anti- 
septic and styptic. It is employed in domestic practice in the form of decoction 
for fevers and catarrhal conditions. A fluid extract is prepared with diluted 
alcohol. Dose 5 to 20 minims. A. trifida, is another variety also used in med- 
icine. 



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AMMONIACUM. Br. Ammoniacum. 
Gum Ammoniac. 

"A gum-resin exuded from the flowering and fruiting stem of Dorema 
Ammoniacum. Don., and probably other species. "<Br. 

This gum contains about 25 percent, of gum and 70 percent, of volatile oil 
and a little residue. Tt was formerly official in the U. S. P., and is still 
official in several of the pharmacopoeias. It forms an emulsion when rubbed 
with water and is sometimes employed as an expectorant and stimulant. It 
may also_ be given in powders, the dose being from 5 to 15 grains. 

Resorcinol. The chief chemical product of this gum is Resorcinol, which is 
now considerably used. This is described in Part II. under the title 
Resorcinol. 

AMPELOPSIS. American Ivy. Virginia Creeper. 

This plant, also commonly called woodbine, is indigenous to northern 
America. The young- branches and bark should be collected for use in 
autumn. It is alterative, tonic, astringent and expectorant; useful in scrofula, 
syphilis, dropsy, bronchitis etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 1 to 3 Cc. 15 to 45 
minims). 

Ampelopsin. A concentrate obtained from this drug in the manner 
directed for making concentrates. It represents the active properties of 
this drug. Dose from 2 to 8 grains. 

AMYGDALA. Almond. 

"Amygdala amara, Bitter almond. The ripe seed of Prunus Amygdalus, 
Stokes; var. amara, De Candolle (Fam. Rosacea) "<U. S. 

"Amygdala dulcis, Sweet almond. The ripe seed of Prunus Amygdalus, 
Stokes; var. dulcis (Fam. Rosacea? )."<U. S. 

Amygdala Amara and Amygdala Dulcis are official in the U. S., Br., and 
nearly all of the pharmacopoeias. The kernel of the nut is used. The fruit is 
a green velvety drupe containing a stone or nut which encloses the seed. 
From this expressed oil of almonds is obtained from either the bitter or the 
sweet, by expression; and from the bitter almond the volatile oil of bitter 
almond is obtained by moistening the ground nuts with water, allowing them 
to stand 12 to 23 hours during which time partial fermentation ensues, then 
distilling to obtain the volatile oil. 

Almonds are also used for making emulsions, and almond meal is a favor- 
ite toilet requisite for softening the skin and allaying irritation. 

Blanched almonds are prepared by soaking almonds in water for several 
hours, then removing the outer covering or skin, which then rubs off easily. 

Amygdalin. A white, crystalline constituent of bitter almonds, having the 
nature of a glucoside. ' It may be obtained from bitter almonds by first 
freeing them from oil by pressure, then exhausting by boiling with successive 
portions of alcohol, distilling off most of the alcohol until the residue is of 
the consistency of syrup. This residue is then to be diluted with water and fer- 
mented by the addition of yeast. After fermentation, filter, concentrate to 
the consistency of syrup by evaporation and add it to the cold alcohol which 
precipitates the amygdalin together with gummy matter; boil the precipitate 
with alcohol, filter and allow to crystallize. 

Emulsin. Another constituent of almonds. It is this substance which, 
interacting with amygdalin in bitter almonds develops, in the presence of 
moisture, the volatile oil and hydrocyanic acid. 

AMYLUM. U. S„ Br. Starch. 

"The starch grains obtained from the fruit of Zea Mays, Linne (Fam. 
Gramineae)."<U. S. 

"The starch procured from the grains of common wheat, Triticum sat- 
ivum, Lam.; maize, Zea Mays, Linn.; and rice, Oryza sativa, Linn."<Br. 



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This substance is more familiar to the grocer than the druggist. It exists in 
plants, and is obtained from various grains, tubers, roots etc., by separating 
it in various ways from the other substances with which it is associated. The 
starch obtained from various substances does not differ in chemical compo- 
sition, but only in physical appearance. The U. S. P. directs starch obtained 
from the seed of common corn; the Br. P. mentions wheat, corn or rice 
starch as official; but in pharmaceutical practice starch from almost any 
source is used, as the druggist uses whatever is furnished by the manufactur- 
ers. It is prepared by manufacturers by grinding the grain to a fine powder, 
washing it with an abundance of water, from which the starch is allowed to 
settle, then draining off the water and drying. 

In the industrial arts starch is extensively employed for many purposes. 
The manufacture of grape sugar or glucose from starch has been developed 
to an important industry in this country. Dextrin is also a derivative of 
starch considerably used in manufacturing and the arts. 

In pharmacy starch is employed as a dusting for pills, suppositories etc., 
an ingredient in toilet powders and for making several preparations. In 
medicine starch is made into demulcent food for invalids and is used in the 
form of dust, decoction or glycerite, extensively, to allay inflammation, 
prevent chafing etc. Some of its compounds are used internally to prevent 
the irritation of caustic medicines. 

Varieties of Starch. Wheat, rye, corn, rice and potato starch are the 
varieties usually known in the market as starch. Starch obtained from any 
or all of these substances is known as laundry starch, but "corn starch" is 
put up in packages especially as an article of diet. 

Arrowroot, (Maranta), is a starch obtained from the rhizome of Maranta 
arundinacese. It was formerly official but has now been deleted. It is 
used as a nutritious food for invalids. Much of the "arrowroot" that is 
sold however, consists only of our common varieties of starch. 

Sago, prepared from the pith of the sago palm, and Tapioca, prepared from 
the tubers of tapioca or cassava plant, are familiar varieties of starch used as 
food. Rice and Pearl Barley, as they are sold by grocers, consist mainly of 
starch. 

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE. Cashew-Nut. 

This tree yields a gum similar to gum arabic, which is known in France as 
"gomme d'acajou." The fruit is pear-shaped and edible, of a pleasant acid 
flavor. It has been used for dropsy and uterine troubles. It bears at its 
summit a kidney-shaped nut, consisting of two shells, with a black acrid 
juice between, the inner shell containing an oily nut. The black juice is used 
in the West Indies as an application for warts, corns, ringworm, ulcers etc.. 
which it is said to cure. An acid has been obtained from it known as Ana- 
cardic Acid, which acts as an acid poison, and a yellow, oleaginous liquid 
called cardol. 

ANCHUS^ RADIX. Alkanna Root. Alkanet Root. 

The ro.ot and rhizome of alkanna tinctoria. This is an herbaceous plant 
found in Hungary and the Grecian Archipelago, and in Asiatic Turkey. It 
is used in medicines as a red coloring ingredient having similar properties 
to madder roots. It is particularly useful for coloring oils or glycerin to 
which it imparts a bright red color. 

Alkanin inspissated. This is prepared by evaporating an alcoholic tincture 
of alkanet root to an extract. It is very convenient for coloring alcoholic or 
oil preparations or fats, a red color. It is not suitable for aqueous preparations. 

ANDROGRAPHIS. 

The dried plant, Andrographis paniculata, which grows wild in India, is 
commonly known in its native country as "Kiryat," or "Creyat," and pos- 
sesses properties similar to chiretta. It is used as a bitter tonic, also as a 
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ANEMOPSIS CALIFORNICA. Yerba Mansa. 

This plant is obtained in California and is of the family Lauraceae. It is 
used particularly in diarrhoea and dysentary. A tincture is prepared by 
macerating one part of the fresh root in two parts of alcohol. The dose 
is l / 2 to 4 Cc. (10 to 60 minims). 

ANETHI FRUCTUS. Br. Dill Fruit. 

"The dried ripe fruit of Peucedanum Graveolens." B. and H.<Br. 

This is official only in the Br. P. It is used for preparing dill water, by 
distilling the fruit (seeds) with water. 

Dill pickles are a favorite relish and are prepared by adding sprigs of dill 
with the cucumbers when they are placed in the pickle. 

ANGELICA. 

The dried root or the seed of Angelica, or Archangelica officinalis. Several 
varieties are official in European countries. 

Radix Angelicae. Angelica root This plant has a long, thick, fleshy bi- 
ennial root, which as found, dried in the market is quite wrinkled externally 
and rather soft and waxy internally. It has a strong peculiar aromatic odor, 
and is somewhat used in perfumery and compound flavors, especially for 
liqueurs, cordials and bitters; and in medicine it is aromatic, stimulant, tonic 
and carminative. A fluid extract is prepared: dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 
minims). 

Fructus Angelicae. Angelica Seed. The seed has similar properties as the 
root and is used for similar purposes. An Oil of Angelica is obtained from 
either the roots or the seeds by distillation. 

ANISUM. U. S. Anise. Aniseed. 
Anisi Fructus. Br. Anise Fruit. 

"The dried ripe fruit of Pimpinella Anisum, Linne (Fam. Umbellifera?), 
obtained from cultivated plants. "<U. S. 

This is a favorite flavoring for many kinds of medicine. An oil is pre- 
pared by distillation and an essence or spirit by dissolving the oil in alcohol. 

Average dose. — 0.500 gm. = 50(> milligrammes {iy 2 grains). 

The Anise official in the U. S. and Br. P. is commonly known in Europe as 
"Green Anise/' the fruit of the herb, Pimpinella Anisum, while "Star Anise,'' 
the fruit of Illicium verum. is obtained from a small tree indigenous to the 
southern part of China. Oil of Anise is distilled from both these plants and is 
practically, identical, but the fruits are entirely unlike. 

Anethol. G0H12O. — This exists in the volatile oil distilled from anise in 
two forms, the crystalline or anise camphor which is the chief constituent 
and is heavier than water, and the liquid anethol which is lighter than water. 

Anisic Acid. CsHsOs. — This is official in the Mex. Pharm., and is prepared 
by treating anise oil with nitric acid, which oxidizes anethol, producing crys- 
tals of the acid. It is similar in its action to salicylic acid. 

ANTHEMIS. U. S. Chamomile. 
Anthemidis Flores. Br. Chamomile Flowers. 

"The dried flower-heads of Anthemis nobilis, Linne (Fam. Composite), 
obtained from cultivated plants. "<U. S. 

These flowers, commonly called Roman chamomile, are cultivated in 
Europe, and are used in all countries as a stimulating tonic and carminative. 
In domestic medicine chamomile is a favorite, being used in the form of a 
weak infusion (chamomile tea) to produce diaphoresis and diuresis, and ex- 
ternally in the form of hot fomentation for pain, colic etc. 

Average dose. — 2 drachms (30 grains). 

An extract and a fluid extract are prepared from chamomile, and a volatile 
oil is distilled from the fresh blossoms by steam. 



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Anthemis Cotula. May Weed. A common roadside weed having properties 
and uses similar to Anthemis nobilis, but seldom used except as domestic 
medicine. 

APIUM. Apium Graveolens. Celery. 

During the past few years, preparations of celery have come into consider- 
able use as a general tonic, diuretic and stimulant. Celery preparations have 
been extensively advertised as proprietary compounds. Fluid extract of celery 
root and seed is in considerable demand. Formulas for them will be found 
among the fluid extracts also formulas for proprietary celery compounds in 
Proprietary Medicines. 

Apium Petroselinum. Parsley. — The fluid extract and oil of parsley, also 
the following : 

Apiol. GiHnOi. A crystalline camphor obtained from the fruit or root in 
the form of white needles, melting at 30°C. (86°F.). 

Liquid Apiol. Apiol Oleo-resin. — Prepared by exhausting powdered parsley 
seed with ether or benzin. distilling off the ether or benzin, or allowing the 
liquid to evaporate, and pouring off the clear oleo-resin from any sedimentary 
matter. This is most generally known as "apiol" and is put up in the form 
of pearls or capsules. A green and a yellow variety are furnished by man- 
ufacturers. To prepare crystalline apiol (as above), the oleo-resin is treated 
with alcohol which dissolves it from its solution in the oleo-resin. It is then 
evaporated and crystallized. Both preparations are recommended in amen- 
orrhoea and dysmenorrhcea and in dropsical affections. The dose is from 5 
to 16 grains. 

Apioline. This is a French preparation introduced by Chapoteaut, claiming 
to be the active principle of parsley seed. It is a thick, reddish liquid of sp. 
gr. 1.113, readily soluble in alcohol. It is put up only in 3 grain capsules and 
is used for the same purpose as Apiol. 

APOCYNUM. U. S. Canadian Hemp. 

''The dried rhizome of Apocynum canna.binum, Linne (Fam. Apocynacese)." 

<u. s. 

This is official only in the U. S. It is a powerful emetic and cathartic, and 
in small doses diaphoretic and expectorant. It has been proven a very power- 
ful remedy for dropsy. A fluid extract is official. The dose of the powdered 
root as a diaphoretic is 3 to 4 grains, as a cathartic 5 to 8 grains, as an emetic 
15 to 20 grains. 

A fluid extract is prepared with two-thirds alcohol, dose ^ to 1 Cc. (10 to 
15 minims). 

Apocynum Androsaemifolium, Bitter Root, is another variety which is con- 
siderably employed in Eclectic practice. 

Apocynin. A resinoid obtained by pouring a concentrated extract of apo- 
cynum into cold water in which it is precipitated. This is considerably used 
by Eclectics. 

Apocynein. A glucoside obtained from apocynum, readily soluble in water, 
but little used in medicine. 

ARALIA. 

A number of plants bearing this general title are used in medicine. They 
are all indigenous to the U. S., although different varieties are found in 
various parts of the country. They are all generally stimulant and alter- 
ative, acting upon the secretions and used as depuratives and blood purifiers. 

Aralia Canadensis. This name is given by some writers to Ginseng found 
in Canada and northern U. S. It is used medicinally as a stomachic, mild 
tonic and nerve stimulant. Dose from 5 to 15 grains {}/$ to 1 gm). 

Aralia Hispida. Dwarf Elder. The root-bark is employed as a diuretic, 
alterative and blood purifier. A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. 
(15 to 60 minims). 



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Aralia Nudicaulis. American or False Sarsaparilla. The root is stimulant, 
diuretic and alterative. A favorite domestic blood purifier. Usually used 
in decoction. Dose 1 to 4 gm. (15 to 60 grains). 

Aralia Racemosa. Spikenard. A stimulant and expectorant. A decoction 
or syrup made from the fresh or recently dried root is much esteemed for 
coughs and dyspepsia. A fluid extract is prepared; dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 
60 minims). 

Aralia Spinosa. Prickly Elder. This is a southern variety quite popular for 
chronic rheumatism and skin diseases. The negroes regard it an antidote 
for rattlesnake bite used internally and externally, The fresh or recently 
dried bark is used. A fluid extract is also made; dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 
minims). 

ARAROBA. Goa Powder. Crude Chrysarobin. 

This is a powder obtained from longitudinal fissures in the trunk of Andira 
Araroba, a large leguminous tree native of Brazil. It is the crude powder from 
which chrysarobin, official in the U. S. and Br. P., is prepared. See Chrysar- 
obinum. 

ARECA CATECHU. Betel Nut. Areca Nut. 

The seed of Areca Catechu, Linne (Fam. Palmaceae). The Betel tree is a 
native of Cochin China and the Malay Peninsula, but is now extensively cul- 
tivated in the Philippines and in tropical India. The seed is about the size and 
shape of the nutmeg and has similar markings on its exterior but is of a red- 
dish-brown color. 

The powdered areca nut is used in doses of a teaspoonful, as a vermifuge 
and in doses of 1 to 4 fl. drachms for tape-worm. It is also used for tape-worm 
in dogs. A very fine charcoal for tooth powder is made from the nut. A fluid 
extract is also prepared from the nut. 

Arecine. An active crystalline alkaloid principle of the nut, (C7H11NO3 + 
HUO). Soluble in water, is a powerful remedy for tape-worm. 

Arecoline is also found as a constituent of the nut, possessing similar 
medicinal properties. It is a strongly alkaline liquid alkaloid, (CsN 13 N0 2 ). 
Soluble in water, alcohol, ether or chloroform. The dose is Vis grain. 

Arecoline Hydrobromide. CsHisNO-'HBr. This is a salt of the alkaloid 
arecoline. It is employed as a myotic, a few drops of one percent, solution 
being instilled into the eye, and is used by hypodermic injection for colic. 

Arecoline-Eserine. A mixture of equal parts of arecoline hydrobromide and 
eserine. Used as a myotic and in veterinary practice as a cathartic. Dose for 
horses, ^ to 1^2 grain hypodermically. 

ARMORACLE RADIX. Br. Horseradish. 

"The fresh root of Cochlearia Armoracia, Linn."<Br. 

This plant which is cultivated in gardens or grows along the roadside in 
damp soil is highly esteemed as a relish, the roots being grated, while fresh 
for the table. In domestic medicine the fresh leaves are wilted by fire or 
heat and applied as a counter-irritant for pain, having an action similar to 
mustard. 

The root is macerated with other plants in alcohol and made into a tincture 
or spirit distilled from the mixture. Oleum Cochlearia, a volatile oil, may be 
obtained by distillation and is the same as volatile oil of mustard, very pun- 
gent and acrimonious. When treated with ammonia crystals of thiosinamin 
may be obtained. Preparations of this plant have been found effective in scor- 
butic affections, scurvy, dropsy etc., and the root is used in making many rel- 
ishes and prepared mustards. 

ARNICA. 

"Arnica. The dried flower-heads of Arnica montana, Linne (Fam. Com- 
positae)."<U. S. 

"Arnicae Rhizome. The dried rhizome and roots of Arnica montana, Linn " 
<Br. 

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The plant is native of Europe and Siberia. It is used internally as a stim- 
ulant for the heart and kidneys, but is chiefly used externally in several liquid 
forms as an application for cuts, sprains, bruises etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared, both from the flowers and the root, and a 
tincture and liniment from either the flowers or the root, which are the most 
general forms of application. Arnica ointment and arnica plaster are also 
employed externally. 

Arnicine. This is a yellow, acid, bitter, amorphous compound found in the 
arnica plant. It has the same properties as the drug. 

ARNOTTA. Annatto. Orleana. 

A pasty mass of the consistence of stiff putty, prepared from the pulp sur- 
rounding the seeds of Bixa Orellana, a tree found in Guiana and South 
America. 

The pulp is separated from the seeds and mashed with water, then 
strained and allowed to settle, the insoluble portion being collected, drained, 
kneaded and partly dried to a tough mass. It is of an orange-red color and 
is used for coloring orange and yellow, either fabrics, food products or po- 
mades. It is soluble in oils but not in water, except by the addition of an 
alkali. It is much used for coloring butter and cheese. 

Annattoine. The coloring matter of annatto, in the form of coarse pow- 
der. Soluble in oils. 

ARTEMISIA. 

Under this botanical title several important medicinal plants are included, 
but those that are official, as absinthium and santonica are noted under their 
pharmaceutical titles. 

Artemisia Abrotanum. Southernwood. Old Man. The flowering tops are 
anthelmintic, tonic and narcotic. Useful in dyspepsia, jaundice and as * a 
vermifuge. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 1 Cc. (10 to 15 minims). 

Artemisia Dracunculus. Tarragon. This is a European variety allied to 
wormwood and cultivated for its aromatic leaves, which are used for flavoring 
salads and sauces and for making Tarragon Vinegar, which is prepared by 
steeping or macerating the leaves of the plant in vinegar. 

Artemisia Frigida. Mountain Sage. Sierra Salvia. This plant grows 
throughout the Rocky Mountains and Sierras. It is aromatic and antiperiodic, 
being used as a substitute for quinine in the treatment of fevers and malaria. 
A fluid extract is prepared. Dose 1 to 2 fl. drachms. 

Artemisia Mexicana. Mexican Wormwood. This variety of wormwood in- 
digenous to Mexico, is called "Estafiate" in that country. It is similar to 
common wormwood and is official in the Mex. P. 

Artemisia rupestris. Alpine Wormwood. Genepi. This variety known as 
genepi blanc, is found in Switzerland, and is employed as an ingredient of 
Absinth, Benedictine, Chartreuse and other cordials prepared in that country. 
The French call it "Absinthe Suisse ou des Alpes." It is used locally as a 
vulnerary, tonic, stomachic, febrifuge and emmenagogue. 

Artemisia vulgaris. Mugwort. The flowering tops are emmenagogue and 
diaphoretic. Useful in epilepsy, chorea and amenorrhcea. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

ARUM. Wild Turnip. Indian Turnip. 
Dragon-root. Wake-robin. 

The dried tuber of Arum triphyllum (Fam. Aracese). 

This variety of Arum is common in the northern U. S. and Canada. Arum 
maculatum, the European variety, has similar properties. Wild turnip when 
recently dried is very acrid, but loses this property from long standing. It 
is given internally to stimulate expectoration and the action of the skin. It 
is useful for asthma, bronchitis, chronic catarrh and rheumatism. A fluid 
extract is prepared; dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 



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ASAFCETIDA. U. S'., Br. Asafetida. 

"A gum-resin obtained from the root of Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel, 
and probably other species of Ferula (Fam Umbelliferae)."<U. S. 

This gum-resin is obtained by making incisions into the large schizogenous 
ducts of the root, which are filled with a milky emulsion. The milky juice 
exudes and upon exposure to the air hardens, forming the gum-resin, which 
is collected by natives and sent to seaports of Bombay or elsewhere for ex- 
port. 

Asafetida is a valuable nerve tonic, antispasmodic and expectorant, and 
except for its disagreeable "smell" would be much employed in medicine. 
As it is, it is chiefly dispensed in the form of coated pills, although a tincture 
is official in the U. S. P. and Br. P. The dose of the gum-resin is 0.250 gm. 
(4 grains). 

ASARUM. Radix Asari. 
Wild Ginger. Canada Snakeroot. 

The dried rhizome and roots of Asarum Canadense (Fam. Aristolochiaceae). 

This plant is indigenous to Canada and the northern United States, growing 
in rich moist woods. The entire plant is aromatic but more particularly the 
long, jointed, creeping root. 

It is used in medicine as an aromatic and stimulant, and an extract pre- 
pared from it is used in making flavoring compounds and in perfumes to 
give them permanence. It is a tonic, stimulant and carminative, and, in the 
form of hot infusion, diaphoretic. A fluid extract is prepared; dose 1 to 
2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

ASCLEPIAS. Pleurisy Root. Butterfly "Weed. 

"The root of Asclepias tuberosa, Linne (Fam. Asclepiadeae)."<U. S., 1890. 

This was official in the 7th revision of the U. S. P. but was dismissed in 
the 8th. It is one of several species of Asclepias found in this country but 
differs from them in not exuding a milky juice when cut or bruised. Only 
the tuberous root of the plant is used in medicine. It is a diaphoretic and 
expectorant and is employed in fevers, pneumonia, pleurisy and other 
affections of the lungs. The dose is from 20 to 80 grains or an equivalent 
quantity of the fluid extract. Other varieties of Asclepias are sometimes 
employed in medicine. A. incarnata and A. Syriaca (common silkweed) may 
be mentioned. 

A fluid extract is prepared from pleurisy root with alcohol, dose 2 to 10 Cc. 
(V 2 to 2y 2 fl.drachms). 

A fluid extract is prepared from Asclepias Incarnata with alcohol, dose 0.6 
to 5 Cc. (10 to 40 minims). 

A fluid extract is prepared from Asclepias Syriaca or cornuti with alcohol, 
dose 0.5 to 2.5 Cc. (8 to 40 minims). 

Asclepias Curassavica. Blood-Flower. This species of Asclepias is a 
native of the West Indies and is distinguished from other species by having 
a blood-red flower. The root and the expressed juice from the plant are used 
as emetic, vermifuge and taenicide, the dose of the root being from 20 to 40 
grains and of the juice, a fluid ounce. 

A fluid extract of the herb is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl.drachms). 

Asclepin, which is supposed to be the active principle of the plant is pre- 
pared by precipitating a concentrated extract. It was introduced by the 
Eclectics and has properties similar to the root. 

ASIMINA. Pawpaw. Pawpaw Custard-Apple. 

The fruit and the root-bark of Asimina triloba, (Fam. Anonacese), a small 
tree. Native of northeastern U. S., New York to Iowa. The fruit is the 
size of a large egg and contains a yellow edible pulp of custard-like con- 
sistency, useful for dyspepsia and gastric catarrh. The seeds yield an alka- 



132 Organic Materia Medica 

loid, asimine, and a volatile oil. The bark is a tonic, especially for cat- 
arrhal conditions of the stomach or digestive tract. 
Dose 1 to 4 gm. (15 to 60 grains). 

ASPARAGUS. Radix Asparagi. 

The fresh roots and young shoots of Asparagus officinalis (Fam. Liliacese). 

A well known cultivated herbaceous plant, the young shoots of which are 
extensively used for food, and the root in medicine as a cardiac sedative, 
diuretic and for dropsy. A fluid extract of the root is prepared. Average dose 
1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

Asparagin. A principle prepared from the root representing the active 
properties of the plant. 

Asparol. A brand name for a fluid extract of asparagus tops prepared in 
Berlin. It is recommended for diabetes and kidney disease. 

ASPIDIUM. U. S. Male Fern. Filix Mas. Br. Male Fern. 

"The dried rhizome of Dryopteris Filix-mas, Schoot; or of Dryopteris 
marginalis, Asa Gray (Fam. Filices)."<U. S. 

"The rhizome of Aspidium Filix-mas, Schwartz. "<Br. 

From this is prepared Oleo-resina Aspidii, U. S.; Extractum Filicis Liquidum, 
Br.; and unofficial fluid extracts. 

The powdered drug is also given in combination with other medicines as 
a remedy for tape-worm. Filicic acid and Pannic acid have been obtained 
from varieties of this plant. 

• ASPIDOSPERMA. Quebracho. 

This was official in the 7th revision of the U. S. P. but was dismissed in the 
8th. It is the bark of a large tree, native of Brazil, used as an antiperiodic 
and for difficulty of breathing, (dyspncea), in asthma, bronchitis, phthisis etc. 
Dose of the powdered bark, 10 to 45 grains. A fluid extract was official in 
the U. S. P., 1890, with alcohol 3. water 1, dose 1 to 3 Cc. (15 to 45 minims). 

Aspidospermine. C 22 HeoN:Oj. An alkaloid obtained from the bark of as- 
pidosperma quebracho. It is in colorless crystals, insoluble in water, but 
soluble in about 50 parts of alcohol. It is given as a stimulant to the respira- 
tory organs in asthma and other difficulties of breathing. The dose is Y\ 
to Yz grain, repeated if required. 

AURANTIUM. Orange. 

The rind of the fruit of bitter and sweet orange are both official in the U. 
S. P., but in most pharmacopoeias only the bitter orange is recognized. 

Aurantii Amari Cortex. U. S. Bitter Orange Peel. — "The dried rind of 
the unripe fruit of Citrus Vulgaris, Risso (Fam. Rutacese)."<U. S. 

A fluid extract is prepared with ^ alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 minims). 

Aurantii Cortex Siccatus. Dried Bitter Orange Peel, Br. — Aurantii Cortex 
Recens. Fresh Bitter Orange Peel, Br. 

Bitter orange peel, either dry or fresh, is used for medicinal preparations in 
nearly all countries. It is chosen on account of its agreeable flavor and its 
bitter-tonic properties. 

Aurantii Dulcis Cortex. U. S. Sweet Orange Peel. — "The recently sep- 
erated and outer rind of the ripe fruit of Citrus Aurantium, Linne (Fam. 
Rutace£e)."<U. S. 

It is also official in the Port. P. under the title Laranjeira Doce. 

Tinctura Aurantii Dulcis and Syrupus Aurantii are made in the U. S. 
from sweet orange peel. 

Oil of orange is obtained from either the sweet or the bitter oranges, but 
more generally from the sweet. A fluid extract and tincture are prepared 
from the bitter orange, and the dried peel is considerably used as an ingred- 
ient of compound tinctures, bitters etc. 



Organic Materia Medica 133 

Fructus Aurantii Immaturi. Immature Orange Fruit, Orangette, Petit 
Grain, Fr. (Official in several European Pharmacopoeias). Used as an in- 
gredient in aromatic mixtures. 

Flores Aurantii. Orange Flowers. (Official in several countries of 
southern Europe). In pharmacy orange flowers are used for making orange- 
flower water. (Which see). 

AVENA. Oats. Fructus Avenae. 

The dried fruit of Avena sativa, commonly called oats. 

Fructus Avenae Excorticatus. Decorticated Oats. Oats with the outer 
covering removed. 

Avena farina. Oat Meal. Rolled Oats. Oats are official in several of the 
European pharmacopoeias. Prepared in various ways, oats are a very im- 
portant article of food for the human race, as well as for horses and cattle. 

A concentrated tincture of avena sativa was at one time popular as a semi- 
proprietary medicine. It will be noticed among the tinctures. 

Avenine. A concentrate or resinoid obtained from oats by precipitating a 
concentrated alcoholic extract. It is claimed to contain the alkaloidal prin- 
ciples of oats. It is employed as a nerve stimulant. Dose V120 to Veo grain in 
pills. 

Avenose. A mixture of oat flour and soluble acorn-malt extract, prepared 
in Germany. 

AZADIRACHTA INDICA. 
Indian Azadirach. Neem or Margosa Bark. 

This is the dried bark of the stem of Melia Azadirachta, (Linne); native of 
India, where it is commonly known as "Neem bark" or "Margosa bark." It 
is tonic and antiperiodic and is official in the Indian and Colonial Addendum. 
it has properties similar to quassia and contains a bitter alkaloid named 
"Margosine" and an acid substance named "Margosic acid." 

BACCE:. BERRIES. 

The fruits of certain plants are known commercially as "berries." They are 
usually globular, ovate, obovate or capsular, and may be either the soft fruit 
enclosing the seeds, as the gooseberry or currant, or bearing seeds on the 
outside as the blackberry and strawberry, or the dry berries like cubeb and 
fish-berries, or the dried fruit like juniper, buckthorn, prickly ash, poke, etc. 
Berries will be noticed under the pharmaceutical titles of the plants which 
produce them. 

BALSAMA — BALSAMS. 

Balsams or Balms (Fr. Baumes), as they are known in pharmacy, embrace 
a variety of natural and prepared substances supposed to possess healing 
or soothing virtues. As popularly known they include not only the natural 
balsams obtained from balsam-bearing trees, but a variety of preparations 
ranging in consistence from tinctures to ointments, which have derived the 
name "balsams" from properties claimed for them by their originators. 
Under this heading only the true balsams which are obtained from balsam- 
bearing trees will be included. Other balsams will be found under other 
headings where they more properly belong. 

True Natural Balsams. 

The True Natural Balsams may be defined as oleo-resinous substances 
either semi-liquid, or semi-solid, or solid, obtained from plants, and con- 
taining benzoic, cinnamic, or some analagous acids. 

Only two balsams are official in the U. S. P. and Br. P. Several other sub- 
stances are thus classed but some of these are not known commercially as 
balsams. The natural balsams are as follows : 

Balsam of Calaba — Tacamahaca. — Baume Vert. Fr. This is obtained from 
the trunk, branches and leaves of Calophyllum Calaba, or Santa Maria tree. 
It is a liquid, at first white, but soon becomes olive-green, and is sometimes 
called Green Balsam, A similar balsam is obtained from chloroxylon verti- 



134 Organic Materia Medic a 

cillatum of Peru, which is popularly called Green Balsam (of Peru). They 
contain benzoic acid. 

Balsam of Peru.— Balsamum Peruvianum. U. S., Br. A liquid balsam ob- 
tained from Myroxylon or To'uifera Parcircc, containing cinnamic and benzoic 
acids, and some other allied compounds. This balsam exudes from the trunk 
of the tree after the bark has been beaten and scorched. A solid or semi- 
solid variety is also imported, but not frequently kept by druggists. 

Balsam of Peru is used as a stimulant to the mucous membrane, and in 
stimulating ointments etc. Also as a preservative for fats. As found in the 
market, it is frequently adulterated with, or entirely fabricated from other 
substances. 

Balsam of Tolu. — Balsamum Tolutanum. U. S., Br. A balsam obtained from 
Myroxylon Toluifera, or Toluifcra Balsamum, containing cinnamic and benzoic 
acids and volatile oils, called benzyl benzoate, C:H s (C;Ht)02.. and benzyl cinna- 
mate, CpHtCCtHt)*!)-, a terpene named Tolene, GoHi 6 , and resins. It is a 
semi-liquid, as first obtained from the trees, but concretes into a solid resinous 
mass by standing. It is obtained by making incisions in the trunk of the tree 
from which it is collected in small cups. It is much used in cough remedies 
as an agreeable aromatic, and in the form of tinctures and syrups is very fre- 
quently prescribed. 

Benzoinum. Benzoin or Benjamin. U. S.. Br. Commercially classed as 
Gum Benzoin. A solid balsamic resin, obtained from Styrax Benzoin, con- 
taining benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, a fragrant volatile oil and resins. Van- 
illin is also found in some varieties. 

In pharmacy it is used as a preservative for fats and in making toilet prep- 
arations and in medicine as an aromatic stimulant and expectorant. The 
dose is 10 to 15 grains. 

Benzoyl. — C7H5O. — This is the radical of an extensive series of aromatic 
compounds which are derived directly or indirectly from Benzoin. 

Benzoic Acid. — HC7H5O2. — This is obtained from benzoin and other balsams 
by sublimation, and is also made artificially from coal-tar hydro-carbons. It 
forms with bases a class of salts — Benzoates. now considerably used in kid- 
ney diseases. It is stimulant, expectorant and antiseptic; the usual dose being 
from 5 to 10 grains in mucilage or syrup. (See Acidum Benzoicum). 

China Varnish Balsam. — An aromatic varnish-like exudation, obtained 
from Augai Sinensis, containing benzoic acid and other similar compounds. 
It is used by the Chinese for preparing the varnish or lacquer so celebrated 
in that country. 

Styrax or Storax. — U. S., Br. Styrax Praeparatus, Br. Prepared Storax, 
Liquid Styrax, Storax. A balsam prepared from the inner bark of Liquid- 
amber Orientalis, containing cinnamic and benzoic acids. Styracin, C9H7- 
(C 9 H 9 )02. Storecin, G 6 H 5 -0,. Ethel Cinnamate, C & H7(C 2 H 5 )0 2 , Phenyl-propyl 
Cinnamate, C,H-(C 9 H 1 7)0 2 , Styrol, C ? H S , resins etc. 

It is a semi-liquid grayish-green balsam, used in pharmacy in making com- 
pound tincture of benzoin, and as a preservative for fats etc. Also used in 
perfumery. 

Liquidambar or Sweet Gum. — A balsamic exudation from Liquidambar 
Stxraciflua. The constituents and properties of this balsam seem to be identi- 
cal with Storax, but it differs from it in being, as found in the market, a 
resinous gum instead of a liquid. 

Other Natural Balsams. 

The following natural exudates are commercially known as balsams, but 
pharmaceutically are classed with oleo-resins, turpentines, resins etc., under 
which headings they will be more fully noticed : 

Balsam Copaiba. Copaiba Balsam or Copaiba. — Oleo-resin. 

Balsam of Fir, Canada Balsam or Canada Turpentine. — Turpentine. 

Gurjun Balsam, or Wood Oil, from Balsamum Dypterocarpi. — Oleo-resin. 

Hungarian Balsam, from Pinus Pumilio. — Turpentine. 

Japan Varnish Balsam or Japan Lacquer. — From a species of Sumac. 

Balsam of Mecca or Balm of Gilead. — Oleo-resin. 



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Balsam Rackasiri. — Turpentine, from Bursera balsamifera. India. 
Balsam of Riga or Carpathina Balsam, from Pinus Cembrea. — Turpentine. 
Turpentine Balsam, Turpentine Gum or Gum Thus. — Turpentine. 
Venice Turpentine Balsam. — Venice Turpentine. — Turpentine from Larix 
Europoea. 

BAPTISIA. Wild Indigo. 

The dried root of Baptisia tinctoria (Fam. Leguminos?e). 

A perennial herb grown in dry, sandy soil in the U. S. and Canada. The 
bark has a bitter, acrid and nauseous taste. It is a stimulant, aseptic and 
alterative; in large doses it is irritant, emetic and cathartic. It is employed in 
fevers, dysentery, scarlatina etc.; also as a local application in the form of 
poultice or ointment. A fluid extract is prepared; dose ^ to 1 Cc. (5 to 15 
minims). 

Baptisin. The active principle of this drug is supposed to be represented 
under this name. A dose is from Y\ to Yz grain. 

This principle gained some notoriety from its alleged use some years 
ago as an ingredient of Listerine. 

BDELLIUM. Indian Myrrh. 

A gum-resin obtained from Amyris Commiphora, growing in Africa and the 
East Indias. 

This gum comes to the market in small, reddish, semi-transparent, brittle, 
roundish pieces. It has a wax-like fracture and an odor resembling myrrh. 
Its properties are similar to myrrh. 

BEBEERU CORTEX. Bebeeru Bark. 

The bark of the greenheart or sipiri tree. Nectandra rodiaei. Hooker (Fam. 
Laurace?e). 

This tree is a native of Guiana and neighboring parts of South America. 
The bark is ferbifuge and antiperiodic, and is chiefly used for preparing be- 
berine sulphate which represents its medicinal properties. This alkaloid salt 
is similar to Berberine obtained from the barberry bark. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose % to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). 

BEL^ FRUCTUS. Bad Fruit. Indian Bael. 

The fruit of iEgle Marmelos, Correa (Fam. Rutacese). 

The tree upon which this fruit grows is a native of India; the fruit is 
about the size of a large orange, has an aromatic flavor and is highly 
esteemed in that country for its refreshing and astringent properties, for 
which it is used in dysentery. 

The dried half ripe fruit was formerly official in the Br. P. and is now 
official in the Indian and Colonial Addendum. It is used for the preparation 
of extractum Bel?e Liquidum (1 in 1). 

The dose of the liquid extract is from 2 to 4 Cc. CBO to 60 minims) or more. 

BELLADONNA. 

"The dried leaves of Atropa Belladonna, Linne (Fam. Solanaceae."<U. S. 

"The dried leaves and branches of Atropa Belladonna, Linn., collected when 
the plant is in flower. "<Br. 

Extract of belladonna leaves is made from the dried leaves, tincture of bella- 
donna leaves is made from the dried leaves. U. S., and green extract of 
belladonna from the fresh leaves. Br. 

Belladonna Radix. — "Belladonna Root, U. S.. Br. (Fam. Solanaceae)."<U.. S. 

"'The root of Atropa Belladonna. Linn.; collected in the autumn and dried." 
<Br. 

This is used for making fluid extract of belladonna and tincture of bella- 
donna, U. S.. and liquid- extract of belladonna and other preparations, Br., 
and other pharmacopoeias. 

The plant and its preparations are extensively used in medicine, both in- 
ternally and externally. 

Atropine is the principle alkaloid of belladonna. See Part II. 



136 Organic Materia Mcdica 

BENZOINUM. U. S., Br. Benzoin. 

"A balsamic resin obtained from Stvrax Benzoin. Drylander; and another 
unidentified species of Stvrax ( Fam. Styraces )."<U. S. (Br. very similar). 

This is commercially called "Gum Benzoin"* and in commerce two principal 
varieties are known. Siam benzoin and Sumatra benzoin, the former having 
a vanilla-like odor and the latter a storax odor; but both yielding benzoic 
acid which is the chief medicinal constituent of the drug. See. also. Balsams. 

Average dose of powder. — 1 gm. (15 grains i. 

A tincture and a compound tincture are official in the U. S. See Part II. 

Benzoin. The name "'benzoin" is given to an aromatic shrub known as 
'"Spice-bush" in northern U. S. and Canada. This bush has a spicy bark 
and fruit resembling the taste of spice, and is used in domestic medicine in the 
form of a decoction, spice-bush tea. and as an aromatic, stimulant and. dia- 
phoretic for fevers, lung disorders, rheumatism etc. A fluid extract is pre- 
pared, dose "2 to 1 gm. (15 to 60 grains). 

BERBERIS. U. S. 

'"The rhizome and roots of Berberis Aquifolium. Pursh.: and other species of 
Berberis (Fam. Berberidace3e)."<U. S. 

The variety of Berberis official in the U. S. P. is known as "'Oregon Grape 
Root." The root is found in the market in pieces of about a foot long and 
from one-fourth to an inch in thickness, but it is generally furnished to the 
trade in granulated or powdered form. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

In the Ind. and Colonial Addendum to the Br. P.. a species by the same name 
is described, which is grown in India and Ceylon. It is known in India as 
'"Darlahad," and is chiefly obtained from the Nepal barberry, berberis aristata. 
Its uses are the same as the U. S. drug. Berberis is a pure bitter tonic and 
stomachic employed for dyspepsia and as a general tonic for the system, use- 
ful as an alterative, laxative and diuretic. A fluid extract is official in the U. 
S. P. It is an ingredient in many bitters and compound medicines recom- 
mended for syphilitic and scrofulous affections and skin diseases of the scaly 
type. 

Berberis vulgaris. Barberry. Native of Europe and western Asia. The 
bark of the root is a bitter tonic: in large doses cathartic and antiperiodic. 
Useful in dyspepsia, jaundice and enlarged spleen. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose I to S Cc. (1 to 2 fl.drachms>. 

Berbeine. The active principle of Berberis. Dose 2 to 5 grains. See Part II. 

BETONICA. Wood Betony. 

The plant, Betonica officinalis (Fam. Labiatae), grown in Europe. 

The whole plant is used as medicine, but the root has stronger properties. 
The whole plant is aromatic and astringent, but the root is emetic and pur- 
gative in large doses. The plant is employed in medicine as an alterative and 
tonic, in dyspepsia, chronic rheumatism, scrofula and blood disorders. A 
fluid extract is prepared, dose from 1 to 4 Cc. (13 to 60 minims). 

BIDENS BIPINNATA. Spanish Needles. 

The dried plant Bidens bipinnata. (Fam. Composite, senecionidese). 

This plant which is found chiefly in the arid deserts of Arizona has an 
herbaceous acrid taste and a disagreeable odor. It is employed in medicine 
as a stimulant, diaphoretic and emmenagogue. with especial reference to the 
laryngial and bronchial passages. A fluid extract is prepared: dose from 1 
to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims ). 

BISTORT. Snakeweed. 

The dried root of Polygonum bistorta. an herbaceous perennial found in 
northern Europe. 

This root has a rough taste because of its astringency. but has no character- 
istic odor. In medicine it is employed chiefly as a tonic astringent in diar- 



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rhoeas and chronic dysentery. Dose of powdered root, 1 to 2 gin. (16 to 30 
grains). 

BLATTA ORIENTALIS. Russian Cockroach. 

Official in the Ger. S. 

These insects in the form of powder are said to be actively diuretic, and 
are recommended for dropsy. Dose of powder, 10 to 15 grains. 

Taracanin or Antihydropin. A crystalline principle obtained from this drug 
is said to represent its activity. 

BOLDO. 

The leaves of a small evergreen shrub, Peumus Boldus. Boldus fragrans, 
found in Chili. It yields a volatile oil, and an alkaloid having a hypnotic 
and narcotic action, and quieting delerium and insanity. A fluid extract is 
prepared; dose from 1 to 5 drops; recommended for catarrh of the bladder, 
and gonorrhoea; also for hepatic inactivity. 

Boldine. An alkaloid prepared from boldo and representing its activity. 

Boldo-glucin. A glucoside obtained from boldo having similar properties 
as the alkaloid boldine. 

BORAGO. Borage. 

The plant Borago officinalis, (Fam. Boraginaceae). 

This plant is native of Europe, having a branching, erect stem from 1 
to 2 feet high, and a white fleshy root. The fresh plant has a cucumber-like 
odor and a saline taste. It is used in medicine as an emollient, diaphoretic 
and refrigerant in fevers and pulmonary catarrh. A fluid extract is pre- 
pared; dose 4 gm. (1 fl. drachm). 

BRYONIA. U. S. Bryonia (Bryony). 

"The root of Bryonia Alba and of Bryonia Dioica, Linne (Nat. ord. 
Cucurbitace3e). , '<U. S. 7th revision. 

The white bryony is a climbing, herbaceous plant, indigenous to some parts 
of Europe. The root of this and B. dioica are used in medicine as a purgative. 
The berries are also employed for the same purpose. A tincture was official 
in the U. S. P. and the fluid extract is furnished by manufacturers. A homeo- 
pathic tincture made from the fresh root is in good repute. 

The dose of the powdered root is from 20 to 60 grains. 

Bryonin. CtsHsoO™. The chief principle of the plant is obtained by mixing 
the powdered root with V 6 its weight of pow r dered animal charcoal and per- 
colating with strong alcohol until exhausted, then filtering the tincture 
through powdered animal charcoal, evaporating the solution and crystalliz- 
ing. This is an active purgative in doses of 2 grains. 

BUCHU. U. S. Buchu. 
Buchu Folia. Br. Buchu Leaves. 

"The dried leaves of Barosma (Thunberg). Bartling et Wendland (Fam. 
Rutaceae.)"<U. S. 

The leaves are gathered by the Hottentots and imported in bales to this 
country and Europe. Both the long and the short leaves are used in med- 
icine in making several pharmacopoeial preparations, the fluid extract and 
tincture being extensively prescribed by physicians for catarrhal conditions 
of the kidneys and bladder, and for urinary troubles in general. 

A fluid extract is prepared with % alcohol, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

Several compound fluid extracts of Buchu are prepared. See Part II. 

Barosmin. A concentrate prepared from Buchu. Dose 1 to 3 grains. 

BULBI. Bulbs. 

The bulbs of several plants of the Liliaceae order are employed as med- 
icine and are official in various countries. 

Bulbus Alii. Garlic. "The bulb of Allium Sativum, Linne (Nat. ord. 
Liliaceae)."<U. S. 7th revision. 



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This plant is employed in making several kinds of medicine, especially in 
the countries of southern Europe. In the U. S. syrup of garlic was official. 
A volatile oil may be obtained from the plant by distillation. It is very pun- 
gent and acrid. Garlic is considerably used as an ingredient of relishes, as 
French mustard etc., and as a seasoning for some kinds of sausage. 

Bulbus Cepae. The common onion. Cebolla, Sp.; Cebola, Port.; Oignon 
Commun, Fr. This is official under these names in these countries. 

Bulbus Colchici. Colchicum. Colchici Cormus, Br.; Colchici Radix, U. S. 
(Which see). 

Bulbus Lilii. Lily Bulb. Lis blanc, bulb, Fr.; Azuce.na bulbo, Sp.; The bulb 
of Lilium Candidum. 

Bulbus Scillae. Squill. Official in most countries. (See Scilla). 

BUTEA. Butea Frondosa. 

The "Dhak Tree"' of India yields a juice from incisions in its stem which 
hardens quickly into small brittle tears or irregular fragments. This is 
called Butea gum or Bengal Kino, and is used as an astringent the same 
as Eucalyptus kino or the true gum kino; it is naturally tonic and astringent 
like gums of this kind. 

The seeds of Butea frondosa from the same trees are official in the Ind. 
and Col. Addendum, and are employed as an equivalent of Santonin for the 
removal of worms. The seeds should be administered in the form of powder. 

BUXUS. Box. 

The wood and leaves of Buxus sempervirens (Fam. Euphorbiaceae). 

Box is a small ornamental plant used chiefly for hedges or borders of walks. 
The leaves have a disagreeable taste and a peculiar odor. The wood may 
be used in decoction as a diaphoretic and the leaves as purgative. An oil 
distilled from the plant is useful for epilepsy, the dose is from 2 to drops. 

Buxin. This is a principle obtained from the box tree by extracting the 
leaves with alcohol, concentrating the tincture and precipitating. The dose is 
from 2 to 6 grains. 

CACTUS GRANDIFLORA. Night-blooming Cereus. 

A succulent shrub of the cactus family, native of tropical America, re- 
markable for the size and beauty of its flowers, which open only at night. 
The fleshy green stem, upon which are several radiating spines, is cut fine 
and macerated with four times its weight of strong alcohol, producing a 
tincture, which is highly recommended as a heart tonic. 

A fluid extract is also prepared, (1 to 1). 

Average dose of the tincture, 30 minims, and of the fluid extract, 5 to 10 
minims, every four hours. These preparations are used as heart stimulants 
and for dropsy. 

Cactine. This is claimed to be an alkaloid obtained from the plant and 
used for the same purposes as the liquid preparations, dose )/+ to J / 2 grain. 

Cereus bonplandii and Cereus McDonaldias, varieties of cactus found in 
Mexico are similar to Cactus Grandiflora in medicinal use and action. 

CAFFEA. Coffee. Semen Coffeas. 

The seed of the coffee plant, Coffea Arabica. Linne. 

This is commonly called "Coffee/" and the name applies not only to the 
natural seed but the seed or "berry" after it has been roasted or browned, in 
which form it is most common in the retail market. The tree is a native of 
southern Arabia and Abyssinia; but has been domesticated in most warm 
countries that are abundantly supplied with moisture. It requires frequent 
rains and a tropical, or at least a semi-tropical climate for its culture. The 
medicinal activity of coffee depends upon its percentage of caffeine, its prin- 
cipal alkaloid, and this varies considerably with the varieties and the localities 
from which they are obtained. 



Organic Materia Medica 139 

Coffee is an exhilarant and cerebral stimulant, and although commonly 
.used as a beverage it is seldom used as medicine except in its alkaloid, 
caffeine. Roasted coffee, however, is used as a deodorizer with some dis- 
agreeably smelling drugs, and in the form of extract and syrup is used at 
soda fountains and for flavoring, in various combinations. 

Fluid extracts are prepared both from the green and the roasted berries. 
The green berry fluid extract is chiefly valuable for the caffeine it contains; 
but the fluid extract from the roasted berries is used as a flavoring and for 
making syrup for soda water. Dose of either fluid extract 30 to 90 minims. 

Caffeine. This is the principal alkaloid of coffee, tea and coca, in all of 
which, under different names, it is identical. As it is official it will be 
noticed under the title Caffeine in Part. II. 

CALAMUS. U. S. Sweet Flag. 

"The unpeeled, dried rhizome of Acorus Calamus, Linne (Fam. 
Aracese)."<U. S. 

This plant grows throughout the U. S in low, swampy places. The rhizome 
is strongly aromatic and pungent, making a pleasant addition to species, 
bitters and other medicines. A volatile oil is distilled from it which well 
represents its aromatic properties. A bitter principle named "acorin" is also 
obtained and an alkaloid called "calamine" which is insoluble in water and 
ether, but soluble in alcohol and chloroform. 

This is given mainly as an aromatic stimulant and carminative. The fresh 
peeled root is simmered in syrup, the product being "candied sweet flag," 
which is a popular confection. A fluid extract is prepared for combining 
with liquid medicines. Average dose 1 gm. (15 grains). 

CALENDULA. U. S. 

"The dried ligulate florets of Calendula officinalis, Linne (Fam. Com- 
posite). "<U. S. 

The florets of calendula are used in pharmacy for preparing a fluid extract 
and a tincture, similar to the fluid extract and tincture of arnica. The calen- 
dula preparations have similar properties and uses as arnica and are pre- 
ferred by some practitioners who have had experience with both drugs. 
Calendula preparations are quite generally used externally but homeopathic 
physicians prescribe them for internal use, largely diluted. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 1 to 5 Cc. (15 to 75 
minims). Also used externally. 

CALISAYA. Yellow Calisaya. 

The dried bark of Cinchona Calisaya, Wedell (Fam. Rubiacese).<U. S. 

This is included in the U. S. P. under the title "Cinchona" as a variety of 
bark. In several foreign pharmacopoeias it is known as Cortex Chinae Cal- 
isaya, distinguishing it from other varieties. Its medicinal properties and 
doses are similar to other varieties named under the title Cinchona, which see. 
Several proprietary tonics, bitters and semi-proprietary elixirs etc., have 
been advertised under the name of "Calisaya" so that it has come to be pop- 
ularly known as different from Cinchona. 

CALUMBA. U. S. 
Calumba Radix. Br. Calumba Root. 

"The dried root of Jateorhiza palmata, (Lamark), Miers (Fam. Menisper- 
maceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried transversely cut slices of the root of Jateorhiza Columba, 
Miers. "<Br. 

This root which is commonly known as "Colombo root," is found in the 
market in transverse slices, usually attached by a string through the center, 
but may be had in other forms, as granulated for percolation or powdered. 

It is a pure bitter used in medicine as a stomachic and tonic to the digestive 



140 Organic Materia Medica 



tract, and as an ingredient in bitters and tonics. It contains several principles 
which may be isolated, but are seldom employed in medicine. A fluid extract 
and tincture are official. 

Average dose.— 2 gm. (30 grains). 

CAMBOGIA. U. S., Br. 

"The gum-resin obtained from Garcinia Hanburii, Hooker hi. (Fam. Gutti- 
fefae)."<U. S., Br. 

This gum-resin is obtained by making incisions in the bark or by breaking 
off the leaves and shoots of gamboge-producing trees, of which there are sev- 
eral varieties in Ceylon, Siam and Cochin-China. A juice exudes from the 
incisions or broken shoots which concretes or solidifies to drops upon ex- 
posure to air and are generally known in continental Europe as gummi gutta. 
The official title was probably chosen because, the gum-resin mostly came 
from Cambodia; it is chiefly imported from Canton and Calcutta to which 
ports it is brought from the interior. 

. In the market gamboge occurs chiefly in cylindrical rolls from one to three 
inches in diameter, this is called pipe gamboge. Another variety in the form 
of mass called cake gamboge is frequently met with. Druggists quite gen- 
erally get it in powder as in that form it is most convenient for making pill 
mass which is its chief medicinal use. It is a powerful hydragogue cathartic 
and is chiefly used medicinally in combination with corrigants wmich mitigate 
its action. It is also used for making water-color paints. 

Average dose. — 0.125 gm. = 125 milligrammes (2 grains). 

CAMPHORA. U. S., Br. Camphor. .. 

C 10 H lc O.= 150.98. 

The dextrogyrate modification of the. saturated keytone (CoHi.iCO), obtained 
from Cinnamomum Camphora (Linne), Nees et Ebermaier (Fam. Lauraceae); 
and purified by sublimation. "<U. S. 

"A white crystalline substance obtained from Cinnamomum Camphora, 
purified by sublimation. "<Br. 

Camphor is obtained from chips of camphor wood and root, together with 
twigs from the branches. These are placed in a crude reservoir and steam 
generated from water underneath them, which passes through holes in the 
bottom of the reservoir and thus conveys the volatilized camphor together 
with oil of camphor into earthen pots inverted on the top of the reservoir, in 
which the camphor is sublimed. The crude camphor thus produced is drained 
or pressed to free it from the oil of camphor and the camphor is purified 
by sublimation. Camphor is used in all countries. 

When treated with acids it produces several acids, as camphoric acid, 
GoHieO*, camphoronic acid, C 9 Hi 2 5 etc. 

Crude camphor is prepared chiefly in China and Japan, from whence it is 
imported and refined in the. U. S., Great Britain and other European countries. 
The camphor tree grows very large in its native countries, and trees of fair 
size: are found in southern California where they are used as shade trees. 
Since the discovery of celluloid, of which, it is an ingredient, the use of 
camphor has very greatly increased. 

Artificial Camphor. This is now prepared but so far its production on a 
commercial basis has not proven profitable. It will be further mentioned 
under Camphora in Part II. « • - 

CANELLA;. Canella Cortex. Canella Bark. 

The bark of Canella alba. Murray; deprived of its corky layer and dried. 

Under the title Cortex Canella? alba, this is official in several European 
countries. The tree is native in Florida, the West India islands, and the 
Bahamas, from which the chief supply is derived. It is known there as white 
wood bark or white cinnamon. In medicine it is employed as an aromatic 
addition to bitter tonics and digestives. With aloes in powder it is an ingre- 
dient of the old domestic remedy "Picra." 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose from 10 to 40 minims. 



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CANNABIS INDICA. U. S., Br. Indian Cannabis. Indian Hemp. 

"The dried flowering tops of the pistillate plants of Cannabis Sativa, Linne 
(Fam. Moracere), grown in the East Indies. "<U. S.. 

"The dried flowering or fruiting tops' of the female plant of Cannabis 
Sativa, Linn, grown in India, from which the resin has not been removed. "<Br. 

This is obtained in northern India, and is also cultivated in Europe and 
America. In Persia and Hindoostan it is used as an intoxicant and is found in 
the bazaars under- the name "Gunjah" or "Hashish." A resinous exudate 
appears upon the green plant and natives dressed in leather breeches run 
through the fields, the resin collecting upon the leather from which it is scraped 
and gathered into balls which are called "churrus." 

The plant is narcotic, causing peculiar sensations and hallucinations. It is 
employed in medicine as a nervine, anodyne and hypnotic. Average dose 
0.065 gm. = 65 milligrammes (1 grain). A fluid extract,, extract and tincture 
are prepared from the plant. 

Cannabin. A neutral principle obtained from the plant, and used in med- 
icine for the same purpose as the drug. 

Cannabine. This is claimed to be an. alkaloid and is also prepared from 
the drug. It is official in the Ger. S. 

Cannabine Tannate. This is official in several countries of Europe. The 
dose of the principle and alkaloid is % to 1 grain or more. 

CANTHARIS. U. S., Br. Cantharides. [Spanish Flies]. 

"The beetle, Cantharis vesicatoria, (Linne), De Geer; thoroughly dried at 
a temperature not exceeding -±0°C. (i04 p F.J."<U. S. 

"The dried beetle, Cantharis vesicatoria, Latr."<Br. 

These beetles are obtained chief]}' from Spain. Italy, southern France and 
southern Russia, the latter variety being preferred. They feed upon the 
leaves of trees and shrubs, preferably the white poplar, ash, elder and lilac, 
and are obtained early in the morning when they are chilled, by beating the 
trees or shrubs with poles and collecting them from sheets upon which they 
fall. They are then exposed in a covered sieve to the fumes of boiling vin- 
egar which kills them, and are dried in the sun or bv artificial heat which 
should not be over 40°C. (104°F.). 

The beetles or flies are employed in medicine chiefly for producing irritation 
of the skin and vesications or blisters. The tincture is employed internally as 
an aphrodisiac and for dropsy and amenorrhea, and externally in hair tonics 
to stimulate the hair bulbs. The powdered flies are prepared with lard and 
beeswax into a cerate for blistering. Alcoholic or etherial tincture is also pre- 
pared for the same purpose. 

Average dose. 0.030 gm. = 30 milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

Cantharadin or Cantharidine. This is a crystalline substance obtained from 
cantharides, and is the vesicating principle of the insect. According to the 
Fr. Codex it is prepared by exhausting the powdered cantharides first with 
chloroform to dissolve out the cantharidine, then distilling the chloroformic 
extract, mixing it with carbon disulphide. which dissolves out the greasy 
matter without dissolving the cantharidine. then pouring off and dissolving the 
residue with chloroform, evaporating and crystallizing. 

CAOUTCHOUC. Br. India-rubber. 
Elastica. U. S. Rubber. 

This appears under the above different headings in the Br. and U. S. 

"The prepared milk-juice of Hevea-brasiliensis, Muell.. Arg., and probably 
other species, known in commerce as pure Para rubber. "<Br. 

"The prepared milk-juice of several species of Hevea, Aublet (Fam. Euphor- 
biacese); known in commerce as Para rubber. "<U. S. See Elastica. 

CAPSELLA BURSA PASTORIS. Shepherd's Purse. 

A common pasture weed of the family Cruciferae. 

It has a pungent, bitter taste and. by distillation yields an oil similar to 
essential oil of mustard. It has some reputation as a domestic remedy, 



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being used in the form of decoction as a diuretic in dropsy and kidney com- 
plaints and as a stimulant and antiscorbutic. A fluid extract is prepared, dose 
1 to 4 Cc. (y 4 to 1 fl. drachm). 

CAPSICUM. U. S. Capsicum. Cayenne Pepper. 
Capsici Fructus, Br. Capsicum. 

"The dried ripe fruit of Capsicum fastigiatum, Blume (Fam. Solanaceae)." 

<u. s. 

"The dried ripe fruit of Capsicum minimum, Roxb."<Br. 

The plant is a native of the East Indies, but is cultivated generally in trop- 
ical countries and a number of varieties are found in the market. Capsicum 
baccatum, or bird pepper, C. frutiscens, and C. fastigiatum are shrubs, but C. 
annum, which is the chief cultivated variety, is an herb. 

The fruit which is commonly known as "red pepper" is very pungent to the 
taste and irritating to the mucous membrane if it comes in contact with it. 

It is extensively used as a seasoning for food, catsup, pickles etc., and is an 
ingredient in most of the liquid sauces etc. that are used as relishes. Pepper- 
sauce is prepared by filling a bottle with red peppers or "bird peppers" and 
adding vinegar. Tobasco sauce is the quintessence of the red fruit. 

The drug is mostly used in the drug business in the form of powder, and 
from it the official tincture and oleo-resin are prepared, also a fluid extract 
which is not official. 

The tincture of capsicum is used in liniments externally in various medicinal 
compounds. The oleo-resin is used in capsicum plasters, pills etc. 

Average dose. — 0.0(35 gm. = 65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

CARDAMOMUM. U. S. Cardamom. 
Cardamomi Semina. Br. Cardamom Seeds. 

"The dried, nearly ripe fruit of Elettaria repens (Sonnerat), Baillon (Fam. 
Zingiberaceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried ripe seeds of Elettaria Cardamomum, Maton."<Br. 

Several varieties of cardamoms are obtained from Malabar and adjacent 
countries. They are known in the market as lesser, medium and larger car- 
damoms, the "lesser" variety being generally used in pharmacy. A volatile 
oil possessing its aromatic properties is distilled from it. Cardamom is used 
as an aromatic and flavoring for many preparations, as powders, tinctures, 
elixirs etc. Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 1 Cc. (5 to 15 minims). 

A compound fluid extract of Cardamom is prepared from Cardamom and 
Cinnamon each 7 oz., Caraway 3^ oz., Cochineal 1^4 oz., with alcohol to 
make 16 fl. ounces. This is used mainly for flavoring medicines. 

CAROTA. Wild Carrot. 

The fruit or seed of Daucus Carota, a biennial plant growing in dry fields 
in Europe and the U. S. It is slightly aromatic and has a pungent taste. 
In medicine is is used as a diuretic and stimulant, especially in ordinary 
dropsy. It is also employed externally or locally in the form of infusion, for 
itching or pruritus. Its active properties are extracted by hot water, but 
a fluid extract is prepared which is more generally used by physicians. 

CARTHAMUS. American Saffron. 

The long tubular flowerets of Carthamus tinctoria, yellow when first 
gathered but drying to a dark brownish-red. 

These flowerets are commonly sold in the U. S. for Saffron, although they 
are entirely different from the true Saffron, which is the stigmas of Crocus 
sativus, grown in Europe. They have a faintly insipid bitterish taste and a 
rather peculiar odor. In medicine the drug is of but little value, but has slight 
action as a diuretic, diaphoretic and laxative. It is chiefly used in species, 
and in the form of infusion, saffron tea is given to newly-born babies to 
clear their complexion. 



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A pigment for coloring the cheeks, sold in the form of "pink saucers," is 
made from this drug. 

CARUM. U. S. Caraway. Carui Fructus. Br. Caraway Fruit. 

"The dried fruit of Carum Carvi, Linne (Fam. Umbelliferae)."<U. S. 

"The dried fruit of Carum Carvi. Linn.''<Br. 

The caraway seed of the pharmacopoeias is a native of Europe and is cul- 
tivated in gardens or dooryards in the U. S. It is aromatic, and is used 
chiefly for that property, as an addition to species or to liquors or medicinal 
compounds. A volatile oil is distilled from the fruit or plant, and a liquor 
known as Kiimmel is prepared from it by distillation with spirits. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 
Used chiefly as flavoring for medicines. 

Carvol is the chief constituent of oil of caraway. (Which see). 

CARYA ALBA. Shell-bark Hickory. 

The common hickory of the United States (Fam. Juglandaceae). 

The leaves are somewhat aromatic and astringent. The bark has similar 
properties. An extract is prepared from the bark, which is used to give the 
flavor of maple syrup or sugar, being known as maple flavor. The nuts yield 
an oil known as hickory-nut oil which is esteemed. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the inner bark which represents the 
medicinal properties of the tree, as tonic and antiperiodic. 

Dose 2 to 4 Cc. (^ to 1 fl. drachm). 

CARYOPHYLLUS. U. S. Cloves. 
Caryophyllum. Br. Cloves. 

"The dried flower-buds of Eugenia aromatica, Linne; O. Kuntze (Fam. 
Myrtacese)."<U. S. 

"The dried flower-buds of Eugenia Caryophyllata. Thumb. "<Br. 

Cloves are obtained from small trees growing in the Molucca Islands, and 
in the West Indies. They are warm, aromatic and stimulant, and are con- 
siderably used in medicinal preparations as a flavoring and for their carmin- 
ative effect. Their chief value is contained in a volatile oil which may be ob- 
tained from them by distillation. This consists chiefly of Eugenol, which is 
a methyl ether of allyl-dioxybenzene. 

Average dose. — 0.250 gm.— 250 milligrammes (-1 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose y 2 to 2 Cc. (8 to 30 minims). 
Used chiefly for flavoring other medicines. 

Caryophyllin, C20H32O2, is a principle obtained from cloves by exhausting 
them with ether and precipitating the extract with water. A white substance 
is precipitated which is treated with ammonia to remove its impurities. 

Caryophyllic Acid, QoH^Oo, is prepared from caryophyllin by treating it with 
fuming nitric acid. 

CASCARA SAGRADA. Br. 
Rhamnus Purshiana Cortex. Sacred Bark. 

"The dried bark of Rhamnus purshiana, DC."<Br. 

In the U. S. P. this is known as "Rhamnus Purshiana" under which title 
it is described. 

Cascara Amarga. Honduras Bark. The bark of a Mexican tree, (Fam. Sim- 
arubacese). An alterative tonic and anti-syphilitic. Should not be confounded 
with Cascara Sagrada which is entirely different. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (/ 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

A liquid extract is official in the Br., dose ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 

Picramnine. An alkaloid obtained from Cascara amarga, dose 1 to 5 grains. 



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CASCARILLA. Br. Cascarilla. 

"The dried bark of Croton Eluteria, J. J. Bennett. "<Br. 

This was official in the U. S. P. 7th revision but was dismissed in the 8th. 

The bark is obtained chiefly from the Bahama Islands and Cuba; but a Mex- 
ican variety is somewhat used in that country. 

It is a bitter aromatic, having a spicy taste and when burned, a musk-like 
odor. It is considerably used in making aromatic bitters, and is burned with 
gums and is an ingredient of aromatic or medicinal pastilles. A volatile oil 
is distilled from it, and a bitter principle, Cascarillin, is obtained by precip- 
itating a concentrated tincture with lead acetate etc., as is common in obtain- 
ing neutral principles of plants. 

A fluid extract is prepared with y A alcohol, dose 1 to 5 Cc. (15 to /5 minims). 

Cascarilline, which is supposed to be an alkaloid is also obtained from the 

CASSIA FISTULA. U. S. 

"The dried fruit of Cassia Fistula, Linne (Fam. Leguminosa^)."<U. S. 

The pods of this plant are from 18 inches to 24 inches long and from Y\ inch 
to 1 inch in diameter. They are nearly cylindrical in shape, blackish-brown 
in color, and very hard. 

In the interior they are divided into numerous cells, each containing a 
smooth flattish-oval, reddish-brown seed, surrounded by pulp. The pulp only 
is used in medicine. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (GO grains). 

CASSIA PULPA. Cassia Pulp. Br. 

"The pulp obtained from the pods of Cassia Fistula, Linn."<Br. 

The pulp is viscid and nearly black, with a faint odor resembling prunes 
and having a mawkish, sweet taste. The pods yield about thirty percent, of 
this pulp which is used in pharmacy in the preparation of confection of senna 
and in making laxative confections. 

CASTANEA. Chestnut. 

The common chestnut, Castanea vulgaris. Lamark; var. Americana (Fam. 
Cupuliferae). 

A large tree common in North America, yielding "chestnuts," a popular 
nut, in the fall and early winter. 

The leaves are an efficient remedy for whooping cough. In domestic med- 
icine they are employed in the form of infusion (probably better than in any 
other way). A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 4 Cc. (5 to 60 minims). 

CASTOREUM. Castor. Beaver Castor. 

The dried preputial follicles, and their secretion, known as Castor fiber, ob- 
tained from the Beaver, chiefly from Canada and Russia. It has a peculiar 
odor and a bitter, acrid, nauseating taste. It is stimulant and antispasmodic, 
and is reputed to cure "fits," hysteria and chorea. 

A tincture is prepared with alcohol, and an ammoniated and etherial tincture 
are used in European pharmacy. 

CATARIA. Catnep. 

The tops and leaves of Nepeta Cataria, Linne (Fam. Labiatae). 

This plant is common in Europe and America in waste open places by the 
sides of buildings and fences. It has a strong peculiar odor, pungent, aro- 
matic, rather bitterish taste, and contains a volatile oil which may be separ- 
ated by distillation. 

In medicine it is employed for hastening retarded menses and for the re- 
lief of flatulent colic in infants, also acting as a nervine. In the form of in- 
fusion "Catnep tea" is a popular domestic remedy, and may be advantageously 
employed as a diaphoretic, tonic, stimulant, and emmenagogue. Cats are 
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A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to S gm. (1 to 2 fl. drachms), best given in 
hot water. 

CAULOPHYLLUM. Blue Cohosh. 
Squaw root. Blueberry root. Pappoose root. 

The root-stalk and rootlets of Caulophyllum thalictroides, Michaw (Fam. 
Berberidaceae). 

This plant is found in woods in Canada and the northern U. S. Its rootlets 
are very numerous, forming a dense mat about the root-stalk. The drug 
has an acrid odor and taste and leaves a sweetish persistent acrid taste after 
chewing it. It is a sedative, oxytocic and abortificant and is used in amen- 
orrhea, hysteria and uterine displacements. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose y 3 to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims); it is also 
used in compound female remedies. 

Caulophyllin. A concentrate prepared by pouring a concentrated alcoholic 
tincture into water, collecting and drying the precipitate; dose Y^ to 1 grain. 

CEANOTHUS. Red Root. 

The root of Ceanothus Americanus (Fam. Rhamnaceae); commonly known 
as "Jersey Tea." 

A small shrub found in woods and groves in U. S. and Canada, and quite 
abundant on barren lands in the West. It has astringent, expectorant and 
antispasmodic properties and is used for asthma, chronic bronchitis, catarrhal 
affections and in inflammations Its decoction is popular as a domestic rem- 
edy for sore mouth or throat, canker, ulceration or morbid inflammation. 

A fluid extract of the root is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). A 
syrup of red root is also prepared. 

During the American Revolution the leaves of this plant were used as tea 
by many, taking the place of the Chinese tea, made obnoxious by the British 
tax, for which reason is was destroyed in Boston Harbor. 

CELASTRUS. Climbing Staff-tree. False Bittersweet. 

The bark of the root of Celastrus Scandens (Fam. Celastracese). 

This is a climbing shrub or vine found throughout the northern U. S. and 
Canada. It twines about trees and often reaches to a great height. The bark 
of the root which is intensely yellow is the part used. It is alterative, diaphor- 
etic and diuretic, and is considered a valuable remedy for scrofulous con- 
ditions and cutaneous eruptions, also for female disorders and irregularities. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to S Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

An ointment is made by steeping the fresh bark in lard for some time 
until its strength is extracted. This is useful for scrofulous sores and ulcers 
and all manner of sores. 

CENTAUREA. Blessed Thistle. 

The leaves of Centaurea Benedicta (Fam. Cynarese). 

The herbaceous plant has long rough leaves, irregularly toothed and barbed 
with sharp spines. Its odor is unpleasant and the taste bitter. It is used in 
medicine as a tonic, particularly for gastric debility; large doses act as emetic. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

CENTAURY. European Centaury. 

The flowering heads of European Centaury. It is diaphoretic and some- 
what tonic and has a strong, bitter taste. It is used in dyspepsia and gastric 
fevers, but is more particularly an ingredient of the compound cordials and 
bitters prepared in Europe. In this country it is but little used but in Europe 
it is given in the form of hot infusion to break up colds and fevers. 

CEPHALANTHUS. Button Bush. 

The bark of the root of Cephalanthus occidentalis (Fam. Rubiaceae). 

This is a shrub found near marshes, rivers and small bodies of water in the 
U. S. and Canada. It is tonic, laxative and diuretic and is used for fevers and 
disorders of the bladder and urinary canal. 

A fluid extract is prepared; dose 2 to 4 Cc. ( l / 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 



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CER^ — WAXES. 

Wax is the general name for a variety of peculiar, concrete substances 
resembling beeswax. Although the varieties used are few, they are obtained 
from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms, and serve important and 
useful purposes that could not well be supplied by other substances. In the 
arts beeswax is extensively used for modeling, making moulds, electrotyping, 
etching etc. In pharmacy it is used for making cerates, ointments and sim- 
ilar galenicals. Other varieties of wax are but little used in comparison with 
beeswax, but some of them are now being employed in place of it for some 
purposes, as they can be obtained at lower prices. 

The following are the varieties of wax known and used in pharmacy, bees- 
wax only being official : 

CERA FLAVA. U. S., Br. Yellow Wax. Beeswax. 

"A peculiar concrete substance prepared by Apis Mellifica, Linne."<U. S. 

This is obtained by melting the honey-cells or honey-comb of the common 
honey-bee, Apis Mellifica, and is purified by straining and agitating with hot 
water while fluid. It is then poured into pans containing a little hot water, 
when most of the impurities subside and may be scraped from under the 
surface of the cake when cold. 

Beeswax is composed of three different substances, namely. Myricin, 
Ceratic Acid and Cerolein. These substances may be separated by boiling 
wax in alcohol; the first remains undisolved; the second dissolves but crystal- 
lizes out upon cooling; the third remains in solution in cold alcohol. 

Yellow wax is used in the arts for moulding etc., and in pharmacy for mak- 
ing some kinds of cerates and ointments, when the color is not objectionable. 
It is better in many respects for cerates etc. than white wax which is pre- 
pared from it. 

CERA ALBA. U. S., Br. White Wax. White Beeswax. 

White wax is beeswax bleached by exposing yellow wax in thin layers to 
the action of light, air and moisture. It is prepared in a commercial way by 
first melting yellow wax and making it into thin sheets which are spread upon 
linen cloths stretched upon frames, moistened occasionally and exposed to 
the light and air until the color is partly discharged. The wax is then 
gathered, melted and sheeted as before, and again bleached in the same man- 
ner, and the operation is continued until it is considered sufficiently white for 
the market, when it is melted and run into round or square cakes. 

White wax is considerably used in the form of thin sheets for making wax 
flowers, and other artistic work. It may be sheeted for this purpose by melt- 
ing upon water and plunging a round bottle in the melted mass. When with- 
drawn, a thin coating of wax adheres to the bottle, which, when cut, comes 
off in sheets. In pharmacy it is used in making the light colored cerates, and 
to give consistence to some of the white ointments. 

Other Kinds of Natural Wax. 

The following are varieties of wax obtained from natural sources : 

Bay Wax, Myrtle Wax or Bayberry Tallow. — This is obtained from the fruit 
of the wax myrtle by boiling it in water, the wax or fat collecting upon the 
surface. It is greenish-yellow, has a balsamic odor, and is harder and more 
brittle than beeswax. It is sometimes used in ointments, and for making 
candles, from which the fruit is called candleberry. 

Carnauba Wax. — Obtained from the leaves of the wax palm by boiling 
them in water and collecting the wax which rises to the surface. This wax 
is extensively used for the manufacture of candles, also for making varnish. 
It is not used in pharmacy. 

Japan Wax. — A species of wax or turpentine obtained from the Rhus Suc- 
cedaneum of Japan. It is used chiefly in making varnish and candles. 

Ceresin or Ozokerite. — Mineral or Earth Wax. — This is a species of wax 
obtained from mineral deposits in various parts of the country, but chiefly 
obtained in Russia and Austria-Poland. It is found in the fissures of shale 



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or slate, from which it is obtained by fusion. When refined it so closely res- 
embles yellow beeswax as to be readily sold for it, and may be used for the 
same purposes. It is now extensively used instead of yellow beeswax. 

Paraffin Wax. — The solid white crystalline hydro-carbon obtained from 
petroleum by chilling it with ice, pouring off what remains liquid, and sub- 
jecting the remaining semi-solid mass to pressure, is called paraffin or paraffin 
wax. It somewhat resembles white wax which it sometimes subtitutes or is 
used to adulterate. It varies considerably in hardness, according as more or 
less of the soft paraffin remains combined with it. It is used instead of 
beeswax for many purposes, and may be employed in making ointments and 
cerates, but is not so satisfactory as beeswax. It is used for making corks 
impervious to chemicals, for sealing bottles, covering jelly etc. 

CETACEUM.. U. S., Br. Spermaceti. 

Spermaceti is a "peculiar concrete, fatty substance," obtained from the 
oleaginous matter found in the head of the sperm whale, Physeter macroce- 
phalus. The oily matter from which spermaceti is obtained is found in a 
large cavity in the upper jaw, and is dipped out soon after the animal is dead, 
as an oily liquid which congeals into a yellow mass. This is drained in suit- 
able bags, and then pressed with great force to remove the liquid olein, 
leaving the solid cetaceum in the bags. This is then purified by melting in 
water, straining, boiling with weak solution of potash, then washing with 
water, and finally allowing to congeal into a white crystalline mass, somewhat 
resembling wax. Its low melting point, 50° C. (122°F.), combined with its 
solidity when cold, makes it a valuable addition to many ointments and cer- 
ates, giving them a firm consistence, but allowing them to be readily worked 
or softened. 

Spermaceti is employed in pharmacy to give consistence to ointments etc., 
and as an ingredient in several toilet preparations, Cremes etc. It is also used 
to give a gloss to starch. In medicine it is frequently given to allay internal 
irritation. It may be powdered by fusing it and rubbing it in a mortar until 
cold. Mixed with three times its weight of sugar it is the Saccharated Sper- 
maceti considerably prescribed in France and Germany. 

CETRARIA. Iceland Moss. 

"Cetraria islandica (Linne), Ascharius (class Lichenes) ."<U. S. 7th re- 
vision. 

This lichen which is obtained from rocks in Iceland, northern Canada and 
New England, is used in pharmacy chiefly for making jellies, either for nu- 
tritious food or as a vehicle for medicines. It has had considerable reputation 
as a remedy for pulmonary affections, and Iceland moss cough syrups or tab- 
lets are favorite medicines, although they seldom contain any Iceland moss. 
It contains some tonic principles, but .is chiefly used as a demulcent. When 
used it should first be soaked in water several times, the water being poured 
off each time, to deprive it of its bitterness. 

CHELIDONIUM. Celandine. 

"The entire plant Chelidonium majus, Linne (Nat. ord. Papaveracese)."<U. 
S. ith revision. 

This is a common, wild, perennial, herbaceous plant, having purgative and 
diuretic properties, and used considerable as a domestic remedy for jaundice 
and scrofulous eruptions. 

The dose of the dried root is 30 to 60 grains. 

A fluid extract is prepared with % alcohol, dose 2 to 4 Cc. ( J / 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Chelidonic Acid has been obtained from it and a number of other principles 
and bodies possessing acrid properties and said to be similar, if not identical 
to those obtained from sanguinaria. 

CHELONE. Balmony. Snake-head. 

The stems and leaves of Chelone glabra, (Fam. Scrophulariacese). North 
America. An herb growing in moist places and having large white or purple 
flowers, which from their resemblance to the head of a reptile have given the 



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plant the name, snake-head, turtle-head, shell-flower. It is purgative, tonic 
and anthelmintic. Useful in constipation, jaundice etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 2 to 4 Cc. ( l / 2 to 
1 fl. drachm). 

Chelonin. A principle prepared from Chelone, dose 1 to 3 grains. 

CHENOPODIUM. Wormseed. American Wormseed. 

Formerly official in the U. S. but has been dismissed. The fruits (seeds) of 
Chenopodium ambrosioides, Linne (Fam. Chenopodiaceae). Native of North 
America and Europe, also found in the West Indies, Central and South 
America. Very small seeds, peculiar, nauseous, pungent taste. Medicinal 
principle chiefly in the oil. Anthelmintic and antispasmodic. Wormseed tea 
is prepared by pouring boiling water upon the seeds. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 1 to 5 Cc. (15 to 75 minims). 

Oil of Chenopodium is obtained by distillation, dose 4 to 8 minims. 

CHIMAPHILA. U. S. Pipsissewa. Prince's Pine. 

The leaves of Chimaphila umbellata (Linne), Nutall (Fam. Ericaceae)." 
<U. S. 

This is a small evergreen, semi-procumbent plant, native of the northern 
U. S., Europe and Asia; from its shining persistent leaves it is called winter- 
green. It is astringent, slightly bitter, with a sweetish taste and marked diu- 
retic properties. It has been used effectively in dropsy, and is reputed to be 
a cure for boils and similar eruptions. A fluid extract is prepared and a prin- 
ciple obtained from the plant called chimaphilin, which has properties similar 
to preparations of the plant. It may be obtained in yellow crystals insoluble 
in water but soluble in alcohol, chloroform and ether. 

Average dose of the powdered leaves 2 gm. (30 grains), but the fluid extract 
is generally given, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (*/> to 1 fl. drachm). 

Arbutin. This is a neutral colorless crystalline principle obtained from 
Chimiphila, also found in Uva Ursi and other similar drugs. Dose 3 to 
5 grains. 

Chimaphilin. The active principle of Chimaphila, dose 1 to 4 grains. 

CHIONANTHUS. Fringe Tree. 

The bark of the root of Chionanthus Virginica, Linne (Fam. Oleaceae). 

This is an ornamental shrub or small tree found in woods from southern 
Penn. to Florida, and west to Kentucky and Tenn. The bark of the root is 
aperient, alterative and diuretic, used as a tonic and laxative and for biliousness 
and intermittent fevers. 

A fluid extract is prepared; dose 1 to 4 Cc. (*4 to 1 fl. drachm). 

CHIRATA. U. S., Br. Chirata, U. S. Chiretta, Br. 

"The dried plant Swertia Chirayita, Hamilton (Fam. Gentianaceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried plant Swertia Chirata, Ham., collected when in flower. "<Br. 

This plant is a native of northern India and has long been used in that 
country in the preparation of bitters and tonics for dyspepsia and debility. 
It is like gentian, a true bitter, having no other marked medicinal properties. 
It is used for the same purposes as gentian and columbo. 

Average dose of the powdered plant is 1 gm. (15 grains). A fluid extract 
and tincture are also official in the U. S. P. 

Chiratin. C2cH 4S Oi5. A principle obtained from this plant seems to represent 
its chief medicinal value, but it also contains 

Ophelic Acid, G3H20O10, which has the properties of other bitter vegetable 
acids. 

CHONDRUS. U. S. Carragheen. Irish Moss. 

"The dried plant of Chondrus crispus (Linne) Lyngbye (Fam. Gigartin- 
ace;e)."<U. S. 

A plant found upon the stones and rocks on the coast of Europe and mostly 
obtained from the western coast of Ireland, [t is also found along the south- 



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ern coast of Massachusetts, from which the U. S. supply is now chiefly 
gathered. 

It forms mucilaginous jelly when boiled for 10 or 15 minutes, which is highly 
esteemed as a nutritious food, and in pharmacy it is employed for making 
emulsions and is said to be much used in making some of the popular cod- 
liver oil emulsions, sold as proprietary medicines. Some principles have been 
obtained from it similar to those obtained from gum Arabic, and a substance 
may be made from the mucilage obtained from it by evaporation, which con- 
siderably resembles gum Arabic but lacks its adhesive qualities. In mucilage 
it is used in pectoral complaints, scrofula, and in irritability of the digestive 
tract. 

CHRISAROBINUM. U. S., Br. Chrysarobin. 

"A neutral principle extracted from goa powder, a substance found de- 
posited in the wood of Vouacapoua Araroba, Aguiar (Fam. Leguminosas)." 
<U. S. 

"A substance obtained from Araroba by extracting with hot chloroform, 
evaporating to dryness and powdering. It consists chiefly of a definite chem- 
ical substance, also known as chrysarobin but contains a varying proportion 
of chrysophanic acid."<Br. 

The difference between chrysarobin and goa powder or araroba which is 
recognized in the Br. P. is that the former is purified. In the Br. P. both the 
crude and the purified are given. 

Araroba. Br. Goa Powder. Chrysarobin. 

"A substance found in cavities in the trunk of Andira Araroba, Aguiar; 
freed as much as possible from fragments of wood, dried and powdered. "<Br. 

This is a yellowish-brownish or brown powder obtained in Brazil, and con- 
siderably used in the East Indies. Internally it is an irritant purgative, and 
externally it is used in the form of an ointment for psoriasis and eczema, also 
in suppositories for hemorrhoids and suspended in liquid petrolatum or gly- 
cerin, for gonorrhcea. 

CIMICIFUGA. U. S. Black Cohosh. Black Snakeroot. 
Cimicifuga. Rhizome. Br. Cimicifuga. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Cimicifuga racemosa (Linne), Nuttall 
(Fam. Ranunculaceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Cimicifuga racemosa, Ell."<Br. 

Black cohosh, as this plant is familiarly known, is considerably used in 
medicine in rheumatism, dropsy, and in the treatment of St. Vitus dance; also 
as a tonic. The extract, fluid extract and tincture are official in the U. S. 
The powdered root is seldom given, fluid preparations being preferred. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

A liquid extract is official in the Br., dose 5 to 20 minims. 

Macrotin or Cimicifugin is an impure resin obtained by precipitating a con- 
centrated alcoholic extract by pouring it into water. This principle is con- 
siderably used by the Eclectics. 

CINCHONA. Peruvian Bark. 

A considerable number of varieties of cinchona bark- are recognized in 
different pharmacopoeias. The bark was first brought from Peru, hence its 
common name — Peruvian Bark, but it is now obtained, either native or cul- 
tivated from several South American states and tropical islands. The history 
and description of the species would fill a volume, therefore only the barks 
official in the U. S. and Br. will be considered here. 

Cinchona. U. S. "The dried bark of Cinchona Ledgeriana Moens; Cin- 
chona Calisaya, Wedell; Cinchona officinalis, Linne; and of hybrids of these 
with other species of cinchona (Fam. Rubiaceae). It should yield not less 
than 5 percent, of total anhydrous cinchona alkaloids and at least 4 percent, of 
anhydrous ether-soluble alkaloids when assayed by the process given. "<U. S. 

The varieties above mentioned are mostly known in the market as calisaya 
or yellow cinchona bark, Cinchona Flava, chiefly used by the retail trade, but 



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manufacturers of quinine and other cinchona salts often employ other kinds. 

Cinchona Rubra. Red Cinchona. U. S. Cinchonae Rubrae Cortex. Red 
Cinchona Bark. Br. "The dried bark of Cinchona succirubra, Pavon (Fam. 
Rubiaceae); or of its hybrids, yielding not less than 5 percent, of anhydrous 
cinchona alkaloids. "<U. S. "The dried bark of the stem and branches of cul- 
tivated plants of Cinchona succirubra, Pavon. "<Br. 

This is known in the market as red cinchona bark, but the slab bark which 
is greatly inferior to the quill bark, may be supplied by dealers unless the 
"quiir' bark is ordered. 

Cinchona bark is extensively used in medicine either in the form of powder 
or some of its fluid preparations or extracts. It is also the source of quinine 
and its various salts and several cinchona alkaloids and their salts used in 
medicine, the more important of which are hereinafter described. 

The dose of the powdered bark is from 10 to 60 grains, as a tonic or anti- 
periodic. 

A fluid extract of Cinchona and a tincture and compound tincture are 
official in the U. S. P. 

A liquid extract of cinchona is official in the Br., dose 5 to 15 minims. 

Cinchona Alkaloids. A large number of Cinchona Alkaloids are known and 
used in medicine, but as the more important of them are official they will be 
noted under their proper headings in Part II. 

CINNAMOMUM. Cinnamon. 

Several varieties of cinnamon are used in medicine and are official in differ- 
ent pharmacopoeias. The U. S. P. recognizes two varieties : 

Cinnamomum Cassia. Cassia Cinnamon. — The bark of the shoots of one or 
more undetermined species of Cinnamomum grown in China, (Chinese Cin- 
namon). This was official in the U. S. P. 7th revision but was dismissed from 
the 8th. 

In other pharmacopoeias this is known as Cassia Bark, Cortex Cinnamomi; 
Cassia Lignea etc. Casse, Canelle de Chine, Fr.; Cassienzimmt, Chinesischer 
Zimmt, G. ; Cannella, It.; Canela, Mex., Sp. 

Cinnamomum Saigonicum. U. S. Saigon Cinnamon. "The bark of an un- 
identified species of Cinnamomum (Fam. Lauraceae)." 

Cinnamomum Zeylanicum. U. S. "The inner bark of the shoots of Cinna- 
momum zeylanicum, Breyne (Fam. Lauraceae)." 

Cinnamomi Cortex. Br. Cinnamon Bark. — "The inner dried bark of shoots 
from the truncated stocks of Cinamomum Zelanicum, Breyn; obtained from 
cultivated trees. Imported from Ceylon, and distinguished in the market as 
Ceylon Cinnamon. "<Br. 

In other pharmacopoeias this variety is known as Cortex Cinnamomi Zey- 
lonica; Kaneel, Dutch; Canelle de Ceylon, Fr.; Zeylon Zimmt, G.; Canella, 
It.; Canela, Sp.; Ceylonkanel, Nor.; Akta kanel, Swed. 

The several varieties named are used in the U. S. and are designated in the 
U. S. P. Powdered cinnamon is used as an ingredient of aromatic powders, 
tinctures, and other liquid compounds, and the tincture and fluid extract are 
used as flavoring additions to various medicines. An oil is obtained from the 
bark by distillation, and the leaves also yield an oil by distillation which is 
sometimes used. Spirit of cinnamon is prepared from the oil and it is other- 
wise much used in pharmacy and medicine. 

Cinnamon is a favorite aromatic, extensively used as a flavoring and em- 
ployed as a grateful stimulant and carminative in medicine. The dose of the 
powder is from 10 to 20 grains, but it is usually given in some other form. 

A fluid extract may be prepared with alcohol, and a tincture of cinnamon is 
official in the U. S. P. 

Cinnamomi Fructus Immatura. Cassia Buds. The unripe fruits of the 
Chinese Cinnamon tree. The calyx surrounding the young germ is gathered 
before maturity and is known in the market as "cassia buds." They have the 
same properties as the bark but are more strongly aromatic. 

Cinnaldehydum. Cinnamic Acid, CoH s 2 , which has lately come into prom- 
inence as a remedy for tubercular consumption, is obtained from the oil; also 



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from benzoin and other balsamic substances. It is now official in the U. S. P. 
and will be farther noted in Part II. 

CIVETTA. Civet. Zivetha. 

This is an unctous secretion obtained from the Civet cat. Used chiefly in 
perfumery. It has a peculiar musky odor and is employed to give permanence 
to perfumes. 

COCA. U. S. COCJE FOLIA. Br. Coca Leaves. 

"The dried leaves of Erythroxylon Coca, Lamark ( Fam. Erythroxylaceae), 
known commercially as Huanico Coca, or of E. Truxillense Coca, known com- 
mercially as Truxillo Coca; yielding, when assayed by the U. S. process given, 
not less than 5 percent, of the ether-soluble alkaloids of Coca."<U. S. 

"The dried leaves of Erythroxylon Coca, Lam., and its varieties. "<Br. 

Several varieties of coca lea\es are found on the market, and considerable 
difference exists among authorities as to which is most valuable in medicine. 
The leaves are obtained from Bolivia and Peru where the plants are cultivated 
for the market, and as the Huanico leaves from Bolivia yield a larger per- 
centage of cocaine than the Truxillo variety from Peru, they are usually pre- 
ferred for manufacturing purposes. 

The leaves are considerably used in making medicinal preparations of which 
a fluid extract is official in the U. S., and several proprietary Elixirs and 
Wines are unofficial; also in the production of the alkaloid cocaine and its 
salts. 

Coca is a nerve stimulant and possesses properties similar to tea and coffee. 
It is used in South America to sustain the nervous strength during excessive 
labor or journeys. In these countries the leaf is chewed like tobacco. 

A liquid extract is official in the Br., dose ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 

Cocaine is the principal alkaloid of the leaves and is considered in Part II. 
Ecgonine, CoHk-NOs, is derived from it; also hygrine, a volatile liquid alkaloid, 
and cocatannic acid; but they are little used in medicine. 

Other cocaine salts and combinations are described in Part II. 

COCCULUS INDICUS. Fish-berries. 

The fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, (Fam. Menispermaceae). Native of the 
East Indies. A poisonous drug, seldom used internally but employed ex- 
ternally to kill parasites. A decoction of the berries is applied to kill lice, 
gnats, ringworm of the scalp or face and other forms of parasitic eczema. 
When employed internally it is best given in the form of fluid extract, 1 to 3 
minims. 

COCCUS. U. S., Br. Cochineal. 

"The dried female insect, Pseudococcus cacti (Linne), Burmeister."<U. S. 

"The dried fecundated female insect. Coccus cacti, Linn., reared on Nopalea 
Coccinellifera and other species of Nopalea. ? '<Br. 

Cochineal is obtained chiefly from Mexico and Central America where they 
are found on different kinds of cactus, and gathered by the natives. 

This was formerly given as an anodyne but is now little employed as a 
medicine, but is used as a red coloring for medicinal and other preparations 
and as a dye for coloring. 

Carmine. This is a red coloring matter obtained from cochineal, and pre- 
pared by precipitating a decoction of cochineal with chloride of tin solution. 
The best quality of carmine is known as No. -40. Carmine is used in many 
toilet preparations, either in powder or solution, and its solution is used for 
coloring some medicinal preparations, elixirs, syrups etc. It is readily dis- 
solved in alkaline solutions, but is precipitated by acids. 

Carminic Acid. GtHi-Oio. This is another coloring matter of a purple-red 
color obtained by treating cochineal first with ether, then with boiling alcohol, 
and allowing the alcoholic tincture to evaporate spontaneously, when the car- 
minic acid is precipitated. 



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COCHLEARIA. Scurvy-grass. 

The entire plant, Cochlearia officinalis, grown in northern and central Europe. 
It is similar in its medicinal properties and action to horseradish grown in the 
United States, and official under the title Armoracke Radix in the Br. P. 

The plant, when fresh has a pungent, unpleasant odor and a warm, acrid, bit- 
ter taste. It is a stimulant to the digestive organs, diuretic and antiscorbutic. 
It is employed for scurvy, chronic rheumatism, scrofula and paralysis, and in 
Europe is an ingredient in several antiscorbutic compounds. 

A fluid extract is prepared; dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

A syrup and tincture are also prepared. 

COLCHICUM. U. S, Br. 

Both the root (corm) and the seed of colchicum are official in the U. S. 
and Br. pharmacopoeias. 

Colchici Cormus. U. S. — Colchicum Corm. 

Colchici Cormus. Br. — Colchicum Corm. 

"The fresh corm of Colchicum autumnale, Linne (Fam. Liliaceae); yielding, 
when assayed by the process given, not less than 0.55 percent, of colchicine." 
<U. S. 

"The fresh corm of Colchicum autumnale, Linn., collected in early summer; 
and the same stripped of its coats, sliced transversely, and dried at a temper- 
ature not exceeding 150°F. (G6.5°C.)."<Br. 

Colchici Semen. U. S. — Colchicum Seed. 

Colchici Semina. Br. — Colchicum Seeds. 

"The seed of Colchicum autumnale, Linne (Fam. Liliacere), yielding, when 
assayed by the process given, not less than 0.55 percent, of colchicine. "<U. S. 

"The dried ripe seeds of Colchicum autumnale, Linn."<Br. 

This plant is a native of Europe and northern Africa and the root and 
seeds are imported to this country. Fluid extracts, tinctures and wines of the 
root and seed are official and are considerably used as remedies for rheumatism 
and rheumatic gout. It has the property of separating uric acid from the blood 
and diminishes the formation of urates in the system. The dose of the dried 
bulb or seed is from 3 to 8 grains every 4 hours, but the fluid preparations are 
generally given. 

Colchicina, Colchicine. C22H25NO6. — This alkaloid is the active principle of 
colchicum and is obtained from the corm, seeds or flowers of the plant in the 
same manner as is directed for Aconitine. It is, however, very expensive, 
manufacturers quoting it at $14.00 per ounce. The dose of the amorphous al- 
kaloid is V128 to Veo grain. 

COLLINSONIA. Stone Root. 

The root of Collinsonia canadensis (Fam. Labiatae). 

This root grows in the United States in woods and fields from Canada to 
Carolina. It is an herb with heavy knotty roots, and has a warm pungent 
taste due to a volatile oil which it contains. It is tonic, astringent and alter- 
ative, being a reputed remedy for gravel. It is also useful as a remedy for 
rheumatism, dyspepsia, asthma etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared; dose 0.15 to 1 Cc. (2 to 15 minims). 

Collinsonin. A concentrate prepared by precipitating a strongly alcoholic, 
concentrated extract of Collinsonia in water, and drying the precipitate. Dose 
1 to 5 grains. 

COLOCYNTHIS. U. S. Colocynth. 

"The peeled dried fruit of Citrullus Colocynthis, Schrader (Fam. Cucur- 
bitacese), deprived of its rind.''<U. S. 

"The dried pulp of the fruit of Citrullus Colocynthis, Schrad., freed from 
seeds. "<Br. 

The fruit of the "Bitter Cucumber" is obtained from a trailing vine some- 
what resembling the watermelon, and is the size of a small orange. It con- 
tains a white spongy mass enclosing numerous seeds. The dried pulp or 



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inside spongy mass, freed from the seeds, is employed in medicine. This is 
imported from Turkey and various parts of Asia and Africa, and is known in 
commerce as "Colocynth Apple." 

Average dose. — 0.0G5 gm. = 65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

It is prepared in various forms as extracts, fluid extract etc., and is an in- 
gredient in a number of well known medicinal compounds. Owing to its 
cathartic action its extract is an ingredient of cathartic pills, powders etc., 
and it is for the same reason considerably used in liquid laxatives and cath- 
artics. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 0.25 to 0.5 Cc. (4 to 
8 minims). 

Colocynthin. This is the bitter principle of the pulp, and is obtained by 
boiling the pulp in water, evaporating the decoction to an extract, extracting 
the principle by macerating the extract with alcohol, filtering, evaporating the 
filtrate, macerating the residue with a little cold water which dissolves out the 
potassium acetate with which the bitter principle is associated without dis- 
solving the colocynthin, pouring off the aqueous solution, then drying and 
reducing it to a powder. The dose of colocynthin is 1 grain. 

CONDURANGO. Condurango Bark. 

The dried bark of Gonolobus Condurango, Triana (Fam. Asclepiadaceae). 

This plant is a climbing vine found in Ecuador and other Columbian states, 
where it grows to the height of 20 to 30 feet, attaching itself to trees. The 
bark is obtained by beating the stem with a mallet, and drying the peeled-off 
bark in the sun. It was formerly recommended as a remedy for cancer, and is, 
undoubtedly, a good alterative and blood-cleanser. The bark has but little odor 
but has a mild bitter acrid taste. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

CONIUM. U. S., Br. 

Both the leaves and fruit of conium are official in the Br. P., but only the 
fruit is recognized by the U. S. P. 

Conii Folia. Br. — Hemlock leaves. 

"The fresh leaves and young branches of Conium maculatum, Linn., col- 
lected when the fruit begins to form."<Br. 

Conium. U. S. Hemlock. 

"The full-grown, but unripe fruit of Conium maculatum, Linne (Fam, 
Umbelliferae), carefully dried and preserved and yielding, when assayed by 
the process given, not less than 0.5 percent, of coniine. After being kept more 
than two years conium is unfit for use."<U. S. 

"The full-grown, dried, unripe fruit of Conium maculatum, Linn."<Br. 

Conium is an herbaceous plant, native of Europe, but now abundant in the 
U. S. It is found usually along the road-sides or in waste fields, slashings or 
thin woods, and is familiarly known as Poison Hemlock. 

The fresh leaves are used in making extract and ointment and the seeds 
are used for making extract, fluid extract and tincture. The preparations of 
conium are used chiefly as antispasmodic internally, and externally in the 
form of plaster, ointment, oil and liniment as anodyne. 

A fluid extract is official. Average dose 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

Coniina. Coniine. C 8 Hi 7 N. — The valuable medicinal principle of conium is 
a volatile liquid alkaloid called Conine or Coniine. It is obtained by exhausting 
ing conium with boiling water in the water-bath percolator, and distilling 
the percolate until about one-third passes over. This portion contains the 
volatile alkaloid, which is separated from its solution by first filtering through 
animal charcoal to remove all traces of oil or resin, then shaking the filtrate 
with ether, pouring off the etherial solution which contains the alkaloid, and 
allowing the ether to evaporate spontaneously; the liquid remaining after 
the evaporation of the ether is Coniine. It contains no oxygen, is soluble 
in water, alcohol or ether, and has a peculiar odor resembling the urine of 
mice. The dose is from Vio to y* grain. 



154 Organic Materia Medica 

Cicuta Virosa. Europe. Water Hemlock. This plant, which is also 
called Cicuta Maculata (U. SO, -is allied to Conium and was formerly employed 
in medicine. Its properties are similar but more poisonous and it should not 

CONVALLARIA. U. S . Lily of the Valley. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Convallaria majalis, Linne (Fain. Lil- 
iacea;)."<U. S. 

This plant which is cultivated in flower-beds and gardens was a native of 
Europe, but has been domesticated in the U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.500 gm. = 500 milligrammes (iy 2 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared from it which is used in the treatment of epilepsy 
and dropsy, and has also been employed with success in valvular heart trouble. 

Dose ^ to 1 Cc. (5 to 15 minims). 

Convallarin. This is a principle obtained in the usual manner from the 
root, and used as a purgative and diuretic in doses of 3 to 4 grains. Con- 
vallamarin, another principle, produces vomiting even in small doses and 
seems to be the principle that acts upon the heart. It should be cautiously 
given in doses of not more than x / 2 grain. 

COPAIBA. U. S., Br. Copaiba. 
Syn. — Copaiva. (Br.). Balsam Copavia. 

"An oleo-resin derived from one or more South American species of Copaiba 
(Fa'm. Leguminosae)."<U. S. 

"The oleo-resin obtained from the trunk of Copaifera, Lansdf., Desf. ; and 
other species of Copaifera, Linn."<Br. 

This is an oleo-resin obtained from the trunk of various species of Copaifera, 
found in Brazil, Venezuela. New Granada and other parts of Central and 
South America. 

The method of collecting this oleo-resin is usually to cut cavities in the 
trunks of the trees near the base, allowing the oleo-resin to drain into them. 
Two varieties of Copaiba are found in the market. The Para, which it thin and 
contains a larger portion of oil, and the Angostura, which is thicker and con- 
tains more resin. The specific gravity of Copaiba runs from 0.956 for the 
lighter variety to 0.995 for the heavier, at 25°C. (77°F.). It is insoluble in 
water but may be made into an emulsion, in which form it is usually ad- 
ministered, by the aid of acacia, or other emulsifying agents. 

It is a favorite remedy for gonorrhoea and catarrhal conditions of the blad- 
der and urinary passages. 

Average dose.— 1 gm. (15 grains). 

COPTIS. Gold Thread. 

The entire plant, Coptis trifolia, native of North America and Europe, (Fam. 
Ranunculacese). 

The plant has a fine filiform creeping rhizome of a bright golden color and 
is used by mastication or in the form of infusion for sore mouth or canker. 
It is a pure bitter and contains berberine as its ^active medicinal property. It 
is chiefly used in domestic medicine. It might be quite generally used for the 
same purposes as Golden Seal. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Coptis Anemonaefplia. Oh-Ren. The root of a plant native of Japan. (Fam. 
Ranunculac?e). A bitter tonic similar to the above. Highly recommended 
for inflammation of the eye. 

Coptis Teeta. Mishmi Teeta. The root of a plant found in India, China 
and' Khorasan. (Fam. Ranunculacea?). The rhizome is of a golden-yellow 
color. If is a pure bitter tonic used in debility, dyspepsia and convalescence. 

Dose 'of .powdered root 10 to 15 grains. 

CORIANDRUM. U. S. Coriander. 
Coriandri Fructus. Br. Coriander Fruit. 

"The dried ripe fruit of Coriandrum Sativum, Linne (Fam. Umbelliferge)-'* 
<U. S. 

"The dried ripe fruit of Coriandrum Sativum, Linn."<Br. 



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Coriander seed, as it is known in the market, is imported from Europe. It 
is considerably used in compound species as an aromatic and is a favorite 
flavoring for many medicinal preparations. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the fruit with alcohol, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 
to 30 minims). Chiefly used for flavoring. 

A volatile oil is distilled from it which contains all its aromatic properties. 
This is considerably used as a flavoring in. elixirs, its chief constituent is cor- 
iandrol, GoHieO, which is an oxygenated terpene, and is isomeric with borneol 
obtained from camphor. 

CORNU CERVI. Deer's Horn. Hart's Horn. 

This was at one time considerably used in pharmacy and is still official in 
several European countries. A jelly is prepared from it which makes a very 
nutritious food. From it an impure solution of ammonium carbonate or 
"spirit of hartshorn" was first obtained by destructive distillation. It is used 
for the same purposes as calcium carbonate. 

Rasped or shaved deer's horn may be had of jobbers in drugs. 

Cornu Cervi Praeparatum. This is properly a gelatin or glue made by mac- 
erating 100 parts of rasped horn with 100 parts of hydrochloric acid and 
water sufficient to cover it, and after some time pouring off the liquor and 
washing the residue with water until no acid reaction remains, then drying 
in warm air. 

Cornu Cervi Ustum. This is prepared by burning deer's horns until all gel- 
atinous matter has been volatilized, and reducing the calcined residue to a 
powder. It is practically the same as calcium phosphate. 

Cornu Cervi Artificale. Artificial deer's horn may be prepared by melting one 
part of gum ammoniac with 2 parts of gutta percha together by water-bath, 
and working them together until they are thoroughly incorporated. This may 
be used in place of deer's horn for making handles and articles such as are 
usually made from it. 

CORNUS. Cortex Cornus. Dogwood Bark. 

Several species of Cornus are used in medicine. These shrubs, or small 
trees, are native of the northern U. S. and Canada, and have general astringent 
and tonic properties, being used chiefly in domestic medicine for intermittent 
fevers and malaria. 

Cornus Florida is the regular dogwood, the bark of the root being generally 
used. 

Cornus Circinata is the Green Ozier, the bark of the stem and twigs being 
generally employed. 

Cornus Sericea is the swamp dogwood growing in marshes and moist woods. 
The- medicinal action and properties of all these species are similar. 

Fluid extracts of each are prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (% to 1 fl. drachm). 

Cornin. The bitter principle of dogwood. It occurs in white silken needles, 
soluble in alcohol and water; the dose 2 to 5 grains. 

CORTICES — BARKS. 

The following are the names for bark in the principal pharmacopoeias: 

Bast, Dutch; Ecorce, Fr.; Rinde, Gr.; Corteccia, It.; Corteza, Mex., Sp.; Bark, 
Nor., Swed. 

In the U S. P. the Latin title does not indicate that the substance is a bark, 
as "Cinriamomum;" in the Br. P. the title is "Cinnamomi Cortex;" in most 
European authorities the Latin title is employed, as "Cortex Cinnamomi;"' but 
in the Fr., Sp., Mex., and Italian, the common title is used either with the 
word signifying bark preceding or following the name of the bark, as "Ecorce 
de Canelle," Fr., or simply the common name of the drug without the word 
signifying bark in connection with it, as "Canela," Mex., Sp.; "Cannella," It. 

In this work the barks official in the United States and Great Britain are 
described in the text a^d arranged alphabetically under the title of the plant 
from which it is obtained. Most of the barks official in these authorities have 
also the foreign official names given, and as there are but few barks official in 



156 Organic Materia Medica 

other countries that are not somewhere noted in this work, they will not be 
classified under this heading. 

CORYDALIS. Turkey Corn. 

The dried tubers of Dicentra Canadensis, DC, (Fam. Fumariaceae) ; also 
called Corydalis Formosa, Turkey Pea, Squirrel Corn. 

It is found abundantly in open woods throughout the middle and western U. 
S., and is highly esteemed by Eclectic practitioners. The little tubers are round 
or roundish, and have a persistent bitter taste. The medicinal properties are 
tonic, diuretic and alterative, being particularly indicated in scrofula, syphilis 
and cutaneous eruptions. The powdered tubers are quite generally pres- 
cribed and have action similar to Golden Seal. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). A compound 
syrup and tincture are also used. 

Corydalin. This is a concentrate made after the method of Eclectic con- 
centrates, dose ^ to 1 grain. 

Corydaline. An alkaloid obtained from Corydalis, crystals readily soluble 
in ether and alcohol. Several other principles are obtained but are little 
used. 

COTO. Cortex Coto. Coto Bark. 

A dried bark of an unidentified large tree of. Bolivia, having aromatic, 
stimulant and astringent properties. A bark similar to this known as paracoto 
bark is more commonly found in the market. These barks are employed in 
catarrhal, tubercular and typhoid diarrhoeas. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 1 Cc. (5 to 15 drops). 

Cotoin. A principle extracted from Coto bark, dose % to 3 grains. 

Paracotoin. A principle extracted from paracota bark, dose *4 to 3 grains. 

CROCUS. Br. Saffron. 

"The stigmas of Crocus sativus, Linne (Nat. ord. Iridacese)."<U. S. 7th 
revision. 

"The dried stigmas and tops of the styles of Crocus sativus, Linn."<Br. 

The true saffron is imported from France, Spain, Greece, Asia Minor and 
Mediterranean ports, but a little of very good quality has been produced in 
this country and it is probable that the time is not far distant when the 
American supply will equal the domestic demand. 

The true saffron should not be mistaken for the Safflower or American 
Saffron, Carthamus tinctorius, which is commonly sold as saffron in this 
country and which has no particular medicinal value. 

Several principles have been obtained from saffron but they have not come 
into any general use and are not sufficiently recognized to establish their 
character. 

Saffron is employed in medicine chiefly as an addition to species and as a 
mild carminative. The drug is chiefly used for making an infusion to impart 
color and flavor to various preparations. 

A tincture of saffron (1:10) is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 4 to 8 
Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). Used chiefly for coloring other medicines. 

CUBEBA. U. S. Cubeb. 
Cubebae Fructus. Br. Cubebs. 

"The dried unripe fruit, but fully grown, of Piper Cubeba, Linne Alius 
(Fam. Piperaceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried full-grown unripe berries of Piper Cubeba, Linn. fil."<Br. 

This spicy pepper is obtained from Java. Penang and some other parts of 
the East Indies. It is considerably employed in medicine as a stimulant to the 
mucous membrane and is used in powder, in solid and fluid extract, in oleo- 
resin and tincture. The powder is also an important ingredient of catarrhal 
cigarettes and of lozenges for catarrhal and bronchial troubles. An oil is 
also distilled from the berries, which is used internally for the same purposes 
as cubeb, and is a valuable ingredient of gonorrhoea pastes and mixtures. 

Average dose.— 1 gm. (15 grains). 



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A fluid extract is official in the U. S. P. Average dose 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

Cubebin, GoHioOa, is a principle obtained from cubebs : cubebic acid, 
CisHuO-, is also found, and a species of camphor known as cubeb camphor, 
Ci5H 2 eO- separates from the oil when chilled. 

Cubebic Acid. CssHUoOr; — This acid which is obtained from cubeb is a white 
wax-like substance, turning brown on exposure to the air. It is supposed to 
be the active principle of cubeb. The dose is from 5 to 15 grains. 

CUMINUM. Fructus Cumini. Cumin Seed. 

The dried fruit (seed) of Cuminum Cyminum, Linne (Fam. Umbelliferae). 

This plant is native of Egypt and Africa, but cultivated in other warm 
countries. Its virtues reside in essential oils and principles obtained by dis- 
tillation from the seeds. Their medicinal action is stimulating and carmin- 
ative. The oil has a peculiar, rather disagreeable aromatic odor. The seeds 
are tiequently used as an addition to species and medicinal compounds, having 
a flavor between caraway and anise. 

Dose of powdered seeds, 2 to 8 gm. (y 2 to 2 drachms). 

CURARE. Ourari. Woorara. 
South American Indian Arrow Poison. 

This is official in the Fr., Ger. S. and Sp. pharmacopoeias. 

As found in this country it is a blackish, brittle extract or resinoid con- 
tained in earthenware jars, into which it must have been introduced while 
a warm liquid. It is a powerful poison of rather uncertain composition, pro- 
ducing paralysis, and stopping the action of the heart. The dose by hypo- 
dermic injection is stated to be from V20 to V M grain. 

Curarine. This has been isolated as a crystallizable alkaloid, but its chem- 
ical formula has not yet been definitely ascertained. It is soluble in water 
and forms soluble salts with acids. 

Curarine Hydrochloride. This may be prepared by dissolving curarine in a 
small quantity of hydrochloric acid, concentrating and crystallizing. The 
dose by hypodermic injection is V300 to V250 grain. 

The acetate, nitrate and sulphate of curarine may be made in the same 
manner. 

Curare and its salts have been recommended for violent convulsive dis- 
eases, as tetanus, hydrophobia etc., and are now being used for epilepsy, 
chorea etc. 

CURCUMA. Rhizoma Curcumae. Turmeric. 

The dried rhizome of Curcuma longa. 

This was formerly official in the U. S. and is now included in several 
European pharmacopoeias. It is used as a condiment and as a yellow coloring 
in many pickle and mixed spice compounds, 'also in coloring some medicinal 
preparations; and especially in making turmeric test paper which turns brown 
with alkalies and is restored to its yellow color by most acids. Tincture of 
Turmeric for making test paper will be noticed among the tinctures. 

CUSPARIA CORTEX. Br. Cusparia Bark. Angustura Bark. 

"The dried bark of Cusparia febrifuga, DC."<Br. 

This was formerly official in the U. S. P., but was omitted from the 1880 
revision. 

This South American bark is a pure aromatic bitter, and is extensively used 
in making bitters and cordials for stimulating the appetite It is also supposed 
to possess valuable tonic properties and to act on the kidneys. It is known, 
however, chiefly for its use in "Angustura Bitters," which are favorite bar 
bitters. A fluid extract is prepared from the bark and it is used as an ingre- 
dient in several medicinal compounds. 

Angosturine, CioFLoNOu, is an alkaloid obtained from the bark in the usual 
manner and sometimes used in medicine. 

Cusparin is a neutral principle or resin precipitated from a concentrated 
alcoholic extract. Galipine, galipidine, cusparine and cusparidine are also 
alkaloids obtained from the bark but they are not used in medicine. 



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CUSSO. U. S., Br. Kousso. (Brayera). 

"The dried panicles of the pistillate flower of Hagenia Abyssinica, (Bruce), 
Gmelin (Fam. Rosacea: )."<U. S. 

"The dried panicles of pistillate flowers of Brayera anthelmintica, (Knuth)." 
<Br. 

These flowers are imported from Abyssinia and are found in the market in 
compressed clusters with a portion of the flower-stalk attached. 

The drug is used chiefly as a taenicide. It contains a bitter acrid resin which 
is supposed to be its active principle and is named Kosin. This may be iso- 
lated by macerating cusso repeatedly with alcohol to which calcium hydrox- 
ide has been added; the residue is boiled in water and the liquids are mixed and 
distilled and the residue treated with acetic acid which precipitates kosin; 
this is then dried and powdered. 

Cusso -is generally, given in an infusion — the drug altogether for tape-worm. 
An adult dose is half an ounce of the powdered flowers mixed with half a pint 
of water and taken when cool. If the bowels do not operate within a few 
hours a dose of castor oil should be given. Of the principle kosin, 40 grains 
in 4 doses may be given for the same purpose. 

Koussein. An amorphous principle, marketed under this title, is similar to 
Kosin, and is supposed to represent the active medicinal value of the drug. 
The dose is the same as kosin, 40 grains divided into 4 doses given l / 2 hour 
apart. 

CYDONIUM. Semen Cydoniae. Quince Seed. 

The seed from the core of the common quince, Cydonia vulgaris. 

This is official in most of the European countries. It is chiefly useful 
for making a mucilage, which in medicine is valuable to allay irritation, or as 
a vehicle for other medicines, and in toilet preparations is employed for 
various purposes. It is a demulcent, and yields its properties to boiling water, 
with which a mucilage may be readily prepared. 

CYNOGLOSSUM. Hound's Tongue. 

The leaves and root of Cynoglossum officinalis, Linne (Fam. Boraginacese). 

This plant is a biennial found in Europe and the U. S. Its name is derived 
from the shape of its leaves which are hairy, elliptic and petiolate. It is 
official in several countries of Europe. Its medicinal action is anodyne, as- 
tringent and demulcent, used in catarrh, coughs and diarrhoea. The fresh 
plant is applied, bruised, to ulcers, goitre and indolent sores. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

CYPRIPEDIUM. U. S. Ladies' Slipper. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Cypripedium hirsutum, Miller; or of 
Cypripedium parviflorum, Salisburg (Fam. Orchidaceae)."<U. S. 

This plant is a native of the U. S., growing in damp soil in the scattered 
woods; usually along the margins of streams. The beautiful flower, which res- 
embles a slipper, justifies its common name, "Ladies' Slipper," or moccasin 
plant. 

It is employed in medicine as a nervine and nerve tonic, and is considerably 
used by Eclectics in the treatment of epilepsy, hysteria and general nervous 
irritability. Its uses are generally similar to English valerian, but it has more 
tonic effect. A fluid extract is official in the U. S. P., and a principle, cypri- 
pedin, is obtained by precipitating an alcoholic extract with water. An oleo- 
resin may also be prepared in the same manner as other oleo-resins, which 
probably more truly represents the virtues of the drug than any other prepar- 
ation. 

Average dose of the powdered root is 1 gm. (15 grains), 3 or 4 times a day; 
and of the oleo-resin y 2 to 3 grains. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, average dose . 1 Cc. (15 
minims). Official in U. S. P. 



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DAMIANA. 

The leaves and tops of Ternera aphrodiciaca, ( Fam. Terneracea?). 

This is a small mint-like plant, native of Mexico and California. It yields 
a volatile oil and has an aromatic odor and a warm, bitter camphoraceous 
taste. Its properties are tonic, laxative and aphrodisiac. It is employed 
chiefly as a sexual stimulant. 

A fluid extract is. prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (]/> to 1 fl. drachm). 

This drug is supposed to be an ingredient in several proprietary compounds 
known as "Damiana Bitters," "Damiana Wafers," "Mormon Elders Tonic" etc. 

DELPHINUM. Larkspur. 

The seed of Delphinum Consolida. (Fam. Ranunculaceae). 

It is found throughout Europe, China and the U. S., and is chiefly culti- 
vated for its handsome flowers. Its medicinal action is diuretic, emmen- 
agogue and vermifuge, but is most generally used for killing lice and 
other vermin which infect the human family. For this purpose a decoction 
is prepared. 

A fluid extract representing its medicinal properties is also made, the dose 
being from 2 to 4 drops. 

Delphinine. This is an alkaloid prepared from Larkspur and representing 
its medicinal properties. The dose is from Y\ to y 2 grain. 

DICTAMUS. White Fraxinella. 

The bark of the root (Fam. Rutace?e). Native of Europe. Chiefly culti- 
vated. It is antispasmodic, antiperiodic and emmenagogue. L T seful for 
epilepsy, hysteria etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

DIGITALIS. U. S. Digitalis. Fox Glove. 
Digitalis Folia. Br. Digitalis Leaves. 

"The dried leaves of Digitalis purpurea, Linne (Fam. Scrofulariaceae), col- 
lected from plants of the second year's growth. "<U. S. 

"The dried leaves of Digitalis purpurea. Linn , collected from plants com- 
mencing to flower."<Br. 

Digitalis is a native of central Europe, but is now quite generally cultivated 
in this country as a garden ornament and also for medicinal use. Most of 
the leaves used for medicine, however, are imported from Germany. The 
chief value of digitalis in medicine is as a heart tonic, particularly in valvular 
troubles. The drug has a cumulative action which must be guarded against. 
The dose of the powdered leaves is from y 2 to 2 grains, but the extract, fluid 
extract, or tincture which are official, are generally administered. 

Average dose. — 0.065 gm. = H5 milligrammes (1 grain). 

Digitalin. The active principle of digitalis is obtained by precipitating an 
extract. Several substances bearing that name and differing somewhat in 
characteristics and properties are found in the market. They all, however, 
seem to possess the medicinal virtues of digitalis in concentrated form, and 
to be divisible into several other principles of like effect but of different name. 
The dose should not exceed V.*, of a grain and should not be frequently re^- 
peated. 

Digitalein. A glucoside obtained from the leaves. It is a pale yellow amor- 
phous powder readily soluble in water and alcohol. It is said to combine 
the properties of digitalin and digitoxin. 

Digitoxin. One of the constituents of digitalin. It is the most poisonous of 
the glucosides which make up digitalin. Its properties are similar to digitalis. 
The dose is V200 to V100 grain twice a day. 

Other Digitalis Preparations. 

Digitin. Digitalin Crystals. Digitonin. This is a crystalline produce sep-. 
arated from German digitalin. of which it. is a constituent. It acts as a cardiac 



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depressant when administered hypodermically. 

Digitalin verum. Kiliani. This is supposed to be the true digitalin separated 
from associated principles which are present in the product usuaully called 
German or French digitalin. It is insoluble in water and is very expensive, 
being quoted $7.25 per gram. 

Digalen. Liquor Digitoxini Solubilis. This is a sterilized solution con- 
taining 1 part of soluble digitoxin (Cloetta) in 1000 parts of glycerin and 1600 
parts of distilled water. It is recommended to sustain heart action, dose 1 to 
2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

Digipuratum. A purified extract of digitalis claimed to contain 0.4 percent, 
of digitoxin and 4 percent, of digitalin in the form of tannate. Its uses and 
action are the same as digitalis, but because of its purification it is claimed to 
be much more effective. It is put up in V/ 2 grain tablets. 

Digistrophan. This name is applied to tablets claimed to represent the 
active principles of digitalis and strophanthus. The substance is prepared by 
evaporating their mixed fluidextracts to dryness, in vacuo, and by the addition 
of milk sugar, making into tablets which represent l l / 2 grains digitalis and Y\ 
grain strophanthus, combined with sodium acetate and caffeine. They are 
recommended as diuretic and heart tonic. 

Digitol. H. K. Mulford Co. of Philadelphia put out a preparation by this 
name, claimed to be a fat-free tincture of digitalis, of the same strength as 
the official tincture, viz. # 10 percent. 

Digitalone. This is a non-alcoholic liquid claiming to represent 10 percent, 
digitalis, with about 0.6 percent, of chloretone as a preservative. It is in- 
tended for subcutaneous injection and for internal use. Dose 5 to 30 minims. 
P. D. & Co., Detroit, Mich. 

Digitalysatum. This is claimed to be a preparation of fresh digitalis leaves 
standardized to represent a gram of the fresh, or 0.2 gram of the dried leaves 
in a gram of the preparation. The dose is 5 to 15 minims, limited to 75 minims 
daily. 

DIOSCOREA. Wild Yam. 

The rhizome of Dioscorea villosa, (Fam. Dioscoreaceae). 

This plant, which is also called colic root, is a perennial creeper found 
throughout the central and southern U. S. It is esteemed by the negroes 
as a cure for rheumatism. 

It has properties similar to the Saponaceous plants and is expectorant, 
diaphoretic and anti-spasmodic, being a favorite remedy for bilious colic. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (*4 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Dioscorein. The active principle of this plant, dose 1 to 4 grains. 

DIOSPYROS. Persimmon. 

The unripe fruit of Diospyros Virginiana (Fam. Ebenacae). 

This is commonly known as the Persimmon tree, native of the southern 
states. The unripe fruit contains a viscid juice of astringent taste, the bark 
is also astringent and bitter. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the bark which is useful in chronic diarrhoea, 
leucorrhoea and uterine hemorrhages, also locally, diluted, as a gargle for 
sore throat, and as an astringent wash for ulcers. Dose of the fluid extract, 
2 to 4 Cc. (V 2 to 1 fl.drachm). 

Diospyros Kaki. Japanese Persimmon. This is a native of Japan and East 
Indies. The bark of the root is tonic, with peculiar action on the mucous 
membrane. Useful in dysentery, catarrh of the stomach, bowels and bladder. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

DIRCA. Leatherwood. Moosewood. 

"The bark of Dirca palustris, (Thymelaceae). 

This plant is a shrub growing in moist woods throughout the U. S. The 
bark is very strong and tough and is used for tying up bundles. In medicine 
it is a sialogogue and acts upon the glandular system. It is also an irritant to 



Organic Materia Medica 161 

the skin when applied and its properties generally are like mesereum, which 
is its foreign relative. 

A fluid extract is prepared with a strongly alcoholic menstruum, dose 10 
to 15 minims. 

DITTANY. 

The herb Culina Mariana. Native of New England. Used chiefly as a do- 
mestic remedy for colds and influenza, and as emmenagogue, preferably in 
the form of a hot infusion. 

This plant yields a volatile oil by distillation similar to anise. 

DRACONTIUM. Skunk-cabbage. 

The rhizome and roots of Dracontium fcetidum, (Fam. Araceje). 

This plant grows in swamps and moist grounds throughout the U. S. and 
Canada. It is a very rank plant, having the peculiar odor from which it 
derives its common name. Its properties are antispasmodic, narcotic and 
stimulant, and it is used for coughs, catarrh, chronic rheumatism and St. 
Vitus dance with excellent results. 

A fluid extract is prepared, preferably from the green plant. The dose 
is from 2 to 4 gm. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

DROSERA. Sundew. 

A small plant having fleshy, radical leaves and covered upon the upper 
surface with numerous whitish or reddish-colored bristles. It is found in 
moist rich ground in all countries. The plant is without odor, but the 
leaves have an acid, acrid, bitterish taste. It acts as an antispasmodic and 
is used in bronchial coughs and asthma. 

A fluid extract should be made from the green plant, dose 5 to 30 minims. 

DUBOISIA. 

The leaves of an Australian plant, Duboisia myoporoides, (Fam. Solanacese). 

This has similar properties as other solanaceous plants, belladonna, hyos- 
cyamus etc., and is specially recommended for the treatment of opthalmic 
goitre and Basedow's disease. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose l / 3 to 2 / 3 Cc. (5 to 10 minims). 

Duboisine. An alkaloid obtained from Duboisia, identical with hyoscy- 
amine and daturine; dose Vioo to V 5 o grain. 

Duboisine Sulphate. Prepared by dissolving the alkaloid with a little 
diluted sulphuric acid and crystallizing. The dose is the same as of the 
alkaloid. It is employed as a mydriatic preferable to atropine. 

DULCAMARA. Bittersweet. 

"The young branches of Solanum Dulcamara, Linne (Fam. Solanaceae)." 
<U. S., 7th revision. 

This plant is a climbing shrub growing to the height of 6 or 9 feet. The 
dried twigs which are used in medicine have a thin bark externally pale- 
greenish and internally green. The odor is slight and the taste bitter, after- 
wards sweetish, from which characteristic the plant derives its name, "Bitter- 
sweet." It is diuretic, diaphoretic and alterative, with mildly narcotic action. 
It is given for rheumatism and chronic catarrh but more especially for its 
action upon the skin in scaly eczema, pityriasis, psoriasis etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm) ; and an 
ointment by steeping the twigs in hot lard for some time. 

ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA. Cone-Flower. 

The root of a slender plant found in the western U. S. (Fam. Composite). 
This is highly recommended as an alterative in syphilis and old chronic ulcers, 
fever-sores etc., both for internal and external use. It has also been used as 
a remedy for snake bites and hydrophobia. Another species, Echinacea pur- 
purea, commonly known as Black Sampson, is used for the same purpose; 

A fluid extract is prepared. Dose 15 to 30 minims. 



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Echafolta. This is a brand name given to an Eclectic preparation of this 
drug for internal use. It is similar to a fluid extract. 

Echidine. A mixture of the active principles of echinacea and thuja com- 
bined with iodine is put out under this name. It is used both internally and 
externally. Dose 2 to 5 minims. 

Ecthol. A liquid antiseptic intended for internal use and composed of the 
active principles of echinacea and thuja in solution. 

ELASTICA. U. S. Rubber. 
Caoutchouc. Br. India-Rubber. 

This appears under the above different headings in the U. S. and Br. 

"'The prepared milk-juice of several species of Hevea, Aublet < Fam. Euphor- 
biaceas); known in commerce as Para Rubber. "<U. S. 

"The prepared milk-juice of Hevea braziliensis. Muell., Arg.. and probably 
other species known in commerce as pure Para rubber. "<Br. 

This is the concrete juice of several species of Hevea found in tropical 
countries, either in native forests or cultivated. The trees are "tapped" and 
the fresh milky juice that exudes gathered and spread over mounds of un- 
baked clay and exposed to the heat or torches, by which treatment the smoky 
color of most varieties is acquired. When the mass is nearly dried another 
layer of juice is spread over it and treated in the same manner, and thus, suc- 
cessively, until blocks of crude rubber are made up of the required solidity 
and thickness. The clay form is then broken and the rubber sent to the 
native market from whence it is shipped to other countries. The Para rubber 
from Brazil is recognized as the best, but great quantities come from Africa 
and some is now obtained from cultivated trees in Mexico. 

Rubber is insoluble in water and dilute acids or alkaloids, but is more or 
less soluble in chloroform, carbon disulphide. oil of turpentine, petroleum ben- 
zin and benzol. It melts at about 125 C C. remaining soft and adhesive after 
cooling. Its solution in ether or benzol is used as an adhesive and for water- 
proofing fabrics: also in liquid form for mending rubber tires and soft rubber 
articles of all kinds. 

Vulcanized Rubber and Hard Rubber are made by combining sulphur in 
various percentages with rubber and heating them together. Different degrees 
of hardness may be produced by using different proportions of sulphur and 
different temperatures. In the form of sheet rubber which is lightly vulcanized, 
many articles sold in drug stores are prepared, as water-bags ere. Another 
form is rubber mixed with some earthy substance and made into tubing or 
bulbs, such as sj-ringes etc. Hard rubber, which is highly vulcanized, is made 
into hard rubber goods, syringes, combs, penholders, and a great variety of 
articles. 

ELATERIUM. Br. 

"A sediment from the juice of the fruit of Ecbailium Elaterium. "<Br. 1S9S. 

This is obtained from the very nearly ripe squirting cucumber fruit by 
cutting the fruit lengthwise and lightly pressing out the juice, then straining 
through a hair-cloth sieve and setting aside to deposit. The supernatant 
liquid is then poured off. the sediment poured on a linen filter and dried 
by gentle heat on porous tiles. It requires about 40 pounds of the fruit to 
yield half an ounce of elaterium: it is therefore expensive and liable to 
adulteration. 

Elaterium is used as a purgative or cathartic, especially in dropsical con- 
ditions. It is generally given in the form of pills or powders, but its sol- 
ution in alcohol is more effective. The dose is from V M to * » grain, re- 
peated if necessary. 

Elaterinum, Elaterin. U. S. Br. A neutral principle extracted from 
elaterium by treating it with alcohol, evaporating the alcoholic tincture to the 
consistence of a thin oil. and pouring it while warm into a weak boiling sol- 
ution of potassa. The elaterin crystallizes, leaving the green resin in sol- 
ution. The dose is V M of a grain. 



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ELEPHANTOPUS TOMENTOSUS. Elephant's Foot. 

The herb, (Fam. Compositae ), native of southern U. S. Diaphoretic, ex- 
pectorant and emetic in large doses. Useful in asthma and bronchial catarrh. 
A fluid extract is prepared, dose l /$ to 2 Cc. (5 to 30 minims). 

EMBELIA RIBES. 

The fruit of a kind of currant grown in India, (Fam. Myrsineae). A very 
large climbing vine which, when full grown, has a trunk 8 to 10 inches in 
diameter. The smooth, succulent, black berries, when ripe, are about the 
size of pepper and are carminative, stomachic and anthelmintic. Useful 
especially for removal of tape-worm. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the fruit, dose 4 to 16 Cc. (1 to 4 fl. drachms). 

EPHREDRA ANTISYPHILITICA. Teamster's Tea. 

The twigs of a plant grown in Mexico and Arizona familiarly known in 
that country as "Whorehouse tea." It is esteemed as a remedy for venerial 
complaints and is especially recommended for gonorrhoea. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

EPIG^A REPENS. Trailing Arbutus. 

The leaves of trailing arbutus, also known as ground laurel and May-flower 
(Fam. Ericaceae). 

This plant is found in woods in north America. It has evergreen leaves and 
in the early spring puts forth rose-colored fragrant flowers in small axillary 
clusters. Its leaves are inodorous, but have an astringent, bitter taste. Its 
action is astringent and diuretic. It is used for catarrh of the bladder, gravel 
etc., and in its action quite resembles uva-ursi. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose from 2 to 4 Cc. {}/>. to 1 fl. drachm). 

EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM. Willow Herb. 

The leaves of the plant, (Fam. Onagraceae), grown in the U. S. and Europe. 
It is chiefly astringent and demulcent. Useful in diarrhoeas and leucorrhcea. 
A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. { x / 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

EPIPHEGUS. Beech Drops. 

The parasitic plant, Epiphigus Virginiana, which grows upon the root of 
the beech. A peculiar scaly plant found only about the roots of beech trees. 
Is is astringent and useful in chronic diarrhoeas and pulmonary or uterine 
hemorrhages. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose % to 2 Cc. (10 to 60 minims). 

EQUISTICUM. Horsetail. 

The rush-like plant, (Fam. Equistaceae), native of U. S., found in low 
moist shaded ground. It is astringent and diuretic. Useful in dropsy, sup- 
pression of urine and dysentery. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

ERGOT. U. S., Br. Ergot. 

"The sclerotium of Claviceps purpurea (Fries), Tulsane (Fam. Hypo- 
creaceae), replacing the grain of rye, Secale cereale, Linne (Fam. Gram- 
ineae)."<U. S. 

"The sclerotium of Claviceps purpurea, Tulsane; originating in the ovary 
of Secale cereale, Linn."<Br. 

This is a morbid growth which appears on occasional heads of rye, also ap- 
pearing on other kinds of grain, taking the place of a regular kernel of the 
grain, and is familiarly known as "spurred rye." It has a peculiar odor and a 
sweetish taste, and a bluish-purple color externally. 

Ergot is extensively used in medicine in a variety of forms. It seems to 
have a contractile effect upon the capillaries and is employed for contraction 
of the uterus during or after labor, in hemorrhages, for hemorrhoids and in 



164 Organic Materia Medica 

various conditions requiring contraction of the small blood vessels. An ex- 
tract, fluid extract and wine of ergot are official in the U. S. P. The drug 
is seldom administered in powder. 

A liquid extract is official in the Br., dose 10 to 30 minims. 

The following preparations and principles have been obtained from ergot: 

Ergotin, or Bonjean's Ergotin. — This is a purified extract of ergot of rather 
soft consistence. See Extractum Ergota?. The dose is from 5 to 10 grains. 
This extract is used in many forms in medicine and, when properly diluted and 
combined, is the chief ingredient of a liquid used in an atomizer for asthma. 

Ergotinine, crystallized. This is recently official in the Fr. Codex. It may 
be obtained by exhausting ergot, 1 kilogm. with 95% alcohol, 3 kilogms., by 
percolation, and adding caustic soda just sufficient to make slightly alkaline 
and then distilling off the alcohol. The residue after distillation is then 
agitated briskly for some time with ether 2 liters and allowed to rest quietly 
for some time. If the ether does not completely separate, a little solution 
of citric acid is added drop by drop until neutralized and complete separation 
occurs. The ether is then poured off and carefully agitated with a tenth of 
its volume of water and left to stand until the etherial layer has separated. 
This is then carefully poured off and agitated with 10 grammes of citric acid 
dissolved in 30 grammes of water. The aqueous residues are then collected, 
concentrated and crystallized, and afterwards the crystals purified, neutral- 
ized and converted into the alkaloid. 

This is used chiefly by hypodermic injection .Vis grain in solution. 

Cornutein or Ecboline is another alkaloid obtained from ergot, having sim- 
ilar properties as the foregoing. The dose is J /% grain 3 times a day. 

Ergone. A liquid preparation of ergot made by P. D. & Co., intended for 
hypodermic use. 1 Cc. represents 1 gramme of ergot. 

Ergotole. A liquid preparation made by S. & D., intended for hypodermic 
use. It is 2y 2 times as strong as the' U. S. fluidextract. Dose 5 to 20 minims. 

Sclerotic Acid. Ergotinic Acid. (Robert). This is claimed to be the chief 
active constituent of ergot, 1 grain representing 25 grains of ergot. Dose y 2 
to 2 grains. 

ERECHTHITES. Fireweed. 

The herb, Erechthites hieracifolia, (Fam. Composite), native of U. S. and 
Canada. This weed springs up in newly-cleared and burnt-over fields. It is 
of aromatic odor and bitter acrid taste. Its action is tonic and astringent, 
chiefly used in diarrhoeas and hemorrhoids, both internally and locally. Its 
virtues reside mainly in the oil of fireweed which may be obtained from it 
by distillation. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 2 to 4 Cc. i}/ 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

ERIGERON. Fleebane. 

The plant commonly called pride-weed or scabious or sweet scabious, (Fam. 
Compositse), native of Europe and North America. It is diuretic, tonic and 
astringent. Useful in dropsies and urinary disorders. Its virtue resides in 
the volatile oil of Erigeron which may be obtained by 'distillation. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (% to 1 fl. drachm). 

ERIODICTYON. U. S. Yerba Santa. 

"The dried leaves of 'Eriodictyon Californicum, (Hooker and Arnott) ; 
Greene (Fam. Hydrophyllaceae)."<U. S. 

This is a low shrub, native of California and New Mexico, which has 
recently been made official in the U. S. P. It is commonly known as "yerba 
santa" and is used in the treatment of consumption and bronchial troubles, 
besides being made into an elixir and syrup with other drugs for the purpose 
of masking the taste of quinine and other bitter drugs. The aromatic leaves 
are used, and a fluid extract is official in the U. S. P. 

ERYNGIUM. Button Snakeroot. 

The rhizome of Eryngium aquaticum, (Fam. Umbelliferae). Native of 
Europe and U. S. A plant having a tuberous root, odor aromatic, taste 



Organic Materia Medica 165 



sweetish-aromatic; diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant. Uses same as senega, 
in bronchial trouble, dropsy and kidney diseases. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 3 Cc. (15 to 45 minims). 

ERYTHRONIUM. Adder's Tongue. Dog Violet. 

The entire plant Erythronium Americanum, (Fam. Liliaceae). Native of U. 
S. A small plant with spotted leaves, growing in moist rich woods. It has 
a corm at the bottom from which the two lily-like leaves proceed. It is 
diaphoretic and in large doses emetic. Mostly used green as a domestic 
remedy. 

ERYTHROPHLCEUM. Sassa Bark. Mancona Bark. 

The bark of the tree, (Fam. Leguminosae). Native of Guinea. This bark 
has an astringent taste and in powder is sternutatory. It is useful in diarrhoeas, 
colic and dropsy. Several native tribes use it an an ordeal bark. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). 

ESCHSCHOLTZIA. California Poppy. 

The plant, (Fam. Papaveracese), is very common in California and is some- 
what used as a soporific and nervine. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

EUCALYPTUS. U. S. 

"The dried leaves of Eucalyptus globulus, Labillardiere (Fam. Myrtacese)." 

<u. s. 

This tree, of which there are many varieties, is an evergreen of Australia, 
but now domesticated in many other countries. It grows in warm, wet local- 
ities, often to a height of 350 feet, and is cultivated in malarial districts for the 
purpose of overcoming malarial emanations. The leaves are used in medi- 
cine, and eucalyptus oil, which somewhat resembles the oil obtained from the 
camphor tree, is distilled from them. A fluid extract of the leaves is official. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

Eucalyptus Gum. Red Gum. — This is official in the Br. P. and is described 
as "A ruby-colored exudation, or so-called red gum, from the bark of Eucalyp- 
tus rostrata, Schlechtendal; and some other species. Imported from Aus- 
tralia. "<Br. 

This gum is called Australian kino, and very much resembles kino, except 
that it is much less astringent. It is used for diarrhoea or other conditions 
where a mild astringent is indicated. Dose, 2 to 10 grains. 

Eucalyptol. GoHis. This is official in the U. S. P. It is the chief constituent 
of oil of eucalyptus, and is obtained during the distillation of the oil, by frac- 
tionating the portion that is distilled between 170°C. and 178°C. and purifying 
it by treating with calcium chloride and redistilling. It is identical in com- 
position to Cajuputol, and is quite generally used in medicine instead of the 
ordinary oil of eucalyptus. It is a valuable ingredient in many solutions used 
in nebulizers and other spraying devices for the throat and nasal passages; 
and is used in many forms in remedies for bronchial troubles, also in antiseptic 
ointments and oil liniments. 

EUONYMUS. U. S. Wahoo. 
Euonymi Cortex. Br. Euonymus Bark. 

"The dried bark of the root Euonymus atropurpureus, Jacquin (Fam. 
Celastracese)."<U. S. 

The shrub is indigenous to the northern and northwestern U. S., and is 
commonly known as Wahoo, or by its Indian name, Waahoo, or "burning 
bush" from it abundant bright red flowers, or "spindle tree" from the use 
of its wood for making spindles. Its bark is a bitter tonic, laxative and 
cholagogue, and has been used with advantage for dropsy and similar con- 
ditions which require a hydragogue. An extract is official in the U. S., and a 
dry extract in the Br. P. 
^Average dose. — 0.500 gm. = 500 milligrammes (l l / 2 grains). 



166 Organic Materia Me die a 

A fluid extract is prepared with ^ alcohol, dose 1 to 5 Cc. (13 to 75 minims). 

Euonymin. A neutral principle which seems to possess the medicinal activ- 
ity of the bark, and has been a favorite with the Eclectics. The dose is 
1 to 3 grains. 

EUPATORIUM. Boneset. 

"The dried leaves and flowering tops of Eupatorium perfoliatum, Linne 
(Fam. Compositae)."<U. S. 

The herb grows in moist low ground throughout Canada and the northern 
U. S., several varieties being commonly used in domestic medicine. An in- 
fusion of the plant is an old-time household remedy of considerable value. 
A fluid extract is official, but it is more commonly given in the form of ''bone- 
set tea," as a diaphoretic and for influenza and rheumatism. 

Average dose. — 2 gra. (30 grains). 

Eupatorin. A glucoside is obtained from it in the usual manner, but is little 
used in medicine. 

EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM. Queen of the Meadow. 

The root of a perennial, herbaceous plant, commonly known as Queen 
of the Meadow or Trumpet-weed (Fam. Composite). 

This plant is found in northern U. S. and Canada. Its properties are 
diuretic, tonic, astringent and stimulant. It is used for dropsy, gravel, and 
chronic diseases of the urinary organs and rheumatism. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. {y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Eupurpurin. The active principle of this plant. Dose 1 to 4 grains. 

EUPHORBIA. 

Under this general heading may be included several plants, native of 
different countries, somewhat used in medicine. 

They are all somewhat irritant and have a stimulating effect on the mucous 
membrane and secretory organs. 

Euphorbia corollata. Milk-weed or YYild-ipecac. The root of the plant 
found in the southern and western U. S. 

It is cathartic, diaphoretic, expectorant, and in large doses emetic; locally 
the fresh root is applied as a vesicant. 

It is emplo} r ed in chronic bronchitis, catarrh of the bladder and dropsy. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 2 Cc. (5 to 30 drops). 

Euphorbia drummondii. The entire plant of a species found in Australia. 
It has been employed for alcoholic or sexual excesses, and as a remedy for 
cigarrette smoking. 

Euphorbia heterodoxa. A plant found in Brazil, and known there as 
"alveloz." The milky juice is the part employed, which, when applied to the 
skin or mucous membrane, causes a suppuration. It has been employed as 
an application to morbid growth and in epithelioma. 

Euphorbia ipecacuanha. Wild Ipecac. The root of a species common in 
the U. S. It is emetic, cathartic, diaphoretic, expectorant etc. It has been 
found valuable in chronic bronchitis, catarrh of the bladder etc. 

Euphorbia pilulifera. Snake-weed. This plant from Australia is known as 
the pill-bearing spurge The entire herb is used. It is an anti-spasmodic 
and nerve sedative. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

EUPHORBIUM. Gum Euphorbium. 

A substance containing about IS percent, of gum and 38 percent, of resin, 
obtained from Euphorbium resinifera. found in Morocco. It is the concrete 
resinous juice of certain species of Euphorbia, believed to be simliar to cactus, 
which, when incised or wounded, yields a milky juice that concretes on the 
surface to resinous tears about the size of a pea, in which form it is found 
in commerce. 

It is used in irritating plasters, especially in veterinary practice, and in 
catarrh snuffs etc., being a powerful stenutatory. 



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FAB^ — BEANS. 

The name beans or bean is applied commercially to the seeds or fruit of 
certain plants. Only a limited number of such seeds or fruits are known as 
beans, and in this work they are noted under the pharmaceutical title of the 
plants that produce them. Commercially the beans that are used in medicine 
are as follows: cacao, calabar, castor, croton, dive-dive, pichurin, St. Ignatius, 
St. John's (bread), tonca and'vanilla. 

FEL BOVIS. U. S. Ox-Gall. 

"The fresh bile of Bos taurus, Linne."<U. S. 

Ox-gall is the fresh fluid obtained from the gall-bladder of Bos taurus. In 
domestic medicine and the treatment of domestic animals, it is considerably 
used as an ingredient of liniments and lotions. In pharmacy it is used fresh 
as it is obtained and to prepare more permanent preparations of ox-gall, 
which are are follows : 

Fel Bovis Inspissatum — Inspissated Ox-gall or bile.— Made by heating fresh 
ox-gall 100 parts (or 10 ounces) to a temperature not exceeding 80 C C. 
(176°F.), straining through muslin, evaporating the strained liquid on a 
water-bath to 15 parts (or \ x /> ounce). This is chiefly used as an ingredient in 
pills. Dose from 5 to 15 grains. This was formerly official in the U. S. 

Fel Bovis Purificatum — Purified Ox-gall. — U. S. — Made by evaporating 300 
Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces) of fresh ox-gall on a water-bath to about 100 gm. (or 
5 l / 2 fl. ounces); then adding 100 Cc. (or 5 fl. ounces) of alcohol; agitating, and 
setting aside for 24 hours, then decanting and filtering, distilling off the 
alcohol and evaporating the residue to pilular consistence. The uses and dose 
are the same as the preceding. 

The Br. P., under the Latin title Fel Bovinum Purificatum; common title 
Purified Ox-bile; directs 20 fl. ounces of fresh ox-bile to be evaporated to 4 
fl. ounces and mixed with S fl. ounces of alcohol (90%), and treated in the 
same manner as the foregoing. 

Fel Bovis Praeparatus — Prepared Ox-gall. — The liquid ox-gall is frequently 
required in liniments, and, as the fresh ox-gall will not keep, the following 
formula for a permanent liquid preparation is presented : 

Ox-gall, fresh, 16 ounces; alcohol 5 ounces; evaporate the ox-gall at a tem- 
perature not exceeding 80°C. (176 C F.) to 12 fl. ounces; add the alcohol, allow 
to stand for 24 hours and decant the liquid. 

FERMENTUM — YEAST. 

The ferment obtained in brewing beer and by various other processes is a 
vegetable growth (Cerevisise Fermentum — which varies somewhat with the 
substance in which it is developed). It appears as a foam or froth upon the 
surface of the fermenting liquid, and is instrumental in converting the sugar 
of the solution into alcohol with the evolution of CO2. It may be cultivated 
by the addition of a little yeast to any saccharine solution. It is extensively 
used in the manufacture of whisky from corn-meal, and for "starting" the 
fermentation of other liquors. It is used in medicine as a poultice for gan- 
grene and ulcers and is given in diabetes. In the form of Vienna Yeast, which 
is prepared by fermenting an infusion of maize and rye with barley malt, and 
preserved in various other forms, it is a well-known article of household 
use. For this purpose it is prepared with canaille or meal, and pressed in 
cakes and dried, or is pressed moist into cakes and covered with tinfoil and 
sold as compressed yeast. 

FICUS. U. S. Fig. Br. Figs. 

"The partially dried fruit of Ficus Carica. Linne (Fam. Moraceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried fleshy receptacles of Ficus Carica, Linn."<Br. 

Figs are used in medicine in the preparation of Confection of Senna, and 
are reputed to be laxative, but this effect is probably due to the mucilage and 
the seeds which act mechanically. The so-called Syrup of Figs which is 
extensively sold as a proprietary medicine derives its laxative effect from 



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other substances than figs. Fig Paste, which is a popular confection, rarely 
contains figs. The use of figs, however, as a demulcent and nutritive is ad- 
vantageous. 

FILIX MAS. Br. Male Fern. 

"The rhizome of Aspidium Filix-Mas, Schwartz; collected in the autumn, 
divested of its roots, leaves and dead portions, and carefully dried. "<Br. 
This is described under the U. S. title Aspidium. 
A liquid extract is official in the Br., dose 45 to 90 minims. 

FLORES — FLOWERS. 

Fleurs, Fr.; Bliithen, G.; Fiori, It. 

In botany flowers are the blossoms of plants, and contain the organs of re- 
production. A complete flower consists of the calyx which is the green (or 
sometimes other colored) envelope forming the cover of the flower-bud; the 
corolla, consisting of the bright colored leaves which expand when the flower 
opens, and the stamens (male), and pistil (female) — the reproductive organs. 

In pharmacy flowers may consist of all or only a portion of the above men- 
tioned parts, — some flowers being gathered entire, some only the petals being 
used, and some only the stamens. 

In the U. S. and some of the European pharmacopoeias only the name of 
the plant from which the flowers are obtained is given, as arnica, anthemis 
etc. In the Br. P. the Latin name of the plant is followed by the word 
"Flores," as Anthemidis Flores, and the common title has the name of the 
plant preceding the word "flowers," as Chamomile Flowers. 

In some other pharmacopoeias the Latin word Flores precedes the name of 
the plant, as Flores Arnicae etc. 

As all of the U. S. and Br. P. Flowers are described in this work in the 
alphabetical order of subjects, and those not official are mostly noted else- 
where, they will not be further considered under this heading. 

FCENICULUM. U. S. Fennel. 
Foeniculi Fructus. Br. Fennel Fruit. 

"The dried, nearly ripe fruit of Fceniculum Vulgare, Miller (Fam. Umbel- 
liferse."<U. S. 

"The dried ripe fruit of Fceniculum capillaceum, collected from cultivated 
plants. "<Br. 

This fruit, which is familiarly known as "Fennel seed," is a favorite flavor- 
ing in species; and oil of fennel, which is distilled from it, is much used as an 
aromatic ingredient in liquid medicines, particularly those prepared for 
children. A fixed oil is also obtained from it by expression, but it does not 
represent the aromatic properties of the seed to any great degree. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

A fluid extract may be prepared from the seeds with 90% alcohol, dose 1 Cc. 
(15 minims). 

FOLIA — LEAVES. 

Feuille, Fr.; Blatter, G.; Foglie, It.; Hojas, Mex., Sp. 

In botany leaves are the organs by which plants absorb gases which are 
converted into cellular tissue and other plant nourishment. 

In pharmacy fresh or dried leaves are gathered and used for medicinal 
purposes, and the name is applied to all manner of leaves of plants, and some- 
times to the petals of flowers. 

In the U. S. and some of the European pharmacopoeias only the name of the 
plant from which leaves are obtained is given, as buchu, senna etc. In the 
Br. P. the Latin name of the plant is followed by the word "Folia," as Buchu 
Folia etc., and the common title has the name of the plant preceding the word 
"leaves," as Buchu leaves etc. In some of the pharmacopoeias the Latin word 
Folia precedes the name of the plant, as Folia Buchu etc. 

As all of the U. S. and Br. P. leaves are described in this work in the al- 
phabetical order of subjects, and those not official are mostly noted elsewhere, 
they will not be further considered under this heading. 



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FRANGULA. U. S. Buckthorn. 
Rhamni Frangula? Cortex. Br. Frangula Bark. 

"The bark of Rhamnus Frangula. Linne (Fam. Rhamnaceae), collected at 
least one year before being used."<U. S. 

The buckthorn, which is a species of alder, is native of Europe, the bark 
and berries both being employed as medicine. It is similar to the Rhamnus 
purshiana of the Pacific coast of North America, and possesses similar prop- 
erties, but in a less degree. The bark has long been used as a laxative and 
cathartic, and is considerably used in laxative cordials. A fluid extract is 
official in the U. S. P. 

Frangulin. C25H30O10. — This glucosidal principle has been obtained from 
the bark, and seems to represent its cathartic properties, although is is not, 
as yet, sufficiently known to become prominent. 

FRANKENIA. Yerba Reuma. 

The herb Frankenia grandiflora, native of California (Fam. Frankeniaceae). 

This plant has a saline taste with an astringent after-taste. It is used 
in the form of a decoction for insufflation in catarrh and injection in the 
vagina and urethra. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 10 to 20 minims. May be diluted with 
three or four parts of water and used as a gargle. 

FRASERA. American Columbo. 

The root of Frasera Caroliniensis (Fam. Gentianaceae). 

This root has properties similar to Gentian and Calumba. and is fre- 
quently used to adulterate the latter. It is a pure bitter tonic given for the 
same purposes as gentian or calumba. 

Fraserin. An Eclectic concentrate prepared from American columbo, and 
claiming to represent the active properties of the root. Dose 1 to 3 grains. 

FRAXINUS. Ash. 

The bark of several species of Ash is employed in medicine (Fam. 
Oleanceae). 

Fraxinus Americana. White ash, native of U. S. and Canada. Stimulant to 
vaso-motor nerves; used chiefly for uterine congestions. 

Fraxinus Excelsior. European ash. native of Europe and Asia, cultivated 
in U. S. Diuretic, astringent; used in rheumatism, gout and intermittent 
fever. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4- Cc. (Y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Fraxinus Sambucifolia. Black ash, native of U. S. and Canada. Tonic and 
astringent. Used for dyspepsia and eczemas. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 8 Cc. ( J / 2 to 2 fl. drachms). 

All of the species of ash have the power of paralyzing snakes whenever they 
are brought in proximity to the tree or parts of the tree. 

FRUCTUS — FRUITS. 

Fruits, Fr.; Frucht, G. ; Frutto, It.; Fruto, Mex., Sp. 

In botany and pharmacy Fruit includes a great variety of the products of 
vegetation. In a botanical sense, fruit is the matured seed vessel and its 
contents and coverings. The peach and apple are examples of fleshy fruits; 
berries of various kinds are examples of another kind of fruits, nuts, another 
kind of fruits; the grains and a great variety of seeds are other kinds of fruit. 

In the U. S. P. Fruit is generally given the name of the plant from which it 
is obtained, as Carum, Caraway etc.; but when leaves and seeds are both 
official they are designated, as Stramonii Semen, Stramonium Seed etc. In 
the Br. P. the name of the plant is followed by the word "Fructus" or 
"Semina," as Carui Fructus, Caraway Fruit; Stramonii Semen, Stramonium 
Seed etc. 

In some of the other pharmacopoeias the Latin word Fructus precedes the 
name of the plant, as Fructus Carvi, Caraway Fruit etc. 



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As all of the U. S. and Br. Fruits are described in this work in the alphabet- 
ical order of subjects, and those not official are mostly, noted elsewhere, they 
will not be further considered under this heading. 

FUCUS. Bladder-wrack. 

A seaweed, Fucus vesiculosus (Fam. Fucacea:). This seaweed is widely 
distributed along the shores of the Atlantic ocean and Great Britain. It 
has air bladders which support it on the surface, and from which it derives 
its common name. In medicine it is employed as a remedy for obesity, and 
has been an advertised ingredient in compounds for such purpose. The drug 
is properly given in the form of decoction, but a fluid extract claiming to 
represent its virtues is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (%. to 1 fl. drachm). 

FUMARIA. Fumatory. 

The leaves of Fumaria officinalis (Fam. Fumariacese). Native of Europe, 
cultivated in U. S. Bitter, acrid, saline taste. The plant is very succulent, 
yielding a juice which is used for constipation, torpid liver and dyspepsia. 
Dose of recent juice 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

Fumarine. An alkaloid and Fumaric Acid are obtained from this plant. 

GALANGA. Galangal. 

The rhizome of Alpenia officinarum, Hance (Fam. Zingiberacse). 

There are two varieties of this plant, large and small. Their medicinal prop- 
erties are similar, stimulant, aromatic, stomachic, like ginger. Commonly 
called China root from the country where it is chiefly obtained; sometimes 
called catarrh root. It promotes digestion, relieves flatulence and nausea. 

Dose of grated root 1 to 2 gm. (15 to 30 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose from 5 to 20 minims. 

GALBANUM. Br. Gum Galbanum. 

"A gum-resin obtained from Ferula Galbanum, and probably from other 
species. "<Br. 

This gum-resin is obtained from certain umbelliferous plants grown in 
Persia and the East. It is found in the market in masses of agglutinated yel- 
lowish tears containing about 20 percent, of gum, 05 percent, of resin, and 
5 percent, of volatile oil. It is a valuable ingredient of plasters and is used 
in pills. Its resin, extracted by alcohol, yields resorcin by the same treatment 
as is employed with ammoniac; and by dry distillation Umbelliferone, C 9 H 6 3 , 
which is the principle in gums, giving a blue color when dissolved with water 
and a little ammonia added, but is chiefly used externally as an ingredient of 
plasters. Galbanum is employed internally as an antispasmodic, in doses of 5 
to 15 grains. 

GALEGA OFFICINALIS. Goat's Rue. 

The flowering herb, native of southern Europe. This plant is tonic, nervine 
and diuretic, and has recently come into favor as a galactagogue, being highly 
esteemed as a stimulant to the secretion of milk and the development of the 
mammary glands. It is chiefly used in the form of a fluid extract prepared 
with diluted alcohol. The dose of the fluid extract is 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 
minims). 

Galegol. A concentrate prepared by extracting the medicinal principles of 
the drug, evaporating to dryness and mixing with milk sugar in the same man- 
ner as abstracts are made. 

GALIUM. Cleavers. Bedstraw. 

The herb Galium aparine, (Fam. Rubiacere). Native of Europe and U. S. 
It has an acrid, bitter taste and is alterative, antiscorbutic and diuretic. It 
is used in scaly skin eruptions and in scrofula and scurvy. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (^ to 1 fl. drachm). 

Galium Verum. Cheese rennet. A similar plant, native of Europe; having 
like properties, but more acid and bitter. 



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GALLA. U. S., Br. Nutgall. Galls. 

"An excrescence on Quercus infectoria. Oliver (Fam. Cupuliferae)."<U. S. 

"Excrescences on Quercus infectoria, Oliver; resulting from the puncture 
and deposition of an egg or eggs of Cynips Galla? tinctoria?.''<Br. 

Galls are obtained chiefly from Syria and Asia Minor and are known as 
Aleppo Galls, which is the name of the town from which the}' are mostly 
shipped. 

These are used extensively in dyeing and making ink. and are the principal 
source of tannic and gallic acids, which see. Galls are strongly astringent, 
and an ointment made with finely powdered galls and lard was formerly 
official, being used for piles and sores where an astringent was indicated. A 
decoction of syrup of galls may also be used internally in diarrhcea and loose- 
ness of the bowels. 

Average dose. — 0.500 gm. = 500 milligrammes ( i J 4 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared with y 3 alcohol, dose 5 to 10 Cc. (1 to 2 J / 2 
fl. drachms). 

GARRYA. California Fever Bush. Skunk Bush. 

The leaves of Garrya Fremontii (Fam. Cornacea?). 

This shrub is native of California. Tonic, febrifuge: used for malaria, 
dyspepsia and fevers. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 3 to 5 Cc. (45 to 75 minims). 
Garryine. A principle obtained from this plant, dose 1 to 3 grains. 

GAULTHERIA. Wintergreen. 

The leaves of Gaultheria procumbens, (Fam. Ericaceae). 

A very small shrub having an aromatic odor and astringent aromatic taste; 
fruit a small, round, red berry. It yields a volatile oil which is its chief med- 
icinal constituent. It is much heavier than water, having sp. gr. 1.173.- This 
oil is methyl salicylate. A similar oil is made from birch twigs, and also syn- 
thetically. It is employed in medicine as an antiseptic and anti-rheumatic, also 
as a popular flavoring for confectionery and compounds. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the leaves, dose -4 to S Cc. (1 to 2 fl.- 
drachms). 

Essence of Wintergreen is prepared from the oil. 

GELSEMIUM. U. S. Yellow Jasmine. 
Gelsemii Radix. Br. Gelsemium Root. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Gelsemium sempervirens, (Linne), Aiton 
films (Fam. Loganiacese)."<U. S. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Gelsemium nitidum, Michaux."<Br. 

This plant is a native of the southern United States, where it is found in 
forests climbing to the tops of tall trees. It is considerably used in medicine, 
the green plant extract being the most approved form of preparation. A 
tincture and fluid extract are also prepared from the dry root. It is em- 
ployed in the treatment of fevers and paralysis. The dose of the fluid extract 
is 2 minims, gradually increased. 

Average dose. — 0.065 gm. (1 grain). 

Gelsemin. The Eclectics use a powder precipitated from a concentrated 
alcoholic extract of the plant which seems to possess its medicinal properties. 
Gelsemic Acid is also obtained from a concentrated fluid extract by evaporat- 
ing it to about % in volume of the weight of the drug originally taken, 
adding a little diluted hydrochloric acid to the residue, with water in volume 
as much as the original weight of the drug, filtering, shaking the filtrate with 
ether and allowing the etherial washings to evaporate spontaneously. The 
acid crystallizes in groups of long needles. After the etherial washings 
have been removed from the aqueous solution the residue may be concen- 
trated and an alkaloid, Gelseminine, obtained in the usual manner. Gelsem- 
inine hydrochloride and Gelseminine sulphate are prepared by dissolving the 
alkaloids in the acids named, diluting with water, then concentrating. 



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GENTIANA. U. S. Gentian. 
Gentianae Radix. Br. Gentian Root. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Gentiana lutea, Linne (Fam. Gentian- 
acese)."<U. S. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Gentiana lutea, Linn."<Br. 

The variety of gentian designated by- the pharmacopoeias grows in the cool 
elevated regions of Europe, but several other varieties, some of them native 
of the U. S. are found in the market. 

It is a pure bitter tonic much used as a stomachic, and as an ingredient of 
medicines to stimulate the appetite and digestion. Several bitter principles 
have been obtained from gentian, but the favorite forms of administration are 
fluid extract and tincture, usually combined with aromatics. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

A fluid extract is official, average dose 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

The following substances have been isolated from gentian, but are seldom 
used : 

Gentiopicrin, C20H30O12; gentianin or gentisin, C14H10O5; gentisein, CisHsOeJ 
and a sweet principle named gentianose, CieHeeOs, besides several derivatives 
of these principles. 

GERANIUM. U. S. Cranesbill. 

"The dried rhizome of Geranium maculatum, Linne (Fam. Geraniacese).." 
<U. S. 

This plant is found in low grounds and scattered woods, throughout the 
northern and middle U. S. It is used chiefly as an astringent in diarrhoea, 
dysentery and cholera infantum, also in leucorrhcea, gleet etc. The fluid ex- 
tract is official in the U. S. P. 

Average dose of powder. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

Geraniin. A principle is obtained by precipitating a concentrated extract 
of the drug in the usual manner, and has been somewhat used in Eclectic 
practice; it is chiefly tannin with a little resin and oleo-resin. 

GEUM. Water Avens. 

The rhizome and roots of Geum rivale (Fam. Rosacese). 

A perennial plant found in North America and Europe. An astringent tonic, 
useful in diarrhoeas and relaxed conditions of the mucous membrane. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to -A Cc. i}/ 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Geum Urbanum. European Avens. This plant is a native of Europe, quite 
similar to the foregoing. Its medicinal properties and uses are the same. 

GILLENIA. Indian Physic. 

The rhizome and roots of Gillenia trifoliata (Fam. Rosacea?). 

This drug resembles ipecac in its action. It is diaphoretic and expectorant 
in small doses. In large doses a mild emetic. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 10 to 40 minims. 

Gillenia stipulaceae. American Ipecac. A similar plant, found in western 
and southern U. S., having bitter properties. Used the same as the 
foregoing. 

Gillenin. A principle obtained from this drug giving a blood-red color with 
nitric acid. Dose 1 to 3 grains. 

GLANDULE SUPRARENALES SICCSE. U. S. 

Desiccated Suprarenal Glands. 

"The suprarenal glands of the sheep (Ovis aries. Linne), or ox (Bos 
taurus, Linne), freed from fat, and cleansed, dried, and powdered. "<U. S. 

This is a light yellowish-brown amorphous powder having a slight, char- 
acteristic odor, partially soluble in water. One part of the powder represents 
about six parts of fresh glands freed from fat. 

The uses of the suprarenal glands in the vital processes are not yet well 
determined. Two theories are prevalent, one is that the gland destroys certain 



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poisonous .compounds occurring from decomposition of nitrogenous matter in 
the system, the other is that they regulate or control the pressure of the 
blood flowing to the kidneys and secrete certain active substances necessary 
to the health of the organism. One thing is certain that preparations derived 
from these capsules are useful in controlling the blood supply and arresting 
hemorrhage from the tissues. 

Average dose — 0.250 gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

Adrenaline. Suprarenaline. Takamine, who has been most instrumental in 
bringing this alkaloid to public notice gives the formula as G0H15NO3. It is 
usually administered subcutaneously, in a 1% solution as a local haemostatic. 
It is also recommended for Addison's disease, asthma and all conditions in 
which there is an abnormal pressure of blood to any part of the system. It 
will be further noticed in Part II. 

GLANDULE THYROIDE^ SICCM. U. S. 
Desiccated Thyroid Glands. 
Thyroideum Siccum. Br. Dry Thyroid. 

"The thyroid glands of the sheep (Ovis aries, Linne), freed from fat, and 
cleaned, dried and powdered. "<U. S. 

"A powder prepared from the fresh and healthy thvroid gland of the sheep." 
<Br. 

A yellowish amorphous powder, having a slight, peculiar odor, and contain- 
ing the active ingredient of the thyroid tissue; partially soluble in water. One 
part of the powder represents about five parts of the fresh glands. 

The functions of the Thyroid Glands are not as yet definitely understood. 
The dried glands are supposed to be alterative, antifat and hemostatic, and to 
be useful in myxedema, obesity, struma and obstinate hemorrhage. It is 
known that when these glands are removed weakness and decline of all the 
vital functions follow with swelling of the body and thickening of the skin. 

Average dose. — 0.250 gm =250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

Thyroglandulin is the mixed powders obtained from the glands said to be 
particularly useful in goiter and obesity. 

Thyroidin is another name for the dried, sheep's thyroid, made uniform 1 
part equal to 6 of the fresh thyroid. The dose of this powder is x / 2 to 2 grains. 

GLECHOMA. Ground Ivy. 

The herb Glechoma hederaceae, (Fam. Labiatae). Native of Europe. A 
creeping vine with balsamic odor, bitter acrid taste, stimulant, tonic and ap- 
erient. Useful in chronic lung troubles and catarrh of the bladder. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. ( x / 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

GLYCYRRHIZA. U. S. Licorice Root. 
Glycyrrhiza Radix. Br. 

"The dried rhizome and root of Glycyrrhiza glabra, Linne (Spanish 
Liquorice), or of Glycyrrhiza glandulilera, Waldstein and Kitaibel (Russian 
Liquorice); (Fam. Leguminosae)."<U. S. 

"The peeled root and peeled subterranean stem of Glycyrrhiza glabra, Linn., 
and other species. "<Br. 

7'his root which is a familiar and necessary article of drug stock is ob- 
tained chiefly from Italy, Spain, Russia and Turkey; the Italian being the 
sweetest and the Russian the most bitter. 

The root is cut and used in species, and is ground, the finer particles being 
sifted out for powdered liquorice and the remaining fibrous substance being 
known as "Liquorice Wool." Powdered liquorice is used as a dusting for pills, 
and for many other purposes. The cut or ground root is used as an ingredient 
in many preparations, and is particularly useful for covering the taste of bit- 
ter drugs. 

A fluid extract is official, average dose 2 Cc (30 minims). 

A liquid extract is official in the Br., dose V 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 



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Glycyrrhizin. CmHmOw. This is a principle obtained from the root, and is 
classed with the glucosides. It is not readily soluble in water, but dissolves 
freely in alcohol. 

Glycyrrhizinum Ammoniatum. U. S. Ammoniated Glycyrrhizin. — This is 
prepared from liquorice root by percolating it with diluted ammonia water, 
adding sulphuric acid to precipitate, washing the precipitate, then adding 
sufficient ammonia water to dissolve, and drying the solution on glass so that, 
when dry, the product may be obtained in scales. As this is an official prepar- 
ation of the U. S. P. the formula is given in full in Part II. 

GNAPHALIUM. Life Everlasting. 

The flowering herb of Gnaphalium polycephalum, Linne (Fam. Composite). 
A fragrant, aromatic, bitter drug found in North America. Used for chronic 
bronchitis, diarrhoea etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (]/> to 1 fl. drachm). 

GOSSYPIUM. Br. Cotton. Cotton Wool. 

"The hairs of the seed of Gossypium barbadense, Linn., and of other species 
A Gossypium freed from fatty matter. "<P>r. 

This is the natural cotton official in the Br. P. In the U. S. P. Purified cot- 
ton is directed and as is is properly a preparation it will be more fully des- 
cribed in Part II. 

Cotton is used in pharmacy as a plug in funnels for filtering many liquids, 
and has been employed as an absorbent medium for oils in making aromatic 
waters. 

GOSSYPII CORTEX. U. S. Cotton Root Bark. 

"The bark of the root of Gossypium herbaceum. Linne; or of other culti- 
vated species of Gossypium (Fam. Malvaceae )."<L~. S. 

The bark of cotton root grown in the southern United States and in the sea 
islands is used as medicine, a fluid extract being official in the U. S. P. It is 
reputed to have emmenagogue properties and to promote uterine contraction 
like ergot, and to be useful in arresting hemorrhage. No important principle 
has been isolated from this drug. The dose of the fluid extract is l / 2 to 1 
fl. drachm. 

Cotton Seed Oil is obtained from the seeds of the plant by expression and 
the hairs of the seed, which are known as Cotton are of great industrial im- 
portance. 

GOSSYPIUM PURIFICATUM. U. S. Purified Cotton. 

"The hairs of the seed of Gossypium herbaceum, Linne; and of other species 
of Gossypium freed from the adhering impurities and deprived of fatty mat- 
ter."<U. S. (See Part II.). 

GOUANIA. Chewstick. 

The bark of Gouania domingensis (Fam. Rhamnacese). Found in the 
West Indies. It is an aromatic, bitter, tonic and astringent. Used in gen- 
eral debility; locally by chewing, and as a remedy for spongy gums. It 
is recommended to cure the tobacco habit when chewed in place of tobacco. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose -i to 12 Cc. (1 to 3 fl. drachms). 

GRANATUM. U. S. Pomegranate. 
Granati Cortex. Br. Pomegranate Bark. 

"The bark of the stem and root of Punica Granatum, Linne (Fam. Puni- 
caceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried bark of the stem and root of Punica Granatum, Linn."<Br. 

The bark of the stem and root of pomegranate which is employed as 
medicine, is chiefly imported from Europe and Asia, but the tree is cultivated 
in all civilized countries where the climate will admit. It attains its greatest 
perfection in the West Indies and most of the bark imported to this country 
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It is used chiefly as a remedy for tape-worm, for which it has been proven 
quite effective. It is best given in the form of decoction, first macerating 2 
ounces of the bark in a pint of water for 24 hours, then bringing to a boil and 
adding enough water to make a pint of the finished decoction. Of this one- 
fourth may be taken at once and followed every half hour with one or two 
ounces more as the patient can stand. It causes nausea and dizziness, but the 
effect is not alarming and the worm is generally discharged within a few hours 
after taking the medicine. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 
minims). 

Pelletierine, CsHi :; NO. is a liquid alkaloid supposed to represent the activity 
of the bark; being strongly basic it combines with acids, forming salts; the 
sulphate and tannate being the most desirable. This is an expensive alkaloid, 
as only 4 parts are obtained from this drug, other principles are obtained 
from pomegranate bark but are not considered so effective as pelletierine. 
Pelletierine tannate is the preparation of the alkaloid most generally used; 
the dose being from r / 2 to 1 grain. 

GRATIOLA. Hedge Hyssop. 

The herb Gratiola officinalis, native of Europe (Fam. Scrophulariaceae). 

A hydragogue cathartic used in dropsy. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

GRINDELIA. U. S. Grindelia. 

"The dried leaves and flowering tops of Grindelia robusta, Nutall; or of 
Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal (Fam. Composite) ."<U. S. 

This plant is found on the western side of both North and South America, 
but the source of supply for the United States comes chiefly from California 
and Mexico. It is an herbaceous plant growing from one to three feet high, 
but only the flowering top and leaves are used in medicine. Of the two var- 
ieties named as official there is but little difference in medicinal activity. The 
value of the plant seems to reside in the resinous exudation that may be 
obtained from the leaves and flowers. It closely resembles the exudation from 
pine, but having a different odor. Medicinally the plant is useful in asthma 
and bronchitis, acting as an antispasmodic and stimulant to the affected 
organs. It is also employed in whooping cough, and, like other terbinthine 
medicines, it is valuable in catarrhal diseases affecting the mucous membrane, 
either of the air passages or the renal tract. It is quite generally prescribed 
in the form of fluid extract, which is official in the JJ. S. P. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

GUACO ROOT. 

The root of a climbing vine found in Mexico and Central America,, species 
unidentified. Used by the natives for the cure of serpent bites and highly 
recommended as a specific for rheumatism, used internally in the form of a 
fluid extract and externally applied. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

GUAIACI LIGNUM. Br. Guaiacum Wood. 

''The heart-wood of Guaiacum officinale, Linn., or Guaiacum Sanctum, 
Linn."<Br. 

This was official in the U. S. P. 7th revision, but was dismissed in the 8th. 
It is still official in many pharmacopoeias. 

The tree grows in the West Indies and the Bahama Islands, and along the 
coast of the adjoining continent. The wood is known commercially as "Lig- 
num Vitae," and is considerably used for making handles and for mallets and 
other implements in which a tough, hard, heavy wood is desirable. For use in 
pharmacy the wood, as usually imported, should be deprived of sap-wood and 
the heart-wood reduced to chips, raspings or shavings. 



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The rasped wood was formerly an ingredient in the U. S. Compound Syrup 
of Sarsaparilla. and is still considerably used in blood purifiers, and for rheu- 
matism, scrofula and syphilis. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 minims). 

GUAIACUM. U. S. Guaiac. 
Guaiaci Resina. Br. Guaiacum Resin. 

"The resin of- the wood of Guaiacum officinale. Linne; or of Guaiacum 
sanctum. Linne (Fam. Zygophyllace?e).'*<U. S. 

''The resin obtained from the stem of Guaiacum officinale. Linn; or of Gua- 
iacum sanctum. Linn."<Br. 

• The resin is obtained either as a natural exudate, or by tapping the trunk 
of the tree, or by heating billets of wood, or by boiling the sawdust or chips in 
water. 

It is used chiefly in the form of tincture or ammoniated tincture, and is 
the source of several principles and acids that have attracted some attention 
in the medical world. Guaiacol was formerly obtained from this resin and 
has lately come into much prominence, but is now chiefly produced from beech- 
wood creosote. Guaiaretic Acid, C10H2.5O4; Guaiacic Acid, Ci-HieO,,; Guaiacene, 
CoHsO; Pyroguaiacin, C^H^Og, and some other substances are obtained from 
it. 

It is used for purposes similar to those of the wood, but as it is soluble in al- 
cohol and in alkalies, it is more convenient for administration. The dose of the 
powdered resin is from 10 to 30 grains. 

GUARANA. U. S. Guarana. 

"A dried paste chiefly consisting of the crushed seeds of Paullinia Cupana, 
Knuth (Fam. Sapindaceae) ; yielding, when assayed by the process given, not 
less than 3.5 percent, of its alkaloidal principles. "<U. S. 

The woody climber from the fruit of which this paste is made grows in 
Brazil. The paste is prepared by the native Indians of the country in which 
the plant is found. The seeds are first shelled and well washed, and then 
roasted for five or six hours. Their external shells are then removed by beat- 
ing them in a sack with clubs, and the coarse powder of the interior is mashed 
in a mortar with a little water to pasty mass which is kneaded and shaped 
into cylindrical masses like a small link of sausage. These are then dried in 
the sun or by a slow fire. Powdered guarana is used as an ingredient in 
headache powders, and the fluid extract is official in the U. S. P. The dose is 
30 to 90 minims. 

Guaranine. The chief medicinal constituent is claimed to be identical with 
caffeine and thein, and five percent, is obtained from an average quality of 
guarana. It may be prepared by mixing one part of calcined magnesia with 
five parts of pow T dered guarana. moistening with water and after standing 24 
hours percolating in a water-bath percolator with hot chloroform until the 
drug is exhausted, then distilling off the chloroform, boiling the residue in 
water, filtering the decoction and evaporating it over sulphuric acid and crys- 
tallizing. This is used for the same purposes as caffeine. 

GUTTA-PERCHA. 

The hardened milky juice from the trunks of the trees Isonandra gutta, 
Flooker (Fam. Sapotacese). 

This is a substance somewhat similar to India Rubber, insoluble in water 
Or alcohol, but soluble in chloroform, oil of turpentine or carbon disulphide. 
It is used as an ingredient in plasters to render them adhesive, also in col- 
lodion as a protective application. 

It is prepared in the form of sheets which are used as splints for fractures, 
being softened by the heat it adapts itself to the contour of the limb. 

GYNOCARDIA ODORATA. Chaulmoogra. 

The seeds of this East Indian plant, (Fam. Bixacea?), are contained in its 
succulent fruit, and yield by expression a fixed oil highly recommended as an 



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alterative and tonic for rheumatism, scrofula, cutaneous diseases, leprosy and 
many other diseases. It is used internally and externally. 
Dose of the oil, 2 A to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). 

H^MATOXYLON. U. S. Logwood. 
Hamatoxyli Lignum. Br. Logwood. 

"The heart-wood of Hasmatoxylon Campechianum, Linne (Fam. Legu- 
minosse)."<U. S. 

The tree from which this wood is obtained is a native of Campeachy and 
other states along the Bay of Honduras in Central America. The heart-wood 
is cut in chips or ground to a coarse powder, and is extensively used for col- 
oring black and for making ink. An extract is prepared from the wood by 
percolating it with boiling water and concentrating the percolate. It is some- 
what used in medicine as a mild astringent, particularly in cholera infantum. 
The dose of the extract, which is the only official preparation, is from 10 
to 20 grains. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 
minims). 

Hematoxylin or Hematin. This is the coloring principle of the wood. It 
it obtained by treating the aqueous extract with alcohol, filtering and evapor- 
ating the tincture until it begins to thicken; then adding a little water and 
slowly evaporating, and allowing the liquid to cool and crystallize. It has the 
properties of the wood in a condensed form. 

HAMAMELIS. Witch Hazel. 

The bark and leaves are official in the U. S. and Br. 

This shrub is found throughout the United States on stony soil and along 
the banks of streams; but it is most abundant in Mass., Conn., and northern 
New York, where the twigs are extensively distilled and the product sold as 
"Distilled Witch Hazel" or "Distilled Extract of Witch Hazel." 

The plant possesses sedative and astringent properties, which are present in 
a measure in the distilled extract, but are more pronounced in the leaves and 
bark, from which fluid extracts are made. 

Hamamelidis Folia. U. S., Br. Hamamelis Leaves. Witch Hazel. 

"The dried leaves of Hamamelis Virginiana, Linne (Fam. Hamamelaceae), 
collected in the autumn. "<U. S. 

"The leaves, fresh and dried, of Hamamelis Virginiana, Linn."<Br. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

A fluid extract of the leaves is official in the U. S. P. and a liquid extract 
in the Br. P. 

Hamamelidis Cortex. U. S., Br. Hamamelis Bark. 

"The bark and twigs of Hamamelis Virginiana, Linne (Fam. Hamamel- 
idaceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried bark of Hamamelis Virginiana, Linn."<Br. 

This is used more particularly for its astringent properties, in chronic 
diarrhoeas, hemorrhoids etc., and in the form of infusion for relaxing condi- 
tions and as an injection. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

A liquid extract of hamamelis leaves is official in the Br., dose 5 to 15 minims. 

The distilled extract of hamamelis or witch hazel is prepared from the 
twigs, gathered in the season of blossoming. 

The distilled extract of Hamamelis prepared from the twigs when in bloom 
i» the most popular form in which this drug is received. 

HEDEOMA. U. S. Pennyroyal. 

"The dried leaves and flowering tops of Hedeoma pulegioides, (Linne), 
Persoon (Fam. Labiatae)."<U. S. 

This is a small shrub of the mint family, common throughout the United 
States. Its properties reside in the volatile oil, which may be obtained by 
steam distillation. 



178 Organic Materia Medica 

The plant is used considerably in domestic practice in the form of a warm 
tea, for influenzas and at the menstrual period. 

Average dose. — 8 gm. (120 grains). 

A fluid extract may be prepared with 90% alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 
75 minims). 

HEDERA HELIX. English Ivy. 

The leaves of the creeping vine, native of Europe. They have a balsamic 
odor and the berries have a sour, pungent taste. The plant yields an alkaloid 
something like quinine, named Hederine, and a glucoside resembling saponin. 
It is given in pulmonary affections and wasting diseases of children and the 
fresh leaves, bruised, applied locally to ulcers and sores. 

HELIANTHELLA. 

The root of Helianthella tenuifolia, (Fam. Compositse), southern U. S. 
This is diuretic, antispasmodic and expectorant. It is useful in asthma, 
chronic bronchitis, consumption and dropsy. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 2 Cc. (5 to 30 minims). 

HELIANTHEMUM. Frostwort. 

The herb Helianthemum canadense (Fam. Cistaceae); northern U. S. and 
Canada. It is alterative and astringent, useful in scrofula and blood diseases, 
also in diarrhoea, and as a gargle in sore throat. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 1 Cc. (5 to 15 minims). 

HELIANTHUS. Sunflower. 
The seeds of Helianthus annuus (Fam. Composite). They are reputed 
to be valuable in the treatment of asthma. The bruised seeds 2 ounces, in a 
pint of whisky or gin makes a domestic remedy for asthma, and for kidney 
troubles. The seeds, crushed and pressed yield a bland oil like olive oil, 
dose 15 to 20 minims, or more; said to be a valuable remedy for gall stones. 

HELLEBORUS. Black Hellebore. 

This was formerly official in the U. S. P., but was dismissed in the 1880 re- 
vision. The root is the part generally used, and a fluid extract is prepared 
by manufacturers. It acts as a drastic cathartic and is given as an emmen- 
agogue. It is given in epilepsy, dropsy and amenorrhcea. The dose of 
the powdered root is from 10 to 20 grains. 

Helleborein. CmH^O^. This principle represents the activity of hellebore. 
It is a crystalline glucoside, freely soluble in water; its action is similar to that 
of digitalis, and it is also a local anaesthetic said to be superior to cocaine. 

Helleborus Alba. White Hellebore. The powdered root is extensively used 
as a dusting powder for killing currant worms. 

HELONIAS. False Unicorn. 

The dried root of Chamselirium luteum, Gray; Helonias dioica, Pursh. 
(Fam. Melanthaceae). Native of eastern North America. It is commonly 
called Devil's Bit, Blazing Star or Starwort. Some confusion exists because 
of the similarity of names and appearance between this plant and Aletris, the 
true Unicorn root. Helonias is a diuretic, tonic and anthelmintic. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose y$ to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). 

Chamaelirin. A bitter principle obtained from this root. 

Helonin. A concentrate prepared from this root, used by Eclectics, dose 
1 to 2 grains. 

HEMIDESMI RADIX. Br. Hemidesmus Root. 

"The dried root of Hemidesmus indicus (Asclepiadaceae)."<Br. 

This is commonly known as Indian Sarsaparilla, and in India takes the 
place of sarsaparilla. It is also considerably used instead of sarasparilla in 
Great Britain as a blood purifier and alterative. A glucoside, hemidesmin; 
and an acid, hemidesmic acid; have been obtained from the root. A syrup is 
official in the Br. P. 



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A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 
minims). 

HEPATICA. Liverwort. 

The herb or leaves of Hepatica triloba (Fam. Ranunculaceae). This is one 
of the earliest of the spring plants, found in open woods through the northern 
U. S. It has a bitterish, astringent taste, and is used as a diuretic and a 
ronic for the liver. It became popular some time ago because of its sup- 
posed use in Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to S Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

HERACLEUM. Cow Parsnip. 

The root, leaves and fruit of Heracleum lanatum (Fam. Umbilliferae). 
Native of northern and middle U. S. It has a pungent, acrid taste, and is 
stimulant, carminative and antispasmodic. Used for dyspepsia, flatulence, 
colic etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. {% to 1 fl. drachm). 

HERB^ — HERB. 

Sommites fleurs, Fr.; Erba, It., Yerba, Sp. 

The name "herbs" is given to small plants which are gathered when in 
flower and either the whole plant or the flowering tops used. A great number 
of plants are designated as herbs in foreign pharmacopoeias, but in the U. S. 
and Br. P. they are known only by the name of the plant. 

As all which are official in the U. S. and Br. are noted in the alphabetical 
order of subjects and most others are mentioned somewhere in this work, 
no further reference will be made to them under this heading. 

HEUCHERA. Alum Root. 

The root of Heuchera Americana (Fam. Saxifragaceae), native of U. S. 
It is astringent and is used chiefly in diarrhoeas and hemorrhages internally 
or as an astringent application to ulcers and for hemorrhoids, also as a gargle 
and mouth-wash. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). 

HIERACIUM. Hawkweed. 

The plant, Hieracium Venosum, (Fam. Composite). Native of North 
America. Its taste is acrid and bitter. It is alterative and reputed to cure 
the bites of venomous snakes. Useful in scrofula and catarrhs. 

A syrup is prepared, dose 4 to S Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

HIRUDO. Br. Leeches. 

"1. Sanguisuga medicinalis, Savignyr the Speckled Leech; and 2. San- 
guisuga officinalis, Savigny; the Green Leech. "<Br. 

The leech is an acquatic worm which has been used by medical practitioners 
many centuries. Its application is a convenient method of drawing blood 
from an indurated or affected part. The leech is applied to the part and sucks 
out the blood; when full another leech is applied, if necessary, and the ap- 
plication repeated until the extraviated blood is removed. 

HOANG-NAN. Tropical Bindweed. 

The bark of Strychnos gaulthieriana (Fam. Loganiaceas), a climbing plant 
like clematis, found in the Molaccas. It has properties similar to nux vomica 
and yields alkaloids, brucine and strychnine, similar to Strychnos trees. It 
is reputed to be useful in leprosy and for the treatment of skin diseases. 
Dose of powdered bark 3 grains. A concentrated tincture is prepared, 1 :4. 
Dose 3 to 10 minims. 

HUMULUS. U. S. Hops. 
(Lupulus. Br. Hops). 

"The carefully dried strobiles of Humulus Lupulus, Linne (Fam. Mor- 
acese/'<U. S. 

Hops are cultivated in nearly every part of North America and Europe, and 
are extensively used in making beer, ale, porter, and other malted beverages, 



180 Organic Materia Me die a 

In medicine hops are recognized as tonic and nervine, the tincture being 
official in the U. S., Br., and most of the foreign pharmacopoeias. 

Hops are used as a fomentation to relieve pain and neuralgia, and pillows 
of hops are sometimes used to promote sleep. 

A fluid extract is prepared with 90% alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 
minims). 

Lupulin. A bitter principle of a resinous nature has been obtained from 
hops and is considerably used by the Eclectics. It should not be mistaken 
for lupulin which is a yellowish powder or dust similar to pollen, obtained 
from the strobiles. This is explained under the heading Lupulinum, which 
see. 

HYDRANGEA. Seven Barks. 

"The root of Hydrangea arborescens, Linne (Fam. Saxifragaceae). North- 
ern U. S. Its action is diuretic and it is used to relieve gravel and catarrhal 
conditions of the bladder and urinary passages. It is considerably used in 
compounds. 
A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75. minims). 
A proprietary medicine known as "Seven Barks" is chiefly a fluid extract 
of Hydrangea. 

HYDRASTIS. U. S. Golden Seal. 
Hydrastis Rhizoma. Br. Hydrastis Rhizome. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Hydrastis canadensis, Linne (Fam. Ran- 
unculacese); yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 2 
percent, of hydrastine."<U. S. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Hydrastis canadensis. "<Br. 

This plant, which is commonly known as "Golden Seal," is found chiefly in 
western and north-western United States in woodlands. It was used by the 
Indians for staining yellow and for dyeing. It is a favorite remedy for 
catarrhal conditions of the mucous membrane and is used in dyspepsia, liver 
complaints, catarrh of the stomach and bowels, nasal catarrh, leucorrhcea, 
gonorrhoea etc. A variety of preparations of it are made both to take and 
use for injections, and the powdered root is often used in snuffs and douches 
for catarrh. 

Average dose of the powder, 2 gm. (30 grains). 

A fluid extract is official in the U. S., average dose 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

A liquid extract is official in the Br. 

A Fluid Hydrastis is furnished by certain manufacturing chemists, and is a 
very popular preparation of this drug. 

Hydrastine. U. S. An official alkaloid obtained from Hydrastis. This is 
the important principle obtained from this root. It is very insoluble in water 
but several salts are prepared from it by combination with acids which are 
much more soluble, and are therefore, more generally preferred in medicine. 
This alkaloid and its combinations will be further noticed in Part II. 

HYOSCYAMUS. U. S. Henebane. 
Hyoscyami Folia. Br. Hyoscyamus Leaves. 

"The dried leaves and flowering tops of Hyoscyamus Niger, Linne (Fam. 
Solanacese); collected from plants of the second year's growth and yielding, 
when assayed by the process given, not less than 0.08 percent, of mydriatic 
alkaloids."<U. S. 

"The fresh leaves and flowers, with the branches to which they are attached, 
of Hyoscyamus niger, Linn.; also the leaves and the flowering tops, separated 
from the branches and carefully dried. Collected from the flowering biennial 
plants."<Br. 

This plant, which is commonly called "henbane," is a large herb having an 
offensive odor, which grows as a weed on waste ground throughout the 
northern and western United States, and throughout northern and central 
Europe. Its tinctures and fluid extracts are considerably used in medicine; 
also the solid extract prepared from the fresh or dried tops, and hyoscyamus 



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oil, which is an infusion of the fresh plant in olive oil. The root and seeds 
are also used in medicine. The average dose of the powdered leaves is 0.250 
gm. = 250 milligrammes (4 grains), but the fluid preparations or the solid 
extract are generally given. Its properties are similar to belladonna. 

A fluid extract is official in the U. S.. average dose 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

Extract of hyoscyamus is official in the U. S. Green extract of hyoscyamus 
is official in the Br. 

Several plants of the Solanaceae yield alkaloids chemically identical with 
Hyoscine, from which official salts are prepared. As these are chemical com- 
pounds of this basic alkaloid with acids they will be considered in Part II. 
under the title Hyoscine, which see. 

HYPERICUM. St. John's Wort. 

The flowers of Hypericum perforatum (Fam. Hypericacese), found in 
Europe and the U. S. It has a balsamic odor and an astringent taste. It is 
diuretic and emmenagogue; used in chronic catarrh of the lungs, bowels or 
bladder. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1- fl. drachm). 

HYSSOPUS. Hyssop. 

The flowering plant of Hyssopus officinalis, Linne (Fam. Labiatse); mostly 
cultivated in gardens. It has an aromatic camphorous taste and odor, and 
yields a volatile oil. It is employed in medicine as a stomachic, tonic and 
stimulant, also as a gargle and is used externally steeped with water or 
vinegar as an application for bruises and rheumatism. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

ICHTHYOCOLLA. Isinglass. Fish Glue. 

"The swimming-bladder of Acipenser Huso, Linne; and of other species 
of Acipenser (Class Pisces; order Sturiones)."<U. S. 7th revision. Dismissed 
from the 8th. 

This is commonly known as fish glue, and is prepared from the bladders 
of various kinds of sturgeon. The Russian isinglass is the kind directed in the 
pharmacopoeia, but as that is very expensive, it is little used. That occurs in 
pieces or sheets of Vie of an inch or more in thickness, while the common 
fish glue or isinglass, which is mostly sold, is in sheets of the thickness of 
paper, and is mostly made in New England from other species of fish than the 
sturgeon. The bladders of the cod produce an isinglass nearly as good as the 
Russian, and it is obtained in considerable quantities from Newfoundland. 

Isinglass is used extensively for making a fine quality of glue and for 
preparing a nutritious jelly for invalids. It is also considerably used for 
fining wines and cordials. 

IGNATIA. St. Ignatius Bean. 

The seed of Strychnos Ignatii, Bergius (Fam. Loganiaceae). 

This is a climbing shrub or tree found in the Philippine Islands, having 
a smooth whitish fruit with a woody rind and containing 18 to 20 seeds 
in dry medulla. The seeds are from 1 to l 1 /^ in. long, brownish, very hard 
and horny; they are odorless but have an intensely bitter taste. They yield 
brucine and strychnine and are employed for similar purposes as nux vomica, 
but are stronger. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol as a menstruum, dose 0.05 to 0.02 
Cc. (1 to 3 minims). 

ILEX. Holly. 

The leaves or berries of several species of Holly. An evergreen shrub 
having red berries about the size of a pea. The berries are purgative and 
diuretic, the leaves are diaphoretic and expectorant. The plant contains 
caffeine and a bitter principle. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

Ilicin. The bitter principle obtained from the leaves, dose 1 to 3 grains. 



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ILEX PARAGUAYENSIS. Paraguay Tea. Mate. 

The leaves of a species of Ilex found in Paraguay, Ilex aquifolium. They 
have a balsamic odor and a bitter disagreeable taste. The plant contains 
Caffeine and is diuretic and stimulating. The natives use this as a tea 
which sustains the system against fatigue during long journeys or excessive 
labor. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

ILLICIUM. Star-Anise. 
Anisi Stellati Fructus. Br. (1885). Star Anise Fruit. 

"The fruit of Illicium verum, Hooker Alius (Nat. ord. Magnolaceacese)."< 
U. S. Dismissed in the 8th revision. 

This is obtained chiefly from China, where it grows upon a small tree in the 
mountainous regions. Its properties and uses are similar to anise, and it is 
the principal source of oil of anise. The fruit consists of a star-shaped group 
of capsules enclosing the seeds, which are smooth and entirely unlike the 
ordinary anise. It is used for the same purposes as anise, and has the same 
aromatic properties. 

This is chiefly the source of the oil of anise of commerce. 

IMPERATORIA. Masterwort Root. 

The rhizome of Imperitoria ostruthium, Linne (Fam. Umbilliferae). The 
plant is a native of Europe and North America. Its odor is aromatic and 
the taste pungent and bitter. It somewhat resembles aconite in appearance 
but not in medicinal properties. It is used as an aromatic stimulant for 
dyspepsia, colic and flatulence. 

Dose 15 to 30 grains, usually in the form of infusion. 

INDIGO. 

A coloring principle produced by the fermentation of certain herbaceous 
plants known as Indigofera, (Fam. Leguminosse). These plants are found 
chiefly in the East Indies and Florida. Indigo comes usually in cubical masses 
and is of a deep dull : blue color, but becomes glossy when rubbed with the 
finger-nail. It is sometimes used in medicine in epilepsy, hysteria, chorea and 
amenorrhcea. 

Dose 1 to 4 gm. (15 to 60 grains). 

INULA. Elecampane. 

"The root of Inula Helenium, Linne (Nat. ord. Compositae)."<U. S. 
7th revision, dismissed from the 8th. 

This is an herbaceous plant having a perennial root which is the medicinal 
part used. It is a native of Europe, but is naturalized in the northern and 
central United States. 

It is a tonic and mild stimulant, often prescribed in some form in expector- 
ant preparations. Some of its principles are also used as diuretic and em- 
menagogue, and for dropsy. Externally is is employed in ointment for teter 
and other skin diseases. The powdered root is used in doses of 20 to 30 
grains, and is an ingredient of heave powders for horses. 

A fluid extract is prepared with 90% alcohol, dose 1 to 3 Cc. (15 to 45 
minims). 

Alantol. CmHieO. An aromatic liquid prepared from the root is a powerful 
antiseptic and has been highly recommended in the tubercular infantile 
and catarrhal diarrhoeas. The dose is ^ to 1 grain. It is also used, diluted 
largely with olive or almond oil, as an application to the false membrane 
formed in diphtheria and membranous croup. 

Inulin is a species of starch precipitated from an aqueous extract of the 
root by pouring it into alcohol. It is used by the Eclectics. 

Helenin. C 6 H s O. This is a principle obtained by precipitating an alcoholic 
extract in water. It is a glucoside representing a portion, only, of the med- 
icinal activity of the root. 



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IPECACUANHA. U. S. Ipecac. 
Ipecacuanhas Radix. Br. Ipecacuanha Root. 

"The dried root, to which may be attached a portion of the stem not ex- 
ceeding 7 Cm. in length, of Cephaelis Ipecacuanha (Brotero), A. Richard 
(Fam. Rubiaceae), known commercially as Rio, Brazilian, or Para ipecac, or 
the corresponding portion of C. acuminata, Karsten, known commercially as 
Carthagena ipecac; yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 
2 percent, of ipecac alkaloids. "<U. S. 

The plant is a native of Brazil, but is found in other South American 
States. It is gathered and chiefly exported from Rio Janiero and adjacent 
ports. 

The root is extensively used in medicine as an expectorant and emetic, a 
fluid extract being official in the U. S. P., a liquid extract in the Br. P., and 
several other preparations in which it is the important medicament being 
official. The powdered root is an ingredient of Dover's Powders, and is used 
in many forms as an ingredient of powders, pills, troches etc. The dose of 
the powder as an expectorant and diaphoretic is from *4 to 2 grains, and as an 
emetic from 15 to 30 grains. 

A fluid extract is official in the U. S. Average dose as emetic 1 Cc. (15 
minims). 

A liquid extract is official in the Br. P. 

Emetine. This alkaloid was isolated by Pelletier in 1817, and may be pre- 
pared in a similar manner as other alkaloids from the roots and barks. It is a 
very powerful emetic, the dose being Y% grain, repeated every 15 minutes until 
emesis occurs. 

Emetin. This is a principle obtained from ipecac, having the nature of a 
glucoside and from it, by the action of an acid, ipecacuanhic acid may be 
obtained. 

It does not, like emetine, represent the active principle of the root. 

IRIS. Blue Flag. 

"The rhizome and rootlets of Iris versicolor, Linne (Nat. ord. Iridaceae)."< 
U. S. 7th revision. Dismissed from the 8th. 

This plant is found in wet swales throughout the United States, having 
large beautiful flowers resembling the cultivated varieties of iris. A solid 
and fluid extract of the root were official in the U. S. P. but were dismissed 
from the 8th revision. 

The root possesses emetic, diuretic and cathartic properties and is used by 
Eclectics as a stimulant to the secretion of bile in liver complaints. 

Iridin or Irisin is an Eclectic preparation obtained by exhausting the root 
with alcohol and distilling off the alcohol until only the oleo-resins of iris 
remains; this is mixed with some drying substance and reduced to a powder 
which is known by the foregoing title. A mixture of equal parts of iridin, 
podophyllin and leptandrin is claimed to have an alterative effect equal to 
calomel, and may be given without danger. A formula is given in the B. P, C. 

IRIS FLORENTINA. Orris Root. 

The rhizome of several species of Iris found in northern Italy, chiefly Iris 
Florentina, Linne (Fam. Iridacese). Quite commonly called violet root, 
because of its odor, resembling violets. It belongs to the "flags" and is 
mostly used in tooth and face powders, and its extract or tincture in per- 
fumes to which it imparts a violet odor. As found in the market the choicest 
is "finger" orris, being selected and well trimmed, other varieties not selected 
have the appearance of ginger root. It yields an oil, by distillation, which is 
used in perfumery. This oil is solid at ordinary temperatures but as found 
on the market is usually mixed and in liquid form. It has the odor of violet. 

JABORANDI FOLIA. Br. Jaborandi Leaves. 

"The dried leaflets of Pilocarpus Jaborandi, Holmes. "<Br. 

This drug is official in the U. S. P. under the name "Pilocarpus." which see. 

In the market is is most commonly known as Jaborandi, which name it 



184 Organic Materia Medica 

acquires from Brazil, where it is used to designate various pungent and 
sudorific plants. The leaves are used in the form of an infusion to produce 
sweating. From GO to 90 grains of the leaves are used in a cup of boiling 
water, and the draught taken at one dose. 

A liquid extract is official in the Br. Dose 5 to 15 minims. 

JACARANDA. Caroba. 

The leaflets of Jacaranda Procera, (Fam. Bignoniacese). Native of Brazil. 
This is a valuable alterative and diuretic, and is highly recommended in the 
treatment of syphilis and blood taints. A principle named Carobin is obtained 
from it. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

JALAPA. U. S., Br. Jalap. 

"The dried tuberous root of Exogenium Purga (Wendworth), Bentham 
(Fam. Convulvaceae); yielding, when assayed by the process given, not 
less than 8 percent, of total resin, but not more than 1.5 percent, of resin 
soluble in ether."<U. S. 

"The dried tubercules of Ipomcea Purga, Hayne."<Br. 

This tuber is official in all pharmacopoeias, different varieties being recog- 
nized in different countries; that used in this country being mostly obtained 
from Mexico. It is a purgative, pure and simple, and has been more used in 
the past than almost any other medicine. An extract and resin are official in 
the U. S. P., but the powdered tuber is more generally used than any other 
form. The dose of the powder, as a purgative, is from 10 to 30 grains; of the 
extract, from 4 to 8 grains. 

Convulvulin. C32H50O16. This name is given to a glucosideal principle ob- 
tained from jalap, which represents in a high degree, the activity of the tuber. 
It is also called rhodeoretin. 

Jalapin. CsiHseOis. This is another principle obtained from jalap which 
differs from convulvulin in being soluble in ether, while convulvulin is not. 

From both of these glucosides acids are produced, the former known as 
convulvulic acid and the latter as jalapic acid. 

JAMBUL. Java Plum. Jamboo. 

The seeds of Eugenia jambolana (Fam. Myrtaceae). A tree found in the 
East Indies, bearing a smooth succulent fruit enclosing a single seed, like the 
plum. They are valuable in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose y$ to 2 /z Cc. (5 to 10 minims). 

The leaves and bark of this tree are used for dysentery. 

JATROPHA MACHORHIZA. 

A plant called Jicina, or Jicoma. Native of northern Mexico. The root 
which is thick, short and tuberous, is used. Its action is purgative similar 
to leptandra, and it has a prompt action on the liver. 

A fluid' extract is prepared, dose 2 to 8 Cc. i}/ 2 to 2 fl. drachms). 

JEFFERSONIA. Twin Leaf. 

The root of Jeffersonia diphylla (Fam. Berberidaceae), native of the U. S. 
This drug is alterative, diuretic and antispasmodic. Useful in dropsy, blood 
disorders and nervous affections; also as a gargle for sore throat and an appli- 
cation to ulcers and morbid sores. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. {% to y 2 fl. drachm). 

JUGLANS. Butternut. 

"The bark of the root of Juglans cinerea, Linne (Nat. ord. Juglandaceae), 
collected in autumn. "<U. S. 7th revision. Dismissed from the 8th. 

The butternut tree is a native of the northern and middle United States and 
Canada. Its characteristics are similar to the European walnut, Juglans regia. 



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The bark of the root is employed in medicine as an evacuent. and is re- 
puted to act on the liver. A solid extract is official in the U. S. P., and a 
fluid extract is considerably used in liquid laxatives and cathartics. 

Butternuts contain a large percentage of fixed oil which may be obtained by 
expression. It is useful in medicine as an application to enlarged joints or 
swellings. 

Juglandin. This is a so-called resinoid or principle used by the Eclectics, 
and is prepared in the usual manner. (See Resinoids). It seems to possess 
the active properties of the bark. 

Juglandic Acid. This acid has been isolated as an orange-yellow crystalline 
substance. 

Some other substances have been reported, but they have as yet no med- 
icinal use. 

JUNIPERUS. Juniper. Juniper Berries. 

The ripe fruit of Juniperis communis. Linne (Fam. Coniferse), commonly 
known as Juniper berries; found in the northern hemisphere, America and 
Europe. Stimulant, diuretic, carminative. Useful in catarrhal conditions of 
the bladder and urinary tract and for dropsies. The properties of juniper 
reside chiefly in a volatile oil which, like other terebinthine oils is stimulat- 
ing to the mucous membrane The bruised berries in gin, make a favorite 
remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. Juniper berries are an ingredient of 
gin. 

A fluid extract of the berries is prepared, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 minims). 

Juniperi Lignum. Juniper Wood. This in the form of ground chips is 
used as an ingredient in alterative and diuretic medicines. By destructive 
distillation of Juniper wood Oil of Cade, Juniper Tar. is produced. 

Juniperus Virginiana. Red Cedar. This is a tree of the Fam. Coniferse, 
found in North America. The young twigs are sometimes used for the same 
purposes as savin, but the chief medicinal product of the plant is the oil 
distilled from the small branches. See Oil of Cedar. 

KAMALA. 

"The glands and hairs from the capsules of Mallotus philippinensis, 
(Lamarck), Mueller Arg. (Nat. ord. Euphorbiacese)."'<U. S. 7th revision. 
Dismissed in the 8th. 

Rottlera tinctora, from which this substance is obtained, is a small tree 
growing in Abyssinia and southern Arabia, Hindustan, China and Australia. 
The glandular short hairs are found on the fruit which is about the size of a 
cherry and has three furrows thickly covered with this red powder. The 
fruit or berries are put into baskets and rolled about and rubbed with the 
hands, and the powder which comes off sifts through the bottom of the 
basket and is gathered upon a sheet. 

This is given for tape-worm, and is best administered in the form of an 
emulsion with gum arabic syrup. It is insoluble in water, but a tincture or 
fluid extract may be prepared with alcohol. The substance itself, however, 
is preferable for administration, and should be combined with oleo-resin of 
male fern. A formula will be found among the Standard Remedies. 

KALMIA. Sheep Laurel. Spoonwood. 

The leaves of Kalmia latifolia (Fam. Ericaceae), native of U. S., common 
in mountainous districts. A heart sedative, astringent, and anti-syphiletic. 
Useful in blood-taint, hypertrophy of the heart, jaundice and diarrhoeas, also 
in active hemorrhages. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 /z to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). It should 
be used carefully, as it is poisonous in large doses. 

KINO. U. S., Br. Kino. 

"The inspissated juice of Pterocarpus Marsupium, Roxburg (Fam. Legu- 
minacje). ? '<U. S. 

"The juice obtained from incisions in the trunk of Pterocarpus Marsu- 
pium, Roxb., evaporated to dryness. "<Br. 



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Kino is used in medicine chiefly as an astringent. A tincture is official in 
the U. S., Br., and several other pharmacopoeias. It is soluble in alcohol, but 
only slightly soluble in cold water. It is used in diarrhoeas, leucorrhcea and 
diabetes, or whenever a strong, non-irritant astringent is indicated. It may 
be used in powder or combined with aromatics, or in tincture. Its solution in 
hot water may be used as an astringent lotion or injection. 

Average dose. — 0.500 gm. = 500 milligrammes (iy 2 grains). 

KOLA. Kola Nuts. 

The seeds of Sturculia acuminate, (Fam. Sterculiacese). An African tree 
bearing the kola nut which is extensively used by the natives and now largely 
exported to other countries. They contain caffein, theobromine and tannic 
acid and act as a stimulant to sustain the physical power during prolonged 
fatigue or fasting. The uses of the nut are the same as coca and guarana. 

The nut of Sterculea Acuminata has come into considerable prominence 
as a powerful nervous and muscular tonic. Its action is similar to guarana and 
cola. Caffeine and theobromine are its chief medicinal constituents. It has 
been employed in the cure of drunkeness and as a remedy for cardiac diseases, 
also in cases of obstinate diarrhoea. The alcoholic fluid extract is precipitated 
by aqueous menstrua. Elixirs and Wines of Kola are prepared. The dose is 
the powder is 10 to 30 grains. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 /$ to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 drops). 

This drug has acheived great popularity in recent years because of its im- 
plied connection with coca, in a soda-water drinks. 

KRAMERIA. U. S. Rhatany. 
Krameriae Radix. Br. Rhatany Root. 

"The dried root of Krameria triandra, Ruiz and Pavon (Peruvian Krameria), 
Krameria Ixina, Linne (Savanilla Krameria) or of Krameria argentea 
Martius (Para or Brazilian Krameria) (Fam. Krameriaceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried root of (1) Para Rhatany, a species of Krameria, attributed to 
Krameria argentea, Mart.; or of (2) Peruvian Rhatany, Krameria triandra, 
Ruiz and Pavon. "<Br. 

Krameria is used in medicine chiefly as an astringent in diarrhoeas and 
relaxed conditions of the bowels or internal organs. Its medicinal constit- 
uents are, mainly, krameria-tannic acid and an alkaloid named rhatanine, 
C10H13HO3. 

An extract, a fluid extract and a tincture are official in the U. S. P. and its 
preparations are official in all pharmacopoeias. 

LAC — MILK. 

Milk is obtained from the mammary glands of the cow, goat or mare. It 
is the source of many important articles employed in pharmacy and medicine. 
It consists of about 85 percent, of water and 15 percent, of solid constituents, 
the most important of which are butter-fat, casein, of which cheese is made, 
and milk sugar. Preparations of milk or derived from milk that are used in 
pharmacy are noted in Part. II. 

LACCA. Lacca Resina. Shellac. 

A resin which exudes from the twigs or the branches of certain trees found 
in the East Indies and Ceylon, caused by the puncture of the bark by the in- 
sect Coccus lacca. This species of Coccus, after impregnating, resort in great 
numbers to the trees and, feeding upon the sap, increase in size and become 
encrusted with a resin, which seems to be formed by the insects from the 
plant juices. The body of the insect becomes filled with a red coloring mat- 
ter similar to that produced by the cochineal insect. The insects lay eggs 
and then die, but the young which are hatched from the eggs, eat their way 
through their resinous enclosure and escape. 

The twigs covered with the granular brownish or reddish resin which en- 
closes the dead insect, are broken off and are known in commerce as "stick- 
lac." After crushing this and removinig most of the coloring matter from 
the resin obtained from the stick-lac, the residue is left in very small 



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fragments which is known as "seed-lac." This still contains some remains 
of insects and is thoroughly washed with water to remove the coloring 
matter, then placed in long linen bags, heated before a fire and the melted 
resin strained by twisting the bag. The melted resin is then smeared upon 
bamboo rods or on wooden cylinders, then heated gently before a fire, 
turned dexterously so that a uniform coating of the resin may be spread upon 
the rod. This is then allowed to cool, waving it in the air while cooling, and 
then peeled off the rod in the form of thin scales or flakes known in the 
market as "Shellac." 

Dark shellac and orange shellac are the varieties found in the market, the 
difference being only in color. White or bleached shellac is prepared by dis- 
solving ordinary shellac and bleaching it with chlorine or sulphurous acid, 
then melting it into a mass and "pulling it," the same as in making molasses 
candy or taffy. 

The different varieties are used for making varnishes, sealing wax etc., 
and for sticking glass or jet to metal and other similar purposes. 

Lac Dye. This is the purplish red substance obtained from the water, after 
washing the crushed stick-lac and seed-lac. With proper mordants it pro- 
duces a beautiful red dye on fabrics. 

LACTUCA. Wild Lettuce. Lettuce. 

The prickly lettuce, Lactuca virosoa, Linne (Fam. Composite); native of 
Great Britain but cultivated in other European countries. It is chiefly grown 
for making Lactucarium, which is the concrete juice of the plant. Lettuce 
is somewhat soporific and anodyne, having properties similar to the poppy. 
It is but little used in medicine. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 5 Cc. (15 to 75 minims). 

LACTUCARIUM. U. S. 

"The concrete milk-juice of Lactuca virosa, Linne (Fam. Compositae)."< 
U. S. 

This is obtained from the plants of several varieties of lettuce, and gathered 
while the plants are in flower by making incisions in the flowering stem and 
scraping off the thick juice that collects, massing it together and drying it to 
a mass of the consistence of a hard extract. It somewhat resembles opium 
in its effects and has been called lettuce opium. The dose is from 10 to 20 
grains as an anodyne or hypnotic. 

Lactucin. This principle has been isolated from lactucarium and is sup- 
posed to be the active constituent of the drug. It is a sedative hypnotic, sol- 
uble in 70 parts of water and in alcohol. The dose is from 1 to 5 grains. 

LAPPA. U. S. Burdock. 

The dried root of Arctium Lappa, Linne; and of some other species of 
Arctium, collected from plants of the first year's growth (Fam. Compositae)." 
<U. S. 

This is a common roadside and garden weed found throughout Europe, 
where it is native, and the United States, where it is naturalized. The three 
varieties, Lappa major, Lappa tomentosa, and Lappa minor, have similar prop- 
erties. The root and seeds are both used, but the root only is official. It 
possesses valuable medicinal properties, and is an ingredient of most of the 
blood purifying syrups and mixtures. 

This is diuretic and diaphoretic and is used as a remedy particularly for 
scrofula and glandular affections. A fluid extract is official in the U. S. P., 
but the drug is mostly used in combination with other drugs for making blood 
bitters or other blood syrups. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

LARICIS CORTEX. Larch Bark. 

The dried inner bark of Larix Europa-a, DC. (Fam. Coniferae), grown in 
Europe. It has an astringent taste and a balsamic odor. The variety found 



188 Organic Materia Medica 

in the Tyrol and in France yield the oleo-resin known as Venice turpentine. 
A decoction prepared from the bark is useful in influenzas. A tincture 
1 : 8 is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. { l / 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

LARIX AMERICANA. Tamarack. 

The bark of Larix Americana, (Fam. Conifers); native of the U. S. It is 
similar to the European larch but more slender. It is alterative, tonic and 
diuretic. Used in liver and kidney diseases. 

The tamarack is distinguished from other conifers by being deciduous — 
shedding its foliage for nearly half the year. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms); also Tam- 
arac Tincture, 1 : 8. 

Tamarack Gum. A gum-resin exuding from the Tamarack or Hackmatack 
tree. It is not very abundant. It may be chewed the same as spruce gum, 
or a tincture may be prepared and used as a pectoral. 

LAUROCERASI FOLIA. Br. Cherry-Laurel Leaves. 

"The fresh leaves of Prunus Laurocerasus, Linn."<Br. 

The fresh leaves of the cultivated tree are used chiefly for making Cherry- 
Laurel Water by distillation. When dried they lose their peculiar odor and 
are worthless for medicinal use. The fresh leaves possess properties similar to 
hydrocyanic acid and the water distilled from them is used extensively in 
Europe as a vehicle for cough medicines and sedatives. 

LAURUS NOBILIS. Laurel. Bay Laurel. 

The leaves and the fruit of Laurus Nobilis (Fam. Lauraceae); native of 
southern Europe. This is commonly known as the bay-tree, its aromatic 
leaves being used as a flavoring for cooking, but it is not the variety from 
which bay rum is distilled. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the leaves which is used for flavoring. 

Laurel Berries. Bay-berries. The berries of the bay-tree yield a fixed oil 
by expression and a volatile oil by distillation. See Oleum Lauri, Part II. 

LAVENDULA. Lavender. 

The flowers of Lavendula vera, DC. (Fam. Labiatse). A small shrub 
chiefly cultivated in gardens and bearing small flowers with blue-gray tubular 
calyx and violet-blue corolla, having a fragrant odor and a somewhat bitter- 
ish camphoraceous taste. Stimulant and carminative, but seldom used in 
medicine except as flavoring. 

Lavender Oil. The chief virtue of lavender resides in the volatile oil which 
is obtained by distillation. See Oleum Lavandulae Florum. Part II. 

LEDUM. Marsh Tea. Wild Rosemary. 

The small branches and leaves of Ledum palustre, Linne (Fam. Ericaceae); 
found in Northern countries. The odor is strongly aromatic and the taste 
bitter and camphorous. It is employed in the form of infusion or tea, 1 to 
2 gm. (15 to 30 grains) at a dose, for diarrhoea, rheumatism and chronic skin 
diseases. Also applied externally to destroy parasites. 

Ledum Latifolium. Labrador Tea. This is a variety found in British 
America, being demulcent, tonic and expectorant, and used in bronchitis, 
catarrhal affections etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

LEONURUS. Motherwort. 

The flowering tops and leaves of Leonurus cardiaca, Linne (Fam. Labiatae). 
Northern hemisphere. This plant has an aromatic odor and bitter taste. It is 
stomachic, tonic, diuretic, antispasmodic and emmenagogue. Useful in liver 
complaints and dropsy, rheumatism, gout and amenorrhcea. A favorite 
domestic remedy for female disorders. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 8 Cc. (y 2 to 2 fl. drachms). 



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LEPTANDRA. U. S. Leptandra. Culver's Root. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Veronica Virginica, Linne (Fam. Scroful- 
arineae)."<U. S. 

This is an herbaceous, perennial plant, found east of the Mississippi river, 
in the United States. 

The root, which is the part used, consists of rhizome and rootlets of a black- 
ish color. It has proven of great value as a tonic to the liver and as a lax- 
ative. "An extract and fluid extract are official in the U. S. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

Leptandrin. This principle possesses the medicinal activity of the plant, 
and is the true leptandrin, a crystalline principle of the nature of a glucoside, 
and not the Eclectic leptandrin which is the precipitate obtained by pouring a 
concentrated alcoholic tincture of the root into cold water, which precipitates 
a substance mostly resinous, that has been given that name, and is known as 
the resinoid of leptandra. The latter is, however, chiefly used in medicine and 
is generally combined with podophyllum resin, in chronic constipation and in- 
activity of the liver, and with the addition of irisin is an alterative of marked 
power. The dose of the resinoid is 2 to 4 grains. 

LEVISTICUM. Lovage. 

The root and the fruit (seeds) of Levisticum officinale, Koch (Fam. Urn- 
belliferse); native of Europe, cultivated in Germany. 

This plant has a peculiar strongly aromatic odor resembling Angelica. A 
similar species found in this country is called Southern Angelica. It is stim- 
ulant, carminative and stomachic. The root is known as Lovage root, and 
the seed as Lovage seed. It is usually given in the form of decoction, either 
of the root or seeds, from 1 to 5 gm. (15 to 75 grains). 

LIATRIS. Gay Feather. 

The root of Liatris spicata, (Fam. Composite) ; native of U. S. 

A perennial plant with an erect annual stem 14 to 15 feet high, terminating 
in a spike of purple, compound flowers. The root is tuberous, having a 
bitterish balsamic taste. It is diuretic, useful in gonorrhoea, and as a gargle. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Liatrin. A principle obtained from this plant, dose 1 to 3 grains. 

LIMONES. Lemons. 

The peel of lemon fruit is official in the U. S., Br., and most all pharmaco- 
poeias. Lemon juice is official in the U. S. and some other pharmacopoeias. 
The oil of lemon is much used as a flavoring. 

Limonis Cortex. U. S., Br. Lemon Peel. 

"The recently separated outer rind of the ripe fruit of Citrus Limonum, 
Risso (Fam. Rutace?e)."<U. S. 

"The outer part of the pericarp of the fruit of Citrus medica, Linn."<Br. 

This is used for making Spiritus Limonis, which is employed for flavoring 
several medicinal substances; also soda water syrups and other preparations. 
The dried peel is sometimes used, and the fresh peel is put into hot syrup and 
the sugar allowed to crystallize on it. This is used as a confection. 

Limonis Succus. U. S. Lemon Juice. 

"The freshly expressed juice of the ripe fruit of Citrus Limonum, Pisso 
(Fam. Rutacese)."<U. S. 

The juice should be freshly pressed out when wanted for use. Its chief 
constituent is citric acid. 

LINDERA. Wild Allspice. Feverbush. 

This is the plant Benzoin odoriferum, Nees (Fam. Lauracese). 

The bark is commonly known as spice-bush bark, and the berries as spice- 
bush berries. It is native of North America. Its properties are aromatic, 
stimulant and tonic. Usually administered, either the bark or the berries, 



190 Organic Materia Medica 

in the form of a hot infusion which may be freely taken for incipient fevers 
or as a menstrual stimulant. 

LINUM. U. S., Br. Linseed. Flaxseed. 

"The ripe seed of Linum usitatissimum, Linne (Fam. Linaceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried ripe seeds of Linum usitatissimum, Linn."<Br. 

A tisane, or mucilaginous drink is made by pouring hot water upon a small 
quantity of the seeds, and allowing to cool. This is a mild demulcent, useful 
in gastric irritability. 

Linum Contusum. Br. Crushed Linseed. — "Linseed reduced to a coarse 
powder. "<Br. 

This was formerly Lini Farina, Linseed Meal, but the title was changed in 
the 1898 Br. P. 

The ground or crushed flaxseed is commonly used as a poultice. It is wet 
with warm water and beaten to a soft mass which may be applied either warm 
or cold. 

LIPPIA MEXICANA. 

The leaves of this plant have been introduced as a demulcent and expector- 
ant for bronchitis and catarrhal affections of the respiratory tract. A con- 
centrated tincture is prepared from the fresh plant by macerating 1 part, by 
weight, of the flowers and leaves in 9 parts, by weight, of alcohol; or, with 
alcohol 7 parts and water 3 parts, if the dry drug is used. Of the tincture thus 
prepared / 2 to 1 fl. drachm may be given. 

LIQUIDAMBAR. Sweet Gum. 

A balsam obtained from Liquidambar styraciflua, Linne (Fam. Hamamel- 
aceae). North and Central America. This gum exudes from the trunk of the 
tree as a thick, yellow liquid, which becomes hard upon standing. Its taste 
and odor are balsamic, and have similar action to storax or benzoin. Useful 
for chronic diseases of the air passages and genito-urinary organs. 

A fluid extract may be preoared from the bark of the tree, dose 2 to 4 Cc. 
(Y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

LIRIODENDRON. Tulip-tree. 

The bark of Liriodendron tulipifera, Linne (Fam. Magnoliaceae) ; native of 
the U. S. The bark of the younger branches are used in medicine. Chiefly 
astringent, pungent and bitter, older branches are less pungent. Useful for 
dyspepsia, malarial fevers and rheumatism. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol as a menstruum, dose 4 to 8 Cc. 
(1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

Liriodendrin. A white, crystalline, pungent, neutral principle, soluble in al- 
cohol. Dose 5 to 10 grains. 

LOBELIA. U. S., Br. Lobelia. Indian Tobacco. 

"The dried leaves and tops of Lobelia inflata, Linne (Fam. Campanulaceae), 
collected after a portion of the capsules have become inflated. "<U. S. 

"The dried flowering herb of Lobelia inflata, Linn."<Br. 

This plant is a native of the United States, growing in waste fields and along 
the roadside. In medicine it has proven a prompt emetic, and in small doses 
is used as an expectorant and in spasmodic asthma. A fluid extract and tinc- 
ture are official in the U. S., but the drug is little used except by Thompsonian 
physicians, and for heaves of horses. The herb and seeds are both used in 
medicine. The dose of the powdered herb or seed is from 3 to l l / 2 grains, and 
of the tincture 10 to 20 minims. The herb is sometimes used for smoking in 
asthma, and in asthma remedies. 

A fluid extract is official in the U. S. Average dose 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

Lobelin. The concentrated resinoid by this name is prepared in the same 
manner as others of its kind, (see Resinoids), and has met with some favor 
with Eclectic practitioners. 

Lobeline. This is a liquid alkaloidal body obtained from lobelia which has 
been somewhat used for bronchial affections and asthma; the dose being from 
24 to 2 grains, but is should be cautiously administered. 



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LUPULINUM. U. S., Br. Lupulin. 

"The glandular trichomes separated from the strobiles of Humulus Lupu- 
lus, Linne (Fam. Moraceas)."<U. S. 

"Glands obtained from the strobiles of Humulus Lupulus, Linn."<Br. 

This glandular, brownish-yellow powder, consists chiefly of resinous matter 
which is secreted by the plant. Tt has a strong odor of hops, and when ignited 
yields not more than 10 to 12 percent, of ash. At least 60 percent, is soluble 
in ether. It is also soluble to a considerable extent in alcohol. A fluid extract 
and oleo-resin are official in the U. S. P. Tt has the same properties as hops, 
but in a greater degree. This should not be mistaken for Lupulin, the resinoid 
which is extracted from hops, although they are similar in their action. 

Average dose. — 0.500 gm. = 500 milligrammes (iy 2 grains). 

LYCOPODIUM. U. S. Lycopodium. 

"The spores of Lycopodium clavatum, Linne; or other species of Lycopo- 
dium (Fam. Lycopodiacese)."<U. S. 

The trailing plant which is commonly known as club-moss is a native of 
Europe and America, and the substance called Lycopodium is obtained as a 
lemon-colored powder by beating the moss and collecting the spores which 
are detached. 

This is considerably used as a dusting powder, in making pills and sup- 
positories, and also for making a flash light in theaters and for photographing, 
and in pyrotechnics. 

LYCOPUS. Bugle Weed. 

The herb, Lycopus Virginicus, Linne (Fam. Labiatse); gathered when 
flowering. Found in Canada and northern U. S. Odor somewhat like mint, 
taste aromatic and pungent. It is astringent and sedative, useful in hemor- 
rhages from the lungs, and to allay coughs and fevers. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose J- to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

Lycopin. A principle obtained from Lycopus, dose 1 to 5 grains. 

Lycopus Europoeus. Bitter Bugle Weed. This is another variety commonly 
known as Water Horehound. Its action is tonic and alterative. Useful in 
malaria. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. ( l / 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

LYTHRUM SALICARIA. Loosestrife. 

The entire plant. Native of Europe. It is astringent and demulcent. Use- 
ful in chronic dysentery and diarrhoea. Preferably giv^n in the form of decoc- 
tion. 

Dose of plant 4 gm. (1 drachm). 

MACIS. Mace. 

"The arillode of the fruit of Myristica fragrans, Houttuyn (Nat. ord. Myris- 
ticacese)."<U. S. 7th. revision. Dismissed in the 8th. 

Mace is the outer covering which encloses the nutmeg, and consists of nar- 
row thick bands, branching and lobed above and uniting into broader bands 
below. 

Its properties are similar to nutmeg, and it yields a volatile oil by distillation 
and a fixed oil by pressure. It is used for similar purposes as nutmeg, chiefly 
as an aromatic flavoring in powder, or in pieces in pickles. The fixed oil is 
used in several aromatic ointments and balsams, and the volatile oil in flavors. 

MAGNOLIA. Magnolia. 

The young bark of Magnolia glauca, and other varieties (Fam. Magnol- 
iacese); found in the U. S. Magnolia glauca is a tree about 40 feet high, 
native of the southern States. This is also known as Sweet Bay or Swamp 
Sassafras. Magnolia acuminata, the Cucumber tree, is found chiefly in the 
northern and central States. Magnolia tripetala, the Umbrella tree, has very 
large leaves and flowers, but grows to a lesser height than the other varieties. 
The bark of the root of these trees is astringent, pungent and aromatic. It 



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is tonic and stimulant, useful for chronic rheumatism and fevers. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the bark, dose 2 to 4 Cc. ( x / 2 to 1 fl. drachm); 
also from the flowers, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

Magnolin. A crystalline principle having acrid, irritant taste, soluble in al- 
cohol, but insoluble in water. Dose 1 to 5 grains. 

MAIDIS STIGMATA. Corn Silk. 

The thread-like Stigmas of the nearly ripe fruit of Indian Corn. It is di- 
uretic and is used in affections of the kidneys and bladder, pyelitis, cystitis etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared with dilute alcohol, dose from 2 to 10 Cc. { 2 /$ 
to 2y 2 fl. drachms). 

MAJORANA. Sweet Marjoram. 

The cultivated herb Origanum Majorana, Linne (Fam. Labiatae). 

This plant is stimulant, carminative and emmenagogue. It is usually given 
in the form of infusion, from 5 to 10 gm. (1 to 2 l / 2 drachms) of the plant 
being used. 

MALTUM. U. S. Malt. 

"The grain of barley, Hordeum distichon, Linne (Fam. Gramineas), partially 
germinated artificially and dried. "<U. S. 

Grain, such as barley, oats, rye, maize etc., in which a portion of the starch 
has become converted into sugar by malting, is called malt. Barley and rye 
are the cereals usually employed for making malt, but other grains, especially 
corn, are now extensively malted. The process of malting, in brief, consists in 
macerating the grain with just sufficient water to cover it, for 24 to 48 hours, 
during which time the water is mostly absorbed. The superfluous water is 
then drained ofT and the grain deposited in heaps on the floor, where it is al- 
lowed to stand for 24 to 26 hours, during which time partial germination takes 
place, with a rise of temperature of about 10°F. It is then spread quickly on 
the floor and quickly turned with wooden shovels or by special machinery for 
some time. When the grain has germinated sufficiently (which requires ex- 
perience to determine) it is thrown into a kiln and kiln-dried until the water 
has evaporated, and it is gradually heated to about 150°F. As thus prepared 
it constitutes the malt used by brewers. The changes that occur in barley are 
shown by the following table. They are similar in other grains : 

Comp. of Barley Comp. of Malt 

Hordeine, 55 12 

Starch, 32 56 

Sugar, 5 15 

Gluten, 3 1 

Gum, 4 15 

Resin, 1 1 



100 100 

The chief changes that occur, therefore, are the transformation of the hor- 
deine (a form of starch peculiar to barley) into starch, sugar and gum. 

Malted grains are extensively used in the production of ale, beer, porter, and 
other like beverages; also in making some kinds of spiritous liquors, as malt 
whisky, and gin; and in the production of vinegar. Also in making malt ex- 
tracts and some proprietary preparations which have become quite prominent 
in the past few years. See Maltum, Part II. 

MANACA. Mercurio-Vegetal. 

The stem and a portion of the root of Franciscea uniflora, a Brazilian plant 
of the Scrofulariaceae order, has been used successfully in the treatment of 
syphilis, scrofula and rheumatism. A fluid extract is prepared from the drug 
with diluted alcohol. The dose is 10 to 60 minims. An elixir is prepared, also, 
for which the formula will be found among the Elixirs. 

Manacine. An alkaloid to which this name has been given has been ob- 
tained from this plant. It has properties similar to gelsemine. 



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MALVA. Mallow. 

The common mallow, Malva rotundifolia, is frequently used in medicine as 
a demulcent and for making poultices. Malva flowers, black; and malva 
flowers, blue, are found in the market and are used in species. 

MANGOSTANA. Mangosteen. 

The rind of the fruit of Garcinia Mangostana, Linne (Fam. Guttiferae). 

This fruit is obtained from India. It is about the size and shape of a small 
orange, but when dried is wrinkled and contracted. It is commonly known as 
the Mango. It is a powerful astringent, useful in diarrhoeas, dysentery etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the pericarp, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 
minims). 

MANNA. U. S. Manna. 

"The concrete saccharine exudation of Fraxinus Ornus, Linne (Fam. 
01eace<e)."<U. S. 

Manila is a species of sugar which is obtained in Sicily, Calabra and Apulia, 
as a natural exudate from incisions made in the bark or sprouts or trunk of 
two species of ash. Several varieties of manna are found in the market and 
it is sorted according to quality as flakes, sorts etc. It is used as a mild lax- 
ative and a sweetening addition to laxative and cathartic compounds. 

Average dose. — 16 gm. (240 grains). 

Mannite. (Mannitol). This is a white, inodorous, crystallizable substance 
obtained from manna and classed with the hexatomic alcohols. It is not used 
in medicine. 

MANZANITA. 

The leaves of Arctostaphylos glauca (Fam. Ericaceae). A shrub or small 
tree, native of California. Its properties are similar to uva-ursi; astringent 
and tonic. Useful especially in urinary and bladder troubles, and diabetes 
insipidus. The plant contains arbutin and tannin. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

MASTICHE. U. S. Mastic, Gum Mastic. 

"A concrete resinous exudation from Pistacia Lentiscus, Linne (Fam. An- 
acardiacese)."<U. S. 

This resinous exudation which is commonly known as "gum-mastic," is 
chiefly obtained from islands in the Grecian Archipelago where the tree is 
cultivated for this gum. Incisions being made in the bark and branches, the 
juice exudes and hardens into tears or falls to the ground, where it concretes 
into irregular masses. 

It is used in solution for mucous catarrh, and, compounded with sandarach 
or benzoin, moistened with chloroform, is used for filling decayed teeth to cure 
toothache. With oil of turpentine it makes a transparent varnish for pictures 
and maps, and is used by book-makers as a varnish for leather. It is also 
employed as a dusting for gilding on leather or cloth, and is used as an in- 
gredient in cements for broken china etc. 

Average dose in medicine. 2 gm. (30 grains). 

It is chiefly used for making varnish, especially microscopic. 

It is almost completely soluble in alcohol. In medicine it is used as a tonic 
for the stomach, and its alcoholic solution is sometimes applied as a styptic. 

MARRUBIUM. U. S. Hoarhound. 

"The dried leaves and flowering tops of Marrubium vulgare, Linne (Fam. 
Labiatae)."<U. S. 

This herb, which is commonly known as hoarhound, is a native of Europe, 
but is common throughout northern and central North America. 

It is a bitter tonic, used chiefly for catarrh and pectoral troubles, and in 
cough medicines; also as an ingredient in hoarhound candy and cough drops. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the plant. The dose is ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 



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MATICO. U. S. Matico. 

"The- leaves of Piper angustifolium, Ruiz et Pavon (Fam. Piperacee).'' 
<U. S. 

The shrub from which these leaves are obtained is native of Peru, but is 
found in other South American countries. It is a spicy aromatic, tonic and 
stimulant, and is used chiefly in the treatment of bladder and urinary troubles. 
A volatile oil'is obtained from it by distillation and a crystallizable acid called 
Arthanic acid. 

A fluid extract and tincture are official in the U. S. P. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (60 grains). 

MATRICARIA. U. S. German Chamomile. 

"The dried flower-heads of Matricaria Chamomilla. Linne (Fam. Compos- 
ite). "<U. S. 

Two kinds of "Chamomile" are used in this country, the Roman and the 
German: the former being more generally sold to Americans and the latter 
to foreigners, because they are more accustomed to it in European countries. 

Average dose. — 16 gm. (240 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared with 2 / 3 alcohol, dose 0.5 to 2 Cc. (S to 30 minims). 

The flowers are generally steeped to make chamomile tea which is taken as 
a diaphoretic and for colds, stomach troubles etc. It is also a tonic, and is 
given to children for worms. 

MEL. U. S. Honey. 

"A saccharine secretion deposited in the honey-comb by the bee. Apis mel- 
lifera, Linne. "<U. S. 

In pharmacy strained or drawn honey only is employed as a basis of honey 
preparations or dispensed in medicine. 

MELILOTUS. Melilot. Sweet Clover. 

The flowering branches of the sweet clover are sometimes used in species or 
mixtures of aromatic drugs. It has no marked medicinal properties but is 
mildly stimulant and carminative. 

MELISSA. Balm. 

"The leaves and tops of Melissa officinalis. Linne (Nat. ord. Labiate). '"< 
U. S. 7th revision. Dismissed in the 8th. 

Lemon Balm is a well-known herb of southern Europe, and is naturalized 
in this country. It has a lemon-like odor when fresh, and is used chiefly for 
its aromatic properties in infusions and mixtures of fresh herbs. 

Average dose. — 16 gm. (240 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 5 to 10 Cc. (1 to 2y 2 
fl. drachms). 

MENISPERMUM. Yellow ParUla. 
Canadian Moonseed. 

"The rhizomes and roots of Menispermum Canadense. Linne (Nat. ord. 
Menispermacee)."<U. S. <th revision. Dismissed in the 8th. 

This is a woody climbing plant, growing in the eastern United States, and is 
commonly used by some practitioners as a substitute for sarsaparilla. It is no 
doubt of value in scrofulous affections, but has not yet been generally intro- 
duced. _ A fluid extract was official in the U. S. P. Dose 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

Menispermin. An Eclectic concentrate prepared from menispermum and 
representing its medicinal virtue. Dose 2 to 5 grains. 

MENTHA PIPERITA. U. S. Peppermint. 

"The dried leaves and flowering tops of Mentha piperita. Linne (Fam. 
Labiate ). J '<U. S. 

This was originally a native of Great Britain but has been domesticated in 
nearly all temperate countries. It is largely cultivated in some parts of the 



Organic Materia Medica 195 

United States for the production of oil of peppermint, which is generally ob- 
tained by steam distillation. 

From this oil menthol is obtained, and the spirit or essence of peppermint 
and peppermint water are much used in medicine. In other countries similar 
varieties of peppermint are found which yield similar products, Mentha Ar- 
vensis, which is the source of Japanese menthol being the most prominent. 

Average dose. — 4 gm. (60 grains). 

MENTHA VIRIDIS. U. S. Spearmint. 

"The dried leaves and flowering tops of Mentha spicata, Linne (Mentha 
viridis, Linne) (Fam. Labiatae)."<U. S. 

This species of Mentha is also a native of Europe, but is found abundantly 
in the northern and central U. S. The oil distilled from this plant is quite 
different from peppermint, but is somewhat used in medicine for similar pur- 
poses. 

The use of Oil of Spearmint for flavoring chewing gum has greatly increased 
the consumption and the price of this oil. 

Average dose. — 4 gm. (60 grains). 

MENYANTHES. Buckbean. Bogbean. 

The leaves of Menyanthes irifoliata, Linne (Fam. Gentianaceae) ; native of 
Europe and North America. It is a pure bitter tonic, given in scrofula and 
fevers, also as an emmenagogue and vermifuge. In large doses is is pur- 
gative and emetic. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

MERCURIALIS ANNUA. Mercury Weed. 

This plant has been used in most all countries for ages as a purgative and 
emmenagogue. It is also a useful diuretic and is reputed to cure syphilis. It 
may be given in the form of infusion, 1 ounce in a pint of hot water. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

METHYSTICUM. Kava Kava. Ava Kava. 

The root of Piper Methysticum (Fam. Piperaceae); also known as Ava 
Kava. A shrub about 6 feet high having an astringent root with a bitter 
taste. It is native of Polynesia, and in the Sandwich Islands a drink is 
made from the fresh, large, fibrous, spongy root. The plant is stimulant and 
tonic in small doses, also diuretic and sialagogue. Useful in the treatment of 
gonorrhoea, either internally or by injection, and in rheumatism, taken in- 
ternally. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (*4 to 1 fl. drachm). 

MEZEREUM. U. S. Mezereum. 
Mezerei Cortex. Br. Mezereon Bark. 

"The dried bark of Daphne Mezereum, Linne; and of other European species 
of Daphne, (Fam. Thymeleaceas).' I <U. S. 

"The dried bark of Daphne Mezereum, Linn.; or of Daphne Laureola, Linn.; 
or of Daphne Guidium, Linn."<Br. 

The shrub from which this bark is obtained is native of Great Britain, and is 
cultivated as an ornamental plant throughout Europe. 

It has an acrid principle, soluble in water, and is used as an astringent in 
decoction and fluid extract of sarsaparilla compound. A fluid extract is also 
prepared from it. It has been used in the preparation of an irritating ointment 
and plaster. Some principles are obtained from it, but they have not been 
used to any extent in medicine. The drug is particularly recommended in 
combination with blood purifying remedies, for obstinate eruptions of the 
skin and chronic eczema. The dose of the fluid extract is 10 to 15 minims. 

Average dose of the powdered bark.— 0.50O gm. {iy 2 grains). 

Mezerein. A concentrate representing the medicinal constituents of mez- 
ereum. Dose y 2 to 2 grains. 



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MICROMERIA. Yerba Buena. 

The entire plant, Micromeria Douglassii. Bentham ( Fam. Labiatae): native 
of California. Odor and taste aromatic, somewhat pungent. It is employed 
as an aromatic stimulant and anthelmintic, especially for the expulsion of 
round worms. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 2 to S Cc. ( J A to 2 fl.drachms). 

MIKANIA. Guaco Leaves. 

The leaves of Mikaniae Guaco. Willd. (Fam. Compositae): native of South 
America and West Indies. The properties of this drug are similar to those 
of boneset. It is used by the natives as an antidote for poisonous snake 
bites, and has been recommended for hydrophobia. 

A fluid extract is made with diluted alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 1 5 
minims). 

MITCHELLA. Squaw Vine. Partridgeberry. 

The entire plant, Mitchella repens. Linne (Fam. Rubiaceae). An ever- 
green creeping plant, native of Xorth America. Useful in female complaints, 
dropsy, retention of urine and derangements of the uterine and urinary organs. 
It is an ingredient in "mother's cordial" and other compound female remedies. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (V 2 to 1 
fl. drachm). 

MONARDA. Horsemint. 

The leaves and tops of Monarda punctata (Fam. Labiatae): native of north- 
ern U. S. This has properties similar to other species of mint, and is used 
as a diuretic, diaphoretic and carminative. Its chief virtue is in its volatile oil. 

MONESIA. Monesia. 

The bark of Chrysophyllum glycyphala?um. (Fam. Sapotaceae); native of 
Brazil. The bark is astringent, stimulant and tonic; used in dyspepsia, diar- 
rhoea etc. 

Monesia Extractum. An extract presumably prepared from this bark by 
boiling it with water and evaporating the decoction to dryness. This extract 
is imported from Brazil, and analysis shows that it contains over fifty percent, 
of tannin, with an acrid principle called monesin. resembling saponin, a 
sweet principle like glycyrrhizin and other less important sustances. The 
dose of this extract is from 5 to 20 grains. It is similar to kino in appearance 
and action. 

MORUS. Mulberry. 

The mulberry tree. Morus nigra. (Fam. Urticacea?). Native of the Levant. 
cultivated in all temperate countries. It has a berry-like fruit much like the 
blackberry. The juice of this fruit is used as an acid drink in fevers and in- 
flammation. The leaves of this tree furnish food for silk-worms. 

MOSCHUS. U. S., Br. Musk. 

'The dried secretion from the preputial folicles of Moschus moschiferus. 
Linne (Class Mammalia, order Ruminantia)."<L\ S.. Br. 

The animal from which this substance is obtained is known as the musk 
deer, and is found in the mountainous sections of Asia. Musk is a very ex- 
pensive article and is now seldom used as medicine, but is extensively em- 
ployed in making perfumes. It is stimulating and antispasmodic, and is re- 
puted to possess nerve-tonic properties which make it of much value in the 
culminating crisis of fevers, pneumonia and similar diseases. The dose is 
10 grains. Tincture of Musk is official in the U. S. 

MUIRAPUAMA. 

The root of a Brazilian plant, highh' recommended as a nerve stimulant. It 
is also an aphrodisiac reputed to be better than damiana. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to BO minims). 



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MUCUNA. Cowhage. 

The hairs of the pods of Mucuna pruriens. (Fam. Leguminosa?). Native of 
East and West Indies. These hairs are irritating, causing intense itching to 
the skin. The drug was formerly used to remove intestinal worms and pin 
worms by injection, but it is now seldom used because of its persistent ir- 
ritating action. A teaspoonful is the usual dose. 

MUTISIA VICI^FOLIA. 

A climbing shrub, native of Chili. Peru and Bolivia, where it is used as a 
heart tonic against weakness brought on by exertion in high altitudes. It is 
sedative and antiperiodic. Useful in hysteria, spasmodic coughs and asthma. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

MYRRHA. U. S., Br. Myrrh. Gum Myrrh. 

"'A gum-resin obtained from Commiphora Myrrha. ( Nees) Engler (Fam. 
Burseracese)."'<U. S. 

"A gum-resin obtained from the stem of Balsamodendron Myrrha. Xees; 
and probably other species. "<Br. 

This is obtained from Turkey and Arabia and occurs in the market in 
roundish tears or irregular fragments or masses. It contains about 30 percent. 
of resin, about 3 percent, of a volatile oil, and a bitter principle. 

It is used medicinally in a considerable number of preparations and from it 
several substances have been obtained, as Myrrhol. Myrrhic Acid etc. It is 
used particularly in dentistry as an application to spongy gums in the form of 
tincture mixed with rose water; also for sore mouth of infants, with a swab: 
and as an application to ulcers, sores etc. The preparation of myrrh most used 
internally is Mistura Ferri composita, which is known as Griffeth's Mixture. 

Average dose. — 0.500 gm. — 500 milligrammes (7^4 grains). 

MYRCIA. Bay. Bay Leaves. 

The leaves of Myrcia acris. DC. (Fam. Myrtacae). Native of the West India 
Islands. Imported Bay Rum is produced by distilling the leaves of this tree 
with the native rum of Jamaica or other West India Islands. Oil of Myrcia, 
(Oil of Bay), is obtained from the leaves of this tree by distillation. 

Bay rum is used as a fragrant application to the face and skin. Oil of Bay 
is used in making domestic Bay rum. 

MYRICA. Bayberry. Wax-Myrtle. 

The bark of Myrica cerifera. Linne (Fam. Myricacea?) : native of eastern 
North America. It is stimulant and astringent, and when powdered has an 
aromatic, pungent taste. Its medicinal constituents are a volatile oil and an 
acrid resin. It is employed in relaxed conditions of the mucous membrane. 
and may be used as a wash, gargle or injection in various affections of this 
nature. 

The powdered bark is used as an ingredient of composition powder which 
was formerly a favorite remed}- for colds, fever and influenzas, producing, when 
taken in hot infusion, profuse diaphoresis. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 minims). 

Myrtle-wax. The fruit of Myrica cerifera is coated with a wax-like sub- 
stance, which may be obtained by boiling it in water and collecting the wax 
from the surface, when cold. Candles were formerly made from this wax, 
hence one of its common names. '"Candle-berry.*" 

Myricin. A concentrate prepared by precipitating an alcoholic extract in 
cold water. Dose 2 to 5 grains. 

Myrtol. An oil distilled from the leaves of Myrtus communis, a European 
variety of myrtle. This oil is highly recommended as an antiseptic and sed- 
ative, having properties similar to cajuput and eucalyptus. 

MYRICA. Sweet Gale. Dutch Myrtle. 

The bark of the plant, (Order Myricacea?). Native of North America. This 
is a small shrub having a balsamic odor and an aromatic, astringent, bitter 



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taste. It is stimulant and astringent. Useful for scrofula, jaundice, diarrhoeas 
and debility of the digestive tract. The plant yields by distillation a thick vol- 
atile oil. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

MYRISTICA. U. S., Br. Nutmeg. 

"The kernel of the ripe seed of Myristica fragrans, Houttuyn (Fam. Myris- 
ticacese), deprived of its testa). "<U. S. 

"The dried seed of Myristica fragrans, Houtt.; divested of its testa. "<Br. 

This familiar seed is obtained from a medium sized tree growing, principally, 
in the East Indies; and is used mainly as a flavoring for pastry; but is also em- 
ployed in medicine in aromatic powders and species. A volatile oil is obtained 
from it by distillation and a fixed oil by expression. These are used for var- 
ious purposes in medicinal preparations. 

Average dose. — 0.500 gin. = 500 milligrammes iiy 2 grains). 

NICOTINA. Tobacco. 

The leaves of Nicotina Tabaccum, Linne (Fam. Solanaceae). This plant, 
a native of America, is now grown throughout the temperate countries of the 
world. It is made up into many forms and is in more general use than any 
other drug, (if it may be called a drug). In medicine a poultice of tobacco is 
frequently applied to a cut, sore, swelling or ulcer. An ointment of tobacco is 
useful for many purposes. "The weed" is smoked as a remedy for many ail- 
ments and as a calmative for nervous disorders. A chew of tobacco is often 
applied to an aching tooth, and, altogether, it is much used as a remedy, 
besides its general use as a fumatory, masticatory and sternutatory (snuff). 

Nicotina. Nicotine. A liquid alkaloid obtained from tobacco. A very 
powerful poison, having a strong tobacco odor and a persistent, burning 
taste. It is not employed medicinally. 

NUPHAR ADVENA. Yellow Pond-Lily. 

The rhizome of Nuphar Advena, (Fam. Nymphseacese). It is native of North 
America, always growing underneath the water. Astringent and bitterish, 
demulcent and anodyne. Useful in scrofula, bronchial affections, leucorrhcea, 
diarrhoea etc. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 drops). 

A fluid extract may be mixed with water as a gargle for the throat or as 
an application for ulcers. 

NUX — NUTS. 

In official pharmacy the term "Nux" is applied to only one drug — Nux 
vomica, but commercially several kinds of nuts used in medicine are known, 
as areca, cashew, kola, pistaches and South American sassafras nuts. Nuts 
are seeds of plants; they are noticed under the pharmaceutical title of the 
plant which produces them. 

NUX VOMICA. U. S., Br. Nux Vomica. 

"The dried ripe seeds of Strychnos Nux Vomica, Linne (Fam. Loganiaceae) ; 
yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 1.25 percent, of 
strychnine. "<U. S. 

"The dried ripe seeds of Strychnos Nux-vomica, Linn."<Br. 

This seed, which looks very much like a button, is commonly called "dog 
button" or "Quaker button." The fruit from which it is obtained is a round 
berry, about the size of a small orange, having a smooth, orange-colored, hard 
rind, and containing many of the seeds in its juicy pulp. The tree upon which 
the fruit grows is native of the East Indies, its wood and root being employed 
there in the treatment of intermittent fevers. The seeds only are official. 
From them several valuable properties are obtained. 

A fluid extract of nux vomica is official in the U. S. P. Average dose 0.05 
Cc. (1 minim). 



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A liquid extract of mix vomica is official in the Br. P., dose 1 to 3 minims. 

Strychnine. C21H22N2O2. This was made by Pelletier and Caventon in 1818, 
and is extensively used in medicine as a nerve tonic etc. It is more fully des- 
cribed under the heading Strychnine (which see). 

Brucine. C^HLs^O-t. This is found associated with nux vomica in the seeds 
of nux vomica, as well as in other plants, as St. Ignatius bean, false Angus- 
tura etc. It may be separated and crystallized by exhausting nux vomica or 
St. Ignatius beans with alcohol. Its properties are similar to strychnine. 

Both the foregoing alkaloids form salts with acids, and they, being more 
soluble, are generally used instead of the alkaloids. 

NYMPHjEA. White Pond-Lily. 

The rhizome of Nuphar Advena, (Fam. Nymphaeaceae)- Native of N. Amer- 
ica. The root is light and spongy when dry. It has a bitter taste and is as- 
tringent and demulcent. It is applied locally to ulcers and sores, and in various 
preparations is employed as a wash or injection. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to "30 minims). 

CENANTHE PHELLANDRIUM. Water Fennel. 

The fruit (seeds) of CEnanthe Phellandrium, Lamark (Fam. Umbelliferae). 
Native of Europe and northern Asia. This plant is similar to fennel and has 
like properties. Its properties reside in an acrid resin and a volatile oil. It 
is given as a diaphoretic, stimulant and expectorant, and because of its action 
on the nervous system allays troublesome coughs, bronchitis and whooping 
cough. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 5 minims. 

CENOTHERA BIENNIS. Evening Primrose. 

The root and flowering plant of CEnothera biennis, Linne (Fam. Onagnaceae). 
Native of North America. The plant is inodorous, but the flowers are very 
fragrant, the taste of the bark and root is sweetish, mildly astringent and 
afterwards acrid. It is employed chiefly as an alterative and nervous sedative 
and is useful for asthma, whooping cough and nervous conditions. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (}/ z to 1 fl. drachm). 

OLEA — OILS. 

Under this heading a great variety of substances ranging from liquids to 
solids, and obtained from the mineral, animal and vegetable kingdoms are 
classed in Part II. They are very properly divided pharmaceutically into 
Fixed Oils, which are obtained by expression from fatty bodies; Volatile Oils; 
which are mainly obtained by distillation; and may be arranged in several 
groups according to their characteristics, manner of making etc.; and the 
Mineral Oils, which, though not officially recognized, are considerably used 
in pharmacy. 

OLIBANUM. Gum Olibanum or Frankincense. 

A gum-resin obtained from several species of Boswellia, found chiefly in 
Arabia. It resembles myrrh and is burned as incense. It contains from 30 
to 60 percent, of gum and about 56 percent, of resin, with a little volatile oil 
and insoluble gum (bassorin). It is used in making plasters and some other 
preparations, but chiefly as an ingredient of incense, combined with aromatic 
spices. 

ONOSMODIUM VIRGINIANUM. False Gromwell. 

The root of this plant, (Fam. Borraginaceae), is employed in medicine. It 
is a native of North America and is tonic and diuretic, useful for stone in the 
kidney or bladder. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 






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OPIUM. U. S., Br. Opium. 

"The concrete, milky exudation obtained by incising the unripe capsules of 
Papaver somniferum, Linne (Fam. Papaveracese) ; and yielding, in its normal, 
moist condition, not less than 9 percent, of crystallized morphine when as- 
sayed by the process given. "<U. S. 

"The juice obtained by incision from the unripe capsules of Papaver somni- 
ferum, Linn., inspissated by spontaneous evaporation. "<Br. 

Opium is the concrete, milky exudation obtained in Asia Minor by incising 
the unripe capsules of the opium poppy, Papaver Somniferum. A few days 
after the petals have fallen incisions are made in the capsule, and in twelve 
to fifteen hours the milky exudation which has collected is scraped off and 
collected and afterwards formed into masses as it appears on the market. The 
present U. S. P. specifies that in its normal moist condition it should yield 
at least 9 percent, of morphine when assayed by the official process. The best 
grades of opium frequently contain as high as 20 percent, or even more of 
morphine, and a good average quality should yield when dried, 15 to 17 percent. 
In pharmacy opium is used for making many preparations, and is the source 
of many alkaloids and alkaloidal salts, which are extensively used. In med- 
icine opium and its preparations are more frequently employed than any other, 
except, perhaps, preparations of cinchona. 

Opium and its preparations are mostly sedative and anodyne, and are used 
to allay pain, quiet excited nervous action, induce sleep etc. The use of opium 
and morphine — although almost indispensable in medicine — is attended with 
great risk of forming the opium habit, and physicians cannot be too cautious 
in employing them. They are good servants, but bad masters. 

Average dose. — 0.100 gm. = 100 milligrammes (iy 2 grains). 

Powdered Opium, Deodorized Opium and Granulated Opium, being more in 
the nature of preparations, will be noticed under the title Opium in Part II. 

A liquid extract of opium is official in the Br., dose 5 to 30 minims. 

Pure Food and Drugs Law. Opium and its preparations are among the 
drugs that come under the provisions of this law. See article on this law. 

OPOPONAX. Gum Opoponax. 

A gum-resin obtained from the roots of Opoponax chironium, (Fam. Um- 
belliferae). Native of southern Europe. The root, when cut, exudes a milky 
juice which hardens into irregular roundish pieces from the size of a pea to a 
walnut. This gum consists of a volatile oil, gum and resin. It is stimulating, 
expectorant and diuretic, and is used in the form of tincture internally or made 
into a plaster for carbuncles, swellings and rheumatism. 

The dose of the powdered gum is 1 to 2 gm. (15 to 30 grains). 

ORIGANUM. Wild Marjoram. 

The herb Thymus vulgare, Linne (Fam. Labiatae). Found in Asia, Africa, 
Europe and North America. A stimulant, carminative and emmenagogue. It 
is used as a seasoning in food and externally in fomentations, but is seldom 
given internally as medicine. Its virtues reside chiefly in its volatile oil, 
Oleum Thymi, which see, Part II. 

ORTHOSIPHON STAMINEUS. Java Tea. 

The leaves of this plant, which grows in Java, Australia and India, are used 
as a diuretic in chronic cystitis, gravel, and catarrhal conditions of the urinary 
organs. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

ORYZiE SEMINA. Rice. 

The fruit (seed) of Oryza sativa, Linne (Fam. Graminaceae) ; cultivated in 
warm climates throughout the world. 

As found in the market the seeds have the hulls removed and are white and 
clean, but natural rice has its outer hull. Rice is chiefly used as a food and is 
particularly useful for invalids as it is, when properly cooked, very readily 
digestible. Rice contains more starch and less fat than any other cereal. 



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Aqua Oryzae. Rice-water. This is a nourishing, demulcent refrigerant 
drink for invalids, useful in fevers and inflammation of the digestive tract. It 
may be prepared by boiling 1 ounce of rice in a quart of water for two hours, 
replenishing the water lost by evaporation. The decoction is to be used cold 
and without straininig, dose ad. lib. 

Oryzae Farina. Rice Flour. This is rice in the form of impalpable powder. 
It is used as a dusting for irritated surfaces and as an ingredient in toilet 
powders, massage pastes and skin foods. 

Oryzae Amylum. Rice Starch. This starch is prepared from rice in the same 
manner as starch is prepared from wheat and corn. Its granules are the 
smallest of any of the commercial starches. It is claimed to be superior to 
starches prepared from other grains and is extensively sold as patent laundry 
starch. It may be reduced to a fine powder and used for the same purposes as 
rice flour, 

OSMORRHIZA LONGISTYLIS. Sweet Cicily. 

The root of this plant, (Fam. Umbelliferse). Native of U. S. and Canada. 
Its properties are aromatic, carminative and expectorant. Useful for coughs, 
weakness of the stomach and flatulence. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

OSMUNDA REGALIS. Buckhorn Brake. 

The root-stalk of this plant, (Fam. Osmundiaceae) ; native of Canada, is 
employed in medicine as a tonic, demulcent and styptic, particularly in diar- 
rhoeas, dysentery, leucorrhcea etc., where a vigorous astringent is indicated. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 12 Cc. (1 to 3 fl. drachms). 

OSSA SEPI^. Cuttlefish Bone. 

The white oval scales from 4 to 10 inches long by 2 to 4 inches broad, ob- 
tained from the back of Sepia officinalis, Linne (Fam. Cephalopoda). A 
marine monster called the cuttle-fish. This "bone" consists of from 80 to 85 
percent, of calcium carbonate, a little salt and magnesia. It is an anti-acid but 
is seldom employed in medicine. It is a valuable ingredient in tooth powder 
as it has just enough "grit" to be serviceable for that purpose. It is also used 
in canary bird cages to supply the bird with lime. 

OSTRYA VIRGINICA. Iron Wood. 

The heart-wood or wood-core of this tree, (Fam. Betulacese), is used in 
medicine. It is native of U. S. It is tonic and antiperiodic. The heart-wood 
is cut into chips and ground. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4.Cc i}/ 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

OVUM. Egg. Hen's Egg. 

The fresh egg of the domestic fowl, Gallus Bankiva, var. domestica, Tern- 
mink (Fam. Gallinae). Native of Java and Cochin-China, but now domesticated 
in all countries. 

Testa Ovi. Egg shell. This consists chiefly of calcium carbonate, calcium 
phosphate and magnesium carbonate, together with gelatinous material which 
serves as an adhesive. It may be powdered and used as an antacid, but is of 
doubful medicinal value. 

Albumen Ovi. White of Egg. Consisting chiefly of proteids, used in making 
some pharmaceutical preparations, and dried, forming albumin Ovi Siccum, 
which is extensively used in calico printing and photography, and for many 
other industrial purposes. 

Vitellum Ovi. Yolk of Egg. Used in making emulsions and some med- 
icinal compounds. 

The entire contents of the egg, either together or separate, are used as food. 

OXYDENDRON ARBOREUM. Sorrel Tree. 

This tree, which is of the Fam. Ericaceae, grows in the middle and southern 
U. S. The tree is about 40 feet high and all of its parts have a sour taste. The 



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leaves are used in medicine as diuretic, tonic and refrigerant. Useful in 
dropsy. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 8 Cc. ( l / 2 to 2 fl. drachms). 

P^ONIA. Peony. 

The tuberous root of Pseonia officinalis, Linne (Fam. Ranunculaceae). 
Native of southern Europe, cultivated in all temperate countries. This plant 
is cultivated in most countries in gardens and is one of the earliest of the 
Spring plants to bud and blossom. The tuberous root which is known as 
"Peony toes," is astringent, antispasmodic and emmenagogue, but is little 
used except as domestic medicine for which it has been employed in epilepsy, 
chorea etc. Dose x / 2 to 2 oz. of root in form of infusion. 

Paeonia Moutan. Tree Peony. This plant is native of China and Japan, but 
is now cultivated in temperate countries. It is a perennial shrub having 
foliage and blossoms similar to the above. The native flowers are purple but 
by cultivation they may be white, pink, red or spotted. The root-bark is used 
in medicine as an alterative, tonic and diuretic. It is aromatic and pungent. 

A fluid extract may be prepared with 2 /^ alcohol, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 
minims). 

PANAX. Ginseng. 

The root of Aralia quinquefolium, Gray (Fam. Araliacese). Native of U. S. 
as far south as Georgia and Tennessee. Also southern Canada. 

This root which is commonly known as Ginseng is in great demand by the 
Chinese, by whom it is considered a panacea. It commands a high price and 
has recently been largely cultivated throughout northern U. S. in specially 
constructed gardens, made for this purpose. 

Ginseng is a mild tonic and stomachic, but is not known to possess other 
medicinal properties. In China, however, it has great repute as a medicinal 
agent and the more fantastic the form of the root the greater price it com- 
mands. Dose of the root 2 to 5 gm. (30 to 75 grains). 

A fluid extract may be prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 
2 fl. drachms). See also Aralia. 

PANCREATINUM. Pancreatin. 

A proteid contained in the secretion of the pancreatic gland, having the 
power to emulsify and decompose fat or fixed fatty oils, and to convert starch 
into sugar. It is a yellowish powder and should have no disagreeable odor. 
When properly prepared 10 grains should emulsify not less than 120 grains of 
cod liver oil. It is given in atonic dyspepsia with a view to aid the digestion 
of fats, and is an ingredient of compounds and powders used as digestives. 
In pharmacy it is used to emulsify oils and make predigested foods and com- 
pounds, as peptones etc. 

The process for making this will be found in Part II. under the same title. 

Dose of powder 0.1 to 0.5 gm. (2 to 8 grains). 

PAPAVERIS CAPSULJE. Br. Poppy Capsules. 

% "The nearly ripe dried fruit of Papaver Somniferum."<Br. 

The dried capsules of Papaver somniferum, Linne (Fam. Papaveraceae). 
Native of western Asia, cultivated. The nearly ripe capsules are gathered 
and dried in the sun. The medicinal properties of the drug are like opium, 
which is obtained from them, but in a very mild degree. The capsules are 
used in the form of decoctions or syrup, or fluid extract, which may be pre- 
pared with diluted alcohol, dose 2 to 10 Cc. ( J / 2 to 2y 2 fl. drachms). 

Several other species of papaver are employed in medicine but have no 
particular value. 

Papaveris Semina. Poppy Seed. Maw Seed. These seeds are obtained 
from the capsule of the poppy, but are of no medicinal value except as food 
for man and birds. The seed contains about 45 percent, of fixed oil, which is 
used for various purposes, particularly for mixing fine pigments. See Oleum 
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PAPAYA. Pawpaw. Mamaeiro. 

The milky juice of the fruit, and also the leaves of Carica Papaya, (Fam. 
Passifloras). Native of South America. This plant has acquired a reputa- 
tion as a digestive of albuminoid substances; and natural preparations from it 
have been given in medicine for that purpose, and have been applied locally 
to diphtheritic patches to dissolve them. The milky juice is also employed 
to stimulate deficient milk secretion of women, and for this purpose may be 
taken either internally or applied to the breasts. 

Papaw Juice. Papaw Milk. This is a neutral thick, milky fluid, obtained 
by scratching through the skin of the fruit. It has a bitterish astringent 
taste and acid reaction, sp. gr. 1.023, and separates on standing into two por- 
tions, a coagulated white portion, and a clear watery portion, the latter 
containing an albuminous substance called papayotin, which is the active 
principle of the juice. 

Dried Papaw Milk. This is the inspissated juice of the unripe fruit oc- 
curring as a yellowish-white, coarse inodorous powder. It is applied to indo- 
lent sores and ulcers for the purpose of digesting or dissolving diseased flesh. 
It is also applied in solution with water and glycerin to diphtheritic membrane 
as a solvent. 

Papain. This is the peculiar ferment found in papaw juice. It contains 10.6 
percent, of nitrogen, and acts, like pepsin as a digestive. See Part II. 

See also Asimina Triloba, the American Pawpaw. 

PAREIRA. U. S. Pareira Brava. 
Pareira Radix. Br. Pareira Root. 

"The dried root of Chondrodendron tomentosum, Ruiz et Pavon (Fam. 
Menispermace3e)."<U. S. 

"The dried root of Chondrodendron tomentosum, Ruiz et Pavon. "<Br. 

This was formerly called Cissampelos Pareira. The plant, which is a climb- 
ing shrub, is a native of South America and the West Indies. It is a tonic, 
diuretic and laxative, and is employed in the treatment of diseases of the liver, 
kidneys and bladder. The fluid extract is official in the U. S. P. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

A liquid extract is official in the Br., dose y 2 to 2 fl. drachms. 

An alkaloid called pelosine or cissampeline is obtained in the usual manner 
from the plant, and is reputed to represent the medicinal activity of the root. 

PARTHENIUM. Fever Few. 

The flowering herb, Pyrethrum parthenium, (Fam. Composite). Native of 
Europe. This plant is a species of chamomile and has similar properties and 
action. It is tonic, diuretic, aperient and emmenagogue. Useful in nervous 
debility, dyspepsia and female disorders. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

PENTHORIUM SEDOIDES. Virginia Stone Crop. 

The herb, (Fam. Crassulaceae). Native of U. S. and Canada. It is as- 
tringent, demulcent and laxative. Useful in diarrhceas, catarrhal inflammation 
of the stomach and bowels and bronchitis. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose % to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). 

PEPO. U. S. Pumpkin Seed. 

"The seed of Cucurbita Pepo, Linne (Nat. ord. Cucurbitacese)."<U. S. 

Pumpkin seeds are used as a remedy for tape-worm, and are given in the 
form of infusion as a diuretic, especially for young children. For tape-worm 
lJ/2 ounce of the "meat" of the seeds in coarse powder, beaten in a mortar with 
a little water, is taken before breakfast, and in two hours followed with a dose 
of castor oil or other cathartic. 

Cucurbita Citrullus. Watermelon Seeds. Native of southern Asia but cul- 
tivated in U. S. and Europe. These seeds are diuretic and demulcent and use- 
ful for kidney and bladder troubles and dropsy. An infusion of the crushed 



204 Organic Materia Medico 

seeds is the best way to administer them. Dose 2 to S g-m. ( l / 2 to 2 drachms). 
Cucumis Melo. Muskmelon Seeds. These are much smaller than water- 
melon seeds but have similar properties and uses. 

PEPSINUM. Pepsin. 

The digestive principle of the gastric juice secreted by the glands of the 
stomach. The substance called "Pepsin" is prepared from the stomach of the 
pig or hog in several ways and is found in the market in scales, granules or 
powder, of various degrees of strength, graduated by its digestive power. It 
is employed to aid the digestion of albuminoid substances which it does by 
changing them to peptones. Pepsin seems to act as a catylizer when taken 
into the stomach giving it power to digest a much larger quantity of food 
than the added pepsin alone could do. 

In pharmacy pepsin is an ingredient of compound pepsin powders used as 
digestives, and is made into several liquid forms as liquor pepsin, elixir of 
pepsin, wine of pepsin etc. It is also used in making predigested foods and 
peptone compounds. The process used for making pepsin and its compounds 
and preparations will be noticed in Part II. 

Dose of pepsin varies as to its strength which is shown usually on the label. 

PERSEA GRATISSIMA. Alligator Pear. 

The seeds of this pear, known in Mexico as Aguacate. or Avocado Pear, 
are highly recommended as an anthelmintic and for removing tape-worm. A 
poultice of the powdered seed is said to be an excellent application for inter- 
costal neuralgia. 

A fluid extract of the seeds is prepared, dose 2 to -A Cc. (30 to 60 minims). 

PERSICA. Peach. 

The leaves and fruit of Persica vulgaris. ( Fam. Rosacea?). Native of south- 
western Asia, but domesticated in all temperate countries. The leaves are sed- 
ative, diuretic, antispasmodic etc. Used for irritation of the bladder, urethra 
and bowels. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose -/$ to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims i. 

The fruit is a favorite, fresh, preserved or dried. 

The nuts yield Ol. Persico. similar to bitter almond oil. 

PERSIO. Cudbear. 

A purple-red powder prepared from Lecanora tartarea and other lichens, 
Chiefly used for dyeing, and in pharmacy for coloring liquid preparations red. 
The coloring matter of the powder readily dissolves in diluted alcohol. 

A tincture of cudbear is prepared for coloring preparations. 1 ounce of the 
powder with 10 ounces of diluted alcohol. 

Cudbear is prepared from the same plants that produce Litmus, but is pre- 
pared in a different manner. See Litmus, Part II. 

Orchil is a liquid coloring substance prepared by macerating the same kind 
of lichens as produce cudbear in an ammoniacal liquor. It is used for color- 
ing red. 

PETROSELINUM. Parsley. Petroselinum Radix. Parsley Root. 

The root of Petroselinum sativum, Hoffman (Fam. Umbellifera? ). Native 
of southern Europe, cultivated in all countries. The root is fleshy and taper- 
ing, 6 to 7 inches long and J/4 to l l / 2 inches thick. It is aperient, carminative 
and diuretic. Useful for female complaints and kidney troubles. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the root, dose 2 to -4 Cc. ( V 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Apiin. A neutral principle obtained from parsley root, soluble in alcohol 
and water. 

Petroselini Fructus. Parsley Fruit (Seed). 

The dried ripe fruit of Parsley has properties similar to the root but in 
a greater degree. 

Apiol. This is a colorless liquid of the nature of an oil. obtained from the 
fruits (seeds). It is insoluble in water but soluble in alcohol, ether and chlo- 



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roform. Its sp. gr. is LOTS; the dose is y 2 to 1 Cc, usually administered in the 
form of "pearls," that is, small closed capsules. 

PHORADENDRON. American Mistletoe. 

The whole parasitic plant Phoradendron flavescens, Nutall (Fam. Loranth- 
acese). Native of northern U. S. This plant has a heavy, disagreeable odor 
and a sweet-bitter taste. It secretes a tenaceous substance called viscin, ("bird 
lime" or "bird glue"), consisting of a resin, fixed oil, tannin and various salts. 
It is astringent, narcotic, antispasmodic and oxytocic. Useful in nervous dis- 
orders, epilepsy, hysteria and uterine hemorrhage. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 minims). 

PHYSOSTIGMA. U. S. Physostigma. 
Physostigmatis Semina. Br. Calabar Bean. 

"The ripe seeds of Physostigma venenosum, Balfour (Fam. Leguminosae) ; 
yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 0.15 percent, of 
alkaloids soluble in ether. "<U. S. 

"The ripe seeds of Physostigma venenosum, Balfour. "<Br. 

The climbing plant from which this bean is obtained grows along the banks 
of streams in Calabar, and the beans are chiefly gathered from the water of 
the streams into which they fall and are carried down by the current. 

Average dose. — 0.100 gm.--100 milligrammes (iy 2 grains). 

In Africa this is used as an "ordeal bean," the accused captive being given a 
large dose- of the pounded beans infused in water, which proves fatal unless 
copious vomiting ensues, which proves to the natives that the victim is "not 
guilty," and he is released. 

A solid extract of the bean is official in the U. S. P. The dose is Vio to % 
grain. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 0.05 to 0.2 Cc. (1 to 3 minims). 

Physostigmina. Physostigmine. Eserine. C13H21O2. The active principle 
of calabar bean (physostigma) is obtained by exhausting finely powdered cal- 
abar bean with alcohol by means of a water-bath percolator, distilling off most 
of the alcohol of the percolate, adding water to the residue and shaking with 
ether, which dissolves the alkaloid. The ether is allowed to evaporate and the 
alkaloid is obtained in crystals. 

Physostigmine, which is more frequently called Eserine, is a powerful sed- 
ative poison, the dose being V200 to V 6 o grain. Two salts of this alkaloid are 
official, see Part II. 

PHYSALIS. Ground Cherry. 

The fruit of Physalis alkekengi, (Fam. Solonacese). Native of southern 
Europe. It is diuretic, aperient and febrifuge, particularly useful in gravel, 
gout and all calcarious affections. All parts of the plant yield a bitter prin- 
ciple named Physalin, CuHieOs, which represents its activity. 

PHYTOLACCA. U. S. Poke. 

The berries (fruit) and root were both official in the 1890 U. S. P. 

Phytolacca? Fructus. U. S. Phytolacca Fruit. Poke Berry. 

"The fruit of Phytolacca decandra, Linne (Nat. ord. Phytolaccaceae)."<U. S. 
7th revision. Dismissed in the 8th. 

Phytolacca? Radix. U. S. Phytolacca Root. Poke Root. 

"The dried root of Phytolacca decandra, Linne (Fam. Phytolaccaceae)." 
<U. S. 

This herbaceous plant grows throughout the northern and middle United 
States in waste lands and along fences and the edge of woods. The berries 
are dark purple or black, and from the juice a temporary ink may be made. 
When dried they are used in mixtures of laxative and blood purifying med- 
icines. The root possesses alterative properties and is used in combination 
with other medicines as a blood purifier and remedy for syphilis, scrofula, and 
blood taints. It is also highly esteemed as a remedy for rheumatism. Large 
doses are purgative, emetic and narcotic. A fluid extract is official in the U. 



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S. P. Dose, 2 to 5 minims as an alterative; 10 to 30 minims as a purgative. 

Average dose of powdered drug. — 0.125 gm.- 125 milligrammes (2 grains). 

Phytolaccin. This is a precipitated extract of the plant prepared in the same 
manner as other resinoids, and used by Eclecti' practitioners. It is reputed 
to be an excellent remedy for obesity. 

PICHI. Pichi Folia. Pichi Leaves. 

The leaves of Fabiana imbricata, (Fam. Solanacese); a South American 
shrub or small tree. The leaves are diuretic, and are useful in the treatment 
of catarrh of the bladder, gravel, and uric acid diathesis. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 /z to 2]/ 2 Cc. (10 to 75 minims). 

PICHURIUM SEMINA. Pichurium Beans. 

The seeds or beans of Nectandra pichury, Nees (Fam. Lauraceae). Native 
of Brazil. This drug consists of the dried cotyledons (beans) of the plant. 
They have an odor and taste like nutmeg and saffron, and are used as a tonic, 
stimulant and astringent in bowel troubles and menstrual derangements. 

Average dose of the powdered beans, 0.5 to 1.5 gm. (8 to 22 grains). 

PILOCARPUS. U. S. Jaborandi. 
Jaborandi Folia. Br. Jaborandi Leaves. 

"The leaflets of Pilocarpus Jaborandi, Holmes; or of Pilocarpus microphyllus, 
Stapf (Fam. Rutaceas), yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less 
than 0.5 percent, of alkaloids. "<U. S. 

"The dried leaflets of Pilocarpus Jaborandi, Holmes. "<Br. 

The plant from which the leaves are obtained is a species of rue "growing in 
Brazil. 

The preparations of this drug produce profuse perspiration and act upon 
other glands of the body as an active stimulant, increasing the salivary secre- 
tions and the elimination of urea to a marked degree. It is, therefore, the best 
remedy known for uremia and other conditions in which it is desirable to 
cause glandular organs to discharge their secretions freely. It is used in in- 
fluenza, catarrh, rheumatism, Bright's disease, synovitis etc. A fluid extract 
is official in the U. S. P., the dose being 30 to 60 minims. 

Average dose of powdered leaves. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

Pilocarpina. Pilocarpine. CnHioNaOj. This is the chief medicinal constit- 
uent of the leaves of Pilocarpus pennatifolius (jaborandi). It is obtained by 
exhausting the drug with alcohol by the water-bath percolator, distilling off 
most of the alcohol from the percolate, adding water and soda or potassa 
alkali, collecting the precipitate, washing with chloroform, and evaporating the 
solution. This produces pilocarpine, an uncrystallizable alkaloid. Two salts 
of this alkaloid are official in the U. S. P. See Part II. 

Pilocarpine is a diaphoretic and sialogogue. Dose Vic to Y± grain. 

PIMENTA. U. S., Br. Pimento. Allspice. 

"The dried, nearly ripe fruit of Pimenta officinalis, Lindley (Fam. Myr- 
tace?e)."<U. S. 

"The dried, full-grown unripe fruit of Pimenta officinalis. "<Br. 

This fruit, which is commonly known as spice or allspice,' is frequently 
added to aromatic species, and the volatile oil obtained from it by distillation 
is used as a flavoring ingredient in several preparations. It is a warm aro- 
matic and stimulant, but is seldom used in medicine except in combination. In 
powder it is a familiar flavoring for pastry. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

PIMPINELLA. Pimpernel. 

The root of Pimpinella saxafraga, Linne (Fam. Umbelliferaa). Native of 
Europe and Asia. It is aromatic, spicy and pungent, followed by an acrid 



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taste; stimulant, carminative and emmenagogue. Promotes the secretions 
generally. Useful in catarrhs, dyspepsia and flatulence. 

The dose of the drug is 2 gm. (30 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

PINUS STROBUS. White Pine. 

The inner bark of White Pine, a large tree native of northern U. S., (Fara. 
Coniferre). A balsamic expectorant useful in chronic affections of the air 
passages, catarrh and catarrhal conditions of the stomach, bowels or bladder. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. ( l / 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Several other varieties of pine native of North America and Europe are 
used for various purposes in medicine, but most of them are the source of 
pitch, turpentines, balsams or oils which will be noted elsewhere. The white 
pine is the only one from which a fluid extract is prepared, and of which the 
bark is commonly used in medicine. 

PIPER. U. S. Pepper. 
Piper Nigrum. Br. Black Pepper. 

"The dried unripe fruit of Piper nigrum, Linne (Fam. Piperaceas)."<U. S. 

"The dried unripe fruit of Piper nigrum, Linn."<Br. 

Black pepper is well known as a condiment, and is somewhat used in med- 
icine. An oleo-resin is obtained from it by percolating with ether and evapor- 
ating the percolate. It is a prompt stimulant, and is used externally and in- 
ternally. - 

Average dose. — 0.500 gm. = 500 milligrammes (7*4 grains). 

Piperine. Piperina. U. S. "A feebly basic substance obtained from pepper, 
and from other plants of the Piperaceae."<U. S. 

This is an alkaloid obtained from black pepper, soluble in alcohol. It has 
been employed with much success in diphtheria and as an antipyretic in 
fevers. Dose 1 to 10 grains in powders or pills; or much diluted with some 
inert powder, as a dusting for diphtheritic membrane. 

Average dose. — 0.200 gm.=200 milligrammes (3 grains). 

PISCIDIA. Piscidiae Radix Cortex. Jamaica Dogwood. 

The bark of the root of Piscidiae Erythrina, Linne (Fam. Leguminosse). 
Native of the West Indies. This drug has a narcotic action, dilating the 
pupils of the eye like belladonna, but in a less degree. It acts upon the sal- 
ivary glands, causing an abundant secretion and, like opium, is used to re- 
lieve pain and produce sleep, but has no bad after effects. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 8" Cc. i}/ 2 to 2 fl. drachms). 

Piscidin. This is a resinoid or resinous substance obtained from the root, 
the dose is 1 to 3 grains. 

PLANTIGO MAJOR. Plantain. 

The leaves of common plantain, (Fam. Plantaginaceae). Native of Europe, 
but domesticated in U. S. Sometimes called Ribwort on account of the prom- 
inent ribs of its leaves. It is alterative, antiseptic and diuretic, but its chief 
use is the bruised fresh leaves for bites of insects or serpents. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. i}/ 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

PODOPHYLLUM. U. S. May Apple. 
Podophylli Rhizoma. Br. Podophyllum Root. Mandrake Root. 

"The dried rhizome of Podophyllum peltatum, Linne (Fam. Berbedidacese)." 
<U. S. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Podophyllum peltatum, Linn."<Br. 

This herbaceous plant is common in thin woods and along fences and on 
low grounds in the northern and central United States. It is extensively used 
in medicine as a cholagogue, alterative and purgative. An extract, fluid ex- 
tract and resin are official in the U. S. The dose of the fluid extract is from 5 



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to 15 minims; in overdoses it produces violent retching and acts as an irritant 
poison. 

Average dose of powder. — 0.500 gm. = 500 milligrammes (l l / 2 grains). 

Podophyllum Resin. This is official under this title in the Br. P., but in the 
U. S. under the heading Resina Podophylli, which see. It is prepared by pour- 
ing a concentrated alcoholic tincture of the rhizome into cold water, and col- 
lecting the precipitate which occurs. This possesses the medicinal activity of 
the root, and is much prescribed in powders, pills and triturates. The dose is 
from x /s to Y\ grain as a laxative and ^ to ^ grain as a purgative. 

POLEMONIUM. Abscess Root. 

The root of Polemonium Reptans, (Fam. Polemoniaceae) ; commonly known 
as Abscess root. Native of middle and southern U. S. It is diaphoretic, as- 
tringent and expectorant. Useful in bronchial troubles and inflammations or 
any conditions requiring a resolvent treatment. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. ( l / 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

POLYMNIA. Polymniae Radix. Bearsfoot. 

The root of Polymnia Uvedalia, Linne (Fam. Compositae). Native of U. S. 
from Illinois to Florida. Also known as leaf-cup. It is a stimulant, laxative 
and alterative. Useful for glandular enlargements, tumors and swellings, 
especially for ague-cake and in rheumatism, in the form of an ointment. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 0.25 to 0.50 Cc. (4 to 8 minims). 

POLYGONATUM. Solomon's Seal. 

The rhizome of Polygonatum Giganteum, Dietrich; and P. biflorum, Ell. 
(Fam. Lilacese). Native of U. S. This drug commonly known as Solomon's 
seal, contains a bitter acrid principle identical with the principle found in 
Convallaria, called Convallarin. The drug is mucilaginous and slightly as- 
tringent and is chiefly used as a demulcent and in inflammatory conditions of 
the mucous membrane. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 grains). 

POLYGONUM. Water-Pepper. Smartweed. 

The herb, Polygonum Acre, (Fam. Polygonacea?) ; commonly known as 
Smartweed. Native of U. S., growing in moist low grounds. It is stimulant, 
diuretic, diaphoretic and emmenagogue. Used in the form of infusion for 
suppressed menses, and as a diaphoretic. Also externally in a fomentation 
to relieve pain and swellings. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

POLYPODIUM. Polypodii Rhizoma. Polypody. 

The root of Polypodium vulgara, Linne (Fam. Polypodiaceae). Native of 
northern Europe. It is demulcent, laxative and anthelmintic. In the form 
of a strong decoction it is used for the expulsion of tape-worm. The leaves 
are also employed in the form of infusion as a purgative. 

POLYTRICHUM. Hair Cap Moss. 

The entire plant, Polytrichum juniperinum, (Fam. Polytricharaceae). Native 
of northern and middle U. S. It is diuretic and in the form of infusion is used 
for dropsies and to promote action of the kidneys. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

POPULUS. White Poplar. 

The bark of Populus tremuloides, (Fam. Salicaceae). Native of U. S. This 
is a bitter tonic and antiperiodic, having properties similar to Cinchona. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Populin. A bitter principle obtained from this bark and having properties 
like salicin, dose 4 to 8 grains. 

Populi Gemmae. Poplar Buds. Populus Candicans. Balm of Gilead. The 
buds of the Balm of Gilead tree. New England States. The buds contain a 



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resinous gum; they are stimulant, diuretic and anthelmintic. Useful in 
cough remedies, bladder and urinary troubles. An ointment is also prepared 
by steeping the buds in lard. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 2 to 4 Cc. ( J / 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

PORTULACA. Purslane. 

The herb, (Fam. Portulacaceae), common as a garden weed in U. S. It is 
a diuretic, refrigerant and anthelmintic, used chiefly in domestic medicine as 
a poultice for sores, ulcers or wounds, and internally as a remedy for scurvy, 
scrofula and catarrhal conditions. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 12 Cc. (1 to 3 fl. drachms); but it is 
best administered in the fresh plant. 

PRINOS. Prinos Cortex. Black Alder. 

The bark of Prinos verticillatus, Linne (Fam. Aquifoliaceae). U. S. and 
Canada. Commonly called Winter Berry. This bark is astringent, tonic and 
alterative. Used as a blood purifier and in skin diseases. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. {y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

PRUNUM. U. S., Br. Prune. Prunes. 

"The partly dried fruit of Prunus domestica, Linne (Fam. Rosaceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried ripe fruits of Prunus domestica, Linn.; var. Juliana, DC."<Br. 

The dried fruit commonly known as prunes is stewed for a table-sauce. In 
pharmacy it is an ingredient of Confection of Senna, and is used in some of 
the laxative masses and syrups which are sold as proprietary medicines. It 
is nutritive, but has no other medicinal value. 

PRUNUS VIRGINIANA. U. S. Wild Cherry. 
Pruni Virginianae Cortex. Br. Virginian Prune Bark. 

"The bark of Prunus serotina, Ehrhart (Fam. Rosaceae); which • should 'be 
collected in autumn and carefully dried and preserved. "<U. S. 

The tree from which this bark is obtained is common throughout the 
northern and central United States, and is known as Wild Cherry. It is 
used medicinally as a tonic and as a sedative in cough preparations. Its 
chief medicinal constituent is hydrocyanic acid. A fluid extract, infusion and 
syrup are official in the U. S. P. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

Prunin. A concentrate prepared from wild cherry bark, and representing its 
active medicinal properties. Dose 2 to 5 grains. 

PTELEA. Pteleae Cortex. Wafer Ash Bark. 

The bark of the root of Pteleae trifoliata, Linne (Fam. Rutaceae). Native of 
North America. This is a shrub 6 to 12 feet high, commonly called shrubby 
trefoil, or hoptree, because of its flavor of hops. It is tonic and antiperiodic. 
Useful in dyspepsia and debility following fevers. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose % to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). 

Ptelein. A principle obtained from the bark and representing its properties. 
Dose 1 to 5 grains. 

PULMONARIA. Lungwort. 

The plant, Pulmonaris officinalis, Linne (Fam. Borraginaceae). Native of 
Europe, cultivated in U. S. It is demulcent and astringent. Useful in pul- 
monary catarrhs and bronchial affections. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. {]/> to 1 fl. drachm). 

PULSATILLA. Pulsatilla. 

"The herb of Anemone -Pulsatilla and of Anemone partensis, Linne (Nat. 
ord. Ranunculaceae)."<U. S. 

This herb is common in the United States and in some sections of Europe. 
It is employed more particularly by homeopathic physicians for ovarian 



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neuralgia, amenorrhoea and other disturbances of the generative organs, and 
has proven useful in convulsive diseases and spasmodic asthma, coughs etc. 
The dose of the powder is 2 or 3 grains. 

Anemonin. A principle by this name has been isolated from the drug, 
and seems to represent its medicinal activity. The dose is y$ grain. 

PYCNANTHEMUM. Wild Basil. 

The leaves of Pycnanthemum montanum, commonly known as mountain 
mint. Found in middle and western U. S. The plant is aromatic, tonic, stim- 
ulant and carminative. Chiefly used in domestic medicines in the form of 
infusion for bowel troubles. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. ' (% to 1 fl. drachm). 

PYRETHRUM. U. S. Pellitory. 
Pyrethri Radix. Br. Pyrethrum Root. Pellitory Root. 

"The root of Anacyclus Pyrethrum (Linne), De Candolle (Fam. Compos- 
itae)."<U. S. 

"The dried root of Anacyclus Pyrethrum. DC."<Br. 

This plant is a native of the Levant, Barbary and the European coast of the 
Mediterranean. The root is an irritant and sialogogue, and is used in med- 
icine as a remedy for headache, toothache and neuralgic affections, either in- 
ternally or externally. An alcoholic tincture is official. The dose of the 
root is from 15 to 60 grains. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (% to 1 fl. drachm). 

Pyrethrine is an active principle obtained from the drug, which, when 
treated with alcoholic potash, splits up like piperine, yielding pyrethric acid. 

PYRETHRUM. Pyrethri Flores. Insect Flowers. 

The unexpanded flower-heads of several species of Pyrethrum, (Fam. Com- 
posite). Grown in Dalmatia, Persia, the Caucasus and in California. They 
are commonly known in the market as Dalmatian or Persian Insect Powder, 
but the variety grown in California, P. cinerarkefolium, which is the same as 
the Dalmatian, is known as Buhack. 

These insect flowers in the form of powder are used as a dust for killing 
flies and insects. Their value for this purpose being chiefly in the pollen which 
is enclosed in the unexpanded flower-heads. 

The unexpanded flowers used for insect powder should not be confounded 
with the above mentioned drug which is the root of an entirely different plant. 
The pyrethrum plants producing these flowers are allied to chamomile, but 
are not properly of the anthemis order. Pyrethrum carneum and Pyrethrum 
roseum are grown at an elevation of about 5000 feet on the Caucasian moun- 
tains; but the most effective insect powder is now produced from the variety 
grown in California and known as Buhack. This is most effective when 
burned in a closed room, but equally as effective as others, when sprinkled 
around the room. 

PYRUS MALUS. Apple Tree. 

The bark and the fruit of the Apple, (Fam. Rosacea?). Native of Europe and 
U. S. The bark of the apple tree is a mild astringent tonic, sometimes used in 
the form of decoction. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (*4 to 1 fl. drachm). 

The fruit is used in many ways; as a table fruit, for making apple juice or 
cider, or boiled cider, the fermented juice, and a distillate from it like brandy, 
called apple brandy, and for concentrating to an extract known in pharmacy 
as Ferri pomatum; also as a food product — apple sauce or, concentrated 
apple butter; also for making jelly, for which it is one of the best bases known. 

QUASSIA. U. S. Quassia. 
Quassia Lignum. Br. Quassia Root. 

"The wood of Picraena excelsa (Swartz), Planchon (Fam. Simarubacese); 
known commercially as Jamaica Quassia, or Quassia amara, Linne (Fam. 
Simarubacese). "<U. S. 



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"The wood of the trunk and branches of Picrasna excelsa, Lindl."<Br. 

The large tree from which this wood is obtained is found in several of the 
islands of the Caribbean Sea. The wood is now furnished in the form of 
chips or shavings or ground to a coarse powder; drinking goblets are also 
turned from the wood, the water standing in them for a few minutes becom- 
ing bitter, is drunk. An extract, fluid extract and tincture, all of which are 
intensely bitter, are official in the U. S. P. Quassia water is also used in med- 
icine. 

It is a simple bitter tonic and invigorant of the digestive organs, and 
although not a laxative, it relieves constipation by giving tone to the alimen- 
tary canal. 

Average dose. — 0.5 gm. (l l / 2 grains). 

Quassin. This principle seems to represent the activity of the wood, 
although several other substances are obtained from it. The dose of quassin 
is about Yz grain. 

QUERCUS ALBA. U. S. White Oak. 

"The dried bark of Quercus alba, Linne (Fam. Cupuliferae), collected from 
trunks or branches ten to twenty-five years of age, and deprived of the per- 
icardium. "<U. S. 

This species of oak is found throughout the middle U. S. and Europe. 
The bark is used for tanning leather and as an astringent in medicine, usually 
in the form of a decoction. It is given in diarrhoea and relaxed conditions 
and is also used as an astringent wash and injection. 

A fluid extract of the bark is official in the U. S. P. Dose 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

Quircitrin. A crystalline principle is obtained from the bark which is 
sometimes used in medicine, also several other similar substances which pos- 
sess more or less the properties of the bark. 

QUILLAJA. U. S. Soap Bark. 
Quillaias Cortex. Br. Quillaia Bark. Panama Bark. 

"The dried bark of Quillaja Saponaria, Molina (Fam. Rosaceas); deprived of 
the periderm. "<U. S. 

"The inner part of the bark of Quillaja Saponaria, Molina. "<Br. 

The tree from which this bark is obtained is of a moderate size and is 
native of Chili and Peru. It is much used as a substitute for soap on fine 
fabrics and for producing a foam in soda water, lather in tooth washes, and 
other preparations. It is but little used in medicine, but tincture of quillaja 
is official in the U. S. P., and is used for making emulsions. A syrup may be 
made which has properties similar to syrup of Senega; the powdered bark is 
also used as an ingredient of catarrhal snuff. 

A fluid extract of the bark is prepared with diluted alcohol, Dose 2 to 10 
minims. 

Saponin. Saponin, quillaiacic acid and lactosin are obtained from this bark, 
and represent its principles. 

RADICES — ROOTS. 

Racines, Fr.; Wurzeln, Ger.; Raizes, Sp. 

In botany the root is the descending axis of the plant; in commerce roots 
are the parts of the plants that grow in the ground; but in pharmacy they are 
separated into classes according to their characteristics, and are designated 
as root, rhizome, rootlets, bulb, corm, and tuber; the root being the part 
of the descending axis of the plant through which it obtains certain portions 
of its nourishment, the bulb, corm and tuber being storage for food required 
for future development of the species. 

In the U. S. and some of the European pharmacopoeias only the name of the 
plant from which the root- is obtained is given, as Glycyrrhiza, but in case the 
root and some other part are official, the title is followed with the word Radix 
or "root." In the Br. P. the Latin name of the plant is followed by the word 
"Radix," as Glycyrrhiza Radix, and the common title has the name of the 
plant preceding the word "root," as Liquorice root. 



212 Organic Materia Medico 

In some pharmacopoeias the Latin word Radix precedes the name of the 
plant, as Radix Glycyrrhiza, etc. 

As all of the U. S. and Br. P. Roots are described in this work in the 
alphabetical order of subjects, and those not. official are mostly noted else- 
where, they will not be further considered under this heading. 

RHAMNUS CATHARTICUS. Buckthorn. 

The bark and the berries are used in medicine. (Fam. RhamnaceaM. Native 
of Europe and America. The bark is described under the title Frangula. which 
see. The fruit Rhamni Cathartici Fructus. Buckthorn Berries, is considerably 
used in Europe as a purgative combined with other cathartics. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 minims). 

Buckthorn Juice. This is expressed from the fresh berries. It is greenish 
at first but changes to purplish-black when kept. It is a very acrid cathartic. 
Dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

A syrup is also prepared which is more generally used than any preparation 
of buckthorn berries. A formula for this will be found under Syrups, Part II. 

RHAMNUS PURSHIANA. U. S. Cascara Sagrada. 
Cascara Sagrada. Br. Sacred Bark. Chittem Bark. 

"The bark of Rhamnus Purshiana, De Candolle (Fam. Rhamnaceae); col- 
lected at least one year before being used."<U. S. 

The tree from which this bark is obtained grows to about the height of 20 
feet, and is found in California and northward to the British possessions. 
It should not be used as medicine until after it has been gathered at least 
one year. It has become very popular as a laxative and tonic to the intesti- 
nal canal and is much used in different forms and preparations. A fluid ex- 
tract is official in the U. S. and a liquid extract in the Br. P., besides many 
manufacturers make so-called tasteless preparations by using an alkaline 
menstruum. Some principles have been isolated, but are not yet employed 
to any extent in medicine. The dose of the fluid extract is from 10 to 30 
drops, after meals. The solid extract is given in pills. 2 to S grains. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

Rhamnin. An Eclectic concentrate prepared from the bark and represent- 
ing its activity. Dose 2 to 5 grains. 

RHEUM. U. S. Rhubarb. 
Rhei Radix. Br. Rhubarb Bark. 

"The dried rhizome and root of Rheum officinale, Baillon; Rheum palmatum, 
Linne; and the var. tanguticum. Maximowiez (Fam. Polygonaceae) ; or other 
species of Rheum, grown in China and Thibet, and deprived of most of the 
bark and carefully dried. "<U. S. 

"The erect rhizome or so-called root of Rheum palmatum. Linn.; Rheum 
officinale, Baill.; and probably other species; collected in China and Thibet, 
and deprived of more or less of its cortex and dried. "<Br. 

The rhubarb root of commerce is mostly imported from Asia, and is var- 
iously manipulated and made up into attractive forms to retail in this country. 
the trimmings and sawdust of the rhubarb which is so prepared, furnish the 
greater amount of that which is used for manufacturing purposes. An ex- 
tract, fluid extract, tincture and sweet tincture are official in the U. S. Rhu- 
barb is highly esteemed as both a cathartic and an astringent. It is also 
chewed as a tonic to digestion and to correct stomach disorders. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

A number of principles and acids have been obtained from rhubarb, among 
which the following, which are more important, may be mentioned : 

Chrysophanic Acid. This crystallizes in golden-yellow needles or plates 
which are soluble in ether, alcohol or benzene. 

Chrysophan. A glucoside which is decomposed by dilute acids into 
rheumic acid and sugar. 



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RHIZOMA— RHIZOME. 

This name is given in botany to the subterranean stem, from which the 
real roots extend below, and from which the roots or leaves extend above. 
The rhizome is the rootstalk from which the plant puts forth shoots or 
leaves annually. 

The same remarks apply to the use of this term in pharmacy as are noted 
under Radices, which see. 

RHCEADOS PETALA. Br. Red Poppy Petals. 

"The fresh petals of Papaver Rhceas, Linn.''<Br. 

The petals are of a bright scarlet color, and are used chiefly for the color- 
ing they impart to water. Rhceadic and papaveric acids are obtained from 
the petals. 

RHUS GLABRA. U. S. Sumach. 

"The fruit of Rhus Glabra, Linne (Fam. Anacardiaceae)."<U. S. 

This shrub is found by fences and borders of woods and in waste fields 
throughout the United States. The leaves are rich in tannin and are ex- 
tensively used for tanning leather and dyeing. The berries have an acid 
astringent taste and from them a wine called "rhus wine" may be made by 
packing them in a crock or cask, adding a little sugar and water, and allow- 
ing to ferment. The berries are astringent and cooling, and may be used in 
the form of decoction or fluid extract in mild diarrhceas, and as a gargle, 
astringent wash or injection. A fluid extract is official in the U. S. P. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

RHUS TOXICODENDRON. Poison Ivy. Poison Oak. 

"The fresh leaves of Rhus radicans, Linne (Nat. ord. Anacardiace£e)."<U. S. 
7th revision. Dismissed in the 8th. 

This small shrub is found in fields and woods throughout the northern and 
middle United States and lower Canada. When broken, it exudes a poison- 
ous juice, and even in its natural state emits an effluvia that is poisonous to 
some persons and produces itching, redness of the skin, blotches and swell- 
ing like the sting of insects. A remedy for this is the spirit of nitrous 
ether, or solution of lead acetate applied with a cloth over the affected part. 

The fresh leaves are made into a tincture with alcohol, 1 to 4, which is 
much used in homeopathic practice. It is an irritant and possesses narcotic 
properties. It is used for rheumatism and is reputed to be valuable in par- 
alysis and some forms of eruptive disease. It is seldom used except in the 
form of an alcoholic tincture. 

RICINUS. Castor Oil Plant. 

The leaves and seeds of Ricinus communis, Linne (Fam. Euphorbiacese). 
Native of southern Asia, cultivated in America and southern Europe. This 
is known as palma christi in some European countries. 

Ricini Folia. Castor-Oil Leaves. They contain an acrid cathartic principle 
the same as in the fixed oil, expressed from the seeds. 

A fluid extract is prepared irom the leaves with diluted alcohol as a men- 
struum, dose 4 to 15 Cc. (1 to 4 fl. drachms). 

Ricini Semina. Castor-Oil Beans. The beans or seeds contain the fixed 
oil, which is soluble in alcohol. 

A fluid extract may be prepared from the seeds with alcohol as a menstruum. 
The dose is from 2 to 4 Cc. (/ 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

Ricini Oleum. The fixed oil expressed from the seeds, dose 1 to 8 fl.- 
drachms. See Oleum Ricini, Part II. 

ROSA CENTIFOLIA. Pale Rose. 

"The petals of Rosa centifolia, Linne (Nat. ord. Rosacese)."<U. S. 7th 
revision. Dismissed in the 8th. 

This is well known as the hundred-leaf rose or cabbage rose. It is 
the most fragrant of the roses and the petals are used in rose jars, combined 



214 Organic Materia Medica 

with other aromatics. This rose is the source of the otto or oil of rose and of 
the imported rose water, the fresh petals being distilled by steam. They 
may be preserved with salt for this purpose. The dried leaves were used in 
the preparation of the U. S. syrup of sarsaparilla compound, and in some un- 
official preparations. 

ROSA GALLICA. U. S. Red Rose. 
Rosae Gallicae Petala. Br. Red-Rose Petals. 

"The dried petals of Rosa gallica, Linne (Fam. Rosaceae); collected before 
expanding."<U. S. 

The petals of this species of rose are used in mixtures of cut herbs and in 
making confection of rose and many other preparations. A fluid extract is 
prepared which is used as a flavoring and color for preparations. They are 
astringent but are used chiefly for flavoring and coloring. 

ROSMARINUS. Rosemary. 

The leaves of Rosmarinus officinalis, Linne (Fam. Labiatae). Native of 
Europe, but cultivated in all temperate countries. 

This is a shrubby evergreen 3 or 4 feet high, having an aromatic, pungent 
camphorous taste and odor due to its volatile oil. It is diuretic, carminative 
and galactagogue, and is used in medicine internally for nervous conditions 
and amenorrhoea, and externally in fomentations to relieve pain and muscular 
swellings. It is usually given in the form of hot infusion. Its virtues reside 
chiefly in its volatile oil which is obtained by distillation. 

A fluid extract of the leaves is prepared but the volatile oil is more gen- 
erally used. 

RUBIA. Madder. 

The root of Rubia tinctorum, (Fam. Rubiaceae). Native of southern Europe, 
extensively cultivated for the production of its coloring matter, used for 
dyeing. In medicine it is used as an emmenagogue. 

Dose of powdered root 2 to 4 gm. (30 to 60 grains). 

Alizarin. CuHsO-t. This principle is obtained from madder, in the form of 
orange-red crystalline needles, soluble in ether, boiling water and alcohol. It 
is the basis of a series of red dyes, which were formerly prepared from mad- 
der, but are now chiefly obtained from coal-tar. 

RUBUS. U. S. Blackberries. 

"The dried bark of the rhizome of Rubus villosus, Aiton; Rubus nigro- 
baccus, Bailey; or of Rubus Cuneifolius, Pursh. (Fam. Rosaceaae)."<U. S. 

The blackberry bush, as it is commonly known, grows in slashings and along 
fences and roadsides and streams, throughout northern and central U. S., 
Canada, and in portions of Europe. The berries yield a juice which may be 
fermented and made into blackberry wine. The root, which is official, is 
strongly astringent, and is employed for diarrhoea, dysentery etc. It is the 
effective ingredient in the blackberry cordials which are popular remedies for 
the diarrhoeas of children. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

A fluid extract is official in the U. S. P., dose 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

RUBUS ID^US. Raspberry. 

"The fruit of Rubus idaeus, Linne (Nat. ord. Rosaceae). "<U. S. 

The raspberry, both red and black, is common throughout lower Canada, 
northern and middle United States and portions of Europe. The leaves are 
astringent and are sometimes used in medicine. The fruit is a well known 
table berry, from which raspberry wine may be made by fermentation and 
raspberry shrub by packing alternate layers of raspberries and sprinkling 
them with sugar, and then partly fermenting. Raspberry vinegar is made 
from raspberry juice or may be made by macerating raspberries in vinegar. 
Syrup of raspberry is official in many pharmacopoeias. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the leaves. Dose 30 to 60 minims. 



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RUDBECKIA LANCINIATA. Thimble-Weed. 

This plant is a native of northern U. S. and Canada. Is balsamic, diuretic 
and tonic. Useful in chronic catarrhal inflammations of the urinary tract. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 
minims). 

RUDBECKIA PURPUREA. Black Sampson. 

The root of the red sunflower, (Fam. Compositae). Native of U. S. Growing 
about 4 feet high in barrens and thickets in western and southern states. It 
is alterative and diuretic and has properties the same as stillingia. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to I Cc. (15 to 00 minims). 

RUMEX. Rumex. Yellow Dock. 

"The root of Rumex crispus, Linne; and of some other species of Rumex 
(Nat. ord. Polygonaceae)."<U. S. 7th revision. Dismissed in the 8th. 

The sour or narrow-leaved dock, commonly called yellow dock because of the 
color of its root, is a door yard and garden weed found almost everywhere in 
northern North America and Europe. It is considerably used as a blood pur- 
ifier and for scrofulous eruptions. A fluid extract was official in the U. S. P. 
and represents its valuable properties. 

Rumicin. A principle, supposed to contain the active principle of the drug, 
has. been isolated but is seldom used in medicine. 

RUMEX ACETOSELLA. Sheep Sorrel. 

The leaves of the field sorrel, (Fam. Polygonaceae). The leaves have a 
pleasantly sour taste and are diuretic and refrigerant in action. They are 
used in medicine for scurvy and scrofulous eruptions and the fresh leaves are 
bruised and applied locally to sores and ulcers. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose I to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

RUTA. Rutae Folia. Rue. 

The leaves of Ruta Graveolens, Linne (Fam. Rutaceae). Native of Europe. 
It has a peculiar balsamic odor and a bitter, acrid taste. Its properties reside 
in its volatile oil and a resin. It is used in medicine as an abortificant and 
for the nervous diseases of females. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose y 3 to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). 

An oil is obtained by distillation. See Oleum Rutse, Part II. 

Rutin. A glucoside principle found in ruta, which occurs in needle-shaped 
crystals, splitting up into sugar and quercitrin. The dose is 1 to 2 grains. 

SABAL. U. S. Sabal. Saw Palmetto. 

"The partially dried ripe fruit of Serenoa serrulata (Roemer and Shultes), 
Hooker Alius (Fam. Palmee)."<U. S. 

This is a species of palm native in the southern U. S. The medicinal prop- 
erties of the fruit are tonic and nutrient, having special action upon the re- 
productive organs, the prostate gland and the bronchial mucous membrane. 
Its principal use is as a genital stimulant. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). 

SABADILLA. Cevadilla. 

The dried, ripe seeds of Schcenocaulon officinale, (Fam. Melanthaceae). 
Native of Mexico. A bulbous plant yielding small seeds which contain ver- 
atria and veratric acid. It is irritant and rubefacient when employed externally 
and depresses the heart action a«id nervous system when given internally. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose l /§ to 1 Cc. (5 to 15 minims). 

Sabadilline. An alkaloid obtained from sabadilla and similar in action to 
veratrine. A sulphate of this alkaloid is prepared which is more soluble. 

Veratria. A crystalline alkaloid representing the medicinal properties of 
the seed. See Yeratrina, Part II. 



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SABBATIA. American Centaury. 

The flowering plant from two species, Sabbatia angularis and Sabbatia 
paniculata, Pursh. (Fam. Gentianaceas). Native of U. S. These plants have 
properties like Gentian; bitter, tonic and stomachic, and are useful in con- 
ditions where quinine is not required. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 
minims). 

A variety grown in the southern U. S. is called "Quinine flower," another 
grown in the middle and southern states is called "Wild succory," or "rose 
pink." 

SABINA. U. S. Savine. 

"The tops of Juniperus Sabina, Linne (Fam. Coniferse)."<U. S. 

This is an evergreen shrub, native of the south of Europe. A volatile oil 
(Oil of Savine), is obtained by steam distillation from the tops and branches 
and in this the medicinal virtues of the plant seem chiefly to reside. It is an 
irritant and is reputed to so affect the uterus that if given to women during 
pregnancy there is danger of abortion. It is employed in small doses for 
rheumatism and may also be used externally. It is also given for worms in 
doses of 5 to 15 drops. 

A fluid extract is official in the U. S. which well represents the properties of 
the plant. 

Average dose of the drug. — 0.5 gm. {iy 2 grains). 

SACCHARUM. Sugar. 

A variety of sugars are obtained from different plants, but the chief product 
is the cane sugar, from Saccharum officinarum, (Fam. Graminaceae), the sugar 
cane. Native of India and southern Asia, but now cultivated throughout the 
world. Under the article Saccharum, in "Part II., the processes for making 
sugar from various plants is described. 

Sugar is a universal food in all countries, and is an ingredient in many of 
the medicines prepared, and in many of the articles of food produced for the 
use of man. 

SAGEPENUM. Gum Sagepenum. 

A gum-resin obtained from some species of Ferrula, somewhat resembling 
asafetida and galbanum. It is considered an intermediate between asafetida 
and galbanum. True Sagepenum is now seldom met with in the market. 
Factitious Gum Sagepenum is made by melting 3 parts of asafetida with 15 
parts of galbanum and adding 1 part oil of turpentine. Its uses are similar 
to galbanum. 

SALEP TUBERA. Salep. 

Salep as it appears in the market consists of several species of Orchis 
and other plants of the Fam. Orchidaceae, especially of the sub-order 
Ophrydese. The new tubers formed during the year, when they are collected, 
are peeled and dried. They contain about 48 percent, of bassorin (vegetable 
mucilage) and 27 percent, of starch. The tuber is powdered and forms a 
thick jelly when cooked with forty times its weight of water. It is nutritive 
and demulcent, and forms a nourishing food, or a good A r ehicle for acrid 
medicines. It also forms a mucilage which may be used for emulsifying 
oils or suspending powders prescribed in this form. 

SALIX. Willow. 

The bark of Salix alba, Linne; and other species of Salix, (Fam. Salicaceae). 
Native of Europe and America. This was formerly official in the U. S. but 
has been dismissed. Several species of Willow are found in the U. S. The 
bark is tonic and febrifuge and is the source of a principle, Salicin, similar in 
action to quinine, but less active as an antiperiodic. Preparations of the bark 
are useful in debility and malaria. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 minims). 



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Salicinum. Salicin. A neutral principle obtained from the bark of various 
species of Salix. It has properties like quinine and salycilic acid and may be 
advantageously used in acute rheumatism, and as an antiperiodic. 

SALVIA. U. S. Salvia. Sage. 

"The dried leaves of Salvia officinalis, Linne (Fam. Labiatse)."<U. S. 

This herb is a native of southern Europe, and is cultivated in gardens 
throughout the U. S. It is used chiefly as a seasoning for meats and dress- 
ings, and as an aromatic tea, for its diaphoretic and sedative effects. The 
leaves are used for canker of the mouth, sore throat or soreness of the gums, 
and as a stomachic. An oil of sage is obtained by distillation, the greater 
part of which is Salviol. 

Average dose, of powdered drug. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

SAMBUCUS. Sambuci Flores. Br. Elder Flowers. 

"The flowers of Sambucus canadensis, Linne (Nat. ord. Caprifoliaceae)." 
<U. S. 7th revision. Dismissed from the 8th. 

"The flowers of Sambucus nigra, Linn.; separated from the stalks. "<Br. 

This is a shrub, or small tree in different localities, growing throughout 
the U. S. and Europe. The fresh flowers are distilled by steam for making 
elder-flower water, and the dried flowers are used for making a diaphoretic 
infusion. The ripe berries are dried and used in certain species, and as a mild 
laxative, in the form of infusion. The juice of the berries may be used 
as a coloring for wines or liquors, or may be fermented and made into elder- 
berry wine. 

A fluid extract of the flowers may be prepared, dose 5 to 10 Cc. (1 to 2^ 
fl. drachms). 

SANDARACA. Sandarac. 

A resin which exudes from incisions made through the bark of Calletris 
quadrivalvis, (Fam. Coniferae), and dries in the air in the form of long tears, 
which are pale-yellow, transparent and brittle. This resin is soluble in hot 
alcohol and is used to manufacture varnish and in making toothache gum for 
plugging decayed teeth. 

SANGUINARIA. U. S. Bloodroot. 

"The dried rhizome of Sanguinaria canadensis, Linne (Fam. Papaveraceae) ; 
collected after the death of the foliage. "<U. S. 

This herb grows in moist woods and along the banks of streams through- 
out the northern and central United States. The fresh root, when broken, 
exudes an orange-red, acrid juice, which may be applied to remove warts etc. 
The dried root in powder is considerably used as an ingredient of condition 
powders for horses and as an emetic, in dose of 10 to 20 grains. A fluid ex- 
tract and tincture are official in the U. S. P., and are used in cough medicines 
as a stimulant to the mucous membrane, especially in chronic bronchitis. The 
dose as an expectorant is from 1 to 5 grains of the powdered root, or an 
equivalent quantity of the liquid preparation. 

Average dose. — 0.125 gm. (2 grains). 

Sanguinarine. G9H17NO+. This alkaloid has been obtained from the root, 
and may be produced by exhausting sanguinaria with alcohol, by means of a 
water-bath percolator, distilling off most of the alcohol, adding water and 
solution of soda to precipitate, washing the precipitate with hot water, filtering 
through animal charcoal, concentrating and crystallizing. It is white, but 
yields very bright red salts with acids. 

Sanguinarine Nitrate. This is prepared by dissolving sanguinarine in dilute 
nitric acid until neutralized, then concentrating and crystallizing. It is a 
dark-red powder, and is given in dose of V20 to V10 grain. 

Sanguinarine Sulphate. This may be prepared in the same manner as the 
nitrate preceding, only using sulphuric instead of nitric acid. 

Sanguinarin. This is an Eclectic concentration or resinoid prepared by 
pouring a concentrated alcoholic tincture of sanguinaria into cold water, 



218 Organic Materia Mcdica 

sanguinarin precipitating. This is then collected and dried. The dose is 
V% to % grain. 

SANGUIS DRACONIS. Resina Draconis. Dragon's Blood. 

A rich red resin obtained from the fruit of Calamus Draco, a species of 
climbing palm; by beating or shaking the fruit in a bag. which breaks off 
the resin, which is then separated, melted and run into reed-moulds or 
masses as it appears on the market. Its solution is used for coloring some 
medicinal substances, varnishes and lacquers. Several species of this sub- 
stance are derived from various sources, differing in their coloring value when 
mixed with other resins and compounds. It has no important medicinal value. 

SANICULATA MARILANDICA. Sanicele. 

The leaves and root of the plant, (Fam. Umbelliferse). Native of middle 
U. S. It is astringent and alterative, and is useful in treatment of syphilis, 
leucorrhcea, diarrhceas and dysenteries. It has an acrid, bitter taste. 

Dose of the leaves or root, 2 gm. (30 grains). 

SANTALUM CITRINUM. Yellow Santalwood. 

The wood of Santalum Freycinetianum, M. Gandichaud (Fam. Santalacece). 
Native of Sandwich and Feejee Islands. This comes to the market as hard, 
heavy chips of yellowish color, having a peculiar balsamic odor and taste. 
This is the source of santalwood oil which is distilled from the chips by steam 
distillation. The ground wood is used in sachets and perfumes. 

A fluid extract may be prepared with alcohol, dose 5 to 10 Cc. (1 to 2y 2 
fl. drachms). 

It is used for the same purposes as santalwood oil. 

SANTALUM RUBRUM. U. S. Red Saunders. 
Pterocarpi Lignum. Red Saunders Wood. Red Sandal-wood. Br. 18S5. 

"The wood of Pterocarpus santilinus, Linne Alius (Fam. Leguminosae)."< 
U. S. 

"The heart-wood of Pterocarpus santalinus, Linn. f."<Br. 1885. 

The tree from which the wood is obtained is native of India. The heart- 
wood is of a deep, blood-red color, and is furnished to retailers ground to a 
coarse powder. It is used chiefly for coloring alcoholic tinctures and has no 
distinctive medicinal properties. 

SANTONICA. U. S. Levant Wormwood. 

"The dried unexpanded flower-heads of Artemisia pauciflora, (Ledebour), 
Weber (Fam. Composite). "<U. S. 

These unexpanded flower-heads which are commonly known as "worm- 
seed," are obtained from a species of Artemisia grown in the Levant, and 
commonly known as Artemisia maritima. It is the source of santonin, which 
is extensively used in mixtures of drugs used as worm medicines. From it 
an essential oil, (oil of wormseed), is obtained by steam distillation, of which 
the principle constituent is cineol, GoH,,0. The real virtue of the drug, how- 
ever, is in the crystallizable principle, santonin, which is obtained from it, and 
which is official in all pharmacopoeias. See part II. 

SAPONARIA. Soapwort. 

The root of Saponaria officinalis, (Fam. Caryophyllaceae). Native of Europe 
and America. This root is inodorous, has a sweetish taste and afterwards 
acrid. It yields saponin; is alterative, duretic and diaphoretic. Useful in 
chronic rheumatism, syphilis and skin diseases. It is used in washing silks and 
other fabrics which would be affected by soap. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

Saponin. This principles is obtained from this root, as well as from some 
other plants. 

SAPPAN. Sappan Wood. 

The heart wood of C?esalpinia Sappan, Linne (Fam. Leguminos?e). This 
tree is a native of India and is official in the Ind. and Col. Addendum. It is 



Organic Materia Medica 219 

used as a dye and also possesses astringent properties. It is quite similar to 
"Brazil wood" which is a well-known red dye-wood having properties like 
logwood. It may be used as an astringent in medicine, or for coloring med- 
icinal preparations. 

SARRACENIA. Pitcher Plant. 

The root of Saracenia purpurea, (Fam. Sarraceniaceae). Native of U. S. 
Known as the side-saddle flower. Grows about mud lakes and in wet meadows, 
has evergereen leaves and a pitcher-form hollow swelling in the middle with 
wing-like appendages. The flower-cup holds about an ounce and is gen- 
erally filled with water. The root is tonic, laxative and diuretic. Useful in 
constipation, dyspepsia and torpid liver. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

Sarracenia Flava. Trumpet Plant. A similar plant found in the southern 
(J. S. Properties and uses like the foregoing. 

SARSiE RADIX. Jamaica Sarsaparilla. 
Sarsae Radix. Br. Sarsaparilla. 

"The dried root of Smilax ornata, Hook. f. Imported from Costa Rica, and 
commonly known as Jamaica Sarsaparilla. "<Br. 

The dried root of Smilax ornata, Hooker films (Fam. Liliaceae). Native of 
Costa Rica and probably indigenous with other species grown in Central 
America. This root comes to the market mostly through Jamaica ports, 
where it is collected from surrounding territory. It is quite similar to Hon- 
duras Sarsaparilla and its properties and uses are the same. 

SARSAPARILLA. U. S. Sarsaparilla. 

"The dried root of Smilax Medica, Chamisso and Schlechtendal; Smilax 
papyracea, Duhamel; Smilax ornata, Hooker; or a dried root known commer- 
cially as Honduras Sarsaparilla, which is probably obtained from Smilax 
officinalis, Knuth (Fam. Liliaceae)."<U. S. 

Honduras sarsaparilla, which is considered the best variety obtainable in 
this country, is imported from stations on the bay of Honduras, and comes 
originally in bundles two or three feet in length, bound around with a long 
piece of the root. Mexican sarsaparilla is also much used, but is not con- 
sidered so valuable as the Hondurian. A variety of smilax grown in China 
and Japan is known as China root and is used for similar purposes as other 
sarsaparillas. 

Among physicians sarsaparilla is not considered of much value as a remedy, 
but among the people at large it is thought to be possessed of wonderful 
virtues as a tonic and purifier of the blood. It is generally combined with 
other medicines as an alterative and blood medicine. A compound decoction, 
fluid extract and compound fluid extract of sarsaparilla are official in the U. 
S. P. 

Some principles have been isolated from the root but they are not import- 
ant and are seldom used in medicine. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

SASSAFRAS. U. S. Sassafras. 

"The bark of the root of Sassafras variifolium, (Salisbury); O. Kuntze 
(Fam. Lauracese)."<U. S. 

Sassafras bark is used in this country in mixtures of cut drugs and as an 
ingredient in blood medicines, also in the form of infusion as a tea which is 
drunk as a table beverage in some parts of the country. In powder is is an 
ingredient of horse and cattle powders. Sassafras oil is distilled from the 
fresh roots, usually by steam. 

A fluid extract is prepared with 75% alcohol, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 
minims). 

Sassafras Medulla. U. S. Sassafras Pith. — 

"The pith of Sassafras variifolium, (Salisbury); O. Kuntze (Fam. 
Lauraceae)."<U. S. 



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The pith of sassafras stems, when infused with water, yields a bland mucil- 
age which is considerably employed in cough medicines and in catarrhal con- 
ditions, either of the throat, stomach, intestines or bladder. 

It is also used for bathing the eyes when inflamed, or as a soothing appli- 
cation to irritated skin, chaffing, sunburn etc. 

Sassafras Radix. Br. Sassafras Root.- — 

'"The dried root of Sassafras officinalis. T. Nees and Eberm."<Br. 

In Great Britain the root is gathered with the bark on it and furnished as 
sassafras; it is usually cut in chips or shavings. 

SATUREJA HORTENSIS. Summer Savory. 

The leaves of the plant (Fam. Labiate) , chiefly used as a flavoring, but 
may be employed in medicine as a carminative and stimulant. 
A fluid extract is prepared, dose -4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

SCROFULARIA. Figwort. 

The entire plant, Scrofularia Nodosa, (Fam. Scrofulariaceae). Native of 
North America. It has a bitter acrid, nauseous taste, and is diuretic, alterative 
and anodyne. Useful in scrofula, glandular enlargements and skin eruptions. 
It may be applied locally to indolent sores and ulcers. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 minims). 

SCAMMONLffi RADIX. Br. Scammony Root. 

"The dried root of Convolvulus Scammonia, Linn.''<Br. 

This should be distinguished from the resin which exudes from the root 
which is described in the following text. 

The root yields to 90% alcohol a resin which should have the properties of 
Scammony resin, for which the formula is given in Part II. 

SCAMMONIUM. U. S., Br. Scammony. 

"A gum-resin obtained by incising the living root of Convolvulus Scam- 
monia, Linne (Fam. Convolvulaceae)."<U. S. 

"A gum-resin obtained by incision from the living root of Convolvulus Scam- 
monia, Linn.; known in common as Virgin Scammony."<Br. 1885. Now 
changed to Scammonise Resina, which see. 

The creeping plant from the root of which scammony is obtained, is 
found in Syria and some of the islands of the Mediterranean, and is obtained 
by cutting off the top of the thick fresh root and scraping off the milky juice 
which exudes, collecting it and drying it by exposure to the air. It usually 
has considerable admixture of inert substances which are added to absorb the 
juice or to increase the product. 

This is a cathartic, its power depending largely upon its purity and for that 
reason the prepared scammony-resin is generally used -when definite results 
are desired. The dose of scammony is from 5 to 15 grains. 

Average dose. — 0.256 gm. = 250 milligrammmes (4 grains). 

Scammony Resin. The formula for preparing this resin will be found 
under the heading Scammonise Resinse. (See Part II). 

SCILLA. U. S., Br. Squill. 

"The bulb of Urginea maritima, (Linne); Baker (Fam. Liliaceae); deprived 
of its dry, membraneous outer scales, cut into thin slices and carefully dried, 
the central portions being rejected. "<U. S. 

"The bulb of Urginea Scilla, Steinh.; divested of its dry, membraneous outer 
scales, cut into slices and dried. "<Br. 

This plant, of which the bulb is the medicinal portion, grows in sandy soil 
along the shores of countries bordering upon the Mediterranean. It is con- 
siderably used in medicine as a diuretic and expectorant, and is a favorite 
ingredient of cough syrups; the vinegar, tincture and fluid extract being the 
forms in which it is usually prescribed. Several principles and alkaloids have 
been obtained from squill, but they have not been used in medicine. 



Organic Materia Medica 221 

Average dose of the powdered drug. — 0.125 gm. = 125 milligrammes (2 
grains). 

Scillipicrin. A white, amorphous, bitter principle, obtained from squill. It is 
a powerful diuretic. Dose, subcutaneously, ^ to 1 grain, once daily. 

Scillitin. A concentrate or principle obtained from scilla and representing 
its activity. Dose Y\ to 1 grain. 

SCOPARIUS. U. S. Scoparius. Broom. 
Scoparii Cacumina. Br. Broom Tops. 

"The dried tops of Cytisus Scoparius, (Linne): Link (Fam. Leguminosse)." 
<U. S. 

"The fresh dried tops of Cytisus scoparius, Link."<Br. 

This is a shrub common in Europe, and somewhat cultivated in gardens 
in the U. S. It is cathartic and diuretic, and is considerably used in dropsy 
and incipient albuminuria. A fluid extract is official in the U. S. P. 

Average dose. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

Scoparin, which is a principle obtained from it, represents its diuretic and 
cathartic properties. It may be obtained by evaporating a decoction of the 
tops, purifying and crystallizing from the purified solution. It is employed in 
dropsy etc. 

Sparteine, which is a liquid alkaloid, is obtained from the mother-waters 
after the crystallization of scoparin. It paralyses the motor nerve centers 
and the spinal cord, but is used chiefly as a heart stimulant and regulator, 
generally as an alterative with digitalis in some form. 

Sparteine Sulphate, which is a crystalline salt, is generally used instead of 
the alkaloid, the dose is from % to T 4 grain. It is claimed to have no cumu- 
lative effect, and is, therefore, preferable to digitalis. 

SCOPOLA. U. S. Scopola. 

"The dried rhizome of Scopola Carniolica, Jacquin (Fam. Solanaceae); yield- 
ing, when assayed as directed, not less than 0.5 percent, of mydriatic alka- 
loids."<U. S. 

This plant seems to be a connecting link between belladonna and hyos- 
cyamus, having characteristics similar to both, and yielding like medicinal 
principles. 

It was first introduced into the Sth revision of the U. S. P. Although its 
alkaloid Scopolamine, and several of its salts had been used for some time in 
medicine. 

A fluid extract of the root is official in the U. S. P. Also Scopolamine Hy- 
drobromide, which will be noticed in Part II. 

Average dose of powdered root. — 0T5 gm. = 4-5 milligrammes (^4 grain). 

SCUTELLARIA. U. S. Scullcap. 

"The dried plant of Scutellaria lateriflora, Linne (Fam. Labiat3e)."<U. S. 

This herb is found in moist, open places throughout the northern and central 
United States. It is used as a nervine in convulsive conditions and nervous 
prostration. A fluid extract is official in the U. S. P., the dose being 15 to 60 
minims. 

Average dose of drUg. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

Scutellarin. This is an Eclectic concentration, and may be made in the 
manner directed under that heading. The dose is from 1 to 4 grains. 

SEMINA — SEEDS. 

Semences, Fr.; Samen, Ger. 

In botany the seed is the fertilized ovule, having the embryo formed within 
it, which, under favorable conditions will germinate and produce a new plant 
like th»» parent from which it came. In commerce the name is frequently ap- 
plied to something entirely different, as "wormseed," which is the unexpanded 
flower-heads of santonica; "seed-lac," which is the granular lac removed from 
twigs etc. In pharmacy seeds are often called fruit, as caraway fruit (seed); 
coriander fruit (seed) etc. 



222 Organic Materia Mcdica 

In the U. S. pharmacopoeia the names of seeds are not followed by the Latin 
or English word meaning seed, unless some other part of the plant is official, 
but in the Br. P. the name of the plant is followed by the Latin name for 
seed. Some European pharmacopoeias correspond with the U. S. in their 
titles for seeds while others have the Latin name for seed — Semen — preceding 
the name of the plant. 

In this work the official seeds are noted in the alphabetical order of sub- 
ject;;, and most of the unofficial seeds are otherwise noted, so they will not be 
further considered under this heading. 

SENECIO. Life Root. 

The root of Senecio aureus. Linne (Fam. Composite). Native of North 
America. A plant growing on moist ground near streams or marshes, having 
a thin running rhizome with many rootlets. It is tonic, diuretic, diaphoretic 
and expectorant and has a peculiar tonic action on the female generative or- 
gans. It is chiefly used for female disorders, and having a peculiar aromatic 
taste is useful in compound female remedies. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 minims). 

Senecin. A concentration prepared from this plant and used in Eclectic 
practice. Dose 1 to 5 grains. 

SENEGA. U. S. Senega. 
Senegas Radix. Br. Senega Root. 

'The dried root of Polygala Senega, Linne (Fam. Polygalaceae).*'<U. S. 

"The dried root of Polygala Senega, Linn."<Br. 

The small plant of which the root is official is found throughout the north- 
ern and central United States, east of the Rocky Mountains. Its preparations 
are used mainly as stimulant, expectorant and diuretic, and for catarrhal con- 
ditions. The fluid extract and syrup are official; also the syrup of squill com- 
pound or Hive Syrup, containing senega, which is a popular remedy for 
coughs and croup. 

Average dose of powdered drug. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

Senegin or Polygalic Acid is prepared from senega, and has been proven 
identical with saponin, which is found in quillaja bark, sarsaparilla and some 
other drugs. It has a peculiar acrid taste and effect, causing an abundant flow 
of saliva and a sickish sensation of the throat and fauces. This is the prin- 
cipal medicinal constituent of the root, the dose being ^ to 1 grain, usually 
in pills, or mixed with some other powder to avoid its acrimonious effect. 

SENNA. U. S. Senna. 

''The dried leaflets of Cassia acutifolia. Delile (Alexandria Senna) ; or of 
Cassia angustifolia. Vahl. (Indian Senna) (Fam. Leguminosae)."<U. S. 

Average dose of powder.— 4 gm. (60 grains). 

Senna Alexandria, Alexandrian Senna. — The dried leaflets of Cassia 
acutifolia, Delile. 

Senna Indica, East India Senna, Tinnivelly Senna. — The dried leaflets of 
Cassia angustifolia. From plants cultivated in southern India. <Br. 

Alexandria senna is obtained chiefly from upper 'Egypt and other parts of 
Africa. The leaflets are gathered from a small shrub. The Tinnivelly senna 
is obtained from Hindostan, and is the kind mostly used, although it has only 
about two-thirds the cathartic power of the Alexandrian senna; it is em- 
ployed in a variety of forms as a purgative. A fluid extract, confection, com- 
pound infusion, compound syrup and powder are official in the U. S. P., and it 
is also the laxative ingredient in many compounds and cordials which are 
extensively used, as Worm Syrups or Specifics. Fig Syrup etc. By treating 
senna first with alcohol and then drying, the property in it which produces 
griping is removed; the "alcoholized senna, " as it is called, making an admir- 
able cathartic. This may be powdered and used with aromatics as a physic. 

Cathartic Acid. This represents the active purgative principle of senna and 
may be obtained from it by a complicated process. _ It is of the nature of a 
glucoside and may be resolved into cathartogenic acid and sugar. 



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SERPENTARIA. U. S. Virginia Snakeroot. 
Serpentariae Rhizoma. Br. Serpentary Rhizome. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Aristolochia Serpentaria, Linne; Virginia 
Serpentaria or Aristolochia reticulata. Nuttal; (Texas Serpentaria) (Fam. 
Aristolochiace?e)."<U. S., Br. 

The herbaceous plant with a perennial root is found in this country in the 
middle and southern and western states; varieties are also found in Mexico 
and the West Indies. It is an aromatic stimulant and tonic acting as a dia- 
phoretic and diuretic, and is considerably employed as an ingredient of med- 
icines for intermittent fevers and for other febrile conditions. A fluid ex- 
tract and tincture are official in the U. S. P. The dose of the fluid extract is 
from 20 to 30 minims. 

Average dose of the powdered drug. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 

SESAMUM. Benne. 

The seeds of Sessamum Indicum, (Fam. Pedaliacea?), cultivated in southern 
U. S. It yields a fixed oil. bland and odorless, that will keep a long time with- 
out becoming rancid. It has no valuable medicinal properties other than olive 
oil or almond oil, but may be used "as a vehicle for some medicines more 
advantageously than the oils mentioned. 

The dose of the oil internally is from 8 to 32 Cc. ( l /l to 1 fl. ounce). 

SEVUM PR^PARATUM. U. S. Mutton Suet. Prepared Suet. 

"The intestinal fat of the abdomen of the sheep, (Ovis aries), Linne; pur- 
ified by melting and straining."<U. S., Br. 

This fat, which is commonly known as "mutton tallow," consists of stearin, 
palmatin and olein; its melting point is between 48.5° and 50°C, and its 
sp. gr. is 0.937 to 0.952. It is used in making cerates and ointments, and as an 
application to irritated surfaces, ulcers etc. 

Sebum Salicylicum. Germ. Salicyltalg. — Salicylic acid 2 parts, benzoic acid 
1 part, mutton suet 97 parts; melt the mutton tallow and incorporate the acids, 
in fine powder, and stir while cooling. 

Sebum Bovinum. Beef suet. Suif de Boeuf, Fr.; Grasso Bovino, It.; and 
Sebum Vitulinum, Yeal Suet. Suif de Yeau, Fr.; are prepared in the same 
manner as mutton suet. 

SILPHIUM. Rosin Weed. 

The plant, Silphium lanciniatum, (Fam. Compositae), found in western U. 
S. It is diaphoretic, tonic, alterative and emetic. Useful in dry coughs, as- 
thma, bronchitis, and for bladder complaints. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 minims). 

SIMARUBA. Simaruba Bark. 

The bark of the root of Simaruba officinalis, (Fam. Simarubacese). Found 
in South America and the West Indies. Its properties are like quassia. It 
is a bitter tonic and astringent. Useful in dyspepsia and for general de- 
bility and dysentery. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

Quassin. This is the bitter principle obtained from this bark, and is identical 
with the same named preparation from Quassia Wood. Dose 1 to 5 grains. 

SINAPIS. Mustard. 

Both the black and white mustard seed are official in the U. S. and Br. P., 
as follows : 

Sinapis Alba. U. S. Sinapis Albae Semina. Br. W'hite Mustard Seed. — 
"The dried ripe seed of Sinapis alba, Linne (Fam. Crucifera^)."<U. S. 

"The dried ripe seeds of Brassica alba, Boiss."<Br. 

Sinapis Nigrae. U. S. Sinapis Nigrae Semina. Br. Black Mustard. — "The 
seeds of Brassica Nigra, (Linne), Koch (Fam. Cruciferae)."<U. S. 

"The dried ripe seeds of Brassica nigra, Koch."'<Br. 



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Ground or powdered mustard is prepared in many ways as a relish for the 
table, and is used as a stimulating application in the form of plaster (sinapism) 
and paper (charta Sinapis), which are put up in packages and sold as mus- 
tard leaves. A fixed oil is obtained by expression from ground mustard seed, 
and the "cake" is used for making the mustard preparations. 

A volatile oil is obtained by moistening the "cake," allowing it to stand for 
24 hours and distilling. This is a very pungent oil and is considerably used 
in preparations for external use or inhalants for headache, catarrh etc. 

The whole mustard seeds are frequently added to cider, and act as a pre- 
ventative by forming a mucilaginous coating on the surface of the liquid in 
the cask which excludes the air and prevents change. The mustard seeds, 
when swallowed whole, are said to relieve obstinate hiccough and colic. 

SMILAX. Rhizoma Chinae. China Root. 

The tuberous root of a climbing plant native of China and Japan, and of 
a similar plant found in the U. S. (Fam. Smilaceae). The foreign variety is 
known as China root, and the U. S. plant has the synonym Cocolmegan. It 
has a bitter, acrid taste and is alterative and diuretic, particularly useful in 
dropsy. Properties like sarsaparilla. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

SMILAX SARSAPARILLA. Bamboo Brier Root. 

The root of Smilax Sarsaparilla, (Fam. Smilacese), found in the southern 
U. S. It has a long creeping cylindrical root with but few rootlets, with a 
thick bark, brown externally and white inside. It is tonic and alterative and 
useful in syphilis and rheumatic gout, and generally as a blood cleanser. It 
is an ingredient of some successful proprietary blood purifying compounds. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to S Cc. (y 2 to 2 fl. drachms). 

Smilacin. An Eclectic concentrate from bamboo brier root, representing 
its medicinal virtues. Dose 2 to 5 grains. 

SOLANUM PANICULATUM. Jurubeba. 

The root of a Brazilian drug, very highly recommended in obstructions of 
the bowels and liver, and in vesical catarrh and constipation. It is a'diuretic 
and hydragogue cathartic in jaundice and dropsical affections, and in small 
doses an alterative and tonic. 

A fluid extract of the root is prepared, dose ^ to 2 Cc. (5 to 30 minims). 

SOLIDAGO. Golden Rod. 

The leaves and flowering tops of Solidago odora, Aiton (Fam. Composite). 
Native of North America. This common roadside and pasture weed has a 
slight aromatic odor and a sweetish taste. It is somewhat stimulant and 
carminative but has no marked medicinal action. Its virtue consists chiefly 
in its volatile oil which may be obtained in small quantities by distillation. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 minims). 

Solidago Virgaurea. A Euiopean variety has lately been introduced in 
Europe as a diuretic in ascites caused by cirrhosis of the liver and heart dis- 
ease. 

SPIGELIA. U. S. Pinkroot. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Spigelia marilandica, Linne (Fam. Logan- 
iaceae).''<U. S. 

This is generally known as pinkroot and is chiefly obtained in the southern 
United States. Some similar plants, also, are native of South America and the 
West Indies. It is used entirely as an anthelmintic, and the combination of 
"Pink and Senna"' is a familiar domestic remedy in all parts of the country. 
An infusion of the root represents its medicinal properties, but the fluid ex- 
tract or compound fluid extract of pink root and senna are more generally 
prescribed by physicians. The dose of the powdered root for children 3 to 
5 years old is from 10 to 20 grains, and for an adult 1 to 2 drachms; excessive 
doses are dangerous and may prove fatal. It is usually given with, or fol- 
lowed with, a cathartic. 



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A fluid extract is official in the U. S. Average dose 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 
Spigeline. This principle has been obtained from the root, but is is not 
sufficiently known to be recognized as a medicinal agent. 

SPONGIA. Sponge. 

Spongia officinalis. Linne. Found in the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mex- 
ico, and elsewhere in the warm oceans and seas. 

A variety of sponges are gathered and found in the market, suited for var- 
ious purposes. The finest variety for surgical use is the Turkey Cup sponges. 
The Sheep's-Wool sponges are very tough and excellent for bathing and 
washing purposes, and for veterinary use. Many other kinds of sponge are 
used. 

Sponges are prepared in various ways for surgical and medicinal use. See 
Part II. 

STAPHISAGRIA. Staphisagria. 

Staphisagriae Semina. Br. Stavesacre Seeds. 

"The ripe seeds of Delphinium Staphisagria. Linne ( Fam. Ranunculaceae)." 
<U. S. 

"The dried ripe seeds of Delphininum Staphisagria. Linn."<Br. 

The plant which produces these seeds is a native of the south of Europe, 
where it grows one or two feet high. The seeds grow in straight, oblong 
capsules which contain five seeds. They are of similar nature to larkspur 
seeds, and an infusion is used for destroying lice and other parasites. A 
tincture of the seeds is given internally for some forms of eczema and as an 
application for rheumatic affections. 

Average dose. — 0.065 gm. = 65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

A fluid extract is official in the U. S. Average dose 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

Delphinine, an alkaloid principle obtained from the plant, has been separated 
into several other substances, as staphisaine. delphinoidine. delphisine and 
staphisagrine. 

STATICE. Marsh Rosmary. 

A plant growing in marshes or wet places in northern U. S. and Europe, 
(Fam. Plumbaginacea?). The root of this plant is very astringent and is ex- 
cellent in the form of decoction as a gargle for sore throat; also as an injection 
for prolapsed uterus or leucorrhcea and gonorrhoea. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 minims). 

STICTA PULMONARIA. Lung Moss. 

This is a plant having expectorant and -simple bitter properties. Useful in 
pulmonary affections with weakness or general debility. It is best given in 
the form of hot water infusion, dose Y 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

STILLINGIA. U. S. Queen's Root. 

"The dried root of Stillingia sylvatica. Linne (Fam. Euphorbiaceae)."<L*. S. 

Stillingia is an herbaceous plant growing two or three feet high, and in- 
digenous to the southern Lnited States. The plant is commonly called 
"Queen's Delight.*' The root, which is the part used in medicine, is a val- 
uable alterative remedy, extensively used instead of mercurials in the treat- 
ment of syphilitic affections, scrofula, eruptions and glandular inactivity. It 
is an ingredient in many of the popular sarsaparillas and blood and liver rem- 
edies. A green plant fluid extract and a fluid extract from the dried root are 
prepared, and an oil is obtained by steam distillation. A compound syrup of 
stillingia has been very popular, and a preparation known as "Succus Alter- 
ans,' ! of which one of the chief ingredients is stillingia, has met with much 
favor among practitioners. The dose of fluid extract of stillingia is from 30 
to 40 minims. 

Average dose of powdered drug. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

Stillingine. This alkaloid has been obtained from the root and forms salts 
with acids, which may be obtained in crystalline form, 



226 Organic Materia Medica 

Stillingin. A concentration by this name is employed to a considerable 
extent by Eclectics. It seems to represent the properties of the root. 

STRAMONIUM. Thornapple. 

Both the leaves and seeds of stramonium are official in the U. S. P., Br., and 
most other pharmacopoeias. It is an annual plant of rank growth, common in 
temperate countries throughout North America and Europe. 

Stramonii Folia. Br. Stramonium. U. S. Stramonium Leaves. — "The 
dried leaves of Datura Stramonium, Linne (Fam. Solanacese); yielding, when 
assayed as directed, not less than 0.35 percent, of mydriatic alkaloids. "<U. S. 

Stramonii Semena. Br. Stramonium seeds. 

"The dried ripe seeds of Datura Stramonium, Linn."<Br. 

The leaves and seeds of the plant both possess narcotic properties quite 
similar to belladonna, and the preparations of the plant are employed in med- 
icitie for similar purposes as belladonna. The powdered leaves are consider- 
ably used as an ingredient of asthma powder, used by burning. Extract, fluid 
extracts and tinctures are prepared, also an ointment for external application. 
The dose of the fluid extract is from 10 to 20 minims. Preparations of stram- 
onium are recommended for mania, epilepsy, neuralgia, spasmodic asthma, 
rheumatism etc. 

Average dose of the powdered leaves or seeds. — 0.065 gm. =65 milligram- 
mes (1 grain). 

STROPHANTHUS. U. S. 

"The ripe seed of Strophanthus, (Kombe), Oliver (Fam. Apocynace?e) ; 
deprived of its long awn."<U. S. 

"The dried ripe seeds of Strophanthus, (Kombe), Oliver; freed from the 
awns."<Br. 

This plant is a woody climber, native of Africa and Asia, and some varieties 
of it are used as Indian arrow poison. A tincture of the seeds is official in 
the U. S. and Br. This drug causes paralysis of the respiratory and other 
voluntary muscles. It lowers the rapidity of the pulse, at the same time in- 
creasing its force and volume. It is also used as a diuretic and in cardiac 
dropsy. The dose of the tincture is from 5 to 15 minims. 

Average dose of powdered drug. — 0.065 gm. = 65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

Strophanthin. This principle has been obtained from the seeds and seems 
to represent their activity. It is used for similar purposes as the tincture, 
and is usually given in hypodermic injections in dose of Vgoo to V200 grain. 

STYLOSANTHES. Pencil Flower. 

The herb Stylosanthes elatior, Swartz (Fam. Leguminosae). Native of U. S. 
A uterine tonic and sedative. Useful to relieve irritability of uterus during the 
latter months of gestation, also to facilitate parturition. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 5 Cc. (10 to 75 minims). . 

SUCCINUM. Amber. 

A fossil from Pinites succinifer, Gaeppert (Fam. Conifera), now extinct. 
Chiefly obtained from the southern shores of the Baltic. 

Amber is a fossil-resin supposed to have been produced as a turpentine in 
pine trees of prehistoric ages, which, having decayed, leave the resin in ir- 
regular pieces. It is obtained from mines found on the coast or is washed up 
by the sea. It resembles other resins except that it is harder. It melts when 
heated and is soluble in chloroform and, to a limited degree, in alcohol, ether 
and volatile oils. It is the source of oil of amber, which is used in medicine, 
and some other preparations which will be noticed in Part II. 

SUMBUL. U. S. Sumbul. 
Sumbul Radix. Br. Sumbul Root. 

"The dried rhizome and root of an undetermined plant, probably of the 
family Umbellifcra;."<U. S. 

"The dried transverse slices of the root of Ferula Sumbul, Hook. f."<Br. 

This root is obtained from India where it is known as Sumbul or Jatamansi, 
and is used in incense and as an addition to perfumes, also in medicine. It 



Organic Materia Medica 227 

has an odor resembling musk, and is of the same order of plants as that from 
which asafetida is obtained. It is used in medicine as a nerve stimulant and 
as a tonic for the generative organs of females. A tincture is official in the 
U. S. and Br. pharmacopoeias. 
Average dose of powdered root. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

SWIETENIA. African Mahogany. 

The bark of Swietenia Senegalensis. Native of Africa. It is astringent, tonic 
and antiperiodic. Useful in malarial and typhoid fever. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 1 to 4 Cc. (15 to 60 minims). 

SYCOCARPUS RUSBYI. Cocillana. 

The bark of the tree, (Fam. Meliaceae). Native of Bolivia. It is laxative, 
tonic and expectorant. Useful in chronic tonsillitis, catarrh etc. 
A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 /t, to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). 

SYMPHYTUM. Symphyti Radix. Comfrey. 

■The root of Symphytum officinale, Linne (Fam. Borraginaceae). Native of 
Europe and U. S. The root is demulcent, and slightly astringent. It is used 
in medicine as an ingredient in cough and catarrh preparations and for all 
conditions of the intestinal tract in which a demulcent and astringent may be 
useful. It is also employed by bruising the fresh root, in the form of a poul- 
tice for wounds, sores and inflammed surfaces, being chiefly useful as a demul- 
cent. 

The dose of the root is from. 5 to 10 gm. in the form of decoction. A fluid 
extract does not represent the valuable properties of the root. 

TAMARINDUS. U. S., Br. Tamarind. 

"The preserved pulp of the fruit of Tamarindicus indica (Fam. Legumin- 
osae)."<U. S. 

"The fruits of Tamarindicus indica, freed from the brittle outer part of the 
pericarp and preserved with sugar. "<Br. 1898. 

This mildly acid, laxative pulp is used in making confection of senna, and 
may be employed in making laxative confections. 

TANACETUM. U. S. Tansy. 

"The leaves and tops of Tanacetum vulgare, Linne (Nat. ord. Compositae)." 
<U. S. 7th revision. Dismissed in the 8th. 

Tansy is an herb, native of Europe, but now found in gardens, old fields, 
and along the roads in all parts of the northern and central United States. 
It has a strong aromatic odor, due to the volatile oil of tansy, which may 
be obtained from it by distillation. It is- an aromatic bitter, and is consider- 
ably used as an addition to liquor and bitters. It is employed in domestic 
practice as a menstrual stimulant and abortificant, but is considered poisonous 
and uncertain in its effects by physicians. It is usually given in the form of 
infusion, called tansy tea. 

Tanacetin. A glucosidal principle has been isolated from tansy, and tan- 
acetic acid has been obtained by its decomposition. 

TARAXACUM. U. S. Dandelion. 
Taraxaci Radix. Br. Taraxacum Root. 

"The dried root of Taraxacum officinale, Weber (Fam. Compositae); gath- 
ered in autumn. "<U. S. 

"The fresh and the dried root of Taraxacum officinale, Wiggers; collected 
in autumn. "<Br. 

The dandelion is an herbaceous plant found in almost all countries, abund- 
ant in fields, lawns, and along the road-side. Its bright yellow flowers give 
variety of color to the early spring landscape, but its root should not be 
gathered until August or September, when it is rich in medicinal properties. 
The root is much esteemed as a mild bitter tonic, and as a stimulant to the 
secretion of bile by its action on the liver. A juice is obtained from the fresh 
root and from the dried root an extract and fluid extract are prepared. It is 



228 Organic Materia Medic a 

also much used as an ingredient of compound medicines, for the liver and 
digestive organs, and in diuretic medicines. Some principles have been iso- 
lated from it, but they are not employed in medicine. 

Average dose. — 8 gm. (120 grains). 

A fluid extract is official in the U. S. Average dose 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

A liquid extract is official in the Br., dose l / 2 to 2 fl. drachms. 

Solid extract of Taraxacum is official in most countries and is used as an 
ingredient in pill masses, dose 5 to 15 grains. 

TEREBINTHINA. U. S. Turpentine. 
Thus Americanum. Br. Frankincense. 

"A concrete oleo-resin obtained from Pinus palustris, Miller; and from 
other species of Pinus (Fam. Pinaceae)."<U. S. 

"The concrete oleo-resin which is scraped off the trunks of Pinus palustris, 
Mill., and Pinus Taeda, Linn."<Br. 

When fresh it is rather soft, and is then commonly known as pine pitch, when 
older it is a yellowish, opaque substance, commonly known as gum turpen- 
tine or gum thus. From the soft fresh pitch which is collected by "boxing"' 
the trees, the oil of turpentine, or ''spirits of turpentine"' of commerce is dis- 
tilled, leaving the residue, resin, or "rosin" of commerce. 

This is used as a constituent in ointments, plasters, balsams etc., and may 
be made into a syrup like tolu, in the same manner. 

TEREBINTHINA CANADENSIS. U. S., Br. 
Canada Balsam. Canada Turpentine. Balsam of Fir. 

"A liquid oleo-resin obtained from Abies balsamea. (Linne), Miller (Fam. 
Conifera).'"<U. S. 

"The oleo-resin obtained from Abies balsamea. Mill."<Br. 

"A pale yellow and faintly greenish transparent oleo-resin. of the con- 
sistence of thin honey,"' becoming thicker when exposed. 

This balsam is used extensively in making printing ink and some transparent 
varnishes, also on microscope slides and some kinds of spectacle glasses. In 
pharmacy it is employed in making some liquid balsams, and in some liniments. 

THAPSIA. 

The root of Thapsia garganica, (Fam. Umbellifer?e). Native of southern 
Europe. It is tonic, purgative and emetic, locally irritant. Useful as a counter- 
irritant in rheumatism and bronchitis. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose ^ to 5 Cc. (10 to 75 minims). 

THEA. Theae Folia. Tea. 

The leaves of Camellia Thea, Link (Fam. Ternstrcemiaceae). Native of 
China and Japan. This is chiefly imported from the Orient, but some planta- 
tions in South Carolina, in the U. S. are now furnishing a very fair product. 
Tea contains from 1 to 4 percent, of theine, which is the same as caffeine. 
It is universally used as a table beverage but is seldom employed purposely 
as medicine although it is much used to relieve fatigue and exhaustion, in the 
form of hot infusion, known as "Tea." 

A fluid extract of tea is prepared with )/$ alcohol, dose 1 to 1 Cc. (15 to 
60 minims). 

THEOBROMA. Cacao. 

The seeds of Theobroma Cacao, Linne (Fam. Sterculiacese). Grown in 
tropical America. As these seeds are obtained the}' are about the size of 
small almonds, and have a husk or shell which is thin and fragile. When 
gathered the seeds are laid in heaps on the ground, exposed to the sun dur- 
ing the day but covered with leaves at night. By this treatment they "sweat" 
and lose their bitter taste. They are afterwards dried. The dried seeds con- 
sist of about So percent, kernels. 12 percent, shells, and contain from 1 to 1^2 
percent, of theobromine which is nearly identical with theine and caffeine. 



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The kernel contains about 50 percent, of a fixed oil, cacao butter, from 14 to 
18 percent, of starch and 13 to 18 percent, of proteids, peculiar to this plant, 
together with a little sugar. 1 he seeds of theobroma are roasted for prepar- 
ing chocolate and the greater part of the fixed oil is removed for making 
cacao butter. The process employed for making these products will be more 
fully explained in Part II. 

Theobromine. The alkaloid obtained from Theobroma is nearly the same 
as theine obtained from tea and caffeine obtained from coffee. Its uses and 
dose are the same as caffeine. 

THUJA. Arbor Vitae. 

The fresh twigs from the tops of Thuja occidentalis, Linne (Fam. Coniferae). 
Native of Canada and northern U. S. This was formerly official in the U. S. P. 
but has been dismissed. The twigs have a balsamic odor and a pungent, cam- 
phoraceous, bitter taste. The principle constituents of the plant are a volatile 
oil, a bitter principle called pinipicrin, and a substance called thujin, soluble in 
water and in alcohol. It is employed more especially by the homoeopathic 
physicians in the treatment of catarrh and bronchitis, and as an alterative. 

A fluid extract is prepared from the fresh twigs with alcohol, dose 2 to 5 
Cc. (30 to 75 minims). 

A tincture is prepared with the fresh twigs 1 part in alcohol 5 parts, by 
maceration. The dose of this tincture is from 5 to 15 Cc. (1 to 4 fl. drachms), 
but in homeopathic practice a much smaller quantity is given. 

THYMUS. Folia Thymi. Thyme. 

The leaves of Thymus vulgaris, Linne (Fam. Labiatse). Cultivated in all 
temperate countries. This is commonly known as garden thyme and is con- 
siderably used as a flavoring for food. It has a strong, aromatic odor, due to 
its volatile oil and contains the principles peculiar to the plant, cymene, 
thymene and thymol. It is stimulant, tonic and carminative, and may be used 
in the form of infusion internally. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 5 Cc. (30 to 75 minims). 

Oil of Thyme is official, see Oleum Thymi, Part II. 

Thymol is prepared from Oil of Thyme, see Thymol, Part II. 

TILIA. Tiliae Flores. Linden Flowers. 

The whole inflorescence, with the leaves or bracts properly belonging to it, 
of Tilia vulgaris, Hayn; Tilia parvifolia and Tilia Grandiflora, Erhardt (Fam. 
Scopolise). Native of Europe. Linden flowers are considerably used in 
Europe in the form of a tea or hot infusion as a diaphoretic and to relieve 
indigestion and nervousness. Linden tea" is a favorite domestic medicine. 

Dose 2 to 5 gm. (30 to 75 grains) of the drug in infusion. 

American Linden. Baswood. Whitewood. This large tree is native of 
north eastern U. S. and has similar flowers as the European Tilia, which may 
be used for the same purpose. 

TONCO SEMIN^. Tonka or Tonquin Beans. Tonco Seeds. 

The seeds of Dipteryx odorata, Willd. (Fam. Leguminosae). Native of 
Guiana; and D. oppositifolia, Willd., native of Brazil. Both varieties are 
large trees and produce a drupaceous fruit, or oblong-ornate pod, about the 
size of an egg, with a fibrous pericarp, enclosing a single seed. When ripe 
the seed is removed from the pod and sometimes steeped in rum and spread 
upon floors until a white crystalline crust has formed on the surface of the 
seeds. This crust is coumarin, which is much used in flavoring and perfumes. 
The seeds, covered with this crystalline crust, are seldom to be had by the 
retail trade, for manufacturers dissolve it for flavoring purposes and sell 
the seeds after its removal. 

Tonca beans are employed for making a tincture or extract of tonca, used 
in flavorings and perfumes and have been familiarly known in the past as 
"snuff beans;" snuff takers using a bean in a box of snuff to give it a 



230 Organic Materia Medica 

pleasant flavor. In medicine it may be employed as an antispasmodic and 
heart stimulant and is used as a remedy for whooping cough. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 0.30 to 0.50 Cc. (5 to 8 grains). 

Coumarin. The chief principle of Tonca beans. A white crystalline sub- 
stance of strong aromatic odor, soluble in alcohol. This is also obtained 
from some other plants, and is now almost altogether prepared synthetically. 
See Part II. 

TONGA. Tonga. 

A Fiji Island mixture of native drugs of unknown composition. It con- 
sists chiefly of thin fibrous barks in long strips wrapped in bundles. It is 
said to relieve neuralgia, and is used for that purpose mainly. 

A fluid extract of the drug is prepared with diluted alcohol as a menstruum, 
dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

TORMENTILLA. Tormentil. 

The rhizome of Potentilla Tormentilla, Sibthorp (Fam. Rosacese). Native 
of Europe. This drug is a powerful astringent, containing about 25 percent, 
of tannin and astringent principles. It is employed in dysentery and relaxed 
conditions. Dose of the powdered root 1 to 2 gm. (15 to 30 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 
minims). 

TRAGACANTHA. U. S., Br. Tragacanth. 

"A gummy exudation from Astragalus gummifer, Labillardiere; and from 
other species of Astragalus (Fam. Leguminosae)."<U. S. 

"A gummy exudation obtained by making incisions in the stem of Astragalus 
gummifer, Labill.; and some other species of Astragalus, Linn."<Br. 

Gum Tragacanth, as it is generally known, is obtained from a small tree 
growing in the mountains of Asia Minor. The best varieties of the gum are 
in flakes, but inferior qualities are found on the market in roundish pieces. 
It is used in pharmacy for making powders and emulsions, and in the prepar- 
ation of troches and tablets, also in toilet preparations for making Bandoline 
and similar preparations. It is used by shoemakers for making a paste dress- 
ing which they apply to their finished work, and it is employed as a paste 
for sticking labels on glass or porcelain. It consists of about 53 percent, of 
arabin and 33 percent, of bassorin, with water and other constituents. 

TRIFOLIUM PARTENSE. Red Clover Tops. 

The flower-heads of Trifolium partense, Linne (Fam. Leguminosse). Cul- 
tivated in all temperate countries. Red clover blossoms are alterative, sed- 
ative and deobstruent. Useful in scrofula and blood disorders, and are 
used in compounds with other drugs as a purifier for the blood. 
A fluid extract is prepared, dose ^ to 1 Cc. (10 to 15 minims). 

TRILLIUM. Beth Root. Birth Root. 

The rhizome of Trillium erectum, Linne (Fam. Liliacese). Native of the U. 
S. This is an astringent tonic, having acrid taste and is chiefly employed as 
a remedy for female disorders, to regulate the menstrual functions. It may 
also be used advantageously for pulmonary affections. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

Trilliin. An Eclectic concentrate representing the active principles of the 
root. Dose 1 to 3 grains. 

TRIOSTEUM. Fever Root. Tinker's Weed. 

The root of Triosteum perfoliatum, (Fam. Caprifoliacese). Native of the 
U. S. This is a bitter root with a nauseating taste. It is purgative and em- 
menagogue and is used in fevers and amenorrhcea. 

Dose of the powdered root 20 to 40 grains. 

TRITICUM. U. S. Triticum. Couch Grass. 

"The dried rhizome of Agropyron repens, (Linne), Beauvois (Fam. 
Gramineae); gathered in the spring."<U. S. 



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Couch grass is a native of Europe, but is now abundant in meadows and 
lawns in the northern United States, and causes considerable trouble to ex- 
terminate it. In medicine it is used chiefly as an ingredient in species, but a 
fluid extract is official in the U. S. P., and is used whenever a liquid prepara- 
tion of the plant is desired. It is given in bladder trouble in doses of one 
fl. drachm. 

Average dose of drug. — 8 gm. (120 grains). 

TURPETHUM. Turpeth Root. 

The root of Ipomaea turpethum, (Fam. Convolvulaceae). Native of India. 
This root has properties and action similar to jalap and yields a resin like 
jalap, known as turpethin. It is purgative. 
Dose of powdered root 5 to S grains. 

TUSSILAGO. Coltsfoot. 

The leaves and the root of Tussilago farfara, (Fam. Composite). Native 
of Europe. Its taste is bitter and astringent. It yields mucilage and a bitter 
principle. It is useful as a tonic and demulcent and is particularly used for 
chronic pulmonary affections and in scrofula. Coltsfoot rock or Coltsfoot 
candy is a popular preparation in England for coughs and colds. 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose -4 to S Cc. (1 to 2 
fl. drachms). 

ULMUS. U. S. Elm. [Slippery Elm]. 

"The dried inner bark of Ulmus fulva, Michaux (Fam. Ulmacese); deprived 
of its periderm. "<U. S. 

The tree from which the bark is obtained is common throughout the north- 
ern and central United States, but the greater part of the commercial supply 
is gathered in Michigan. It is used chiefly as a demulcent and for its mucil- 
aginous properties. The whole bark is soaked in water, and the mucilaginous 
liquid used as a cooling demulcent drink for irritation or inflammation of the 
stomach, intestines or bladder. The ground and powdered bark is used for 
poultices, the ground bark being preferred, as it does not stick to the surface 
as does the powdered; the powdered bark is used as a dusting for irritated sur- 
faces, and in making pills or troches: mixed with water it is also used as an 
enema or injection. Tents are also prepared from elm bark, for dilating fis- 
tulas or other canals. 

URECHITES SUBERECTA. Savana Flower. 

A poisonous plant, native of Jamaica, and having properties like aconite. It 
is claimed to be very valuable in the treatment of intermittent fevers peculiar 
to the southern climate, and in yellow fever. It is a powerful drug and must 
be employed cautiously. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 10 minims. 

URTICA DIOICA. Nettle. 

The root of the herb (Fam. Urticaceae). Native of Europe. This is an 
astringent and one of the purest and most powerful diuretics in materia- 
medica. It is useful for dropsy, gravel, kidney diseases and in the summer- 
complaints of children and bowel affections of adults. The juice of this herb 
is also useful in hemorrhages. 

A fluid extract of the root is prepared, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

USTILAGO. Corn Ergot. Cornsmut. 

A fungus growth found upon Zea Mays, Ustilago Maydis, Leville (Fam. 
Fungi). This growth, which is usually found upon the ear of the corn, con- 
tains about by 2 percent, of an amorphous red-brown substance resembling the 
sclerotic acid of ergot. Its uses are similar to ergot, but it has the advantage 
of increasing the force without increasing the duration of uterine contractions. 

Average dose of the powdered drug about 2 gm. (30 grains). 

A fluid extract is prepared with diluted alcohol, dose 1 to 5 Cc. (15 to 75 
minims). 



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UVJE. Uvae Passae. Raisins. 

The dried ripe fruit of Vitis vinifera, Linne (Fam. Ampelidaceae). Native of 
western Asia and the Caucacian provinces of Russia, but now cultivated in 
Europe, U. S. and Australia. The fruit is collected when ripe and dried chiefly 
in the sunshine. Formerly raisins have been obtained mainly from Spain, 
Italy and Asia Minor, but now those used in this country are produced in 
California, the dried muscat, malaga and muscatel grapes of central California 
being equal in all respects to the imported varieties. They are largely used 
for table and culinary purposes, and in medicinal confections and compound 
liqueurs. 

UVA URSI. U. S. Uva Ursi. 
Uvae Ursi Folia. Br. Bearberry Leaves. 

"The dried leaves of Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, (Linne), Sprengel (Fam. 
Ericaceae). "<U. S. 

"The dried leaves of Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Spreng."<Br. 

This small tree or shrub is found throughout northern Europe, Asia and 
America, but the commercial supply of the leaves is mostly obtained from 
Europe. 

This is an astringent of considerable power over the urinary organs and 
bladder, and is used in catarrhal conditions of these organs, and for discharges 
caused by these conditions. A fluid extract is official, and the leaves are fre- 
quently used for making an infusion, and in diuretic teas for the kidneys and 
bladder. 

Average dose of drug. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

Arbutin (which has also been called Ursin) is a glucoside obtained from 
Uva-ursi. Ericolin and Ursone have also been isolated. 

VACCINUM CRASSIFOLIUM. 

The plant, (Fam. Eriacese). Native of southern U. S. Properties similar 
to Uva ursi, diuretic and astringent. Useful in vesical catarrh, dysentery etc. 
A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 minims). 

VALERIANA. U. S. Valerian. 
Valerianae Rhizoma. Br. Valerian Root. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Valeriana officinalis, Linne (Fam. Valer- 
ianaceae)."<U. S. 

"The dried erect rhizome and roots of Valeriana officinalis, Linn.; collected 
in the autumn. "<Br. 

This herbaceous plant is a native of Europe, growing in damp woods or 
fields, and also on dry, high levels, the plants grown in different locations hav- 
ing much difference in appearance, and that growing on dry soil being pre- 
ferred as medicine. It is also cultivated in the United States and our mar- 
ket is now mostly supplied with the root of native growth. 

Valerian has long been used as a nervine and is a familiar domestic remedy. 
A fluid extract, tincture and ammoniated tincture are official in the U. S. Its 
odor is due to a volatile oil (oil of valerian) which may be obtained by distil- 
lation. Its dose is from 4 to 5 drops. 

Average dose of the drug. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

Valerianic Acid. This is an important constituent of the root, possessing 
its nervine properties. It is used for preparing several valerianate salts. 

Validol. Menthol Valerianate. — This is a compound nerve sedative, car- 
minative and stomachic prepared by combining menthol and a valerianate salt. 
The dose is 10 to 20 drops on sugar. 

Valyl. Valerianic Acid Diamine. — This is a compound sedative and anti- 
spasmodic, put up in 2 grain capsules. The dose is 1 to 3 capsules. 

. VANILLA. U. S. Vanilla. 

"The cured full grown, but immature fruit of Vanilla planifolia, Andrews 
(Fam. Orchideae).''<U. S. 



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This is a climbing plant, with fleshy dark-green, perennial stem and dark- 
green, tough leaves. The fruit is a long slim pod containing an innumerable 
number of very small seeds and an oily pulp. The fruit is the part used as a 
flavoring; an extract or tincture being prepared from it which is very popu- 
lar for flavoring pastry and ice cream, and for syrup used at the soda foun- 
tain; also in many medicines and perfumes. The Mexican vanilla bean is 
considered the best. The formulas for extracts will be found under Flavor- 
ing Extracts. 

Tincture of Vanilla (1 : 10) is official in the U. S. Used chiefly for flavoring. 

Vanillin. CsHsOs. This is the odorous crystalline principle of vanilla and 
is chemically Methyl-protocatechuic aldehyde. It is also artifically prepared 
from the sap-wood or juice of pine trees and from many other substances 
by complex processes. It is prepared and extensively sold for making extract 
of vanilla, but the flavor of the product lacks the richness and delicacy of the 
true extract made from vanilla. It is also used in making perfumes etc. 

One ounce of vanillin and Y\ ounce coumarin, with \y 2 gallons of cologne 
spirit, l J /i gallons of water, and y> gallon of syrup, colored with caramel pro- 
duces a fair imitation of vanilla extract. 

VERATRUM. U. S. American Hellebore. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Veratrum viride, Aiton (American Helle- 
bore), or Veratrum album, Linne (White Hellebore) (Fam. Liliacese)."<U. S. 

This plant grows in wet ground and swamps throughout the northern and 
middle United States. A tincture is made from the fresh root and a fluid ex- 
tract and tincture are prepared from the dry root. It reduces the force of the 
arterial circulation and is given in fevers, pneumonia etc., as an arterial sed- 
ative. The dose of the fluid extract is from 1 to 3 drops. 

Average dose of the powdered drug. — 0.125 gm. = 125 milligrammes, 2 
grains). 

A number of alkaloidal principles have been isolated from veratrum, among 
which may be mentioned jervine, pseudojervine, veratroidine and protoverat- 
rine, as most important; they are, however, seldom employed in medicine. 
Norwood's Tincture of Veratrum Viride is considered the most reliable prep- 
aration. This is made from the fresh root. It is highly esteemed in Eclectic 
practice. 

Veratrine. This is the principal alkaloid of veratrum and is official in the 
U. S. P. See Part II. Several salts of this alkaloid are prepared. 

Veratrin. An Eclectic concentrate prepared by precipitating a concentrated 
extract in the usual manner. 

Veratrone. An aqueous fluid extract of veratrum viride bearing this title 
is prepared by P. D. & Co. for hypodermic use. Dose 10 to 20 minims. 

VERBASCUM. Mullein. 

The leaves and flowers of Verbascum thapsus and other species (Fam. 
Scrophulariacea^). Native of Europe and North America. A tall, woolly 
plant common in roadsides and pastures. The flowers are used in the form of 
infusion as a demulcent and diuretic for catarrhs, colds and dysentery. The 
dried leaves are smoked for asthma and catarrh. 

A fluid extract it prepared from the leaves or the root, dose 2 to 8 Cc. (y 2 
to 2 fl. drachms). 

VERBENA. Nettle-leaved Verbena. 

The root of Verbena Urticifolia (Fam. Verbenaceas). Native of U. S. It 
is antiperiodic and alterative. Useful in various forms of fever and malaria. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 3 Cc. (30 to 45 minims). 

Verbenin. An Eclectic concentrate prepared from verbena root above 
named. Dose 2 to 5 grains. 

VERONICA. Speedwell. 

The herb, Veronica officinalis. Native of Europe. This has an astringent, 
bitterish taste. It is alterative, diuretic and expectorant. Useful in catarrh 



234 Organic Materia Medica 

of the bladder and in influenzas, preferably given in the form of infusion — one 
ounce in a pint of hot water. 

Taken hot it is said that it will break up an influenza cold. 

VERVAIN. Blue Vervain. Wild Hyssop. 

The roots of Verbena hastata (Fam. Verbenacese). Native of U. S. This 
is expectorant, tonic and sudorific. Best used 'in the form of hot infusion for 
fevers and influenza. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 4 Cc. (30 to 60 minims). 

VETTIVERIA. Vetivert. Cuscus. 

The fibrous roots of Andropogon Muricatus, Retz (Fam. Graminaceae). 
Native of East India. This root has a persistent, fragrant odor and contains 
volatile oil and resin. It is used chiefly in perfumery, especially in sachet- 
bags and rose-jars. 

VIBURNUM OPULUS. U. S. [Cramp Bark]. 

High Bush Cranberry. Cranberry Tree. 

"The dried bark of Viburnum Opulus, Linne (Fam. Caprifoliaceae)."<U. S. 

This bush grows in low grounds in the northern and central United States. 
The bark is employed by Eclectic physicians as a tonic, especially for the 
uterine organs. A fluid extract is official in the U. S. P. 

Average dose of drug. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

Viburnin. This is a resinoid obtained by precipitating a concentrated ex- 
tract of the bark. It is employed for the same purpose as the bark and rep- 
resents its properties in a concentrated form. 

VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM. U. S. [Black Haw]. 
Sloe. Stagbush. 

"The dried bark of the root of Viburnum prunifolium, Linne; or of Vibur- 
num Lentago, Linne (Fam. Caprifoliaceae)."<U. S. 

This is a tall shrub common in the middle and southern United States, 
east of the Mississippi river. The bark is employed in the treatment of uter- 
ine diseases, as a tonic and to prevent miscarriage and dismenorrhcea. A fluid 
extract of the bark is official, and is used in several compounds prepared for 
uterine troubles. 

Average dose. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

VIOLA. Violet. 

Several species of Violet are used in medicine. The root of Bird-foot violet 
(V. pedata), common field violet of U. S., contains a yellow, bitter principle, 
violin. The root is astringent, refrigerant and laxative. Useful in pulmonary 
affections, dysentery and blood disorders. 

A syrup is prepared by steeping the fresh flowers in a solution of sugar. 
Dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl.drachms). 

Viola Tricolor. Wild Pansy. Heart's-ease. This plant is inodorous and has 
a bitter, acrid taste. The leaves only are used. They are diuretic, alterative, 
expectorant and laxative. Useful in bronchial affections, and especially in 
eczemas, both internally and externally. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 2 to 8 Cc. ( l / 2 to 2 fl.drachms). 

VITELLUS. Yolk of Egg. 

The central, yellow part of the hen's egg (Fam. Gallus Bankiva, var. Do- 
mesticus). The yolk of eggs is used in medicine for making certain emulsions 
and nutritive drinks. A glycerite called glyconin was official in the 1880 U. 
S. P. but was dismissed in the 8th revision. 

WINTERA. Winterae Cortex. Winter's Bark. 

The inner bark of Drimys Winteri, Forster (Fam. Magnoliaceae). Native of 
South America. This is an evergreen tree yielding a volatile oil, resin, tannic 



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acid and iron oxide. Its odor is aromatic; taste spicy, pungent and astringent. 
It is quite similar to canella and cinnamon, and is used as a stimulant and 
aromatic tonic. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 1 to 2 Cc. (15 to 30 minims). 

XANTHIUM. Cocklebur. 

The leaves of Xanthium Strumarium, (Fam. Composite). Native of U. S. 
Commonly called clotweed. It is chiefly styptic and is employed as an anti- 
dote in bites of poisonous insects, also as an application in purpura hemor- 
rhagica. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

XANTHIUM SPINOSUM. Spiny Burr-weed or Cocklebur. 

The herb (Fam. Compositae). Native of Europe and U. S. This plant has 
the reputation of curing hydrophobia. The bruised herb is applied to the 
bitten part and is said to neutralize the poison of rabies. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 10 to 20 minims. 

XANTHORRHIZA. Yellow Root. 

The rhizome and root of Xanthorrhiza, (Fam. Ranunculacese). Native of 
northeastern U. S. A shrub 12 to 14 inches high, having a yellow root with 
bitter taste and containing berberine. It is a bitter tonic similar in action, and 
properties to columbo and quassia. A yellow dye is made from its root by 
boiling it in water. 

A fluid extract is prepared, dose 4 to 8 Cc. (1 to 2 fl. drachms). 

XANTHOXYLUM. U. S. Prickly Ash. 

"The dried bark of Xanthoxylum americanum, Miller (Northern Prickly 
Ash), or of Fagara Clava-Herculis, (Linne); (Southern Prickly Ash) (Fam. 
Rutaceae)."<U. S. 

Northern prickly ash is found is moist woods throughout the northern and 
central United States. It is used in medicine as a stimulant to the circulation 
and for rheumatism, also externally in the form of an alcoholic tincture, as 
a counter irritant. A fluid extract is official in the U. S. P., the dose being 10 
minims. 

Average dose of drug. — 2 gm. (30 grains). 

Xanthoxylin. A resinoid is prepared by precipitating an alcoholic extract 
of the bark in the usual manner. Its uses and properties are the same as the 
bark, the dose being *4 to 1 grain. 

YOHIMBE. 

The bark of Coryanthe yohimbe (Fam. Rubiaceae), indigenous to the 
Cameroons. It is said to be an aphrodisiac, more powerful than damiana. A 
fluid extract may be prepared with diluted alcohol. 

Yohimbine hydrochloride. C22H 5 s0 3 N2-HCl. The salt of an alkaloid ob- 
tained from yohimbe bark.' A white crystalline powder, moderately soluble 
in alcohol and water. Dose V12 grain in tablets or hypodermically. 

Yohimbetol. An alkaloidal preparation for veterinary use. A horse aphro- 
disiac. 

ZEA. U. S. Corn Silk. 

"The fresh styles and stigmas of Zea Mays, Linne (Fam. Gramine3e)."<U. S. 

Corn silk is used as diuretic and for kidney and bladder troubles. A fluid 
extract of the fresh drug is preferred, but a fluid extract is also prepared from 
the dry. 

Maizenic Acid has been obtained from it and is used for similar purposes 
as the drug; the dose being }i grain. 

ZEDOARIA. Zedoary. 

The root of Curcuma Zedoaria. Native of the East Indies. It has an ar- 
omatic odor and a pungent, bitter, camphoraceous taste. It yields a volatile 



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CQ 



oil, a soft resin and a bitter extract. It is stimulating and has properties and 
action similar to ginger. 

A fluid extract is prepared with alcohol, dose 2 / 3 to 2 Cc. (10 to 30 minims). 

ZINGIBER. U. S., Br. Ginger. 

"The dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale, Roscoe (Fam. Zingiberaceae)."< 
U. S. 

"The scraped and dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale, Roscoe. "<Br. 

Ginger root is obtained chiefly from the East and West Indies and Africa. 
The Jamaica Ginger of the West Indies has the finest flavor, but less strength 
than some of the other varieties. The fresh ginger root is preserved by boiling 
it in syrup, the dried root is used as an ingredient in pickles and relishes, 
but the ground and powdered root is more generally used in medicine. An 
oil of ginger is obtained by distilling the fresh root; an oleo-resin. a fluid ex- 
tract and tinctures are official, and an extract or "essence" is used for flavoring 
and as a household remedy. 

Ginger is an aromatic stimulant and carminative, used in dyspepsia, flat- 
ulence, colic and diarrhoeas. Ginger tea is a warm infusion of the root which 
is frequently given for sudden colds etc.. and to relieve congestion. Ground 
ginger is also used as an application in the form of a poultice. Altogether 
it is one of the most used and useful remedies of the materia medica. 

Average dose of powder. — 1 gm. (15 grains). 



CHEMICAL ELEMENTS 



All material substances, of whatever nature, are composed or made 
up of what are called chemical elements. A chemical element is a 
primary substance that cannot, by any known means, be divided or 
separated into any other substance. It consists of the same kind of 
matter throug-hout. Thus oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, copper,, mer- 
cury, iron etc., have been proven to be elements because they cannot 
be resolved into anything else. All material things are made up of 
these chemical elements, which may be associated or compounded 
with .other elements in infinite variety, but still retain their indi- 
viduality, and may be separated from their union or recombined with 
other elements at the will of the intelligent chemist. 

About eighty such substances have been discovered by chemists, 
and assigned their places in the family of chemical elements. In this 
section they are briefly described, together with their more important 
compounds. Many of them are used in medicine and are more fully 
described in Part II. 



Chemical elements and their many combinations furnish a considerable part 
of the materials now used in medicine and pharmacy. The definite chemical 
combinations, in the form of elements, and their salts produced by the union 
of bases and acids; the alkaloids and their salts; the glucosides and other 
principles derived from organic substances, together with the chemical pro- 
ductions of modern materia medica make up the greater part of the prepar- 
ations used as medicine at the present time; and the production of these 
preparations is chiefly due to the study and understanding of the science of 
chemistry. 



CHEMISTRY 

The branch of physical science that treats of the composition of matter, and 
the properties and relations of the elements composing it is called Chemistry. 

The present science of chemistry cannot be said to have had a history until 
the last quarter of the Eighteenth Century. Before this, the alchemists oc- 
cupied the field, working upon individual lines and without system, ignorant 
of the principles of chemistry and the composition of matter. Nevertheless 
their efforts to transmute the baser metals into gold and to discover a uni- 
versal solvent or alkahest, paved the way for the science of chemistry as it 
is known and taught at the present time. 

The discovery of the various elements, which compose all forms of matter, 
is duly noticed under the names of the elements in the following pages, and, 
aside from the theories which have been prevalent at various times, (which 
are now mostly obsolete), there is but little other early history to record. 



238 Chemical Elements 

All material substances, of whatever kind or nature, are composed of 
molecules which are themselves made up of atoms of what were supposed to 
be primary substances called elements. When a substance can no longer be 
divided into any other substance, but consists only of the same kind of matter 
throughout, it is termed an element. Thus copper, mercury and oxygen are 
called elements because they cannot by any known means be separated into 
any other substances. 

Nomenclature. 

In chemistry a reformation in nomenclature was instituted under the di- 
rection of the French Academy of Sciences in 1787, and was ably forwarded 
by Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthollet and Fourcroy to whose work entitled 
"Methode de Nomenclature Chemique," published in that year we owe much* 
of the system which now prevails. 

Many of the chemical elements have been named by their discoverers from 
some characteristic or quality which they possess; as chlorine (green), re- 
ferring to its color; bromine (stench), referring to its odor; lithium from 
lithos (stone); magnesium (a district in Thessaly where it is obtained); 
strontium (a town in Scotland) ; thorium (the God Thor) ; nitrogen (nitre 
forming) ; oxygen (acid forming) ; iridium (a rain-bow) ; manganese (mag- 
net) ; phosphorus (light bearing); hydrogen (water forming); barium, from 
barys (heavy); radium, from its property of emitting rays; iodine, from Gr. 
iodes (violet). Several elements are named from the locality where they 
are obtained and others from the name of their discoveror. 

Most chemical combinations bear the name of the element or radical to- 
gether with the acid with which they are combined but many of the late com- 
pounds have names given them corresponding to some characteristic or 
quality which they have or are reputed to possess. 

The names of chemicals are generally given in this work in the Latin and 
English, also; many of them, in the foreign pharmaceutical names which they 
have in various countries. 

Chemical combinations are considered in this work under the name of the 
element, base or alkaloid from which they are derived, and many of the alka- 
loids and principles, not official, under the name of the drug from which they 
are obtained. The official acids are mostly included under the heading Acida, 
but many unofficial acids are mentioned under the name of drugs or sub- 
stances from which they are obtained. 

Atomic Weight. 

Recent discoveries go to show that atoms are not (as has been supposed), 
the ultimate particles of matter, but are shells filled with electrons that are 
(as far as has yet been determined) the elementary entities. Atoms, how- 
ever, are the combining units, and all chemical science is based upon their 
identity and combining value. 

The weight of an atom is its combining weight as compared with hydro- 
gen which is the lighest known element and the weight of which is assumed 
as 1, or of oxygen as 16, which is taken as a standard by some authorities. 

As the weight of hydrogen is not an exact proportion of 1 to 16 for the 
same volume under the same conditions, there is a slight difference in the 
atomic weights of elements corresponding to the standard taken. If hydrogen 
is taken as 1, oxygen is 15.88; and if oxygen is taken as 16, hydrogen is 1.008. 
The U. S. P., the Br. P., and many other authoritative works adopt hydrogen 
as 1, the standard of atomic weight; but most of the recent chemical author- 
ities and the recently published European pharmacopoeias adopt oxygen as 
16, the standard of atomic weight. This should be well understood when 
making calculations of the atomic weight of compounds. 

Molecular Weight. 

The molecular weight of a chemical compound is the combined weight of 
the atoms that compose it. In calculating the molecular weight of a com- 
pound add together the atomic weights of the elements of which it is com- 
posed in the proportions in which they occur in the molecule. The sum is 
the molecular weight of the compound. 



Chemical Elements 



239 



In the following table the names of the Elements, the Symbols by which 
they are known, and their Atomic Weights, based upon = 16 as the standard, 
conform to the determinations of the International Committee on Atomic 
Weights of 1911. The Atomic W r eights based upon H = l as the standard are 
also given for convenient reference and comparison, as the U. S. P. and Br. 
P. and many chemical text books give the atomic weight compared with 
hydrogen as 1. 

The atomic weight of any element, or the molecular weight of any sub- 
stance, given with H = l as a basis, may readily be converted into weights 
with 6 = 16 as a basis by multiplying the given weight by 1.008. 



TABLE OF ATOMIC WEIGHTS 

Adopted by the International Committee on Atomic Weights, 1911. 



H = l = 16 



H = l = 16 



Al 
Sb 
A 
As 
Ba 
Bi 
B 
Br 
Cd 
Cs 
Ca 
C 
Ce 
CI 
Cr 
Co 
Cb 
Cu 
Dy 
Er 
Eu 
F 
Gd 
Ga 
Ge 
Gl 
Au 
He 

Hydrogen H 

Indium In 

Iodine . I 

Iridium Ir 

Iron Fe 

Krypton Kr 

Lanthanum La 

Lead Pb 

Lithium Li 

Lutecium Lu 

Magnesium Mg 

Manganese Mn 

Mercury Hg 



Aluminum. . 
Antimony. . . 

Argon 

Arsenic 

Barium 

Bismuth. . . . 

Boron 

Bromine. . . . 
Cadmium. . . 

Caesium 

Calcium 

Carbon 

Cerium 

Chlorine 
Chromium. . 

Cobalt. . 

Columbium* 

Copper 

Dysprosium. 

Erbium 

Europium , . . 

Fluorine 

Gadolinium. 

Gallium 

Germanium. 
Glucinumf. . 

Gold 

Helium 



213 

119 

39 



74.37 



136.3 
206.3 
10.9 
79.29 
111.5 
131.7 
39.8 
11.9 
139.1 
35.18 
51.58 
58.5 
92.8 
63.1 
161.2 
166.1 
150.8 
18.8 
156. 
69.74 
71.9 
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120. 

39 

74. 
137. 
208. 

11. 

79. 
112. 
132. 

40. 

12. 
140. 

35. 

52. 

58. 

93. 

63. 
162. 
167. 
152. 

19. 
157. 

69. 

72. 
9. 
197. 



3.96 


3.99 


1.0 


1.008 


113.9 


114.8 


124.9 


126.92 


191.6 


193.1 


55.4 


55.85 


82.2 


82.9 


137.9 


139.0 


205.5 


207.10 


6 89 


6.94 


172.6 


174.0 


24.13 


24.32 


54.5 


54.93 


198.5 


200.0 



Molybdenum. . . 
Neodymium. . . . 

Neon 

Nickel 

Nitrogen 

Osmium 

Oxygen 

Palladium 

Phosphorus. . . . 

Platinum 

Potassium 

Praseodymium. . .! 

Radium ! 

Rhodium 

Rubidium i 

Ruthenium I 

Samarium I 

Scandium j 

Selenium 

Silicon 

Silver 

Sodium 

Strontium 

Sulphur 

Tantalum 

Tellurium 

Terbium 

Thallium 

Thorium 

Thulium 

Tin.. 

Titanium 

Tungsten 

Uranium 

Vanadium 

Xenon 

Ytterbium (Neo) 

Yttrium 

Zinc 

Zirconium 



Mo 

Nd 

Ne 

Ni 

N 

Us 

O 

Pd 

P 

Pt 

K 

Pr 

Ra 

Rh 

Rb 

Ru 

Sa 

Sc 

Se 

Si 

Ag 

Na 

Sr 

S 

Ta 

Te 

Tb 

Tl 

Th 

Tm 

Sn 

Ti 

W 

u 

V 

Xe 

Yb 

Y 

Zn 

Zr 



95 


3 


142 


5 


20 




58 


2 


13 


9 


189 


4 



15.88 
105.9 
i 30.8 
193.6 

38.85 
139.4 
224.6 
102. 

84.8 
100.9 
148.9 
\ 43.8 
! 78.6 

28.1 
1107.02 
! 22.82 

86.93 

31.81 
179.6 
126.6 
157.9 
202.4 
230.2 
167.2 
118.0 

47.7 
182.5 
236.6 
j 50.6 
H29.2 
170.6 

88.3 
I 64.8 
! 89.9 



96.0 
144.3 
20.2 
58.68 
14.01 
190.9 
I 16.00 
106.7 
; 31.04 
195.2 

39.10 
140.6 
226.4 
102.9 
I 85.45 
101.7 
150.4 
i 44.1 
79.2 
28.3 
107.88 
: 23.00 
87.63 
j 32.07 
181.0 
|127.5 
159.2 
|204.0 
! 232.0 
168.5 
119.0 
48.1 
184.0 
238.5 

51.06 
130.2 
172.0 
89.0 
65.37 
90.6 



*Also called Niobium, Nb = 93.5. 



fAlso called Beryllium, Be = 9.1. 



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Cobalt Co = 58.97 
Nickel Ni = 58.68 




Ruthenium Ru = 101.7 
Rhodium Rh = 102.9 
Palladium Pd = 106.7 








Osmium Os = 190.9 
Iridium Ir = 193.1 
Platinum Pt = 195.2 






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Chemical Elements and Compounds 241 

THE PERIODIC SYSTEM. 

The "Periodic System" which is, also, in its modified form, called the 
"Natural System of Classification in Chemistry," was formulated by the Rus- 
sian chemist Mendelejeff, and is based upon the atomic weights of the ele- 
ments and their periodic occurence in certain relations. 

In the last century many attempts were made by chemists to arrange the 
elements into groups and series in such a way as to show the relation between 
their combining weights and properties. Doebereiner in 1817 called attention 
to a simple relation of kindred elements and in 1829 he showed that there are- 
different groups, of three elements each, which have a constant difference in 
atomic weights and great similarity of properties, but in different degrees. 
Newlands in 18G5 presented a law of octaves showing that if the elements are 
arranged in the order of their atomic weight, after an interval of seven an 
element follows having properties analogous to the first; that is, the 1st, 8th 
and 15th are similar. But in 1869 Mendelejeff, a Russian, and Lothar Meyer, 
a German chemist, almost at the same time, reached conclusions from which 
the Periodic System of the Elements, now generally adopted, was formulated. 
This system is shown in the table on the opposite page. While it is not, in 
all respects perfect, it is the best systematic arrangement of the elements that 
has been proposed, and has done much to explain the relations of elements, 
one with another, as a whole. 

It will be observed that, in a general way, the atomic weights of the ele- 
ments increase from the left to the right in the horizontal series columns, and 
from the top to the bottom in the vertical group columns. The elements 
having like properties and characteristics are in the group columns and they 
are. more or less related to the neighboring elements on either side, to the 
right and the left. 

Hydrogen, which is the element of least weight seems to have no proper 
place in the table. Its relative weight would assign it to the top of the zero 
column, but its properties are very different from the elements in this group, 
as they do not combine with any other while hydrogen is one of the most 
active of the elements. Most authorities now place hydrogen at the head of 
group 1, but, although it has basic characteristics like the elements in this 
group, its molecule consists of two atoms, while the others of the group^ have 
only one, and in liquid and solid forms it exhibits no metallic characteristics, 
which are very prominent in the elements of this group. For these reasons it 
corresponds better with the halogens, their molecule consisting of two atoms; 
and some of the chemical authorities now place hydrogen at the head of 
Group VII. 

Zero Group. This group includes the elements that form no chemical com- 
pounds — helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon. All of these elements are found, 
in small proportions, in the atmosphere. 

Group I. This group is made up of the alkali metals and those metajs that 
have chemical properties like silver. The molecules of the elements in this 
group consist of but one atom (univalent). It is naturally divided into two 
subdivisions corresponding with the properties of the elements. 
Sub-group A. — Li, K, Rb, Ca. 
Sub-group B. — Na, Cu, Ag, Au. 
While all of these elements have similar properties in general, the two sub- 
groups show special similarity in properties. 

Group II. This group contains the alkaline-earth metals and those of the 
zinc group, which are similar in many respects. The elements of this group 
are bivalent. 

Sub-group A. — Be, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra. 
Sub-group B. — Mg, Zn, Cd, Hg. 

Group III. This group, which is commonly known as the aluminum group, 
contains the earth metals. The elements of this group are trivalent. 
Sub-group A.— B, Sc, Yt, La. 
Sub-group B.— Al, Ga, In, Tl, 



242 



Chemical .Elements and Compounds 



Group IV. This ;s commonly known as the carbon group, and contains ele- 
ments having properties and characteristics similar to carbon. 
Sub-group A. — C, Ti, Zr, Ce, Th. 
Sub-group B. — Si, Ge, Sn, Te, Pb. 
Group V. This is the nitrogen group in which is included phosphorus, 
arsenic and bismuth. Up to this group the elements have been mostly 
metallic but here the not-metals become more prominent, gradually increasing 
in metallic characteristics with their increase of atomic weight. 
Sub-group A.— N, V, Nb, Ta. 
Sub-group B.— P, As, Sb, Bi. 
Group VI. In this group appear the very important elements oxygen and 
sulphur heading the sub-groups. 

Sub-group A.— O. Cr, Mo, Nd. W, U. 
Sub-group B. — S. Se, Te. 

Group VII. The halogen group. The halogens fluorine, chlorine, bromine 
and iodine are entirely not-metals and are placed on the opposite end of the 
table from the alkali metals. Their simple compounds with the metals have 
the termination — ides. 

Manganese occupies an isolated position in the periodic system. It is placed 
in this group because of its neighborly relation to iron, and it is only in its 
state of oxidation, permanganic acid, that it is analogous to the corresponding 
chlorine compound HC10 4 , of the halogen group. 

Group VIII. This group contains the metals that do not fit very well into 
the system, but have neighborly relation to some other elements that have pre- 
ceded them in the series in which they are placed. This group begins with 
iron and ends with platinum. 

The foregoing explanation of the periodic table relates mainly to the 
arrangement of the elements and their relation to each other; as shown by 
this arrangement. There is much besides this, that goes to make up the value 
of this table that cannot be considered here, but is explained in technical 
works on chemistry to which our readers are referred. 



COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH. 



• 


Solid Crust 
Percent 


Ucean 
Percent 


Atmosphere 
Percent 


Total 
Percent 


Oxygen 


47.29 
27.21 
7.81 
5.46 
3.77 
2.68 
2.36 
2.40 
0.21 

0.01 

0.33 

0.22 

0.10 
0.08 
0.03 
0.03 
0.01 


85 79 

0.05 
0.14 
1.14 
0.04 
10.67 

2.07 
0.008 

0.002 
0.09 


22.00 

76.60 

- 
0.8 


49.98 
25.30 




7.26 




5.08 




3.51 




2.50 




2.28 




2.23 




0.94 




0.02 




0.15 








0.30 




0.21 




- 


Phosphorus 


0.09 




0.07 


Sulphur 

Barium 


0\04 
0.03 




0.01 








100.00 


100.00 


100.00 


100.00 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 



243 



MINERALS. 

In the broadest sense minerals 
comprise all inorganic substances — 
everything that is neither animal nor 
vegetable. Minerals may be be gas- 
eous, liquid or viscid, but are mostly 
solid under ordinary conditions. 
Water is a mineral that may assume 
a gaseous, liquid or solid state; the 
bones are mineral, although they are 
found in animals and are produced by 
vital processes. Vegetables contain 
mineral substances found in their 
ashes after being burned. In a gen- 
eral sense, however, minerals are un- 
derstood to comprise all manner of 
.rocks, ores, earths and fossils, all 
solid elementary substances and their 
salts and all simple and combined in- 
organic substances. 

Nearly every mineral known, is in 
some form, used in pharmacy or the 
allied arts. Minerals and mineral 
salts were among the first substances 
employed as medicine. The science 
of chemistry owes its early advance- 
ment to the researches of the al- 
chemists and apothecaries in mineral 
substances, and the legends of med- 
icine and pharmacy are mainly based 
upon the wonderful curative powers 
and qualities attributed to minerals. 

The collection of native mineral sub- 
stances does not come within the 
province of pharmacy, and at present 
but few mineral salts are prepared by 
pharmacists, that task — which was, 
formerly, a necessary part of the bus- 
iness and education of the apothe- 
cary — now being given over to the 
manufacturing chemists, who have 
better facilities for making them. 

Metals. — In a general sense, a metal 
is an opaque body, usually having a 
metallic lustre and being, generally, a 
good conductor of heat and electric- 
ity. It may be composed of a single 
elementary substance as iron, silver, 
gold, tin or copper, or of two or more 
metals combined; as type-metal, 
which is composed of lead, anti- 
mony and tin; Babbitt-metal, which 
is composed of tin, copper and anti- 
mony; and brass, which is a combi- 
nation of tin, copper, zinc and other 
metals. In chemistry a metal is an 
"element capable of forming a base, 
by its combination with oxygen, and 
a salt by its combination with a salt 
radical." To illustrate, hydrogen is 



a metal because it unites with oxygen, 
forming a base, hydroxyl (OH). Iron, 
copper, tin, lead, etc. are metals form- 
ing bases (oxides) with oxygen; so- 
dium, potassium and ammonium are 
metals because they form salts with 
salt radicals, as chlorine, bromine, io- 
dine, etc. To the ancients, seven met- 
als were known : Gold, silver, cop- 
per, lead, iron, mercury and tin. An- 
timony was discovered in the fif- 
teenth century; bismuth and zinc in 
the sixteenth; arsenic, chromium, 
cobalt, manganese, molybdenum, 
nickel, platinum, tellurium, tungsten 
and uranium in the eighteenth; and 
all the remaining metals in the nine- 
teenth century. 

The following is a list of recognized 
metals, although, some of them have 
not yet been isolated, being known 
only by their spectrum or by salts 
from which they cannot readily be 
separated. 

Metals. 



Aluminum 

Antimony 

Arsenic 

Barium 

Beryllium 

Bismuth 

Cadmium 

Caesium 

Calcium 

Cereum 

Chromium 

Cobalt 

Columbium, 



Molybdenum 

Nickel 

Niobium 

Osmium 

Palladium 

Platinum 

Potassium 

Radium 

Rhodium 

Rubidium 

Ruthenium 

Samarium 

Scandium 



(Niobium) Silver 

Copper Sodium 

Didymium Strontium 

Erbium Tantalum 

Gallium Terbium 

Germanium Thallium 

Gold Thorium 

Indium Thulium 

Iridium Tin 

Iron Titanium 

Lanthanum Tungsten 

Lead Uranium 

Lithium Vanadium 

Lutecium Ytterbium 

Magnesium Yttrium 

Manganese Zinc 

Mercury Zirconium 

Not-Metals. — Also called "non-met- 
als" and by some authors "metal- 
loids.'' 

When a compound of a metal with 
a not-metal is decomposed by elect- 



244 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 



rolysis, the metal is disengaged at the 
negative pole of the battery, while the 
not-metal is disengaged at the posi- 
tive pole. For this reason the metals 
(being attracted by a substance of an 
opposed electrical state) are called 
''positive" and the not-metals are call- 
ed "negative." There are also other 
characteristics by which they may be 
known which will be considered else- 
where. A considerable number of the 
elements have both metal and not- 
metal characteristics, (as arsenic, tel- 
lurium, etc.), and the line of differ- 
ence between them is not very sharp- 
ly marked, so that under proper con- 
ditons, they may be either metal or 
not-metal. The following are the ele- 
mentary substances recognized as not- 
metals : 

Not-Metals. 
Boron Nitrogen 

Bromine Oxygen 

Carbon Phosphorus 

Chlorine Selenium 

Fluorine Silicon 

Hydrogen Sulphur 

Iodine Tellurium 

Arsenic seems to have both metal 
and not-metal characteristics, and 
antimony, although more metallic 
than arsenic, presents not-metal 
characteristics in some of its com- 
pounds. 

The Zero Group. 

Argon, Helium, Krypton, Neon 
and Xenon are not known to combine 
with any elements and cannot, there- 
fore, be classed either as metals or 
not-metals. 

Inorganic Chemical Compounds. 

The process by which substances 
unite to form other substances or 
compounds is called chemical action, 
or chemicism, and the force with which 
they so unite is called chemical at- 
traction or affinity; mineral chemical 
substances are called inorganic; vege- 
table chemical substances are call- 
ed organic. 

Inorganic chemical compounds are 
produced by the union of mineral 
bases with acids, and the salts thus 
composed constitute a large share of 
the chemicals of pharmacy and com- 
merce. The salts thus formed bearing 
ihe names both of the base and the 
acid of which they are composed; for 
examples, potassium acetate, ferrous 



sulphate, sodium phosphate, etc. Ele- 
mentary substances also unite with 
each other without the intervention of 
an acid, as bromine with potassium, 
forming potassium bromide; mercury 
with iodine, forming mercurous io- 
dide, etc. 

The names of chemical salts are 
distinguished by certain prefixes or 
terminations, which indicate, in a 
manner, the proportions of the com- 
binations. These are shown and ex- 
plained in the abbreviations, etc., in 
the first part of this work. 



Densities of Metals. 

Aluminum 2.6 

Antimony 6.6 

Arsenic 5.7 

Barium 3 7 

Bismuth : 9.8 

Cadmium 8.6 

Caesium 1.9 

Calcium 1.6 

Chromium 6.5 

Cobalt 8.6 

Copper 8.9 

Gold 19.3 

Iron (average) 7.8 

Lead 11.4 

Lithium 0.58 

Magnesium 1.7 

Manganese 7.4 

Mercury 13.6 

Molybdenum 8.6 

Nickel 8.9 

PlaHnum 21.5 

Pc tassium 0.87 

Rubidium 1.5 

Silver 10.5 

Sodium 98 

Strontium 2.5 

Tellurium 6.2 

Thallium 11.8 

Tin 7.3 

Tungsten 19.1 

Vanadium 5.5 

Zinc 7.1 

Densities of Not-Metals. 

Boron 2.5 

Carbon 3. 

(allotropic forms) 

Iodine 5.0 

Phosphorus 1.3 

(allotropic forms) 
Sulphur 2.0 

(allotropic forms) 

Selenium 4.8 

Silicon * 2.3 



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245 



Densities of Gases. 

(In Gms. per liter, at 0°C. and 76 cm.). 

Ammonia 0.762 

Argon 1.782 

Bromine 7.143 

Carbon monoxide 1.251 

Carbon dioxide 1.965 

Chlorine 3.167 

Fluorine 1.697 

Helium 0.179 

Hydrogen 0.090 

Hydrobromic acid 3.620 

Hydrochloric acid 1.628 

Hydrofluoric acid 0.894 

Hydriodic acid 5.710 

Krypton 3.654 

Neon 0.893 

Oxygen 1.430 

Nitrogen 1.254 

Water vapor 0.804 

Xenon 5.720 



Melting Points of the Elements. 

C.° 

Aluminum 650° 

Antimony 625 ° 

Barium 850° 

Bismuth 268° 

Cadmium 320° 

Caesium 27° 

Calcium 770° 

Cobalt 1600° 

Copper 1065° 

Iron (cast) (about) 1200° 

Iodine 113° 

Lead 325° 

Lithium 185° 

Magnesium 630° 

Manganese 1250° 

Mercury — 40° 

Nickel 1500° 

Phosphorus 44° 

Platinum 1800° 

Rubidium 38° 

Silver 955° 

Sodium 97° 

Sulphur 115° 

(several allotropic forms with different 
melting points) 

Strontium (anhydrous) 825° 

Tellurium 450° 

Thallium 300° 

Tin 232° 

Zinc 415° 

Boiling Points of Elements. 
(At 76 cm. pressure). C.° 

Argon —186° 

Bismuth 1450° 

Bromine 63° 



Cadmium 775° 

Chlorine —33.6° 

Copper ' 2100° 

Fluorine —187° 

Helium —267° 

Hydrogen —253° 

Krypton —152° 

Magnesium 1100° 

Mercury 357° 

Nitrogen — 194° 

Oxygen — 182° 

Phosphorus 290° 

Potassium 700° 

Sodium 800° 

Sulphur 444° 

Tellurium 1400° 

Thallium 1700° 

Tin 1500° 

Xenon —109° 

Zinc 925° 



Boiling Points of some com- 
monly known compounds. 

(At pressure of 1 atmosphere, 

76 cm.). C.° 

Acetic Acid, glacial 117 ° 

Acetone 56.5° 

Alcohol, ethyl, U. S. P 78 ° 

Alcohol, methyl 65 ° 

Aldehyde 21 ° 

Ammonia, (liquefied gas) — 33.5° 

Amyl nitrite 96°-99 ° 

Benzin, petroleum 45°-60 ° 

Benzol 80 ° 

Carbon disulphide 46°-47 ° 

Carbon dioxide, (liquefied) . . . — 80 ° 

Chloroform 60°-61 ° 

Creosote 200°-220 ° 

Cresol 195°-205 ° 

Ether, U. S. P 35.5° 

Ether, acetic ...72 ° 

Ethyl chloride 13 ° 

Eucalyptol 176°-177 ° 

Glycerin, (anhydrous) 290 . 

Guaiacol, (liquid) ...200 ° 

Hydrobromic acid, 

(liquefied gas) — 73 ° 

Hydrochloric acid, 

(liquefied gas) —80 ° 

Hydrogen sulphide, 

(liquefied gas) — 62 ° 

Methyl salicylate ....220 ° 

Nitrous oxide, (liquefied gas) — 92 ° 

Oil of turpentine 157 ° 

Phenol 188 ° 

Sulphur dioxide, 

(liquefied gas) — 8 ° 

Sulphur trioxide 46 ° 

Sulphuric acid, C. P 338 ° 

Water, distilled 100 ° 



246 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

AIR — THE ATMOSPHERE. 

Although air is not an element, in the chemical sense of the term, it is a 
medium in which most chemical processes occur and is essential to all forms 
of life. Physicists tell us that it is an elastic gaseous envelope surrounding the 
earth and extending to a height variously estimated at from 45 to 200 miles, 
gradually diminishing in density as it extends upwards, but held in bounds 
by the earth's attraction and revolving with it in its daily revolution on its axis. 

It has been determined by many scientific experiments and calculations that 
the weight of the atmosphere at sea-level is equal to 14.(3 avoirdupois pounds 
per square inch. 

Barometry is that branch of science which relates to the measurement of 
atmospheric weight or pressure, by means of instruments called Barometers. 

Early History of Barometers. 

Torricelli, a pupil of Galileo, in 1(343 had his attention called to a deep well 
near Florence, from which they had attempted, ineffectually, to raise water by 
a suction pump. He found that water could not be made to rise in the pump 
higher than about 32 feet, and, upon reflection, concluded that the weight or 
pressure of air caused the water to rise and that the pressure was only 
sufficient to raise it in a vacuum to the height of 32 feet; that is, that the 
weight or pressure of the air would counterbalance a column of water only 
about 32 feet in height. 

Reasoning from these premises he concluded that a liquid heavier than 
water would be counterbalanced in a vacuum tube at a height corresponding 
to its relative weight. As quicksilver was the heaviest known liquid he chose 
that for his experiments. Taking a glass tube about four feet long and one- 
fourth inch in diameter, he sealed it at one end and filled it with mercury, 
then inverted it into a vessel containing mercury. The mercury in the tube 
immediately sank to the height of about 30 inches, where it remained station- 
ary, showing that the weight of the atmosphere counterbalanced the weight of 
a column of mercury 30 inches high in the tube. Later he bent up the lower, 
end of the tube, thus forming a siphon which retained the mercury in the tube, 
doing away with the vessel which formed a reservoir for the mercury. It was 
then only necessary to graduate the tube of the instrument or to put it into 
a frame in which a scale was arranged to show the changes of pressure of the 
atmosphere. 

The two forms of mercury barometers now commonly used are the cistern 
barometer, as first described, and the siphon barometer made by bending up 
the lower end of the tube as above mentioned. Many forms of mercury bar- 
ometers have been constructed but they are all similar in principle and action 
to those originally invented by Torricelli. 

Aneroid barometer. This is an instrument in which no liquid is used, 
but which is arranged with a cylindrical metal box, from which the air is 
exhausted, and, having a thin metallic cover, is sensitive to atmospheric pres- 
sure, which is transmitted by means of multiplying levers to pointers that 
show on a dial the degrees of pressure; indicating rain, stormy, or fair weather. 
This apparatus, being portable, is very convenient, especially for estimating 
the height of hills and mountains by pressure of the atmosphere. 

Manometer. An instrument constructed for measuring the tension of gases 
or vapors. This is constructed like a mercury barometer, having an open end 
at the top and a bent up tube and reservoir at the bottom, connected with a 
tube which admits the gas or vapor to be tested. The gas or vapor pressing 
upon the mercury in the closed reservoir forces it up in the vertical tube, 
which is graduated in units of one atmosphere, thus showing the amount of 
pressure as compared with atmospheric pressure. 

In all barometers and instruments intended for measuring the pressure of 
gases or vapors the pressure of the atmosphere is taken as the unit. This, at 
sea-level, is taken as 30 inches, and is nearly 15 pounds to the square inch. 
And when a pressure of one atmosphere is stated it means a pressure which 
will sustain a column of mercury 30 inches high which is equal to a pressure 
of 15 pounds (nearly) to the square inch. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 247 

In the ordinary operations of pharmacy and chemistry the barometer is sel- 
dom used, but in physics it is a very important instrument and it is invaluable 
in determining the weight of gases, and in many other exact requirements of 
chemistry. 

Chemical Composition of Air. 

Up to the last quarter of the Eighteenth Century no one knew anything 
about the chemical composition of air. Rutherford discovered nitrogen in 17/2 
and Priestly oxygen in 1774. These discoveries paved the way for rinding the 
composition of air. Priestly continued his work of investigation and Scheele, 
a Swedish apothecary, working independently, at about the same time a few 
years later, announced the discovery of the composition of air as oxygen and 
nitrogen, in the proportion of about one volume of oxygen to four volumes of 
nitrogen; carbonic acid and ammonia in very minute proportions were, after- 
wards, added but it was not until more than a century later that helium, neon, 
argon, krypton and xenon, were discovered as constituents of the atmosphere. 

From a chemical standpoint, oxygen chiefly influences the chemical changes 
that occur in the presence of air. Nitrogen is inert, serving only to dilute the 
oxygen; carbonic acid, in its way, has its uses in supporting vegetation, but 
the rare gases of the atmosphere recently discovered make no combinations 
with other elements. All the gases that compose the atmosphere are con- 
sidered under their appropriate headings in the following pages. 

One cubic foot of air at ordinary pressure weighs l 1 /? ounces av. One pound 
av. of air = 13.333 cubic feet. 

Hygrometry is the act or process of determining the quantity of aqueous 
vapor contained in a given volume of air. In other words the measurement of 
humidity in the atmosphere. The quantity of moisture in the atmosphere is 
constantly changing in accordance with metrological conditions. 

Hygrometers are instruments designed to indicate the moisture or humidity 
of the atmosphere. 

ALUMINIUM. (Aluminum). 

Sym. Al; at. wt. (0 = 16) 27.1; sp. gr., cast, 2.56; hammered, 2.67; melts at 
red heat, about 700° C, not volatile; color, silver white, does not readily tar- 
nish in air or water; very malleable and ductile, may be hammered into leaf, 
like gold leaf; rolled into thin sheets or drawn into fine wire; very tough. 
Not acted upon by most acids except hydrochloric, with which it combines 
vigorously; is acted upon by alkalies. 

In the periodic arrangement of the elements, aluminum is in Group III, 
Series 3, having characteristics similar to the rare metals scandium, yttrium, 
lanthalium and ytterbium. 

The metal aluminum does _not occur in nature uncombined. It was first 
discovered by Wohler in 1S27. He isolated the metal by heating powdered 
aluminum chloride with potassium. At the present time the metal is ob- 
tained chiefly from Beauxite, ALO(OH) 4 , by eiectrolitic reduction. It is 
extensively produced in the U. S. at Niagara Falls, where electric power is 
cheap and abundant. 

Aluminum is a constituent of clay and kaolin (China clay) which are prin- 
cipally aluminum silicate; also feldspar, mica etc., contain it in a base. In 
Greenland a peculiar aluminum combination called cryolite or ice stone, 
3NaF«AlF 3 , is found and this was at one time extensively employed in the 
production of aluminum. 

Although it is itself a very soft metal, its oxides are very hard; corundum 
and emery being used as abrasives. Sapphire and the oriental ruby are ox- 
ides of aluminum colored by traces of other oxides. 

Aluminum metal is much used in the arts for various purposes and for 
making steam jacketed kettles, kitchen utensils etc. It forms valuable alloys 
with other metals which are extensively used, especially aluminum bronze 
which is an alloy of copper with from 5 to 12 percent, of aluminum. It re- 
reduces oxides of many of the metals, especially oxide of iron, with vigorous 
heat, and the reduction, when started, proceeds by itself. A mixture of alumi- 
num powder and iron oxide called "thermit," used for welding, is an example 



248 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

of such a combination. Ultramarine, which is a beautiful blue pigment is made 
by heating together a mixture of clay, soda, sulphur and wood charcoal, so 
enclosed as to avoid contact with air; lapis lazuli is a natural compound of 
aluminum much used for ornamental work. 

Aluminum Salts. 

Alumina. AI2O3. This is the only known oxide of aluminum. It is formed 
by heating aluminum salts or hydroxide of aluminum to a high temperature. 
It is a white, amorphous powder readily soluble in acids. 

Aluminum Amalgam. This may be readily prepared by adding aluminum 
filings to a solution of y 2 percent, corrosive sublimate. It is a neutral 

reducing agent and acts very energetically, decomposing water at ordinary 
temperatures, with evolution of hydrogen and formation of aluminum hy- 
droxide. 

Aluminum Acetate. AL-CCoHsC^e. Made by dissolving aluminum hydrate 
in acetic acid to saturation, evaporating and crystallizing. It is chiefly used 
as a mordant for dyeing and calico printing, but is sometimes used in medi- 
cine for diarrhoea, and as a preservative for animal tissues, and in the form 
of injection for gonorrhoea. 

Aluminum Acctotartrate. By mixing equal parts by weight of glacial 
acetic acid and tartaric acid, adding four times their combined weight of 

Aluminum Benzoate. This may be prepared by dissolving aluminum 
hydroxide to saturation in a concentrated solution of benzoic acid, and evap- 
orating by gentle heat to a dry powder. 

water, and then aluminum hydroxide to saturation, evaporating the solution 
to crystallization, collecting and drying the crystals. 

Aluminum Borate. May be prepared by dissolving aluminum hydroxide to 
saturation in a hot concentrated solution of boric acid. 

Aluminum Bromide. Al 2 Br G . By passing vapor of bromine over a heated 
mixture of alumina and carbon. Sometimes used as an antiseptic. 

Aluminum Chloride. A1C1 3 . This is prepared by the action of chlorine or 
hydrochloric acid on aluminum. It is very hygroscopic. 

An impure solution of aluminum chloride called Chloralum is made by dis- 
solving one part of aluminum hydrate in five parts of commercial hydro- 
chloric acid. It is used for disinfecting. 

Aluminum Fluoride. This combination occurs naturally in the mineral 
cryolite, which is found in large quantities in Greenland. 

Aluminum Hydroxide. AhOs-nHUO, This is deposited when a solution of an 
aluminum salt is treated with ammonia. It is obtained as a white insoluble 
powder. 

Aluminum Iodide. A1 2 I G . By heating aluminum and iodine together in 
closed tubes. 

Aluminum Naphthol-Sulphonate. Alumnol. Prepared by the interaction of 
naphthol-sulphonate with aluminum hydroxide, by the aid of heat. This is 
considerably used as an astringent. 

Aluminum Nitrate. Al 2 (NOs)a:18H 2 0. By dissolving aluminum hydrate in 
nitric acid to saturation, filtering, concentrating and crystallizing. It is deli- 
quescent. 

Aluminum Oxalate. This may be prepared by dissolving aluminum hydroxide 
to saturation in a hot solution of oxalic acid, then evaporating and crystal- 
lizing. 

Aluminum Phenolsulphonate. This preparation which is also called Alum- 
inum Sulphocarbolate, may be prepared by dissolving aluminum hydroxide to 
saturation in phenolsulphonic acid, and evaporating the solution. 

Aluminum Phosphate. Al 2 (PO*) 2 + SH 2 0. This occurs native as a neutral 
gibbsite. Several basic phosphates also occur native as minerals, wavellite etc. 
Aluminum phosphate may be prepared in the laboratory by dissolving alum- 
inum hydroxide to saturation in phosphoric acid and crystallizing or by mix- 
ing a neutral solution of alumina with a solution of sodium phosphate and 
collecting the precipitate. 

Aluminum and Potassium Sulphate. The official Alumen, Alum. See this 
title in Part II. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 249 

Aluminum Salicylate. This may be prepared by dissolving aluminum 
hydroxide in a hot concentrated solution of salicylic' acid, to saturation, and 
evaporating the solution. 

Aluminum Silicate. Kaolin or China Clay. This is found widely distrib- 
uted in nature and is produced by the weathering of various alkali aluminum 
double silicates, the alkali silicate being dissolved out, leaving the insoluble 
aluminum silicate. It is extensively used in the arts in the production of pot- 
tery and china ware, and is official in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia as an ingred- 
ient of plastic applications. 

Aluminum Sulphate. A1 2 (S04) 3 -16H 2 0. This is obtained by treating clay 
or aluminum shale with sulphuric acid. The product is dissolved in water 
and allowed to crystallize. It unites with alkali salts forming .double sul- 
phates, as the alums, either ammonium or potassium alum. 

Aluminum Tanate. By triturating 1 part of aluminum hydrate and 2 parts 
of tannic acid with sufficient water to make a mixture the consistence of 
syrup, and then evaporating to dryness by a heat not over 120°F. It is used 
in dysentery, hemorrhage etc., in doses of three to twelve grains. 

Aluminum Tartrate. This may be prepared by dissolving aluminum hy- 
droxide to saturation in a strong solution of tartaric acid, evaporating 
the solution to crystallization, collecting and drying the crystals. 

Other salts of aluminum may be prepared with other acids and elements, but 
the foregoing are all that are generally known. 

For other aluminum salts and combinations see Part II. 

AMMONIUM. 

Sym. NEL; at. wt. IS. A hypothetical metal, the analogue of potassium 
and sodium. Although it is not classed with the elements, it has the same 
characteristics as the alkali metals. The metal ammonium has not yet been 
authoritatively isolated, but it is reported that Weyl succeeded in obtaining 
it as a dark-blue liquid, having a metallic lustre. Its composition is there- 
fore only known by its characteristics in its compounds, which correspond 
with the chemical formula (NHL) assigned to it. It is a univalent radical 
like potassium or sodium and its compounds or salts closely resemble them. 

The salts of ammonium are mostly colorless and very soluble in water; 
they are volatilized at high temperatures, and when heated with the hydrates 
of potassium, sodium or calcium are decomposed with evolution of am- 
monia gas. 

The derivatives and salts of ammonium are extensively used in pharmacy, 
medicine and the arts, the commercial basis of them being chiefly the waste 
"ammoniacal liquor'' of gas works, which is neutralized either with sulphuric 
acid, forming ammonium sulphate, or with hydrochloric acid, forming crude 
ammonium chloride, (sal-ammoniac), which may be converted into any of 
the ammonium compounds. 

Ammonium Amalgam. The nearest approach to the metal ammonium is 
ammonium amalgam, which is made by dissolving potassium in mercury and 
adding a strong solution of ammonium chloride to it. It is a spongy metal- 
lic substance, which as soon as formed begins to decompose into ammonia, 
mercury and hydrogen. 

Alkamides are ammonia compounds intermediate between amides and am- 
ines, containing both acid and basic radicals. 

Amides are compounds derived from ammonia by replacing one or more 
of its atoms of hydrogen by an acid radical. All the known amides are white 
crystalline solids, many of them having both acid and basic properties. They 
include most of the non-volatile alkaloids and the ammonia derivatives of the 
haloid and etherial salts etc. They are known as monamides, diamides and 
triamides, according to their formation and combination. 

Amidogen. NH 2 This is a hypothetical body composed of one atom of 
nitrogen and two of hydrogen As its name indicates, it is the generator 
of amides, which it forms by combining with other bodies. 

Amines are compounds derived from ammonia by replacing one or more 
of its atoms of hydrogen with a basic radical. They consist of the volatile 



250 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

alkaloids, the artificial alkaloids, the ammonia derivatives of the alcohol radi- 
cals and other hydrocarbons etc. They are known as monamines, dia- 
mines, or triamines, according as the hydrogen is displaced from a single, 
double, or triple molecule of ammonia. 

Ammonia. Ammonia Gas. Ammonium Hydrate. 
Sym. NH,; at. wt. 16.93. 

Gaseous ammonia was first made known by Priestly in 17S5. It is known 
by its peculiar odor and by its property of restoring the color of blue lit- 
mus which has been reddened by acids, or by forming a white cloud with 
the vapor of hydrochloric acid. In pharmacy its solution in water (which 
is known in the United States as ammonia water and in Great Britain. France 
and Germany as solution of ammonia) is the only form in which it is availa- 
ble, but in the arts gaseous ammonia is considerably employed. It is pro- 
duced in nature by the decomposition of animal and some vegetable sub- 
stances, but it is mainly supplied to commerce from the waste products of gas 
manufacture. It is retained for use in the form of some of its stable salts 
with acids. 

It is strongly alkaline, and is sometimes called animal alkali, volatile alkali 
etc. 

It unites with nearly all acids to form stable salts, and dissolves freely in 
water — 1 volume of water dissolving nearly 700 volumes of the gas — but it 
escapes freely from its aqueous solution when exposed; hence the penetrating 
odor of ammonia water. In the form of gas it is used by inhalation from its 
solution as a quick stimulant and restorative for syncope, collapse etc., and 
as a domestic remedy for headache and many other ailments. 

In the past few years ammonia gas, liquified by pressure, has come into ex- 
tensive use for making ice and artirical cold. Ammonia gas is condensed, by 
pumping engines, to a liquid and conveyed through pipes, under pressure; 
where it is designed to produce cold the liquid ammonia is liberated into 
larger pipes where it again becomes gaseous, causing abstraction of latent 
heat, and low pressure. 

Ammonium Salts. 

Ammonium forms salts with nearly all the mineral and vegetable acids. 
They are generally colorless and very soluble in water. A few only are 
official in the U. S.. less in the Br., and still less in the G. P. Those unofficial 
in the U. S. P.. are but little used in medicine or pharmacy. The following 
are the salts of ammonia generally recognized. The official salts are more 
fully described in Part II. 

Ammonium Arsenate. (XH 4 )^HAsO + . Made by saturating a concentrated 
solution of arsenic acid with ammonia water and allowing it to evaporate 
spontaneously. A double salt of arsenic frequently employed in medicine. 

Ammonium Benzoate. XH4C7H.-.O2. U. S. Official in U. S.. Br. and sev- 
eral European Ph. See Part II. 

Ammonium Bicarbonate. (NHi)HCO ; . Add one part of powdered am- 
monium carbonate to two parts of water, agitate and decant the liquid, the 
residue remaining is the ammonium bicarbonate. 

Ammonium Bichromate. (NFL^Cr^. Official in Fr. under title Bichro- 
mate d'ammoniaque. See Part II. 

Ammonium Biphosphate. This may be prepared by adding an excess of 
phosphoric acid to ammonia solution, evaporating and crystallizing. 

Bisulphate and Bisulphite of Ammonium may be prepared in the same 
manner with corresponding acids. 

Ammonium Bitartrate. By adding tartaric acid in excess to ammonia water, 
evaporating and crystallizing. 

Ammonium Borate. 2(NH 4 HB 2 04),3FFO. Dissolve one part of boric 
acid in three parts of warm ammonia water, 10 percent., allow to cool slowly 
and crystallize. Used for the same purpose as sodium borate or common 
borax. 

Ammonium Bromide. NFL Br., U. S. Official in most pharmacopoeias. 
See Part II. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 251 

Ammonium Carbonate. C2H11N3O5. U. S. Official in all pharmacopoeias. 

See Part II. 

Ammonium Carbazotate or Picrate. Add carbazotic (picric) acid to 
stronger ammonia water to neutralize, allow to evaporate spontaneously and 
crystallize. 

Ammonium Chloride. NH.C1. U. S. Official in all pharmacopoeias. See 
Part II. 

Ammonium Chloroplatinate. By saturating a solution of chloroplatinic 
acid with ammonia, evaporating and crystallizing. 

Ammonium Chromate. By neutralizing a solution of chromic acid with 
ammonia water, evaporating and crystallizing. 

Ammonium Citrate. (NBDsCeHsOr + SHUO. Add citric acid to ammonia 
water to neutralize, concentrate and crystallize. This assists in dissolving 
salts of quinine and other salts of alkaloids. 

Ammonium Dichromate. The same as Ammonium Bichromate. Prepared 
by adding chromic acid to. saturation in ammonia water, evaporating and 
crystallizing. 

Ammonium Embelate. Prepared by saturating a solution of embelic acid 
with ammonia. Used as a remedy for tape-worm. Dose, Vi 5 grain in pills, 
for children 3 times a day, for adults, 7 times a day. 

Ammonium Fluoride. NHJ. Made by saturating hydrofluoric acid with 
ammonia water. 

Ammonium Formate. NfUCHOa. Neutralize formic acid with ammonia 
water, concentrate and crystallize. 

Ammonium Gallate. Add gallic acid to stronger ammonia water to satu- 
ration, concentrate and crystallize. 

Ammonium Hydrosulphide or Sulphide. NH4HS. By passing sulphuret- 
ted hydrogen gas through ammonia water, a solution may be obtained, or by 
mixing gaseous ammonia with sulphuretted hydrogen gas at low temperature 
crystals are formed. 

Ammonium Hypophosphite. By neutralizing ammonia water with hypo- 
phosphorous acid, concentrating and crystallizing. This is used in combina- 
tion with other hypophosphites in syrups and solutions. 

Ammonium Iodide. NHJ. U. S. Official in the U. S. and several of the 
European pharmacopoeias. See Part II. 

Ammonium Molybdate. Made by neutralizing molybdic acid with am- 
monia. Ammonium Phosphomolybdate is a compound with phosphoric acid. 

These salts are used as tests for organic bases, which they precipitate. 

Ammonium Nitrate. NPUNOs. Formerly official in U. S., Br. and several 
European pharmacopoeias. See Part II. 

Ammonium Nitrite. To a solution of silver nitrate add a solution of am- 
monium chloride and evaporate the cleared solution poured from the pre- 
cipitate over sulphuric acid to dryness. This is used as a diuretic. 

Ammonium Oxalate. To a hot solution of oxalic acid add ammonium car- 
bonate until neutralized, concentrate the solution and crystallize. It is used 
in chemistry as a test for calcium, with which it produces a white precipitate 
soluble in nitric acid. . 

Ammonium Phenolsulphonate. The same as ammonium sulphocarbolate, 

see above. . . 

Ammonium Phenylate or Phenylamine is produced in small quantities when 
carbolic acid is heated in sealed tubes with ammonia. It is know in the mar- 
ket as aniline or "aniline oil," the base of aniline dyes. See Aniline. 

Ammonium Phosphate. (NfU) 2 HP04. Br. Official in Br. and some 
European pharmacopoeias. See Part II. 

Ammonium Picrate. Prepared by adding picric acid to ammonia water until 
saturated, then evaporating and crystallizing. Other acids may be combined 
with picric acid, and corresponding ammonium compounds prepared. 

Ammonium Salicylate. NHX7H5O3. U. S. Made official in the 8th re- 
vision. Add salicylic acid to ammonia water until it is neutralized, then evap- 
orate and crystallize. Used in rheumatism and neuralgia, the same as sodium 
salicylate. See Part II. 



252 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Ammonium Succinate. Dissolve one part of succinic acid in four parts of 
water, neutralize with ammonium carbonate, in slight excess, evaporate and 
crystallize. 

Ammonium Sulfoichthyolicum. Ichthyol. Official in the Swiss P. Ob- 
tained by the dry distillation of bituminous mineral containing fossil fish. 
Used externally. 

Ammonium Sulphate. (NHO2SO4. This is the basic of many of the am- 
monium salts. It is produced by neutralizing gas liquor or fcetid bone spirit 
with sulphuric acid and crystallizing. It is official in some European pharma- 
copoeias and will be more fully described in Part II. 

Ammonium Sulphide Solution. This may be prepared by passing sulphurous 
acid gas into ammonia water to saturation. 

Ammonium Sulphite. NH4HSO3. This is made by passing sulphurous acid 
gas into an alcohol solution of ammonia and collecting the precipitate. 

Ammonium Sulphocarbolate. By neutralizing sulphocarbolic acid with 
ammonia, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Ammonium Sulphocyanate. NELCNS. Neutralize hydrosulphocyanic acid 
with ammonia, or dissolve carbon bisulphide in alcohol and heat in the pres- 
ence of ammonia water, then concentrate by evaporation and crystallize. 

Ammonium and Potassium Tartrate. By adding ammonia water to a hot 
solution of cream of tartar until neutralized, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Ammonium Tartrate. By neutralizing a solution of tartaric acid with am- 
monia, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Ammonium Urate. CoHsCNOO^Os. A white amorphous salt, formed by 
the union of uric acid and ammonia. It is used externally in the form of 
ointment, 20 grains to an ounce, for chronic eczema. 

Ammonium Valerate. NH 4 QH 9 2 . U. S. Also official in several Euro- 
pean pharmacopoeias. See Part II. 

Ammonium Vanadate. Neutralize vanadic acid with ammonia, concentrate 
and crystallize. 

Many other ammonium salts are formed with various acids and compounds, 
but these mentioned are all that are generally used in pharmacy. 

ANTIMONY. (Stibium). 

Sym. Sb. {Stibium); at. wt. (0 = 16) 120.2; sp. gr. 6.7; melts at 430°C. and 
vaporizes at a red heat, sp. gr. of vapor, 1640°C. is 9.78 (air = l); color, bluish, 
silver-white, with metallic luster; it is neither malleable nor ductile, but has 
a marked crystalline structure and is readily pulverized to a fine powder; 
crystals are octahedral, nearly cubical. It does not tarnish in air and is not 
readily acted upon by acids but is difficultly soluble in hot concentrated hy- 
drochloric or sulphuric acids and more soluble in nitrohydrochloric acid. 

It is both trivalent and quinquivalent. It combines with hydrogen forming 
stibine, SbH 3 , a gas, and with the halogens directly, producing scintillations; 
with oxygen forming three oxides, and with sulphur forming two compounds. 
These combinations will be further noticed in Part II. In periodic arrange- 
ment antimony is in Group V, Sub-group B, -having characteristics similar to 
arsenic and phosphorous. 

The metal antimony seldom occurs in nature as pure metal, but is found, 
abundantly, as a sulphide from which it is chiefly obtained. It forms alloys 
with many of the metals, especially with tin and lead, and has the peculiar 
property of expanding while cooling which makes it invaluable as an alloy 
for type-metal, sterotype-metal, linotype-metal and castings, which require 
expansion to fill matrices or forms. 

Antimony was first made known by Valentine, a German alchemist, in 1450 
and was the first of the combined elements to be isolated. 

Stibnite, Sb2S 3 , was known to the ancients and was mentioned by Dios- 
corides and Pliny as Stibium. This was sulphide of antimony and was used 
as a medicine and as. a pigment for darkening eyebrows, but the metal itself 
was first made known by Valentine. Antimony metal is extensively used 
in the arts for making Babbitt metal and type metal alloys, and its chemical 
compounds are considerably used in medicine. See Part II. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 253 

Alloys. 

The ore, stibnite, from which antimony is chiefly produced, was called by 
the alchemists^ lupus metallorum and the metal itself was called regulus or 
regulus of antimony. It is one of the most important alloy metals we pos- 
sess. The principal alloys in which it is employed are : 

Babbitt-Metal. The best Babbitt anti-friction metal, which is uses as boxes 
for the journals or axles of machinery, is composed of tin 10 parts, copper and 
antimony, each 1 part. A cheaper alloy is made by using a portion of lead 
in place of tin. 

Britannia-Metal. The best Britannia Metal is composed of tin 81 parts, 
antimony 16 parts, copper 2 parts, zinc 1 part. Other grades of Britannia are 
required to be softer for various purposes, and a smaller proportion of 
antimony is used. Lead is also used in cheaper grades in place of a portion 
of the tin. 

. Linotype-Metal, for typesetting machines; lead 85 parts, antimony 13 
parts, tin 2 parts. 

Pewter. The best plate pewter is made with tin 85 parts, antimony 8 parts, 
copper 5 parts, bismuth 2 parts. Cheap pewter is made of lead a id tin only. 

Stereotype-Metal is made of lead 112 parts, antimony 18 parts, tin 3 parts. 

Type-Metal. This is made of lead 80 to 83 parts, and antimony 17 to 20 
parts. Other metals are often added, and varying proportions of lead and 
antimony are used. 

Lead 75 parts, antimony 20 parts, tin 5 parts; or lead 70 parts, antimony 
25 parts, tin 5 parts, are good proportions. Many tyocfoundeis use a small 
proportion of copper in the alloy. 

Salts. 

Of the many salts and preparations of antimony that were formerly used in 
medicine, but few are now employed. 

The following are the more important : 

Antimony Arsenate and Antimony Arsenite. These compounds of antimony 
with arsenic occur naturally in many of the ores from which antimony is 
produced. They can also be made by combining them. 

Antimony Bromide. SbBr 3 . Made by adding dry antimony to bromine in 
a retort, agitating until the reaction is complete, then purifying by distillation 
and collecting the crystals. 

Antimony Fluoride. SbFl 3 . By distilling antimony and fluoride of mercury 
together and collecting the white mass. 

Antimony Iodide. Sbl 2 . By combining antimony and iodine and allowing 
them to remain in combination until the reaction is completed. 

Antimonious Oxide. Sb 4 O . This is official in the Br. P. and will be des- 
cribed in Part II. 

Antimony Oxides. Besides the Br. official oxide (trioxide) of antimony, it 
forms a tetroxide, SbaO*, known as Antimonious Acid, and a pentoxide, SbsO.-,, 
known as Antimonic Anhydride. 

Antimony Oxychloride. SbOCl. Powder of Algaroth. By pouring sol- 
ution of antimony chloride into a considerable quantity of water, this salt 
is precipitated. 

Antimony Oxysulphide. Kermes Mineral, Golden Sulphide of Antimony. 
By boiling one Troy ounce of sulphide of antimony for one hour with sixteen 
pints of water and ^twenty three Troy ounces of sodium carbonate, then al- 
lowing to stand 24 hours, collecting the precipitate, washing and drying. It 
is a mixture of sulphide and oxide of antimony; was formerly official but is 
now seldom used. Uses the same as sulphurated antimony. 

Antimony Sulphate. Sb 2 (S04) B . By boiling antimony with strong sulphuric 
acid and collecting the white mass. 

Antimony and Potassium Tartrate. Tartar Emetic. This is the only an- 
timony compound now official in the U. S. P. It will be described in Part II. 

Antimonious Sulphide. This is official in the Br. P. under the title Anti- 
monium Nigrum Purificatum; the process for preparing it is given in Part II. 

Antimony Trichloride. SbCl :; . Prepared by treating antimony sulphide or 
oxide with concentrated hydrochloric acid. This forms a soft laminar-crystal- 



254 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

line mass which was formerly known as "Antimony Butter." This melts at 
"<3.5°C. and boils at 223.5°. It dissolves in water containing hydrochloric 
acid. When water alone in excess is added it is decomposed, forming the 
oxychloride of antimony known as "Powder of Algaroth," which was formerly 
used in medicine. Solution of antimony chloride was official in the 1885 Br. 
P., but is now dismissed. This solution was commonly, but improperly called 
Butter of Antimony. 

Crocus of Antimony is made by fusing equal parts of black antimony and 
saltpetre together. Liver of Antimony by fusing 7 parts of black antimony 
with 2 parts of dry sodium carbonate. Ethiops of Antimony by triturating 1 
part of mercury with 2 parts of black antimony until the mercury is ex- 
tinguished. 

Sulphurated Antimony. Kermes Mineral, is also official in the Br. P. Its 
formula will be found in Part II. 

Vitrified Antimony. Glass of Antimony. By roasting antimony sulphide 
first in a shallow vessel, and then melting it in a crucible, and pouring it upon 
an iron plate. 

ARGON. 
Sym. A; at. wt. (0 = 16) 39.88; density, 1.782 (air = l). 

A colorless, odorless gas. Its molecules consist of only one atom. It may 
be condensed by compression of about 50.6 atmospheres and by cooling with 
boiling oxygen, to a colorless liquid which boils at — 186°C. It solidifies at 
— 189°C. It has not as yet been found to combine with any other element. 

Argon was discovered in the atmosphere by Rayleigh and Ramsay in 1894 
and it was found that the atmosphere contains of this gas 0.9 per cent, by 
volume or 1.2 per cent, by weight. It was so associated with nitrogen that it 
had been previously overlooked in investigations, of the atmosphere. 1 liter 
of so-called nitrogen from the air at 0°C. weighed 1.2572 grams, while nitrogen 
obtained from chemical compounds weighed 1.2521 grams. This led the in- 
vestigators to the discovery of the element, Argon, as distinguished from 
nitrogen, and also led to the discovery of helium, neon, krypton and xenon, 
as constituents of the atmosphere. 

These five gases are not known to combine with any other elements and are 
simply mixtures in the atmosphere with its other gaseous constituents. They 
form the Zero group of the Periodic system and are, so far, unavailable for 
any known purpose. 

ARSENIC. 

Sym. As; at wt. (0 = 16) 75; sp. gr. cryst. 5.7, amorp. 4.71; volatilizes with- 
out melting but may be melted under pressure at higher temperatures; vapor 
density at 860°C, (air =1) 149.84; density less at higher degree of heat; sub- 
limes at 200° C. Two allotropic forms occur, amorphous, black, shiny mass, 
very brittle, like glass; crystalline, acute, hexagonal rhombohedra, marked 
metallic luster, steel-gray color; the amorphous form is changed into the crys- 
talline by heating to 360° C. When arsenic, is heated in a glass tube the am- 
orphous form is deposited in the tube near the flame as a black mirror, while 
the bright, shiny crystals of the other form appear further on in the cooler 
portion of the tube. When heated to 450° C. arsenic volatilizes giving vapors 
of lemon-yellow color and strong garlicky odor. It is neither malleable nor 
ductile but is a good conductor of heat and electricity. Chemically, arsenic 
is almost entirely a not-metal and unites directly with most metals, forming 
arsenides; it also has metal characteristics and is, therefore, classed both with 
the metals and not-metals. Arsenic is used in shot-making to give them 
smooth spherical form, and its oxides are extensively used in making aniline 
dyes and glass. For chemical compounds of arsenic, see Part II. Arsenic 
was discovered in 1694 by Schroder, a German chemist. 

Arsenic is both trivalent and quinquivalent, with hydrogen it forms the gas, 
arsine, AsH* with the halogens it forms poisonous compounds, with oxygen 
it forms two compounds and with many metals arsenous or arsenic salts corre- 
sponding to the oxides, and with sulphur and phosphorus it forms character- 
istic compounds. In periodic arrangement it is in Group V, Series 5, having 
properties similar to phosphorus and antimony. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 255 

Arsenic very much reseml.'es Antimony in its chemical characteristics. It 
is found in nature as a free metal, but is more abundant in ores, or combined 
with other metals as an alloy, or in the form of salts, its sulphides being most 
common. With oxygen it forms Arsenous Oxide, As 2 0, and Arsenic, As 2 On, 
which is the white arsenic of commerce. With sulp'.ur it forms a disulphide 
known as realgar or ruby sulphur, As 2 S 2 ; a trisulphide known as orpiment or 
yellow sulphide, As 2 S 3 ; and a pentasulphide, As-S.-,. With hydrogen and oxy- 
gen it forms true Arsenous Acid, H 3 As0 3 , and Arseric Acid, FLAsC; the for- 
mer combines with some bases to form salts known as Arsenitcs. and the 
latter form Arsenates. 

The oxides and sulphides of arsenic are considerably used in the arts, and 
somewhat, though not so much as formerly, employed in pharmacy and med- 
icine. 

Arsenic Compounds. 

In the U. S. P. Arsenious iodide and Arsenic trioxide are official. But few 
other arsenic salts are used. The following list includes the mo'e important: 

Arsenic Antidote. This is official' in the U. S. P. under the title Ferri 
Hydroxidum Cum Magnesii Oxido. The formula etc., will be found under that 
heading in Part II. 

Arsen- and Arseno- Compounds. A great many compounds of arsenic with 
other elements and organicderivitives are found in the market and are usually 
known under brand or trade names. Several of these will be mentioned under 
Arsenic Trioxide in Part II. 

Arsenic Bisulphide, or Realgar. As 2 S 2 . Made by fusirg together 5 parts of 
arsenous acid and 3 parts of sulphur. 

Arsenic Bromide. AsBr. ; . By dusting arsenic in powder in a retort filled 
with bromine vapor, and distilling. 

Arsenic Chloride. As'Cls. By acting on metallic arscni: with chlorine gas. 

Arsenic Iodide. Asl 3 . Prepared by the direct combination of arsenic and 
iodine. It is official and is used as a caustic in solution for morbid growths 
and warts, and for preparing Donovan's Solution, which is administered in- 
ternally as an alterative. See Part II. 

Arsenic Phosphate and Arsenic Phosphide are combinations of phosphorus 
with arsenic, sometimes used in medicine. They are supplied by manufac- 
turing chemists. 

Arsenic Trioxide. As 2 0^. The white arsenic of commerce, official in all 
pharmacopoeias. It is fully described in Part II. 

Arsenic Trisulphide or Orpiment. As 2 S 2 . By fusing 5 parts of arsenous 
acid with 5 parts of sulphur. 

Sodium Arsenate. U. S., Br. See Sodii Arsenas. 

BARIUM. 

Sym. Ba; at. wt. (0 = 16) 137.37; sp. gr. 3.75; melts at 850°C; not volatile; 
color, greenish, silver-white; gradually oxidizes in air, forming barata or bary- 
tes, (barium oxide), BaO; decomposes water vigorously, forming barium 
hydroxide, Ba (OH) 2 ; malleable; combines as a bivalent with the halogen 
elements and most of the acids. 

Barium is one of the group of alkaline earths and occurs native as barite 
or heavy spar, BaS0 4 and as witherite, BaCO.-?. In preparing salts of barium 
witherite is first reduced by ignition with charcoal and the product then dis- 
solved in any of the acids. 

In periodic arrangement, barium is in Group II, Series 8, classed with cal- 
cium, strontium etc. 

Barium was isolated both by Davy and Berzelius in 1808. It is now mostly 
prepared from the fused chloride by electrolysis. The salts of barium are 
much used in the arts and considerably in medicine, especially in the prepara- 
tion of hydrogen peroxide solution. 

Salts of Barium. 

No salts of barium are now official in the U. S. or Br. P., but a few are 
recognized in European pharmacopoeias. Barium Dioxide was official in the 
7th revision of the U. S., but has been dismissed. 



256 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

The following is a list of the chemical compounds of Barium which may be 
required in chemistry or medicine. Several of the barium salts are used for 
making test solutions. 

Barium Acetate. Ba(C\HO.).. Made by neutralizing acetic acid with 
barium carbonate, evaporating and drying. 

Barium Arsenate. Ba«(As0 2 )2. By precipitating a solution of potassium 
arsenate with a solution of barium chloride. Given in skin diseases in d 
of Vi6 to y± grain. 

Barium Benzoate. Ba( CtHO,).»-2H,0. By neutralizing a solution of ben- 
zoic acid with barium carbonate, evaporating and crystallizing. 

Barium Bromide. BaBr.2H,0. By saturating a solution of caustic baryta 
with hydrobromic acid, evaporating and crystallizing. 

Barium Carbonate. BaCO . This is found abundantly in nature, the native 
carbonate being called Witherite. This is sufficiently pure for industrial and 
commercial purposes. It is used as the manufacturing basis of most of the 
barium salts, also for tests. It is very poisonous. May be employed as a rat 
poison or for other similar purposes. It is also used in face powder and 
liquid cosmetics, and is considerably used in place of lead carbonate for 
adulterating paint. 

Barium Chloride. BaCl;-2HiO. By dissolving barium carbonate in hydro- 
chloric acid, evaporating and crystallizing. Used for making test solutions 
(see Solutions), and in medicine as an alterative, in doses of 1/ ± to l / 2 grain, 
also externally in solution. 

Barium Chromate. BaCrG*. By adding baryta water (solution of caustic 
barium) to a solution of potassium chlorate! washing and drying the precipitate. 

Barium Dioxide. BaCU This barium salt is used chiefly for the production 
oi solution of hydrogen peroxide. It is almost insoluble in cold water, but 
dissolves readily in hydrochloric, phosphoric or other mineral acids, which 
decompose it. forming salts of barium corresponding to the acids used. 

Barium Hydroxide or Hydrate. Ba(OH) 2 . By digesting caustic baryta 
(barium oxide) with a little water, the elements of the water are assimilated, 
yielding barium hydroxide, or it ma}" be crystallized from baryta water by 
evaporation. Baryta Water is made by dissolving the hydroxide thus formed 
in water to saturation. Used as a test solution. 

Barium Iodide. BaJ. By adding iodine gradually in excess, to a solution 
of barium sulphate. When the reaction is finished filter the solution, evaporate 
and crystallize. 

Barium Nitrate. Bai.XO ).-.. By decomposing a solution of sodium nitrate 
with a solution of barium chloride, collecting the precipitate, washing and 
drying. This is used for making a test solution. (See Solutions). 

Barium Oxalate. BaGO*. By precipitating a solution of barium oxide with 
a solution of oxalic acid, collecting, washing and drying. 

Barium Oxide. Baryta. Barytes. Caustic Baryta. BaO. This is a very 
caustic, corrosive, alkaline substance, which may be made by calcining some of 
the salts of barium, or decomposing solution of barium sulphide by oxide of 
zinc. Barii Dioxidum, Barium Dioxide or Barium Peroxide, BaO;. is prepared 
by passing a stream of oxygen or air through a tube containing baryta heated 
to a dull redness. By treating with diluted hydrochloric acid it yields solution 
of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). 

Barium Sulphate. BaS0 4 . This is found native as baryte or heavy spar. 
or may be prepared by decomposing a solution of barium chloride with sul- 
phuric acid, collecting the precipitate, washing and drying. 

Barium Peroxide, BaC^. is formed upon heating the oxide in a current of air 
or oxygen, the vapor introduced into dilute sulphuric acid causes a precipi- 
tate of barium sulphate and leaves hydrogen peroxide free in the solution. 

Barium Sulphide, BaS: and Barium Sulphite, BaSO... are other compounds 
of sulphur and oxygen with barium, sometimes used. 

Some of the barium salts are used in combination with chlorides for making 
colored fires of a greenish color, or for giving a greenish color to flame. 

Antidotes. For poisoning by soluble salts of barium an}' of the soluble sul- 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 257 

phates in solution may be given, as Epsom Salts, Glauber's Salt, alum etc. They 
form insoluble barium sulphate. 

Other compounds of barium will be noted in Part II. 

Many other compounds of barium are made by manufacturing chemists, but 
are seldom used except for testing. They are listed in chemical catalogues 
and may be had if desired. 

BERYLLIUM. (Glucinum). 

Sym. Be or Gl; at wt. 9.1; sp. gr. 1.64; has a bright, white luster and is per- 
manent in air at ordinary temperatures. It does not decompose water vapor 
at red heat, is malleable and resembles aluminum in its chemical properties. 

In periodic arrangement it stands at the head of Group II, Series 2, having 
properties similar to magnesium. 

This rare element does not occur in nature, but is found chiefly in beryl from 
which it was isolated by Wohler and Bussy, German chemists, in 1828. They 
obtained it by fusing beryl with potassium carbonate, treating the fused mass 
with sulphuric acid which precipitated silica and formed alum, which crys- 
tllized out, while beryllium sulphate remained in solution; this solution was 
then mixed with hot solution of ammonium carbonate to precipitate alumi- 
num and iron and beryllium still remained in solution. The solution was 
then acidified with hydrochloric acid and the beryllium hydroxide precipitated 
by the addition of ammonia. The metal may be obtained from its hydroxide 
by reduction. It forms one oxide, BeO; hydroxide, Be (OH):; sulphate, 
BeS0 4 ; chloride, BeCU and many other combinations with acids. It is not 
used medicinally. 

BISMUTH. 

Sym. Bi; at. wt. (<D = 16) 2.S; sp. gr. 9.82; melts at 286.3°C. and boils above 
1000° C.; reddish-white color, metallic luster, crystallizes, very brittle, un- 
affected by air at ordinary temperatures but on being heated in air becomes 
a trioxide, combines directly with the halogens, but is not acted upon by 
hydrochloric or sulphuric acids at ordinary temperatures. With nitric acid 
it combines forming bismuth nitrate (neutral) Bi (N0 3 )s and by treating the 
nitrate with 20 parts of boiling water forms bismuth subnitrate in which form 
it is chiefly used in medicine. 

Bismuth was first discovered by Valentine, a German alchemist, in 1450. 
It is found chiefly native, but is also found as a sulphide ore, bismuth glance, 
Bi 2 S 3 , and as a telluride. The native metal is usually very pure., but if re- 
fining is necessary the melted metal is poured over a hot, slightly inclined 
plate of iron so that impurities are oxidized. 

Because of its readily fusible qualities when alloyed with certain metals it is 
considerably employed for making fusible metals. See alloys. 

Bismuth is both trivalent and quinquivalent, being grouped with antimony 
and arsenic in periodic arrangement, Group V, Series 11. No hydrogen com- 
pounds of bismuth have been found. 

Bismuth combines with most of the organic acids, forming compounds used 
in medicine. See Part II. 

Alloys. 

When Bismuth is melted, upon cooling is expands Vs2 of its volume. This 
property makes it valuable for making electrotype plates and castings which 
are required to expand upon cooling, but because it is not so hard as anti- 
mony which has the same property and because of its greater cost, it is but 
little used for this purpose. The following are the chief alloys of bismuth: 

Bismuth Amalgam is formed by adding 2 parts of hot mercury to 1 part of 
fused bismuth. 

Electrotype moulds, An alloy for electrotype moulds may be made with 
bismuth 8 parts, lead, S and tin 3. It melts at 22S°F., and is allowed to cool 
until it becomes pasty, when the warmed cut, medal, or other device is pressed 
upon it and kept in contact until cool. 

Fusible Metal. With lead and tin bismuth forms alloys known as Fusible 
Metal, which have very low melting points, the temperature required to fuse 
them being less than that of boiling water.- 



258 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Darcet's Fusible Metal consists of bismuth 2 parts, lead 1 part, tin 1 part. 
It fuses at 93°C. (199. 2°F.). Another combination of the three metals liquifies 
at a still lower temperature. When cadmium is added the fusibility of these 
alloys is increased. 

Newton's Fusible Metal consists of bismuth S parts, lead 1 part, and tin 
3 parts. It fuses at 94.5°C. (202°F.). 

Wood's Fusible Metal consists of 1 to 2 parts of cadmium, 2 of tin, 2 of lead, 
and 7 to 8 parts of bismuth, melts between 60° and 71 °C; another described 
by Lipowitz, consists of 8 parts of lead, 15 of bismuth, 4 of tin, and 3 of cad- 
mium, softens at 55° and liquifies at at 60°C. 

These alloys are used as safety plugs for water pipes designed for fire pro- 
tection; when the heat in a room rises to a degree which melts the alloy, water 
is liberated from a sprinkling device and the fire is automatically extin- 
guished. 

Soft Solder for mending pewter and other ware, melting at a low tempera- 
ture, is made by melting together 1 part of bismuth, 2 of tin, and 1 of lead. 
This same composition is also used as a bath for tempering steel, and for 
making moulds for cakes of fancy soap etc. 

Other alloys of bismuth with silver, platinum, copper or other metals may 
be made but they have no industrial application. 

Salts of Bismuth. 

The following salts of bismuth are prepared and many of them are used in 
medicine : 

Bismuth Acetate. This may be made by the interaction of bismuth subcar- 
bonate with acetic acid until the acid is neutralized, then evaporating the solu- 
tion to dryness by gentle heat. 

Bismuth Benzoate. This may be prepared by adding a solution of 76 parts 
of sodium benzoate in 200 parts of cold distilled water, to a solution of 100 
parts of bismuth nitrate in 20 parts of glycerin and 60 parts of distilled water. 
The precipitate is collected and dried without heat. It contains 27 percent, 
of benzoic acid. 

Bismuth Beta-Napthol. Orphol. A brown insoluble powder prepared by 
the union of a bismuth salt with B-napthol and containing 23 percent, of nap- 
thol. It is given as an antiseptic in intestinal troubles, especially of child- 
ren. Adult dose 5 to 15 grains, children 2 to 3 grains. 

Bismuth Bitannate. Tannismuth. A light-yellow powder having a slightly 
astringent taste, insoluble in water. It is said to contain 21 parts of bismuth, 
combined with tannin to form the powder. Used chiefly as an intestinal 
astringent. Dose, 5 to 15 grains. 

Bismuth Bromide. BiBr 2 . Made by adding bromine in excess to metallic 
bismuth, and when their combination is complete, collecting the steel-gray 
mass. 

Bismuth Basic Chloride. Bl.Ch. By dropping hydrochloric acid into a 
solution of bismuth nitrate, collecting, washing and drying the precipitate. 
This is known as bismuth subchloride or pearl powder, and is considerably 
used in face powders and liquid cosmetics. 

Bismuth Chromate. 3Bi 2 3 2Cr0 3 . By adding a solution of bismuth nitrate 
to a moderately concentrated solution of potassium bichromate in slight ex- 
cess, and collecting the precipitate. 

Bismuth Citrate. BiCeOsHoOr. This is official in the U. S. P. See formula 
for its preparation in Part II. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate. This is official in the U. S. P. See form- 
ula, Part II. 

With ammonia bismuth citrate forms a double salt soluble in water and 
elixir, which is considerably used in medicine. 

Bismuth Disalicylate. Gastrosan. A white, sweetish, odorless, powder, 
prepared by combining bismuth and salicylic acid. It is used for its salicylic 
acid effect, which is modified in its irritative action on the mucous membrane 
by the presence of the bismuth, 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 259 

Bismuth Dithiosalicylate. Thioform. A yellowish-brown powder, odorless 
and insoluble in ordinary solvents, and said to contain 72 percent, of bismuth 
oxide and about 28 percent, of dithiosalicylic acid. It is used externally as a 
drying application to wounds, ulcers etc., and is given as an astringent and 
antiseptic in stomach and intestinal troubles. Dose, 5 to 15 grains. 

Bismuth Hydroxide, Bi(OH) s , may be obtained by precipitating a bismuth 
salt with an alkali. 

Bismuth Lactate. By mixing the freshly precipitated moist bismuth oxide, 
prepared from 10 parts of bismuth subnitrate, by boiling with excess of solu- 
tion of soda, with 9 parts of lactic acid, and drying the mass on a water-bath. 

Bismuth Methyldigallate. Bismal. A gray-blue powder prepared by the 
interaction of methyl digallate with bismuth carbonate. Used as an astring- 
ent in diarrhoeas, and as an astringent application for ulcers etc. Dose, inter- 
nally, 2 to 5 grains. 

Bismuth Methylenedisalicylate. Bisformasal. A brand name for a com- 
pound of bismuth formaldehyde and salicylic acid. A white, insoluble powder, 
prescribed as an intestinal antiseptic and astringent. Dose, 10 to 20 grains. 

Bismuth Nitrate. Bi(N0 3 ).<. Bismuth Ter- or Tris-Nitrate. Made by dis- 
solving bismuth in sufficient nitric acid to effect its solution, adding to the 
solution half its volume of distilled water, filtering through glass-wool, evap- 
orating and crystallizing. This is used for making some other salts of bis- 
muth and for hair dye etc. 

Bismuth Oxalate. CeBi 2 Oi 2 15H 2 0. By mixing bismuth nitrate with a solu- 
tion of oxalic acid, and collecting the precipitate. 

Bismuth Oxide. Bi 2 3 . This is official in the Br. P. and Fr. Ph. It is 
more fully described in Part II. 

Bismuth Oxides. Four oxides of bismuth are known, BiO, Bi 2 2 , Bi0 2 and 
Bi 2 5 . Bismuth trioxide, Bi 2 I 3 , is most commonly known. 

Bismuth Oxycarbonate. (Bi 2 2 C0 3 ) 2 -H 2 0. This is official in the Bn P., 
under the Latin title Busmuthi Carbonas. See Part II. 

Bismuth Oxychloride. BiOCl. By pouring a solution of bismuth in nitric 
acid into a solution of sodium chloride, collecting the precipitate, washing 
and drying. 

Bismuth Oxyiodogallate. Airol. A grayish-green powder, odorless and 
bulky, designed as a substitute for iodoform. It is prepared by the action of 
hydriodic acid upon bismuth subgallate, and is said to contain 20 percent, of 
iodine. Its uses are similar to iodoform, and, being bulky, it is useful in com- 
bination with talcum, boric acid etc., in the form of powder, or as an ingre- 
dient of ointments, pastes, solutions etc. 

Bismuth Oxyiodo-methylene-digalate. lodomuth. A reddish-brown powder, 
odorless and tasteless, prepared by a complex process, and said to contain 
about 25 percent, of iodine. It is used similarly as iodoform, externally as an 
astringent in consumption of the bowels. Dose, 5 to 30 grains. 

Bismuth Oxyiodo-tannate. Ibit. This is a greenish-gray powder, odorless 
and tasteless, prepared by. combining iodine, tannin and bismuth. It is in- 
soluble and is used as an antiseptic application for wounds etc. 

Bismuth Phosphate, Soluble. Bisol. A soluble phosphate of bismuth is 
prepared by manufacturing chemists. It is a white powder soluble in 3 parts 
of water, and is given as an astringent for intestinal irritation. Dose, 3 to 8 
grains. 

Bismuth Subcarbonate. This is official in the U. S. P. See Part II. It is 
astringent and tonic and its use in medicine is similar to bismuth subnitrate. 

Bismuth Subgallate. Dermatol. C 6 H 2 (OH) 3 ,COOBi(OH) 2 This prepara- 
tion which has been introduced under the name "Dermatol" as a substitute 
for iodoform is a yellowish-red, fine powder, without odor. It is used as a 
dusting, either alone or in combination with starch or other absorbents; and 
as an application mixed with glycerin, oil, collodion or other liquids; or in 
the form of ointment or gauze. 

Bismuth Subiodide or Oxyiodide. This compound is recommended as a 
substitute for iodoform; and may also be given internally in doses of from 
5 to 10 grains. 



260 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Bismuth Subnitrate. U. S. Bismuth Oxynitrate, Br. This is official in all 
pharmacopoeias, and is the basis of most of the bismuth salts. It is exten- 
sively used in medicine as an astringent, tonic and sedative. It is more fully 
described in Part II. 

Bismuth Subsalicylate. This is official in the U. S. P. under this title and in 
the Br and several of the European pharmacopoeias under the title Bismuth 
Salicylate. It will be more fully described in Part II. 

Bismuth Sulphate, Bi^SO-O.-,, is formed when the metal is heated with con- 
centrated sulphuric acid. Bismuth trisulphide is found in nature. 

Bismuth Sulphocarbolate. A combination of bismuth with sulpho-carbolic 
acid. Used as an antiseptic and antiputrescent. 

Bismuth Tannate. By dissolving 22 parts of bismuth nitrate in the least 
requisite quantity of nitric acid diluted with half its weight of water, pouring 
the solution into an excess of soda solution, collecting the precipitate, wash- 
ing and triturating the moist precipitate with 10 parts of tannin, rubbed with 
water, straining and drying. 

Bismuth Tartrate. By adding a hot concentrated solution of tartaric acid 
to a solution of bismuth oxide- in nitric acid, and washing the precipitate with 
an aqueous solution of tartaric acid. 

Bismuth Terchloride. BiCU By mixing two parts of powdered mercury 
bichloride with one part of powdered bismuth, and heating until the mercury 
is driven off. 

Bismuth Tribromphenalate. This is official in the Germ. S. and has a com- 
plicated formula. It is seldom used in the U. S. 

Bismuth Valerate. By dissolving nitrate of bismuth in the least requisite 
quantity of nitric acid, diluted with half its weight of water, then adding a 
concentrated solution of sodium valerianate, washing the precipitate with 
water mixed with valerianic acid, and drying by gentle heat. 

Other salts of bismuth may be made by combining bismuth with other acids. 

A great number of combinations of bismuth with other elements and with 
organic substances may be prepared and are useful in medicine. Many of the 
preparations of bismuth are known by coined names, other than is expressed 
by their chemical titles, and w T ill be referred to in Part II. of this work. 

BORON. 

Sym. B: at. wt. (O = 10) 11; sp. gr. (amorphous) 2.45; trivalent 
The element boron occurs in nature only in combination. It may be ob- 
tained by the reduction of boric anhydride. B^O-,, or borax by ignition with 
magnesium powder. The product is treated with boiling water and hydro- 
chloric acid and then with hydrofluoric acid or fused borax. It is then 
treated again with boiling water and the insoluble amorphous element boron 
filtered out. This is a chestnut-brown powder having sp. gr. 2.45. It is in- 
soluble in any ordinary solvents and is not fused even in the electric arc; it 
is, however, dissolved in molten aluminum and crystallizes from its solution in 
this metal in transparent, slightly colored crystals with a refractive power 
and hardness nearly equal to the diamond. The crystallized boron is much 
less readily affected by chemicals than the amorphous variety. Amorphous 
boron ignites with fluorine and chlorine, forming compounds directly with 
them, in air it burns to the oxide B 2 O s and at a very high temperature it ig- 
nites with nitrogen to form boron nitrite, BX, and is one of the very few ele- 
ments that unite directly with nitrogen. It decomposes water at red heat 
and reduces many of the metallic oxides. Heated with nitric and sulphuric 
acids it is converted into boric acid and it is also, like aluminum, attacked by 
boiling caustic alkalies. 

Boron was isolated by Davy and Gay-Lussac in 180S. It belongs to the 
aluminum periodic group. The element is comparatively unknown, but its 
compounds are extensively employed in the arts and in medicinal compounds, 
boric acid and borax being important antiseptics. See Part II. 

Boric Acid. H3BO2. This acid of boron unites with some bases forming 
borates or boro-compound salts. It is official in most of the pharmacopoeias 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 261 

and will be more fully described under the title Acidum Boricum in Part II. 
The compounds of this acid with bases are noted, generally, under the name 
of the base with which it is combined : as sodium borate, borax etc. 

BROMINE. 
Sym. Br; at. wt. (0 = 16) 79.92; sp. gr. at 0°C. 3.138; solidifies at — 7.3°C 
and boils at 59°C; the molecule contains two atoms; vapor density 79.92 
(0 = 16). A dark brown liquid at ordinary temperatures, the only liquid 
element except mercury; soluble 3.5 parts in 100 parts of water, the addition 
of potassium bromide to the water increases its solubility. In the periodic 
arrangement of the elements it appears in Group VII, Sub-group A, with 
fluorine, chlorine and iodine, having similar characteristics. 

Bromine was discovered by Ballard, a French chemist, in 1826. It is ob- 
tained commercially from the mother liquor remaining after the crystallization 
of salt from natural salt water and as a by-product of salt manufacture; also 
near Strassfurt, Germany, where there are extensive beds of rock salt, it is 
found in the "Abraum-salze," lying above the rock salt. These salts were 
formerly a waste product, having to be removed to get at the rock salt be- 
neath, but they were found to be rich in potassium and bromide compounds 
and bromine is now largely obtained from this source. 

Bromine combines directly with most of the metals forming bromides and 
with hydrogen forming hydrobromic acid which unites with a great number 
of compounds useful in medicine and the arts. The element bromine unites 
with the other halogen elements iodine, chlorine and fluorine and its acids 
with organic bases forming a large line of chemical salts used in medicine. 
See Part II. 

Combinations of bromine with other halogens generally bear the names of 
the combining elements, as Bromine Fluoride, Bromine Chloride, Bromine 
Iodide etc. Its compounds with bases usually have the basic name and bro- 
mide following, as Sodium Bromide, Potassium Bromide etc. The compounds 
of bromine other than the metallic bases will be noted under the title Bro- 
mine in Part II. 

CADMIUM. 
_ Sym. Cd; at. wt. (0 = 16) 112.40; sp. gr. 8.6; melts at 315°C, boils at 
778°C; the molecule in gaseous state consists of one atom. 

A white rather soft metal, not affected by air at ordinary temperature, but 
upon heating in air burns, forming a brown cloud of cadmium oxide; diffi- 
cultly soluble in dilute hydrochloric or sulphuric acid, but readily soluble 
in dilute nitric acid. 

Cadmium was discovered by Herman and Stroymeyer, German chemists, 
in 1817. It occurs in zinc ores and, being more volatile than zinc, distils 
over first and may be recoveied from the distillate containing it by subse- 
quent redistillation and purification. In the periodic arrangement of the 
elements it appears in Group II, Sub-group B, being closely related to 
beryllium, magnesium and mercury. It unites with halogens and with many 
of the acids forming compounds, some of which are used in photography 
and as pigments but not employed as medicine. 

Cadmium is very malleable and ductile, and though it is similar to tin in 
general characteristics, it is harder and more tenacious. When heated to 
about 80°C. it becomes very brittle and may be powdered. Added to some 
other metals in small proportions it makes very fusible alloys. 

Cadmium Salts. 

The following are the principal salts of cadmium : 

Cadmium Bromide. CdBr 2 . By adding a solution of potassium bromide to 
a solution of cadmium sulphate, double decomposition occurs, potassium sul- 
phate being precipitated, and the solution of cadmium bromide poured off, 
concentrated and crystallized. Used in photography. 

Cadmium Carbonate. CdCOs. By adding a solution of cadmium nitrate to 
a solution of sodium carbonate, collecting the precipitate, washing and drying. 

Cadmium Chloride. CdCU By dissolving cadmium carbonate in dilute hy- 
drochloric acid, concentrating the solution and crystallizing. 



262 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Cadmium Hydroxide. Cd(OH),. Prepared by precipitating a solution of 
cadmium nitrate with sodium hydroxide and collecting the precipitate. 

Cadmium Iodide. Cdl 2 . By double decomposition between potassium 
iodide and cadmium sulphate, the same as in making calcium bromide. This 
is used for sensitizing photograph plates. It is also used in medicine as an 
alterative. 

Cadmium Nitrate. CdaNOa. By dissolving metallic cadmium in nitric acid, 
concentrating and crystallizing. 

Cadmium Oxide. CdO. By igniting the nitrate or carbonate. A suboxide 
of cadmium, Cd 2 0, is also known. 

Cadmium Salicylate. This combination of cadmium with salicylic acid may 
be prepared by neutralizing a hot concentrated solution of salicylic acid with 
cadmium and evaporating. It is employed as an astringent in treatment of the 
eyes, in gonorrhoea, and in general conditions when an antiseptic astringent is 
indicated. 

Cadmium Sulphate. CdSCX-iHoO. By treating cadmium carbonate or ox- 
ide with dilute sulphuric acid. 

Cadimum Sulphide. CdS. By passing a current of hydrosulphurous acid gas 
through a solution of cadmium chloride. This is a brilliant yellow pigment. 

Cadmium Sulphocarbolate. A combination of phenol with cadmium, which 
may be made by dissolving cadmium hydroxide to saturation in phenol and 
condensing the product. 

Cad-Formal. A cadmium salt of methylene-disalicylate. It is employed as 
an ointment in combination with lanolin, 1:7, in the treatment of scrofulous 
swellings and ulcers, also for enlarged joints and other conditions in which a 
discutient and absorbent are required. 

CESIUM. 

_Sym. Cs; at. wt. (0 = 16) 132.81; sp. gr. 1.85; melts at 26.5°C, boils at 
2/0°C, and is grouped in periodic arrangement with lithium, sodium, pot- 
assium and rubidium, with which it is analogous. It has no use in medicine. 

A silvery white metal of strong basic characteristics. When exposed to 
the air it soon ignites forming an oxide. It dissolves in water forming a 
hydroxide. It is the most positive metal known. 

Caesium was discovered by Bunsen and Kirchhoff, in 1860, by spectrum 
analysis and derives its name from Caesius (sky-blue) because of the line it 
formed in the spectrum. It was obtained from the very rare mineral pollux 
found on the isle of Elba, which is a silicate of aluminum and caesium, con- 
taining about 30 per cent, of caesium. 

CALCIUM. 

Sym. Ca; at. wt. 40.09; sp. gr. 1.78 to 1.87; melts at 760°Q; has a crystal- 
line fracture and is soft enough to cut readily; is malleable, but less so than 
potassium and sodium. Its molecule consists of two atoms. 

A silvery white metal, not occurring native but in combination; is one of 
the ten chief constituents of the earth's crust. Calcium carbonate is found 
in extensive deposits of limestone, calcite, aragonite, marble and chalk and 
the earthy deposit marl, contains a considerable proportion. Calcium sili- 
cates constitute a large part of the siliceous rocks, calcium phosphate is de- 
posited in large quantities and calcium sulphate, in the form of gypsum and 
alabaster, are abundant, while the fossil remains of animals, the shells of 
mollusks and the ashes of plants are largely calcium combinations of some 
sort. 

The metal is but little affected by oxygen, bromine or chlorine at ordinary 
temperatures. Calcium belongs to the family of alkaline earths and in the 
periodic arrangement of the elements is in group II, Sub-group A, being 
associated in chemical characteristics with strontium, barium and radium. It 
unites with halogen elements and with most of the acids, forming com- 
pounds extensively used in the arts and industries and considerably used in 
medicine, which will be noted in Part II. It is a necessary ingredient of all 
vegetable and animal bodies. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 263 

Calcium metal was isolated by Davy, in 1808. It may be obtained by 
electrolysis or by decomposing calcium iodide with sodium at red heat. 
The metal itself is seldom used except for laboratory experiments. 
Calcium Salts and Compounds. 

The following are the principle salts and compounds of Calcium. Several 
that are official or important are further noticed in Part II. 

Calcium Benzoate. By adding calcium carbonate to a hot solution of benzoic 
acid until neutralized, then evaporating and crystallizing. Soluble in 18 parts 
of cold water. Dose 10 grains. 

Calcium Biphosphate. Prepared by adding phosphoric acid in excess to cal- 
cium carbonate, filtering the solution and evaporating. It is used for the same 
purposes, medicinally as calcium phosphate, but is more soluble. 

Calcium Bromide. CaBr T . This is prepared by the action of hydrobromic 
acid on precipitated chalk to neutralize; filter and evaporate to dryness, stirring 
to granulate. This is official in the U. S. P. See Part II. 

Calcium Cacodylate. A calcium compound with cacodylic acid, in the form 
of a white powder, soluble in water. It is used as an alterative similar to ar- 
senous acid. Dose ^ to 2 grains. 

Calcium Carbonate, CaCo, occurs in several forms and conditions. It is 
a constituent of most all river and spring waters making them "hard" in 
different degrees according to other constituents of the water. When cal- 
cium carbonate is fused it becomes marble. Precipitated calcium carbonate 
is employed a? medicine and in tooth and face powders. 

Calcium Chloride. CaCL. This is prepared by dissolving the hydroxide or 
carbonate in hydrochloric acid and crystallizing. This salt is considerably 
used in ice making machinery and cooling systems. It has the power of ab- 
sobing heat to a remarkable degree and, being very hygroscopic, is useful 
for drying gases or absorbing water from some liquids as ether, carbon di- 
sulphide etc. 

Calcium Fluoride. CaFj. This salt occurs native and is known as fluor-spar. 
It may also be prepared by acting upon lime with hydrofluoric acid. 

Calcium Glycerinophosphate. Neurosin. This may be prepared by adding 
calcium carbonate to a solution of glycerinophosphoric acid until neutralized, 
then concentrating and crystallizing. See Glycerophosphates. Part II. 

Calcium Hippurate. A white, crystalline powder prepared by the action of 
hippuric acid upon calcium carbonate, in the same manner as in making calcium 
benzoate. Soluble in 27 parts of water. Used as a uric acid solvent and anti- 
rheumatic. Dose 5 to 20 grains. 

Calcium Hydroxide. Ca(OH) 2 . This is commonly known as slaked lime 
and is prepared by adding a small quantity of water to quicklime, which 
causes the latter to crumble with development of much heat. This is much 
used in making mortar for plastering, brick laying and masonry. It is mixed 
with sand and water, the lime acting upon the silica and making a gelatinous 
compound which adheres. Cement which is now so extensively used for 
building purposes is a mixture of lime 50 to 60 percent., silica 25 percent., 
and alumina about 10 percent., and burning them together. Most cement 
is made, however, from naturally deposited materials having about these 
proportions, and generally associated with some other ingredients. The 
burned ingredients are ground to a powder which, when mixed with water, 
solidifies to hard stone. 

Calcium Hypophosphite. This is official in U. S., Br. and several European 
pharmacopoeias. A description and formula will be found in Part II. 

Calcium Iodate. Ca2IO :; -6tl20. By gradually adding a filtered solution of 
chlorinated lime to an alcoholic solution of iodine, and when the solution is 
colorless, acidulating with a little hydrochloric acid, boiling, filtering and crys- 
tallizing. 

Calcium Iodide. Cal>. By dissolving slaked lime in hydriodic acid, until 
neutralized then concentrating and crystallizing. This salt is considerably 
used as an alterative in doses of Y% to 2 grains. 

Calcium Lactate. By adding slaked lime to lactic acid until neutral, then 
concentrating and crystallizing. 



264 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Calcium Lactophosphate. By adding slaked lime to a mixture of equal 
parts of lactic and phosphoric acid until neutral, then evaporating and crys- 
tallizing. 

Calcium Nitrate. By adding slaked lime to warm nitric acid until saturated 
then cooling and crystallizing. 

Calcium Oxide. CaO. Commonly called quick-lime, or unslaked lime, is 
prepared by burning limestone or marble. It is furnished by manufacturers 
usually in lumps but sometimes in powdered form. It requires the heat of 
the electric furnace for its fusion and calcium carbide is a by-product of its 
union with carbon in the electric furnace. When heated with oxy-hydrogen 
flame it gives an intense white light, known as the calcium light; by exposure 
to air and moisture it becomes "air slaked" and crumbles gradually to a fine 
powder. 

Calcium Peroxide. Gorit. This is a recent calcium compound recommended 
as an antacid and disinfectant in acid dyspepsia and diarrhoeas, also as an 
application in diphtheria. Dose 3 to 10 grains per day according to age. 

Calcium Permanganate. Monol. Acederol. By neutralizing permanganic 
acid with calcium carbonate, evaporating and crystallizing. It is used as an 
intestinal disinfectant and a cleansing application to ulcers, sore mouth etc. 
Dose y 2 to 2 grains. 

Calcium Phosphate. Ca 3 (P0 4 )2. This is official in the U. S., Br. and most 
European pharmacopoeias. For description and formula see Part II. 

Calcium Phosphide. This may be prepared by calcining the shells of mol- 
lusks, clams, oysters etc., and reducing to a powder. When freshly prepared 
it may be made into a luminous paint that will shine in the dark. Used for 
faces of clocks, signs etc. 

Calcium Saccharate. Antacedin. This is an amorphous, white powder, sol- 
uble in water, and is used as an antacid and zymotic, and as an antidote in 
poisoning by mineral acids. Dose 30 to 120 grains or more. 

Calcium Salicylate. To a hot concentrated solution of salicylic acid add 
slaked lime until neutralized, then allow to cool and crystallize. 

Calcium Sulphate. CaSO^HoO. This is found abundantly in nature, and 
is known as gypsum. When calcined, 2H 2 is driven off, and when ground 
this is known as calcined plaster, plaster of Paris, or dentist's plaster. 

Calcium Sulphides. With sulphur calcium forms several sulphides, as fol- 
lows : . • , 1 1 • 

Calcium Sulphide may be prepared by heating gypsum with charcoal; it 
has the proper :y of shining or emitting light in the dark after being exposed 
to sunlight, but seems only to have this property when it contains traces of 
some other element. 

Calcium Bisulphide. CaS 2 . By boiling slaked lime and sulphur, equal parts, 
in water until a solution is obtained, filtering, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Calcium Oxysulphide. By mixing 1 part of sulphur with three parts of slak- 
ed lime and 5 parts of water, and boiling until a portion dropped upon a slab 

will solidify. . . 

Calcium Pentasulphide. CaS 5 . By using double the quantity of sulphur as 
for the former, and continuing the boiling longer. 

Calcium Sulphite. CaSOp, By mixing concentrated solutions of sodium 
sulphite and calcium chloride, and collecting, washing and drying the pre- 
cipitate. . 

This preparation has had a large sale formerly under the name sulphite of 
lime, as a preservative for cider. _ 

Calcium Sulphocarbolate. Mix 3 parts of sulphuric with 7 parts of carbolic 
acid, warm the solution and add slaked lime until the solution is neutralized, 
then cool and crystallize. ..,,,. 

Calcium Tungstate. This is a salt of tungstic acid and calcium. It is used 

for X-ray screens. „ . «„^ M 

CARBON. 

Sym. C; at. wt. (0 = 16) 11.9; sp. gr. varies as to allotropic form, diamond 
3.50 to 3.55, graphite 2.09 to 2.23, amorphous 1.5 to 2.3; infusible, vapor den- 
sity undetermined; quadrivalent. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 265 

Carbon may unite at very high temperature directly with many of the ele- 
ments forming carbides; at ordinary temperatures it unites only with fluorine, 
forming carbon tetrafluoride, CF 4 . 

It is one of the most important and widely distributed of the elements. It 
is the chief constituent of coal and all fuels; of oils, either mineral, vegetable 
or animal; of all hydro-carbon compounds and gases, of all carbonate earths 
and minerals; is found in many mineral waters and is present in the atmos- 
phere near the surface of the earth. It is a constituent of all vegetable and 
animal substances, either living or dead, and is present in all alkaloids and 
neutral principles of plants and animals, its compounds including the greater 
part of the substances most valuable in medicine and pharmacy. Owing to 
its presence in all organic compounds it is, very properly called, the "organic 
element." In the periodic arrangement of the elements it is the first member 
of Group IV, Series 2. It occurs in nature in three allotropic forms. 

The exact number of atoms contained in the carbon molecule has not, as 
yet, been determined, as different forms seem to have a different number. It 
it supposed that amorphous carbon has the least, graphite more and the 
diamond a still greater number since, in the order named, they increase in 
density and are less easily acted upon by reagents. It is quite certain that 
the molecule contains at least 12 atoms, and some combinations lead to the 
conclusion that as the temperature rises carbon developes a greater number 
of atoms in its molecule. 

Carbon unites with hydrogen, chlorine, nitrogen and oxygen forming a 
considerable number of gaseous compounds which will be considered else- 
where. It also forms liquid compounds with sulphur, (carbon disulphide), 
with chlorine, (carbon tetrachloride) and with cyanogen, (prussic acid) and 
its "acid" (carbon dioxide) unites with a very great number of bases, which 
will be considered elsewhere. 

Forms of Carbon. 

Diamond. A crystalline form proven by Lavoisier in 1772 to be pure car- 
bon. He burned a diamond in air, carbon dioxide resulting from the com- 
bustion. In 1814 Davy proved that when a diamond was burned nothing but 
carbon dioxide gas was found. In 1890 Krause demonstrated that when a 
diamond was burned gas was produced, which, absorbed by sodium hydrox- 
ide formed soda, identical in every respect with ordinary soda. It has also 
been possible to manufacture diamonds from amorphous carbon but, so far, 
the operation has not been sufficiently successful to warrant commercial pro- 
duction. The origin of the word diamond is from the Greek word 
adamas, meaning unconquerable, adamant and adamantine are from the same 
root-word. 

Graphite. Commonly called plumbago or black lead. This is another form 
of crystallized carbon, which, although having the same chemical compo- 
sition as the diamond differs from it altogether in physical characteristics, 
being black, soft and a good conductor of heat and electricity. It is found 
chiefly native in Ceylon and Siberia and is extensively used in the manu- 
facture of lead pencils, crucibles, lubricants, stove polishes, electrical con- 
ductors etc. 

It is now artifically prepared by subliming amorphous carbon at an intense 
heat in the electric furnace. A large factory for this purpose and for making 
articles from graphite is in successful operation at Niagara Falls. 

Amorphous Carbon. This occurs in a great variety of forms; lampblack, 
charcoal, both wood and animal (bone-black), coke and many other substan- 
ces are forms of amorphous carbon extensively used in the industrial arts. 

Charcoal, Coal and Coke. Wood charcoal is produced by causing wood, in 
large piles, in a charcoal pit, covered closely with sod, to burn or smolder 
in absence of air until it has lost its gaseous constituents and its cellulose 
is converted into carbon. This is the old way of making, charcoal, but since 
the production of wood alcohol has become common the wood is heated in 
iron retorts, causing dry distillation, the vapors being collected and utilized 
for making acetic acid, wood alcohol etc., and the charred residue being used 
as charcoal for the manufacture of gun powder, and for other purposes. 



266 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Animal charcoal is prepared from bones by dry distillation, the empyreumatic 
products being known as bone oil and bone spirit and the charred resi- 
due as bone-black or ivory black, much used for making blacking for shoes 
and as a pigment, but more especially in refining sugar and petroleum pro- 
ducts to decolorize and deodorize. 

Coal in all its forms results from the slow decay of plant remains in the 
absence of air. The plant remains consist chiefly of cellulose, C 50% H 6% 
and O 44%, being covered with soil or earthy matter and preserved from 
contact with the air, gradually decomposes losing carbon dioxide and meth- 
ane, the residue becoming richer in carbon and poorer in hydrogen and oxy- 
gen. Peat is the youngest formation, and consists of C 60, H 5.9, O 34%; 
then comes lignite, or brown coal, C 67, H 5.8, O 27.2%; the various soft coals 
varying considerably in composition; then cannel coal, C 85.8, H 5.8, O 8.3%; 
and last anthracite coal, C 94, H 3.4, O 2.6%. 

During the slow process of transformation the coal bodies have, probably, 
been subjected to heat and great pressure by superimposed earthy matters 
or rock which have been deposited over them. 

Coke. This is the residue left in the retorts at gas factories after the dry 
distillation of soft coal in the production of illuminating gas, or, the solid 
product from the smothered burning of coal in coke ovens, the process being 
similar to that for making wood charcoal in charcoal pits. Gas residue coke 
is considerably used as fuel and oven coke very extensively used in metal- 
lurgy and electrical appliances. 

Carbon Compounds. 

Besides its combination with sulphur, which is official, carbon combines 
with chlorine in several proportions, with oxygen in two proportions, and 
with hydrogen in many proportions, forming a series of important radicals. 

Carbide. This name is given to any compound of carbon with one of the 
more positive elements, as calcium carbide; carburet is a term formerly used 
for a compound of this nature; carburetted is a term used to denote a gaseous 
compound of carbon, as carburetted hydrogen. 

Carborundum. SiC., is another product of the electric furnace that has 
come into extensive use as an abrasive; this is also produced in large quanti- 
ties at Niagara Falls, under the Acheson patents. 

Carbon Chloride. A chlorine of carbon is obtained from its sesqui-chloride 
by subliming it repeatedly through a tube filled with small fragments of glass 
heated to redness. It is a transparent aromatic liquid. Carbon Sesqui-chloride, 
CsCle, is obtained by exposing Dutch liquid with chlorine in a glass vessel to 
the direct rays of the sun, and renewing the chlorine as long as it is absorbed. 
The liquid is thus converted into a white, crystalline volatile solid. 

Carbon Oxychloride, COCl 2 , is a gas made by mixing equal volumes of 
carbonic oxide and chlorine and exposing them to the rays of the sun. 

Carbon Tetrachloride. CCL. This is produced by the union of Carbon and 
chlorine at a high temperature. It has come into considerable prominence as 
a solvent for grease, and as an article for cleaning clothes. It is a liquid like 
carbon disulphide but of specific gravity nearly as great as chloroform. It 
will not take fire and from this property is greatly preferable to carbon disul- 
phide, acetone, ether, alcohol, benzine, or any other liquid used for cleaning. 
It may be used in medicine as a solvent for oils or as a refrigerant for ex- 
ternal use. . . . 

Carbon Disulphide. CS2. This is the only official chemical compound ot 
carbon having a chemical title. It is produced by the union of carbon and sul- 
phur at high temperatures. 

Carbon Hydrides. With hydrogen, carbon unites in many proportions, 
forming a series of radicals known as the hydro-carbon series, or alcohol 
radicals. Beginning with methane or marsh-gas, CEL. this series increases by 
CH* forming the radicals ethyl or ethane, G>H 6 ; propyl or propane, C 3 H S ; 
butyl or tetrane, CHk,; amyl or pentane. OH,, etc. In pharmacy these rad- 
icals are the bases of very important preparations, which are extensively used. 

Carbon Oxides. With oxygen carbon forms two well known combinations, 
carbon monoxide, CO; and carbon dioxide, C0 2 . 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 267 

Carbon Monoxide. CO. This is produced when carbon is burned in an in- 
sufficient supply of oxygen, or may be made by passing carbon dioxide over 
charcoal heated to redness, then washing the gas through milk of lime to re- 
move carbonic acid. It burns, uniting in the air with oxygen and forming 
carbon dioxide. 

Carbon Dioxide. C0 2 . Carbonic anhydride, more commonly called 
"carbonic acid." This gas is produced by the union of carbon with oxygen, 
as in fermentation and other natural operations. It is present to a small 
extent in the atmosphere, from which it is absorbed and converted into 
plant food and the carbon of vegetation. It is abundant in the carbonate 
earths, and may be obtained by adding acids to them and collecting the gas 
which is liberated. It is the gas that gives the sparkle to champagne and soda 
water. 

Carburetted Hydrogen. This is the name applied to two of the compounds 
of carbon and hydrogen, namely, light carburetted hydrogen, CBu methane, 
marsh-gas or fire-damp; and heavy carburetted hydrogen, C 2 H 4 , olefiant gas 
or ethylene. 

True Carbonic Acid. H 2 CO ; . This acid forms with bases the very important 
class of salts known as carbonates. It has not been satisfactorily obtained 
as a free acid but is known to exist by the action of carbon dioxide on basic 
radicals in the presence of water. 

CERIUM. 

Sym. Ce; at. wt. (0 = 16) 140.25; sp. gr. 6.68; melts at red heat; oxidizes in 
moist air; may readily be ignited by scraping it with a knife; quadrivalent. 

One of the so-called, rare earths, occurs principally in cerite, found in 
Sweden and Greenland; cerium is also found in the U. S., Canada and Brazil 
in monazotic sand, which consists chiefly of Ce, La, Di, Y and Er, with 
some proportion of thorium compounds. In periodic arrangement it is in 
Group IV, Series 8. 

Cerium was isolated by Berzelius and Hisinger, in 1801. The metal looks 
like iron and is permanent in air, but takes fire at elevated temperatures. 
Its oxide has been extensively used in making mantles for incandescent gas- 
lights. It forms two sets of salts with oxygen; cerous salts, derived from 
the oxide Ce 2 3 are colorless, and eerie salts derived from Ce0 2 , which are 
yellow or brown. In medicine cerium oxalate is official in the U. S. P. 
Cerium chloride, nitrate and sulphate are also prepared, but are not official. 

Salts of Cerium. 

The following are the only compounds of importance : 

Cerium Chloride. CeCl 2 . Prepared by burning cerium in chlorine gas and 
collecting the residue. 

Cerium Nitrate. CeN0^2H 2 0. This is made by dissolvir/g ceroso-ceric 
oxide by nitric acid in the presence of alcohol. This being soluble, is the im- 
portant cerium preparation which in combination with solution of thorium 
nitrate, is used to prepare the mantles for incandescent gas lights, cloth forms 
being dipped in the mixed solutions, which, when burned, leave the skeleton 
mantle. 

Cerium Oxalate. This is the one official salt of cerium. The method of 
preparing it and its uses will be found in Part II. 

Cerium Oxides. When cerium is burned in the atmosphere or with oxygen 
it forms oxides under varying conditions as follows: Cerous Oxide, Ce 2 O a ; 
Ceric Oxide, Ce0 2 . By igniting cerium oxylate in an open vessel Ceroso- 
ceric Oxide, Ce 3 04, is formed. 

Cerium Sulphate. Ce 2 (SOi);- This is prepared by dissolving cerium oxide 
in sulphuric acid, evaporating and crystallizing. 

CHLORINE. 

Sym. CI; at wt. (0 = 16) 35.46; sp. gr. (air = l) 2.45; monatomic; 1 liter 
weighs 3.208 grams at 0°C. and 760 mm. pressure; becomes liquid at — 34°C. 
at ordinary pressure; solidifies at — 102°C; boiling point, liquid, — 33.6°C. 



268 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Liquid and solid chlorine are yellow, the gas is yellowish-green, from which 
characteristic its name is derived from the Greek. It has a disagreeable, 
suffocating odor. It is soluble in about one-half its volume of water the 
solution being known as chlorine water. The most convenient way to gather 
chlorine gas is to conduct it into a bottle standing upright, being heavier than 
air it displaces it and shows by the color when the bottle is filled. 

Chlorine does not occur free in nature because of its combination with 
most all chemical elements at ordinary temperatures. It may be prepared 
by electrolysis of hydrochloric acid or by heating hydrochloric acid with 
manganese dioxide in a flask and collecting the gas. In periodic arrange- 
ment it is in Group VII, Sub-group B., one of the halogens, having character- 
istics similar to fluorine bromine and iodine. 

Chlorine was discovered by Scheele in 1774, who supposed it to be an 
oxygen compound of hydrochloric acid; Berthollet, in 1885, named it ogygen- 
ized muriatic acid; Kirwan a little later termed it oxymuriatic acid; Gay- 
Lussac, in 1809, denied that it contained oxygen and proved it to be an ele- 
ment and Davy, in 1810, confirmed his statements and gave the element its 
name, chlorine, on account of its greenish-yellow color. 

It combines with most of the elements at ordinary temperatures and is so 
energetic that its action is highly corrosive; it discharges vegetable colors 
and for that reason is extensively used as a bleaching agent; it also destroys 
noxious effluvia and is therefore greatly used for disinfecting and deodorizing 
purposes. Its most important compound is with hydrogen, forming hydro- 
gen chloride or hydrochloric acid, which combines with most bases and rad- 
icals and forms a large number of salts much used in the arts and industries 
and in medicine. The only pharmaceutical preparation in which uncombined 
chlorine is used is chlorine water, which is simply a solution of chlorine gas. 

Chlorine Compounds. 

Hydrogen Chloride. With hydrogen, chlorine forms hydrogen chloride, 
HC1, which is real hydrochloric acid. Equal volumes of each gas unite, form- 
ing two volumes of a colorless gas having a sharp, suffocating odor. Its 
critical temperature is 52.3° C. and the critical pressure 86 atmospheres. 
Liquid hydrogen chloride boils at — 83. 7° C. and the solidified compound 
melts at — 111.1°C. The sp. gr. of the gas (air = l) is 1.2696; 1 liter weighs 1.653 
grams at 0°C, 760 mm. pressure. Very soluble, 1 vol. of water at 0°C. 
being capable of absorbing 503 vols. The solution of this gas in water is the 
hydrochloric acid of commerce. 

Oxygen Compounds. All of the oxygen compounds of chlorine are un- 
stable and most of them are explosive. 

Chlorine monoxide, ChO, may be prepared by passing chlorine over red 
precipitate, HgO, and cooling the condensed product. It is a reddish-brown 
liquid boiling at 21°C, very unstable and explodes when heated, dissolves in 
water forming HCIO; H 2 + C1 2 = 2HC10. 

Hypochlorous acid, HCIO, may be prepared by passing chlorine over hy- 
droxides of the alkaline earths at cool temperatures. Hypochlorites are 
formed and the acid may be obtained from them in aqueous solution; also 
calcium hypochlorate (clorinated lime) may be distilled with dilute nitric acid. 
This is a very efficient bleaching compound. Chlorine trioxide, CI2O3, and 
chlorous acid, HCIO-, are supposed to exist as oxygen combinations. 

Chlorine tetroxide, CLOi and C10 2 , are produced by treating potassium 
chlorate with concentrated sulphuric acid and by other processes. It is sol- 
uble in cold water and crystallizes at a low temperature. Its vapor explodes 
on contact with organic substances. 

Chloric acid, HCIO3, and perchloric acid, HCIO4, are other oxygen com- 
pounds, the latter being more stable than any of the others.. 

Chlorine is known to form compounds with every element but fluorine. 
Its combination with other elements being known as chlorides and its com- 
binations with oxyacids uniting with bases to form chlorates and perchlor- 
ates. The compounds, of chlorine other than with hydrogen and oxygen are 
generally noticed under the name of the element with which it combines. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 269 

CHROMIUM. 

Sym. Cr; at. wt. (0 = 16) 52.0; sp. gr. 6.S1; very difficultly fusible; melts 
only in the electric furnace, in which Moissan reduced the oxide in 1894. 
Goldschmidt's method, which is now preferred, is to fuse chromium oxide 
with aluminum filings, when, if excess of chromium oxide is present the pure 
metal is obtained, being lustrous, of a dark iron color and taking a fine polish. 

The element with oxygen is trivalent. with other elements may be bivalent, 
quadrivalent or sexivalent. In the periodic arrangement it is in Group VI, 
having characteristics like molybdenum, tungsten and uranium. 

Chromium was discovered by Vauquelin, a French chemist, in 1797, and 
derives its name from the Greek word signifying colors, in allusion to the 
bright colors of many of its compounds. It is the cause of the color of 
green serpentine, the emerald and chrome garnet and forms with metals 
many colors used as pigments; as lead chromate. PbCrd, chrome yellow, 
which is also the basis of chrome green by mixture with prussian blue etc. 
Chrome alum which is a double salt of potassium and chlorine is extensively 
used as a mordant in dyeing and in tanning, chromium having the property 
of fixing colors and making gelatine insoluble. Chromium forms three series 
of compounds. 

Chromium Compounds. 

Chromous in which the element acts as a dyad — these compounds are all 
unstable. 

Chromic in which it unites as a tetrad. 

Chromate in which it unites as a hexad. 

Chromium Sulphate. Cr (S0 4 ) ; . This is a compound produced by treating 
the metal chromium with concentrated sulphuric acid and crystallizing. It 
occurs as dark green scales, which are soluble in water. It has recently been 
recommended for neurasthenia, exophthalmic goiter, and locomotor ataxia. 
Dose 4 to S grains, in the form of tablets. 

Chromium trioxide, CrO. ; is the combination formerly known as chromic- 
acid or chromic anhydride; this unites with potassium, forming bichromate, 
or dichromate, K 2 Cr 3 Or, and with other bases forming chromate salts. 

Chromium unites with all the halogens, bromine, forming chromium bro- 
mide, Cr 2 Br B , chlorine, forming CrCl 2 , and iodine, forming chromium iodide, 
CrL, and with sulphur, forming chromium sulphide; with most of the acids 
forming salts, and with the alkali bases by fusion with their carbonates, 
forming alkali chromates. 

Chromium trioxide and potassium dichromate are official in the U. S. P. 

COBALT. 

Sym. Co; at. wt. (0 = 16) 58.97; sp. gr. 8.9; color pink with a high metallic 
luster, is magnetic, but less so than iron; melts at 1600 °C; not acted upon by 
air or water. In periodic arrangement it it is classed with iron and nickel 
in Group VIII and has similar characteristics as these metals. 

Cobalt was discovered by Brandt, a German chemist, in 1733; it may be ob- 
tained from its arsenic combinations, smaltite, CoAs 2 , or cobalt glance, 
CoAsS, by calcining them and reducing the resulting cobalto-cobaltic oxide, 
Co.Oi, with carbon or hydrogen. It unites readily with nitric acid forming 
cobaltic nitrate, but is only slightly affected by hydrochloric and sulphuric 
acids. 

Cobalt Salts and Compounds. 

Cobaltic Oxide. Co 2 (X This is prepared from the nitrate by ignition. It 
is a black powder, but when heated to a white heat changes to a white 
powder, cobaltous oxide. 

Cobaltous Chloride, CoCl 2 -CH 2 0, is a red, crystalline salt. Its solution is 
used for saturating barometer paper, which when dried turns blue, but in the 
presence of moisture in the atmosphere changes the color to pink. 

Cobaltous Nitrate, Co(NO:j)i-6H 2 0, is in red, hygroscopic prisms. 

Cobalt Sulphate, CoSOwH 2 0, is in dark-red, monoclinic prisms. It forms 
double salts with alkaline sulphates. 



270 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

The acetate, chloride, nitrate and sulphate salts in solution may be used 
for preparing sympathetic inks, with which writing is invisible until moistened 
and heated, when it plainly appears. 

"Cobalt" which is sold in the stores as fly poison is a native ore contain- 
ing arsenic, upon which its poisonous qualities depend. 

Some of the cobalt salts are used for coloring glass, especially cobalt sili- 
cate, which is a very deep blue. When coarsely powered, this compound 
is known as smalt and is used in painting signs. 

None of the cobalt salts are employed in medicine. 

COLUMBIUM. (Niobium). 

Sym. Cb; at. wt. (0 = 16) 93.5; sp. gr. 7.06. A rare metal usually found 
associated with tantalum in columbite and other rare minerals. Allied with 
nitrogen and phosphorous in properties and proportion in its compounds. 
The metal is of a steel-gray color, burns in air, is insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid or aqua regia, but is soluble in hot concentrated sulphuric acid. In 
periodic arrangement it is classed in Group V, having similar characteristics 
as vanadium and tantalum. It combines as a triad and as a pentad. 

Columbium was discovered by Rose, an English chemist, in 1S46. It is 
now chiefly obtained by heating niobic acid with sugar charcoal in the electric 
furnace. It resembles silicon more than the metals. It is not soluble in 
acids, but with chlorine forms a volatile chloride which is decomposed by 
water, fluoride and double fluoride are formed with fluorine. With oxygen 
it forms an oxide and dioxide, both black powders, and a pentoxide, white 
when cold, yellow when hot. With potassium its oxides form double salts 
or alums. It has no use in medicine. 

COPPER. (Cuprum). 

Sym. Cu; at. wt. (0 = 16) 63.57; sp. gr. 8.94; bivalent, crystallizes in cubes. 
Melts at 1045°C; malleable and ductile; may be rolled into thin sheets or 
hammered into foil, imitating gold leaf, but thicker; and maybe drawn into 
wire, of which great quantities are used especially for conducting electric- 
ity on trolley, telegraph and telephone lines and electrical instruments. It 
occurs native in America, China. Japan and some other countries, and in 
ores and mineral combinations, throughout the world. It is not affected by 
dry air at ordinary temperatures, but when heated in air forms copper oxide, 
CuO. It unites with nitric acid, but is not affected by dilute hydrochloric 
acid. At ordinary temperatures it is not acted upon by sulphuric acid, but 
it reacts at a higher temperature giving off sulphur dioxide gas. With am- 
monia and oxygen it dissolves, producing copper oxide ammonia, a blue 
liquid; solutions of salts are precipitated or deposited by iron, magnesium 
and several other metals. In periodic arrangement it is in Group I, asso- 
ciated with silver and gold and having like characteristics. 

Copper is a pre-historic metal. It forms alloys with a considerable number 
of the metals, with aluminum forming white bronzes; with zinc, the well 
known metal brass; with tin the antique bronzes, containing also a little lead 
and zinc; with tin alone, gun-metal and bell-metal; with tin phosphite, phos- 
phor bronze, and silicon bronze, using silicon instead of phosphorus, and 
forming a very hard firm metal used for bearings and otherwise. 

The metal copper is very extensively used in the industrial arts, and for_ a 
great number of purposes. It is now extensively produced by electrolysis, 
and as a by-product in mining gold and silver. 

Copper forms two sets of salts, by the reaction of its two oxides, cuprous 
oxide, Cu 2 0, and cupric oxide, CuO. These salts will be noted under 
"Cuprum" in Part II. Copper sulphate is the only salt official in the U. S. P. 

Copper Alloys. 

The following formulas show the composition of some of the principal 
alloys into which copper enters : 

Brass. Copper and zinc combine in all proportions to form brass, which 
varies in color according to the proportions of the metals. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 271 

Prince Rupert's Metal, Pinchbeck and Mannheim Gold contain 75 to 80 
percent, of copper, and are considerably used for making cheap jewelry. 

Tombac contains 84.5 percent, of copper and 15.5 percent, of zinc. It is 
used for making "Dutch metal," an imitation of gold leaf; used extensively for 
cheap work. 

Casting brass varies in composition as required for different purposes, but 
the usual proportion is about 70 percent, of copper with 30 percent, of zinc. 
Other metals are sometimes added in small proportions. 

By lacquering brass with various kinds of lacquer it is made to imitate 
bronze. 

Bronze. This is made from copper and tin in varying proportions. It is 
used in making statuary and many other articles. Varieties of bronze known 
as bell metal, which is composed of about 7S parts of copper to 22 parts of tin, 
and gun metal, which contains 90 parts of copper and 10 of tin. The ordinary 
casting bronze contains from SO to 85 percent, of copper, 15 to 20 percent, of 
tin, and 1 to 2 percent, of zinc. 

Phosphor Bronze contains phosphorus, and is used for making ordinance 
and for other purposes. 

Gold Bronze is brass or bronze in Aery tine powder; used as a substitute for 
gold in gilding and for printing and decorations. 

German Silver or Nickel Silver. This is a white metal, much employed as 
a basis for plated ware and ornamental artistic work. It is composed of cop- 
per, nickel and zinc in varying proportions, to which other metals are fre- 
quently added. The average proportion for spoons, forks etc., is 2 parts of 
copper, 1 of nickel, and 1 of zinc. For other purposes, larger or smaller 
proportions of the metals are used. 

1'empered copper is now made by a secret process, and from it cutting im- 
plements are now made, and other articles in which hard copper may be de- 
sired. 

Salts of Copper. 

In pharmacy the salts of copper are considerably used for various purposes, 
and in medicine they are somewhat employed in solutions, ointments and 
plasters for external uses, but seldom internally. 

The following are the more common salts of copper. Several of the cop- 
per salts were formerly official in the U. S. and Br. pharmacopoeias, but now 
copper sulphate is the only official salt. 

Copper Acetate. Cu(C2Eb0 2 ).H 2 0. This is most conveniently prepared 
by precipitating a concentrated solution of lead acetate with copper sulphate, 
then filtering the solution, evaporating and crystallizing. This is called Nor- 
mal Cupric Acetate, to distinguish it from Basic Cupric Acetate, or Verdigris, 
which is a mixture of several copper acetates. It is used in some plasters 
and ointments. 

Copper Ammoniate. CuCNHsVSOJrLO. This salt was formerly official. It 
is made by rubbing together in a mortar 240 grains of copper sulphate and 3G0 
grains of ammonium carbonate until effervescence ceases, then collecting the 
salt and pressing in bibulous paper. 

Copper Arsenate. Cu 3 As 2 O s . By adding a solution of copper sulphate to a 
solution of sodium arsenate, then collecting and drying the precipitate. 

Copper Bromide. CuBr 2 . By dissolving copper oxide in hydrobromic acid, 
evaporating and crystallizing. 

Copper Carbonate. CuCCX By adding a solution of sodium carbonate in 
excess to a solution of copper sulphate and warming. This is a green pigment. 

Copper Chloride. C11CI2. By dissolving copper scraps in hydrochloric acid, 
evaporating the solution and crystallizing. 

Copper Citrate. By heating a solution of copper acetate with citric acid and 
crystallizing. 

Copper Nitrate. Cu(NO 3 ) 2 .6H 2 0. This salt is official in the Br. but not in 
the U. S. pharmacopoeia. It may be made by dissolving copper in nitric acid 
diluted with water, evaporating the solution and crystallizing. 

Its solution makes a permanent blue for show bottles. 



272 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Copper Oxide. Copper Suboxide. Cuprous Oxide. Cu 2 0. By igniting 
copper in fine powder in the atmosphere, or by precipitating a solution of 
copper sulphate with grape sugar and caustic potassa, collecting and drying 
the precipitate. 

Copper Oxide. CuO. By heating the copper nitrate or carbonate to red- 
ness, and continuing the heat until is remains a black heavy powder. 

Copper Sulphate. CuS0 4 5H 2 0. This salt is most commonly known by the 
name of Blue Yitrol or Blue Stone. It is the most used of any of the copper 
salts, and may be conveniently made by dissolving scraps of copper in sul- 
phuric acid diluted with water, by the aid of heat, then evaporating the sol- 
ution and crystallizing. 

It is considerably used in batteries for generating electricity, for coloring 
and dyeing purposes, and in medicine for making various cleansing washes, 
liquids etc. It is sometimes given as an astringent in doses of J /i to 2 grains, 
and as a quick emetic in doses of from 5 to 10 grains. 

Dried or anhydrous copper sulphate is made by heating copper sulphate 
until its water of crystallization is vaporized, then reducing it to a powder. It 
is used as a test for alcohol and as an escharotic. 

Many other salts of copper are formed with other acids, but they are un- 
important. 

DYSPROSIUM. 

Sym. Dy; at. wt. (0 = 16) 162.5. This rare element is for the first time 
included in the International list of elements, but has not yet been assigned 
a place in the periodic arrangement. 

ERBIUM. 

Sym. Er; at. wt. (0 = 16) 167.4. An element found in the rare minerals, 
gadolinite, euxenite, keilhauite and samarskite which contain a mixture of 
earths closely resembling glucina. Several of the rare elements are con- 
tained in this mixture of earths and it is very difficult to obtain either the 
elements or their oxides, but they have been disassociated by the spectroscope 
and assigned names and atomic weight, and classed in the periodic arrange- 
ment of the elements, erbium being in Group VI. But little is known of this 
rare element except that it was discovered by Mosander, a Swedish chemist, 
in 1843, and assigned a name and has recently been listed in the elements. 

EUROPIUM. 

Sym. Eu; at. wt. 152.0. This element has been recently introduced in the 
International list of Elements, but has not yet been assigned a place in periodic 
arrangement. 

FLUORINE. 

Sym. F; at. wt. (0 = 16) 19.0; sp. gr. of the gas compares with its atomic 
weight 19, (0 = 16) of the liquid fluorine 1.14 (water =1). 

This gaseous element has a color similar to chlorine, but lighter, and has 
a penetrating, pungent odor. In liquid form it boils at — 187°C. and has a 
bright yellow color. Although glass is instantly attacked by hydrofluoric 
acid, pure fluorine gas or liquid does not affect it, and it may be condensed 
in glass vessels. It freezes to a white mass when cooled by liquid hydrogen 
and melts at — 223° C. The molecule of fluorine is diatomic (F 2 ). In per- 
iodic arrangement fluorine is in Group VII, at the head of the halogens. 

Flourine was discovered by Ampere in * 1810, but was first isolated by 
Moissan in 1886, who obtained it from fluoric acid by electrolysis. It is the 
most energetic element known, but does not combine with oxygen even at 
very high temperatures. With most metals it combines violently and with 
great rapidity, carbon ignites at once in fluorine gas, and alkali metals and 
earths burn in it at ordinary temperatures, iron in filings glows in the gas 
and copper is soon covered with a layer of copper fluoride, but gold and 
platinum are unaffected by it. In nature it occurs in great quantities combined 
with calcium, in the rocky formation fluor spar, CaF 2 , and with aluminum 
and sodium as cryolite, Al 2 F 6 -6NaF. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 273 

Hydrogen Fluoride, or Hydrofluoric Acid. HF. This is the most impor- 
tant chemical compound of fluorine. It was discovered by Scheele in 1771, 
who prepared it by heating together fluor spar and sulphuric acid. This 
compound must be heated in platnium or lead as glass is instantly acted 
upon by it and the acid must be preserved in lead or gutta percha bottles 
instead of glass. This acid is used chiefly for etching on glass, and either 
the solution in water or the gas itself may be employed. 

Other chemical compounds of fluorine are seldom required. 

GADOLINIUM. 

Sym. Gd; at. wt. (0 = 16) 157.3; trivalent. One of the rare elements found 
in the mineral gadolinite; discovered by Marignac, a French chemist, in 1886, 
and named by him for the Russian chemist, Gadolin. It has been included 
in the International atomic list, and assigned a place in the periodic arrange- 
ment of group III, in company with other elements obtained from rare 
minerals. Otherwise but little is known about it. 

GALLIUM. 

Sym. Ga; at. wt. (0 = 16) 69.9; sp. gr. 5.9; trivalent; melts at 30°C.; is ox- 
idized on the outside by air, the oxidation preventing further action; is not 
acted upon by water. It is a very rare element belonging to the aluminum 
family, Group III, Series 5 of the periodic arrangement. 

Gallium was one of the elements predicted by Mendelejeff — the hypothetical 
eka-aluminum — which was afterwards discovered by Boisbaudran in 1875, in 
zinc blend from the Pyrenees, by spectrum analysis. Sixty-two grams of 
this element prepared from 2400 kilogrammes of this mineral, was exhibited 
at the Paris Exposition of 1878. It is a bluish-white metal resembling mer- 
cury, and when heated at 30° C. it remains liquid, if undisturbed, for several 
weeks, even at 0°C. If, however, it is touched with a fragment of the solid 
metal the liquid crystallizes at once. It dissolves readily in dilute hydro- 
chloric acid and in solution of alkali, with evolution of hydrogen, showing its 
intimate relation to aluminum. The sulphate also forms double salts, alums; 
with ammonia. It has no medicinal value. 

GERMANIUM. 

Sym: Ge; at. wt. (0 = 16) 72.5; sp. gr. 5.47 at 20°C; quadrivalent; melts at 
900° C.; is unaffected by air at ordinary temperatures; is converted at red 
heat into germanium oxide, Ge0 2 . It is insoluble in hydrochloric acid but 
is acted upon by chlorine and by nitric acid and forms compounds with 
flourine and sulphur and dissolves in melted alkalies. It is in Group IV of the 
periodic arrangement having characteristics similar to silicon and tin. 

Germanium is a rare element; it was predicted by Mendelejeff while still 
unknown and its place assigned in his periodic table under the name of 
"eka-silicon." It was discovered some time afterwards by Winkler, a Ger- 
man chemist, in argyrodite a mineral found in Saxony and he gave it the 
name of germanium. 

It forms two series of compounds corresponding to its oxides, german- 
ious oxide, GeO. and germanium dioxide, Ge0 2 , also germanium sulphide, 
GeS, and germanium disulphide, GeS 2 . 

Its compounds are not used in medicine. 

GLUCINUM. 

Sym. Gl; at. wt. (0 = 16) 9.1; sp. gr. 1.64; bivalent. This has already 
been described under the heading Beryllium, by its name now quite generally 
known in chemistry, but in the International List it is now called Glucinum. 

GOLD. (Aurum). 

Sym. Au; at. wt. (0 = 16) 197.2; sp. gr. 19.3; average; melts at 1064°C.; 
univalent and trivalent; color reddish-yellow; very malleable and ductile. 
Occurs native in all countries, free, in the form of nuggets, or in grains or 



274 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

very fine powder in alluvial deposits, gravel and sand, in quartz rock, ores, 
and combined with other minerals or elements, is also found in solution in 
seawater and some mineral springs. In periodic arrangement it is in Group 
I Series 11, having characteristics like copper and silver. 

Gold is a pre-historic metal and in all historic time has been known as a 
noble or precious metal. It is not acted upon by the simple acids, but is 
dissolved by nitro-hydrochloric acid (aqua regia), and in chlorine solution 
(chlorine water), forming unstable compounds which, when heated, de- 
compose leaving the metal; also by electrolysis it forms a collodial solu- 
tion. It forms alloys with a number of the metallic elements, especially 
with copper and silver. Gold coinage of the U. S. is an alloy of 1 part cop- 
per with 9 parts of gold; England gold money is an alloy of 1 part of copper 
with 11 parts of gold. Silver is used as an alloy with gold for many pur- 
poses. 

Pure gold is too soft for coinage or for jewelry, but is used for making 
gold foil for filling teeth and for gold leaf. The pure metal is called 24 
karet (caret) gold, jewelry is made from 18 to 12 karets fine, and other al- 
loys are sometimes used. Gold plating is done by electrolytic processes 
similar to silver plating and for some purposes a thin layer of gold is rolled 
upon other metal, this product being called "rolled gold." 

Free or uncombined gold forms an amalgam with mercury and the amal- 
gamation process is quite generally used to separate it from gravel, soil, sand, 
crushed rock or ores, where it occurs in this form. The amalgamation is 
accomplished in stamp mills, in which meicury is used, or by running tailings 
containing auriferous slime (very fine gold, flour gold) over amalgamated 
copper plates . to which the fine particles of gold adhere. The amalgam is 
afterwards treated by pressure and distillation, separating the mercury from 
the metals, (usually gold and silver) which are afterwards themselves sep- 
arated.' The treated tailings which may still retain some very fine gold are 
again treated by the cyanide process devised by Siemens, from 0.1 to 0.01 
percent, of potassium cyanide, being added, which by oxidation by contact 
with the air, dissolves the gold in the solution forming a double cyanide, 
KAu(CN) 2 . From this solution, after standing, gold is recovered by elec- 
trolysis, using steel annodes and lead cathodes, the gold being deposited on 
the lead from which, being melted, the gold is separated by cupellation. For 
low grade ores and those containing sulphur and tellurium (the tellurides), 
amalgamation is not generally employed, chlorination and the cyanide pro- 
cess being employed instead. The chlorination process consists in roasting 
the crushed ore and then treating it with chlorine, by which it is dissolved. 
The gold is then precipitated from its chlorine solution with hydrogen sul- 
phide, and the precipitate heated to remove its volatilizable constituents. The 
cyanide process is also employed on low grade ores in the manner described 
for treating tailings, but zinc is generally used as the precipitant instead of 
electrolysis. Gold forms two series of compounds corresponding to its 
oxides, Au 2 0, aurous oxide and auric oxide, Au 2 Oj. 

Aurous Oxide, Au 2 0, may be prepared by treating aurous chloride with di- 
lute potassium oxide. It is a dark violet powder, decomposing at 250°C. 

Auric Oxide, Au 2 3 , may be prepared by precipitating auric chloride with 
magnesia, the precipitate is then treated with concentrated nitric acid, the 
auric oxide remaining in the precipitate as a brown powder which decom- 
poses at 250° C. The solution resulting from this treatment with magnesia 
may be further treated, with dilute nitric acid, causing a precipitate of an 
ogygen acid, AuO.sEU, known as auric acid. This acid unites with bases 
forming aurates. 

Aurous Chloride. AuCl. This may be prepared by heating auric chloride 
to 185° C. It is a white salt, insoluble in water and decomposes upon being 
heated. 

Auric Chloride. AuCl:;. This is the basis of all the gold chemical com- 
pounds, as gold is soluble only in chlorine or aqua regia. It may be pre- 
pared by the action of chlorine gas on gold in form of powdered gold leaf, or 
by dissolving gold in nitro-hydrochloric acid. It forms in red crystalline 



Chemical Elements and Compounds . 275 

mass which rapidly deliquesces when exposed to moist air. The gold and 
sodium chloride of the U. S. P., which is the only official salt of gold, is pre- 
pared by mixing equal parts of the gold chloride with sodium chloride. Other 
salts and compounds of gold will be noted under Aurum in Part II. 

HELIUM. 

Sym. He; at. wt. (0 = 16) 3.99; boils at — 267°C. at 760 mm. pressure; does 
not combine with other elements, therefore has no valency. In periodic ar- 
rangement it is first of the Zero group, the rare gases, and its atomic weight 
is the least of all the elements except hydrogen. 

Helium was discovered as a constituent of the sun's atmosphere by Sir 
Norman Lockyer, about 1875, and was afterwards discovered as an earth 
element by Ramsay, who rediscovered it in the atmosphere in 1895. It 
was also found in small quantities in the rare mineral clevite from which it 
was obtained by heating the mineral, the spectroscope also reveals it in 
some of the stars. As far as can be at present determined helium is a dis- 
integration product of radium emination and is a probable proof of the 
transmutation of matter, which was the unrealized aspiration of the alchem- 
ists. It exists in enormous quantities in the gaseous atmosphere of the sun, 
from which it derived its name — the sun element — and seems to be present 
wherever atoms of radium are broken up. It is found in the lighter portion 
of our own atmosphere and wherever radio-active minerals exist. 

HYDROGEN. 

Sym. H; at. wt. (0 = 16) 1.008; sp. gr. (air = l) 0.06949; weight of one liter 
at 0°C. 7 60 mm. pressure 0.0899 gram. It has been liquified, with great 
difficulty, in small quantities by pressure of 180 atmospheres and cold pro- 
duced by the evaporation of liquid air. Its critical temperature is — 241°C. at 15 
atmospheres. Liquid hydrogen is colorless, and boils at — 252. 8° C. Dewar 
succeeded in freezing hydrogen to a solid by allowing liquid hydrogen to 
evaporate rapidly under a pressure of 30 to 40 mm. Solid hydrogen melts 
at about — 257° C. 

Hydrogen gas is inflammable. It is the lightest substance known, it 
dissolves at 0°C, 2.15 volumes in 100 volumes of water and a somewhat 
larger proportion in alcohol. As a chemical constituent of water it is one 
of the most abundant elements and its combination with other elements 
make up quite a proportion of the ingredients of the earth, although it unites 
with a much less number of elements than oxygen. 

It is at the head of Group I, in periodic arrangement and is the only mem- 
ber of Series 1 of the table. It has been supposed by some of the great 
chemists to be the base from which all . other elements and all substances 
have been produced, and the idea still prevails with a large number of in- 
telligent investigators that hydrogen is the real elemental progenitor of all 
material things. However that may be, the chemist has only to deal with it, 
at the present time as an element and an ingredient of the compounds with 
which it unites. 

Hydrogen was discovered as an element by Cavendish, an English chemist, 
in 1781, and Lavoisier confirmed his discovery in 1/83. The hydrogen atom 
H. is univalent and is the standard of quantivalence of the elements; its 
molecule consists of two atoms, H-H. It is a colorless, odorless gas, seldom 
found free in nature, but readily prepared by the action of diluted sulphuric 
acid on zinc or iron; the bubbles of gas that arise are hydrogen. It is very 
combustible and has the greatest heating or calorific power of any substance, 
When burned in air the vapor of water is the only combustion product. 

Hydrogen Compounds. 

Hydrides. Hydrogen unites with a number of the elements forming bi- 
nary compounds known as "hydrides." The elements with which this unites 
are fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, 
carbon, silicon, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and copper. Only 
with carbon it unites in a great number of proportions, forming hydro- 



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carbons; with all the others it unites chiefly in one proportion, but with a 
very few in two or three other different proportions. Hydrogen does not 
directly enter into union with any of the elements except through the action 
of heat or electricity, or through some intermediary by which the union may 
be established and with the exception of bromine, chlorine, fluorine and oxy- 
gen, it does not readily react and it is necessary to bring about the action 
by indirect means. The majority of the hydrides are gases, their solutions 
in water forming an important class of acids, as in the case of nitrogen, 
NH 3 , ammonia water; the carbon hydrides, form a large class of preparations 
much used in pharmacy and medicine, the alcohols, ethers, alkaloids etc. 

Hydroxyl. HO or OH. This compound of hydrogen and oxygen is known to 
exist but cannot be isolated. It is a hypothetical radical formed in the trans- 
ition of the hydrogen atom in its union with oxygen. Its formula may be 
represented as H — O — showing an unsaturated atom of oxygen. It occurs 
as a factor in the molecules of many chemical compounds — the hydroxides — 
and is otherwise influential in many chemical processes but as it cannot be 
isolated it can only be hypothetically explained. 

Hydric Oxide, (Water), H a O. This product of hydrogen with oxygen is 
the most abundant and generally diffused of its compounds. When two vol- 
umes of hydrogen and one volume of ogygen are mixed, and an electric 
spark applied, the gases unite explosively, forming water; when a jet of 
hydrogen is burned under an inclined bell jar the oxygen of the air unites 
with it and vapor of water is produced inside the jar and runs down its sides 
as water. With an ordinary oil lamp, when first lighted the chimney is cov- 
ered with a film of condensed water vapor which results from the combus- 
tion of a hydro-carbon in the presence of oxygen of the atmosphere. So, in 
many ways the union of hydrogen with oxygen, forming water, can be shown, 
and it is always present in the atmosphere in the form of vapor, which con- 
denses into clouds, rain and snow. Water is necessary to all forms of life 
and is essential in most of the chemical reactions that take place. Its 
freezing point is 0°C. (32°F.), and boiling point 100°C. (212°F.), at 760 mm. 
pressure, that is, the average pressure of the atmosphere. Other facts concern- 
ing water will be found under the title Water in this section. 

Hydrogen Peroxide. H2O2. This may be considered as a double hydroxyl, 
(H-O-O-H), the molecule consisting of two atoms each of hydrogen and 
oxygen, while hydroxyl consists of but one atom each. Its solution is known 
as hydrogen peroxide, and is now much used in surgery and as a toilet 
requisite. The formula for preparing this will be found under the title 
"Aqua Hydrogenii Dioxide" in Part II. 

Hydracids. The inorganic acids which are formed by the combination of 
hydrogen with non-metallic elements, and do not contain oxygen, are known 
as Hydracids. They are hydrobromic acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric 
acids, hydrosulphuric acid, hydriodic acid and hydrocyanic acid. 

INDIUM. 

Sym. In; at. wt. (0 = 16) 114.8; sp. gr. 7.42; melts at 176° C; color white; 
permanent in air; at a high temperature burns with a blue flame to an oxide, 
ln 2 3 ; the hydroxide dissolves in alkalies; the chloride, InCls is hygrosco- 
pic; the sulphate forms an alum with ammonium sulphate. Its character- 
istics bring it into the same periodic group as aluminum, Group III, and 
other properties associate it with cadmium and tin in Series 7. It is classed 
with gallium and thallium which are also of rare occurrence. 

Indium was first discovered through the spectroscope in certain blendes, 
by Reich and Richter, German chemists, in 1863, and a little later by Web- 
sky, in South American vanadium ores. It has. at present, no industrial or 
medicinal importance. 

IODINE. 

Sym. I; at. wt. (0 = 16) 126.92; sp. gr. 4.95 at 15°C; melts at 114.2°C; 
boils at 184.35° C., 760 mm. pressure. Its color is very dark grayish, but 
its vapor is deep violet, and it derived its name from this characteristic. It 



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is slightly soluble in water but dissolves readily in alcohol, ether and chloro- 
form; the vapor density of iodine is 8.72 (air = l) at about 600° C, but de- 
creases with rising temperature until at 500° C. it is only 4.5. This indi- 
cates that below 600° C. its molecule consists of two atoms, but above that 
temperature disassociation begins. In periodic arrangement it is the last 
member of the halogen group, Group VII, and in Series 7, having charac- 
teristics similar to fluorine, chlorine and bromine. 

Iodine was first discovered by Courtois, a manufacturer of saltpetre, in 
Paris, in 1812, but was first recognized as an element by Gay-Lussac in 1815. 
It is obtained from the ashes of sea-weed, known as kelp or varec, which 
is found off the western coast of the British isles and France; and also 
in the mother liquor left after the crystallization of Chili saltpetre, the same 
as bromine is found in the mother liquor after the crystallization of salt. In 
some sections sea-weed is now cultivated for the purpose of obtaining iodine, 
together with the alkalies which are obtained from its ashes. 

Iodine unites directly with non metallic elements with which other halo- 
gens forms compounds, as sulphur, phosphorus, etc., and through its hydro- 
gen combination, hydriodic acid, with most of the metals, forming iodides, 
and by its oxygen combinations forming iodates. 

Acids of Iodine. 

Hydrogen Iodide, HI, Hydriodic Acid. This compound of iodine with 
hydrogen is the one from which most of the iodine salts are evolved. It 
is a colorless gas, having specific gravity 62.94 (H = l) and when exposed 
to the air, gives forth fumes of acid reaction and pungent odor. Under 
pressure of 4 atmospheres at 0°C. it condenses to a colorless liquid; this 
liquid boils at — 34.14° C. under pressure of 730.4 mm. The melting point of 
the solid acid is — 50 8° C. Water dissolves 425 times its volume of gaseous 
HI at 10° C. This strong solution fumes, liberating iodine and gradually 
turning darker because of its loss. 

Hydrodic acid of sp gr. 1.50 and 1.70 is furnished in sealed tubes by manu- 
facturing chemists, but the 10 per cent, solution of the hydriodic acid in water, 
known as diluted hydriodic acid, is the preparation generally used in phar- 
macy, and the only one available for pharmaceutical use. 

Iodic Acid, HI0 3 . This is an oxygen acid of iodine, occurring in crystal- 
line form. It is chiefly used for making iodate salts by combination with 
bases It is also called iodic anhydride. 

Periodic Acid or Anhydride. HIO*. By adding 1 part of iodine to 7 parts of 
sodium carbonate dissolved in 100 parts of water, and passing chlorine into 
the heated liquid until a precipitate ceases to form. Collect this precipitate, 
dissolve it in pure nitric acid then add silver nitrate, and dissolve the precipitate 
which forms in hot diluted nitric acid. Concentrate the solution and crystallize, 
then re-dissolve the crystals in w T ater and re-crystallize. 

Iodine Compounds. 
Iodine Bromide, Iodine Chloride, Iodine Cyanide and Iodine Tri-Chloride 

have recently been introduced. The latter is attracting some attention as an 
antiseptic and antizymotic in the treatment of cutaneous diseases, gonorrhoea 
etc., and for internal administration for fermentative dyspepsia etc. A solution 
is made for external use, 1 : 1000, and the dose internally is J /& grain. 

Other compounds of iodine will be noted under the heading Iodum in 
Part II. 

IRIDIUM. 

Sym. Ir; at. wt. (0 = 16) 193.1; sp. gr. 22.42; trivalent; melts at 1950°C; 
color like steel; is not affected by air, nor acted upon by acids — not even 
aoua regia affects pure iridium. With gaseous chlorine if forms two chlor- 
ides, perhaps three, and with oxygen three oxides, with corresponding hy- 
drates which dissolve in acids. It is in Group VIII. Series 10 of the per- 
iodic table, associated with platinum, rhodium etc. 

Iridium was discovered by Tennant, an English chemist, in 1804; it is ob- 
tained chiefly from iridosmine in which it is associated with osmium, from 
which it is separated by heating the ore in a current of oxygen, which vol- 



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atilizes the osmium, leaving the iridium. It forms an alloy with platinum, 
which is used in making crucibles, stills and dishes, so called platinum ware 
because of its being unaffected by acids and but slightly by ordinary heat, 
an alloy of 90 parts platinum with 10 parts iridium was chosen for making 
the prototype of the metre, preserved in Paris, Washington and elsewhere. 
Because of its hardness and negative qualities it is used for making the 
points of gold pens, and for many parts of delicate instruments, in which 
a very hard metal unaffected by chemicals would be desirable. 

Iridium Chlorides. With chlorine two chlorides are formed, Ir 2 Cl 8 , and 
IrCI 4 , both of which unite with alkali chlorides to form double salts. The 
tetrachloride, IrCL, is a black or dark brown substance which forms an in- 
tensely red solution when dissolved in water. When added to platinum 
chloride solution a much deeper color results. 

Iridium Oxides. The monoxide, IrO, is a black powder, the dioxide, IrCX.. 
is a black insoluble powder, the trioxide, InOs, is black and insoluble. Iri- 
dium hydroxides, Ir (OH) 4 is blue and Ir 2 (OH) 9 is black. 

IRON. (Ferrum). 

Sym. Fe; at. wt. 55.85; sp. gr. 7.84 (varies slightly according to form); 
is oxidized slowly in contact with air or water and unites with acids forming 
two sets of compounds, ferrous and ferric. Native iron is not known to 
occur, but meteoric iron is sometimes found, usually combined with nickel 
as an alloy. The chief source of iron is in various ores and combinations 
with oxygen, sulphur, carbon and silicon. It is the first member of Series 
4, Group VIII, in the periodic arrangement, and is closely related to cobalt 
and nickel. 

Iron is a prehistoric metal, known since the early civilization of man as 
the most useful of any of the metals. It was not, however, until man 
learned to utilize fire and invented tools to work the metal into shape that 
iron became useful. As an ore or in combination with other elements it was 
useless for any practical purpose, and it was only when reduced by fire to 
metallic iron that it becomes available for the use of man. The Stone Age 
and the Bronze Age both preceded the Iron Age. Tubal Cain forged the 
sword, but the plowshare was made of wood. It has not been until com- 
paratively recent time that iron industry was developed to its wonderful pro- 
portions. 

Iron is said to have been first discovered on Mount Ida owing to the forest 
having been burned by lightning, 1432 B. C, thus the metal and the means 
by which it was reduced from its ore were made known, and it remained then 
only to work it into shape by crude tools that were already invented and 
at hand. 

The most important ores from which iron is produced are magnetite, FesO* 
(magnetic iron ore), hematite, FezOs, (specular iron) and siderite, FeCOs, 
(spathic iron). Iron pyrites, FeS 2 , and other sulphur combinations of iron 
are extensively used but must be first roasted to free them from sulphur, 
which is utilized as a by-product in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. 

Forms of Iron. 

Pig Iron is the crude form of commercial iron as it it cast when coming 
from the furnace. 

Wrought Iron is produced from cast iron by "puddling," a process which 
eliminates the impurities and makes the iron malleable and ductile. 

Steel is a compound of varying proportions of carbon with iron and is 
made differently for different purposes. The Bessemer process produces 
steel directly from cast iron, but first burning out the impurities and after- 
ward adding spiegeliron, (a form of iron carrying a large percentage of 
carbon) until the required amount of carbon has been introduced. Other 
forms of steel are variously made for various uses. Crucible steel is made 
from purest wrought iron by melting in crucibles and adding sufficient char- 
coal and manganese dioxide to produce carbonation and oxidation. This 
form of steel is suitable for making the best grade of tools and appliances. 



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This steel when heated and properly tempered is the highest grade that can 
be produced. 

Iron forms two sets of salts, the ferrous and the ferric, and, in these two 
conditions comprises a great number of compounds used industrially and in 
medicine. 

Salts of Iron. 

The following embrace the more important salts of iron, but many others are 
made and sometimes used in medicine or the arts. See Part II. 

Ferrous Oxide. FeO. The rapidity with which ferrous oxide absorbs 
oxygen, changing it to the ferric state, makes it almost unknown except in 
combination. It may be prepared, however, by reducing ferric oxide with 
carbon monoxide. The product is a black powder which rapidly oxidizes 
upon exposure to air or heat. 

Ferrous Hydroxide, Fe(OH) 2j may be precipitated from solutions of fer- 
rous salts by adding an alkali; it rapidly oxidizes in the air to ferric hy- 
droxide. 

Ferrous Chloride. FeCl. This is prepared by the action of hydrochloric 
acid upon iron. It crystallizes from solution in green, monoclinic prisms. 

Ferrous Sulphate. FeS04-r7H 2 0. (Copperas or green vitriol). This is 
the most commonly known ferrous salt. It is prepared by the action of sul- 
phuric acid on iron or steel. Commercially the waste of wire factories or 
scrap iron of any kind is treated with diluted sulphuric acid and the crys- 
talline product — large, bright-green, monoclinic prisms — collected and drained. 

Ferrous Carbonate. This ma}' be prepared by adding sodium carbonate 
to a solution of ferrous sulphate, but when the precipitate is removed from 
the solution it very rapidly changes to ferric carbonate. Ferrous carbonate 
occurs in solution in mineral waters that contain an excess of carbon diox- 
ide, but precipitates as ferric carbonate when this is no longer present. 

Ferric Oxide. Fe^O:;. This salt which is commonly called "colcothar' is iron 
sesqui-oxide, and may be prepared by burning copperas in the air until it 
has lost its water of crystallization and become converted into a dark-red 
powder. The common article is known as iron paint, and is also used for 
polishing glass and metal. A finer powder is known as jeweler's rouge, used 
for polishing jewelry and silverware. 

Ferric Hydroxide. This is produced when a solution of ferric salt is pre- 
cipitated by an alkali. 

Ferric Chloride. This may be prepared by passing chlorine into a solu- 
tion of ferrous chloride. 

Ferric Sulphate. This may be prepared by dissolving ferric oxide in sul- 
phuric acid. It forms iron alum by the addition of potassium hydroxide. 

Iron Acetate. Fe 2 (C 2 H 3 2 ) 6 . Made by "dissolving freshly precipitated ferric 
hydrate to saturation in acetic acid, evaporating the solution and crystallizing. 

Iron Arsenic. FeAs 2 . This occurs native in the mineral Leucopyrite. 

Iron Arsenide. Fe 2 As 2 . This also occurs native in the mineral Lolligite. 
Arsenical Iron Pyrites, FeAsS, is another combination of iron with arsenic 
called Mispickel. Iron Arsenate and Iron Arsenite are also prepared in the 
laboratory and furnished by manufacturing chemists. 

Iron Benzoate. Fe^CrHsO^^O. By adding a solution of ferrous sulphate 
to a concentrated solution of sodium benzoate, collecting the precipitate, 
washing and drying. 

Iron Bromide. (Ferrous Bromide). FeBr 2 . By adding 2 parts of bromine 
diluted with 10 parts of water to 1 part iron wire, and digesting with gentle 
heat until the liquid assumes a greenish color and the reaction is completed, 
then filtering and evaporating to dryness. 

Iron Cacodylate. This is an arsenic salt of iron prepared by the action of 
cacodylic acid upon ferrous carbonate. It is employed as a tonic in certain 
conditions where iron and arsenic are indicated. 

Iron Carbonate. (Ferrous Subcarbonate). By dissolving 4 ounces of fer- 
rous sulphate and ±y 2 ounces of sodium carbonate separately^ each in 2 quarts 
of warm water, mixing the solutions and washing the precipitate with sweet- 



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ened water, and drying without heat. By exposure this is converted into fer- 
ric oxide. 

Iron Ferrocyanide. Fe 4 (FeCN 6 )3. By dissolving potassium ferrocyanide 
and adding to it a solution of iron sulphate as long as the blue precipitate is 
formed, then washing the precipitate and drying. This is known as Prussian 
Blue. It is made soluble by the addition of 20 percent, or more of oxalic acid, 
and is then known as Soluble Blue, an article much sold for laundry bluing. 

Iron Glycerinophosphate. This is prepared in the same manner as other 
glycerophosphate salts. See Glycerinophosphates, Part II. 

Iron Iodide. Fel 2 . Ferrous Iodide. Prepared by the direct union of iron 
and iodine. The syrup of Ferrous iodide which is official is generally used in 
medicine. 

Iron Nitrate. Fe 2 (NO s ) 6 . By concentrating a solution of iron nitrate by 
evaporation and crystallizing. 

Iron Oxides. With oxygen iron combines in several proportions, Ferrous 
oxide, FeO, being unknown except in combination, as it rapidly absorbs 
oxygen and passes into a higher oxide. Ferric oxide, Fe 2 3 , is made by 
burning ferrous sulphate in a crucible until fumes cease to be evolved. This 
is known commercially as Crocus Martis, Colcothar, Rouge, Red Oxide of 
Iron, Venetian Red etc., as made for various uses. Magnetic Iron Oxide — 
Ferroso-Ferric Oxide — Fe 2 Oi — is a black magnetic iron oxide obtained in var- 
ious ways and also occuring native; and some other forms not sufficiently im- 
portant to notice. The German pharmacopoeia directs a soluble saccharated 
iron oxide to be prepared by precipitating 30 parts of a solution of iron 
chloride with a solution of sodium carbonate, adding solution of soda and 
sodium bicarbonate, washing the precipitate under water, collecting, draining 
and mixing it with 50 parts of sugar and drying. 

Iron Persulphate. Monsell's Salt. By evaporating a solution of persulphate 
or tersulphate of iron to dryness. Used as a styptic. 

Iron Phosphate, White. Fe 2 2P04.4H 2 0. Besides the official scale salt, sol- 
uble iron phosphate (a compound salt) and the former official gray powder, 
iron phosphate, (Ferri Phosphas, Br.), a white phosphate of iron, (ferrous phos- 
phate), is made by mixing 4 ounces of solution of normal ferric sulphate with 

1 ounce of sodium acetate in solution, and then adding a solution of sodium 
phosphate, and washing and drying the precipitate. 

Iron Salicylate. This may be prepared by adding ferrous carbonate to a hot 
concentrated solution of salicylic acid until effervescence no longer occurs, 
then concentrating and crystallizing. 

Iron Scale Salts. A considerable number or iron compounds are made in 
the form of scale salts. These combinations are not included in this list but 
will be found under the heading Ferrum in Part II. 

Iron Succinate. By adding ferrous carbonate to liquid succinic acid as 
long as it effervesces, then concentrating and crystallizing. 

Iron Sulphide. FeS. Made by heating a mixture of 3 parts iron filings with 

2 parts of sublimed sulphur in a red-hot crucible, into which it is introduced in 
small portions at a time. This is used for making sulphuretted hydrogen. 

Iron Pyrites, FeS 2 , is another combination of iron with sulphur, found 
abundantly in nature and much used in the production of sulphuric acid. 

Some other salts of iron are used occasionally, but are seldom prepared 
by pharmacists and are of but little interest. Of the unofficial salts of iron 
not previously mentioned the more important are the Lacto-Phosphate, Sali- 
cylate, Sulpho-Carbolate. Malate and Tannate. Dialysed iron in scales is men- 
tioned under Dialysed Iron, and the various sol -tions of iron among the 
solutions. 

For other salts and chemical combinations of iron, see "Ferrum," Part II. 

KRYPTON. 

Sym. Kr; at. wt. (0 = 16) 82.9; density (0 = 16) 40.88; nullivalent— does 
not enter into combination with an} r known element. In the zero group of 
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Chemical Elements and Compounds 281 

This is one of the rare gases discovered in the atmosphere by Ramsay and 
Traverse in 1897. In a more recent investigation Ramsey found but one 
part of krypton in seven million parts of air. It was found in the least vola- 
tile portion, when a large quantity of liquid air had been allowed to evap- 
orate slowly. 

LANTHANUM. 

Sym. La; at. wt. (0 = 16) 139.0; sp. gr. 6.16; trivalent. It belongs in the 
same group with cerium, but is harder and less ductile than that metal. It 
is one of the rare earths, belonging to Group IV, Series 8. 

Lanthanum was discovered by Mosander, a Swedish chemist, while inves- 
tigating the chemistry of the rare earths in 1841. Its oxide, La 2 3 , and its 
salts are colorless. This element or its salts have no medicinal or industrial 
use at the present time. 

LEAD. (Plumbum). 

Sym. Pb; at. wt. (0 = 16) 207.10; sp. gr. 11.25; bivalent or quadrivalent; 
melts at 334°C. and distils at white heat; bluish-gray color and metallic lus- 
ter; malleable; crystallizes in octahedra. It oxidizes slowly on its exterior 
surface, in the air, forming a layer which protects it from further oxidation, 
in water it forms a layer of hydroxide which protects it. It is slightly affect- 
ed when in masses, by sulphuric or hydrochloric acids, but is acted upon by 
nitric acid, when diluted, and by acetic acid and other organic acids. Lead 
belongs in Group IV, Series 11, in periodic arrangement. 

Lead as a metal has been known from the most ancient historic times, 
it was known to the Israelites and was used by the Romans in much the 
same manner as it is used at the present time. It is seldom found native, 
but is chiefly obtained from "galena," lead sulphite, PbS, of which large de- 
posits are found in various countries, particularly in the United States, in 
the Mississippi Valley, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, combined with 
other minerals. Metallic lead is readily obtained from its compounds by 
smelting in furnaces and reducing its ores by such methods as experience 
has shown to be most effective. 

Industrially, lead is second only to iron in importance; it enters into all 
manner of building operations; its alloys furnish type and Babbitt metals and 
solders, it is basis of a large portion of the paint used. It is extensively 
employed in making shot, and its oxide in making glass, and lead acetate 
is of the greatest importance in dying fabrics; besides several of its salfs 
and compounds are considerably used in medicine. 

Salts of Lead 

The following are the salts of lead generally used in the arts and in phar- 
macy : 

Lead Acetate. Sugar of Lead. This is official in all pharmacopoeias and 
will be further considered under the title Plumbi Acetas in Part II. It is ex- 
tensively used in the arts, especially as a mordant for dyeing. 

Lead Arsenate. Pbsi.AsO-Os. Made by gradually adding a solution of lead 
acetate to a solution of sodium arsenate, collecting, washing and drying the 
precipitate. Used as an application to cancers, malignant ulcers etc. 

Lead Benzoate. By adding to a hot solution of benzoic acid, a solution of 
lead acetate, as long as a precipitate forms, collecting and drying the precipi- 
tate. 

Lead Bichromate, which is known as chrome orange or chrome red, is made 
by adding potassa to the ablution of potassium bichromate before adding the 
solution of lead acetate. 

Lead Bromide. PbBr 2 . By adding a solution of lead acetate to a solution 
of potassium bromide, collecting and washing the precipitate. Uses similar 
to lead iodide. 

Lead Carbonate. White Lead. This was formerly official in the U. S. P., 
and now is in the Br. P. The method of preparing it and its uses in pharmacy 
will be found under the title Plumbi Carbonas in Part II. It is extensively 
used as a pigment for painting white, and as the basis of colored paints. 



282 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Lead Chloride. PbCU By adding gradually to a solution of lead acetate in 
water, hydrochloric acid so long as a precipitate is formed, then collecting and 
drying, or by adding a solution of common salt to the solution of lead acetate. 

Lead Chromate. PbCrG> 4 . By adding a solution of lead acetate gradually 
to a solution of potassium bicarbonate and collecting the precipitate. This is 
a pigment known as chrome yellow, lemon yellow, Leipsic or Paris yellow. 

Lead Cyanide. PbCy 2 . By adding hydrocyanic acid to a solution of lead 
acetate as longas a precipitate is formed, and collecting it. 

Lead Hydroxide. Pb(OH) 2 . This may be produced by precipitating a lead 
solution with an alkali. It is insoluble in ammonia, but soluble in caustic 
alkalies. 

Lead Iodide. Pbl 2 . This is official in the U. S., Br. and many of the Euro- 
pean pharmacopceias. In pharmacy it is chiefly used in ointment and plaster 
preparations. It is further described under the title Plumbi Iodidum in 
Part II. 

Lead Nitrate. Pb(NO s ) 2 . This is official in the U. S. and a few European 
pharmacopceias. It is chiefly used in solution, externally and for making hair 
restoratives. It is more fullv described under the Latin title Plumbi Nitras 
in Part II. 

Lead Oxalate. By adding to a concentrated solution of oxalic acid, solution 
of lead acetate, and collecting and drying the precipitate. 

Lead Oxides. Besides the official oxide of lead (litharge), lead binoxide, 
Pb0 2 . is made by treating red lead with nitric acid and collecting the undis- 
solved powder, and red oxide of lead, or red lead, PbsO*, is made by heating 
massicot, or.unfused oxide of lead, to a dull red heat in contact with air until 
it is converted into a bright red powder. This is also called Minium. 

Lead Oxide. PbO. Litharge. This is official under the title Plumbi Oxi- 
dum in the U. S. and Br. pharmacopceias and under similar titles in many 
others; but in the Ger. and Belg. the title is Lithargyrum. It is the basis of 
most of the lead salts and is employed in pharmacy in making solutions and 
plasters. It is more fully considered under the title Plumbi Oxidum in Part II. 

Lead Saccharate. By adding a solution of saccharic acid to a solution of 
lead acetate as long as a precipitate is formed, and collecting the same. 

Lead Suboxide. Pb-O. This is a black powder, which when heated in the 
air changes to a lead oxide. 

Lead Sulphate. PbS0 4 . By dissolving lead nitrate in water, adding sul- 
phuric acid as long as a precipitate is formed, then collecting the precipitate. 
This is official in the Sp. Ph. 

Lead Sulphocarbolate. By mixing 1 part of sulphuric acid, diluted with 4 
parts of water, with 4 parts of carbolic acid, liquified by heat, and adding the 
mixture to a solution of lead acetate as long as a precipitate forms, then col- 
lecting and drying the precipitate. 

Lead Tannate. By precipitating a solution of lead acetate with a solution 
of tannin, and collecting the precipitate. This is official in several European 
pharmacopceias. 

Lead Tetrachloride. PbCU. This is formed when lead chloride in strong 
solution with hydrochloric acid is saturated with chlorine gas. 

Minium or Red Lead, PbiO^. This may be prepared by heating lead 
oxide or white lead, to from 300° to 400° C. for a considerable time in the 
air, until it acquires a bright red color; two other oxides of lead are known. 

Some other unimportant salts of lead are known but they are made in the 
same general manner as the foregoing. 

LITHIUM. 

Sym. Li; at. wt. (0 = 16) 6.94; sp. gr. 0.5S; univalent; melts at 180° C. 
A silvery-white soft metal, tarnishing in moist air and burning when heated 
with a strong white light, to an oxide. It does not decompose at ordinary 
temperatures so readily as sodium or potassium but decomposes water with 
evolution of hydrogen. It is the lightest metal known and in periodic ar- 
rangement is the first member, after hydrogen of Group 1, being of the same 
family as potassium and sodium, and classed with the alkali metals. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 283 

Lithium was discovered by Arfvedson, a Swedish chemist, in 1817. It does 
not occur free in nature, but in various combinations it is found widely dis- 
tributed, but in limited quantities. It occurs in soils and mineral waters in 
some localities and in the minerals lepidolite, triphylite and amblygonite, 
also it is found in the ashes of some plants which have, naturally, absorbed 
it from the soil in which they grow, tobacco and the grape vine may be 
mentioned. 

Sir H. Davy obtained the metal from its hydrate by exposing it in contact 
with mercury to galvanic action, then decomposing the amalgam formed by 
distilling off the mercury leaving the metallic lithium. It forms a considera- 
ble number of salts with the acids and unites with the halogen elements; 
with oxygen it forms lithium oxide, LiO, and the hydroxide, LiOH. Lithium 
carbonate, Li 2 CO: ; , and lithium phosphate, LisPO^, are very sparingly soluble, 
in which they differ, from similar combinations with the other alkali metals. 
As many of the lithium salts are used medicinally they will be noted under 
"Lithium" Part II. 

Lithium Salts. 

A number of the lithium salts are official and will be further described under 
their titles in Part 11: also a number of the unofficial lithium salts are used 
and are known in pharmacy by trade names, under which they have been 
brought to the notice of physicians. They are further described under their 
trade names in Part II. 

Lithium Acetate. Dissolve lithium carbonate to saturation in acetic acid, 
concentrate the solution and crystallize. This must be well dried and pre- 
served in tight bottles, as it deliquesces when exposed to air. 

Lithium Benzoate. LiCrHr.O?. This is official in the U. S. and a few Euro- 
pean pharmacopoeias. Its formula and further description will be found in 
Part. II. 

Lithium Benzo-Salicylate. Dissolve equal ( parts of benzoic and salicylic acid 
in ten parts of boiling water and add lithium carbonate in small portions until 
effervescence no longer occurs, then set aside to crystallize. 

Lithium Bitartrate. Neutralize a hot concentrated solution of potassium 
bitartrate with lithium carbonate, and allow to crystallize. 

Lithium Borocitrate. Citric acid 10 parts, lithium carbonate 2 parts, boric 
acid 3 parts, dissolved together in boiling water, and carefully evaporated to 
dryness and crystallized. 

Lithium Bromide. LiBr. This is official in the U. S. and a few European 
pharmacopoeias. The method for preparing" it and further description will be 
found in Part. II. 

Lithium Carbonate. Li 2 C0 3 . This is official in the^U. S., Br. and most qi 
the European pharmacopoeias. The method of preparing it and its uses will 
be found in Part II. 

Lithium Chloride. LiCl. Dissolve lithium carbonate to saturation in hy- 
drochloric acid, concentrate the solution by evaporation and crystallize. 
This is official in the Ger. S. and Greek. 

Lithium Citrate. This is official in the U. S., Br. and Fr. pharmacopoeias. 
Its formula and description will be found in Part II. 

Lithium Diborocitrate. Citric acid 20 parts, lithium carbonate / parts, boric 
acid 12 parts. Dissolve in boiling water, and evaporate carefully to a dry 
powder. 

Lithium Dithiosalicylate, Diuretin. This is prepared by dissolving lithium 
carbonate to saturation in a mixture of sulphuric and salicylic acids. It is 
used for rheumatism etc. Dose, 15 to 20 grains. 

Lithium Glycerinophosphate. This may be prepared in the same manner as 
calcium glycerinophosphates. See Glycerinophosphates, Part II. 

Lithium Iodide. Lil. Add lithium carbonate to a solution of calcium iodide 
until no more will dissolve "when heated, then filter, concentrate and crystallize. 
This is official in the Ger. S. 

Lithium Lactate. This may be prepared by dissolving lithium carbonate to 
saturation in lactic acid, evaporating by gentle heat and crystallizing. Its uses 
are similar to other lithium salts. 



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Lithium Nitrate. LiNO :i . Dissolve lithium carbonate to saturation in nitric 
acid, concentrate the solution and crystallize. 

Lithium Oxide is an alkaline earth, found in petalite, and in solution in 
many mineral waters. 

Lithium Phosphate. Li :i P0 4 . This may be made by dissolving lithium car- 
bonate to excess in phosphoric acid, concentrating the solution and crystalliz- 
ing. 

Lithium Salicylate. LiCzHoOs. This is official in the U. S. and a few Euro- 
pean pharmacopoeias. It is considerably used as a remedy for gout and rheu- 
matism. The formula for its preparation will be found in Part II. 

Lithium Salicylate, Uropherin. This is prepared by neutralizing a hot con- 
centrated solution of salicylic acid with lithium carbonate, reducing by evapo- 
ration and powdering. It is used as an antirheumatic. Dose, 15 to 20 grains. 

Lithium Sulphate. Li 2 S0 4 'H20. Dissolve lithium carbonate to saturation 
in sulphuric acid, concentrate and crystallize. 

Lithium Symphorol. This has been introduced as a lithium substitute for 
sodium symphorol. Dose, 15 to 20 grains. 

Lithium Tartrate. Dissolve lithium carbonate to saturation in a strong sol- 
ution of tartaric acid, concentrate and crystallize. 

Many other salts of lithium may be made with other acids in the same man- 
ner as the foregoing. 

LUTECIUM. 

Sym. Lu; at. wt. (0 = 16) 174. This is the name of an element found in 
ores associated with cobalt, that has recently been included in the Interna- 
tional list. But little is yet known about it and it has not been assigned a 
place in the periodic arrangement of elements. 

MAGNESIUM. 

Sym. Mg; at. wt. (0 = 16) 24.32* sp. gr. 1.75; bivalent, melts at 800° C. and 
distils at red heat. This metal is silvery-white, having a high luster; it is 
malleable and ductile and is most generally prepared for the market in the 
form of powder, wire or ribbon. In the air it soon becomes coated with 
oxide and thus protected from further action. At a high temperature it 
burns to its oxide magnesia, MgO, and in boiling water it is slowly decom- 
posed with evolution of hydrogen. It dissolves readily in acids or salts of 
ammonia and is the best known test for hydrogen in any compound. In 
the periodic arrangement it belongs in Group II, Series 3, associated with 
beryllium, zinc and cadmium. 

Magnesium was first discovered (impure) by Sir H. Davy, in 1808, and 
afterwards the pure metal was isolated by Liebig and Bussy. The metal 
does not occur free in nature, but is found in considerable quantities in var- 
ious combinations, as magnesite, MgCOs, dolomite, MgCa(C0 3 )2, and in 
several of the silicates and soils with which it has been mingled by disinte- 
gration of minerals with which it has been combined. 

It is now prepared chiefly by electrolysis, on a large scale, as it is much 
used as a reducing agent, for flash-light in photography and in electrical 
work. It may also be prepared by heating double magnesium chloride 
MgClo-NaCl, with sodium. The ribbon is very convenient for use as it may 
be lighted by a match and when once ignited will burn in most any com- 
pound or in water vapor until consumed. The powder when added to any 
solution containing hydrogen causes decomposition with escape of bubbles 
of hydrogen gas, the powder may also be mixed with oxides of iron and 
aluminum in fine powder in a preparation called thermit and when ignited 
with a magnesium ribbon will burn with intense heat, melting the most re- 
fractory substances. 

Magnesium Salts. 

The following salts of magnesium are all that are usually used in pharmacy 
or medicine but, as it combines with most of the acids and non-metals, a num- 
ber of other preparations are known. The official salts are more fully con- 
sidered under Magnesium in Part II. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 285 

Magnesium Acetate. Mg(C 2 H 3 2 )2. Made by adding magnesium carbonate 
to saturation in acetic acid, filtering the solution, concentrating and crystal- 
lizing. 

Magnesium Benzoate. To a hot solution of benzoic acid add magnesium 
carbonate until effervescence no longer occurs, then filter the hot solution 
and allow to crystallize. Official in Nedl. S. 

Magnesium Biphosphate. When magnesia is dissolved in an excess of phos- 
phoric acid the biphosphate is formed and may be obtained by evaporating the 
solution and crystallizing. Its properties are similar to magnesium phosphate 
but it is an acid salt. 

Magnesium Borocitrate. Citric acid 20 parts, boric acid 12 parts, magnes- 
ium carbonate, sufficient. Dissolve the acids in as little boiling water as is 
sufficient and add magnesium carbonate until effervescence no longer occurs, 
then continue the heat on a sand-bath until a dry powder results. Official in 
Ger. S. and Nedl. S. 

Magnesium Bromide. This is most conveniently made by adding magnesium 
carbonate in excess to a solution of iron bromide, then filtering, concentrating 
and crystallizing. 

Magnesium Carbonate. (Light). The U. S. P. recognizes only the light 
form, Magnesii Carbonas, which in the Br. P. is called Magnesii Carbonas 
Levis, Light Magnesium Carbonate. This is more fully described in Part II. 

Magnesium Carbonate, (Heavy). The Br. P. recognizes the heavy form, 
Magnesii Carbonas Ponderosus, Heavy Magnesium Carbonate. This is fully 
described in Part II. 

Magnesium Chloride. MgCl. This is a very deliquescent salt, made by neu- 
tralizing hydrochloric acid with magnesia, evaporating to dryness, adding an 
equal weight of calcium chloride, heating in a red-hot platinum crucible, and 
fusing. Official in a few European pharmacopoeias. 

Magnesium Citrate. MgaCCeHoOiH This salt is but little used, the effer- 
vescing citrate being generally employed. It may be made by dissolving citric 
acid 3 parts, in water l / 2 part, by the aid of heat, and adding to the solution 
1 part of magnesia and stirring them together until a dry mass results. 

Magnesium Effervescent Salts. In the U. S. and Br. P. effervescent magnes- 
ium sulphate is official. The formula for its preparation will be found in 
Part II. 

Effervescent Magnesium Citrate was formerly official in the U. S. but has 
been dismissed. Formulas for these will be found in Part II. 

Magnesium Glycerinophosphate. This is prepared in the same manner as 
the other glycerinophosphates, which see. 

Magnesium Hydroxide. Mg(OH) 2 . This may be precipitated by alkalies 
from solutions of magnesium salts. 

Magnesium Hypophosphite. By adding magnesia to saturation in hypophos- 
phorous acid, filtering, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Magnesium Iodide. Mgl 2 . This salt may be made by dissolving magnesia 
to saturation in hydriodic acid, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Magnesium Lactate. Mg2C 3 H 5 03-3H 2 0. This may be made by dissolving 
separately, in hot water, 6 parts of calcium lactate and 5 parts magnesium sul- 
phate, mixing the solutions, filtering, evaporating the filtrate and crystallizing. 
Official in a few European pharmacopoeias. 

Magnesium Lactophosphate. To a mixture of equal parts of lactic and 
phosphoric acids, add magnesium carbonate until effervescence no longer oc- 
curs, then concentrate and crystallize or dry to a powder. 

Magnesium Nitrate. Mg2NO y + 6H 2 0. By adding magnesia to dilute nitric 
acid until neutral, filtering, evaporating and crystallizing. 

Magnesium Oxide. MgO. Magnesia. With oxygen magnesium forms only 
one oxide. This is known as magnesium usta or calcined magnesia. It is a 
very light white powder and may be prepared by heating magnesium car- 
bonate in a crucible to a low red heat, until it loses its carbon dioxide and 
water or until a small portion taken from the center of the crucible and 
moistened with water shows no effervescence when dropped into warm, di- 



286 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

luted sulphuric acid. This is employed for some purposes in pharmacy and 
medicine. See Part IT. 

Magnesium Oxide. Magnesia. In the U. S. this is the light calcined mag- 
nesia. It will be fully described in Part II. 

Magnesium Oxide, Heavy. Heavy Magnesia. In the U. S. this bears the 
Latin title Magnesii Oxidum Ponderosum, in the Br., Magnesia Ponderosa. 
This preparation will be more fully described under the U. S. title in Part II. 

Magnesium Peroxide. This combination of magnesium with oxygen in a 
higher proportion than has been formerly introduced, has recently come into 
use. Two combinations, one with 15 percent., and one with 25 percent, of per- 
hydrol may now be had in the market. 

Magnesium Phosphate. MgHP04*6H 2 0. This salt may be made by mixing 
concentrated solutions of magnesium sulphate and sodium phosphate, allowing 
to stand some time, and collecting the crystals which form. 

Magnesium Salicylate. To hot solution of salicylic acid, add magnesium 
carbonate until effervescence no longer occurs, then concentrate and crys- 
tallize to a dry powder. Official in the Roman pharmacopoeia. 

Magnesium Sulphate. Epsom Salts. This is official in all countries. It is 
more fully described under the title Magnesii Suphas in Part II. 

Magnesium Sulphate, Dried. MgS0 4 . This is prepared by heating magnes- 
ium sulphate until it has lost one-third of its weight, then sifting it. 

Magnesium Sulphite. This was formerly official in the U. S. but has been 
dismissed. It may be readily prepared by passing a current of purified sul- 
phurous acid gas into a rather thick milk of magnesia until the acid is in 
slight excess. It is employed for the same purposes as sodium sulphite, but 
is less soluble, and, therefore, less disagreeable to the taste. Dose, 15 to 30 
grains. 

Magnesium Tartrate. This may be prepared by saturating a solution of 
tartaric acid with magnesium carbonate, and evaporating by gentle heat to 
dryness. 

MANGANESE. 

Sym. Mn; at. wt. (0 — 16) 54.93; sp. gr. 7.2 to 8.0; trivalent or quadrivalent; 
A grayish-white metal somewhat resembling iron, melts at about 1900°C, 
rapidly oxidizes when exposed to air and is energetically attacked by acids; 
when impure it decomposes water. It does not occur native and is reduced 
from its ores with great difficulty; it can. however, be isolated by heating 
manganous chloride with sodium or by electrolysis of the fused chloride or 
chlorine. The metal itself is of no importance industrially, but its com- 
pounds are very extensively used, especially its alloys with iron, ferro man- 
ganese, spiegeleisen, which is of great importance in the manufacture of Bes- 
semer steel. 

In periodic arrangement it is classed 'in Group VII, with the halogens, al- 
though it is entirely dissimilar to them in most characteristics. It occupies 
an isolated position in the periodic system and only displays its family rela- 
tion in its highest form of oxidation, permanganic acid, which corresponds 
with chlorine compound, HCIO4. 

Manganese is said to have been discovered by Gahn, a Swedish chemist, 
in 1774, also by Scheele in the same year. It is not found native but occurs in 
great abundance in the minerals pyrolusite, Mn0 2 , hausmannite, Mn 3 0*, and 
rhodochrosite, MnCO :i , and in lesser quantities in some other manganite ores. 
In a commercial sense it is chiefly important in its oxygen compounds, and 
the facility with which oxygen may be liberated from them. In metallurgy 
the oxygen compounds of manganese are extensively used, also in glass 
making, while in chemistry a great number of chemicals used in the arts 
or in medicine are produced by the aid of manganese compounds. Many of 
these compounds will be noted under the heading "Manganese" in Part II. 

Manganese Oxides. 

Manganous Oxide, MnO, is the basis of most of the more familiar salts 
of manganese. It may be prepared by heating the carbonate in absence of 
air. An amorphous green powder results, which readily oxidizes in the air 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 287 

to Mn,04. Manganous hydroxide. Mn(OH) 2 , when . freshly precipitated 
from a solution of manganese salt by an alkali, is white, but soon changes 
to brown when exposed to air. Solutions of manganous salts are pink. 

Manganic Oxide. Mn 2 3 . This may be prepared from any of the other ox- 
ides by heating with oxygen. 

Mangano-Manganic Oxide. Mn 3 4 . This may be prepared by igniting any 
of the other oxides in air. It is a brownish-red powder. 

Manganese Dioxide. MnO?. This is the mineral, pyrolusite, which is the 
commercial basis of the manganese salts and is extensively used for obtain- 
ing oxygen for chemical and industrial purposes and in the producition of 
chlorine. As it is found in the markets it is of different grades and those 
who use it largely for industrial purposes buy it upon a^say. 

Manganese Salts. 

The following are all the salts of manganese important in medicine and 
pharmacy. The official salts are more fullv described under Manganese in 
Part II. 

Manganese Acetate. Mn(C 2 H 3 2 ) 2 . This salt may be most conveniently 
made by neutralizing acetic acid with manganese carbonate, concentrating 
the solution by evaporation and crystallizing. 

Manganese Albuminate. A yellowish-white, scaly preparation, made by pre- 
cipitating an acid salt of manganese with albumen and drying the precipitate 
on plates. It is in its action similar to iron albuminate, which see. 

Manganese Arsenate. MnHAs0 4 . By neutralizing a solution of arsenous 
acid with freshly precipitated manganese carbonate, concentrating and crys- 
tallizing. 

Manganese Benzoate. By adding to a solution of benzoic acid manganese 
carbonate until no more will be combined. 

Manganese Borate. This may be prepared by adding manganese carbonate 
to a hot saturated solution of boric acid until effervescence no longer occurs, 
then filtering, evaporating and crystallizing. 

Manganese Bromide. This may be prepared by the interaction of a solu- 
tion of potassium bromide with a solution of manganese sulphate, filtering the 
solution, evaporating and stirring to a granular powder. 

Manganese Carbonate. MnCOs. This is most conveniently made by add- 
ing a solution of manganese sulphate to a solution of potassium or sodium 
carbonate, washing the precipitate and drying. Official in the Fr. and Port, 
pharmacopoeias. 

Manganese Chloride. MnCl 2 By dissolving manganese dioxide in hydro- 
chloric acid, purifying from iron salts etc., evaporating and crystallizing. Offi- 
cial in Port, pharmacopoeia. 

Manganese Citrate. By dissolving manganese carbonate in a strong solu- 
tion of citric acid, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Manganese Dioxide Precipitated. This is official in the U. S. as a prepara- 
tion the formula for which will be found under Manganese in Part II. In 
most other pharmacopoeias the native dioxide, Pyrolusite is official as Man- 
ganese peroxide, bi-oxide, di-oxide or super-oxide. Its principal use in chem- 
istry and pharmacy is for the production of oxygen gas and chlorine or the 
solution of hydrogen peroxide. 

Manganese Glycerinophosphate. This may be prepared by dissolving freshly 
precipitated manganese carbonate in the same manner as is directed for mak- 
ing calcium salt. See Glycerophosphates. Part II. 

Manganese Hypophosphite. Official in the U. S. P. By dissolving man- 
ganese carbonate in hypophosphoric acid, and crystallizing, or by decomposing 
a solution of manganese sulphate with a strong solution of calcium hypophos- 
phite, filtering and concentrating the solution. See Part II. 

Manganese Iodide. By dissolving manganese carbonate in hydriodic acid, 
concentrating and crystallizing in vacuo. 

Manganese Lactate. By adding manganese carbonate to lactic acid until 
effervescence no longer occurs, then evaporating and crystallizing, or stirring 
to granular form. 



288 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Manganese Oxides. Besides the official Manganese Dioxide, Mn0 2 , which 
is black, there exists the Monoxide, MnO, light green; the Sesquioxide, Mn 2 03, 
dark brown; the Magnetic Oxide, Mn 3 O t , red; and Permanganic Oxide, Mn-Or, 
a dark brown liquid. 

Manganese Peptonate. This is made in a similar manner to manganese al- 
buminate, using peptones in place of albumen. 

Manganese Phosphate. MnHPO^OHaO. This is most conveniently made 
by precipitating a solution of manganese sulphate by adding to it a solution of 
sodium phosphate, washing the precipitate and drying. 

Manganese Saccharate. A brown powder, made in a similar manner to sac- 
charated iron carbonate. Contains 10 percent, of manganese carbonate. 

Manganese Sulphate. MnSOi^4H 2 0. This is official in the U. S. and sev- 
eral European pharmacopoeias. Being an official salt, it is fully described in 
Part II. 

Manganese Tartrate. MnC4H 4 0«. By adding freshly precipitated mangan- 
ese carbonate to a solution of tartaric acid, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Manganic Acid. H 2 Mn0 4 , is known only by its salts, which are called man- 
ganates. Permanganic Acid, HMnO*, is obtained by cautiously distilling potas- 
sium permanganate with sulphuric acid. It is the acid base of the perman- 
ganate salts. 

Other manganese salts and compounds will be described in Part II. 

MERCURY. 

Sym. Hg; at. wt. (0 = 16) 200.0; sp. gr. 13.595 at 0°C; liquid metal; uni- 
valent and bivalent;" solidities at — 39.4° C; boils at 360° C; vapor density 
99.36, for H— 1. Forms amalgams with many of the metals, from which it 
may be separated by distillation, leaving the metals. At ordinary temperatures 
not affected by air but at higher temperatures takes up oxygen, forming the 
oxide, HgO, but when higher heat is applied the oxide splits up into its 
elements. It distils over a little above its boiling point. It unites immed- 
iately with sulphur and the halogens, but is not acted upon by dilute hy- 
drochloric or sulphuric acids. 

In periodic arrangement it is in Group II, Series 11, classed with zinc and 
cadmium, because of its similar characteristics. It is the only metal liquid 
at ordinary temperatures and is the heaviest liquid known. 

Mercury was known to the ancients and was one of the sheet-anchors of 
the alchemist and the early empyrical practitioners of medicine. 

It occurs in nature, in very small quantities, as globules adhering to the 
surface of cinnabar ores or scattered in crevices or over the surface of dif- 
ferent kinds of stones, here it has, evidently been conveyed from the re- 
duction of its sulphides or oxides in adjacent ores. It occurs in combination 
with sulphur as cinnabar, HgS, and is obtained from mines in Spain, Mexico, 
Peru, California, China and Japan, by roasting the ore, eliminating the sul- 
phur and vaporizing the mercury, which is condensed in large chambers and 
recovered as the mercury of commerce. The metal is named from the planet 
Mercury and its common name "quicksilver,'' from its appearance similar to 
melted silver. The metal was used in refining silver as early as 1540 and cal- 
omel, its chloride, was known as early as 1608. 

Mercury (quicksilver) is extensively used in mining operations, to amal- 
gate the precious metals, and is the basis of a large line of compounds used 
in chemistry and medicine. Many of the compounds of mercury are official 
in the pharmacopoeia, and many of the unofficial compounds are used in 
medicine. These are noted under the heading "Hydrargyrum" in Part II. 

Mercury forms two classes of compounds corresponding w T ith its oxides, 
mercurous oxide, Hg^O, forming mercurous compounds, and mercuric oxide, 
HgO, forming mercuric compounds. Its compounds with sulphur and the 
halogens also furnish a considerable number of medicaments which will be 
duly described in Part II. 

Mercury Salts. 

The following are most of the salts of mercury employed in chemistry or 
pharmacy. Other combinations are known but they are unimportant. Mer- 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 289 

cury has been so long employed in medicine that a considerable number of its 
salts have become official. The more important of these are more fully de- 
scribed under the heading Hydrargyrum, in Part II. 

Ammoniated Mercury. White Precipitate. This is official under different 
descriptive titles in all pharmacopoeias. It is prepared by precipitating a 
solution of corrosive sublimate with ammonia water. The formula and further 
description will be found under the title Hydrargyrum Ammoniatum, in 
Part II. 

Acetate of Mercury. Mad« by dissolving red mercuric oxide in glacial acetic 
acid, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Albuminate of Mercury. This is official in the Rom. Ph. It is prepared by 
adding white of egg to a solution of corrosive sublimate, so long as it pre- 
cipitates, and washing the precipitate first with salt water, then with warm 
water until the washings are tasteless, they drying. 

Arsenate of Mercury. By adding a solution of arsenic acid to a solution of 
mercurous nitrate and collecting the precipitate in the usual way. 

Benzoate of Mercury. This may be prepared by adding carbonate of mer- 
cury to a hot solution of benzoic acid until it is neutral, then setting aside to 
crystallize. This salt, being readily decomposed, is a valuable alterative. 

Bromides of Mercury. Mercuric Bromide. HgBr 2 . By dissolving red ox- 
ide of mercury in a hot solution of hydrobromic acid, filtering, concentrating 
and crystallizing. Mercurous Bromide. HgBr,. may be made by precipitat- 
ing a solution of mercurous nitrate by a solution of potassium bromide. 

Carbonate of Mercury. Hg 2 CO a . By precipitating a solution of mercurous 
nitrate with acid potassium carbonate, and collecting the precipitate. 

Cyanide of Mercury. Mercuric Cyanide. Hg(CN) 2 . This is official in sev- 
eral of the European pharmacopoeias under differing titles. It is employed in 
some chemical operations but is seldom prescribed by physicians. It was 
formerly official in the U. S. but has been dismissed. A formula for its prepara- 
tion will be found in Part II. 

Chlorides of Mercury. With chlorine mercury forms two compounds — mer- 
curous chloride and mercuric chloride. See below. 

Mercurous Chloride. Calomel. Hg 2 Cl 2 , the mild chloride which is given in- 
ternally, and 

Mercuric Chloride. Corrosive Sublimate. HgCl 2 , which is considerably used 
in chemistry as a basis of mercuric compounds and, in solution, as an anti- 
septic and bactericide. Both of these compounds are official in all pharmaco- 
poeias and will be further noticed in Part II. 

Iodides of Mercury. Two iodides of mercury are produced by different 
processes, both are official and their methods of preparation and medicinal 
uses will be best considered under their U. S. titles in Part II. See Hydrar- 
gyrum Iodidum Flavum and Rubrum. 

Lactate of Mercury. This is a combination of lactic acid with mercury car- 
bonate, the solution formed being evaporated to a powder, or granular form. 

Nitrates of Mercury. Mercurous Nitrate. Hg 2 (N0 3 )2*2H 2 0. By mixing 
•i parts of mercury w T ith a mixture of 3 parts of nitric acid and 1 part of water, 
and after 24 hours collecting the crystals. Mercuric Nitrate. By dissolving 
red mercuric oxide in an excess of nitric acid, evaporating and crystallizing. 
Oleate of Mercury. A combination of mercury with oleic acid. The formula 
for preparing it will be found in the Oleates, Part II. 

Oxides of Mercury. Two oxides of mercury are official in the U. S., Br. and 
all of the European pharmacopoeias. See below. 

Mercuric Oxide, yellow. HgO. A formula for this is official in the U. S. P. 
and will be found under the title Hydrargyri Oxidum Flavum, Part II. This 
is known in the Br. as Precipitated Mercuric Oxide. 

Mercuric Oxide, red. HgO. Made by heating mercurous nitrate until all 
acid vapors are evolved. It has the same composition as the yellow oxide, 
but differs in appearance. See Part II. 

Salicylate of Mercury. This salt is official in the Germ., Hung, and Russ. 
pharmacopoeias. It is employed in medicine as an antiseptic remedy in the 
treatment of syphilis and other diseases which develop by absorption. 



290 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Sozoiodide of Mercury. This is official in the Ger. S. and Nedl. S. It is 
recommended as an antiperiodic and an antisyphilitic, in form of dusting pow- 
der, solution or ointment. It is a combination of sozoidol with mercury. See 
Sozoidol. 

Succinate of Mercury. A combination of succinic acid with a mercuric base. 
It has been recommended highly for the form of rheumatism accompanying 
syphilitic affections. 

Sulphate of Mercury. Mercury combines with sulphur forming a persul- 
phate, Hydrargyri Persulphas. formerly official in the Br. P., and a subsulphate, 
Hydrargyri Subsulphas flavens, (yellow). Turpeth Mineral, formerly official 
in the U. S. These salts are still official in some of the European pharmaco- 
poeias. These salts will be further referred to in Part II. 

Sulphide of Mercury (red). HgS. Cinnabar. Vermilion. Cinnabar is a 
native sulphide of mercury and vermilion a prepared sulphide. It is a simple 
combination of sulphur and mercury by the aid of heat. It was formerly official 
in the U. S. and is now official in several foreign pharmacopoeias. It will be 
further mentioned in Part II. 

Tannate of Mercury. This salt is official in the Aust. Ph. under the Lat. 
title Hydrargyrum tannicum oxydulatum. A formula for its preparation will 
be found in Part II. 

Some other important salts of mercury are sometimes used but so seldom 
as to require only mention, as Chlorate of Mercury. Chromate of Mercury, 
Lactate of Mercury, Phosphate of Mercury etc. 

MOLYBDENUM. 

Sym. Mc£ at. wt. (0 = 16) 96.0; sp. gr. S.G; sexivalent; melts at a very 
high temperature — less fusible than platinum. A very hard, steel-gray metal, 
which when heated in the air is converted into the trioxide. It is not affect- 
ed by hydrochloric acid or diluted sulphuric acid, but may readily be dissolved 
by nitric acid and concentrated sulphuric acid. Its chloride is not known to 
exist, but a trichloride has been produced. In periodic arrangement it is in 
Group VI, Series 6, and is closely related to chromium, tungsten and uranium. 

Molybdenum is not found native jDUt chiefly in combination with sulphur 
in molybdenite, M0S2, and in a lead combination, wulfenite, PbMoO*. The 
former is used in preparing the metal and its compounds. The discovery of 
this element is ascribed to Hjelm, a Swedish chemist, in 1782, but was predi- 
cated by Scheele, in 177S. It has recently been found in considerable quan- 
tities in Canada and has been used as an alloy in steel manufacture with ex- 
cellent results. Being a hexad it forms a great number of compounds, among 
which its trioxide or anhydride is the most important, being the basis of most 
of its salts. 

Molybdenum Trioxide. MoO... This is an acid anhydride like chromium an- 
hydride and combines with alkalies forming salts known as molybdates. 

Molybdic Acid. A true acid, H2M0O4, may be formed by adding a strong 
acid to a molybdate solution, as ammonium molybdate, the precipitate first 
formed is redissolved in excess of the acid. This serves as a test for phos- 
phoric acid. The molybdate salts will be noticed generally under the bases 
with which molybdenum is combined. 

NEODYMIUM. 

Sym. Nd; at. wt. (0 = 16) 144.3; sp. gr. 6.54; trivalent; dissolves readily in 
acids forming rose-colored solutions. Previous to 18S5 didymium was listed 
among the elements, but Welsbach. in his investigations succeeded in spik- 
ing it up into neodymium and praseodymium, making two elements in its 
place. This was accomplished by Welsbach, in 1885, and they now have 
their place in the International List of Elements and in periodic arrangement 
Neodymium being in Group VI, Series 8. It forms with potassium a double 
sulphate, its crystals, as well as other crystalline compounds of this element 
having an amethyst color and making pink solutions. Didymium from which 
it is separated, is associated with lanthanum, one of the rare earths. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 291 

NEON. 

Sym. Ne; at. wt. (0 = 16) 20.2; density (0 = 16) 9.97; nullivalent. 

When air is liquified a portion of it escapes condensation. This portion 
consists of nitrogen, helium and neon, the nitrogen may be removed by fixa- 
tion, leaving the helium and neon. When the mixture of these gases is cooled 
by boiling hydrogen, neon, alone, is condensed — the temperature of boiling 
hydrogen is — 252. 8° C. Neon is in the zero group of the elements, series 3, 
it forms no compounds with other elements. Neon was discovered as one of 
the rare gases of the atmosphere, by Ramsay and Traverse, in 1898. It is 
found in the most volatile portion of the air together with helium. In later 
investigations, Ramsay obtained one pint of neon from 120 tons of air. It 
has no known economic value. 

NICKEL. 

Sym. Ni; at. wt. (0 = 16) 58.68; sp. gr. 8.8 to 9.1; trivalent or quadrivalent; 
melts at about 1600° C; in ordinary conditions is quite brittle; but when com- 
bined with a small percentage of magnesium or phosphorus it is quite mal- 
leable. 

A very hard, silver-white metal, capable of taking a high polish. It is much 
used as an alloy in iron metallurgy and for making German silver and albata, 
used as a basis for silver plated ware. These alloys are made with varying 
proportions of nickel, copper and zinc. The nickel coins of the United States 
are made from an alloy of nickel 25% with copper 75%. Nickel alloy in 
various ways is also used for parts of machinery where a hard non-rusting 
metal is desirable. 

It is unchangeable in air. but little affected by hydrochloric or sulphuric 
acids, but dissolves readily in nitric acid. It has magnetic qualities similar to 
iron, but much weaker, and is extensively used for plating iron and other 
metals, the process being similar to that used for silver plating, nickel am- 
monium solution being used as the electrolyte. 

In periodic arrangement it is in Group VII, Series 4, with iron and cobalt, 
the three constituting the family, 

Nickel was discovered by Cronstadt, a Russian chemist, in 1751. It is not 
found native, but occurs in niccolite and gersdorffite which are arsenic combi- 
nations from which it was formerly obtained; but it is now chiefly found in 
a nickel silicate called garnierite which occurs in great quantities in New Cal- 
edonia; from this ore it is separated by the blast furnace process, similar to 
that for iron. 

Nickel forms two oxides, NiO, and NhOs, but only nickelous oxide, NiO, 
forms salts. It unites with the halogens, forming nickelous bromide, chloride 
and iodide, with cyanogen forming nickel cyanide, with hydrogen, forming 
nickelous hydrate and occurs in many other combinations, but chiefly the salt of 
nickel employed industrially is the ammonio-sulphate, used for nickel-plating. 
It is not employed in medicine. 

Nickel Salts. 

The following are the principal salts of Nickel : 

Nickel Acetate. Ni(C,'H:,CX>):>. By adding nickel carbonate to acetic acid 
until neutralized, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Nickel Bromide. NiBr?. By neutralizing hydrobromic acid with nickel car- 
bonate, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Nickel Carbonate. NiCO :J . This may be made by adding sodium carbonate 
to a solution of nickel chloride and collecting the precipitate, or by heating 
nickel chloride with sodium carbonate in sealed tubes. 

Nickel Chloride. NiO*. By neutralizing hydrochloric acid with nickel car- 
bonate, concentrating and crystallizing, or by heating nickel filings to low red- 
ness in a current of chlorine. Double chlorides of nickel with ammonium, 
potassium or sodium, may be made by combining solution of nickel chloride 
with solution of chlorides of the substances named. 

Nickel Cyanide. NiCN 2 . By adding a solution of potassium cyanide to a 
solution of any nickel salt in slight excess, and collecting the precipitate. 



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Nickel Hydrate. Ni(HO),. By precipitating a solution of any soluble salt 
of nickel with caustic potassa. This may be dissolved in acids for making any 
of the soluble nickel salts. 

Nickel Iodide. Nil 2 . By neutralizing hydriodic acid with nickel carbonate, 
concentrating and crystallizing, or by passing vapor of iodine over nickel filings 
heated a low redness. 

Nickel Nitrate. Ni(N0 3 ) 2 . By dissolving nickel in nitric acid by the aid of 
heat until nitrous vapors have all passed off, then crystallizing. Green deli- 
quescent prisms. 

Nickel Nitrite. Ni(N0 2 ) 2 . By dissolving nickel carbonate in nitrous acid, 
evaporating the solution and crystallizing. Orange-green in solutions. 

Nickel Oxides. With oxygen nickel forms two compounds, the Monoxide, 
NiO, being of an olive-green color, and the Sesquioxide, Ni0 2 , a black powder. 

Nickel Phosphate. Ni; : (POi)^ By dissolving nickel carbonate to saturation 
in phosphoric acid and crystallizing. Green crystals. 

Nickel Sulphate. NiSOi. By dissolving nickel carbonate or oxide in sul- 
phuric acid diluted with water, concentrating and crystallizing. This salt is 
obtained in pale green crystals, and is much used for nickel-plating. 

Double Sulphates of nickel with ammonium, potassium and sodium may be 
made by mixing a solution of nickel sulphate with a solution of the other sub- 
stances. The double salts of nickel, as they are called, are much used for 
nickel-plating. 

NITROGEN. 

Sym. N; at. wt. (0 = 16) 14.01; sp. gr. (air =1) 0.9682; density compared 
with hydrogen (H = l) 13.93; bivalent. At 0°C. and 760 mm. pressure 1 liter 
weighs 1.2521 grams; critical temperature — 146° C; boiling point — 194° C. be- 
comes solid at — 214°C. A colorless, tasteless gas comprising about four- 
fifths of the atmosphere. It does not unite with any of the elements at ordi- 
nary temperatures and with only a few at high tempertures, forming nitrides. 

Nitrogen can readily be separated from the air by burning out the oxygen; 
a lighted taper floating upon water, and covered with a bell-glass will remove 
the oxygen, leaving only nitrogen and the product of combustion in the glass, 
the carbon dioxide produced by the combustion, being heavier than the nitro- 
gen soon settles and if the bell-glass is arranged with a stop-cock at the top 
the nitrogen may readily be drawn off. Another simple way to obtain nitro- 
gen is to heat ammonium nitrate and collect the gas; or to heat a mixture 
of sal ammoniac and potassium dichromate and collect the gas. 

Although nitrogen is so inert some of its compounds, are the most ener- 
getic and explosive substances known, as nitroglycerin, gun cotton (tri nitro- 
cellulose), gunpowder (in which potassium nitrate forms the explosive prop- 
erty), etc. and in thunder storms the action of the electric flash causing the 
explosive union of the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere. 

With oxygen nitrogen seems to be univalent, trivalent, quadrivalent and 
quinquivalent forming, with hydrogen, a most important series of nitrogen 
acids. With hydrogen alone five compounds are formed, the most generally 
known being ammonia, NH 3 , the others, hydrazine, N 2 H 4 , hydrazoic acid, 
N 3 H, and compounds of this acid with ammonia, NHs'NsH, and with hydra- 
zine, H.H.-NsH. 

Nitrogen does not burn nor support combustion; in the air it serves to di- 
lute the oxygen and, while it is essential to animal and vegetable life, animals 
and plants cannot exist in an atmosphere of nitrogen alone, but must have 
oxygen to support life. 

When air is pumped through water a certain portion is absorbed. If the 
water is then heated to free it from the absorbed gases of the air, the gases 
will show only 1.87 volumes of nitrogen to 1 volume of oxygen, while in the 
air pumped into it there were 4 volumes of nitrogen. This shows that oxy- 
gen is much more soluble in water than nitrogen, and it further shows that 
the air is only a mixture of the gases and not a chemical compound. 

In periodic arrangement nitrogen occurs in Group V, Series 2. It does not 
unite with any of the elements at ordinary temperatures and with only a few 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 293 

at higher temperatures. At red heat boron, silicon, titanium, barium, stron- 
tium, calcium^ magnesium, chromium, and a few of the rare elements com- 
bine directly with nitrogen forming nitrides. Magnesium nitride, Mg 3 N 2 , is 
the only combination among them of commercial importance, as it contains 
a large percentage of nitrogen. With oxygen, nitrogen can be made to unite 
by induction sparks, reddish-brown, NOa, being formed. With hydrogen it 
is made to combine in a similar manner, their union being ammonia. 

Nitrogen was discovered by Rutherford, in 1772, and was found to be a 
constituent of the atmosphere by Lavoisier, and by Scheele at about the same 
time, in 1777. It was named azote by Lavoisier, but afterwards was named 
nitrogene by Chaptal, from whence it has derived its English name nitrogen. 
In France the name azote is still used for nitrogen. 

Nitrogen is produced commercially in the form of condensed gas, contained 
in steel cylinders. It is prepared by passing heated air over some substance 
that will absorb its oxygen, and condensing the nitrogen that is separated by 
pumping it into cylinders, under pressure. A process has recently been de- 
vised for fixing nitrogen obtained from air in chemical combination so that it 
may be utilized commercially in the production of nitrate salts. 

Nitrification is a species of fermentation occuring in soils upon which sew- 
age has been thrown, and where manure has been spread, and certain plants, 
as clovers, have the power to manufacture, absorb and store nitrate salts for 
future use. 

Oxides of Nitrogen. 

With oxygen, nitrogen forms five distinct compounds, which are as follows : 

Nitric Oxide. Nitrogen Deutoxide or Binoxide. N2O-. This is most readily 
obtained by pouring nitric acid on copper shavings in a retort, effervescence 
ensues and the arising gas — Nitric Oxide — is collected. 

Nitrogen Pentoxide or Nitric Anhydride. N2O3. The process for making 
this substance is difficult and tedious. It is obtained in colorless crystals, 
which melt at 86°F. and boil at 115°F. 

Nitrogen Peroxide or Nitric Peroxide. N2O4. This may be obtained by 
heating dried lead nitrate in a retort and condensing the gas which is evolved 
by surrounding the receiver with ice. In the absence of any moisture it crys- 
tallizes in clear transparent crystals, but if moisture be present it forms a 
liquid. 

Nitrous Anhydride. Nitrogen Trioxide. N 2 :; . By heating starch in pow- 
der, 1 part; with nitric acid, sp. gr. 1.25, S parts; in a retort and collecting the 
evolved gas, which must be passed through a long drying tube containing cal- 
cium chloride etc., and then condensed by cold to a blue liquid. 

Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas. Monoxide of Nitrogen. N2O. This is 
made by heating fused ammonium nitrate free from chlorine, in a glass retort, 
to about 200°C. (392°F.), and gradually increasing the heat as the decompo- 
sition proceeds. The salt is decomposed into water and nitrous oxide, the gas 
is washed out by passing through warm water. This is the popular exhilarant 
known as Laughing Gas or Hyponitrous Oxide, which is inhaled before 
drawing teeth or other minor surgical operations. 

Acids of Nitrogen. 

By absorbing or uniting with the elements of water the two anhydrides of 
nitrogen form acids as follows : 

Nitric Acid. HNO3. This acid is formed by the addition of the elements of 
water to nitric anhydride or nitric oxide, N 2 3 -r-H 2 = (HN0 3 ) 2 . The U. S. P. 
describes is as a liquid composed of 68 percent., by weight, of absolute nitric 
acid and 32 percent, of water. See Acidum Nitricum, Part II. 

This description corresponds to the C. P., or 42° nitric acid. Commercial 
nitric acid is known as 38° acid, and contains more or less acids of lower ox- 
idation. It is also known as aqua fortis, and is used to combine with bases 
forming nitrates, and in medicine, largely diluted, as a tonic and astringent. 
See Acidum Nitricum. 

Nitric acid is the commercial base of the nitrates. It may be made by dis- 
tilling sodium or potassium nitrate with concentrated sulphuric acid. 



294 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Nitrous Acid. HNCX This is a solution of nitrous anhydride, N2O3, in 
water. The commercial nitric acid contains nitric acid with nitrogen tetroxide, 
N-0 4 . This is of a reddish color. The fumes that arise when nitric acid is 
boiled are principally nitrous acid. Nitrous acid combines with bases forming 
nitrites. 

Fuming Nitric Acid or Nitroso-Nitric Acid is nitric acid containing a con- 
siderable amount of hyponitric acid. Commercial nitrous acid is a weak prep- 
aration of this composition. 

Aqua Regia is a mixture of 3 parts of nitric acid with 4 parts of hydrochloric 
acid. It is a solvent for gold. 

OSMIUM. 

Sym. Os; at. wt. (0 = 16) 190.9; sp. gr. 22.4; quadrivalent; melts at 2500°C. 
This metal is distinguished as being the heaviest and having the highest 
fusion point of any substance. It was discovered by Tennant, an English 
chemist, in 1803, and is obtained from its iridium compound, iridosmine, by 
heating in a current of oxygen, when osmium is volatilized as tetroxide. It 
is classed with platinum metals in Group VIII, Series 10. 

Osmium is used industrially in the form of fine wire in the Welsbach in- 
candescent light. 

Its principal chemical compound is the tetroxide, OsOi, prepared by ig- 
niting finely powdered metal in the air or by the action of chlorine on the 
metal in the presence of water. A solution of the tetroxide in water is 
improperly called osmic acid or perosmic acid. Organic substances reduce 
the osmium to black osmium and for this reason it is used to inject tissues 
for various microscopic examination, the reduced black osmium becoming 
plainly visible. It forms three other oxides, OsO, Os 2 Os and OsO-. With 
chlorine it forms OsO? and OsCL, and upon fusion with caustic potash and 
saltpetre, potassium osmiate, KsOsO*, is formed; it crystallizes from aqueous 
solution in dark-violet octahedrons containing two molecules of water. 

OXYGEN. 

Sym. O; at. wt. (0 = 16) 16, (H = l) 15.88; density (air = l) 1.10535, 
(H = l) 15.88; a litre of oxygen, at 0°C. and 760 mm. pressure, weighs 1.4296 
grams. It is bivalent, its molecule consisting of two atoms. At ordinary 
temperatures and pressure, it is a colorless, odorless gas, comprising about 
one-fifth of the atmosphere. It may be condensed to a liquid, its sp. gr. in 
that form being 1.124, as compared with water; its critical temperature being 
■ — 118°C. and its critical pressure 50 atmospheres; its boiling point is 
— 1S2.95°C. at 745 mm. pressure; its color is light blue. 

Oxygen is not itself inflammable, but it supports combustion. In the pro- 
cess of combustion it enters into combination with various substances, either 
with or without the production of light, but always by the evolution of 
heat, either perceptible to the senses or only perceptible to very delicate in- 
struments. 

In periodic arrangement it is in Group VI, Series 1, with the elements sul- 
phur, selenium and tellurium, which form a natural group called the "oxygen 
group." 

Oxygen in chemical combinations forms from 44 to 48 percent of the solid 
crust of the earth and in the form of water, eight-ninths of all aqueous bod- 
ies, vapors and compounds; it also constitutes a considerable part of all ani- 
mal and vegetable matter and, as a free gas, comprises one-fifth of the volume 
of the air. It may, therefore, be assumed that it constitutes about one-half 
of the entire substance of the earth; it also enters into most all of the many 
manufactured chemical products. Its chemical combination with other ele- 
ments and substances is called oxidation and the chemicals produced may 
be termed oxides. With many of the elements it unites in more than one 
proportion, the combinations being known as monoxides, dioxides, trioxides, 
tetroxides and pentoxides, as they combine with 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 volumes of 
oxygen. Oxides that are reduced from the hydrates by depriving them of the 
elements of water, without otherwise changing their composition are com- 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 295 

monly called anhydrides. In combination with hydrogen, oxygen unites 
with many positive bases, forming hydrates or hydroxides. 

Ozone is an allotropic form of oxygen produced by the union of three 
atoms of hydrogen in one molecule, while the oxygen molecule has but two 
atoms. It is a colorless gas, having a peculiar, unpleasant odor and chang- 
ing rapidly to normal oxygen. It is produced by the action of electricity 
in the form of an electric discharge upon oxygen and was formerly called 
electrified air. It is a wonderful bleaching and deodorizing agent. 

Oxygen was discovered by Priestley, an English chemist, in 1774, who nam- 
ed it dephlogisticated air, Scheele named it empyreal air, but it was given 
its present name by Lavoisier, from its supposed property of forming acids. 
He called it oxygene from Greek words signifying acid-producer. It was 
afterwards discovered that hydrogen was the true acid-former, but the name 
"oxygen" for the element remains as it was given by Lavoisier. 

Oxygen may be obtained in limited quantities by heating substances con- 
taining it, in a readily separable form, and collecting the gas; such substan- 
ces are potassium chlorate, potassium permanganate, potassium nitrate and 
other salts which part readily with oxygen when heated. In a commercial 
way oxygen is now obtained in several ways from the atmosphere and is 
furnished in steel tanks into which it is pumped and stored. It is used for 
making chemical compounds and, in connection with hydrogen, for welding 
steel for making calcium light and many other purposes, and is considerably 
employed in medicine, by inhalation or in other ways. 

Oxygen enters into combination, either directly or indirectly, with all 
known substances except the zero group of elements and fluorine. As the 
basic name in most chemical works precedes the name of the combining in- 
gredient the combination of oxygen with other substances will be noted 
in this work under the base with which it combines 

PALLADIUM. 

Sym. Pd; at. wt. (0 = 16) 106.7; sp. gr. 11. S; melts at 1500°C. (that is, 
melts more readily than platinum). Most of the Metals have certain pe- 
cularities which distinguish them from other metals of the class or group 
with which they are associated. Palladium has the property of absorbing 
hydrogen in large quantities; this property is called occlusion, and is one of 
the characteristics of the platinum metals. At ordinary temperatures palla- 
dium foil absorbs, when ignited, 370 times its volume of hydrogen; by elec- 
trolysis, if palladium foil is made the cathode the metal may take up 960 
times its own volume of hydrogen. The metallic appearance of the metal 
is not changed by this, but by heating in a vacuum the absorbed hydrogen 
may be recovered. When palladium is charged with hydrogen in this 
manner it is a vigorous reducing agent, "chlorine and iodine are reduced by 
it to hydrogen chloride and hydrogen iodide and ferrous salts are reduced 
to ferric salts; in fact any combination dependent upon hydrogen for re- 
duction is readily reduced by palladium, carrying occluded hydrogen. 

Palladium is one of the platinum metals and is classed in the periodic ar- 
rangement in Group VIII, Series 6. It is a silvery-white metal occurring 
in combination with other metals of the platinum group and recognized by 
certain characteristics in common which they possess. It was discovered by 
Wollaston, an English chemist in 1803, in Brazillian gold ore. It forms two 
series of compounds, corresponding with its oxides, palladious, and palla- 
dic. It is employed chiefly for its hydrogen storage, -by which it reduces 
chlorine, iodine and other elements and metal compounds from -ous to -ic, 
compounds. It is not employed in medicine. 

Palladium metal may be had in form of sheets or wire. Palladium chloride, 
dry and in solution; palladium and sodium chloride; and palladium nitrate, dry 
or in solution, may be had of chemical manufacturers. 

PHOSPHORUS. 

Sym. P; at. wt. (0 = 16) 31.04; sp. gr., crystalline, 1.83 at 10°C. (its allo- 
tropic forms have different density); trivalent and quinquivalent; melts at 



296 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

44°C.; boils_ at 290°C. Above 15°C. it becomes soft; in sunlight it becomes 
yellow and is coated with an opaque pink layer. It is insoluble in water and 
is ordinarily kept covered with water in an air-tight container. It is not 
affected by contact with air at low temperatures but if the temperature is 
higher than 0°C. it is affected. 

Ordinarily phosphorus is a crystalline solid, but is furnished by manufact- 
urers in the form of sticks; its color is very light yellow and when cold it is 
brittle, but upon warming to 15° C. it bends readily and becomes soft and 
waxy, its molecule consists of four atoms at ordinary temperatures; its vapor 
density between 515° and 1040°C. is 4.58 to 4.50 (air =1) corresponding to 
its molecular weight, P 4 . 

Allotropic Forms. 

By heating ordinary phosphorus to 250°-300°C. in absence of air, it may be 
changed to an allotropic form known as red phosphorus. This is accom- 
plished in a commercial way by heating ordinary phosphorus in an iron cylin- 
der, for a few moments to the required temperature and, after cooling, treat- 
ing it with carbon disulphide and with caustic soda, to remove any yellow 
phosphorus that may not have been transformed. "Red phosphorus" is in 
the form of a reddish-brown powder and is not affected by the air like ordi- 
nary phosphorus; it ignites at 260° C. Another allotropic form called "scar- 
let phosphorus" may be obtained by dissolving ordinary phosphorus in 
phosphorus tribromide and boiling the solution, when the scarlet phosphorus 
separates out in the form of a very fine, amorphous powder. It is not af- 
fected by air but combines with other elements much more vigorously than the 
red variety. This variety is particularly adapted for making parlor matches. 
These forms of phosphorus are not poisonous. White and black phosphorus 
and a liquid variety are also known, but are not used industrially nor in medi- 
cine. 

In periodic arrangement phosphorus is in Group V, Series 2, having family 
relation with arsenic, antimony and bismuth. It does not occur uncombined 
in nature, but in various salts of phosphorus acids it is found in large quanti- 
ties, very widely distributed. It occurs in phosphatic rocks, as phosphorite, 
apatite, wavellite and viviante, and in volcanic rocks and soils. It is a con- 
stituent of bones, in which it occurs as tricalcium phosphate. This is the 
chief source of its supply, as a by-product of the manufacture of bone char- 
coal, which, after it has been used for deodorizing sugar solutions, is burned 
to bone-ash, and then sent to the phosphorus factory. 

Phosphorus was first made known by Brandt, a German chemist, in 1733. 
He obtained it by evaporating urine and heating the residue with sand in an 
earthen retort. Scheele prepared it from bones and the process which he em- 
ployed is still generally used, but has been adapted for large manufacturing 
purposes. The largest use for phosphorus is in the manufacture of matches, 
but its acids are extensively employed in making chemical products. . 

Combinations of Phosphorus. 

Phosphorus combines with metallic bases forming phosphides, the more 
important ones being noticed under the metal with which it combines. It also 
unites with not-metals, forming compounds, the more important of which are 
here noticed. 

Chlorides of Phosphorus. Phosphorus Pentachloride. PC1 5 . By the spon- 
taneous combustion of phosphorus in an excess of dry chlorine, or by passing 
dry chlorine into liquid terchloride of phosphorus. An oxychloride phosphorus, 
PClsO, phosphorus trichloride, is made by heating chloride of phosphorus 
with a quantity of water insufficient to convert it into phosphoric acid. 

Hydride of Phosphorus. PH 3 , or Phosphoretted Hydrogen, is an explosive 
gas made by boiling phosphorus with milk of lime, as in making hypophos- 
phorous acid. It has a very disagreeable smell. 

Oxides of Phosphorus. With oxygen, phosphorus forms three oxides, phos- 
phoric oxide, P2O5; phosphorous dioxide, P2O3, and hypophosphorous oxide, 

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Chemical Elements and Compounds 297 

Acids of Phosphorus. 

The more important of these acids are described under the heading Acids, 
which see. 

Phosphoric Acid. U. S. Orthophosphoric Acid. H 3 P0 4 , (tribasic), is made 
by dissolving phosphoric oxide in water, or by the action of nitric acid on 
phosphorus. The 85 percent, solution is the U. S. official phosphoric acid. 
The salts made by combining this acid with bases are called Phosphates. 

Pyrophosphoric Acid. H4P2O. By heating orthophosphoric acid to 213° C. 
v415.4 c F.). 

Metaphosphoric Acid. By igniting tribasic phosphoric acid, or by dissolving 
P-Os in cold water. These three acids correspond to the oxides above men- 
tioned. 

Phosphorous Acid. H3PO3. This acid cannot be formed directly from phos- 
phorous oxide. It is a dibasic acid, containing one hydrogen atom that cannot 
be replaced by a metal. The salts of this acid are called phosphites. 

Hypophosphorous Acid. H3PO2. This acid cannot be made directly from 
hypophosphorous oxide. It contains two hydrogen atoms not replacable by 
a metal. It is the acid base of the hypophosphite salts. 

POTASSIUM. (Kalium). 

^ Sym. K (Kalium); at. wt. (0 = 16) 39.10; sp. gr. 0.S75 at 13° C; melts at 
G2.5°C; boils at about /20°C. A silvery-white metal which tarnishes instantly 
when exposed to the air; when heated in air it burns, producing a very bright 
violet light; when boiled it forms a green vapor. Thrown into water it de- 
composes it vigorously, the heat being sufficient to ignite hydrogen liberated 
by the decomposition and cause the metal to spin about on the surface of the 
water. Potassium must be kept covered with naphtha to prevent action of the 
atmosphere. It is univalent, and is never found free in nature. It is soft at 
ordinary temperatures and may be readily cut. It unites with the halogens 
and non-metals and its halides and oxides and hydroxides unite with some of 
the metals and produce double salts, extensively used in the industries and 
in medicine. 

In periodic arrangement it is in Group 1, Series 4, with lithium, ammonium 
and sodium and is familiarly known as an ''alkali metal/' 

Potassium was discovered by Davy, the English chemist, in 1807, and was 
by him assigned its place as an element. In natural combination it occurs 
chiefly in the silicates, feldspar and mica, and in the Abraum salts, which 
are double salts of potassium and magnesium, known as carnallite and kainite. 

Davy first obtained the metal by electrolysis of molten caustic potash, and it 
is now chiefly obtained commercially by heating its carbonate with charcoal in 
a retort, to a high degree, when the potassium distils over and is condensed 
in naphtha, cooled by ice. 

Its hydroxide, caustic potash, is extensively used as the basis of potassium 
salts many of which are used in medicine and various industries. See Part II. 

In most of the foreign pharmacopoeias potassium is known as Kalium, and 
potassium salts as kalium salts. For example, Kalium bromatum, Kalium 
carbonicum etc. In some pharmacopoeias the acid name precedes the basic 
as Carbonas Kalicus, Brometum Kalicum etc., and in countries where the 
native language is used as the primary title some word indicating potassium 
is generally used, as Bromure de potassium, Fr.; Bromuro di potassio,Tt. etc. 
In this work the English titles only will be used in this section. 

Potassium Salts. 

The chemical combinations of potassium with other elements and acids 
constitute a large class of important salts useful in the arts and industries, and 
in medicine. The following list includes the official salts of all nations, and the 
more important unofficial compounds. 

Acid Potassium Antimoniate. ^SbiOn. This may be made by passing a 
current of carbonic acid gas through the normal salt. Acid potassium met- 
antimoniate is also prepared and used as a test for sodium. 



298 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Antimoniates of Potassium. The acids of antimony combine with potassium 
the same as other acids, forming normal and neutral, or acid salts. 

Potassium Acetate. KC2H3O2. This salt of potassium is official in all 
pharmacopoeias. It is rapidly deliquescent, by absorption of moisture, when 
exposed to air. It may be prepared by adding potassium bicarbonate to pure 
acetic acid so long as effervescence continues, then evaporating the solution 
to dryness. See Part II. 

Potassium and Sodium Tartrate. U. S. Sodium Potassium Tartrate; Br. 
Rochelle Salt. This salt is considerably used in medicine as a laxative. It is 
an ingredient of the well known seidlitz powder. The method of preparation 
is described in Part II. 

Potassium Antimoniate. KSbOs. This is the normal salt produced by heat- 
ing 1 part of metallic antimony with 4 parts of potassium nitrate in a crucible, 
washing the powdered mass with water, boiling it with water for an hour or 
two, which converts a portion of it into a soluble salt, obtained by filtering the 
solution and evaporating to dryness. This is known as "Antimony Diaphoretic." 

Potassium Arsenate. KHcAsO^. Official in several European pharmaco- 
poeias. Heat arsenous acid (anhydride) and potassium nitrate, each in pow- 
der 1 part, in a glass flask to dull redness until the mixture fuses and red 
vapors cease to be evohed. Dissolve the residue when cold in 50 parts of 
boiling distilled water, filter, concentrate the solution by evaporation and 
crystallize. Dose V10 to /s grain in solution. 

Potassium Arsenite is prepared in a similar manner. 

Potassium Auro-Cyanide. A compound salt in white crystals, soluble in 
water and used by hypodermic injection against anthrax bacillus, 1 part ren- 
dering 2500 parts of blood serum unsuitable for its growth. Potassium Mer- 
curo-cyanide is used for the same purpose, 1 part in 60000 being sufficient. 

Potassium Benzoate. By neutralizing a hot solution of benzoic acid with 
potassium carbonate, and allowing to cool and crystallizing. 

Potassium Bicarbonate. KHCOs. Official in all pharmacopoeias. Prepared 
by saturating a strong aqueous solution of potassium carbonate with carbonic 
anhydride (gas). The solution is then filtered, concentrated and allowed to 
crystallize. It is used in pharmacy as the basis of other potassium salts. See 
Part II. 

Potassium Binoxalate. Sal Acetosella. By fusing together potassium car- 
bonate 1 part with oxalic acid 2 parts. • 

Potassium Biphosphate. By dissolving potassium carbonate in excess of 
phosphoric acid and allowing the salt to crystallize out. 

Potassium Bisulphate. KHSOi. This is the residue left in the retort after 
preparing nitric acid from potassium nitrate and sulphuric acid. It is official 
in the Greek Ph. 

Potassium Bisulphite. KHSO :J . This is made by passing an excess of sul- 
phurous acid gas into a concentrated solution of potassium carbonate. 

Potassium Bitartrate. KHC4PLO6. Cream of Tartar. Official in the U. S. P. 
by this name, but in the Br. P. known as Acid Potassium Tartrate. This is 
prepared from argols or wine-stone deposited from solution in the process of 
wine-making. It is further explained under the title Potassii Bitartras in 
Part II. 

Potassium Borate. K^BiOs. This is made by heating equal parts of dry 
potassium carbonate and boric acid in powder in a covered crucible, dissolving 
the sublimed mass in boiling water, filtering the solution, concentrating and 
crystallizing. The dose is 1 to 6 grains, for dissolving calculi etc. 

Potassium Borotartrate. By heating -4 parts of cream tartar with 1 part 
boric acid in 10 parts, or sufficient water to dissolve them, then evaporating 
to dryness. This is also called Soluble Cream of Tartar. It is very soluble and 
deliquescent. Used for gout and lithic calculi in doses of 15 to 30 grains, and 
as a laxative in doses of 2 to 3 drachms. 

Potassium Bromide. KBr. This is official in all pharmacopoeias. It is a 
simple combination of bromine in slight excess with a strong solution of potas- 
sium hydroxide, which is then evaporated to dryness and the excess of bro- 



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mine decomposed by fusing the mixture with charcoal then dissolving the 
salt and purifying by crystallization. See Part II. 

Potassium Carbolate. (Phenate). By adding potassium carbonate to hot 
liquefied phenol, until neutralized, then crystallizing. 

Potassium Carbonate. K,CO,. "Salts of Tartar." This is official in all 
pharmacopoeias and is prepared from commercial pearl ash by dissolving it in 
an equal weight of water, allowing it to stand a day or two, filtering the solu- 
tion and evaporating it, stirring while cooling to a granular salt. It is con- 
siderably used as a basis of other potassium salts as it parts readily with its 
carbon dioxide. See Part II. 

Potassium Chlorate. KCICX. This is official in all pharmacopoeias. A 
formula for its preparation and its medicinal uses are given in Part II. This 
salt is extensively used in the production of oxygen gas and in pyrotechnics. 
It liberates oxygen freely when heated with substances that combine with 
chlorine. 

Potassium Chloride. KC1. This is obtained as a by-product of the man- 
ufacture of potassium chlorate and other salts, or may be made by neutralizing 
a solution of potassium carbonate with dilute hydrochloric acid, evaporating 
and crystallizing. Dose 10 to 30 grains. Official in the Fr., Ger. S. and Port. 
Ph. 

Potassium Chloroplatinite. This is produced by the action of platinous 
chloride with potassium. It is employed for making test solutions. 

Potassium Chromate. K 2 Cr0 4 . By adding potassium carbonate to a hot 
solution of potassium bichromate until effervescence ceases, concentrating and 
crystallizing. In a large way it is made direct from chrome ore. and is ex- 
tensively used in dyeing. Official in the Ger. S. 

Potassium Citrate. KsCHoOt + HoO. This may readily be prepared by add- 
ing potassium bicarbonate to a strong solution of citric acid until effervescence 
no longer occurs, then filtering and evaporating to dryness. It is considerably 
used in medicine as a refrigerant. See Part II. 

An effervescent Citrate of Potassium is also official in the U. S. See Part II. 

Potassium Cyanate. KCNO. This may be made by mixing potassium ferro- 
cyanide and litharge, and heating, then dissolving out the cyanate from the 
fused mass by alcohol, and crystallizing. 

Potassium Cyanide. KCN. This is official in the U. S. and several of the 
European pharmacopoeias. It is now extensively employed in the treatment 
of gold, silver and copper ores by the cyanide process. The formula for its 
preparation and its uses will be considered in Part II. 

Potassium Dichromate. K2CR2O7. Potassium Bichromate. This is known 
by the former title in the U. S. and by the latter title in the Br. and several 
European pharmacopoeias. Its method of preparation and uses will be fur- 
ther considered in Part II. 

Potassium Ferricyanide. KeFeoCyi:. By passing chlorine gas into a cold 
solution of potassium ferrocyanide until it ceases to give a blue precipitate 
with iron chloride. It is used as a test. Official in the Ger. S. and Port. Ph. 

Potassium Ferrocyanide. Prussian Blue. This is official in the U. S. and 
several of the European pharmacopoeias. It is considerably used for dyeing 
and making blueing, and somewhat used in medicine. The method of pre- 
paring it is described in Part II. 

Potassium Glycerinophosphate. A combination of potassium with glycerino- 
phosphoric acid prepared in the same manner as calcium glycerinophosphate. 
(See Glycerophosphates). It is soluble in water, and is given as a nerve 
tonic and reconstructive. Dose 3 to 6 grains a day. 

Potassium Hydroxide. KOH. Potassa. Potassa Caustica. Potassium Hy- 
drate. This is the basis of most of the salts and preparations of potassium. 
The method of preparing it and its uses are described in Part II. 

Potassium Hypophosphite. KPH2O2. This is official only in the U. S. P. 
It is employed in medicine as an ingredient of solutions and syrups of hypo- 
phosphites. The formula for its preparation will be found in Part II. 

Potassium Iodate. KIO a . This is made during the manufacture of potas- 
sium iodide, and may be obtained by dissolving out the potassium iodide 



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before heating the mixture in a crucible, with alcohol, and dissolving the res- 
idue which is the iodate, in hot water and crystallizing. 

Potassium Iodide. KI. This is official in all pharmacopoeias, and is one of 
the most generally used alteratives known. Its methods of preparation and 
uses are fully described under the title Potassii Iodidum in Part II. 

Potassium Iodohydrargyrate. This is made by dissolving 2 parts of potas- 
sium iodide in a small quantity of hot water and adding to the solution 3 parts 
of mercuric iodide. Upon cooling the salt crystallizes. It is used as a test. 

Potassium Nitrate. KNO,. Saltpetre. Nitre. It is official in all pharma- 
copoeias. It is extensively used in the arts, especially in the manufacture of 
gun-powder and pyrotechnics, and in medicine in various ways. The method 
of producing this salt and its further uses are described in Part II. 

Potassium Nitrite. KNO s . By heating potassium nitrate to redness, dissolv- 
ing the fused mass in a little water, adding twice the volume of the solution 
of alcohol, and after a few hours decanting the upper stratum, separating the 
crystals from the lower stratum and evaporating to dryness. Official in the 
Ger. S. 

Potassium Osmate. A combination of potassium with osmic acid. A violet- 
red powder, soluble in water, given in combination with potassium bromide for 
epilepsy; also by hypodermic injection in neuralgia. Dose Veo to 1 / w grain. 

Potassium Oxalates. With oxalic acid potassium forms several salts, as 
follows : 

Potassium Oxalate. K2C2O4. By neutralizing a solution of oxalic acid with 
potassium carbonate, evaporating and crystallizing. 

Potassium Binoxalate. KHGCX. Also called Salts of Sorrel, or Salts of 
Lemon. By saturating a solution of oxalic acid 1 part with potassium carbon- 
ate and adding to the mixture 1 part of oxalic acid, evaporating and crystal- 
lizing. 

Potassium Quadroxalate. This is made by neutralizing 1 part oxalic acid in 
solution with potassium carbonate, then adding 3 parts of oxalic acid, con- 
centrating and crystallizing. 

The two last named are used to remove iron rust, ink stains etc., and are 
generally sold under the name Salts of Lemon; a simple mixture of powdered 
oxalic acid 4 parts and powdered potassium carbonate, 1 part being generally 
put up for this purpose. 

Potassium Perchlorate. KC10 4 . By heating potassium chlorate until it melts, 
and keeping at this temperature until gas ceases to be evolved, then dissolving 
in water and crystallizing. 

Potassium Permanganate. KMnCX. This is official in all pharmacopoeias. 
It is used in medicine and surgery an an antiseptic, disinfectant and oxidizing 
agent, given in small doses internally, usually in the form of pills, and used 
externally in solution as a wash or application to putrescent wounds, sores etc. 
The method of its preparation is described in Part II. 

Potassium Salicylate. (KCtHoOs^EUO. This salt may be made by dissolv- 
ing 7 parts of potassium bicarbonate in water, and gradually adding 10 parts 
of salicylic acid and evaporating to dryness. 

Potasium Silicate. K 2 SiO.:. By fusing 10 parts of potassium carbonate with 
15 parts of fine sand and 1 part of charcoal a salt is obtained similar to sodium 
silicate, which is used for making water-glass. Official in the Port. Ph. 

Potassium Sozoiodol. This is a compound prepared by neutralizing sozoio- 
dic acid with potassium carbonate. It is a white, odorless, crystalline powder, 
used as dusting powder for skin diseases and eczema. For this purpose it 
should be mixed with from 4 to 8 times its weight of talcum powder. It is 
also used in the form of a 10 percent, ointment 

Potassium Sulphate. K 2 SO*. Official -in all pharmacopoeias. It is obtained 
chiefly as a by-product of the manufacture of several other more important 
chemicals, or it may be prepared by decomposing potassium nitrate or chloride 
with sulphuric acid. In pharmacy this salt is chiefly used as a diluting in- 
gredient in making Dover's Powder. 

Potassium Sulphide. K 2 S03*2H 2 0. This was formerly official in the U. S. 
and was made by passing a current of sulphur dioxide gas through a concen- 



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trated solution of potassium carbonate until the CO2 is expelled and the liquid 
is strongly acid, then adding an equal weight of potassium carbonate, evaporat- 
ing crystallizing - , making neutral potassium sulphide. This is given as anti- 
ferment in bowel troubles and is sometimes used to prevent fermentation of 
fruit or juices of fruit and vegetables. 

Potassium Sulphide. K 2 S. By passing a current of sulphuretted hydrogen 
into a solution of potassa as long as it is absorbed, then adding an equal quan- 
tity of solution of potassa and evaporating. 

Potassium Sulphocarbonate. K2CS3. By mixing a solution of potassium 
sulphide with carbon bisulphide and evaporating without heat. 

Potassium Sulphocyanate. KSCN. By melting together 17 parts of potas- 
sium carbonate. 32 parts of sulphur and 46 parts anhydrous potassium ferro- 
cyanide and heating to redness, exhausting with water, evaporating the solu- 
tion to dryness, powdering and exhausting with alcohol and crystallizing. 
This is chiefly used as a test for ferric oxide. Official in the Ger. S. 

Potassium Tartrate. Normal Potassium Tartrate. Neutral Potassium Tar- 
trate. This is official in the Br. and several European pharmacopoeias. It may 
be prepared by neutralizing a hot solution of potassium bitartrate with potas- 
sium bicarbonate, filtering and evaporating to dryness. In medicine it is used 
as a laxative in small doses and a purgative in large doses. See .Part II. 

Other salts of potassium are known but the foregoing are all that are liable 
to be called for. 

PRASEODYMIUM. 

Sym. Pr; at. wt. (0 = 16) 150.6. 

This element was discovered by Auer von Welsbach in 1885. He found 
that didymium. which was at that time classed with the elements, could be 
split up into two components, one of which he named praseodymium and the 
other neodymium. This was discovered by the difference in solubility of 
their double sulphates in concentrated solution of potassium sulphate. The 
praseodymium salts are green and when dissolved give a green solution; 
neodymium salts are amythest in color and, when dissolved give pink solu- 
tions. In periodic arrangement praseodymium occurs in Group V, Series 8. 
It is classed with the rare earths and has no present use in the arts or medi- 
cine. 

RADIUM. 

Sym. Ra; at. wt. (0 = 16) 226,1. 

This element which has recently been brought into great prominence on ac- 
count of its wonderful properties was discovered by M. and Mme. Curie of 
Paris in 189S Becquerel had discovered some time previously that uraninite 
emmited peculiar rays of light which moved in a straight line and acted on a 
photographic plate but could not be reflected or refracted or polarized. These 
rays when they pass through gases cause them to become electrical conduct- 
ors. It is chiefly due, however, to M. and Mme. Curie, that the knowledge 
of the emission of these peculiar rays (or radio-activity) is caused by the 
presence, in very minute quantities, of three elements hitherto unknown, 
and possessed of very unusual properties. 

In separating these radio-active elements from uraninite residues after the 
extraction of uranium, their only guide was to measure the radio-activity of 
the products obtained in each operation, which was done by measuring the 
conductivity of a layer of air exposed to the rays. By various chemical 
operations they succeeded in concentrating the active substance, radium. 

It is obtained chiefly from ores containing uranium, one of the rare metals 
which has been for a long time known to possess radio-activity in a limited 
degree. Pitchblende, which is a refuse remaining after extracting uranium 
from uranite ore, contains minute quantities of radium which is extracted 
from it by a complicated process, in the form of chloride or bromide salt. 
So minute is the quantity of radium in this refuse that it requires 8 tons to 
produce 15 grains of the pure chloride of radium. Pitchblende also contains 
polonium and actinium, which are strongly radio-active substances, showing 



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much analogy to radium, but their elemental nature has not yet been estab- 
lished because of their extremely limited occurrence. 

The radium works near Ivry Cemetery, just outside Paris, were estab- 
lished in 1901. They imported the refuse pitchblende from Bohemia and after 
much labor and experiment succeeded in obtaining very small quantities of the 
radium salt. Since then other plants have been established, but its production 
is still very limited, and only sufficient to supply the demand for scientific 
uses. 

Radium is supposed to be a metal somewhat like sodium, so readily oxi- 
dized by contact with air that it cannot be safely handled in a pure state. 
Its chloride or bromide combinations with barium or other inert minerals 
only are available, and only very dilute compounds in which radium is rep- 
resented can be employed. It appears to possess the property of radiating 
light and heat without any appreciable diminution of its substance, but this 
assumption yet remains to be proven. 

The radio-activity of radium is its radient power, or property of emitting 
heat and light. This is based upon the concentration and purity of the metal, 
the same property of uranium being assumed as 1. Thus in the earliest sep- 
aration from the ore radium is brought to the intensity of 2000, while by 
successive concentrations and crystallizations it is brought to 50,000; 200,- 
000; 500,000; and finally to 1,500,000, which is practically pure radium chloride. 
The metal itself has never been isolated because its affinity for oxygen 
would immediately destroy or dissipate it Sir William Crookes discovered 
that the spectrum of radium and helium show the same distinctive line, 
which indicates their similarity of composition and he presumed that radium 
may be transformed into helium. Ramsay and Loddy have shown that there 
is a connection between the emination of radium and helium and that radium 
can produce helium, another evidence of this is that helium has always been 
found in radium-bearing minerals. The radio-emination from radium behaves 
in many respects as a gas; Rutherford has called the activity which escapes 
from a radio-active substance, "emination," this emination spreads out into 
surrounding space like a gas and produces conductivity of radient energy in 
the medium in which it is diffused. It passes from one vessel to another, is 
carried along by a gas current and may be condensed by cooling with liquid 
air. The condensation occurs very suddenly at — 151 °C. The effect of pres- 
sure or chemical combination produces alteration on the emination. It is 
not affected by changes in temperature from — 180°C. to +500°C. and even 
when cooled by liquid hydrogen to — 253° C. it still radiates heat. The heat 
evolved by one gram of radium is calculated at 100 gram-calories per hour, and 
radium salts always have a higher temperature than their surroundings. From 
this property of heat emination it has been regarded possible that the energy 
of the sun and the fixed stars is due to radio-active substances and that the 
radiation of the sun and the heavenly bodies is fully explained by the pres- 
ence of radium.. However that may be. its energy is, at present, the scienti- 
fic puzzle of the day and we must trust to the future_ to solve the puzzle as 
it has already solved many of the mysteries of the universe. 

The industrial uses of radium as well as its medicinal application are yet 
to be determined, although there are many who have predicted most mar- 
vellous results from its use. 

The discovery of radium has introduced a new problem into the atomic 
conception of the constitution of matter, which has caused a reconstruction 
of the atomic theory; and, altogether, it is the most startling discovery the 
world has even witnessed. 

In periodic arangement radium is assigned to Group II, Series 12. 

RHODIUM. 

Sym Rh; at. wt. (0 = 16) 102.9; sp. gr. 12.1; is not affected by acids nor 
aqua regia; is unaffected by air at ordinary temperatures, but when heated in 
air is oxidized into rhodious oxide, RhO. The rhodic oxide, Rh 2 Os, combines 
with acids, forming rhodate salts. With chlorine it forms Rh 2 Cl 6 , similar to 
aluminum combinations, and with the alkali chlorides it forms double salts, 



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like aluminum. The fused metal has similar characteristics as aluminum and 
is as malleable and ductile as silver. 

In periodic arrangement it is in Group VIII, Series 6, with ruthenium and 
palladium in a class with the platinum metals of lighter weight. It has no in- 
dustrial or medicinal uses at the present time. 

RUBIDIUM. 

Sym. Rb; at. wt. (O — 16) 85.45; sp. gr. 1.52; univalent; melts at 38.5° C. A 
silver-white, slightly yellowish metal having properties similar to potassium. 
It remains soft down to — 10 C C. and distils below red-heat with a bluish- 
green vapor. Rubidium is one of the group of alkali metals, and v/as dis- 
covered by Bunsen and Kirchhoff in 1860, by spectrum analysis, deriving its 
name from the most important dark red lines (rubidus) in the spectrum. 

This element occurs in very small amounts in lepidolite, or lithia mica and 
in some waters of mineral springs, where potassium salts are present. The 
metal may be obtained by heating the hydroxide with magnesium in an iron 
pipe. It has properties similar to potassium, its hydroxide being strongly 
basic and combining with the halogens and with its hydroxides forming salts 
with acids. 

In periodic arrangement it is with the alkali metals in Group I, Series 6, 
having similar characteristics as potassium and caesium. .It has no industrial 
or medicinal use at the present time. 

RUTHENIUM. 

Sym. Ru; at. wt. (0 = 16) 101.7; sp. gr. 12.26; quadrivalent. A steel-gray 
metal, very hard and brittle, and fused with great difficulty, its melting point 
being at least 1800 °C. It is almost insoluble in any acid, but when alloyed with 
platinum it may be dissolved in aqua regia. 

Ruthenium is one of the platinum metals, being obtained from the same 
sources and combined in the same mixtures as rhodium, palladium, osmium, 
iridium and platinum, which are always found together. It belongs to the 
light sub-group of these metals. In periodic arrangement it is in Group VIII, 
Series 6, with rhodium and palladium. It forms combinations with chlorine 
and burns in oxygen forming a series of oxides, which may unite with acids. 
In the industries and medicine it has no importance at present. 

SAMARIUM. 

Sym. Sa; at. wt. (0 = 16) 150.4. 

This is one of the rare earths about which very little is known. They oc- 
cur about the middle of the periodic arrangement and are so similar in char- 
acteristics and so rare that they command but little attention. It is chiefly 
through the investigations of Auer von "Welsbach that they have been dis- 
covered and only a few, used for making mantles for incandescent gas lighting, 
have been utilized. 

Samarium was discovered in 1879 by Boisbaudran, a French chemist. Its 
salts are yellow and have a characteristic absorption spectrum. In periodic 
arangement it is in Group I, Series 9. It has not as yet any industrial or 
medicinal importance. 

SCANDIUM. 

Sym. Sc; at. wt. (0 = 16) 44.1; trivalent. This is one of the elements pre- 
dicted by Mendelejeff, who named it eka-boron before its discovery. It was 
afterwards really discovered by Nilson, a Swedish chemist, in 1879, and as- 
signed a place among the elements under its present name. It is another of the 
"rare earths" and has characteristics placing it in the aluminum group of 
metals. In periodic arrangement it is in Group III, Series 4, and forms simi- 
lar compounds as aluminum. 

SELENIUM. 

Sym. Se; at. wt. (0 = 16) 79.2; sp. gr., metal, 4.28; crystallized, 4.50; bival- 
ent and sexivalent. It is found native in pyrites and is ananogous to sulphur 
in many respects. It is chiefly obtained from the refuse of sulphuric acid 
manufacture from pyrites, when certain pyrite ores are employed. The 



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selenium collects in the residue of the lead chambers, from which it is chiefly 
collected. This deposit is heated with nitric acid and the selenium is oxi- 
dized to selenic acid, this solution is then boiled with hydrochloric acid 
which forms selenious acid, with evolution of chlorine. This acid is then re- 
duced by subphurous oxide to selenium, which separates in amorphous red 
flakes. 

It melts at 217°C; its boiling point is 680°C. and its vapor density de- 
creases with rising temperature to about 1400°C, when it remains constant. 
These characteristics are like sulphur which it resembles in many particulars. 
Tt combines with hydrogen when heated to 400° C, forming H 2 Se, and with 
chlorine forms two compounds, Se 2 Cl 2 and SeCh. the latter being a solid which 
sublimes without decomposition. Selenium dioxide, Se0 2 , is the only oxy- 
gen combination known and results from burning selenium in the air. This 
compound forms when dissolved in water, selenious acid, H 2 Se0 3 , which may 
be crystallized in large, colorless prisms. 

This element and its salts occur in ores or compounds quite widely distri- 
buted, but in small quantities. It was first isolated by Berzelius, a Swedish 
chemist, in 1817. 

In periodic arrangement it is in Group VI, Series 5, having properties simi- 
lar to sulphur and tellurium. It is not employed industrially or medicinally, 
but is found as a compound in ores and compounds associated with sulphur. 

The metal Selenium, when melted and quickly cooled looks like hard tar, 
showing like sulphur, an amorphous form, but if the heat is continued for 
some time it acquires the appearance of a metal, showing bright when cut, 
like lead. 

Selenium oxide is now being used to give a beautiful ruby color to glass 
which is particularly desirable for railroad and signal lights. It is also used 
for making a fine red enamel on metal and is being employed for that purpose. 

In the form of powder, when burned, it emits a most beautiful blue light. 

The most "singular property of Selenium, however, is that in the light it is 
a conductor of electricity, but in darkness it is not. This property has been 
utilized in connection with gas buoys that light themselves at night and 
put themselves out at da3^break. This element is also used in measuring the 
intensity of light, and experiments are now being conducted for utilizing 
it in sending photographs by wire. 

Selenic Acid. HUSeO*. This is prepared by fusing selenium with potas- 
sium or sodium nitrate, treating the fused mass with water, precipitating the 
solution thus made with lead nitrate, and then decomposing the precipitated 
lead selenate with sulphuretted hydrogen, and separating the liquid, which is 
the selenic acid, from the precipitate. This acid unites with bases forming 
selenates. 

Selenous Acid. H,SeO,. This may be made by heating the foregoing 
rapidly. Its combinations with acids are called selenites. 

SILICON. 

Sym. Si; at. wt. (0 = 16) 28.3; sp. gr. 2.49; quadrivalent. This element does 
not occur uncombined in nature, but in combination with oxygen (Silica, 
Si0 2 ) forms a large portion of the earth's crust. It is found most conspic- 
uously as silica, SiQ 2 , or in combination with other substances forming min- 
erals known as silicates. Natural silicates are found in great abundance as 
sand and quartz which are silicon dioxide, and it occurs in combination with 
other elements in much of the vast rock formations of the earth. Scientific 
calculations show that silicon comprises one-fourth of the material of the en- 
tire earth. 

Silicon ignites with fluorine at ordinary temperatures; with chlorine it unites 
upon warming slightly; with nitrogen at an elevated temperature, being chiefly 
combined in the electric furnace; and in the air igniting with oxygen at very 
high temperatures and burning to silica. 

It is not affected by acids, except hydrofluoric, in which it readily dis- 
solves. With hydrochloric acid it reacts at very high temperatures forming 
silicon tetrachloride and silicon-chloroform. In a hot solution of potassium 



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or sodium hydroxide, silica dissolves, and when silica is heated with caustic 
soda or potassa a syrupy compound, known as "water glass" is produced. 

Silicon was isolated by Berzelius, a Swedish chemist, in 1823. In periodic 
arrangement it is in Group IV, Series 3. It has many peculiarities which dis- 
tinguishes it, notably, from other elements. It is analagous to carbon, tin, 
titanium, zinc and thorium. Crystalline silicon or silica are not affected by 
acids (except hydrofluoric), but are dissolved by caustic alkalies. Glass is 
a combination (chiefly) of silica and soda. Opals are natural silicates. With 
the halogens it combines forming a class of simple compounds, and with 
hydrogen and oxygen it makes a gelatinous mass caused by the union of sil- 
icic acid with alkaline bases. Mortar, which is used for laying bricks or 
stone or for plastering, consists chiefly of gelatinous silica combined with cal- 
cium into a mass which cements when dry. It also forms compounds with 
nitrogen and with sulphur, when properly brought together. 

Silica. Si0 2 . This may be obtained most conveniently by decomposing 
the solution of sodiUm silicate with hydrochloric acid, washing and drying 
the precipitate. It is a fine white powder, insoluble in all acids except hydro- 
fluoric. It is an anhydride, but more ferquently called silicic acid. It is sol- 
uble in strong alkali solutions by the aid of heat, forming salts called silicates, 
as sodium silicate, potassium silicate etc. 

In the crystalline form silica is found in agate, amethyst, calcedony, corn- 
elian, onyx etc., colored variously by admixture with other substances. In the 
form of sand and quartz, silica is extensively employed in the manufacture of 
glass, being fused with soda ash or other alkali. 

SILVER. (Argentum). 

Sym. Ag (Argentum); at. wt. (0 = 16) 107.88; sp. gr. 10.5; bivalent; melts 
at 945°C. A white metal with a brilliant metallic luster; other metals are 
compared with it in color as "silver-white," or "silvery-white." It crystallizes 
in regular octahedrons and is very malleable and ductile; can be beaten into 
silver leaf or drawn into fine wire. At a very high temperature in a suitable 
apparatus, it volatilizes in the form of blue vapor which may be condensed 
as pure silver. 

It is one of the noble metals; this term being applied to metals which do 
not combine with oxygen directly at any temperature under ordinary pressure, 
molten silver, however, absorbs or occludes oxygen, but upon cooling to a 
solid it escapes. 

It is the best conductor of heat and electricity of any of the metals; is not 
tarnished by pure air, but in air containing sulphurous gases it becomes cover- 
ed with a dark film which may be removed by rubbing with ammonia water 
or solution of potassium cyanide. Silver is a prehistoric metal, known in all 
ages and used since the earliest civilization as an article or ornament, and as 
money, since money coinage began. It occurs native, sometimes in nuggets 
of considerable weight, and in ores, associated with other metals, gold, cop- 
per and lead principally, and is separated from its combinations by various 
complicated processes. In mining by the amalgamation process it unites 

with gold in the amalgam formed and the combined metals are made into 
bricks which are sold upon assay and the metals separated, when desired, at 
the mints. Most lead ores contain some silver which in smelting all goes 
into the lead. This lead is then fused and slowly cooled until it begins to 
congeal, when the lead first crystallizes out separating in this manner from 
the silver, this is then separated by cupellation, the fused lead sinking into 
the cupel and leaving the silver on the surface. Several other methods of 
separating silver from its combination with other metals are in use; the 
electrolytic process being particularly useful in recovering it from cyanide 
process liquors and copper slimes. 

In periodic arrangement silver is in Group I, Series 5, having characteristics 
similar to gold and copper. It is extensively used for silver-plating and in 
coinage in all countries. The U. S. silver coins contain 90 percent, of silver 
and 10 percent, of copper, the mixture with copper making it harder than pure 



306 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

silver. Silver salts are used in great quantities in photography and consider- 
ably in making hair dyes. In medicine the silver salts are employed for var- 
ious uses, silver nitrate is used as a caustic, and a variety of compounds of 
silver with casein, albumen and other organic substances have recently come 
into prominence in the treatment of certain germ and infectious diseases. 

As the chemical compounds of silver are considerably used in medicine, 
they will be noticed under Argentum in Part II. 

Silver Purified. Silver may be purified for chemical use by dissolving it in 
pure nitric acid diluted with distilled water, then adding to the solution 
hydrochloric acid which precipitates the silver as chloride. This precipitate is 
then collected, washed with distilled water and melted in a crucible; the 
poured off metal is pure silver. 

Silver Salts. 

In pharmacy silver is known in all pharmacopoeias that give Latin titles, 
as Argentum, and the salts of silver are Argentum. either followed by, or 
preceded by the name of the element or acid with which it combines to form 
the salt, as Argenti Nitras, Argentum Nitricum, Nitras argenti, Nitras 
argenticum etc. In pharmacopoeias which have the native names of the 
country the word signifying silver may precede or follow the name of the 
combining substance; as Argent azotic, Rom.; Azotate d'argent, Fr. 

The following list comprises most of the salts of silver now in use, but many 
combinations w r ith albumen, casein and like substances have recently ap- 
peared under trade names, which are referred to elsewhere. The salts in- 
cluded in this section are chiefly well defined chemical salts that have been 
known for a long time, the most important of which are official. 

Argentamine. Ethylenediamine-Silver-Phosphate Solution. This is a germ- 
destroying agent prepared by Schering of Berlin, specially for the destruction 
of micrococcus gonorrhoea. It contains S percent, of silver phosphate, (cor- 
responding to an aqueous solution containing 10 percent, of silver nitrate) and 
15 percent, of ethylenediamine. It is used by injection. 

Argonin. A compound of silver nitrate with a sodium product of casein. 
It is a powerful antiseptic, but does not cauterize. Under this or several sim- 
ilar names it is employed in injections for gonorrhoea etc. 

Silver Antiseptics. A number of proprietary silver compounds similar to 
the two foregoing have been recently introduced. They will be referred to 
in Part II. 

Silver Acetate. AgC 2 H 3 02. Made by decomposing a solution of silver ni- 
trate by adding to it a solution of sodium acetate, collecting the precipitate, 
washing and drying. 

Silver Bromide. AgBr. By decomposing a solution of silver nitrate by add- 
ing to it a solution of potassium bromide, collecting the precipitate, washing 
and drying. 

Silver Chloride. AgCl. By adding to a solution of silver nitrate hydro- 
chloric acid or common salt as long as a precipitate is formed, then col- 
lecting, washing and drying the precipitate. This is freely obtained by pre- 
cipitating the washings of photograph plates with common salt. 

Silver Chromate. AgiCrd. By adding a neutral solution of potassium 
chromate to a solution of silver nitrate, collecting, washing and drying the 
precipitate. 

Silver Citrate. AgsCefLO:. Also known as Crede's antiseptic, and marketed 
in this country as Itrol. It is a white, odorless powder, soluble in 3800 parts of 
water. It is applied in the form of ointments, 1 to 2 percent.; and in solution, 
1:400 to 1:800, as an injection for gonorrhoea. 

Silver Cyanide. AgCN. This is official only in the U. S. The formula for 
its preparation and its uses are given in Part II. 

Silver Iodide. Agl. This was official in the U. S. P., <th revision, but has 
been dismissed. It may be prepared by precipitating a solution of silver 
nitrate with a solution of potassium iodide. 

Silver Lactate. AgCsH^Oa + H-O. Also known as Actol. A white, odorless 
and nearly tasteless crystalline powder, soluble in about 15 parts of water. 
This was introduced by Crede as an antiseptic in certain infectious diseases and 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 307 

as an application for wounds, ulcers etc. Used as a wash or by injection in 
solution, 1: 500 to 1: 100. 

Silver Nitrate. AgNO a Lunar Caustic. This is the most important and 
best known salt of silver and forms the basis of most of the other silver salts. 
It is official in all pharmacopoeias and is prepared for medicinal use in sev- 
eral forms which will be described together with the method of preparation 
in Part II. 

The crystallized nitrate of silver is extensively used in photography, and for 
making hair dyes. 

Silver Nitrite. AgNOa. This is formed as a yellowish precipitate, when an 
alkaline nitrite solution is mixed with a solution of silver nitrate. It dissolves 
in boiling water and, upon cooling, crystallizes in beautiful needles. 

Silver Oxalate. Ag-QOi. By adding a solution of oxalic acid to a solution 
of silver nitrate, collecting, washing and drying the precipitate. 

Silver Oxide. Ag 2 0. This is official in the U. S. and Br. pharmacopoeias. 
A formula for its preparation is given under the title Argentum Oxidum in 
Part II. 

The photographic arts and the use of indelible ink and hair dyes depend 
upon the conversion of silver nitrate into silver oxide, which is insoluble. 

Silver Phosphate. Ag 3 POi. By decomposing a solution of silver nitrate by 
adding to it a. solution of sodium phosphate, collecting the precipitate, wash- 
ing and drying. 

Silver Sulphate. Ag^SO*. By decomposing a solution of silver nitrate by 
adding to it a solution of sodium sulphate, collecting the precipitate, washing 
and drying. 

Many other salts of silver exist in nature in the form of ores, as Silver 
Sulphide, Silver Carbonate etc., or may be made in the laboratory by combin- 
ing it with various acids, but those already mentioned are all that are of in- 
terest in pharmacy. 

SODIUM. (Natrium). 

Sym. Na (Natrium); at. wt. (0 = 16) 23.0; sp. gr. 0.973 at 13.5°C; univalent; 
melts at 95.6°C; boils at 900°C. at which temperature it vaporizes and may 
be condensed in a receiver, under petroleum, cooled by ice. It may then be 
purified by melting it under boiling petroleum and pressing it through linen 
bags. The product is then cast into cakes, which are broken up, or into 
sticks, in which form it is generally found in the market. 

Metallic sodium is silvery-white and so soft that it can readily be cut with a 
knife or pressed through a small hole coming out in the form of wire; in 
dry air it will keep for several days untarnished, but in moist air it oxidizes 
rapidly. 

It may be heated to its melting point without taking fire, but at a much high- 
er heat it ignites, burning with a characteristic bright-yellow light, by which 
its presence in compounds is readily recognized. When added to water it 
decomposes it, generating hydrogen and forming sodium hydroxide. By 
floating a piece of sodium on a piece of filter paper on water the escaping 
hydrogen takes fire and burns, the same occurs if sodium is placed on ice. 
Because of its strong basic power it is of great value in the arts and in the 
laboratory for reducing elements from their oxides. Before the introduction 
of electric decomposition sodium was extensively used in the production of 
aluminum, magnesium and other metals. Many of the important industries 
depend upon sodium and its hydroxide for the results accomplished. 

In periodic arrangement sodium is in Group I, Series 3, classed with the 
alkali metals. It combines with all the halogens and with all non-metallic 
oxides forming salts of great commercial and medicinal value and with or- 
ganic bases forming an extensive line of compounds, many of which are em- 
ployed in medicine. 

Sodium was first isolated by Sir H. Davy in 1807. It is not found uncombin- 
ed in nature, but in chemical combination it forms about 2.25 percent, of the 
material of the entire earth. It is found by the spectroscope to be a consti- 
tutent of the sun and many of the fixed stars and altogether is one of the 
most important of the elements. 






308 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

As its compounds are important in medicine they will be more particularly- 
noted under the heading Sodium in Part II. 

Sodium Salts. 

In most foreign pharmacopoeias sodium is known as Natrium, and sodium 
salts as Natrium Salts; as, for example: Natrium Aceticum, Natrium Broma- 
tum etc. In some of the pharmacopoeias the basic name precedes the 
acid; as Natrium Phosphoricum; and in others the acid name precedes the 
basic; as, Sulfas Natricus, Carbonas Natricus etc. But in pharmacopoeias 
where the language of the countries is used as the primary title, the word 
meaning soda, and the acid is generally used, as Bromure de Sodium, Fr.; Bro- 
muro di Sodio, It.; Sodiu Azotic, Rom. In this work the word sodium, fol- 
lowed by the name of the salt produced, as Sodium Acetate, Sodium bromide 
etc., is used to designate the compound. 

The following list includes all of the salts of sodium official in any pharma- 
copoeia, and many not official, but sometimes used. The official salts, and 
others of considerable importance will be further explained under the title 
Sodium in Part II. 

Sodium Acetate. NaC0 2 3 + 3H 2 0. Official in most all countries. It may 
be prepared by neutralizing acetic acid with sodium carbonate, filtering the 
solution, concentrating by evaporation and stirring to a granular salt. See 
Part II. 

Sodium Agaricinate. A combination of agaric acid prepared by neutralizing 
it with a sodium salt. It is a white, tasteless powder, freely soluble in water, 
and is used for night-sweats of consumptives. Dose IY2 to 3 grains. 

Sodium Arsenate. Na 2 HAs0 4 +7H 2 0. Official in U. S., Br. and several 
European pharmacopoeias. The method of preparation is given in the Br. P. 
and will be found in Part II. 

Sodium Arsenite. Used for the same purposes as sodium arsenate, as an 
alterative. Dose V«> to Vio grain. 

Sodium Benzoate. NaGHsOo. Official in the U. S., Br. and all European 
pharmacopoeias. It may be prepared by neutralizing a hot, concentrated sol- 
ution of sodium carbonate with benzoic acid, and evaporating the solution 
with stirring to granulation. See Part II. 

Sodium Bichromate This is made by neutralizing a solution of chromic 
acid with sodium carbonate, concentrating and allowing to crystallize. 

Sodium Bicarbonate. NaHCO.-.. Official in all pharmacopoeias. This is 
prepared by exposing sodium carbonate to the action of carbon dioxide until 
it has taken up another molecule of the gas. Or may be made by the inter- 
action of sodium chloride and ammonium bicarbonate. See Part II. 

Sodium Bisulphate. By adding sulphuric acid in excess to a solution of 
sodium bicarbonate and allowing to crystallize. 

Sodium Bisulphite. NaHSOa. Official only in the U. S. and Fr. pharmaco- 
poeias. It is used for treating cloth after bleaching to remove excess of 
chlorine compounds. In medicine it is employed as an antiseptic and anti- 
ferment. See Part II. 

Sodium Bitartrate. By adding tartaric acid in excess to a solution of sodium 
bicarbonate, and allowing to crystallize. 

Sodium Borate. U. S. Na 2 B 4 7 . Borax. Br. This is official in all pharma- 
copoeias but with different titles. It is chiefly prepared by refining native 
borax and is further described in Part II. 

Sodium Bromide. NaBr. Official in the U. S., Br. and nearly all other phar- 
macopoeias. This may be prepared by adding a slight excess of bromine to a 
strong solution of sodium hydroxide, evaporating the solution to dryness, de- 
composing the bromide by fusing the mixture with charcoal, dissolving with 
water, filtering and evaporating to crystallize the sodium bromide. See Part II. 

Sodium Cacodylate. Dimethylarsenate. The combination of sodium with 
cacodylic acid is a white, amorphous powder used as an alterative in the same 
manner as arsenic salts, but in this compound is considered far less toxic than 
the alkali salts. Dose Y to 2 grains, or subcutaneously 24 to IY2 grains. 



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Sodium Carbolate. NaCeHUO. Made by adding metallic sodium to carbolic 
acid and allowing the solution to crystallize. 

Sodium Carbonate. Na 2 CO 3 40H 2 O. Sal Soda. This salt which is commer- 
cially known as "Sal Soda" is official in the Br. P. and in all of the European 
pharmacopoeias. It is prepared from soda ash by lixiviation and crystalliza- 
tion. Soda ash contains about 50 percent, of commercial sodium carbonate. 
It is also prepared by the •'ammonia process," the "cryolite process" and the 
"Solvay process." It is very extensively used in the industrial arts and is the 
source of most of the sodium .salts. The 8th revision of the U. S. P. introduced 
a monohydrated sodium carbonate which is as follows : ' 

Sodium Carbonate Monohydrated. U. S. Na 2 CO s + H,0. This differs from 
the above in containing only one molecule of water instead of 10. It is there- 
fore ten times as strong as the regular sodium carbonate and is nearly the 
same as the Br. and former U. S. Exsiccated Sodium Carbonate, and similar 
preparations of the European pharmacopoeias. The method of preparing this 
salt is explained in Part II. 

Sodium Chlorate. NaClO.i. This is official in the U. S. and the majority of 
the foreign pharmacopoeias, but not in the Br. It may be prepared by the in- 
teraction of acid sodium tartrate in solution and potassium chlorate in sol- 
ution. Acid potassium tartrate is precipitated leaving sodium chlorate in sol- 
ution, which is filtered, evaporated and crystallized. Its uses are the same as 
potassium chlorate but it is more soluble. 

Sodium Chloride. NaCl. Salt. This is the ordinary common salt of com- 
merce, in use and official in the pharmacopoeias of all countries. It is one of 
the most abundant and widely distributed of natural salts. It is found in beds 
and mines as rock salt, and in solution in sea water, and salt springs and wells 
obtained by drilling, from which it is separated in crystalline form by evapor- 
ation. It is extensively used for various industrial purposes and as a seasoning 
and preservative of food. In pharmacy it is employed as a source of chlorine, 
and in medicine is used as a styptic, and for intravenous injection and some 
other purposes. 

Sodium Cinnamate. A white powder, soluble in water, prepared by adding 
cinnamic acid to solution of soda until neutralized, then evaporating and 
crystallizing. Like cinnamic acid, it is a ready remedy for tuberculosis. It is 
given in a 5 percent, solution by intravenous injection, twice a week. 

Sodium Citrate. By saturating a solution of citric acid with sodium bicar- 
bonate, concentrating the solution and crystallizing. Official in Belg., Gr., Sp. 
and Nedl. 

Sodium Citrate. 2Na 3 C 6 H 5 07 + llH 2 0. This was made official in the 8th 
revision of the U. S. P. It was already official in a few European pharmaco- 
poeias. It may readily be prepared by saturating a solution of citric acid with 
sodium bicarbonate, filtering and evaporating to dryness or stirring to granu- 
late. See Part II. 

Sodium Dithiosalicylate. A grayish-white powder, soluble in water, pre- 
pared by the interaction of dithiosalicylic acid with sodium salt; given as an 
antirheumatic and antiseptic in doses of 3 grains. Also used in veterinary 
practice, in 5 percent, solution, as a lotion for foot and mouth diseases. 

Sodium Ethylate. This salt may be prepared the same as Potassium Ethy.- 
late, by heating together ethyl acetate and metallic sodium. It is used as a 
caustic. 

Sodium Formate. This occurs in small, white, deliquescent crystals, sol- 
uble in water and glycerin, prepared by neutralizing formic acid with soda 
and crystallizing. This salt is recommended in surgical tuberculosis (paren- 
chymatous), by hypodermic injection; for children y 3 to \y 2 grains every 3 to 
10 days; for adults 10 grains. 

Sodium Glycerinophosphate. A yellowish liquid recommended as a nerve 
tonic and reconstructive in neurasthenia, phosphaturia etc., prepared in the 
same manner as calcium glycerinophosphate. See Glycerophosphates. 
Given by hypodermic injection in solution of salt water, 3 to 4 times daily. 
Also in Elixirs, Syrups etc. 



310 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Sodium Hydroxide. U. S. NaOH. Soda. Caustic Soda. This is official in 
part of the pharmacopoeias, under different titles. The common caustic soda 
is prepared by several processes of reduction and is now being prepared com- 
mercially by the electrolysis of solutions of common salt. It is extensively 
used in the industrial arts for various purposes. It is furnished by the man- 
ufacturers in drums or smaller packages, and in solid mass or granulated. The 
caustic soda that is furnished in lib cans, is 98% soda and sufficiently pure for 
most purposes. In making chemicals, soap etc., soda is considerably used in 
the operations of pharmacy. 

Sodium Hypophosphite. .NaPH 2 2 + H 2 0. This is official in the U. S., Br. 
and a few of the European pharmacopoeias. The method of preparing it and 
its uses are given in Part II. 

Sodium Iodate. NaIO a . By the interaction of a solution of potassium 
chlorate with a solution of sodium iodide. It is a white powder, soluble in 
water, and is used as a substitute for potassium iodide. Dose 1 to 2 grains. 
Also applied externally in solution or ointment, 2 to 10 percent. 

Sodium Iodide. Nat. This is official in the U. S., Br. and many other phar- 
macopoeias. It may be prepared in the same manner as potassium iodide, but 
using sodium hydroxide instead of potassium iodide. It is considerably used 
in medicine as an alterative. See Part II. 

Sodium Lactate. This may be made by diluting lactic acid with 3 parts of 
water and saturating, while boiling with sodium bicarbonate, then evaporating. 
Official in Belg. Ph. 

Sodium Meta- Vanadate. By the interaction of vanadic acid and metallic 
sodium, and heating the solution for some time until it is reduced to a pow- 
der. The action is similar to that of arsenic. The dose is V20 to Y% grain. 

Sodium Methylarsenate. The same as sodium cacodylate, which see. 

Sodium Lactophosphate. By neutralizing lactophosphoric acid with sodium 
bicarbonate and carefully evaporating the solution. 

Sodium Naphtolate. Microcidin. A whitish powder prepared by the inter- 
action of /3-naphtol with soda, soluble in three parts of water. Used as a sur- 
gical antiseptic in solution of 5 to 10 percent. 

Sodium Nitrate. NaNOs. Official in the U. S. and in several of the foreign 
pharmacopoeias, but not in the Br. This is a salt of great industrial im- 
portance, being found native in Chili and Peru and quite generally known as 
"Chili Saltpetre." It is extensively used in the production of nitric acid and 
many of the nitrate chemicals. In medicine its uses are the same as potassium 
nitrate. See Part II. 

Sodium Nitrite. NaN0 2 . This is official in the U. S., Br. and a few Euro- 
pean pharmacopoeias. In pharmacy it is used for the production of nitrous 
ether and some other preparations. See Part II. 

Sodium Nucleinate. A white powder almost completely soluble in water. 
The sodium salt of yeast nuclein. It is administered subcutaneously to stim- 
ulate nutrition or nutritive processes. 

Sodium Oxalate. By adding to a hot. concentrated solution of oxalic acid 
solution of soda until neutral, and allowing to crystallize. 

Sodium Para-creosote. A bitter powder, soluble in 24 parts hot water. An 
antipyretic recommended for acute rheumatism, pneumonia and typhoid fever; 
also an antiseptic for infants' intestinal catarrh etc. Dose 2 to 20 grains, ac- 
cording to age etc., best given in solution with flavored syrup. 

Sodium Permanganate. This is prepared by neutralizing a solution of per- 
manganic acid with soda. Used extensively as an antiseptic cleansing applica- 
tion for ulcers, gangrene etc., usually in aqueous solution. 

Sodium Perborate. NaB0 2 +4H 2 2 . This is a white, granular salt, which 
evolves hydrogen peroxide upon the addition of water. It should contain not 
less than 9 percent, of available oxygen. 

Sodium Peroxide. This is a white, odorless, granular salt which, when com- 
bined with water, evolves hydrogen peroxide, forming a solution like the 
official. It is also made into a soap known as peroxide soap and is otherwise 
employed to administer hydrogen peroxide. It should contain not less than 
75 percent, of Na 2 2 . 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 311 

Sodium Persulphate. NaaSaOs. This is a high oxidation product of sodium 
with sulphuric acid. It is furnished in the form of solution known as per- 
sodine. It is used as an internal antiseptic and oxidizer in tuberculous cancer. 

Sodium Phenolsulphonate. NaGH.-.OiS+'iPUO. This was official in the 7th 
revision of the U. S. P. as Sodium Sulphocarbolate, but the title was changed 
as above in the Sth. The method of preparing it and its uses will be found in 
Part II. 

Sodium Phosphate. Na^HPOi + l^HUO. This is official under similar names 
in all pharmacopoeias. It is one of the most commonly used medicinal salts 
of sodium. It is prepared in several forms which will be noticed, together 
with their uses, in Part II. 

Sodium Pryophosphate. Na4P 2 O- + 10H 2 O. This is official in the U. S. and 
in several European pharmacopoeias, but not in the Br. The method of pre- 
paring it and its uses will be found in Part II. A ferrated sodium pyrophos- 
phate is official in several European pharmacopoeias. This will be further 
noticed in Part II. 

Sodium Salicylate. XaCrELO.j. This is official in nearly all countries. It is 
extensively used in medicine as a remedy for rheumatism. The method of its 
preparation and its uses are given in Part II. 

Sodium Santoninate. This is official in a few European pharmacopoeias. It 
may be prepared by adding to -A fl. ounces of solution of soda 1 fl. ounce of 
water, and adding to the solution 1 ounce av. of santonin, then heating and 
stirring until the salt is dissolved, filtering, evaporating and crystallizing. This 
salt is sometimes used instead of santonin, being more soluble. The dose is 
1 to 3 grains. 

Sodium Silicate. Na 2 SiO:;. By mixing 1 part of silica with 2 parts of dried 
sodium carbonate, and fusing in an earthenware crucible, and dissolving the 
mass, when cool and in powder, in water, then filtering, concentrating and 
crystallizing. The solution of this salt is known as water-glass. (Liquor Sodii 
Silicaiis). 

Soaium Silicofluoride. A white, inodorous, tasteless powder, non-toxic and 
non-irritant. An antiseptic, deodorant and styptic, used as an application 
1 : 5000 for gonorrheal injection, cystitis, wounds etc. 

Sodium Sozoiodolate. This is a compound of sodium with sozoiodol, used 
chiefly as a substitute for iodoform. It is more fully described in Part II. 

Sodium Succinate. By neutralizing succinic acid with solution of soda, con- 
centrating and crystallizing. 

Sodium Sulphate. Na 2 SO 4 + 10H 2 O. Glauber's Salt. This is official in all 
pharmacopoeias and is prepared by the interaction of sulphuric acid and 
sodium carbonate. It is obtained as a by-product of the manufacture of other 
chemicals and is used in making other sodium salts and as "physic" for horses 
and cattle. It acts as a cathartic for human beings in doses of ^ to 1 
ounce, and is preferred by many to Epsom Salts, for a similar purpose. 

An Effervescent Sodium Sulphate is official in the Br. See Part II. 

Sodium Sulphite. Na 2 S0 3 + 7H 2 0. This salt is official in the U. S. and 
Br. pharmacopoeias. It is used in the preparation of some pharmaceuticals 
and as an anti-ferment. It will be more fully described in Part II. 

Sodium Sulphide. A true combination of sodium and sulphur in equivalent 
proportions, used chiefly for testing. 

Sodium Sulphocarbolate. This still appears by this name in the Br. and 
Nedl. S., but the name of the same preparation was changed in the U. S. to 
Sodium Phenolsulphonate, which see. 

Sodium Sulphoichthyolate. This is official in several European pharmaco- 
poeias, and is generally known as Ichthyol Sodium to distinguish it from 
Ichthyol Ammonium. See Ichthyol, Part II. 

Sodium Sulphosalicylate. A crystalline powder of a sour, astringent taste, 
readily soluble in water. An antirheumatic, uses similar to sodium salicylate. 

Sodium Sulphovinate. A white, granular powder or crystals, very deliques- 
cent and soluble in 0.7 part of water. It is employed as a mild, but active 
saline cathartic. Dose for children 2 to 3 drachms, for adults 5 drachms. 



312 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Sodium Tannate. This is prepared by mixing a solution of sodium carbon- 
ate with a solution of tannic acid, and collecting the precipitate. It has no im- 
portant uses in medicine. 

Sodium Tartrate. Na 2 C4pL0 2 -H 2 0. By dissolving 12 parts of tartaric acid 
and 15 parts of sodium bicarbonate, each separately in sufficient water, mix- 
ing the solutions, filtering, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Sodium Tellurate. A combination of sodium and tellurium, sometimes used 
in medicine to prevent sweating. Dose J / 2 grain, in pill. 

Sodium Tetraborate. A neutral combination of sodium and boric acid, sol- 
uble in 6 parts of water. Used externally, like boric acid, as an antiseptic. 

Sodium Thiosulphate. Na 2 S 2 3 + 5H 2 0. Formerly known as Sodium Hypo- 
sulphite. It is official in the U. S. and part of the European pharmacopoeias, 
but not in the Br. It is prepared from alkali waste by decomposing its 
soluble calcium sulphate with sodium sulphate or carbonate. It is used in 
photography and some other arts and in medicine as an alterative and resolv- 
ent in dose of 10 to 30 grains. See Part II. 

Sodium Tungstate. (Wolramate). By neutralizing tungstic acid with solu- 
tion of soda, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Sodium Uranate. A decomposition product of a sodium salt with a salt of 
the metal uranium. This is used chiefly as a chemical test. 

Sodium Valerate. NaCoH 9 2 . This was formerly official in the Br. P. but 
was dismissed. It will be further considered in Part II. 

Some other salts of sodium are used for various purposes, as Sodium Alum- 
inate and Sodium Stannate, as mordants for dyeing, and many double salts of 
sodium are known, but are little used in pharmacy. 

Sodium, being so strongly basic, combines with all acids and forms a great 
number of salts. Most of the important compounds are noted in the fore- 
going list, but many others, very little used, are quoted in chemical catalogues 
and need not be noticed here. 

STRONTIUM. 

Sym. Sr; at. wt. (0 = 16) 87.63; sp. gr. 2.54; bivalent; characteristics like 
calcium and barium. It is chiefly obtained from strontianite, SrCOs, and celes- 
tite, SrSO*. The metal is produced by electrolysis from fused strontium 
chloride. 

The salts of strontium are used in pyrotechnics for making red-fire and some 
of them are used in medicine. In periodic arrangement it is in Group II, 
Series 6, being of the same family as calcium and barium, and classed with 
the alkaline earths. The metal was isolated by Davy in 1808, but only occurs 
in nature in its compounds. Its properties are very similar to calcium in 
most particulars except that its hydroxide is more soluble than calcium hy- 
droxide, and its sulphate is less soluble than calcium sulphate. Its nitrate 
is insoluble in alcohol, while calcium nitrate dissolves in it. These three dif- 
ferences make it possible to separate strontium from calcium salts. 

Strontium nitrate is the salt generally used in pyrotechnics. This is pre- 
pared in granular form and when ignited by mixing it with some substance 
that will maintain the combustion as sulphur, shellac, dried sawdust or char- 
coal, it makes an intensely crimson fire. Some of the other strontium salts 
are used in medicine. See Part II. 

Strontium Salts. 

The following strontium salts are known and most of them used for one 
purpose or another. Some of them have been recently introduced in the 
pharmacopoeias, three being official in the U. S. P. The official salts will be 
further considered in Part II. 

Strontium Acetate. Neutralize acetic acid with strontium carbonate, evap- 
orate and crystallize. 

Strontium Arsenite. By the interaction of arsenic acid and a strontium 
salt. It is used as an alterative; dose Vso to Vis grain, usually in pills. 

Strontium Bromide. SrBr 2 + 6H 2 0. It is official in the U. S. and Fr. phar- 
macopoeias. This salt has lately come into prominence in the treatment of 



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epilepsy, and some forms of nervous diseases. It is prescribed in doses of 5 
to 15 grains. It is soluble in 1.05 parts of water at N. T., and in 0.5 part of 
boiling water. It is also soluble in alcohol. <U. S. 

Strontium Carbonate. SrCOs. This may be prepared by adding a solution 
of sodium carbonate to a solution of strontium nitrate and collecting the pre- 
cipitate. It is official in the Fr. Ph. 

Strontium Chlorate. This salt is considerably used in pyrotechnics, and in 
medicine is may be employed instead of potassium chlorate, when indicated. 

Strontium Chloride. This may be prepared by neutralizing diluted hydro- 
chloric acid with strontium carbonate, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Strontium Iodide. SrI 2 + 6H 2 0. Official only in the U. S. This salt has 
also lately come into use for the treatment of albuminuria, rheumatism etc. 
The dose is from 3 to 10 grains. It is soluble in 0.6 part of water at N. T., 
and in 0.27 part of boiling water. It is also soluble in alcohol. 

Strontium Lactate. Sr(C s H 5 03)2 + 3H 2 0. This strontium salt has met with 
favor for uses similar to the bromide and iodide. The dose is from 3 to 10 
grains. Soluble in about 4 parts of water at N. T., and in about 0.5 part of 
boiling water, also soluble in alcohol. It is official in the Fr. Ph. 

Strontium Nitrate. Sr 2 NO :i . This is made by saturating nitric acid with 
strontium carbonate, concentrating the solution and crystallizing or stirring 
while evaporating to granulate. It must be dried by very gently heat. It is 
used in making red fire for pyrotechnics and theatrical illuminations. 

Strontium Oxalate. By adding strontium carbonate to a solution of oxalic 
acid until neutralized and collecting the precipitate. 

Strontium Oxide. SrO. This is obtained by igniting strontium nitrate and 
collecting the residue. 

Strontium Peroxide. By combining a larger quantity of oxygen with stron- 
tium oxide, and adding to the peroxide, when formed, an equal quantity of 
strontium oxide. 

Strontium Phosphate. By adding strontium carbonate to phosphoric acid, 
until neutralized, and crystallizing. 

Strontium Salicylate. Sr(CrH 5 3 ) 2 + 2H 2 0. This is official only in the U. 
S. P. It may be prepared by adding strontium carbonate to a hot, con- 
centrated solution of salicylic acid until effervescence no longer occurs, then 
filtering and concentrating by evaporation to dryness, and pulverizing. It is 
highly recommended as a remedy for rheumatism and the elimination of uric 
acid. Average dose 1 gm. (15 grains). 

Strontium Sulphate. SrSOi. This may be made by adding sulphuric acid to 
a solution of strontium nitrate. Strontium sulphate is precipitated. 

Strontium Sulphide. By heating together metallic strontium and sulphur, 
until thoroughly combined. Its properties are similar to calcium sulphide. 

Strontium Tartrate. This may be prepared by adding strontium carbonate to 
solution of tartaric acid, until neutralized, and crystallizing. 

SULPHUR. 

Sym. S; at. wt. (0 = 16) 32.07; sp. gr. varies according to allotropic form, 
native sulphur being 2.05, melted sulphur (brimstone) about 1.98, amorphous 
sulphur about 1.95; bivalent, sexivalent, depending upon temperature; melts 
at 114.5 °C; boils at 445 °C. giving an orange-colored vapor. At — 80° C. sul- 
phur is colorless; it dissolves slightly in alcohol but is insoluble in water, in 
sulphurous and sulphuric acids. 

Sulphur combines directly with many of the elements, both metals and non- 
metals. The halogens and hydrogen unite with it directly and many of the 
metals and non-metals unite with it vigorously when heated. With oxygen it 
forms several most important compounds, the most important being sulphur 
dioxide, S0 2 , and sulphur trioxide, SO s ; the solution of these gaseous oxides 
in water form sulphurous and sulphuric acids. 

In periodic arrangement sulphur is in Group VI, Series 3, classed with sele- 
nium and tellurium. It has been known since the beginning of civilization 
and occurs native in most countries in which volcanoes exist or have existed, 



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being a product of the action of heat on sulphur compounds existing in rock 
formation in the vicinity of volcanoes. 

It is extensively employed in the industries in the manufacture of gun 
powder, vulcanized rubber and in making matches, and its acids are among 
the most important in chemistry. When burned it is a deodorizer and dis- 
infectant, destroying disease germs and deleterious eminations; it is also a 
powerful bleaching agent when ignited. 

As many of the sulphur compounds are employed in medicine they will be 
further noticed under Sulphur in Part II. 

Forms of Sulphur. 

Sulphur is found in three different forms on the market. Sublimed sul- 
phur, roll sulphur and precipitated sulphur, all of them having their uses in 
the arts and in pharmacy. It combines directly with several of the elements, 
forming sulphides or sulphurets, which vary in their union with other bodies, 
some of them acting as bases and some as acids. 

Sublimed Sulphur. Flowers of Sulphur. This is sulphur as it occurs, when 
the vapor of sulphur is conducted into properly constructed chambers after 
being sublimed. This is commonly known as sulphur, commercially and in 
pharmacy. 

Washed Sulphur. A formula for this is official in the U. S. and other 
pharmacopoeias. The object is to free the sulphur from sulphurous acid. 

Precipitated Sulphur. This is commonly known as Lac Sulphur. A for- 
mula for this is. official in the U. S. and other pharmacopoeias. The object is 
to free it from impurities and to make it finer and softer than the sublimed 
sulphur. See Part II. 

Other Forms of Sulphur. 

Amorphous Sulphur. Sulphur Fuscum. Brown Sulphur. Red Sulphur. 
This is prepared from sublimed sulphur by melting it, increasing the heat to 
from 320° to 350°F.. and continuing at that temperature for about half an 
hour, or until it becomes brown and viscid, then pouring into water. In this 
state it is ductile and easily moulded like wax, but does not become fluid 
until heated to over 600°F. 

Roll Sulphur or Brimstone. This is crude sulphur purified by melting, 
skimming and pouring it into moulds. It is used extensively for bleaching, 
burning more readily than sublimed sulphur, and as a cement for setting 
stone and many other purposes. It is seldom employed in medicine be- 
cause of its impurities. 

Suiphur Vivum. Black Sulphur. Crude Sulphur. Horse Brimstone. This 
is crude native sulphur, a gray or mouse-colored powder. It is seldom found 
in the market — the residium of the subliming pots being substituted for it. It 
contains quite a large percentage of arsenic, and is therefore not used except 
for horses and stock. 

Salts of Sulphur. 

Sulphur iodide is the only official salt in which sulphur acts as the basic 
substance. The formula for its preparation and its uses are given in Part II. 
Sulphur forms compounds, however, with the other halogen elements, bro- 
mine — Bromide of Sulphur, Si>Br 2 . and with chlorine — Chloride of Sulphur, 
S2CI2, but they are seldom used. 

With most of the positive elements sulphur combines, forming sulphides or 
sulphurets, which are noticed under the basic elements with which the com- 
bination is made. The name "hepar" was given by the old chemists to the 
liver-colored combinations formed by the union of sulphur with antimony, 
potassa, soda, calcium etc. It is still retained in homoeopathic pharmacy, hepar 
sulphuris or hepar sulphur (calx sulphurata), hepar sulphuris kalinum (sul- 
phuretted potash), being the official titles in their pharmacopoeias. 

Acids of Sulphur. 

Sulphur forms combinations with hydrogen and oxygen as follows : 
Hydrogen Sulphide. Sulphuretted Hydrogen. H 2 S. This is an inflammable 
gas occurring in nature and produced by the decomposition of substances 



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containing sulphur. It may be conveniently prepared by decomposing ferrous 
sulphide with sulphuric acid diluted with water. This gas is extensively used 
in chemical laboratories in the manufacture of chemicals. 

Hydrogen Persulphide is an oily fluid similar in properties and uses to 
hydrogen peroxide. 

With oxygen sulphur forms two oxides which are known as sulphurous and 
sulphuric anhydrides, and which unite with the elements of water, making 
sulphurous and sulphuric acids. 

Sulphurous Acid. H2SO3. When sulphur is burned in the atmosphere, 
gaseous sulphurous anhydride or oxide, S0 2 , is formed, which when dissolved 
in water produces sulphurous acid. The sulphurous acid of the market con- 
tains about 5 percent, or less of the gas. The salts formed with this acid and 
bases are called Sulphites. (See Acidum Sulphurosum). 

Sulphuric Acid. H2SO4. Oil of Vitrol. This acid is now mostly made by 
roasting iron pyrites or bisulphide of iron or other sulphides, the metals of 
which have a commercial value. The sulphur contained in the compounds 
is converted into sulphuric acid by distilling its vapor which consists of sul- 
phuric anhydride or oxide, S0 3 , which unites with the elements of water 
forming sulphuric acid. This acid is extensively used in various manufactur- 
ing industries and in pharmacy. (See Acidum Sulphuricum). The salts 
formed with this acid and bases are called sulphates. 

Besides these acids formed from the oxides of sulphur, Hyposulphurous 
Acid, H2SO2, the oxide corresponding to which has not been determined, 
Thiosulphuric Acid, H2S2O3, and other acids, forming a thionic series, are 
known. 

Sulpho-Acids. Sulphuric acid unites with some other acids, forming a class 
of sulpho-acids. 

Sulpho-Carbolic Acid. HQH3SO1. This is made by mixing equivalent 
weights of sulphuric and carbolic acids. It is obtained from its solution as a 
solid by crystallization. This acid forms with metallic bases a class of salts 
known as Sulphocarbolates, as calcium sulphocarbolate, CaeCCHoSO*^, cop- 
per sulphocarbolate, Cu(C 6 Hn)SOi, iron sulphocarbolate, Fe(C 6 H 5 S04)2, sodium 
sulphocarbolate, Na(CeH 3 )SO.t, potassium sulphocarbolate, KCcH 5 SC>4, am- 
monium sulphocarbolate, NEUCbHoSO*, zinc sulphocarbolate, Zn^cHsSO^ 
etc. These salts are also known as phenylsulphonates. 

Sulphocyanogen. This is a compound made by the union of sulphur and 
cyanogen, acting as an acid and forming with some bases salts known as Sul- 
phocyanides. 

Sulphoricinic Acid. This is prepared by heating together at a temperature 
not exceeding 50°C. (122°F.), castor oil 10 parts and sulphuric acid 3 to 4 
parts, both by weight, then after time has been given for the reaction to 
occur, adding water which causes the uncombined oil with the acid to sep- 
arate in an oily layer at the top, leaving a layer of aqueous solution of acid 
beneath. The acid combines with alkalies, forming a class of salts called sul- 
phoricinates. 

Sulphovinic Acid. C 3 HS0 4 . This acid is formed by the union of sulphuric 
acid with the ethylic alcohol radical before the formation of ether is com- 
pleted. The salts of this acid are called Sulphovinates, or Sulphethylates, as 
calcium sulphethylate, copper, potassium, sodium etc. sulphethylates. 

TANTALUM. 

Sym. Ta; at. wt. (O — 16) 181.0; sp. gr. 7.02; trivalent and pentavalent; mal- 
leable and ductile, producing wire of greater tensile strength than steel and 
being used in electric incandescent lamps instead of carbon filaments. 

This metal is of uncommon occurrence, and is but little known. It occurs 
in the same family and is obtained from the same source as vanadium and 
niobium; having characteristics similar to them and being in Group V. Series 
10, of periodic arrangement. 

Tantalum was made known by Hatchett, an English chemist, in 1801. The 
metal is a black powder ven r little acted upon by most chemical reagents, al- 
though in intense heat it forms carbide, and absorbes hydrogen freely. It 



316 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

is known to form compounds with fluorine, chlorine and bromine, and an io- 
dine combination is not improbable. It also forms oxides, when heated in 
oxygen. It has no present use in medicine. 

TELLURIUM. 

Sym. Te; at. wt. (0 = 16) 127.5; sp.gr., crystalline, 6.39 at 20°C, amorphous, 
5.928; bivalent and sexivalent; melts at 452 °C; distils above melting point, 
sp. gr. of vapor at 1,300°C, 3.743 (air = l). 

A silvery metal having a metallic luster. It crystallizes in rhombohedric 
forms, the crystals being brittle. It burns in the air with a blue flame be- 
ing converted to its oxide, Te0 2 . It forms compounds with hydrogen, chlor- 
ine, bromine and oxygen and probably with some other elements. In periodic 
arrangement it is in Group VI, Series 7, associated with oxygen, sulphur and 
selenium. Tellurium was discovered by Reichenstein, a German chemist, in 
1782, and was obtained chiefly from Transylvania and in the Altai Mountains 
for a century; but it was then discovered in the gold and silver ores of Colo- 
rado in considerable quantities, and the telluride ores of Colorado became 
famous. 

In its amorphous condition it is a black powder called graphic tellurium. 

As will be seen by its composition it forms both direct combinations with 
oxygen; and acids, by the introduction of hydrogen. Tellurous acid, H 2 Te0 3 , 
is prepared by fusing the metal with soda and saltpetre and separating the 
acid from the tellurate formed. 

Tellurium and its salts are recognized in mining operations, but are not 
used in medicine. 

It is closely related to selenium and is associated with it and other metals 
in the "annode muds" which are deposited in the electrolytic refining of cop- 
per. These slimes or muds contain silver, gold, lead, arsenic, antimony, bis- 
muth, selenium and tellurium. They are collected, put in huge fire-brick 
cupels and subjected to a high' heat with an air-blast. All but the gold and 
silver are oxidized and separated either as slag or flue-dust, which contains 
tellurium oxide. Various salts of tellurium are known but, as yet, have no 
valuable application. 

Telluride hydride. H 2 Te. This may be produced by the action of hydro- 
chloric acid on zinc telluride. It precipitates tellurides from their compounds 
with heavy metals in solution. 

Tellurium dioxide. Te0 2 . This is found when tellurium is burned in the 
air or oxygen. 

Tellurous acid. H 2 Te0 3 . Produced by dissolving tellurium in nitric acid. 

Telluric acid. H 2 TeC>4. Produced by fusing the metal or dioxide with soda 
and saltpetre and separating the acid from the tellurate formed. Its proper- 
ties are but slightly acid. With organic compounds tellurium produces a 
very disagreeable odor, so intense that chemists who work making them have 
to burn the clothing worn at the time. 

TERBIUM. 

Sym. Tb; at. wt. (0 = 16) 159.2. 

This is one of the very rare metals, found among the rare earths associated 
with yttrium and other elements, and but recently included in the elemen- 
tary list and assigned a place in the periodic system in Group IV, Series 9. 
It was discovered by Mosander, a Swedish chemist, in 1843, but has received 
little attention since then. It seems, simply, to fill a place in the chemical 
construction of the universe, but has no known use at the present time. 

THALLIUM. 

Sym. Tl; at. wt. (0-16) 204.0; sp. gr. 11.8; trivalent; (also univalent) melts 
at 290° C; at a high heat it burns with a brilliant green flame. It oxidizes on 
the surface when in moist air, but does not decompose water at ordinary 
temperatures. Is readily dissolved in nitric and sulphuric acids, but is little 
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It is a white, soft metal like sodium, with a bluish metallic color like lead. 
It is obtained chiefly from zinc blende, which when roasted in sulphuric 
acid gives off thallium with the fumes which settle in the flue dust and cham- 
ber-mud and is obtained from these deposits by boiling with dilute sulphuric 
acid and precipitating with hydrochloric or hydriodic acid, by which sparingly 
soluble chloride or iodide are deposited from which by reduction the metal 
is produced. 

Thallium is classed with gallium and indium in the aluminum Group III, 
Series 11. It was discovered by Crookes. the English chemist, in 1S62. Its 
characteristics are similar to mercury, silver and lead, and aside from its 
combination in zinc blende it is found in iron and copper pyrites and in native 
sulphur. With oxygen it forms two oxides, thallous oxide, TI2O, and thallic 
oxide, TUO:!. It also unites with chlorine, forming four chlorides and with 
bromine, iodine, sulphur and phosphorus, forming thallous and thallic salts. 

Thallium unites with the acids in the same manner as other basic elements. 
Thallium acetate is recommended for phthisical night-sweats; dose 1^2 to 3 
grains; the bromide, carbonate, chloride, iodide, nitrate, phosphate and sul- 
phate of thallium are quoted in chemical lists, but are seldom used in phar- 
macy or medicine. 

THORIUM. 

Sym. Th; at. wt. (0 = 16) 232.0; sp. gr. 7.7. This rather rare metal is as- 
sociated with titanium and zirconium, and related to carbon and silicon, 
forming, with- oxygen, basic oxides which make it particularly valuable in 
combination with cerium, for incandescent mantles which are made by sat- 
urating finely woven muslin forms with a solution of thorium and cerium 
nitrates in such proportion that, after ignition the ash will contain from 98 
to 99 percent, of thorium oxide (thoria) with 2 to 1 percent, of cerium oxide 
(ceria). It will thus be seen that thorium is very important as being the 
chief mineral used in making incandescent mantles so much used at the pres- 
ent time for gas lighting. 

In periodic arrangement thorium is in Group IV, Series 12, classed with 
radio-active metals radium and uranium. It was discovered by Berzelius, the 
Swedish chemist, in 1S2S, and is chiefly obtained from monazite sand, which 
is found in the U. S , Canada and Brazil. Auer von Welsbach made use of 
this element in making mantles for incandescent gas lighting and it has come 
into great prominence because of its use for this purpose. It is also used in 
combination with yttrium, cerium and zirconium, in the Nerst incandescent 
electric light, which is constructed on a different principle from ordinary 
electric lighting. 

This metal unites with oxygen forming an oxide, Th0 2 , and the hydroxide 
Th(OH) 4 , also with fluorine, chlorine and. sulphur, but its principal salt is the 
nitrate, which is used for mantles. 

Thoria and Ceria in the form of solution of nitrates of thorium and cerium, 
in such proportion that, after ignition the ash contains from 98 to 99 percent, 
of thoria with 2 to 1 percent, of ceria, form the incandescent mantles used 
for gas-lights. Finely woven cotton forms are made and dipped into the solu- 
tion of these nitrates; when ignited, the cotton burns, leaving the ash skeleton 
of the metallic oxides. 

THULIUM. 

Sym. Tm. at. wt. (0 = 16) 168.5. This is one of the rare earths, which has 
but recently been admitted into the list of elements and assigned a place in 
the periodic system. It is associated with other rare earths found principally 
in Sweden and Greenland. In period arrangement it is in Group I. Series 10. 

Thulium was discovered by Cieve, a Swedish chemist, in 1879. Further 
than its association with the rare earths it is of no present industrial or med- 
icinal value. 

TIN. (Stannum). 

Sym. Sn (Stannum)j at. wt. (0 = 16) 119.0; sp. gr. 7.293 at 13°C.; quadri- 
valent; melts at 232.7°C; volatilizes between 1450° and 1600°C. A white, 
lustrous metal having a quadratic crystalline structure, which is shown when 



318 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

moistened by hydrochloric acid; harder than lead, softer than gold, very duc- 
tile and malleable, can be beaten into tin foil or rolled into thin sheets; at 
200° C. it becomes brittle and when kept for a long time at a low temperature 
it is converted into a brittle gray modification of only 5.S sp. gr. Upon heat- 
ing, the color and sp. gr. are restored. At ordinary temperature it is not af- 
fected by air, but upon heating it in air it oxidizes and if burned in air it 
is converted into an oxide. It forms alloys with many of the metals. Solder 
is an alloy of tin and lead, half and half, being the favorite proportion. Copper 
alloys with tin, forming bronzes, gun metal contains copper 90%, tin 10%*; 
bell metal contains copper 75 to S0% with 25 to 20% of tin. Phosphor bronze 
is prepared by fusing copper with tin phosphide in varying proportions, ac- 
cording to the use for which it is required. Silicon bronze contains silicon in 
place of phosphorus. Tin amalgam is made with tin foil and mercury. This 
is used as the metallic coating for mirrors, sheets of tinfoil being spread 
upon the glass and mercury poured upon it. 

Tin plate, or sheet tin, is sheet iron coated with melted tin, the iron being 
first prepared before dipping in the molten metal. This is very extensively 
used for making tin ware and for building purposes. As tin is not affected 
by water or ordinary mineral or carbonated waters it is extensively used for 
making tin pipe, or tubing-, commonly called block-tin pipe. When tin is 
bent it gives a peculiar crackling sound, which distinguishes it from other 
metals. In periodic arrangement it is classed in the tin group with titanium, 
zirconium and thorium, having similar characteristics; Group IV, Series 7. 

Tin is not very widely distributed, the principal mines being located at 
Cornwall in England, and on the grc^ip of islands lying east of Sumatra. 
Some tin is also found in the United States, in Colorado. In Europe the 
metal occurs mostly in the form of tin-stone, cassiterite, Sn0 2 . This ore is 
roasted to free it from arsenic and sulphur and then reduced by smelting it 
with charcoal or coke. It comes to the market in pigs, but is furnished to 
the trade in lib. bars. In the form of tin foil (which is generally composed 
with a large proportion of lead), it is used in great quantities for wrapping 
packages, to protect them from moisture, and for bottle-caps and capsules 
in putting up various liquors, fruit juices and food products. The chemical 
compounds of tin will be noticed further in Part II under the title "Stannum." 

In chemistry and pharmacy Tin is known by its Latin name Stannum. 
Forms of tin used in pharmacy are known as 

Stannum pulveratum. Pulverized tin. Official in the Fr. Ph. under the name 
£tain en poudre. 

Stannum raspatum. Rasped tin. Official in the Greek Ph. 

Granulated tin. (Grain tin), and Flossed tin are commercial forms suit- 
able for making tin chloride solution or other compounds in which tin is dis- 
solved in an acid. 

Tin-foil cannot be depended upon as pure tin, as it is, generally, largely al- 
loyed with lead. 

Tin Salts and Compounds. 

The following are the salts and compounds of tin generally used. Tin 
has, at present, no medicinal value. 

Tin Chloride. Stannous Chloride. SnCU An anhydrous salt is made by 
distilling together a mixture of tin and mercury chloride. A hydrate or 
crystallized salt is made by boiling tin in excess with hydrochloric acid, the 
liquid may be poured off and evaporated to a granular salt. 

Stannic Chloride. SnCU. This is made by dissolving grain tin in a mix- 
ture of 2 measures of hydrochloric acid with 1 measure each of nitric acid and 
water. The solution evaporated to granulation is known as ''Salts of Tin," 
used for dyeing. Solution of tin chloride (stannic chloride) is also much 
used for dyeing. This is known as "Spirits of Tin." It is also used as an 
flux for soldering. This is known commercially as solution muriate of tin. 

Tin Hydrates. Hydrated Tin Oxide. Sn(HO) 2 . This is made by precipi- 
tating stannous chloride with potassium carbonate, and washing the pre- 
cipitate. Hydrated tin- peroxide, or stannic acid, Sn(HO)4, is made by 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 319 

adding potassium carbonate to a solution of stannic chloride, and washing 
the precipitate. 

Tin Iodides. Tin Protiodide. SnL. This is prepared by heating tin and 
iodine together. Stannic iodide, Snl 4 , is made by dissolving tin in hydriodic 
acid and crystallizing. 

Tin Mordants. A great variety of these are used for dyeing; different com- 
binations being used for different purposes. For cochineal, a mixture of nitric 
acid and water, each, 2 pounds, sal ammoniac 2 ounces, dissolved, and 4- l / 2 
ounces of pure tin, gradually dissolved in the liquid. For madder, nitric acid 
8 parts, common salt 1 part, water S parts, tin 1 part. This is the common 
"Tin Spirit" used by dyers. Various other combinations are used. 

Tin Oxides. Stannous Oxide. SnO. This is made by igniting the hydrate 
oUtin in an atmosphere of carbon anhydride. Stannic oxide is prepared by 
the action of nitric acid on metallic tin and washing the powder with water. 
It is also prepared by heating tin above its melting point in air. It is known 
as Polisher's Putty, and is used for polishing tinware and other substances. 

Tin Sulphides. Stannous Sulphide. SnS. This is made by heating tin and 
sulphur together. Stannic Sulphide, SnS L >, known also as bronze powder, 
mosaic gold etc., is made by melting tin 12 ounces, and adding mercury 6 
ounces, allow to cool and add ammonium chloride 6 ounces, sulphur 7 ounces, 
and after thoroughly mixing, heating in a glass flask by a sand-bath for sev- 
eral hours to redness until white fumes cease to rise. This is used as a sub- 
stitute for gold in bronzes, varnishes, sealing wax etc. 

Different degrees of gold color may be given to the bronze by using different 
proportions of the ingredients. 

Several other salts and solutions of tin are known and may be had of chem- 
ical manufacturers, but are seldom used in pharmacy. 

TITANIUM. 

Sym. Ti; at. wt. (0 = 16) 48.1; sp. gr. 4.87; very difficultly fusible, and' very 
hard as compared with other elementary metals. 

This is one of the rare elements related to carbon and silicon, but classed 
with zirconium and thorium in the rare earths found in the silicates. The 
element may be obtained by the reduction of its oxide with aluminum. 

Its oxide is found in three forms, in rutile, anatase and brookite. The 
metal is white, but its trioxide, TiO :; , has characteristics similar to silicic 
and stannic acids. Many compounds of titanium may be produced, but com- 
mercially and in medicine it has no immediate use. 

Titanic Acid. Ti(OH) 4 . When a hydrochloric acid solution of titanium 
is treated with ammonia, this acid separates as a white powder. 

Titanium Chloride. TiCL. This may be prepared by passing chlorine gas 
over a red-hot mixture of titanium dioxide and charcoal. 

Titanium Dioxide. TiC\> This occurs native in three forms of ores as above 
mentioned. 

Titanium forms compounds with other acids, but they are little known and 
of no chemical importance. 

TUNGSTEN. 

Sym. W .(Wolframium) ; at. wt. (0 = 1(3) 184.0; sp. gr. 16.6 (pure); sexi- 
valent; very hard, brittle; very difficultly fusible; crystallizes in quadratic 
form. A heavy gray metal, forming a great variety of compounds. In nature 
it occurs as tungstates, and is found chiefly in Sweden in the mineral known as 
wolfram, from which it may be obtained by reduction of pure tungstic acid 
with aluminum filings. It is permanent in air and is but slightly acted upon 
by the mineral acids or aqua regia, but in a mixture of nitric and hydro- 
fluoric acids it dissolves rapidly. With caustic potash it combines very slowly 
with evolution of hydrogen gas. 

In periodic arrangement it is in Group VI, Series 10, having similar char- 
acteristics as molybdenum and chromium. 

Tungsten was discovered by d'Elihujar. a Spanish chemist, in 1781, but its 
name does not denote Spanish origin. It was not brought into prominent 



320 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

notice until quite recently when it has been used to alloy steel, a small per- 
centage greatly increasing its hardness; and as a film for electric light bulbs, 
greatly increasing the lighting power of the lamps and diminishing the con- 
sumption of the electric current. As tungsten salts and combinations are 
somewhat used in pharmacy, they will be more generally noted under the 
heading Tungsten in Part II. 

Tungstic Acid. When a strong acid is added to a cold solution of a tung- 
state a white precipitate is formed, H2WO4+H2O. This is tungstic acid, 
which when combined with bases forms Tungstates. Tungstic acid on com- 
bination with silicic acid and a sodium base forms Tungstic Glue. 

Tungstic Anhydride. WO s . Like chromium and molybdenum, tungsten 
forms an anhydride or trioxide which may be obtained by precipitating a 
hot solution of a tungstate with nitric acid. ^ * 

Tungstic Chlorides. Four chlorides of tungsten are known to exist. WCI2, 
WCU WCU, WClc, the lower ones are reduced from the highest chlorine com- 
pound. 

Tungstic Dioxide. WO2. This may be obtained by the further reduction 
of tungstic anhydride. It is in the form of a brown powder. 

URANIUM. 

Sym. U; at. wt. (0 = 10) 238.5; sp. gr. 18.70; sexivalent. This element has 
the greatest atomic weight of any known substance. It is a silvery-white 
metal which in the form of powder burns readily in oxygen at as low a tem- 
perature as 170°C, changing into an oxide. It is more volatile than iron in 
the electric furnace. The metal is at present obtained chiefly by heating its 
chloride with sodium, or by electrolysis of the chloride, or by reduction of its 
oxide with carbon in the electric furnace. In periodic arrangement it is in 
Group Vl, Series 12, the same series as radium and thorium. It is known 
as one of the radio-active metals and has recently come into considerable 
prominence on that account, pitchblende, its oxide, being the most available 
source of radium. 

Uranium was discovered by Klaprath, a German chemist, in 17S0, and was 
isolated by Peligot in 1841, but little attention was paid to it, however, until 
recently; although it was known to have radio-active properties it was not 
brought into prominence until Becquerel discovered that uraninite emitted 
peculiar rays and following that, the Curies discovered radium in pitchblende, 
its oxide. Since then uranium has been the subject of much investigation. 
It forms compounds with chlorine, oxygen and several other elements which 
are chiefly as follows : 

Uranium Salts. 

Uranium has stronger basic properties than molybdenum or tungsten to 
which it is related, and it differs from chromium by forming, with its trioxide, 
uranyl salts with acids. Its salts were formerly used in photography and have 
recently come into considerable use in connection with radio-activity. 

Uranium Acetate. This may be prepared by the action of glacial acetic 
acid upon uranium metal in powdered form. 

Uranium Chlorides. Chlorine acts upon finely divided uranium producing 
uranium tetrachloride, UCL. This, when heated with oxygen, loses part 
of its chlorine and becomes uranium trichloride, UC1 3 . The tetrachloride 
may be again treated with chlorine by which it is partly converted into uran- 
ium pentachloride, UCI5. The tetrachloride is the most stable form. 

Uranium Oxides. The highest form of oxidation is U 3 Os; it occurs thus in 
nature. When this is treated with nitric acid it is converted into uranyl ni- 
trate which is derived from trioxide, UO3. When the uranyl nitrate is burned 
it leaves the trioxide as a residue. This may be reduced by hydrogen to uran- 
ium dioxide, UO2, and when either this or the trioxide are heated in the air 
the oxide, U.-.Os, results. 

Uranious Salts, in which uranium acts as a quadrivalent element, are formed 
as the sulphate UCSOi)-. — but few are known. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 321 

Uranyl Nitrate. U0 2 (N0 3 )2 This may be readily prepared by treating 
uranium oxide with nitric acid. It crystallizes from solution in lemon-yellow 
prisms. 

Uranyl Salts. These are derived from the hydroxide by replacing hydrogen 
by uranyl, UO2, which is bivalent. 

Uranyl Sulphate. U0 2 (S0 4 ). This may be prepared by treating the nitrate 
with sulphuric acid. 

Cranium nitride is produced when nitrogen is passed over uranium heated 
to 1000°C. Uranium carbide is obtained by heating uranium oxide and char- 
coal together in the electric furnace. This product is interesting as it yields, 
on the addition of water, not only methanes, but liquid and solid hydrocarbons. 

Other uranium salts and compounds exist, but are seldom required. 

VANADIUM. 

Sym. V; at. wt. (0 = 16) 51.06; sp. gr. 5.5; pentavalent and trivalent. This 
metal occurs in the nitrogen group, but in family relation with the rare metals 
niobium and tantalum. It was formerly supposed to be very rare, but has 
lately been discovered in certain iron ores and granite combinations which 
give it a wider range of occurrence than it was supposed to have. At present 
the vanadate salts are quite important as they represent a basic value, very 
important in fixing insoluble colors in fabrics, as in indellible inks etc. In 
periodic arrangement this is in Group V, Series 4, its compounds being simi- 
lar to those of columbium. tantalum and didymium (?) all rare and of but 
limited occurrence. 

Vanadium was discovered by Del Rio, a Spanish chemist, in 1801, and es- 
tablished as an element by Sefstrom in 1S30. But little attention has been 
paid to it since, except that, because of its reducing properties it has proven 
of value in "setting" the color of indelible ink and in a like manner fixing the 
color of dyes on fabrics. It seems to have an action similar to lead salts in 
this particular, but much more energetic. It forms three classes of com- 
pounds corresponding to its oxides, and combines with chlorine, forming sev- 
eral compounds, also with sulphur and nitrogen. 

Vanadium Compounds. 

Vanadic Acid. H2VO4. This is the best known of the vanadium compounds. 
It is a final product of the oxidation of vanadium and bears the same relation 
to this element as phosphoric acid does to phosphorus. 

Vanadates. These are produced by the combination of vanadic acid with 
bases. Ammonium vanadate is the best known of these salts and is the only 
one used to any extent at the present time. 

Vanadium Chlorides. AVith chlorine vanadium forms four compounds, 
VCl 2j VCC. VCU and VC1,; also an oxychloride, VOCl 3 . 

Vanadium Oxides. With oxygen vanadium forms the compounds V>0, 
V 2 2> V 2 3 , V2O4 and V2O3. V : 4 is the oxide from which the other salts are 
derived, by reduction or other treatment. 

WATER. 

By the ancients, earth, air, fire and water were the "Elements" of which all 
things were composed. They had no conception of the chemical composition 
of substances, nor their properties, other than were apparent to their sensory 
observation. 

It was not until 1781, when Cavendish first discovered that a mixture of 
hydrogen and air or hydrogen and oxygen, when exploded, produced water, 
and in 1783, when Lavoisier repeated his experiments, that the composition of 
water was suspected; and it was not until several years later that water was 
proven to be a chemical compound of hydrogen and oxygen. The chemists 
of that period were so tangled up in the phlogiston theory that the true com- 
position of water was unknown until nearly the close of the Eighteenth 
Century. Although water is not a chemical element, it is so closely associated 
with most chemical combinations and processes that it is ranked with the 
elements and given a prominent place with them in all chemical works. 



322 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

Water is composed of hydrogen two volumes and oxygen one volume. 
When these two gases are mixed in this proportion and ignited by the flame 
of a taper or a match, or by an electric spark, they combine, with explosion, 
forming water, H 2 0. This is synthesis of water from its elements. Water 
may be decomposed, or its gaseous constituents separated by electrolysis and 
in several other ways. This is analysis; the product of the decomposition of 
water is two volumes of hydrogen and one volume of oxygen, the same as was 
required for its synthesis. Thus the conclusion is indisputable that water is 
a chemical compound of H^O and nothing else. 

Expressed in terms of relative weight, water consists of 1 part of hydrogen 
and 7.943 parts of oxygen (usually calculated 1:8). The specific gravity of 
water at its greatest density, 4°C. (39.2°F.), and at 760 mm. pressure (1 
atmosphere), is the unit (1) from which the specific gravity of solids and 
liquids are calculated. Water freezes under ordinary conditions at 0°C. (32°F.) 
and boils at 100°C. (212°F.). An increase of pressure lowers the freezing 
point at the rate of 0.0075°C. per atmosphere. When water boils it is con- 
verted into steam, expanding under ordinary pressure to 1,696 (usually cal- 
culated 1,700) times the volume of water; with increasing pressure steam has 
increased temperature. A litre of steam at the pressure of one atmosphere 
weighs 0.8064 gramme. Ice is formed at 0°C. , (32°F.), but, this is not its 
point of greatest density, that being at 4°C. (39.2°F.); from this point water 
expands until it becomes ice and then, by crystallization increases consider- 
ably; one volume of water at 0°C. yielding 1.09082 volumes of ice at the same 
temperature. However cold ice may be it produces, in melting, a temper- 
ature no lower that 0°C. (32°F.), that of freezing water. 

Above 4°C. (its greatest density) water expands, its volume increasing 
slightly and varying with increased temperature until it reaches its boiling 
point, 100°C. (212°F.). Water cannot be heated higher than its boiling point 
at ordinary atmospheric pressure, for at that temperature its physical con- 
dition is changed — the liquid water becomes steam, a vapor or gas, which is of 
the same temperature as boiling water. It requires about seven times as much 
heat to change water into steam as to change the same weight of ice into 
water and, conversely, the same amount of heat is given out when the steam 
changes back into water. A cubic inch of water makes nearly a cubic foot of 
steam at ordinary atmospheric pressure. 

Water is a typical example of the three states of matter, gaseous, liquid 
and solid. In the form of vapor it is a constant constituent of the atmosphere; 
in the oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and all visible forms of its liquid state it 
comprises two-thirds of the surface of the earth; in the form of ice it covers 
vast areas; and in the form of water of crystallization it is present in a great 
part of the chemical compounds. In chemistry it is essential in most of the 
processes and combinations and as a solvent is employed in many of the 
operations of pharmacy, and is indispensible to all forms of life. 

The compounds of water with other substances and its chemical relations 
to them are noted under the substances with which it combines, and need not 
be further explained under this heading. 

XENON. 

Sym. Xe; at. wt. (0 = 16) 130.2. This is one of the rare gases found by 
Ramsay and Travers in the atmosphere in 1898. It was discovered in the resi- 
due after a large quantity of liquid air had been allowed to evaporate slowly, 
and it was possible to separate it from krypton, which also occurs in this resi- 
due, because of difference in the vapor tension of the two substances at the 
temperature of liquid air, xenon's vapor being scarcely perceptible, while that 
of krypton was quite noticeable. Ramsay in later investigations determined 
that only one part by weight, of xenon, is contained in forty million parts of air. 
The boiling point of xenon is 163.90° absolute temperature (= — 109. 1°C). 
It does not combine chemically with any other element and is, therefore, 
nullivalent. In periodic arrangement it is the last of the Zero Group — one of 
the rare gases of the atmosphere. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 32 3 

YTTERBIUM (Neoytterbium). 

Sym. Yb; at. wt. (0 = 16) 172.0. An element isloated by Wohler, the Ger- 
man chemist, in 1828. Its oxide, Yb 2 3 , is the chief constituent of erbia, 
found in euxenite and gadolinite, which also contain oxides of other rare 
elements, scandium, ytterium, erbium etc. In periodic arrangement it is in 
Group III, Series 10, having similar characteristics as other rare earths. Its 
salts are colorless. It has no industrial nor medicinal value. 

YTTRIUM. 

Sym. Y; at. wt. (0 = 16) 89.0. 

An element obtained from the rare earths by Wohler, the German chemist, 
in 1S28. Its oxide may be obtained by heating the mineral euxenite and 
separating fractionally. It is in Group III, Series 6, closely related with other 
elements of the rare earths, and has, at present, no industrial or medicinal 
uses. 

ZINC. 

Sym. Zn; at. wt. (0 = 16) 65.37; sp. gr. 6.9 to 7.2; bivalent; melts at 433°C.; 
boils at 920°C.; its metallic vapor having sp. gr. 33.8 (H = l), therefore its 
molecular weight is 67.6. In air a slight coating of oxide forms on zinc 
which protects it from further action. Pure water does not act upon pure 
zinc, nor do pure hydrochloric or sulphuric acids, but in these diluted with 
water vigorous action occurs, with evolution of hydrogen. At ordinary tem- 
peratures zinc is brittle and may be readily broken, but upon heating it be- 
comes softer and can be beaten or rolled into sheets or plates. At 200°C. it 
again becomes brittle and may be readily pulverized. Metallic zinc which is 
commercially called spelter, is obtained from various blendes or combinations 
occurring in different countries and in different sections of the country. A 
great quantity is obtained in the United States from deposits in Missouri, 
Arkansas, Tennessee and as far west as the Sierra Nevada range of Mount- 
ains. • It occurs in different localities in quite different forms of combination 
and ores, and is, therefore, obtained by different treatment according to its 
combinations, but in the final results the metal zinc is produced by distillation 
and condensing the vapor; much of the zinc used, however, is in the form of 
zinc carbonate or oxide and is prepared from its ores in these forms without 
converting it into metallic form. 

In periodic arrangement zinc is in Group II, Series 5, and forms a family 
with cadmium and mercury. It was discovered by Paracelsus, a Swiss 
chemist, in 1520, and was early used in the manufacture of bronze. Metallic 
zinc is usually produced from its ores, by roasting the sulphide in a current 
of air and afterwards placing the oxide produced, with charcoal, in earthen- 
ware retorts, which are at first gradually heated to expel carbon monoxide. 
The temperature is then increased to the vaporizing point of zinc, when it 
distils over and is received in a chamber in impure form and afterwards 
treated in various ways until purified. Zinc is used for many purposes in the 
arts and industries, especially in generating electricity, and in the form of 
alloy with copper — brass — is one of the most commonly used metals known; 
it is greatly used as a coating for sheet iron, which, when so coated, is 
known as "galvanized iron.'' In the form of oxide, zinc is used as a white 
paint, and forms the basis of a great number of pigment combinations. In 
medicine a number of the' salts of zinc are employed, which will be duly 
noticed under Zincum, in Part II. 

Zinc Salts. 

The following are the salts of Zinc generally known and used in chemistry 
and pharmacy. A number of them are official in various pharmacopoeias and 
will be further noticed in Part II. of this work. 

Zinc Acetate. Zn(C 2 H302)2 + 2H 2 0. Official in most countries. It may be 
readily prepared by adding zinc carbonate to strong acetic acid until effer- 
vescence no longer occurs, then filtering the solution, condensing by evapora- 
tion and crystallizing. This is given as an astringent tonic in doses of 1 to 



324 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

2 grains and as emetic in doses of 10 to 20 grains, but it is chiefly used in 
solution as a wash or injection. 

Zinc Benzoate. By adding to a hot, concentrated solution of benzoic acid 
zinc oxide mixed with a little water until no more will dissolve, then evap- 
orating and crystallizing. 

Zinc Borate. ZnB 4 7 + 7H : -0. This may be prepared by the interaction of 
zinc acetate in solution with a hot solution of boric acid; zinc borate precip- 
itates. It is used as an antiseptic and astringent dusting powder, or in oint- 
ments. 

Zinc Bromide. ZnBr.. Official in the U. S. and a few European pharma- 
copoeias. It may be prepared by the decomposition of potassium bromide 
with zinc sulphate. The formula for the preparation is given in Part II. 

Zinc Carbolate. By adding to carbolic acid liquified by heat and kept hot, 
zinc oxide until no more will dissolve, then allowing to crystallize. 

Zinc Carbonate, Precipitated. The U. S. preparation is hydrated zinc car- 
bonate. It is official as Zinc Carbonate in the Br. P. and as Carbonate 
(sous-) de zinc hydrate in the Fr. Ph. 

The formula for its preparation and uses are given in Part II. 

Zinc Chloride. ZnCU>. Official in all pharmacopoeias. This is prepared by 
dissolving zinc in hydrochloric acid and by the addition to the solution of a 
little chlorine solution and zine carbonate etc. The formula for its prepara- 
tion is given in Part II. It is chiefly used as an application to morbid 
growths and in solution as an antiseptic and disinfectant. 

Zinc Cyanide. Zn(Cn) 2 . Prepared by adding hydrocyanic acid to solution 
of zinc acetate and collecting the precipitate. This is used as a nervous sed- 
ative in doses of ^ to y 2 grain. Official in the Fr. and Sp. Ph. 

Zinc and Potassium Cyanide. By dissolving zinc cyanide in a solution of 
pure potassium cyanide, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Zinc-Ethyl, etc. Zinc also combines with the organic bases forming liquid 
salts, which take fire spontaneously when exposed to the air. Zinc-ethyl, 
zinc-methyl and zinc-amyl are examples of these substances, but they have no 
use except as chemical curiosities. 

Zinc Ferrocyanide. ZmCCsNs^Feo. By mixing solutions of zinc sulphate 
and potassium ferrocyanide, collecting and washing the precipitate. Official in 
Nedl. S. 

Zinc Gallate. Zinc Subgallate. A grayish-green powder, insoluble in or- 
dinary solvents. It may be prepared by precipitating a hot solution of gallic 
acid with a solution of zinc sulphate, collecting the precipitate, drying and re- 
ducing to a powder. It is used in night-sweats. Dose 1 to 4 grains, and in 
eczema in the form of dusting powder or ointment, also in injections in sus- 
pension with mucilage or oil. 

Zinc Hypophosphite. By dissolving zinc carbonate in hypophosphorous 
acid until neutral, then concentrating and crystallizing. Dose % to 1^2 grains. 

Zinc Iodide. Znl 2 . Official only in the U. S. It may be prepared by di- 
gesting granulated zinc in excess with iodine diffused in water in a manner 
similar as directed for making iron iodide, which see. This is given as an 
alterative. Average dose, 0.065 gm. = 65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

Zinc Lactate. Zn(C.sH50 3 2 , 3H 2 0. By dissolving zinc carbonate to satura- 
tion in diluted lactic acid, concentrating and crystallizing. Official in Belg., 
Fr., Russ. and Swed. Ph. 

Zinc Nitrate. By adding to diluted nitric acid granulated zinc until no 
more will dissolve, then concentrating and crystallizing. 

Zinc Oxalate. By dissolving zinc carbonate to saturation in a solution of 
oxalic acid, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Zinc Oxide. ZnO. This is official in the U. S., Br. and most of the Euro- 
pean pharmacopoeias. The method of preparing it, its uses and doses are 
fully given in Part II. 

Zinc Perhydrol. This is a brand name for zinc peroxide, containing 50 per- 
cent, of the zinc peroxide. 

Zinc Permanganate. By the action of permanganic acid on metallic zinc, 
and crystallizing. This is used as an injection in gonorrhoea, in very dilute 
solution. 



Chemical Elements and Compounds 325 

Zinc Peroxide. ZnO^. This is produced by heating zinc oxide in fine pow- 
der, in a current of oxygen for some time, and then mixing with it an equal 
weight of zinc oxide. It is used as an ingredient of face powders, and in zinc 
peroxide soap etc., supposed to have a bleaching action on the skin; also as a 
dusting powder for wounds, ulcers etc. ' 

Zinc Phenate. This is another name, now more frequently used, for zinc 
carbolate. 

Zinc Phenolsulphonate. U. S. Zinc Sulphocarbolate. Br. Also official in 
several European pharmacopoeias. The formula for preparing it and its 
uses are given in Part II. 

Zinc Phosphate. By the action of phosphoric acid on metallic zinc, and 
crystallizing. Official in Fr. Ph. 

Zinc Phosphide. ZnP 2 . This is official in the Fr. P. and was formerly offi- 
cial in the U. S. P.. It may be prepared by fusing zinc in a properly con- 
structed apparatus and passing over the melted mass vapors of phosphorus in 
a current of dry hydrogen until the zinc is converted into a phosphide. It 
is made only by manufacturing chemists who are properly equipped for its 
production. 

It is employed in medicine as a nerve stimulant and aphrodisiac, given par- 
ticularly for nervous debility induced by sexual exhaustion. It is safer and 
less irritating than phosphorus. The dose is V20 to V% grain in pills or powders. 

Zinc Salicylate. Zn(C7H : ,0 :! )2-3FLO. By heating salicylic acid with distilled 
water and gradually adding zinc oxide, suspended in water, until no more 
will dissolve, then filtering, concentrating and crystallizing. Official in Ger. 
S. and Russ Ph. 

Zinc Sozoiodolate. This is a zinc combination with sozoiodol. Useful as 
a substitute for iodoform. It is a white, astringent powder, having the as- 
tringent properties of zinc with the antiseptic properties of sozoiodol. It 
is soluble in 20 parts of water and its solution is useful in catarrh, leucorrhcea 
etc. It is applied in the form of a dusting powder, 10%, with talcum powder, 
for sores, wounds and ulcers. See Part II. 

Zinc Stearate. U. S. This preparation was made official in the 8th revis- 
ion of the U. S. P. It is a very light, white powder, used for dusting irritated 
surfaces and in form of ointment for skin diseases, eczema etc. It is more 
fully described in Part II. 

Zinc Sulphate. ZnSOi + TFUO. This is official in the U. S., Br. and most 
all pharmacopoeias. It may readily be prepared by dissolving granulated 
zinc in sulphuric acid and chlorine solution. The process is given in full, to- 
gether with its uses in Part II. It is quite commonly called "White 
Vitriol." 

Zinc Sulphide. By passing a current of hydrogen sulphide into a solution of 
zinc sulphate to which sodium acetate has been added to neutralize the acid 
set free from the zinc salt. Zinc sulphide is precipitated. 

Zinc Sulphite. By the action of sulphurous acid upon metallic zinc, and 
crystallizing. 

Zinc Sulphocarbolate. This is another name for zinc phenol-sulphonate, now 
official. 

Zinc Tannate. To a concentrated solution of tannic acid add zinc oxide, sus- 
pended in water, until no more will dissolve, then filter, concentrate and crys- 
tallize. 

Zinc Tartrate. This may be prepared by mixing hot, concentrated solutions 
of zinc sulphate and neutral potassium tartrate, collecting the precipitate and 
drying. 

Zinc Valerinate. Br. and several European pharmacopoeias, but now prop- 
erly Zinc Valerate, according to recent nomenclature. The formula for pre- 
paring it and its uses are given in Part II. 

ZIRCONIUM. 

Sym. Zr; at. wt. (0 = 16) 90.6; sp. gr. 4.15; quadrivalent. 

This is one of the elements of the carbon group closely related to titan- 
ium and thorium. It is found in nature chiefly in zircon, ZiSiO*, from which 



326 Chemical Elements and Compounds 

it may be obtained by decomposing this silicious oxide in the electric furnace. 

The metal is black, amorphous, very difficultly fusible; its oxide, Zr0 2 , gives 
a very bright light when strongly heated and is therefore advantageously 
used instead of lime in the Drummond light. 

In periodic arrangement it is in Group IV, Series 6. It was discovered by Bre- 
zelius, the Swedish chemist, in 1824. It unites with the halogen elements and 
with oxygen, silicon, carbon and sulphur. Its chief industrial use is for pro- 
ducing intense light (its oxide) when heated in the oxy-hydrogen flame, or 
otherwise. 

Zirconia. ZrO,>. This is zirconium oxide, and is the compound used to pro- 
duce a bright light when acted upon by the oxyhydrogen flames. 

Zirconium Carbide. CZr. Moissan produced this by heating the mineral 
zircon with sugar charcoal in the electric furnace. 

Zirconium Chloride. This may be produced by heating the carbide to a dull- 
red, with chlorine until it is converted into the chloride. 

Zirconium Hydrate. Zr(OH) 4 . This is precipitated from solutions of 
zirconium salts by ammonia. It is basic. 

Zirconium Nitrate. By dissolving zirconium hydroxide, (hydrate), to sat- 
uration in nitric, acid and crystallizing. 

Zirconium Sulphate. This may be prepared by dissolving zirconium hydrox- 
ide to saturation in sulphuric acid, and crystallizng. 



The foregoing Chemical Elements include all that are, at present, recog- 
nized by the International Committee of Atomic Weights. A few others are 
claimed to have been discovered by scientific investigators but, as yet, have 
not been sufficiently defined to secure their official recognition. Not more 
than one-half of the listed elements are generally known or have other use 
than as chemical curiosities. Ten of the elements make up ninety-nine per- 
cent., and all of the remainder not more than one percent, of the known con- 
stituents of the earth. 

Chemical elements combine with each other to form most of the substances 
which form the crust of the earth, but the atmosphere is composed of a 
mixture of oxygen, nitrogen and small quantities of rare gases — not chemically 
combined but free elements. They seem to be the gaseous residue, left over 
after all mineral combinations caused by intense heat had been effected. 

All chemical atoms carry a charge of electricity and are either electro- 
positive or electro-negative. Chemical combination is the union of chemical 
elements of opposite electrical states. If a chemical salt in solution is de- 
composed by electrolysis, the electro-positive element is liberated at the 
negative electrode (kathode) and the electro-negative element at the postive 
electrode (anode). The elements forming the compound are liberated from 
their combination and may be recovered at the electrodes in the same pro- 
portion as they were present in the compound. All elements combine in 
proportions corresponding to their electrical charge. 

This is because elements of an opposite electrical state attract each other, 
and of a like electrical state repel each other; thus, when in solution, where 
they may move' freely, the positive ions go to the negative, and the negative 
ions to the positive electrode. 

Heat and light have also much to do with the combination of elements. 
These subjects cannot be discussed at length in the limits of this work but 
are fully explained in advanced chemical text books, to which our readers 
are referred. 



PART II 



DRUGS, CHEMICALS 
and PREPARATIONS 



Working Formulae 



In this part of this work all the crude drugs having assay processes, 
official in the U. S. P., are described ; and the formulas are given for 
all regular chemical and pharmaceutical preparations recognized by 
the U. S. and Br. pharmacopoeias, together with most of those official 
in other countries. Besides these the chemical and pharmaceutical 
preparations not official — but popular and in demand in any country — 
are described and formulas given for them whenever practicable. 

The official titles of drugs, chemicals or preparations are generally 
followed by the abbreviated name of the country or authority in 
which they are official, but unofficial drugs or preparations are sel- 
dom so designated. So far as is practicable official drugs or prepara- 
tions have the Latin titles of the U. S. or Br. pharmacopoeias ; or, if 
not official in those authorities, the Latin or other official primary 
title by which they are known in the countries from which they are 
derived. In the French, Spanish, Mexican, Italian and some other 
pharmacopoeias the primary titles are in the language of the country ; 
but in the majority of the authorities they are in the Latin. 

In giving formulas for preparations other than those of English- 
speaking countries exact translation of the text is not attempted, but 
only to give the names, quantities and directions as briefly and con- 
concisely as possible-^the object being to present a comprehensive 
formulary for such preparations as are in demand in all countries at 
the present time. 

It seems unnecessary to state that in preparing the formulas given 
in this volume, the best quality of everything should be used and the 



328 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

directions carefully followed. It is often of great importance that the 
ingredients of a formula be added or mixed in proper order, or as 
directed. The directions should, therefore, be carefully observed. 

The general index of this volume comprises all substances men- 
tioned in any part of the work and the page numbers refer to the pages 
on which the subjects will be found, regardless of whether they are 
in Part I., II., or III., references being made, in many cases, to more 
than one part of the work. 



ABSTRACTA — ABSTRACTS. 

Abstracts were introduced in the 1880 U. S. P. for the purpose of 
standardizing certain active medicines which were considerably used 
in the form of "powdered extracts," but for which there was no estab- 
lished standard of strength. As they only represented double the 
strength of the drug, their value for such purposes was questionable 
and they never became popular. They were omitted from the 1890 U. 
S. P. and are now seldom called for. They are still official in the Rus- 
sian Pharm., and are made in the same manner as was directed in the 
U S. 

Extracta duplicia (Duplex Extracts) of the Swiss Pharm. are made 
on the same principle as Abstracts in a similar manner, except that the 
process is more elaborate and that rice powder is used instead of milk 
sugar. (See Extracts). 

The U. S. P. process was in substance as follows : 

Two hundred parts of the powdered drug was directed to be ex- 
hausted by percolation with a suitable menstruum; 170 parts which 
first passed were reserved and the remainder of the percolate con- 
centrated by evaporation to 30 parts. The reserved and concentrated 
portions were then mixed with 50 parts of milk sugar and the mixture 
slowly evaporated to dryness. The mass was then powdered and 
weighed and enough powdered milk sugar added to make one-half the 
weight of the drug originally taken. . 

The following Abstracts were official: 
Abstractum Aconiti. Abstract of Aconite. 
Abstractum Belladonnas. Abstract of Belladonna. 
Abstractum Conii. Abstract of Conium. 
Abstractum Digitalis. Abstract of Digitalis. 
Abstractum Hyoscyami. Abstract of Hyoscyamus. 
Abstractum Ignatiae. Abstract of Ignatia. 
Abstractum Jalapae. Abstract of Jalap. 
Abstractum Nucis Vomicae. Abstract of Nux Vomica. 
Abstractum Podophylli. Abstract of Podophyllum. 
Abstractum Senegas. Abstract of Senega. 
Abstractum Valerianae. Abstract of Valerian. 

ACETAL. Diethyl-acetal. Diethyl-aldehyde. Ethylidine-diethyl Ether. 

A colorless, volatile liquid of pleasant odor and agreeable after-taste, occur- 
ing in crude spirit and old wines, produced by the imperfect oxidation of 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 329 

alcohol. It may be prepared by passing hydrochloric acid gas into a mixture 
of aldehyde with an equal volume of absolute alcohol. A compound of alde- 
hyde and ethyl chloride is formed, which, by heating with sodium ethylate, 
produces Acetal. Sp. gr. 0.821, boils at 21°C. (69.S°F.). It is miscible with 
alcohol and ether in all proportions; soluble in 28 parts of water or 25 parts 
of chloroform. Inflammable. 

Dose 4 to 5 Cc. (1 to 1.25 fl. drachms) as a hypnotic. 

ACETAMID or ACETAMIDE. 

Acetamid or Acetamide. The amide of acetic acid. C2H 5 NO or CH 3 CO(NH::). 
It may be prepared by distilling ammonium acetate or by heating together 
acetic acid and ammonia gas, under pressure, with agitation. 

It is a white crystalline compound, melting at 78°C. (142.4°F.), and boiling 
at 221°C. (429. 8°F.). As a base it combines with acids forming some im- 
portant salts, as phenyl-acetamide, (acetanilide), etc. 

ACETANILIDUM. U. S. Acetanilide. 

Phenylacetamide. Antifebrin. 

C 8 H 8 NO= 134.09. 

-The monacetyl derivative [C 6 H 5 NH(€H 3 'CO)] of aniline."<U. S. 

"Acetanilide, CH 3 -CO*NH'C 6 H 5 , may be obtained by the interaction 
of glacial acetic acid and aniline. "<Br. 

Acetanilide was first introduced into the U. S. P. in the 1890 revision 
and in the Br. addendum to the 1885 P. It is also official in all the late 
pharmacopoeias under similar title. 

"Antifebrin" was first introduced in 1887 as a copyrighted anti- 
pyretic and became quite popular before the chemical title, acetan- 
ilide, was given it. As the process of making it was not patented it 
was soon made official. This title is now seldom used. 

Preparation. Acetanilide may be prepared by mixing equivalent 
quantities of pure aniline with glacial acetic acid and boiling them 
together for a considerable time. 

93 parts of pure aniline and 60 parts of glacial acetic acid are mixed 
in a suitable retort having a reversed condenser, and heated to the 
boiling point for four hours during which time, water (H 2 0) is elim- 
inated. The heat is then raised on a sand-bath to 26o°C. at which tem- 
perature the vapor of acetanilide passes over and is received into cold 
water in which it crystallizes, — about 100 parts resulting from the 
quantities taken. The crystals precipitated in water may be dried and 
sublimed, when a lighter, whiter and finer crystallized product is ob- 
tained. Kelbe's process, which is used by some manufacturers, is 
similar to the above, but aniline and acetamide are employed. 

Characteristics The crystals of acetanilide are odorless and color- 
less, unctuous laminae, like powdered mica. They have a slight pun- 
gent taste. Melting point when dry, U3°C. (236°F.). 

Soluble in 179 parts of water and in 2.5 parts of alcohol at 25°C. 
(77°F.) ; 18 parts of boiling water and 0.4 part of boiling alcohol; also 
soluble in 12 parts of ether and 5 parts of chloroform at 2$°C. (77°F.). 



330 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

Tartaric acid increases its solubility in aqueous menstrua. 

When triturated with carbolic acid, chloral hydrate, resorcin or 
thymol, a liquid or soft mass is formed which is soluble in dilute al- 
cohol or spirits. 

Medicinal Uses "Antifebrin" was extensively used as a semi-- 
proprietary anti-pyretic before "acetanilide" became known to the 
trade. It was then popularly known as the "poor man's quinine." It 
is now extensively used in medicine to reduce temperature, relieve 
headache, especially la-grippe in its early stages, and as an analgesic in 
many conditions. It is also valuable as an antiseptic in combination 
with boric acid as a dusting powder or in solution as a wash for 
wounds, sores, ulcers or internal cavities. It is the prominent ingred- 
ient of many proprietary headache powders and hypnotics, anodynes 
and analgesics which are extensively advertised. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). U. S. 

The usual dose is from 3 to 5 grains, (0.25 to 0.33 Gm.). The max- 
imum dose should not exceed 10 grains (0.65 Gm.) as larger doses 
cause extreme depression and prostration. 

It is best taken as a powder on the tongue, and rinsed down with a 
drink of water, or in capsules or wafers. 

Pure Food and Drugs Law, U. S. Acetanilide is listed among the 
substances which must be designated on the label of preparations in- 
tended for interstate commerce. 

ACETONUM. U. S Acetone. 
Pyroacetic Spirit. Dimethyl-ketone. 

"A liquid containing not less than 99 percent., by weight, of abso- 
lute acetone, (dimethyl-keytone, CH 3 COOH 3 =57.6i). It should be 
kept in well-closed vessels in a cool place, remote from lights or fire." 
<U. S. 

Preparation. It is produced by the dry distillation of cellulose, 
sugar, gums etc., and is always present in crude wood alcohol from 
which it may be separated for use ; but it is prepared chiefly for com- 
merce by the dry distillation of calcium acetate, the distillate being 
purified by agitating it with a saturated solution of sodium bisulphide. 

In chemistry it is extensively used in the production of chloroform, 
of which it yields nearly double its weight when distilled with water 
and lime hypo-chlorite, or chlorinated lime; also in making iodoform 
and sulphonal. It is much used as a solvent of fats, camphors and 
resins, and is employed in many manufacturing industries. 

Acetone is also a solvent for soluble gun-cotton (pyroxylin) and 
collodion may be prepared with gun-cotton 5 parts, acetone 95 parts, 
which may be advantageously used for some purposes. 

Acetone Chloroform, trade name Chloretone. Acetoform, a name 
for Acetone Chloroform. Acetone Collodion, trade name Filmogen. 



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Acetone Salicylic Ether, trade name Salacetol. Acetone Alcohol, a 
brand name for methyl alcohol. 

ACETOPHENONUM. Acetophenone. Hypnone. Hypnon. 
Methylacetone. Phenyl-ethyl-ketone. 

C 6 H 5 -COCH 3 =i2o. 

This preparation is quite generally known as Hypnone, and was 
first produced by Dujardin-Beaumetz, in 1885, as a hypnotic; since 
which time it has been considerably prescribed. 

Preparation It is produced by the dry distillation of calcium ace- 
tate with calcium benzoate. The crude distillate which contains about 
6 percent, of hypnone, is purified by repeated fractional distillation, 
frozen by surrounding the vessel containing it in ice, and the adher- 
ing liquid removed from the frozen mass by bibulous paper. It is 
again rectified by distillation. 

Dose from 3 to 8 minims, given best in syrup of acacia or other 
mucilaginous mixtures. It may also be given mixed with twice its vol- 
ume of olive oil, in gelatin capsules. 

Acetophenone-phenetidid. Malarin. This is produced by the interaction of 
acetophenone and para-amidophenetol. It is in light-yellow crystals, insoluble 
in water, but slightly soluble in alcohol. It is employed as an antineuralgic and 
antipyretic. Dose 5 to 10 grains. 

ACETOPYRINE. Aceto-salicylate of Antipyrine. 

A combination of acetic acid with salicylate of antipyrine. A white 
crystalline powder, having a faintly acetic odor. Slightly soluble in 
water or ether, but quite soluble in alcohol. 

It is employed in medicine in the treatment of articular rheumatism, 
sciatica, ague, neuralgia, migraine etc. It does not cause gastric dis- 
turbances nor cardiac xlepression as do so many of the analgesics. 

Dose 050 Gm. (8 grains), five or six times a day, preferably in 
cachets. In exceptional cases 1 Gm. doses (15 grains) may be given. 

ACETOZONE. Benzozone. Peroxide of Benzoyl-acetyl. 

( C 6 H 5 CO-COCH 3 ) 2 = 166.80. 

A crystalline substance melting at 29 ° to 30°C. An energetic bacter- 
icide employed in aqueous solution. Soluble in 1000 parts of water, 20 
parts of oil, slightly soluble in alcohol, moderately in ether or chloro- 
form, but slowly decomposing in these elements and in contact with 
alkaline and organic matter. It was discovered by Profs. P. C. Frees 
and F. G. Novy of the University of Michigan. 30 grains in y 2 gallon 
of water makes a saturated solution, the clear portion may be decanted 
and used as a germicide. This is only found in the market in fifty per- 
cent, mixture with some absorbent powder. A light cream-colored 
powder of peculiar odor and pungent taste. Externally and internally 
it is used as an antiseptic and disinfectant in typhoid fever etc. 



332 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Dose 3 to 5 grains (0.2 to 0.3 Gm.), usually in dilute aqueous solu- 
tion. Externally 10 percent, triturations are employed. 

ACETPHENETIDINUM. U. S. Acetphenetidin. 

Commonly called Phenacetin. 

"A phenol derivative [Acetparaphenetidin, C G H 4 (OC2H 5 )-NH*CH 3 - 
CO 1 14], the product of the acetylization of para-amidophenetol." 
<U. S. See also Phenacetinum, Br. 

Newly official in the U. S. P., but for some time recognized in many 
of the European pharmacopoeias under the name Phenacetin, Fen- 
acetin, or some similar title. It was discovered in 1887 by Kast and 
Hinsberg, who first gave it the name Phenedine, which was later 
changed to Phenacetine. It is an acetic derivative of phenetidine 
(ethylic ether of para-amidophenol). Para-, meta- and ortho-phenacetin 
have been prepared, but the former only is used in making acet- 
phenetidin. The U. S. P. describes it as "White, glistening scales, or 
fine crystalline powder, odorless and tasteless. It is soluble in 925 
parts of water, 12 parts of alcohol, 63 parts of ether, and 20 parts of 
chloroform, at 25°C. (yy°¥.) ; in 70 parts of boiling water and in 2 
parts of boiling alcohol." 

It is much employed under the name of Phenacetin, as an antipyretic 
and sedative. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (7^ grains). 

Acet-para-phenetidin. The chemical name for Phenacetin. 

ACETATES. 

Under this title may be included chemical and pharmaceutical prep- 
arations in which acetic acid is a combining factor or in which it is 
used as a solvent for medicinal principles. Acetates may be con- 
veniently classed as follows : 

Chemicals, in which acetic acid unites in definite proportions with 
bases, as alkalies and metals, alkaloids etc., forming chemical salts 
known as acetates. 

Solutions or Liquors, in which acetic acid combines with a base 
when the solution is not sufficiently concentrated to cause crystalliza- 
tion ; as solution or liquor ammonium acetate, solution acetate of iron 
etc., or simple solutions of acetate salts in water or other liquid, as 
solution of morphine acetate etc. 

Extracts or Fluid Extracts, in which acetic acid is used wholly or in 
part as a menstruum for exhausting the drug, as in the official extracts 
of colchicum, nux vomica etc. ; and fluid extracts conium, ergot, 
nux vomica etc., as well as many unofficial fluid extracts in which 
strong acetic acid is used as a menstruum. Recent experiments in 
making extracts and fluid extracts with diluted acetic acid as a men- 
struum have demonstrated that it is of great advantage as a solvent 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 333 

for medicinal principles, and that a great number of fluid extracts may- 
be advantageously made with an acetic menstruum. Squibb, in a 
recent catalogue, lists 4 Acetextracts and about 75 Fluid-acet-extracts, 
prepared with dilute acetic acid as a menstruum. 

Tinctures, in which an acetic solution is diluted with an alcoholic 
liquid, as tincture of acetate of iron. 

Vinegars, in which the medicinal value of the drug is obtained by the 
use of acetic or diluted acetic acid as a menstruum. 

In this class are included the proper Aceta, or medicated vinegars of 
the pharmacopoeias, the formulas for which follow: 

Acetate. A salt formed by the chemical union of acetic acid with a base 
is called an "Acetate." 

The Acetate Ion. C-HeOj- As the acetate ion forms but few nearly in- 
soluble compounds it is not readily determined by precipitates. A solution 
supposed to contain an acetate may be mixed with an equal volume of diluted 
sulphuric acid and a little alcohol added. The mixture is then warmed for 
some time nearly to boiling, then cooled, and if the acetate ion is present it 
may be recognized by the characteristic, agreeable odor of ethyl acetate 
(acetic ether) which has developed. 

If cyanogen, chlorate or chromate ions are present, however, this test does 
not apply. If cyanides are present, make the solution alkaline with ammonia 
water and evaporate to one-half, this removes the cyanogen ions and the 
solution may be tested as above, provided it does not contain chlorates or 
chromates. If these are present, add sulphuric acid until strongly acid, cool, 
then add a few fragments of zinc and set aside for half an hour. This will 
reduce the chlorate and chromate ions and the acetate ion may be detected 
by the process first described. 

ACETUM. Vinegar. 

Vinegar, which is acetic acid of rather uncertain strength and com- 
position was formerly official in the U. S. P., but was dismissed from 
the 1880 revision ; it was also official in the Br. P., but was dismissed 
in the 1898 revision. It is retained in most of the other pharmacopoeias. 
Vinegar is a common table requisite in nearly all countries and is con- 
siderably used as a domestic remedy, both internally and externally. 
It is produced from a great variety of substances containing sugar or 
constituents that may be converted into sugar and then into alcohol, 
and results from the acetous fermentation which changes weak alco- 
holic liquids into acetic acid. 

Fruit juices of all kinds — grape, apple, pear, peach, the berries and all 
fruits containing sugar — sap from the maple, juice from beets or sugar- 
cane, the malt liquors, the juice of the cactus and many other plants 
which produce sugar or glucose, starch solutions from grain, rice, 
potatoes etc., may be used for making vinegar ; the acetous fermenta- 
tion being readily induced in all liquids which are susceptible of, or 
which have passed through vinous fermentation. 

Vinegar varies considerably in flavor, color and taste, as well as in 
the percentage of acetic acid which it contains, according to the 
material from which it is made. In most countries the percentage of 



334 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

acid strength is regulated by law ; from +)/ 2 to 6 percent, being the 
usual standard. 

In the United States the vinegar of commerce is quite generally 
prepared from the juice of apples, commonly known as cider vinegar; 
in Great Britain it is chiefly prepared from malt and is known as malt 
vinegar; in France, Germany, Italy and other European countries, 
where grapes are abundant, it is prepared from wine and is known as 
wine vinegar, both white and red vinegar being common ; in other 
countries it is usually prepared from the most common fruits or plants 
yielding saccharine juices or starchy substances which may be con- 
verted first into alcohol and then into vinegar. 

Acetification. The process of making vinegar is termed "acetifica- 
tion.'' The first step in the process is vinous fermentation or the con- 
version of sugar into alcohol. So long as vinous fermentation is in 
progress acetic fermentation does not begin, and the latter can only be 
developed in liquors of weak alcoholic strength. 

Acetous fermentation is not, like vinous fermentation, accompanied 
by evolution of carbon dioxide. 

The second step in the process is the conversion, by atmospheric 
oxidation, of alcohol into aldehyde, (which see). The molecule of al- 
cohol, which is composed of two atoms of carbon, six of hydrogen and 
one of oxygen, (C 2 H 5 OH), is broken up, parting with tw r o atoms of 
its hydrogen, and converted into aldehyde (C 2 H 4 0), the hydrogen 
uniting with the oxygen taken up as H,0. 

Alcohol Aldehvde 

C 2 H 5 OH+0=C 2 H 4 A (or CH,COH)+H 2 0. 

The aldehyde resulting from the dehydration of ethyl alcohol is 
commonly called "aldehyde," but is properly acetic or ethyl aldehyde, 
there being many other ''aldehydes." 

The third or final step in the process of acetification is the oxidation 
of aldehyde, by which it unites with another atom of oxygen, and is 
converted into acetic acid. 

Aldehyde Acetic Acid 

C 2 H 4 C) (or CH3COH) +0=C 2 H 4 2 (or CH 3 COOH). 

Acetous fermentation is caused by the development of a micro- 
scopic vegetable, Micoderma Aceti, having the power of absorbing 
oxygen from the atmosphere, which, by uniting with the molecule of 
aldehyde, converts it into acetic acid. 

In a domestic way vinegar is made from cider of other fruit juices 
by allowing them to ferment and then exposing them in half-filled 
casks or vessels, with the bungs or stoppers removed, so that the air 
may have free access to the surface of the liquid. The bungs should be 
covered loosely with cheese-cloth to prevent the access of insects and 
dirt. It requires about two years to make good vinegar in this manner, 
and the casks should be watched as the acetification approaches com- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 335 

pletion in order to prevent the putrefactive changes that may occur 
after the acetification is fully completed. This may be prevented by 
filling- the casks and bunging them tightly, towards the conclusion of 
the process. 

Mother of Vinegar, which occurs during the slow process of acetous 
fermentation of saccharine liquids, is a species of vegetation which is 
said to facilitate the production of vinegar, but is only used in domestic 
manufacture. A little of the "mother" is added to each barrel to 
hasten the process. 

Vinegar Generator. At vinegar factories or plants the process of 
acetification is greatly hastened by distributing the liquid to be acetified 
over a large surface so that the growth of the Microderma Aceti may 
be increased. This is done by means of an apparatus called a Vinegar 
Generator so constructed that the liquid drips or runs over or through 
beech or oak shavings, grape stems and skins, corn cobs or husks, or 
strips of cloth or paper, thus presenting- an extensive surface for the 
growth of the vinegar plant, and for the passage of air from which it 
derives its power to convert alcohol and aldehyde into acetic acid. 
This apparatus consists usually of a large tank or vessel fitted with a 
false bottom, in which numerous holes are bored, to allow the liquid to 
run through and the air to pass upward. Upon this false bottom the 
shavings or other distributing substances are placed and saturated 
first with strong, hot vinegar. The liquid to be acetified is then al- 
lowed to trickle over them, and is drawn off from time to time at the 
bottom and again and again poured over the shavings or other material 
in the tank or cask until it is finally converted into vinegar of the re- 
quired acid percentage. A row of holes should be bored in the circum- 
ference of the cask, just below the false bottom, to admit air and thus 
facilitate the oxidation. With a properly constructed vinegar generator 
good vinegar can be produced in from 36 to 48 hours, or at the outside 
in three day's time. The rapid production of vinegar by such an ap- 
paratus is due to the great surface upon which the micoderms have an 
opportunity to develop and thus produce the acetic change. 

Vinegar made from wine contains tartaric acid which softens cucum- 
ber and other pickles, in which it is used. It is therefore objectionable 
for that purpose. Vinegar made from cider contains no tartaric acid 
and is preferable for pickling. There is, also, no objection to malt 
vinegar for pickling. 

Theoretically one percent, of absolute alcohol should produce one 
and one-tenth percent, of real acetic acid, but it is customary in 
practice to count one for one. Therefore an alcoholic liquor of 5% 
alcohol should produce a vinegar of 5% acid strength. It is customary 
in making vinegar to develop whatever the alcohol in the liquid will 
produce and reduce it, if necessary, to the legal standard required. 



336 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Proof Vinegar. Vinegar that contains the standard percentage of 
real acetic acid required by law is called "proof vinegar." In this 
country the standard is 4^ percent. ; in Great Britain 4.6 to 5 percent. 

The U. S. Custom House standard for vinegar is that strength which 
requires 35 grains of potassium bicarbonate to neuturalize 480 grains 
of vinegar. Vinegar is frequently sold as 30 grain test, 32 grain test, 
or 35 grain test, meaning that it requires so many grains of potassium 
bicarbonate to neutralize 480 grains. 

In Great Britain a fluid ounce of standard vinegar weighing 445.4 
grains, requires about 402 grain measures of volumetric solution of 
soda for its neutralization. 

The Pure Food Laws. Much care is now required, by those who 
manufacture and sell vinegar, to have it conform to the requirements 
of the pure food laws. It must in the U. S. be up to the government 
standard of strength, and must not be adulterated, fabricated or mis- 
named in any particular. If it is sold as "cider vinegar" it must be 
made from cider. Many of the states, also, have laws relative to the 
strength and purity of vinegar. 

ACETA MEDICATA— MEDICATED VINEGARS. 

Vinaigres Medicinaux, Acetoles, Fr. Oxedolados, Acetolados, Sp. 

Medicated vinegars which were formerly prominent among official 
preparations, have been gradually dismissed from the U. S. P. until 
now only two remain, and from the Br. P. until only three are retained. 
In most other pharmacopoeias a greater number appear. Some vin- 
egars, also, that were formerly official or have been in demand, are 
still called for occasionally and their formulas are retained in this work. 
If vinegars of other drugs than are herein noted are wanted, they 
may be made extemporaneously as follows : 

General Formula for Medicated Vinegars. 
Fluidextract of any drug required, 1 part or 1 fl. drachm 
Diluted Acetic Acid, U. S. 6%, 9 parts or 9 fl. drachms 

Mix them. This makes a 10% vinegar of the drug, which is the cus- 
tomary standard. 

ACETUM ANTISEPTICUM. Antiseptic Vinegar. 

Vinegar of the Four Thieves. Prophylactic Vinegar. 

Marseilles Vinegar. 

This medicinal vinegar is popular in France, Spain and southern 
Europe as a lotion, and inhalent for headache. It is also in great re- 
pute as a prophylactic or preventive against contagious diseases and a 
corrector of bad odors of the body. It is official in the French, Mex- 
ican and Spanish pharmacopoeias. The formulas differ but slightly, 
but the French formula as translated will suffice for all. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 337 

Wormwood, (common), Roman wormwood, peppermint, rosemary, 
rue, sage, lavender flowers, of each, 15 grammes (120 grains) ; calamus 
root, Ceylon cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, garlic, of each, 2 grammes (16 
grains) ; camphor, 4 grammes (32 grains) ; glacial acetic acid, 15 
grammes (120 grains) ; white vinegar, 100 grammes (17^ fl. ounces). 

Bruise the substances, except the camphor, and macerate with the 
vinegar, in a closely covered vessel for 10 days ; then strain with ex- 
pression. Dissolve the camphor in the glacial acetic acid, add to the 
strained liquor and, after standing, filter. 

ACETUM AROMATICUM. Aromatic Vinegar. 

The U. S. and Br. pharmacopoeias. have no formulas for Aromatic 
Vinegar, but the following one may be used in this country whenever 
Aromatic Vinegar is prescribed or called for. Most of the European 
pharmacopoeias have formulas for Aromatic Vinegar, some of them 
directing oils as flavoring ingredients, and some of them the dried or 
fresh plants. It is, probably, more convenient to use the oils, but there 
is a certain flavor obtained from the plants which does not so well 
appear when oils are used. It is considerably used as a toilet requisite 
and cooling lotion, a little poured upon a moist sponge and applied to 
the skin being very refreshing; it is also used as an inhalent and is 
taken internally as a mild aromatic. 

Aromatic Vinegar. (Nat. Form.). Oil of lavender, oil of rose- 
mary, oil of juniper, oil of peppermint, oil of cinnamon, each, 0.5 Cc. 
(8 minims) ; oil of lemon, oil of cloves, each, 1 Cc. (16 minims) ; alco- 
hol, acetic acid, (U. S. P. 36%), each, 175 Cc. (6 fl. ounces) ; water, a 
sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. (32 fl. ounces). 

The oils are to be dissolved in the alcohol, the acetic acid added and 
lastly, enough water to make 1000 Cc. (32 fl. ounces). The turbid 
mixture is to be warmed for several hours at a temperature not ex- 
ceeding 7o°C. (i58°F.), care being taken that it shall not lose by 
evaporation. It is then to be set aside for a few days, agitated oc- 
casionally and filtered. 

ACETUM CAMPHORATUM. Camphorated Vinegar. 

A solution of camphor in vinegar or acetic acid is official in several 
European pharmacopoeias. It is used externally as an antispasmodic 
and resolvent lotion, also as an inhalent for headache etc. The French 
formula, as translated, will ansfer for all. 

Camphor, glacial acetic acid, of each, 25 grammes (120 grains); 
white vinegar, 950 grammes (9^ fl. ounces). 

Pulverize the camphor in a porcelain mortar and rub it with the 
glacial acetic acid ; then add the vinegar gradually, continuing the trit- 
uration ; pour into a bottle ; let stand and filter. 



338 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

ACETUM CAMPHORS COMPOSITUM. 
Vinegar of Camphor Compound. 

This preparation, commonly known in France and Spain as English 
Vinegar, is extensively used by painting or rubbing on the skin, or by 
pouring upon cloth or blotting paper and placing it over the affected 
part for neuralgia, headache etc. It is also much used as an inhalent, 
added to different kinds of smelling salts, or in a vinaigrette, in which 
it is usually colored red. 

Vinaigre Anglais. Acetum Britannicum. Fr. Glacial acetic acid, 
ioo grammes (10 ounces) ; camphor, 10 grammes ( i ounce) ; oil of cin- 
namon, oil of cloves, of each, 0.20 gramme (10 minims) ; oil of lav- 
ender, 0.10 gramme (5 minims). 

Pulverize the camphor, put in a glass stoppered bottle with the 
glacial acetic acid and the oils ; shake frequently until dissolved. 

See Acidum Aceticum Aromaticum Camphoratum. 

ACETUM CANTHARIDIS. Br. Vinegar of Cantharides. 

Cantharides, bruised, 2 ounces (100 grammes) ; glacial acetic acid 
and distilled water mixed in equal volumes, a sufficient quantity to 
make 20 fl. ounces (1000 Cc). 

Macerate the cantharides in 18 fl. ounces (900 Cc.) of the mixture 
of glacial acetic acid and water for 24 hours ; then transfer to a glass 
percolator and when the liquid ceases to pass add sufficient of the men- 
struum, in successive portions, through the percolator to produce 20 
flounces (1000 Cc.) of the v'negar of cantharides. This represents 
ten percent, of the drug. 

This is an efficient vesicant, used for blistering. It may be applied 
with a camel-hair pencil over the surface required to be blistered. It 
is sometimes called Blistering Liquid. See also Collodium Vesicans. 

ACETUM COLCHICI. Vinegar of Colchicum. 

Although vineg'ars of colchicum are not official in the U. S. or Br. 
pharmacopoeias, they are found in several of the European pharmaco- 
poeias and are occasionally called for. They may be made extempor- 
aneously for general purposes by mixing fluid extract of colchicum 
(either seed or bulb) 1 fl. drachm, with 9 fl.drachms of diluted acetic 
acid, making a ten percent, preparation. They are prescribed for 
rheumatism and gout in doses of from 5 to 30 minims (0.60 to 2 Cc). 

Acetum Colchici Bulbi. Vinaigre de Colchique. Acetole de Col- 
chique. Fr. Fresh bulbs of colchicum, sliced, 200 grammes (2 
ounces) ; glacial acetic acid, 20 grammes (90 grains) ; white vinegar, 
980 grammes (9^ fl. ounces). 

Macerate 8 days in a wide-mouthed bottle, with frequent agitation ; 
strain with expression and filter the liquid, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 339 

Acetum Colchici Seminis. Germ. Colchicum seed, in moderately 
fine powder, i part (i ounce); alcohol, i part (i ounce); pure vin- 
egar, 9 parts (9 ounces). Macerate seven days and filter. 

ACETUM CUM ACIDO CARBOLICO. 
Vinegar with Carbolic Acid. 

This is official in three European pharmacopoeias. It may be used 
as a cooling application for irritated skin. The formula is : 

Carbolic acid, crystals, 10 grammes (10 grains); acetic acid, 50%, 
200 grammes (or 200 grains) ; distilled water, 790 grammes (or 1^4 
fl. ounces). Mix and filter. 

ACETUM IPECACUANHA. Br. Vinegar of Ipecacuanha. 

Liquid extract of ipecacuanha, (Br.), 1 fl. ounce (or 50 Cc.) ; alcohol, 
(90%), 2 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc.) ; diluted acetic acid, 17 fl. ounces (or 
850 Cc). 

Mix, filter, and if necessary, add sufficient diluted acetic acid to 
produce 1 pint Imp. (20 fl. ounces), or 100 Cc. of the vinegar of ipeca- 
cuanha. This represents five percent, of the drug. 

Dose 10 to 30 minims (0.60 to 2 Cc), as an expectorant or emetic. 

Liquid extract of ipecacuanha, which is directed in this formula, is 
a solution of the active principles of ipecacuanha corresponding to a 
fluid extract. For extemporaneous purposes 1 fl. drachm of the fluid 
extract of ipecacuanha may be mixed with 19 fl. drachms of diluted 
acetic acid to make vinegar of ipecacuanha. Dose 10 to 30 minims. 

ACETUM LOBELIA. Vinegar of Lobelia. 

Lobelia herb, in coarse powder, 100 grammes (or 729 grains) ; alco- 
hol, 125 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) ; diluted acetic acid, sufficient to make 1000 
Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces). 

Mix the alcohol with an equal quantity of diluted acetic acid and 
moisten the drug with the mixture ; pack in a glass percolator and 
cover with diluted acetic acid and allow to stand twenty-four hours. 
Then percolate, adding diluted acetic acid through the percolator until 
the required measure has been passed. This represents ten percent, of 
the drug. 

This may be conveniently made extemporaneously by mixing 1 fl.- 
drachm of fluid extract of lobelia with 9 fl. drachms of diluted acetic 
acid. This was formerly official but was dismissed from the 1890 U. S. 
P. It is sometimes called for by Eclectic or Thompsonian physicians. 

A number of vinegars made in the same proportion and in the same 
manner are official in European pharmacopoeias. They are 

Acetum Belladonna?. Vinegar of Belladonna. 

Acetum Digitalis. Vinegar of Digitalis. 

Acetum Lavendulse. Vinegar of Lavender. 

Acetum Rosmarini. Vinegar of Rosemary. 

Acetum Ruts. Vinegar of Rue. 

Acetum Sabadillae. Vinegar of Cevadilla. 



340 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

ACETUM OPII. U. S. Vinegar of Opium. 

This preparation, which is frequently called for, has been for a long 
time an official in the U. S. P. and is still retained. 

Powdered Opium, ioo Gm. or 729 grains 

Nutmeg, in No. 30 powder, 30 Gm. or 213 grains 

Sugar, 200 Gm. or 1458 grains 

Diluted Acetic Acid, 

sufficient to make 1000 Gm. or 16 fl. ounces 

Macerate the opium and nutmeg in 500 Cc. (or 8 fl. ounces) of the di- 
luted acetic acid during seven days, frequently stirring ; then strain 
through muslin of close texture and express the liquid. Mix the. res- 
idue with 200 Cc. (or 3 fl. ounces) of diluted acetic acid to a uniform 
magma and strain and express again. Mix and filter the expressed 
liquids, dissolve the sugar in the nitrate and pass enough diluted acetic 
acid through the filter to make the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 16 
fl. ounces). This represents ten percent, of powdered opium. 

The addition of 1^ fl. ounces of alcohol to each pint of the diluted 
acetic acid would be of advantage in this preparation. 

Dose 10 to 15 minims (0.60 to 1 Cc). Used for the same purposes 
as the tincture of opium, but preferred by some, as the principles which 
cause headache and nausea in tincture of opium are not dissolved by 
the acetic menstruum. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

A similar preparation is known in some of the European pharmaco- 
poeias as Acetum Thebaicum ; Liquor Sedativus. 

ACETUM OPII COMPOSITUS. Aromatic Vinegar of Opium. 

This was at one time much used under several proprietary names, 
but it is generally known as the British Black Drop. The following 
formula is generally used in the U. S. and Gr. Bt. Powdered opium, 
100 grammes (or 729 grains) ; nutmeg, in powder, 30 grammes (or 218 
grains) ; saffron, in powder, 10 grammes (or 73 grains) ; sugar, 200 
grammes (or 1458 grains) ; alcohol, 125 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) ; diluted 
acetic acid, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces). 

Make in the same manner as Acetum Opii. Uses and dose the same. 

ACETUM ROSARUM. Vinegar of Roses. 

This vinegar is official in several pharmacopoeias. When made from 
red roses of fine flavor it makes an elegant addition to lotions, in- 
jections etc. It is somewhat astringenV but : 'is' if^ed chiefly for its 
color and flavor. The French formula, as translated, is given. 

Vinaigre de Rose Rouge. Fr. Red rose leaves, 10 grammes (or 2 
ounces) ; acetic acid, 2 grammes (or 192 grains) ; white vinegar, 98 
grammes (or 19^4 ounces). Macerate 8 days and filter. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 341 

ACETUM RUBI ID^I. Raspberry Vinegar. 

In the U. S. this vinegar is prepared by allowing the juice of red 
raspberries to pass into acetous fermentation, but in some European 
countries it is made by adding fresh raspberries, ioo parts, to pure 
vinegar, 300 parts ; a little syrup being also sometimes added. It is a 
finely flavored vinegar of a deep reddish color. 

ACETUM SANGUINARY. Vinegar of Bloodroot. 

This was formerly official in the U. S. P., but was dismissed in the 
1890 revision. As it is sometimes used, the formula is given. 

Sanguinaria, in powder, 729 grains (or 100 grammes) ; alcohol, i J / 2 
fl. ounces (or 75 Cc.) ; diluted acetic acid, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 
(or 1000 Cc). Mix the alcohol with twice the quantity of diluted 
acetic acid, and macerate the powder in the mixture for 24 hours ; then 
transfer to a glass percolator and add diluted acetic acid until the re- 
quired measure of vinegar of bloodroot has passed. This represents 
ten percent, of the drug. 

This may be made extemporaneously by mixing 1 fl. drachm of fluid 
extract of sanguinaria with 9 fl. drachms of diluted acetic acid. 

Dose 5 to 30 minims (0.60 to 2 Cc.) as a stimulant to the mucous 
membrane, used chiefly in small doses as an expectorant in cough 
mixtures. 

ACETUM SCILL^. U. S. Vinegar of Squill. 

This preparation is official in the U. S. and in all European countries. 
It is used chiefly in preparing syrup of squill and as an ingredient in 
cough medicine or as a diuretic. The medicinal strength of vinegar of 
squill does not vary greatly in various countries, being generally about 
squill does not vary greatly in various countries, being generally about 
ten percent., but the menstruum and manner of preparation differs con- 
siderably in different pharmacopoeias. In making vinegar of squill 
from the dried bulb much menstruum is absorbed during maceration 
and the product, at best, is rather uncertain, but the U. S. and Br. for- 
mulas provide for that in a measure by directing a definite quantity of 
the finished product to be obtained from a stated quantity of the drug. 
The U. S. P. directs 

Squill, in No. 20 powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Distilled Acetic Acid, 

sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

Macerate the squill with 900 Cc. (or 18 fl.ounces) of the diluted 
acetic acid during seven days, frequently stirring; then strain through 
muslin and wash the mass on the strainer with enough diluted acetic 
acid to make the strained liquid measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl.ounces). 
Heat the liquid to boiling, filter while hot, and when cold add sufficient 



342 The Fehner Formulary Part II. 

diluted acetic acid to make the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 
fl.ounces). This represents ten percent, of the drug. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. = i5 minims. 
The Br. P. directs : 

Squill, bruised, 125 Gm. or 20 fl.ounces 

Diluted Acetic Acid, 

sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 20 fl.ounces 

Exhaust the squill by maceration as directed for tinctures. The re- 
sulting vinegar of squill should measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl.ounces). 
Dose 10 to 30 minims. 

ACETYL. 

C 2 H 3 or CHj-GO. 

The hypothetical monatomic radical, acetyl, is known only in its 
combinations. It is the radical of acetic acid which is produced by its 
union with hydroxyl, OH, forming C 2 H 4 2 (or CH 3 *COOH), which is 
acetic acid. It has not been isolated as a substance, but is known to 
exist as the basis of acetic acid and its derivatives. 

This radical forms a great number of compounds with acids, many 

of which have been introduced in medicine under trade names. Some 

of them are mentioned under this heading. 

Acetyl Chloride. 

Acetyl-ethoxy-phenyl-urethane. Chemical name for Thermodine. 

Acetyl-naphthalin. 

Acetyl-para-amidosalol. Chemical name for Salophen. 

Acetyl-paraoxy-phenyl-urethane. Chemical name for Neurodin. 

Acetyl-phenyl-hydrazin. Hydracetin. Pyrodin. 

Acetyl-salicylate of Antipyrine. Trade name Acetopyrine. 

Acetyl-salicylic Acid. Chemical name for Aspirin. 

Acetyl-salicylate of Methyl. 

Acetyl-salicyl-phenetedin. Chemical name for Thermoi. 

Acetyl-tannin. Chemical name for Tannigen. 

Acetyl-trimethyl Colchicinic Acid. 

ACETYLENE. 

C 2 H 2 . 

This is the first member of what is known chemically as the third, 
the ethene, or acetylene series of hydrocarbons, C n H 2n _ 2 . (See Hydro- 
carbons). It is a gas considerably used for illuminating purposes. It 
may be produced directly from elements by causing the electric arc to 
pass between the poles of dense carbon in an atmosphere of hydrogen. 

Prof. Moissan of Paris, in investigating the waste products of the 
electric furnace, discovered a very simple way of generating acetylene 
gas by the the action of water upon calcium carbide, forming a waste 
product of some electrical processes. Lamps have been invented in 
which calcium carbide is placed and water allowed to drop upon it. 
Acetylene gas is thereby generated and burned through small gas 
burners. In this way a portable gas light is secured, which is of great 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 343 

convenience for bicycles, automobiles, coaches etc., and is now being 
adopted on railroads. Generators and reservoirs are also constructed 
by which this gas may be made, stored and used for lighting buildings 
in the same manner as ordinary illuminating gas. On account of its 
portability and the fine light produced it offers many advantages. 
Carbon disulphide absorbs a iarge percentage of this gas and has, there- 
fore, been proposed as a storage vehicle for it. Experiments regard- 
ing its use have not yet been concluded, but it promises many possi- 
bilities. 

ACIDA — ACIDS. 

A great variety of chemical substances are classed and included 
under the generic name, Acids. 

In a popular sense acids are substances having a sour taste and the 
property of changing vegetable blues to reds ; but in chemistry acids 
are compounds containing hydrogen ions, which, when the acid sub- 
stance is dissolved in water, show their presence by changing blue lit- 
mus paper to red, and by reacting with metals, liberating hydrogen. 

Hydrogen, being a constant element of all acids, is called the Acid 
Former, and an acid may be considered a salt whose metal is hydro- 
gen, which is displaced or recombined, partly or wholly, when salts are 
formed with other basic substances, metals, radicals, alkalies or alka- 
loids. The recent chemical authorities and the Br. P. recognize this 
and name the acids accordingly, as hydrogen nitrate, HX0 3 , nitric 
acid ; hydrogen sulphate, H 2 S0 4 , sulphuric acid etc. 

A characteristic of all acids is the liberation of hydrogen by reacting 
with a metal. Metallic magnesium acts more readily with an acid 
than any other metal ; any acid in solution will react with this metal if 
a little, in powder, is added to the solution. Very many other sub- 
stances besides acids contain hydrogen, but differ from them in not 
having this important property. An acid gives hydrogen as one of 
its ions. Acids may be gaseous, liquid or solid, and may be organic 
or inorganic. Organic acids are derived from vegetable and animal 
substances. Inorganic acids from mineral or inorganic substances. 

Oxyacid is a term frequently employed in chemistry to designate 
acids containing oxygen. In the early days of chemistry, oxygen was 
considered essential to acids, as its name, oxy-gen, (acid producer) 
implies. Most acids do contain oxygen united to a basic element 
which gives the name to the acid, as sulphuric acid or hydrogen sul- 
phate, (H 2 S0 4 ), containing hydrogen, sulphur and oxygen. Oxygen 
is not, however, a constituent of the gaseous acids which combine with 
water to form hydro-acids, as Hydriodic acid, HI ; Hydrobromic 
acid, HBr; Hydrochloric acid, HO; Hydrocyanic acid, HN ; Hydro- 
fluoric acid, HF; but is only present in the water in which these 
gases are dissolved. 



344 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Anhydrides. There are, however, several so-called acids which do 
not contain hydrogen, but are properly anhydrides. An anhydride is 
an oxide of a not-metal, which, on the addition of water, forms an 
acid. Anhydrides may also be defined as acids from which the con- 
stituents of water have been removed. They have the power to com- 
bine with basic oxides to form salts the same as hydrogen compounds. 
Carbon dioxide (gas), C0 2 ; arsenic trioxide, As0 3 ; chromium tri- 
oxide, Cr0 3 , are examples of anhydrides commonly called acids, which 
combine in the presence of water to form acids. Silica, Si0 2 is also 
an anhydride which combines with strong alkaline solutions, forming 
silicates, and in crystalline form, by fusion with soda ash, forms glass. 

Absolute Acid. The real acid that a substance contains, exclusive 
of dilutent, is absolute acid — as, for example, hydrochloric acid con- 
tains 31.9 percent., by weight, of absolute or real hydrochloric acid, 
HO, (meaning hydrochloric acid gas) dissolved in 68.1 percent, of 
water. 

Acid Salt. This term is applied to salts in which only a part of the 
displaceable hydrogen of the acid has been replaced by a base — as 
acid potassium sulphite ; acid quinine hydrochloride ; acid sodium sul- 
phite ; acid potassium tartrate etc. 

Acidification. The chemical process by which substances combine 
to form acids, or the state in which they exist as aci4s is called acidi- 
fication. 

Acidimetry. The process of ascertaining the percentage of acids by 
the use of standard alkaline test solutions is called acidimetry. It is 
the opposite of alkalimetry in which the percentage of alkali is ascer- 
tained by the use of standard acid test solutions. 

This operation is acomplished by means of an Acidimeter, or Acid- 
ometer, which consists of a graduated burette or tube in which the 
liquids are mixed in such proportions as to produce a neutral sol- 
ution, the neutralization being determined by an indicator solution 
which is added. The percentage of acid is thus calculated from the 
quantity of alkaline solution required to neutralize a given quantity of 
the acid. Another form of acidimeter shows the percentage of acid 
in a solution by generating carbonic dioxide gas with sodium bicar- 
bonate. This form of acidimeter is used chiefly for testing grape juice, 
or other fruit juices, wines and vinegar. 

Acids in Pharmacy. The acids themselves are not extensively used 
in medicine, but salts formed by their union with basic substances 
constitute a very important class of pharmaceutical and chemical 
products. In pharmacy the Latin name of the base usually follows, 
as Acidum Nitricum ; but when rendered into English, the basic name 
precedes the generic term, as Nitric Acid. 

In chemistry the name and termination of the basic title generally 
indicates the composition of the acid as hydrogen nitrite, HN0 2 , 
(nitrous acid); hydrogen nitrate, HNO s , (nitric acid). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 345 

ACIDUM ACETICUM. U. S., Br. Acetic Acid. 

"A liquid composed of not less than 36 percent., by weight, of abso- 
lute Acetic Acid [CH a -COOH:= 59.58], and about 64 percent, of water, 
and obtained by the oxidation of ethyl alcohol or by the destructive 
distillation of wood."<U. S. 

It is a clear, colorless acid liquid, miscible with water or alcohol in 
all proportions. When heated it is volatilized without leaving a resi- 
due. Sp. gr. about 1.045 at 2 5°C. (77°F.). 

This acid is supplied by manufacturing chemists, of U. S. official 
strength, 36 percent., or may readily be prepared by mixing 

Glacial Acetic Acid, 36 parts or 36 gm. or ^/ 2 oz. av. 

Distilled Water, 64 parts or 64 gm. or 8 oz. av. 

When thus prepared it is free from empyreumatic odor, which is 
usually present in the acid furnished by manufacturing chemists and 
is, therefore, preferable for medicinal uses. 

"Acetic acid is a product of the destructive distillation of wood, and 
the oxidation of ethylic alcohol. 100 parts by weight should contain 
33 parts of hydrogen acetate, CH 3 'COOH, and 67 parts of water." < Br. 

Sp. gr. 1.044. 

This acid is supplied by manufacturing chemists of Br. official 
strength, 33 percent., or may readily be prepared by mixing 

Glacial Acetic Acid, 33 parts or 33 gm. or 4^3 oz. av. 

Distilled Water, 67 parts or 67 gm. or 8^ oz. av. 

Source. Acetic acid is the natural acid of vinegar in which it is 
found in the proportion of from 4 to 6 percent., it is also obtained from 
wood by destructive distillation, the crude product being pyroligneous 
vinegar. It may be concentrated by distillation from either natural 
or pyroligneous vinegar, or may be absorbed by alkali bases with 
which it forms salts (acetates) and then obtained by distilling these 
salts with sulphuric acid. 

Uses. Acetic acid is seldom employed as medicine, but is exten- 
sively used in making chemical salts — Acetates, and for extracting 
the medicinal principles of certain drugs. It is also used in the arts 
for many purposes, especially as a mordant in calico printing and to 
counteract the effect of alkalies used in laundry work. Commercial 
acetic acid is known as Xo. 8. Acetic acid of 60 and 80 percent, 
strength may also be had from manufacturing chemists. 

Acetates are salts formed by the union of acetic acid with a basic 
substance. Most of the metals and alkaloids combine with acetic acid 
to form acetates. As a class the acetates are readily decomposed and 
form the basis from which many other chemical salts are prepared by 
transposition. 

W r hen wood is distilled the pyroligneous acid which comes over, to- 
gether with other products, is saturated with milk of lime, combining 



346 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

with it to form lime acetate, which is the commercial basis of acetic 
acid and of most of the acetates. 

Acidum Aceticum Arornaticum. Acetic acid J2 parts, oil of berga- 
mot, oil of thyme, each, 3 parts; oil of cinnamon 1 part, oil of cloves 
9 parts, oil of lemon, oil of lavender, each, 6 parts. 

Acidum Aceticum Arornaticum Camphoratum. The same as Ace- 
tum Camphorse Compositum, which see. 

Acidum Acetum Camphoratum. Camphor 1 part, powdered with 
a few drops of alcohol, dissolved in acetic acid (43.5%) 50 parts. 
This is stronger of acetic acid than Acetum Camphoratum, w r hich see. 

Acetum Commune and Acetum Crudum are Latin titles for vinegar 
of four percent, of the Swedish pharmacopoeia. 

Acetum Destillatum. Distilled Vinegar. This was formerly official 
in the U. S. P. ; eight pints of vinegar being taken and seven pints dis- 
tilled over. French distilled vinegar (Yinaigre Distille, Oxeolat 
Simple) is prepared by taking any convenient quantity of wine vin- 
egar and distilling over three-fourths of its volume. 

Acetum Purum ( Swiss) — Reiner Essig, is a title given to pure vin- 
egar containing five percent, real acetic acid. 

Acetum Pyrolignosum. . Pyroligneous Vinegar. Wood Vinegar. 
This preparation is official under the above title in several of the 
European pharmacopoeias ; but, as it is properly the source of com- 
mercial acetic acid, its manufacture will be considered under that 
heading. It is official in the German and Swiss pharmacopoeias under 
the above title. 

Acetum Radicale. Vinegar Radical. This is acetic acid distilled 
from copper acetate. Very strong, sp. gr. 1.075 to 1-083. 

ACIDUM ACETICUM DILUTUM. U. S., Br. 
Diluted Acetic Acid. 

"It should contain not less than 6 percent., by weight, of absolute 
Acetic Acid [CH,-COOH=59.58], and about 94 percent, of water." 
<U. S. Sp. gr. about 1.009 at 2 5° c - (77° F -)- 
Acetic Acid, 36%, 
Distilled Water, 
This may also be readily prepared 
Glacial Acetic Acid, 
Distilled Water, 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

"100 parts by weight should contain 4.27 parts of hydrogen acetate, 
CH,-COOH."<Br. 

Acetic acid (33%), 130.2 gm. or 1137 grains; distilled water, a 
sufficient quantity to form 1000 Cc. or one Imperial pint of diluted 
acetic acid. Sp. gr. 1.006. 



100 gm. 


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6 gm. or 


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This may be more conveniently prepared by adding' to glacial acetic 
acid 375 grains, distilled water enough to make 20 ounces av. 
Dose. — V 2 to 2 fl. drachms. 

ACIDUM ACETICUM GLACIALE. U. S., Br. 
Glacial Acetic Acid. Crystallizable Acetic Acid. 

"A liquid containing not less than 99 percent., by weight, of absolute 
Acetic Acid [CH 3 *COOH=59.58], and not more than 1 percent, of 
water." <U. S. 

Sp. gr. not above 1.049 at 2 5°^- (/7°F.). It becomes a crystalline 
solid at a temperature somewhat below I5°C. (59°F.) J and boils at 
ii7°-ii8°C. evolving inflammable vapors. 

"100 parts by weight should contain 99 parts of hydrogen acetate, 
CH 3 COOH."<Br. Sp. gr. 1.058 and this is increased by the addition 
of 10 percent, of water, (distinction from a diluted acid of 46 percent., 
which has the same specific gravity). Br. 

Glacial acetic acid was first prepared in 1793 by Lowitz, a Russian 
chemist, it is recognized in most pharmacopoeias but the official titles 
differ considerably. 

Medicinal Uses. Glacial acetic acid is considerably used as an ap- 
plication for corns, callouses, warts etc. It has also been recom- 
mended in the treatment of cancer and malignant growths. 

ACIDUM ARSENICUM. Arsenic Acid. 

Arsenic acid, H..As() 4 , is a true acid uniting with bases to form 
salts called arseniates or arsenates. Y\ nen strongly heated it loses 
the elements of water and becomes arsenic anhydride, As 2 O e . 

It is used as an oxidizing agent for many purposes, especially in 
the manufacture of aniline dyes, and arsenates are extensively used in 
calico printing. It is more fully described under Arsenicum, w r hich 
see. 

ACIDUM ARSENIOSUM. Br. 

Arsenic. White Arsenic. Arsenious Acid. 

"Arsenious Anhydride, or arsenious oxide. As 4 6 , is obtained by 
roasting certain arsenical ores." < Br. 

Dose Voo to Vis grain. 

In the Eighth revision of the U. S. P. this is described under the 
title Arseni Trioxidum. (Which see for fuller description). 

Acidum Arsenicum. Arsenic Acid. H 3 As0 4 . This acid differs 
from arsenous acid, which is official in the U. S. Its salts with bases 
are arsenates, while the salts of arsenous acid are arsenites. See Ar- 
senicum. 



348 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

ACIDUM BENZOICUM. U. S., Br. Benzoic Acid. 
Flores Benzoes. Flowers of Benzoin. 

HC 7 H r 2 =i2i.i 3 . 

"An organic acid, [C 6 H 5 *COOR], obtained from benzoin by sub- 
limation, or prepared artificially." <U. S. 

"Benzoic Acid, C 6 H 3 *COOH, is obtained from benzoin by sublima- 
tion. It may also be obtained from toluene, from hippuric acid, and 
from other organic compounds." < Br. 

Official in all pharmacopoeias. 

Preparation. A process was formerly official for preparing benzoic 
acid by sublimation from benzoin in coarse powder. The benzoin was 
spread evenly over the bottom of an iron basin and covered with fil- 
tering paper which was pasted over the edge of the basin, a cap of 
thick paper was then set over the basin and heat was applied until the 
benzoic acid ceased to be vaporized. The benzoic acid vapor passed 
through the filtering paper and was gathered from time to time as it 
was deposited on the inside of the conical receiver. 

At the present time most of the benzoic acid found in the market is 
prepared from toluol, by sublimation, in a somewhat similar manner. 
There is considerable difference however, in the odor and flavor of the 
real and artificial benzoic acid, and, although the price of the real is 
much more than the synthetic, it is preferable to use it in making 
preparations in common use, (chiefly paregoric). 

Some other processes which produce a greater percentage of benzoic 
acid are used in its commercial manufacture, from 12 to 18 percent, 
being obtained from some grades of benzoin. 

Properties. Benzoic acid varies very considerably in solubility, ac- 
cording to its source and manner of preparation. The U. S. P. states 
that it is soluble, when pure, in 281 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), in 
15 parts of boiling water and in 1.8 part of alcohol. The Br. P. states 
that it is soluble in 400 parts of cold water and in 17 parts of boiling 
water, and the Ph. Ger. states that it is soluble in 370 parts of cold 
water. The difference stated for its solubility in alcohol, ether and 
other media vary fully as much in the different pharmacopoeias, show- 
ing that there is considerable variation in the benzoic acid found on 
the market. 

It is a constituent of all the true balsams and is found in many an- 
imal and vegetable products. Characteristic tests readily determine 
whether the benzoic acid is natural or synthetic, but the appearance 
and odor will readily indicate to an experienced pharmacist one from 
the other. 

Medicinal Uses. Benzoic acid is a stimulant to the mucous mem- 
brane and is considerably used as an expectorant, being a character- 
istic ingredient of paregoric. It is also much employed in the treat- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 349 

ment of bladder troubles and urinary diseases, and as a remedy for ex- 
cess of uric acid, gouty deposits etc. It is a powerful antiseptic and is 
used with advantage in gastric and internal ulcerations and wherever 
septic germs are to be overcome. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.— 500 milligrammes (7^2 grains). U. S. 
Larger doses are commonly given, from 10 to 30 grains (0.65 to 2 gm.) 
and even 60 grains (4 gm.) may sometimes be administered. It is 
best given in mucilaginous liquids or milk. 

Benzoates. Benzoic acid combines with the alkaline bases, with al- 
cohol radicals and with most of the metals, forming salts of much 
value as antiseptics and antiferments. Sodium benzoate is extensively 
used as a preservative for canned fruits, fruit juices and syrups. 

ACIDUM BORICUM. U. S., Br. Boric Acid. 
Boracic Acid. Hydrogen Borate. 

H 3 B0 3 =6i.5 4 . 

"It should contain not less than 99.8 percent, of pure Boric Acid 
[B(OH) 3 ]."<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5O0 milligrammes (7^ grains). 

"A weak acid obtained by the interaction of sulphuric acid and 
borax and by the purification of native boric acid." < Br. 

Source. It is obtained in a native state chiefly from volcanic dis- 
tricts ; but the American market is supplied by decomposing California 
borax in solution, with strong hydrochloric acid. The use of boric 
acid in medicine has very greatly increased during the past few years. 
It was discovered by F. Hoefer in 1777. 

Properties. Boric acid is found in the market in "colorless, pearly, 
lamellar crystals or irregular masses of crystals, unctious to the touch ; 
taste feebly acid and bitter, leaving a sweetish after-flavor in the 
mouth." < Br. In the U. S. it is chiefly used in pharmacy in the form 
of fine powder ; as it is much employed in antiseptic dressings and 
solutions. It is soluble in 26 to 30 parts of cold water and in 3 parts of 
boiling water from which it crystallizes when cool. It is also soluble 
in from 5 to 10 parts of glycerin and in 15 parts of alcohol. Its solu- 
tion in alcohol or glycerin imparts a green color to flame. When 
heated to ioo°C. (2i2°F.), boric acid liquifies and loses about 43.6 per- 
cent, of its weight of water of crystallization, solidifying on cooling 
to a brittle transparent mass. This is known as fused boric acid. 

Medicinal Uses. Boric acid has come into extensive use, externally, 
as an antiseptic^ either in the form of a dusting powder or in solution. 
It is also used in diphtheria and ulcers, in the form of an impalpable 
powder which may be bLown through a quill upon the diseased sur- 
faces. It is also used in solution for injections, and in weak solution 
for inflammation of the eye, or as an insufflant, for catarrhal inflamma- 



350 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

tion. Ointment of boric acid may be made by incorporating boric acid 
with petrolatum or lanoline, I part of the acid to 9 of the vehicle. 

Internally boric acid is administered for gastric and internal irri- 
tation and for some forms of gastric fermentation. The usual dose is 
10 grains (0.65 Gm. ), three or four times a day. Large doses are 
poisonous. (See Borax and Boron). 

Borates. Boric acid is a very weak compound and only slowly de- 
composes carbonates. The great borax beds of California have been 
formed by the slow decomposition of sodium carbonate in combina- 
tion with boric acid. So weak is boric acid that its solution colors 
turmeric paper brown, like an alkali. It may be recognized by the 
green color it gives to ilame, when in alcoholic solution. 

The metaborate ion, BO.,, forms nearly insoluble compounds with 
barium, calcium, silver, lead and some other ions. It forms with them 
white precipitates which are easily soluble in acids. 

Acidum Boroglycerinatum. Boric acid 9 parts, is dissolved by heat 
in 14 parts of glycerin and the heat continued until the weight is re- 
duced to 15 parts. It is like the U. S. Glyceritum Boroglycerini, 
which see. 

ACIDUM CACODYLICUM. Cacodylic Acid. 
As(CH 3 ) 2 OOH. 

This is dimethyl-arsenic acid, a deliquescent crystalline compound, 
produced by the interaction between arsenic acid and methyl, in which 
two hydroxyl radicals have been replaced by two methyl radicals. 

Recently cacodylic acid and its salts have been considerably used 
as substitutes for older preparations of arsenic in the treatment of 
neurasthenia, psoriasis and other skin diseases of nervous origin. It 
forms salts with the bases and alkaloids that have been proven 
effective in place of Fowler's Solution and other arsenic preparations 
that have formerly been used. 

ACIDUM CAMPHORICUM. U. S. Camphoric Acid. 

HX 10 H 14 O 4 = 198.62. 

"A dibasic organic acid [QH 14 ( COOH) 2 ], obtained by the oxida- 
tion of camphor." <U. S. 

This rather uncertain acid was discovered in 1785 by Kosegarten. It 
is official in the U. S., Germ, and Xedl. S. pharmacopoeias. 

Preparation. It may be prepared by adding one part of camphor in 
powder to 10 parts of nitric acid in a retort, and heating or distilling by 
heat of a sand-bath as long as vapor rises. The contents of the retort 
is then poured into an evaporating dish and allowed to crystallize. 
The crystals are washed on a filter with cold water, then dissolved in 
hot water and the solution evaporated until a pellicle forms, and set 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 351 

aside to crystallize. The crystals are then drained on blotting paper. 

Properties. Colorless, odorless crystals or scales having- a slightly 
bitter taste. Freely soluble in hot water and dissolves in 12.5 parts 
water at 25 °C. (yy°¥.). Freely soluble in alcohol, less in ether and 
chloroform and in fatty oils, melts at 187 C. (368.6°F.). 

Medicinal Uses. Camphoric acid has a specific action upon the mu- 
cous membrane and is used in the treatment of bronchitis, phthisis and 
pulmonary diseases. It is also employed in the treatment of gonor- 
rhoea and syphilis, both internally and locally in solution. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

ACIDUM CARBOLICUM. Br. Phenol. 

Carbolic Acid. Crystallized Carbolic Acid. 

[U. S. title changed to Phenol in Eighth revision]. 

"Phenol, commonly termed Carbolic Acid, is obtained from coal- 
tar by fractional distillation. "<Br. 

It was discovered in 1834 by Runge in the tar of coal and is official 
in all pharmacopoeias. 

Preparation. In the distillation of coal-tar the portion which is col- 
lected between 165 ° and ic;o C. {2) 2 7° to 374°F.), consists largely of 
phenol or carbolic acid. This is termed dead oil and has to be redis- 
tilled and rectified before it is entitled to the name of Crude Carbolic 
Acid, (which see). By subsequent redistillations, treatment and puri- 
fications, this is freed from its impurities and associated hydrocarbons, 
and carbolic acid is finally isolated. 

Properties. Carbolic acid is crystalline at ordinary temperatures 
but liquifies at from 35 ° to 41 °C. (95 to io6°F.). Its specific gravity 
is about 1.065. It boils at about i88°C. (3/0°F.). It is inflammable, 
burning with a reddish flame. At normal temperature it is liquified 
by the addition of 10 parts (Br.) of water in 100 parts of the acid, but 
becomes turbid by the addition of a greater quantity up to 30 or 40 
parts of water, when it becomes clear, but it only entirely dissolved in 
about 1200 parts of water. It is freely soluble in alcohol, chloroform, 
benzol, ether and glycerin, but is almost insoluble in benzin. It is 
weakly acid, but combines with alcohol radicals and with alkalies and 
other acids under certain conditions ; with camphor, menthol and other 
stearoptens it forms liquids. It is usually found in the market in a 
solid crystalline mass, in bottles, but can now be obtained in loose 
crystals, making it more convenient to dispense if the crystallized 
acid is wanted. The solid crystalline mass is commonly called car- 
bolic acid or "fused carbolic acid," and the term "loose crystals" or 
"detached crystals" is applied to the loose variety. 

Medicinal Uses. Carbolic acid is extensively used as a disinfectant, 
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352 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

in diluted solutions it is much employed in surgery, also in the form of 
carbolated gauze, and for ulcers, sores and skin diseases, in the form 
of an ointment, two to five percent, it is used as a dressing for sores, 
burns etc. It is also used in suppositories, lotions, injections etc., but 
should be in very dilute solution. 

Dose. Internally carbolic acid is administered in solution usually 
combined with mucilage, or in dilute trituration with milk sugar or in 
the form of troches. It is also used, much diluted, as an antiseptic for 
catarrhal discharges, as a douch, and for toothache etc. The dose in- 
ternally is from I to 3 grains. 

Antidote. The frequency of poisoning by carbolic acid demands a 
more effective antidote than has yet been proposed. Alcohol given 
freely and absorbents, as magnesia, flour, chalk, powdered elm bark, 
linseed meal etc. may be used advantageously. 

Carbolates or Phenates. Carbolic acid or phenol is so weakly acid 
that it does not combine readily with bases to form salts, and its com- 
pounds with the alkaline bases are so feeble that they are decomposed 
in the presence of water. Sulphuric acid, however, is mixed with car- 
bolic acid and stable salts known as sulphocarbolates, also as phenol- 
sulphonates, are prepared with a number of bases. 

ACIDUM CARBOLICUM CRUDUM. Crude Carbolic Acid. 

It was formerly official in the U. S. P. in which it was described as 
"A liquid consisting of various constituents of coal-tar, chiefly cresol 
and phenol, obtained by fractional distillation." This acid is of 
rather uncertain composition but is much employed as a disinfectant 
and for external application, especially in veterinary practice. 

It is a brownish-red liquid of Strong creosote odor, soluble in not 
less than 15 parts of water. It should only be used externally and 
largely diluted with water. 

ACIDUM CARBOLICUM LIQUEFACTUM. Br. Liquefied Phenol. 

[Phenol Liquefactum. U. S. Liquefied Phenol]. 
"Phenol to which distilled water has been added in the proportion of 
ten parts by weight of water to one hundred parts by weight of the 
phenol. "<Br. 

Carbolic Acid, 100 parts or 10 ounces av. 

-Distilled Water, 10 parts or 1 ounce av. 

Mix them. 

Sp. gr. at N. T. 1.064 to 1.069. ^ fo rm s a clear solution on the ad- 
dition of 18 to 27 percent, of water. It is convenient for all purposes 
for which crystallized carbolic acid is employed except in making 
ointments or mixing with oils. 
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"ACIDUM CARBONICUM." "Carbonic Acid." 
Carbon Dioxide. Carbonic Anhydride. 

co 2 . 

The so-called carbonic acid, (carbonic anhydride), is a gas at or- 
dinary atmospheric pressure ; but is now extensively used, condensed 
by pressure to a liquid, and contained in strong iron or steel cylinders 
for aerating soda and mineral waters, wines and beverages, also in the 
arts in many important operations. 

This gas was known and described in the sixteenth century by Par- 
acelsus and Van Helmont, and plays a very important part in chem- 
ical transformations. 

Source. It is produced by the union of carbon and oxygen, as in 
the ordinary process of combustion, and is disengaged in the process 
of vinous fermentation and other natural operations. It is present to 
a small degree in the atmosphere and is the important food of vegeta- 
tion. It is abundant in the carbonate earths, chalk, limestone and 
marble, and in organic matter. It may be obtained by adding sul- 
phuric or hydrochloric acid to marble, whiting or other carbonates 
and collecting the gas. A great source of commercial supply of this 
gas is the breweries, from which it is collected, purified and con- 
densed. Science maintains that this gas was at one time much more 
abundant in the atmosphere than at the present time ; and that the 
coal measures are made up of decomposed vegetation grown during 
that period when carbon dioxide was extensively absorbed from the 
atmosphere. It is readily absorbed or combined and disassociated 
from many of its combinations with other substances. 

Properties. Carbon dioxide does not support combustion, nor does 
it burn. At o°C. (32°F.), and under a pressure of 36 atmospheres it 
is converted into a colorless, mobile liquid, known as Liquid Carbonic 
Acid. In a liquid state it is employed to produce intense cold by liber- 
ating the pressure suddenly in a receiver in which the air has been par- 
tially exhausted. It has been used in ice machines for producing cold. 
When absorbed in the presence of moisture, it forms True Carbonic 
Acid, HXOo, which is the acid that combines with bases, forming the 
important class of salts known as Carbonates. 

Medicinal Uses. The carbonated waters are used considerably in 
medicine as refrigerating drinks to quench fever, reduce temperature 
and allay thirst. Plain soda water in various forms of siphon bottles 
is well known. The use of carbonic acid gas in charging soda fount- 
ains is familiar to most druggists. 

ACIDUM CHROMICUM. Br. Chromic Anhydride. 
Chromium Trioxidum. U. S. Chromium Trioxide. 

"Chromic Anhydride, Cr0 3 , commonly termed chromic acid, is pro- 
duced by the interaction of sulphuric acid and potassium bichromate." 
<Br. 



354 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Chromic acid was made known by Vaquelin in 1797. 

The Br. 1885 pharmacopoeia gave a formula for preparing chromic 
acid, in substance, as follows : 

Potassium bichromate 3 grammes (or 30 ounces av.), sulphuric acid 
5.7 Cc. (or 57 fl. ounces), distilled water a sufficient quantity to dissolve 
the potassium bichromate in a mixture of 50 fl. ounces (or 5 grammes) 
of the water and 42 fl. ounces (or 4.2 Cc.) of the acid. Set aside for 
12 hours and decant the liquor from the crystals of acid potassium 
sulphate that have separated. Heat the liquor to about i85°F. (85°C.) 
and add the remainder of the acid and water sufficient to just redis- 
solve the crystals of chromic acid that may have formed. Allow to 
cool, collect and drain the crystals and dry them on porous tiles, (a 
brick will do) in an air bath. From the mother liquor more crystals 
may be obtained on evaporation. 

Properties. It crystallizes in long, prismatic needles, bright crim- 
son-red in color. It is very soluble in water and alcohol and deliques- 
cent when exposed to moisture. When heated to I92°C. (377°F.) it 
melts, and at 25o°C. (482°F.) it parts with a portion of its oxygen and 
is converted to green chromic oxide, or sesquioxide, Cr 2 O s . 

Chromates. Chromic acid combines with the halogens, and with the 
alkalies and many other metals forming chromates. Owing to its 
property of liberating oxygen rapidly when decomposed, it forms 
very explosive compounds with nitrogenous substances. 

Medicinal Uses. It is best known in medicine as a caustic used for 
removing warts and other morbid growths. The solution employed 
in hospitals as a caustic is made with equal parts of the acid and 
water. It is also used in solution 1 : 1000 to 1 : 2000 as an antiseptic. 
It is seldom employed internally. 

The chromic ion has a violet color and properties very like the fer- 
ric ion. It forms nearly insoluble compounds with hydroxyl and phos- 
phate ions. With hydroxyl ion it forms a precipitate of chromic 
hydroxide, Cr(OH) 3 . 

ACIDUM CHRYSOPHANICUM. Chrysophanic Acid. Chrysarobin. 

This is an organic acid obtained from rhubarb, senna and some 
other drugs. It is used as a purgative in doses of 1 to 3 centigrams ; 
also made into an ointment 1 part to 15 parts of petrolatum or lanolin, 
and applied to effect catharsis. It is supposed to be identical with 
cathartic acid. 

ACIDUM CITRICUM. U. S., Br. Citric Acid. 

H 3 C 6 H 5 7 +H 2 0=2o8.5o, U. S. 

This acid was first isolated by Scheele in 1784. It is official in all 
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"A tribasic organic acid [C 3 H 4 (OH) (COOH) 3 +H 2 0, usually pre- 
pared from the juice of limes or lemons. It should contain not less 
than 99.5 percent, of pure Citric Acid."<U. S. 

"Citric Acid or Hydrogen Citrate C 3 H 4 -OH-(COOH) 3 'H 2 0, may 
be obtained from the juice of the fruit of various species of Citrus." 
<Br. 

Citric acid is a constituent of the citric fruits, lime, lemon, grape 
fruit, orange and bergamot, and of the cranberry, currant and many 
other berries ; but it is most commonly obtained commercially, from 
lime and lemon juices. 

Preparation. Lime or lemon juice is allowed to settle and care- 
fully decanted ; then brought to the boiling point, when whiting 
or ground marble is added, sufficient to saturate the acid of the 
juice, and the calcium citrate which is formed is allowed to subside. 
This precipitate is then well washed with water and dilute sulphuric 
acid added to decompose it. Calcium sulphate is precipitated and 
the supernatent solution being carefully drawn off from the sedi- 
ment is then evaporated in leaden vessels until a pellicle forms, and 
set aside to crystallize. For purification the crystals of citric acid may 
be redissolved and recrystallized. The yield is from four to ten per- 
cent, of the fresh juice. 

Properties. Citric acid dissolves at N. T. in 0.63 part of water, 
and in 0.4 part of boiling water. In alcohol it is soluble in 1.6 parts 
and in ether 18 parts. When exposed to the air for a considerable 
time it becomes covered with a white efflorescence, and if exposed 
to moist air deliquesces. When heated it melts at about 75°C. 
(i67°F.) losing its water of crystallization and becomes anhydrous 
if the heat is continued. 

Uses. Citric acid is but little used in medicine, but its salts are 
abundant and are extensively used and prescribed. It is considerably 
used in syrups made for soda-water, its solution for that purpose 
being known as Fruit Acid. It is also used for making artificial 
lemonade, combined with sugar, oil or extract of lemon and water. 

Citrates. Citric acid is tri-basic, containing three replaceable atoms 
of hydrogen, and unites with bases forming three classes of citrates, 
as one, two or three atoms of hydrogen are replaced. When one or 
two of the hydrogen atoms are replaced, acid salts are produced ; 
but when all three are replaced, neutral salts result. It may also 
combine with two bases, forming double salts, as bismuth and am- 
monium citrate, iron and ammonium citrate etc. 

Average dose. — 0.500 gm.=500 milligrammes (7^ grains). 

ACIDUM FORMICUM. Formic Acid. 

HCH0 2 =46. 
Preparation. This acid is official in several European pharmaco- 
poeias. It was formerly obtained from ants ; but is now obtained com- 



356 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

mercially by mixing equal weights of oxalic acid and glycerin with 
ten percent, of water in a capacious retort and heating gently to a 
little more than ioo°C. (212° F.). By the interaction of the substances, 
carbonic acid gas, (carbon dioxide) and formic acid are produced; 
a little of the formic acid passes over with the vapor of water into 
the receiver ; but the greater part remains in the receiver with the 
glycerin. This may be separated by adding an equal volume of 
water and slowly distilling, replacing the evaporated water in the 
retort until the formic acid has all passed over in the vapor. This 
may be then concentrated until it has a sp. gr. 1.060 to 1.063 which is 
the standard of the Ph Ger., corresponding to about 25% of the real 
formic acid. 

The base of formic acid is the hypothetical univalent radical 
formyl, SHO. Formic acid is also known as Methylic Acid and 
Hydric Formate. The Ph. Ger. preparation is the diluted ; a concen- 
trated liquid acid of sp. gr. 1.20, and a crystallized acid also is made 
by manufacturing chemists. This acid constitutes the active prin- 
ciple of the stinging matter of ants, nettles etc. 

Medical Uses. Diluted with an equal volume of water it is em- 
ployed as a counter-irritant for rheumatism, paralysis and impaired 
circulation of the extremities. It is seldom given internally. Dose 
should not exceed 5 minims, (0.33 Cc). 

Formates. Formic acid unites with some bases producing for- 
mates, but they are seldom used, ammonium formate being the only 
one for which there is an occasional demand. 

ACIDUM GALLICUM. U. S., Br. Gallic Acid. 

HC 7 H 5 5 +H 2 0=i86.65, U. S. 

"An organic acid [C G H 2 (OH) 8 -COOH + H 2 0], usually prepared 
from tannic acid.''<U. S. 

"A trihydroxybenzoic acid, C 6 H 2 (OH)XOOH,H 2 0. It may be 
prepared by the action of diluted sulphuric acid on tannic acid." 
<Br. 1898/ 

It was first discovered by Scheele in 1786. 

Preparation. This acid which is also named Dioxysalicylic Acid 
may be readily prepared by boiling one part of coarsely powdered 
galls with four fluid parts of diluted sulphuric acid for half-an-hour 
then straining, while hot, through muslin ; when cool, collect the crys- 
tals that are deposited, redissolve them in boiling water and recrys- 
tallize. It may be obtained colorless by filtering its purified solution 
through animal charcoal. 

Properties. It is soluble in 83.7 parts of water and in 4.14 parts 
of alcohol at 25°C. (77°F.) in three parts of boiling alcohol; in twelve 
parts of glycerin, but sparingly soluble in ether, chloroform or ben- 
zene. It neither colors nor precipitates pure ferrous salts, but forms 



Part II. Drugs. Chemicals and Preparations 357 

a bluish-black precipitate with ferric salts. It differs from tannic acid 
in not coagulating albumen. 

Medicinal Uses. It is used as an astringent, especially in kidney 
diseases and internal hemorrhages. It has been employed to advan- 
tage in Bright's disease and in the night sweats of phthisis. It does 
not cause constipation. 

Ayerage dose. — I gm. (15 grains) U. S., 5 to 15 grains (0.32 to 
1 Gm.). Br. 

Gallates. Gallic acid combines with many of the metals and bases 
forming salts known as gallates, subgallates and digallates. 

ACIDUM GLYCERINOPHCSPHATUM. 

Glycerinophosphoric Acid. 

C 3 H 9 P0 2 +XH 2 0. 

This acid, although not official, is much used as the acid basis of a 
series of salts — Glycerinophosphates — that haye recently come into 
extensiye use in medicine. 

Preparation. This acid may be prepared by heating together on a 
sand-bath, at a temperature of ioo c to no = C. for 6 hours. 

Concentrated Glycerin, 1 part or 1 pound 

Metaphosphoric Acid, dry, 1 part or 1 pound 

The warm mass formed is put into cold water and treated with 
baryta water until sligthly alkaline, the solution is filtered and treated 
with carbon dioxide gas which precipitates any excess of barium. The 
solution is then filtered and concentrated by eyaporation to a mass, 
which is then washed with alcohol. This removes any excess of 
glycerin and leayes the glycerinophosphoric acid in a solid form. 
This is then dissolved in just sufficient luke-warm water and the liquid 
acid of rather uncertain strength may be made to any required per- 
centage of strength or sp. gr. by eyaporation or by adding distilled 
water. 

Uses. Manufacturing chemists furnish a concentrated acid which 
may be used for preparing the various glycerinophosphate salts by 
adding their carbonates to the acid until effervescence no longer oc- 
curs, then filtering the solution and evaporating it to a granular or 
powdered form. The manner of making these salts is fully explained 
under the heading Glycerinophosphates, which see. 

ACIDUM HYDRIODICUM. Hydriodic Acid. 

HI = i26.90. 

The gaseous acid which has the chemical formula HI was dis- 
covered by Gay-Lussac in 1814, and its solution in water (hydriodic 
acid was official in the 1870 U. S. P. ; but being an unstable prepar- 
ation it was dismissed from the 1880 revision, the syrup of hydriodic 



358 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

acid being- substituted. Diluted hydriodic acid was made official in 
the U. S. P. Eighth revision. 

Preparation. The gas, hydrogen iodide, is generated by putting 
iodine in successive small portions into water contained in a flask and 
passing hydrosulphuric acid gas through it until the color of the 
iodine in the solution is discharged and the turbid mixture becomes 
clear. The solution is then boiled to eliminate uncombined hydrosul- 
phuric acid gas, and finally filtered. 480 grains of iodine are added 
in portions of 30 grains each to produce 6 fl. ounces of the acid. 

It may also be prepared by the double decomposition of potassium 
iodide 209^4 grains, with tartaric acid 190^ grains, each dissolved in 
3 fl. drachms of water. The solutions are mixed and set aside in a 
cold place or surrounded by ice, when cream of tartar is thrown down, 
leaving the hydriodic acid in solution. The solution is then filtered 
and the measure made up to two fluid ounces with water. This con- 
tains some free tartaric acid in solution, but is sufficiently pure for 
most purposes. It is double the strength of other dilute acids now 
official and should be diluted with an equal quantity of distilled w^ater 
to make Diluted Hydriodic Acid, ten percent, real acid, which is gen- 
erally prescribed. 

Concentrated Hydriodic (Hydro-Iodic) Acid is furnished by man- 
ufacturing chemists in sealed tubes, sp. gr. 1.50 and 1.70 for chemical 
purposes. 

Iodic Acid. HIO a . This is an oxygen acid of iodine in crystalline 
form. It is somewhat used in medicine for the same purposes as 
iodine ; but is chiefly employed in making chemical salts, Iodates, 
which are oxyacid salts produced by the combination of this acid 
with bases, as potassium iodate etc. 

ACIDUM HYDRIODICUM DILUTUM. U. S. 
Diluted Hydriodic Acid. 

"A solution of hydriodic acid [HI= 126.9], containing not less than 
10 percent., by weight, of the absolute acid, and about 90 percent, of 
water. It should be kept in amber-colored glass-stoppered bottles, 
protected from the light." <U. S. 

The formula directs potassium iodide 135 Gm. (or 4 oz. av+333 
grains), potassium hypophosphite 10 Gm. (or 154 grains), tartaric 
acid 136.5 Gm. (or 4 oz. av.^-356 grains), distilled water, diluted al- 
cohol, each, a sufficient quantity. The potassium salts are to be dis- 
solved in 250 Cc. (or Sy 2 fl. ounces) of distilled water with the aid 
of heat, and the tartaric acid in 400 Cc. (or 13^ fl. ounces) of diluted 
alcohol. The solution of tartaric acid is to be poured into a bottle of 
about 1000 Cc. (or 1 quart) capacity, the solution of potassium salts 
added and the mixture briskly shaken. The bottle is then to be 
placed in a bath of ice water for several hours, and, having inserted 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 359 

a pledget of cotton tightly in the throat of a glass funnel, the contents 
of the bottle are to be transferred to the funnel. When all the liquid 
has passed through, wash the bottle and crystalline precipitate with 
diluted alcohol in successive small portions until iooo Gm. (or 2^5 
lbs. av.) of clear solution have been obtained. This liquid is then to 
be evaporated on a water-bath at a moderate temperature until all 
the alcohol has been dissipated, and sufficient distilled water added to 
make the product weigh 1000 Gm. (or 2 lbs. 3 oz. av. -\- 120 grains). 

Sp. gr. about 1.106 at 25°C. (7/°F.). 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

Diluted hydriodic acid, owing to its instability is seldom prescribed, 
but the freshly made solution is used in making some medicinal prep- 
arations. 

ACIDUM HYDROBROMICUM. Hydrobromic Acid. 
HBr=8o-36. 

Preparation. Hydrobromic acid is a solution of the gaseous acid, 
HBr, in water. It is generally made by manufacturing chemists by 
passing a current of hydrogen sulphide (sulphuretted hydrogen gas) 
through a solution of bromine in water, distilling and then concentrat- 
ing or diluting the distillate to the required percentage of real acid. 

Concentrated Hydrobromic Acid is 34% real acid, sp. gr. 1.303, and 
is used chiefly for chemical combinations or for diluting to make 
diluted hydrobromic acid, 10%. For this purpose 10 parts by weight, 
are mixed with 24 parts of distilled water. See Acidum Hydrobrom- 
icum Dilutum. 

The Germ, official hydrobromic acid is 25% real acid strength, sp. 
gr. 1.208. It all other pharmacopoeias the acid strength corresponds 
with the U. S. diluted hydrobromic acid, 10%, sp. gr. 1.076. 

Hydrobromic acid, 34%, is just one half the bromine strength of 
potassium bromide and may be prescribed in place of this salt, using 
double the quantity. 

Acidum Hydrobromicum Gasiforme. This is prepared by heating 
together in a retort, on a sand-bath, paraffin 300 Gm., bromine 100 
Gm. The gas which rises through a U tube connected with a bulb 
wash-tube containing a little water and then through a second U tube 
containing fragments of red phosphorus mixed -with broken glass 
which has been moistened with water, into a large receiver, where the 
purified gas is collected. 

Bromic Acid. HBrO s . This is an oxygen acid of bromine. It is 
generally made by manufacturing chemists 15% acid strength, sp. gr. 
1. 12, and is used chiefly for making Bromates which are oxyacid salts 
produced by the combination of this acid with bases; as potassium , 
bromate, KBrCL. 



360 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

ACIDUM HYDROBROMICUM DILUTUM. U. S., Br. 

Diluted Hydrobromic Acid. 

"A liquid composed of not less than 10 percent., by weight, of abso- 
lute Hydrobromic Acid, [HBr=8o.36], and about 90 percent, of 
water."<U. S. 

"An aqueous solution containing 10 percent., by weight, of hydrogen 
bromide, HBr. It may be obtained by the distillation of potassium 
bromide with concentrated phosphoric acid." < Br. 

Preparation. This acid may be prepared by passing a current of 
hydrogen sulphide, (sulphuretted hydrogen gas) through a solution 
of bromine 1 part, in water 15 parts; distilling and diluting to a 10 
percent, solution, or by distilling potassium bromide with concent- 
rated phosphoric acid as recommended in the Br. P. As these pro- 
cesses are inconvenient for most pharmacists, the following, which 
makes a preparation sufficiently pure for most purposes, is submitted : 
Potassium Bromide, 3 ounces av. 

Tartaric Acid, 3^ ounces av. 

Distilled Water, 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the salts, each in 8 fl. ounces of the water and mix the solu- 
tions, allow to stand in a cold place for 2 hours, then decant the clear 
liquid and filter. If these solutions are mixed, cream of tartar is 
thrown down, and if set in a very cold place is almost entirely pre- 
cipitated from the liquid. A little free tartaric acid remains in the 
liquid but is not objectionable for most uses. 

Diluted hydrobromic acid may also be made with concentrated 
hydrobromic acid, (34%), 10 Gm. (or 1 ounce av.) ; distilled water, 
24 Gm. (or 2 ounces av.+i95 grains). Mix them. This makes a 
pure acid of the standard official strength, 10%. 

Characteristics. Diluted hydrobromic acid is colorless, odorless, 
and has a sharp acid taste. Its sp. gr. at 25°C. (77°F.) is 1.076. It 
evaporates without residue and mixes in all proportions with water 
and alcohol. 

Medicinal Uses. In medicine this acid has the same general effect 
as the bromide salts, but, on account of its acid qualities is liable to 
irritate the stomach if its use is long continued. A fl. drachm is 
equivalent to 9 grains of potassium bromide and is a fair dose when 
largely diluted with water. It is an excellent solvent of quinine salts. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc.= i fl. drachm. <U. S. 

Acide Bromohydrique Dissous. Fr. Codex. This is the same as hy- 
drobromic acid, and is prepared by heating together in a retort, bar- 
ium bromide 50 Gm., distilled water 100 Gm., sulphuric acid 15 Gm., 
and collecting the vapor in water contained in a receiver. It may be 
made of varying percentages, sp. gr. corresponding to the U. S. Di- 
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ACIDUM HYDROCHLORICUM. U. S., Br. Hydrochloric Acid. 

Muriatic Acid. 

"A liquid composed of 31.9 percent., by weight, of absolute Hydro- 
chloric Acid [HCl=36.i8], and 68.1 percent, of Water."<U. S. 

Sp. gr. about 1.158 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

"A liquid containing 31.79 percent., by weight, of hydrogen chloride, 
HC1, and 68.21 percent, of water. Obtained by dissolving in water the 
gas produced by the interaction of sulphuric acid and sodium 
chloride. "<Br. Sp/ gr. 1.160 at 6o°F. 

This acid was discovered by the celebrated alchemist, Glauber, in 
the seventeenth century. Official in all pharmacopoeias. 

Hydrogen chloride, HC1, is a gaseous acid which, when dissolved 
in water, is the hydrochloric or muriatic acid of commerce. The 
above official standards represent the C. P. acids, while the commonly 
known muriatic acid is generally of less real acid percentage and 
contains some impurities. This is largely used in the arts. 

The U. S., Br. and Jap. official standard for this acid is very nearly 
the same. The Fr. is 35.2%, the Sp. 35.1%. The other pharmaco- 
poeias are mostly about 26.5%. This difference should be observed 
in preparing foreign formulas. 

Preparation. No process for preparing the acid is now official ; but 
the Br. P. of 1885 gave the following: "Take of chloride of sodium, 
dried, 48 ounces av., sulphuric acid 44 fl. ounces, distilled water 50 fl.- 
ounces. Pour the sulphuric acid slowly into 32 fl. ounces of water 
and when the mixture has cooled, add it to the chloride of sodium, 
previously introduced into a flask having the capacity of at least one 
gallon. Connect the flask by corks and a bent glass tube with a 
three necked wash-bottle furnished with a safety tube and containing 
the remaining 4 fl. ounces of water ; then applying heat to the flask, 
conduct the distilled water, by means of a bent tube dipping about 
one half inch below the surface, and let the process be continued until 
the product measures 64 fl. ounces or the liquid has acquired a sp. 
gr. of 1. 16. The bottle containing the distilled water must be kept 
cool during the whole operation." 

While the above is a process that may be employed in the labora- 
tory, muriatic acid is commercially produced as a by-product of the 
manufacture of sodium sulphate, used for making soda ash, and is 
supplied by the manufacturing chemists of different degrees of acid 
strength for use in the arts, the manufacture of chemical salts and in 
medicine. 

Properties. Chemically pure hydrochloric acid, which is designed 
to be used in pharmacy, is colorless and has an acid, salty taste when 
diluted. The U. S. or Br. official acid has sp. gr. about. 1.16. When 
heated it disengages hydrochloric acid gas until its sp. gr. is reduced 
to 1.094, when it remains unchanged by boiling until it is entirely 



362 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

vaporized. A ready test of this acid is to pour a few drops on blotting 
paper, and a few drops of water of ammonia close beside it, the 
vapors rising from each unite and form a cloud of ammonium hydro- 
chloride vapor. 

Uses. In the arts commercial hydrochloric acid, which consists of 
one volume each of hydrogen and chlorine dissolved in water, is 
largely employed for bleaching because of the facility with which its 
chlorine is disengaged. It is also employed in the manufacture of a 
great variety of chemicals useful in the arts and in medicine. In med- 
icine it is seldom used except in dilution. 

Hydrochlorates or Kydrochlorides. Salts prepared by combining an 
organic base with hydrochloric acid were formerly called hydro- 
chlorates but the title now official in the U. S., Br. and most recent 
pharmacopceias is hydrochloride instead. This is the more proper 
chemical term for a salt in which the hydrogen of the hydrochloric 
acid molecule is not displaced by the basic substance. For example : 
the alkaloid, cocaine, has the formula C 17 H 2 ,N0 4J and cocaine hydro- 
chloride has the formula C 17 H 2 ,N0 4 HC1, the HC1 molecule being 
simply joined with the cocaine molecule without being broken up 
and recombining as is the case when inorganic bases combine with 
hydrochloric acid forming chlorides. 

Chlorides are chemical combinations of hydrochloric acid with in- 
organic bases, in which the hydrogen atom of the acid molecule is 
displaced by a basic substance, as ferric chloride, Fe 2 Cl 6 *i2H 2 0. 
Chlorides also result from the direct union of chlorine gas with bases 
and the interaction of chlorine salts in solution with other salts of 
weaker chemical affinity. (See Chlorine). 

CHLOR-ACETIC ACIDS. 

Chlorine (gas) combines with acetic acid to form three compound 
acids known as Monochloracetic Acid, C 2 H 3 C10 6 , Dichloracetic Acid, 
C 2 H 2 2 2 and Trichloracetic Acid, C 2 HC1 3 2 , the latter being official 
in the Ph. Ger. under the title Acidum Trichloraceticum, Trichlores- 
sigsaure, and in the U. S. Acidum Trichloraceticum. 

These acid are supplied by manufacturing chemists, the mono- 
and tri- in the form of crystals, which readily deliquesce, and the di- 
in a colorless liquid. They are powerful caustics and are chiefly used 
for destroying warts, papilloma, spongy gum, in dentistry, and other 
abnormal growths. By combinations with bases they form salts 
having the characteristics of chlorides and acetates. 

Acetyl Chloride. GH 3 COCl. A chemical combination of sp. gr. 
1. 15, boiling at 55 °C. A colorless liquid which, in the presence of 
water is decomposed, yielding hydrochloric and acetic acids. It has 
been recommended as a digestive in place of hydrochloric acid as it 
so readily decomposes in presence of water, furnishing hydrochloric 
acid to the stomach. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 363 

Acetocaustin. This is a 50 percent, solution of .trichloracetic acid 
with water. It is used as a caustic for corns, warts etc. 

AGIDUM HYDROCHLORICUM DILUTUM. U. S., Br. 
Diluted Hydrochloric Acid. Diluted Muriatic Acid. 

"Diluted Hydrochloric Acid should contain 10 percent., by weight, 
of absolute Hydrochloric Acid [HCl=36.i8], and 90 percent, of 
water. "<U. S. 

The U. S. formula is 

Hydrochloric Acid, 100 Gm. or 1 ounce av. 

Distilled Water, 219 Gm. or 23/5 ounces av. 

Mix them. Keep the product in glass-stoppered bottles. Repre- 
senting 10 percent, of absolute hydrochloric acid, sp. gr. at 25°C. 
(77°F.) about 1.049. 

"100 parts by weight should contain 10.58 parts of hydrogen 
chloride, HCl."<Br. 

The Br. P. formula is 

Hydrochloric acid 6 fl. ounces, (more exactly 3063 grains), or 350.1 
Gm. Distilled water a sufficient quantity. Introduce the hydrochloric 
acid into a glass flask, the capacity of which to a mark on the neck 
is 20 fl. ounces Imperial measure, (or 1000 Cc), add the distilled water 
until the measure at I5.5°C. (6o°F.) after it has been shaken, 
measures 20 fl. ounces, Imperial measure, (or 1000 Cc). 100 parts by 
weight should contain 10.58 parts of hydrogen chloride, HC1, sp. gr. 
at N. T. 1.052. It will be observed that the hydrochloric acid di- 
rected to be used in this formula is the Br. standard which varies 
slightly from the U. S., but the resultant preparation is almost identi- 
cal in real acid percentage. 

Medical Uses and Dose. Diluted hydrochloric acid is considerably 
prescribed as a tonic for liver troubles and in some forms of indiges- 
tion and dyspepsia. The usual dose of the U. S. or Br. preparation 
is from 10 to 30 minims (0.65 to 2 Cc.) largely diluted with water. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

ACIDUM HYDROCYANICUM. 

Hydrocyanic Acid. Prussic Acid. 

HCN or HCy=26.84. 
This gaseous acid, HCN, was discovered by Scheele (1789) in the 
production of Prussian blue, but was first isolated as an anhydride 
cyanogen, (CN) 2 , by Gay-Lussac, in 1814. Commercially it is pre- 
pared by several different methods, suited only to the manufacturing 
chemists laboratory, and is furnished in concentrated solution for 
chemical purposes; but for medicinal use the diluted acid (2%) only, 
is used. The formula for the diluted hydrocyanic acid is official in the 
U. S. P., and the diluted acid only should be dispensed when hydro- 



364 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

cyanic acid is prescribed. The concentrated solutions are deadly 
poisons, and as the dilute acid is the only form known in medicine, 
it sometimes occurs that physicians write hydrocyanic acid, only, 
when they intend to prescribe the official 2% acid. 

Cyanides, also known as "Prussiates," are combinations of hydro- 
cyanic acid with bases — as potassium cyanide, KCX, zinc cyanide 
etc., the hydrogen atom being replaced by the basic atom. 

Cyanic Acid, HCNO or HCyO. Cyanogen Hydroxide. 

When potassium cyanide is fused with certain metallic oxides, as, 
for example, with powdered lead oxide, the oxide is decomposed leav- 
ing the metal free, while the oxygen is combined with the cyanide 
salt forming potassium cyanate. If lead oxide is used a globule of 
melted lead will be found at the bottom of the fused salt, while 
cyanic acid has formed with potassium. 

Cyanates. Salts in which the hydrogen of cyanic acid is displaced 
by a metal or other basic substance are called cyanates, as potassium 
cyanate, KCNO. Cyanates are properly oxides of cyanides. 

Cyanogen (CN) 2 is the anhydrous gas which, when combined with 
hydrogen forms hydrocyanic acid, and when combined with hydro- 
gen and oxygen forms cyanic acid, cyanogen hydroxide. 

ACIDUM HYDROCYANICUM DILUTUM. U. S., Br. 
Diluted Hydrocyanic Acid. 

"A liquid composed of not less than 10 percent., by weight, of ab- 
solute Hydrocyanic Acid, HCX, and about 98 percent, of water.'' < 
U. S. 

"An aqueous solution containing 2 percent., by weight, of hydrogen 
cyanide, HCN. It may be prepared by the interaction of diluted 
sulphuric acid and potassium ferrocyanide." < Br. 

The U. S. 7th revision, gave the following formula for the prepara- 
tion of this acid solution : 

Potassium Ferrocyanide, in coarse powder, 20 Gm. 

Sulphuric Acid, 8 Cc. 

Water, 65 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

Place the potassium ferrocyanide in a tubulated retort and add to 
it 40 Cc. of water. Connect the neck of the retort (which is to be 
directed upward) by means of a bent tube, with a well-cooled conden- 
ser, the delivery tube of which terminates in a receiver surrounded 
with ice-cold water, and containing 65 Cc. of distilled water. All the 
joints of the apparatus, except the neck of the receiver, having been 
made air-tight by means of well-fitting corks, pour into the retort 
through the tubulure, the sulphuric acid, previously diluted with 25CC 
of water. Gently mix the contents of the retort, and heat it in a sand- 
bath, so as to keep the liquid in brisk ebulition, until about one-half 






Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 365 

of its volume has passed over into the receiver. Detach the receiver 
and assay a small portion of the contents. Then add to the remainder 
so much distilled water as may be required to bring the product to 2 
percent., by weight, of absolute hydrocyanic acid. 
The present U. S. formula is as follows: 

"It may be prepared extemporaneously by the following process : 
Silver Cyanide, 6 Gm. or 93 grains 

Diluted Hydrochloric Acid. 15.54 Cc. or 245 minims 

Distilled Water, 44.10 Cc. or 716 minims 

Mix the diluted hydrochloric acid with the distilled water, add the 
silver cyanide and shake the whole together in a glass-stoppered 
bottle. When the precipitate has subsided pour off the clear liquid." 
<U. S. Eighth revision. 

Average dose. — 0.1 Cc. (ij/ 2 minims). 

Acidum Hydrocyanicum (Scheele), B. P. C. 1901. 

Potassium Ferrocyanide, 2*4 ounces 

Sulphuric Acid, 1 fl. ounce 

Distilled Water, 24 fl. ounces 

(or a sufficient quantity). 
A 4% acid is prepared in the same manner as is directed in the 
U. S. 7th revision formula. It is a colorless liquid, sp. gr. 0.994. 
Dose, 1 to 3 minims. 

Note that this is double the acid strength of the U. S. or Br. official 
diluted hydrocyanic acid. 

ACIDUM HYDROFLUORICUM. Hydrofluoric Acid. 

Hydrogen Fluoride. 

HF=i9.9. 

This acid was discovered by Scheele in 1771, but was not obtained 
pure until 1808 by Gay-Lussac and Thenard. Owing to its action on 
glass, it is supplied by manufacturing chemists in lead, gutta-percha 
or ceresine bottles. It is used in the arts for etching upon glass and 
porcelain, but is not employed in medicine. 

Preparation. Concentrated sulphuric acid is poured on finely pow- 
dered fluorspar contained in a capacious leaden retort. Gentle heat is 
then applied, and the gas which is evolved — hydrogen fluoride (anhy- 
drous), — is collected in a small quantity of water contained in a 
leaden receiver which must be surrounded by ice. This acid vaporizes 
at 59°F. and must be kept in a cool place, closely stopped. It is a 
powerful caustic, and care must be exercised in handling it. 

This acid is furnished by manufacturing chemists of 55% (known 
as concentrated) and 30% strength of true acid. 

Fluorides. Hydrogen fluoride reacts with many elements and basic 
substances, forming salts known as fluorides. 



366 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

ACIDUM HYDROFLUORICUM DILUTUM. B. P. C. 
Diluted Hydrofluoric Acid. 

Redistilled Hydrofluoric Acid, (containing about 30% of true acid), 
58 grains ; distilled water, a sufficiency. 

Weigh the acid in a gutta-percha or paraffin coated bottle, and pour 
it into 15 fl. ounces of distilled water. Rinse out the bottle with three 
successive portions of distilled water, each measuring one fl. ounce, 
and add the several rinsings to the previous volume. Adjust the sol- 
ution so that 10 Cc. require for neutralization 10 Cc. of the deci- 
normal volumetric solution of sodium hydroxide, corresponding to 
0.20 percent, of hydrofluoric acid. Preferably stored in gutta-percha 
bottles. Dose, 5 to 20 minims. 

ACIDUM HYPOPHOSPHOROSUM. U. S. 
Hypophosphorous Acid. 

""A liquid composed of 30 percent., by weight, of absolute Hypo- 
phosphorous Acid [P'OH 9 (OH)=65.53], and 70* percent., of water." 
<U. S. 

The U. S. P. gives no formula for making this acid but the B. P. 
C. Formulary, 1901, gave the following: 

Barium Hypophosphite [containing not less 

than 95% Ba(PH 2 2 ) 2 ], 8 ounces 

Diluted Sulphuric Acid, 
Distilled Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 

Dissolve the barium hypophosphite in 36 fl. ounces of hot distilled 
water. Add slowly to the solution 17 fl. ounces of diluted sulphuric 
acid, after which continue the addition drop by drop until no further 
turbidity is produced (which indicates that all the barium has been 
precipitated as barium sulphate). Set aside in a warm place and pass 
the clear liquid through a filter. Wash the precipitate by decantation 
with successive portions of hot distilled water, until the washings 
have no longer an acid reaction. Filter, unite the filtrates and evapor- 
ate the liquid on a water-bath to the prescribed density. The product 
will weigh about iiy 2 ounces. Sp. gr. 1.1367. Real acid strength, 
30%. Dose, 2 to 5 minims. 

Manufacturing chemists furnish a preparation corresponding to 
this of 30% acid strength. 

Hypophosphites. Hypophosphorous acid combines with metals and 
alkaloids, forming salts known as hypophosphites, a number of which 
are considerably used in medicine. 

ACIDUM HYPOPHOSPHOROSUM DILUTUM. U. S. 

If the hypophosphorous acid, as made by the preceding formula is 
used, 1 ounce by weight mixed with 2 ounces of distilled water will 
produce diluted hypophosphorous acid, 10%, of the U. S. P. standard. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 367 

Manufacturing chemists furnish a hypophosphorous acid of 50% 

strength from which the dilute acid may be made by mixing 20 parts 

by weight, (or 2 ounces av.) with 80 parts by weight, (or 8 ounces 

av.) of distilled water. Diluted hypophosphorous acid may also be 

made by the following formula which was proposed by Proctor (1858). 

Calcium Hypophosphite, 480 grains 

Oxalic Acid, 350 grains 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

Dissolve the hypophosphite salt in 6 ounces and the oxalic acid in 
4 ounces of water, separately, and mix the solutions. When the pre- 
cipitate (calcium oxalate) has subsided, pour off the supernatant 
liquid and reserve ; transfer the moist precipitate to a filter, pour upon 
it 3 ounces of water and, when it has ceased to drop, add the liquid to 
the reserved portion and filter ; then evaporate the filtrate to Sj/ 2 
fl. ounces. This contains about ten percent, of real acid and is used 
chiefly in combination with solutions and syrups of hypophosphites. 
It may, however, be prescribed in doses of ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

ACIDUM LACTICUM. U. S., Br. Lactic Acid. 

HCH 5 ? =89.37, U. S. CK/CHOH-COOH, Br. 

"A liquid organic acid composed of not less than 75 percent., by 
Aveight, of absolute Lactic Acid [CH,-CHOH-COOH==89.37], and 25 
percent, of water."<L\ S. Sp. gr. 1.206 at 25°C. (y/°F.). 

"A liquid containing 75 percent, of hydrogen lactate, with 25 per- 
cent, of water. It may be produced by the fermentation of lactose." 
<Br. 1898. Sp. gr. 1.21. 

This acid was discovered by Scheele. It was for a long time con- 
founded with acetic acid which it resembles. It is the acid of sour 
milk, and is found in the gastric juice, and in several of the secretions 
and liquid ferments. It is caused by a peculiar ferment, and is the 
natural conclusion of the fermentation of milk-sugar, (lactose) the 
same as acetic acid is the conclusion of the fermentation of cane- 
sugar, (saccharose). 

Preparation. Whey from sour milk is sweetened slightly by the 
addition of milk sugar and fermented at a temperature of from 70 to 
8o°F. until lactic acid has developed as much as it will. The liquor 
is then evaporated to about one-third of its volume, decanted and 
filtered and saturated with milk of lime. Calcium lactate remains in 
solution while calcium phosphate is precipitated. The liquor is fil- 
tered and a saturated solution of oxalic acid added to the filtrate 
which precipitates calcium oxalate and frees lactic acid which re- 
mains in solution. This solution is filtered, concentrated and treated 
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368 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

sugar and certain salts ; the solution is separated from the precipitate 
and the alcohol distilled off, leaving pure lactic acid which is con- 
centrated by evaporation to the required sp. gr. 1.210 or 1.220. There 
are several other methods of fermenting and separating this acid, but 
all of them involve considerable labor and chemical manipulation. 

Medicinal Uses. In pharmacy lactic acid is employed to produce 
lactates, and, either alone, or combined with other acids, is used for 
dissolving certain salts, making solutions, syrups etc., as lacto-phos- 
phates etc. 

Dose. — From 15 to 60 minims ( 1 to 4 Cc), diluted largely with 
water. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Diluted Lactic Acid which was introduced into the 1885 Br. P. is 
now dismissed. The formula was 3 measures of lactic acid, mixed 
with 17 measures of distilled water. 

Lactates. Lactic acid combines readily with bases forming lactates, 
several of which are considerably used in medicine. In combination 
with phosphoric acid it is used to produce lacto-phosphate salts, 
syrups or solutions. 

ACIDUM MECONICUM. Meconic Acid. 

H 3 C 7 HO T . 

This acid was official in the Br. P. 1885, but has been dismissed. It 
is one of the acids obtained from opium and forms by its union with 
bases a number of salts known as Meconates, which are sometimes 
employed in medicine. Opium contains over 5 percent, of this acid. 

ACIDUM NITRICUM. U. S., Br. Nitric Acid. 
HNO3-62.57. 

The discovery of this acid is attributed to Raymond Lulle by 
whom it was distilled A. D. 1225. Some authorities state that a di- 
lute nitric acid was known to the Arabians as early as the eighth 
century. 

"A liquid composed of 68 percent., by weight, of absolute nitric 
acid, HNO3, and 32 percent, of water." <U. S. Sp. gr. 1.403; boils 
I20.5°C. (248°F.). 

"A liquid containing 70 percent., by weight, of hydrogen nitrate, 
HNO3, an d 30 percent, of water, prepared by the interaction of sul- 
phuric acid and potassium or sodium nitrate." < Br. Sp. gr. 1.42; 
boils at 25o°F. (i2i°C). 

Nitric acid of commerce is a solution of the vapor, nitric oxide, 
N 2 5 , in water. N 2 5 +H 2 0=(HNO 3 ) 2 ; and is the most highly ox- 
idized of the five compounds of nitrogen and hydrogen. The official 
acid is known as C. P. Nitric Acid. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 369 

The U. S. and Br. official acids nearly correspond in acid strength. 
The Xedl., Mex., Ital. and Sp. standard is nearly the same. 

The Fr. Acide Azotique officinal has sp. gr. 1.390, making it about 
63 percent. 

The Germ, and most of the other European pharmacopoeias are 
about 25% real acid strength. These differences should be observed 
in preparing foreign formulas. 

Aqua Fortis, which is used in the arts, is found in commerce as 
single, (sp. gr. 1.22), and double, (sp. gr. 1.36), the latter being double 
the acid strength of the former. 

Acidum Nitricum Crudum is the common acid of commerce con- 
taining about 61% of real acid. 

Acidum Nitricum Fumans. Acidum Nitrico-Nitrosum is official in 
several of the European pharmacopoeias. It is a clear, brownish-red 
liquid, emitting suffocating" yellowish fumes when warmed. 100 parts 
contain 86 parts real acid, its sp. gr. is from 1.486 to 1.500. It is 
chieflv used by manufacturing chemists and should be handled care- 
fully/ 

Preparation. In a small way nitric acid may be prepared by add- 
ing to coarsely powdered potassium nitrate, in a retort, an equal 
weight of strong sulphuric acid. The retort should be of sufficient 
capacity to hold at least one-third more than the quantity of material 
it contains. A receiver containing a little water is then arranged and 
heat applied, moderately at first, and gradually increased when the 
mass begins to fuse, so that it may all be well combined and in a state 
of complete fusion. The vapor which first arises is red ; this color 
disappears during the distillation, to appear again towards its close, 
from which it may be known that the interaction is completed. The 
acid thus obtained is of uncertain strength and the process is only 
given for experimental purposes ; commercially, the materials and 
processes employed are quite different. The ordinary commercial 
acid used in the arts is considerably weaker in acid strength than the 
official, having sp. gr. from 1.30 to 1.41, while the strongest procurable 
has sp. gr. 1.43. Concentrated nitric acid has, however, been prepared 
experimentally, that contains more than 90 percent, of absolute acid. 

Medicinal Uses. As the molecule of nitric acid contains a greater 
proportion of oxygen than any other acid it is obvious that it may be 
used whenever it is desirable to increase oxygen in the circulating 
fluids of the body. It acts as a tonic, astringent and antiseptic and is 
especially useful in impoverished condition of the blood, internal 
lack of tone, chronic diarrhoea etc. For internal use the dilute acid 
is used. The strong acid is employed as a caustic for fungus growths, 
chancre, warts etc., also Aery largely diluted, as a lotion for ulcers 
and morbid sores. 

Nitrates. Nitric acid combines with most all metallic bases and 
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370 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

in medicine and in the arts. In the formation of nitrates, the base 
takes the place of the hydrogen atom, as KN0 3 , the potassium dis- 
placing the hydrogen in the acid, HN0 3 , and forming potassium 
nitrate, KNO s . Nitrates are extensively used in the production of 
explosives and pyrotechnics. 

ACIDUM NITRICUM DILUTUM. U. S., Br. 
Diluted Nitric Acid. 

The present U. S. formula is 

Nitric Acid, ioo Gm. or 2V2 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, 580 Gm. or 14^ fl. ounces 

To make 680 grammes or 17 fl. ounces. 

Mix them. Keep the product in dark amber-colored, glass- 
stoppered bottles. Representing 10 percent, of absolute nitric acid. 
Sp. gr. about 1.057 at N. T. 

Dose. — 15 to 30 minims. (0.5 to 1 Cc). 

The Br. P. formula is 

Nitric acid, 3 fl. ounces and 7 drachms (more exactly 3.86 fl. ounces 
or 2400 grains), or 193.2 Cc. or 274.3 grammes, distilled water a suffi- 
cient quantity. 

Introduce the nitric acid into a glass flask, the capacity of which 
to a mark on the neck is 20 fl. ounces (or 11 11 Cc.) ; add distilled water 
until the mixture at 6o°F. (15.5^.), measures the required quantity. 
The Br. Preparation contains 17.44 parts of hydrogen nitrate by 
weight, in 100 parts of liquid. Sp. gr. 1.101. 

Dose. — 5 to 20 minims. 

It will be noted that the Br. preparation is nearly 1^4 the acid 
strength of the U. S. and it is important in compounding Br. formulas 
and prescriptions that the acid of the Br. official strength be used. 

The Fr. and Ger. authorities have no preparation corresponding to 
either of the above. 

ACIDUM NITROHYDROCHLORICUM. U. S. 
Nitrohydrochloric Acid. Nitromuriatic Acid. 

The U. S. P. directs 

Nitric Acid, 180 Cc. (or iy 8 fl.ounces) 

Hydrochloric Acid, 820 Cc. (or 5^ fl.ounces) 

To be mixed together in a capacious glass vessel. 

This acid is the aqua regia of the alchemist and earlier chemists, 
so called because it dissolved gold (in the form of gold leaf). It is 
used chiefly for that purpose. In medicine only the dilute acid should 
be used. 

Acidum Chloronitrosum. Aqua Regia. The same as Acidum 
Nitrohydrochloricum, U. S., which see. 



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ACIDUM NITROHYDROCHLORICUM DILUTUM. U. S., Br. 
Diluted Nitrohydrochloric Acid. Diluted Nitromuriatic Acid. 

The present U. S. P. directs 

Nitric Acid, 40 Cc. (or parts by measure) 

Hydrochloric Acid, 182 Cc. (or parts by measure) 

Distilled Water, 778 Cc. (or parts by measure) 

Mix the acids in a capacious glass vessel and, when effervescence 

has ceased, add the distilled water. The finished preparation contains 

about 1 1.8 percent, of real acids. The dose internally is from 10 to 

20 minims (0.6 to 1.25 Cc.) in water. 

The Br. 1898 describes it as "An aqueous solution of free chlorine, 
hydrochloric, nitric and nitrous acids." 

Nitric Acid, 60 Cc. (or 3 fl.ounces) 

Hydrochloric Acid, 80 Cc. (or 4 fl.ounces) 

Distilled Water, 500 Cc. (or 25 fl.ounces) 

Mix the acids with the distilled water and keep the mixture in a 

glass-stoppered bottles for 14 days before it is used. Sp. gr. about 1.07. 

Dose. — 5 to 20 minims. 

It will be observed that there is a great dissimilarity in the propor- 
tions of the acids used in the U. S. and Br. formulas. It is therefore 
necessary to use the one naturally required in compounding medicines. 
Acidum Chloronitrosum Dilutum. The same as the U. S. Diluted 
Nitro-hydrochloric Acid. It is official under the title Acidum Nitro- 
hydrochloricum Dilutum in the U. S. and Br. Ph. 

ACIDUM NITROSUM. Nitrous Acid. 

HN0 2 =47- 

Nitrous acid is an aqueous solution of nitrous anhydride, N 2 O g , 
of rather unstable composition. It is always present in commercial 
nitric acid, and may be shown by heating nitric acid in an evaporat- 
ing dish, when red, nitrous fumes arise. It is somewhat used in the 
arts as an oxidizing agent, but is seldom employed in medicine. It 
is the acid constituent of nitrites, of which a number are official. 

Nitrites are combinations of nitrous acid with bases. Sodium 
nitrite is now official in the U. S. P. Nitrite salts when exposed to the 
air, by absorbing oxygen, change to nitrates. 

ACIDUM OLEICUM. U. S., Br. Oleic Acid. 

HC 18 H 38 =28.i 4 , U. S. CH 3 (CH 2 ) 7 CH-CH(CH 2 ) 7 COOH, Br. 

"A monobasic, organic acid prepared in sufficiently pure condition 
by cooling commercial oleic acid to about 5°C. (41 °F.) then separat- 
ing and preserving the liquid portion." <U. S. Sp. gr. about 0.895 
at2 5 °C. (77°F-)- 

"Oleic acid, or hydrogen oleate, is obtained by the saponifying 
action of alkalies and subsequent action of acids, or by the action of 



372 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

superheated steam on the olein of fats. Usually not quite pure." 
<Br. Sp. gr. 0.890 to 0.910. 

Preparation. In the manufacture of candles from tallow, the 
solid fatty acids, — stearic and palmitic — are separated by various 
treatment, leaving a residue commercially known as "red oil" which 
is impure oleic acid. This oil is chilled by exposure to a tempera- 
ture of about 5°C. (41 °F.) when portions of stearic and palmitic acids 
remaining in the oil are congealed and removed by straining and pres- 
sure. The liquid oil is then shaken with sulphurous acid, washed 
thoroughly and filtered, when a fairly pure oleic acid is obtained. So 
many manipulations and difficulties attend the preparation of pure 
oleic acid that its manufacture may well be given over to the manu- 
facturing chemist. 

Properties. Pure oleic acid is a liquid of pale yellow color, having 
but little odor or taste and a neutral or slightly acid reaction. It is 
insoluble in water, but dissolves readily in alcohol, chloroform or 
ether, and mixes freely with fixed or volatile oils. It combines readily 
with sodium, potassium and ammonium hydrates, forming oleates 
familiarly known as soap. With a solution of potassium hydrate it 
produces "soft soap" (potassium oleate), and with sodium hydrate it 
produces "hard soap" (sodium oleate). With the oxides of certain 
metals it combines forming oleates, as mercury oleate, (with yellow 
mercuric oxide) and zinc oleate, (with zinc oxide). With the alka- 
loids oleic acid combines forming oleates, as morphine oleate, vera- 
trine oleate etc. (See Oleates). The oleates were not well known 
until 1872, when they were introduced to the medical profession by 
Prof. Marshall, who furnished formulas for their preparation. 

Uses. Oleic acid is employed in pharmacy chiefly for the produc- 
tion of oleates which are useful galenicals, being used as applications 
similar as ointments, cerates and liniments. It is not yet well enough 
known to be established in the place which it deserves in medicine. 

Oleates are combinations of bases with oleic acid. The chemical 
combination of oleates with bases is known as saponification. (See 
Oleates). 

ACIDUM OSMICUM. Osmic Acid. Perosmic Acid. 

Os0 4 . 

A crystalline, volatile, very odorous compound obtained by the 
action of nitrohydrochloric acid upon osmium or its lower oxides, 
OsO, Os 2 O s , Os 2 ,OsO.,. It is a powerful oxidizing agent, its vapor 
being very irritating. It and its salts, as potassium osmate, have been 
successfully used in dilute solution, 1 : 1000, in sciatica and rheuma- 
tism, by hypodermic injection, and a 10% solution as an application to 
morbid growths has proven effectual. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 373 

ACIDUM OXALICUM. Oxalic Acid. 

Crystals, H 2 C 2 4 +2H 2 0=I26. Dry, H 2 C 2 4 . 

Although oxalic acid is not official in the U. S. or Br. pharmaco- 
poeias it is extensively used in the arts and considerably used in chem- 
ical and pharmaceutical processes, also as a normal volumetric test 
solution 

It was noticed by Duclos as early as 1668, but was first made known 
by Bergmann in 1776. It exists in a considerable number of plants 
in the state of an oxalate and in the same state is found in urinary 
calculi. In a free state it is found in the leaves of certain plants and 
in fungi. It occurs in the oxidation of acetylene, ethylene and other 
hydro-carbons, by potassium permanganate. 

Preparation. Commercially oxalic acid is produced by the action of 
nitric acid on sugar and starch or molasses. The starch or sugar is 
heated with an equivalent quantity of nitric acid in a suitable flask 
or retort until all effervescence has ceased. The solution is then con- 
centrated by evaporation and oxalic acid separates in the form of crys- 
tals upon cooling. It is also prepared from sawdust or shavings by 
heating them with potassa or a mixture of soda and potassa for sev- 
eral hours at a temperature of 200 to 220°C. and then separating the 
acid by treating with sodium carbonate and milk of lime. 

Properties. Oxalic acid is one of the most powerful of organic 
acids and is therefore considerably used in chemical interaction to 
separate carbonic acid and many other acids from their combination 
with bases, and as it combines readily with lime forming calcium ox- 
alate which is very insoluble it, in turn, may be very easily separated 
from its combination with other bases, leaving them in solution while 
the calcium oxalate is precipitated. 

It is extensively used for bleaching straw for making hats etc., and 
in cotton printing for discharging colors, also for soluble blue with 
Prussian blue, used for bluing. It is also employed for polishing 
marble and in whitening wood, leather and other substances. Com- 
bined, 4 parts with 1 of potassium carbonate it forms the quadroxalate 
of potassium, or salts of lemon or sorrel, commonly used for removing 
stains of iron rust, ink and fruit from linen. 

Oxalates are compounds of oxalic acid with bases forming salts, of 
which a very few are used in medicine, cerium oxalate being now 
official, and ferrous oxalate having been official. 

ACIDUM PHOSPHORICUM. U. S. Phosphoric Acid. 

H 3 P0 4 =97-29- 
This acid was discovered by Margraff in 1740. It exists in the 
three kingdoms of nature ; but is obtained commercially chiefly from 
the bones of mammals. 



374 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

"A liquid composed of 85 percent., by weight, of absolute ortho- 
phosphoric acid (H3POJ, and not more than 15 percent, of water." 
<U. S. Sp. gr. not below 1.07 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Syrupy phosphoric acid is the same as the U. S. official, 85 percent. 

It will be observed that the standard of real acid in the leading 
pharmacopoeias varies greatly, and it will be necessary in compound- 
ing medicines to use the standard required in the country in which 
the formula is written. 

The important change in the acid strength of phosphoric acid from 
50 to 85 percent, in the 1890 U. S. P. should be well understood as 
the change affects all preparations in which phosphoric acid is a con- 
stituent. The sp. gr. of the present official acid is not below 1.707 at 
25°C. (77°F.) and it should require not less than 17 Cc. of nor- 
mal potassium hydrate V. S. (each Cc. corresponding to 5 percent, 
of the absolute acid) to neutralize 0.978 grammes of the acid diluted 
with water, phenolphtalein being used as an indicator. This acid 
when purchased of manufacturing chemists should bear a label stat- 
ing its percentage of real acid. (85 percent.). 

The Fr., Ital., Mex. and Sp. official phosphoric acids are about 50% 
acid strength, sp. gr. 1.35. The Germ., Nedl. and Russ. standard is 
25% real acid, sp. gr. about 1.154. Most other European standards 
correspond to the U. S. diluted phosphoric acid, 10%. 

Preparation. Phosphoric acid may be prepared by slow atmos- 
pheric oxidation of phosphorus or by the action of nitric acid diluted 
with an equal volume of water on phosphorus contained in a capacious 
retort which is heated carefully on a sand-bath until all the phos- 
phorus is dissolved. The liquid is then to be concentrated by evapo- 
ration to the required sp. gr. Considerable care is required in making 
the acid to so regulate the heat as to prevent too violent action which 
might result in an explosion. 

Properties. Phosphoric acid, U. S. or concentrated phosphoric 
acid, Br., are chiefly used for making phosphate salts or phosphate 
solutions or for making diluted phosphoric acid which is used in med- 
icine or prescribed by physicians. This is the orthophosphoric or tri- 
basic phosphoric acid which is derived from phosphoric oxide or an- 
hydride, P 2 5 , the highest oxidation of phosphorus. When phos- 
phorus is burned, either by fast or slow combustion, phosphoric oxide 
or anhydride results ; phosphoric acid is the solution of this oxide in 
boiling water. It is miscible in all proportions with water or alcohol. 
When heated it loses water and at 200°C. (392°F.) it begins to change 
to pyrophosphoric acid, H 4 P 2 O r , which change is completed at 2i3°C. 
4I54°F.). Increased to a red heat or the point of ignition it is changed 
to metaphosphoric acid, HP0 3 , which, upon cooling, forms a trans- 
parent mass known to commerce as glacial phosphoric acid. When 
it has assumed this state it contains 11.2 percent, of water in combina- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 375 

tion with 88.8 percent, of phosphoric oxide or anhydride. This is 
monohydrated or monobasic phosphoric acid. 

Uses. Phosphoric acid is only used in medicine in dilution (see 
Acidum Fhosphoricum Dilutum) but is employed in pharmacy as a 
solvent in many pharmaceutical and chemical operations. 

Phosphates. The chemical reaction of phosphoric acid with met- 
allic and organic bases results in formation of salts called phosphates. 
These salts are very numerous, and are much employed in medicine. 

ACIDUM PHOSPHORICUM CONCENTRATUM. Br. 

Concentrated Phosphoric Acid. 

"A liquid containing 66.3 percent, of hydrogen orthophosphate, 
H 3 P0 4 , with 33.7 percent, of water. It may be prepared by treating 
with water and nitric acid, the residue left after burning phosphorus 
in the air."<Br. Sp. gr. 1.5. 

ACIDUM PHOSPHORICUM DILUTUM. U. S., Br. 
Diluted Phosphoric Acid. 

The present U. S. P. directs that "Diluted Phosphoric Acid should 
contain 10 percent., by weight, of absolute Orthophosphoric Acid, 
[H 3 P0 4 or PO(OH) 3 — 97.29], and 90 percent, water." 

The formula given is 

Phosphoric Acid, (85 percent.), 100 Gm. or 2 oz. av. 

Distilled Water, to make, 850 Gm. or 17 oz. av. 

Mix them. Keep the product in well-stoppered bottles. 

This preparation contains 10 percent., by weight, of absolute 
orthophosphoric acid. Its sp. gr. is about 1.057 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Particular attention must be observed in making this preparation 
to know the standard of acid strength used, (85 percent.). If the 50 
percent, phosphoric acid is used, 2 parts by weight of the acid with 8 
parts by w r eight of water will be correct. 

The Br. P. directs: "A liquid containing, by weight, 13.8 parts of 
hydrogen orthophosphate, H 3 P0 4 , and 86.2 parts of water." Sp. gr. 
about 1.08. 

Concentrated Phosphoric Acid, 3 fl. ounces (150 Cc), 4.5 ounces, 
av. (225 Gm.), Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

Dilute the concentrated phosphoric acids, Br., with sufficient dis- 
tilled water to form at 6o°F. (15.5C.) 20 Imperial fl. ounces, or 1000 
Cc. of diluted phosphoric acid. This preparation represents 10 per- 
cent, of phosphoric anhydride and is stronger than the U. S. prepara- 
tion. 

Dose. — 5 to 20 minims. 

The Ger. and Fr. standards have no preparation corresponding with 
the U. S. and Br. 



376 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Medicinal Uses. Diluted phosphoric acid is employed in medicine 
as a tonic, especially for the digestive organs. It is a good solvent 
for quinine salts. 

Dose. — From 20 to 60 minims, (1.25 to 3.75 Cc.) largely diluted. 

Acid Phosphate. Under this title a solution of calcium, magnesium, 
potassium and iron phosphates with excess of phosphoric acid has 
been extensively sold as a proprietary remedy. Formula will be 
found under solutions, Liquor Acidi Phosphorici Comp. and in the 
proprietary medicine formulas section. 

ACIDUM PHOSPHOROSUM. Phosphorous Acid. 

This is properly a hydrate of phosphorus oxide or anhydride, P 2 3 , 
It is a dibasic acid, having one hydrogen atom not replacable by a 
metal base. It may be prepared for experiment by placing a moist 
stick of phosphorus in a small round bottle of which the bottom has 
been removed ; invert the bottle in a glass funnel which is placed in 
a bottle containing a little water. The white vapor that is formed 
from the surface of the moist phosphorus falls through the funnel, 
and is absorbed by the water, making phosphorous acid much diluted. 

Phosphites. Phosphorous acid, H 3 PO s , combines with bases form- 
ing salts called phosphites, a few of which are in use in medicine. 

ACIDUM PICRICUM. Picric Acid. Carbazotic Acid. 
Trinitrophenol. 

It occurs when indigo, silk, wool, leather, benzoin, aloes and other 
similar substances are acted upon by nitric acid ; or it may be pro- 
duced by adding coal-tar creosote to nitric acid and heating the mix- 
ture, when, after standing, crystals of picric acid will form. It is 
in pale yellow, shining lamellae or prisms, and has a very bitter taste; 
it is soluble in alcohol and ether, but sparingly soluble in water. 

It is extensively used in dyeing, giving a brillant yellow color, and, 
combined with Prussian blue, many shades of green can be produced. 

Picrates or Carbazotates, which are somewhat used in medicine 
are prepared by combining this acid with bases or radicals. 

Caution. Picric acid forms explosive compounds with all readily 
oxidizable substances and with sulphur, phosphorus etc. Caution 
must therefore be observed in combining it with such substances or 
keeping it in close proximity to them, tannic acid, sugar etc. are 
particularly dangerous with it. 

ACIDUM SALICYLICUM. U. S., Br. Salicylic Acid. 

HC 7 H 5 3 =i37.oi, U. S. C 6 H 4 -OH-COOH, Br. 
From the year 1834, when salicylic aldehyde, (salicylous acid) was 
first discovered in the flowers of of spiraea ulmaria until 1875, when 
Prof Kolbe perfected a process of obtaining it, which is now used, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 377 

salicylic acid was a rare and costly chemical. It is now known to be 
a constituent, in the form of methyl salicylate, of many of the es- 
sential oils, especially oils of wintergreen and sweet birch which con- 
tain about 90 percent, of the salt, methyl salicylate, (HC 7 H 5 3 ). 

"An organic acid (HC 7 H 5 3 ) existing naturally in combination in 
various plants, but prepared synthetically, generally, from phenol." 
<U. S. 

"A crystalline acid, C c H 4 'OH-COOH, obtained from natural sali- 
cylates such as oils of wintergreen and sweet birch, or by the inter- 
action of sodium carbonate and carbonic anhydride." < Br. 

Preparation. Salicylic acid may be prepared from oil of winter- 
green or from salicin ; but the expense is so great that the acids pre- 
pared from these substances is but little used. Synthetic salicylic 
acid, which is the acid of commerce, may be prepared by Kolbe's 
original process which was by evaporating a very concentrated solu- 
tion of caustic soda with an equivalent quantity of carbolic acid 
(phenol) to a dry powder. This is then heated in a chamber retort 
to ioo°C. (2i2°F.) and a current of dry carbon dioxide gas passed 
over it. The temperature is gradually increased to i8o°C. (356°F.) 
then to 220°C. (482°F.) until phenol no longer passes over. In the 
retort, half the phenol that was used remains as sodium salicylate, 
while the other half has distilled over unchanged. The sodium sali- 
cylate contained in the retort is then dissolved in water ; hydrochloric 
acid is added, which decomposes the sodium salt and the salicylic 
acid which floats on the surface is collected and washed on a filter 
until it is free from traces of hydrochloric acid. It is then dissolved 
in boiling water from which solution it is crystallized or purified by 
sublimation in a current of superheated steam. 

A more recent process has been devised by R. Schmitt in which all 
the phenol instead of half is converted to salicylic acid. This is as- 
complished by acting upon dry sodium phenolate with a current of 
dry carbon dioxide at ordinary temperature so long as carbon dioxide 
is absorbed. The resulting phenyl-sodium carbonate it then heated 
for several hours to I40°C. in a closed vessel when by the interaction 
a molecular rearrangement takes place in which sodium salicylate is 
produced without the separation of one half the phenol as in Kolbe's 
process. The sodium salicylate is then decomposed and purified as 
in the above process. 

Properties. Salicylic acid is soluble in about 308 parts of water or 
in 2 parts of alcohol at 25 °C. (77°F.), and in 14 parts of boiling water. 
It is soluble also in 2 parts of ether and about 80 parts of chloroform. 
When carefully heated with glycerin it is soluble in about 50 parts, 
and a solution thus prepared mixes in all proportions with water. The 
acid melts at I5°C. (32.8°F.), and at a higher temperature gradually 
evaporates leaving not more than 0.6 percent, residue. The saturated 



378 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

aqueous solution is colored intensely bluish-violet by ferric chloride 
test solution. 

Uses. Salicylic acid is extensively used as a preservative to pre- 
vent change, decomposition and putrefaction, and the development of 
bacteria and vegetable organisms, although prohibitive pure food laws 
have been passed in many of the states against its use, it is a well 
recognized fact that the minute quantities used in any of the foods 
and drinks have never proven injurious to man, while by preserving 
these products in an unchanged condition and preventing the action of 
bacteria and ferments great benefits have been accomplished. 

In medicine salicylic acid and its salts are used externally in the 
form of ointments, solutions, dressings, gauzes etc. Internally it is 
given as an antiseptic in fermentive diseases, and as a remedy for 
rheumatism and neuralgic affections. It is also the important in- 
gredient in corn salves and solutions as it produces exfoliation of the 
callous. 

Dose. In rheumatic affections and acute gout 5 to 15 grains of the 
acid may be given every four hours. The effect of the acid is generally 
more marked than of its salts, although it is probable that the acid is 
decomposed in the system. 

Salicylates. This acid combines by interaction with carbonates and 
hydrates of the alkali metals, and with some other metallic and or- 
ganic bases. Sodium salicylate is the best known of the salicylates. 

ACIDUM SCLEROTINICUM. Sclerotic Acid. 

C 12 H 19 N0 9 . 

This is a light-brown hygroscopic powder obtained from ergot, and 
■represents the acid constituent of this drug. It dissolves in water and 
diluted alcohol but is insoluble in pure alcohol, ether and chloroform. 

ACIDUM SOZOIODOLICUM. Sozoiodol. 
Di-iodo-para-phenol-sulphuric Acid. 

This is considerably used under the name Sozoiodol as an antiseptic 
in medicine and in pharmacy as an acid combining with bases; as mer- 
cury, potassium, sodium and zinc to form a series of antiseptic prep- 
arations now considerably used in medicine. 

Composition. The acid consists of ^2.8 percent, of iodine, 7 per- 
cent, of sulphur, and 20 percent, of phenol. 

It is a white, brilliant, crystalline powder, having an acid taste and 
reaction and a strongly antiseptic action. The acid does not readily 
dissolve in ordinary menstrua, but the sodium salt. Sodium Sozoiodol, 
is easily soluble and should be used where aqueous solutions are em- 
ployed. For external application it is usually mixed with talc or some 
non-irritant dilutent, about 5 to 10 percent. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 379 

ACIDUM SOZOLICUM. lAseptoT). 

Sozolic Acid. Orthophenolsulphonic Acid. 

C,H 4 -OH-SO ? H. 

This is official in the Roman and Ger. S. Ph. It is commonly known 
by its trade name. Aseptol. 

Preparation. It is prepared by mixing cold phenol i part or i ounce 
aw, pure sulphuric acid i part or i ounce aw Let stand in a glass ves- 
sel for one day and add sufficient dry barium carbonate to neutralize. 
Filter the liquid and concentrate by evaporation to sp. gr. i . 1 55. This 
contains 333/5 percent, of sozolic acid, and in this form it is miscible 
with water, alcohol or glycerin, and is used as an antiseptic wash for 
wounds, sores, ulcers etc. 

Uses. It is used for the same purposes as carbolic acid but is not 
caustic nor irritant when well diluted to a 3 to 10 percent, solution. 
It has not been recommended for internal administration. 

ACIDUM STEARICUM. U. S. Stearic Acid. 
HC ls H 3 ;0 2 =2S2.i 4 . 

"A monobasic acid in its commercial, more or less impure form. 
usually obtained from the more solid fats, chiefly tallow." <U. S. 

This acid was made official because of its use in making glycerin 
suppositories. It is a "hard, white, somewhat glossy solid, odorless 
and tasteless and permanent in the air. Insoluble in water, soluble in 
about 16.6 parts of alcohol at 25°C I 77 : F.), readily soluble in boiling 
alcohol and ether.** It melts at 6o,.2 c C. (I56.6 C F.). 

Dry stearic acid may be used in many preparations in place of 
spermaceti and white wax. 

The chief use of this acid in pharmacy is for making glycerin sup- 
positories ; but in the arts stearin is used for making candles. 

Candles were first made from stearin in 1825. by Chevreul and 
Braconnot. in France. 

It is present to a considerable extent in soap in combination with 
oleic acid and margarin. 

Stearates. Stearic acid combines with alkaline carbonates and hy- 
drates forming soaps, which are properly stearates of metals with 
which the combination occurs. 

ACIDUM SUCCINICUM. Succinic Acid. Sal Succini Volatile. 

HX 4 H 4 4 =n8. 
This substance was obseiwed by Agricola in 1550 and was recog- 
nized as an acid by Lemery in 1675. It is found in certain plants and 
is formed in the oxidation of wax. spermaceti and some other fatty 
organic substances. It occurs in the vinous fermentation of sugar and 
the fermentive action of casein in combination with tartrates and 
malates. It is official in the It., Sp., Xor and Swed. pharmacopoeias. 



380 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Preparation. It is prepared commercially by the dry distillation 
of amber which is coarsely powdered and placed in a glass retort en- 
tirely covered with sand, the retort having a short neck connected 
with a large receiver and heat applied to about 280° C. (536°F.), and 
this temperature continued so long as vapors rise. The succinic acid 
crystallizes in the neck of the retort, while oil of amber and water 
containing acetic and succinic acids are found in the receiver. 

Properties. The crystalline acid obtained has the odor of oil of 
amber, but may be purified by recrystallization from its aqueous 
solution and becomes odorless. It dissolves in 2.2 parts of boiling 
water or 28 parts of cold water, and is freely soluble in alcohol or 
ether. 

Uses and Dose. The acid has been used for rheumatism, bronchitis 
and nervous affections, especially as an anti-spasmodic, but its salts 
are more generally employed. It may be given in doses of from 5 to 
15 grains. (0.33 to 1 Gm.). 

Succinates. This acid forms salts with the alkalies which are 
readily soluble in water, ammonium succinate being the best known 
of its compounds. 

Oxy-Succinic or Malic Acid. This acid is the chief acid constituent 
of many kinds of fruits and berries. It is the sour principle of apples, 
from which it may be obtained by evaporating the juice and crystalliz- 
ing and purifying. It forms salts with bases, which are called malates. 

ACIDUM SULPHURICUM. U. S., Br. Sulphuric Acid. 

H,S0 4 = 9 ;.3 5 . 

"A liquid composed of not less than 92.5 percent., by weight, of ab- 
solute Sulphuric Acid (H 2 SOJ. and J.? percent, of water." <U. S. 
Sp. gr. about 1.826 at 25°C. (77°F.), boils at 338 = C. (640^.). 

"An acid produced by the combustion of sulphur or pyrites, and the 
oxidation and hydration of the resulting sulphurous anhydride by 
means of nitrous and aqueous vapors. It should contain about 98 
percent., by weight, of hydrogen sulphate, H.,S0 4 ."<Br. Sp. gr. 1.843. 

This acid is said to have been mentioned in the works of Rhases, 
an alchemist and physician of the 10th century, but its discovery is 
generally attributed to Basil Valentine in the 15th century. 

The acid percentage of C. P. sulphuric acid is nearly the same in all 
pharmacopoeias, the U. S. having less percentage and less sp. gr. 
than any other authority. 

Uses. In pharmacy sulphuric acid is used in making aromatic 
sulphuric acid and diluted sulphuric acid, also for making many of 
the chemical salts. It was formerly much used for making gas for 
"charging" soda water, but the manufacturers now furnish liquid 
carbonic acid gas in cylinders for that purpose. As a solvent for al- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 381 

kaloids, sulphuric acid is extensively used by manufacturing chemists 
in exhausting drugs. It is used much diluted for this purpose. 

In medicine it is employed as a tonic and absorbent of gases gen- 
erated in the stomach. It should be given in very small doses, much 
diluted with water. As a rule druggists should only use diluted sul- 
phuric acid in prescriptions or compounds, thus avoiding serious 
effects if the strong acid should, accidentally be used. As a caustic 
sulphuric acid is frequently applied to chancres, ulcers etc., and to 
warts and other fungi. In the arts this acid is very extensively used. 

Sulphates. Sulphuric acid combines with nearly all basic sub- 
stances, forming Sulphates, which are most abundant and among 
the most important of the chemical salts. These salts are extensively 
used in the arts and in medicine. Manufacturing chemists employ 
sulphuric acid more extensively than any other in the making of salts 
from the metals and organic bases. 

Acidum Sulphuricum Crudum. This is the ordinary sulphuric acid 
of commerce, extensively used for manufacturing chemicals and for 
other purposes in the arts and industries. It is official in most of the 
European pharmacopoeias, its acid strength being from 91 to 95%. 

Nordhausen Sulphuric Acid is so named from the place in Saxony 
where it is manufactured. This is a semi-solid concentrated acid 
usually put up in sealed glass flasks, and is otherwise known as 
"Fuming Sulphuric Acid." It is extensively used in manufacturing 
Alizarin and some other chemical compounds. 

ACIDUM SULPHURICUM ALCOHOLISATUM. 

Haller's Elixir. Haller's Acid Drops. 

This preparation is official under different classifications in most of 
the European pharmacopoeias, and is of essentially the same compo- 
sition in all, although the formulas differ considerably owing to the 
difference in the official percentage of sulphuric acid in the different 
countries. It is employed in medicine as an astringent and diuretic, 
the dose being from 6 to 12 minims in water. 

Sulphuric Acid, by weight, 1 part or 1 ounce av. 

Alcohol, by weight, 3 parts or 3 ounces av. 

Mix them very gradually by adding the acid in small portions to 
the alcohol contained in a bottle. It should be kept in glass-stoppered 
bottles. 

ACIDUM SULPHURICUM AROMATICUM. U. S., Br. 

Aromatic Sulphuric Acid. Elixir of Vitrol. 

"Aromatic Sulphuric Acid should contain not less than 20 percent., 
by weight, of absolute Sulphuric Acid, partly in the form of Ethyl- 
Sulphuric Acid."<U. S. 



Formulary 


Part 


1 1 1 Cc. or 


in minims 


50 Cc. or 


50 minims 



382 The Fenner Formulary Part II 

The U. S. formula is: 
Sulphuric Acid, 
Tincture of Ginger, 

Oil of Cinnamon, 1 Cc. or 1 minim 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 1000 minims 

Add the sulphuric acid gradually and with great caution to 700 
Cc. (700 minims) of alcohol and' allow the mixture to cool. Then add 
to it the tincture of ginger and oil of cinnamon, and afterwards 
enough alcohol to make the whole measure 1000 Cc. (or 1000 minims). 
Sp. gr. about 0.933 at 25°C. {yy°¥.). Aromatic sulphuric acid con- 
tains about 20 percent., by weight, of official sulphuric acid, partly 
in the form of ethyl-sulphuric acid. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Tincture of Ginger, 2-0 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

Spirit of Cinnamon, 12.5 Cc. or y 2 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, (90%), 737.5 Cc. or 2914 fl. ounces 

Sulphuric Acid, 75 Cc. or 3 fl. ounces 

(or 138.2 Gm.) (or 2419 grains). 
Mix the sulphuric acid gradually with the alcohol, add the spirit of 
cinnamon and tincture of ginger. Sp. gr. 0.922. Dose 5 to 20 minims. 
Medicinal Uses. Aromatic sulphuric acid, which is more commonly 
known as elixir of vitrol, is more frequently used and prescribed than 
any of the other dilute acid preparations. It is given as a tonic, par- 
ticularly for night sweats and for catarrhal conditions or lack of tone 
of the intestinal canal and stomach. The dose is 10 to 30 minims (0.6 
to 2 Cc.) in water, three times a day. 

ACIDUM SULPHURICUM DILUTUM. U. S., Br. 
Diluted Sulphuric Acid. 

"Diluted Sulphuric Acid should contain not less than 10 percent., 
by weight., of absolute sulphuric acid and about 90 percent, of water." 
<U. S. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Sulphuric Acid, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces av. 

Distilled Water, 825 Gm. or i6y 2 ounces av. 

To make 925 Gm. or 18^2 ounces av. 

The Br. P. formula directs that: 

"100 parts by weight should contain 13.65 percent, of hydrogen 
sulphate." 

Sulphuric acid 82.7 Cc. [or 1 fl. ounce and 5^ fl. drachms, (more 
exactly, 1.65 fl. ounces, or 1333 grains)] ; distilled water to make 
1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). 

Sp. gr. 1.094. Dose, 5 to 20 minims. 

Medicinal Uses. Sulphuric acid is considerably used as a tonic and 
astringent, also as an antiseptic. It clears the mucous membrane of 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 383 

the alimentary canal, thus promoting glandular action, and is em- 
ployed to advantage in catarrhal conditions of the stomach and in- 
testines, diarrhoea etc. 

As it readily dissolves quinine salts it is frequently used in solutions 
containing them and also with many alkaloidal salts in which an acid 
is required for their solution. Dose, from 10 to 30 minims (0.6 to 
2 Cc.) three times a day in sweetened water or lemonade. 

ACIDUM SULPHUROSUM. U. S., Br. Sulphurous Acid. 

"A liquid compound of not less than 6.4 percent., by weight, of 
Sulphurous Acid Gas (sulphur dioxide, S0 2 ), and not more than 93.6 
percent, of water. "<U. S. Sp. gr. not less than 1.035 at N. T. 

"An aqueous solution containing 6.4 percent, of hydrogen sulphite, 
H 2 SO :! , corresponding to 5 percent., by weight, of sulphurous an- 
hydride, S0 2 . The sulphurous anhydride may be prepared by burn- 
ing sulphur in air or oxygen, or by boiling sulphuric acid with carbon, 
mercury or copper." < Br. 1898. 

The U. S. process which is the only one now official is as follows : 
Sulphuric Acid, 80 Cc. or 8 fl. ounces 

Charcoal, in coarse powder. 20 Gm. or 2 ounces av. 

Distilled Water, 1000 Cc. or 100 rl. ounces 

Introduce the charcoal into a glass flask having a capacity of about 
500 Cc. (or one pint), add the acid and mix them well. By means of 
a glass tube and well fitting corks connect the flask with a wash- 
bottle of the capacity of about 200 Cc. (or half a pint) which is one- 
third rilled with water and fitted with a cork having three perforations. 
Into one of these perforations insert a safety tube which should 
reach nearly to the bottom of the bottle ; into the remaining perfora- 
tion fit a glass tube, and connect it with a bottle having a capacity 
of about 1500 Cc. (or 3 pints) containing 1000 Cc. (or 2 pints) of dis- 
tilled water deprived of air by being boiled shortly before use. The 
tube should dip about twenty-five millimeters below the surface of 
the distilled water. By means of a second tube connect this bottle 
with another containing a dilute solution of sodium carbonate, to ab- 
sorb any gas which may not be retained by the distilled watej*. Hav- 
ing ascertained that all connections are air tight, apply a moderate 
heat to the flask containing the sulphuric acid and charcoal, until the 
evolution of gas has nearly ceased, and, during the passage of the 
gas, keep the bottle containing the distilled water at or below io°C. 
50°F.), by surrounding it with cold water or ice. Finally pour the 
sulphurous acid into dark amber-colored, glass-stoppered bottles, and 
keep them in a cool place, protected from light. 

This acid is usually supplied by manufacturing chemists and is but 
•little used in pharmacy or medicine. 

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384 The Fe nncr Formulary Part II. 

This is known as Liquified Sulphurous Acid Gas and is used in ice 
making machines for producing ice. It is also extensively employed 
in the arts for bleaching; in the manufacture of paper pulp; and in 
sanitation as a disinfectant for contagious and infectious diseases. 

Medicinal Uses. The official acid is employed as a germicide and 
efficient antiseptic. It may be sprinkled about rooms, or in diluted 
solution with 3 parts of water may be used externally for parasites, 
skin diseases, lice and other vermin. It is sometimes used by inhala- 
tion for diphtheria, membraneous croup, catarrh etc., but great 
caution must be observed in its use. Internally it is given in very 
minute doses as an antiseptic and antipyretic ; but it must be very 
cautiously administered in very dilute solution. 

Sulphites. Sulphurous acid gas (sulphur dioxide, S0 2 ) interacts 
with solutions of some of the alkaline carbonates, disengaging carbon 
dioxide, and taking its place in the salt. The resultant preparation is 
a sulphite or bisulphite of the metal. When the current of sulphurous 
acid gas is passed through a solution say of sodium carbonate until it 
is completely saturated, a bisulphite or acid sodium sulphite results. 
The neutral sulphite may be prepared from this by adding a quantity 
of sodium carbonate the same as was first taken. 

ACIDUM TANNICUM. U. S., Br. Tannic Acid. 
(Tannin). 
HC 14 H 6 2 , U. S. C 14 H 10 O 9 -2H 2 O, Br. 
"An organic acid obtained from nut-galls." <U. S. 
"Tannic acid, C 14 H 30 O 9 *2H 2 O, may be extracted by water-saturated 
ether from galls which have been subjected to a special fermentation." 
<Br. 1898. 

Preparation. The following formula for making this acid was offi- 
cial in the Br. P. 1885 : 
Galls in powder, 

Ether, of each a sufficient quantity. 

Expose the powdered galls to a damp atmosphere for two or three 
days, and afterwards add sufficient ether to form a soft paste. Let 
this stand in a well-closed vessel for 24 hours; then, having quickly 
enveloped in a linen cloth, submit it to a strong pressure in a suitable 
press, so as to separate the liquid portion. Reduce the pressed cake 
to a powder, mix it with sufficient ether to which one-sixteenth of its 
bulk of water has been added, to form again a soft paste, and press as 
before. Mix the expressed liquids and expose the mixture to spon- 
taneous evaporation until, by the aid, subsequently, of a little heat 
it has acquired the consistence of a soft extract ; then place it on 
earthen plates or dishes and dry it in a hot-air chamber at a tem- 
perature not exceeding 2i2°F. (ioo°C.)."<Br. 1885. 

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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 385 

ferent, a much greater yield being obtained, but lacking the purity of 
acid obtained by the above formula. 

Properties. Tannic acid is soluble in about one part of water or 
0.6 part of alcohol at N. T. With the aid of heat it dissolves in about 
one part of glycerin, but is insoluble in absolute alcohol, ether, chlo- 
roform or benzin. The solution of tannin in water forms precipitates 
(tannates) with most alkaloids and bitter principles of drugs and with 
solutions of gelatin, albumen and starch. 

Uses. In the arts tannin in the form of extracts from barks, leaves, 
seeds, fruit or roots, is extensively used for tanning leather. In man- 
ufacturing chemicals it is much used in various manipulations. 

In medicine tannin is used as an astringent both internally and ex- 
ternally, and is a common ingredient of suppositories, injections, 
washes, ointments etc. 

Tannates Tannic acid combines with some of the metals and 
with many of the alkaloids forming salts known as tannates which are 
considerably used in medicine. The combination with metallic bases 
is usually effected by interaction of some metallic salt with tannin 
in solution, while with alkaloids the action may be direct between 
solutions of the alkaloids and tannin. 

Gallotannic Acid. Another name for tannic acid or tannin. 

ACIDUM TARTARICUM. U. S., Br. Tartaric Acid. 

H 2 QH 4 6 = 149-64, U. S. C 4 H 6 O e , Br. 
"An organic acid usually prepared from argols."<U. S. 
"Tartaric acid or dextro-rotary hydrogen tartrate, C 4 H 6 6 , pre- 
pared from acid potassium tartrate. In constitution it may be re- 
garded as dioxysuccinic acid or dihydroxysuccinic acid. 

CH-OH-COOH. 
CH-OH-COOH."<Br. 1898. 
Preparation. The present U. S. and Br. P. give no formula for mak- 
ing this acid. The Br. P. formula of 1885 was as follows: 

Acid Tartrate of Potassium, 45 ounces av. 

Distilled Water, a sufficiency. 

Prepared Chalk, I2>4 ounces av. 

Chloride of Calcium, 13^ ounces av. 

Sulphuric Acid, 13 fl.ounces 

"Boil the acid tartrate of potassium with two gallons (Imperial 
measure) of the water, and add gradually the chalk, constantly stir- 
ring. When the effervescence has ceased add the chloride of calcium 
dissolved in 40 Imperial fl.ounces of water. When the tartrate of 
calcium has subsided pour off the liquid and wash the tartrate with 
distilled water until it is rendered tasteless. Pour the sulphuric acid 
first diluted with 60 Imperial fl.ounces of water upon the tartrate of 
calcium. Mix thoroughly, boil for half an hour, with repeated stir- 



386 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

rings, and filter through calico. Evaporate the filtrate at a low tem- 
perature until it acquires the sp. gr. of 1.21, allow to cool, then sep- 
arate and reject the crystals of sulphate of potassium which have 
formed. Again evaporate the clear liquor until a film appears on the 
surface and allow it to cool and crystallize. Lastly purify the crys- 
tals by solution, filtration, (if necessary) and recrystallization."<Br. 

Tartaric acid was first isolated by Scheele in 1770. The commer- 
cial process for preparing this acid is somewhat different, and it is 
seldom prepared except by manufacturing chemists. 

Properties. Tartaric acid is rarely found in drug stores except in 
the form of powder, which is quite apt to mass and form into lumps. 
It may, however, be readily reduced to powder again in a mortar. 
It is soluble in about 0.8 part of cold or 0.5 part of boiling water, in 
about 2.5 parts of alcohol. It melts at I35°C. (275°F.), and at a 
higher temperature it is decomposed having an odor of burning sugar, 
and is finally consumed, leaving no more than 0.05 percent, of ash. 
It is a mistake to put this acid into glass jars, as it adheres to the 
sides and masses, making it hard to get out, while if kept in paper 
boxes, or even in a tough paper sack or a wooden drawer, it loses 
somewhat of its water of crystallization and becomes dry rather than 
damp as it does when kept in glass. 

To neutralize 3.75 Gm. of tartaric acid should require 50 Cc. of 
potassium hydrate test solution, (each Cc. corresponding to 2 percent, 
of the pure acid), phenolphtalein being used as an indicator. This 
test is often required as this acid is often an ingredient of baking 
powders. A solution of this acid is often used at the soda fountain 
for making "acid phosphate," lemon or orange phosphate. 

Tartaric acid has many properties in common with sugar, allusion 
being made to them in the description of this acid in the Br. P., that 
is, its property of turning polarized light to the right or left. 

This acid exists in five forms as follows : 

Dextro-tartaric acid, which is the commonly known tartaric acid ; 
a solution of this acid in water turns the plane of polarization to the 
right. 

Dioxysuccinic Acid. The chemical name for tartaric acid. 

Lasvo-tartaric acid, its solution in water turning the plane of pol- 
arization to the left. 

Racemic or para-tartaric acid, which has no effect on polarized 
light. 

Meso-tartaric acid, which is also inactive. 

Meta-tartaric acid, by fusing ordinary tartaric acid. 

The first form only is generally found and known in commerce. 

Uses. As an ingredient of baking powder this acid is extensively 
used in combination with some alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate. 

In the making of effervescent salts, which are popular forms of 
medication, it is much used. In solution it is used as a fruit acid for 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 387 

acidulating soda water syrups and in squirt bottles to make "phos- 
phates drinks." It is also used considerably in making artificial lem- 
onade, and in medicine for making effervescing and refrigerating 
drinks. 

The dose is from 5 to 10 grains. (0.32 to 2 Gms.). 

Tartrates. Tartaric acid combines with the bases of alkaline car- 
bonates, and with many other metallic carbonates and with alkaloids 
and some of their salts forming normal tartrates, and with some bases, 
bitartrates which are known as acid tartrates. 

The tartrates are generally quite soluble. When neutral potassium 
salts in solution are added to a solution of tartaric acid, a crystalline 
precipitate of acid potassium tartrate is formed. This property of 
tartaric acid is of considerable value in separating hypophosphorous, 
hydrobromic and iodic acids from their combinations with potassium 
salts. 

ACIDUM THIOSULPHURICUM. Thiosulphuric Acid. 

This acid to which is given the formula H 2 S 2 3 , is known only in 
its combinations and is the first member of a series called the 
"Thionic Series." It differs from sulphuric acid by the replacement 
of one oxygen atom by one sulphur atom. It is improperly called 
"hydrosulphuric acid." The other members of the series are di- 
thionic acid, H 2 S 2 6 ; trithionic acid, H 2 S 3 O e ; and pentathionic acid, 
H 2 S 5 O e . These acids form combinations with various bases, forming 
thionic salts which are now frequently noticed. 

AClfiUM TRICHLORACETICUM. U. S. Trichloracetic Acid. 

HC 2 Cl 3 2 =i62.i2. 

"A monobasic organic acid [CCl 3 *COOH], usually obtained by the 
oxidation of hydrated chloral with nitric acid."<U. S. 

Properties. It is in white deliquescent crystals, very soluble in 
water, alcohol and ether. Upon boiling its aqueous solution it is de- 
composed into chloroform and carbon dioxide. At 52°C. (i25°F.) it 
melts and at 195 °C. (383 °F.) it boils and vaporizes without leaving 
a residue. 

Uses. Like the other chloracetic acids it is caustic, and is chiefly 
used for the removal of warts or morbid growths and in solution for 
the treatment of diseased gums or papilloma. It must be carefully 
used in interior cavities. 

Dose internally, from 3 to 10 grains. (0.20 to 0.679 Cc). 

ACIDUM VALERICUM. Valeric Acid. 

[Valerianic Acid]. 

C 5 H 10 O 2 =iO2. 

This acid may be prepared from valerian root according to the Fr. 

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388 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

sulphuric acid and potassium bichromate, as directed in the Ital Farm. 
The product of the Ital. Farm, is Amylic Acid, which is identical with 
valerianic (valeric) acid. 

Properties. When purified by distillation valerianic acid is a color- 
less liquid having the peculiar odor of valerian. It dissolves in 30 
times its weight of water and in all proportions in alcohol and ether. 
It boils at I75°C. Its sp. gr. at o°C. it 0.955. 

Valerianates or Valerates. A considerable number of valerianates 
(valerates) are prepared and used in medicine. They all have the 
characteristic odor of valerian, and therapeutic action similar to 
valerian. Nervine and antispasmodic. 

In the U. S. P. the two salts now official — ammonium and zinc — 
are called Valerates and manufacturing chemists in this country now 
label and list all salts of valerianic or valeric acid as Valerates. 

Other Acids. 

The foregoing acids include all that are officially recognized in the 
pharmacopoeias. There are, however, a large number of organic acids, 
and many inorganic acids, and compound acids, not described in this 
section but mentioned under the titles of the substances from which 
they are obtained or derived, or by other titles throughout this work. 
The index refers to the pages on which they may be found. 

ACONITINA. U.S., Br. Aconitine. 
C 34 H„N0 11 =640.55. 

"An alkaloid obtained from Aconite. It should be kept in amber- 
colored, well-stoppered vials. "<U. S. 

"An alkaloid obtained from aconite root, and having the formula 
CH»N9„."<Br. 

Aconitine is present in aconite, associated with several other alka- 
loids, as pseud-aconitine, C se H 49 N0 12 ; picraconitine, C 31 H 45 NO 10 ; aco- 
nine, C, 6 H 41 NO u ; pseud-aconine, C^H^NO^ ; aconitic acid, 
H 8 C e H 8 d 6 etc. 

Owing to the many varieties of aconite root of commerce which 
yield different alkaloids, any general formula which would apply to 
all would be uncertain in its results, as different varieties of aconite 
yield different alkaloids. This alkaloid is therefore, chiefly manu- 
factured by a few manufacturing chemists who have made a reputa- 
tion for their particular make. The crystallized aconitine, made by 
the French chemist Duquesnal, stands the highest, but the most that 
is found in the market is amorphous, and is supplied by other chem- 
ical establishments of good repute. 

The following process for making" crystallized aconitine was pro- 
posed by John Williams, F. C. S., at the August, 1880, meeting of the 
Br. Pharmaceutical Council. The root of Aconitum Napellus only 
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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 389 

The root should be brought to the state of a coarse powder only ; 
if made very fine it is difficult to work. It should be exhausted with 
spirit of full strength (recitified spirit), say 62 to 64 per cent., about 
four ounces of tartaric acid to each cwt. of the root should be dis- 
solved in the spirit ; cold maceration for about four days, followed by 
percolation, returning the percolate to the root for the second macera- 
tion for a day, then percolating until the drug is exhausted and a very 
concentrated tincture is obtained. The spirit must now be distilled 
off at the lowest possible temperature, but the distillation should be 
stopped and a little hot water added before all the spirit has passed 
over. The evaporation by water-bath is then to be continued by 
gentle heat until all traces of the spirit have been driven off. The 
thin aqueous extract is then to be filtered through coarse wetted filter 
paper, which separates the resinous and a portion of the oily matter; 
the remainder of the oily matter is then removed by shaking with 
ether, the ether is separated and to the remaining purified aqueous 
extract a slight excess of concentrated solution of carbonate of sodium 
(sal soda) is added, which precipitates the alkaloid; this is heated and 
the alkaloids separated into a mass, which is to be washed on a filter 
with hot water, then dried and macerated in several portions, of pure 
ether. The other washings are then to be mixed, filtered and allowed 
to evaporate spontaneously. Crystals of aconitine may then be col- 
lected, drained and dried. 

The U. S. P. preparation as described is essentially the same as 
would be made by this formula. It is soluble at 25°C. (77°F.) in 
3200 parts of water, 22 parts of alcohol, 44 parts of ether, 56 parts of 
benzene ; very soluble in chloroform. 

Aconitine has been used externally in the form of an ointment and 
oleate ; the former is official in the Br. P. (see Ointments), and the 
latter is supplied by manufacturing chemists. (See Oleates). On 
account of its great power and the uncertainty of the preparation on 
the market, it has been but little used internally; but as more reliable 
and uniform aconitine is now being produced, it is more employed. 
It is generally used in the form of a triturate, one part with 500 parts 
sugar of milk. The dose of aconitine is from 1 / 500 to 1 / 250 of a grain, 
hence the dose of a triturate 1 : 500 is from 1 to 2 grains. It is used 
for the same purpose as aconite in fever, neuralgia etc. 

Average dose. — U. S., 0.00015 Gm.=o.i5 milligramme, ( 1 / 400 grain). 

Aconitinum Nitricum. Aconitine Nitrate, CggH^NO-^HNOg. 

This may be prepared by dissolving aconitine in diluted nitric acid 
just sufficient to effect solution, then evaporating and crystallizing; 
or by exhausting aconite root with alcohol, as directed for making 
aconitine, distilling off the alcohol, adding boiling water and a slight 
excess of ammonia water, filtering, dissolving the filtrate in water 
acidulated with nitric acid, evaporating and crystallizing. Aconitine 



390 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

sulphate and other salts of aconitine may be prepared in the same 
manner as the nitrate by using corresponding acids. The salts are 
readily soluble and possess the same properties as the alkaloid ; ioo 
parts contain 91.10 aconitine. The dose, when administered inter- 
nally, is from Vsoo to V200 grain. 

ACONITUM. U. S. Aconite. 

"The dried tuberous root of Aconitum Napellus, Linne (Fam. Ran- 
unculacese), collected in autumn; yielding, when assayed by the 
process given, not less than 0.5 percent, of aconitine." <U. S. 

(See Part I, page 118, and assay process in U. S. P.). 

ACRYL. 

The hypothetical radical, C 2 H 2 0, of acrolein and like substances. 

Acrolein. C 3 H 4 . A volatile, colorless liquid, with pungent taste 
and irritating vapor, obtained by destructive distillation of fats, or 
by dehydrating glycerin. 

Acrylic Acid. C 4 H 4 0. A colorless compound made by the oxida- 
tion of acrolein. 

ADEPS. Lard. 

"The prepared internal fat of the abdomen of the hog, purified by 
washing with w T ater, melting and straining. It should be kept in well- 
closed vessels impervious to fat, in a cool place." <U. S. 

''The purified fat of hogs, sus scrofa, Linn." < Br. The title Adeps 
Prseparatus, Prepared Lard, has formerly been official in the Br. P., 
but is changed in the last revision to Adeps, Lard. 

The name lard is applied commercially to the rendered fat of the 
hog ; but in pharmacy the term is intended only to apply to lard puri- 
fied by washing with water, melting and straining. The process 
described in the present Br. P. is as follows : 

Preparation. "From the perfectly fresh fat of the abdomen of the 
hog remove as much of the external membranes as possible. Sus- 
pend the fat so that it shall be freely exposed to the air for some hours ; 
cut into small pieces ; reduce these to a uniform mass in which the 
membrane vesicles are completely broken, by beating in a mortar or 
by some similar process ; put the mass thus produced into a vessel 
surrounded by warm water ; heat to a temperature not exceeding 
I35°F. (57.2°C.) until the fat has melted and separated from the 
membranous matter; strain." 

It will be observed that the British process avoids the use of a 
high degree of heat and will thus produce a lard of softer consistency 
than that made by rendering with steam as is usual with lard obtained 
in commerce, as the latter would contain a greater percentage of 
stearin and the more solid fats. 

In this country lard is generally prepared for use in pharmacy (if it 
is prepared at all) by washing it on a stone slab, allowing a stream of 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 391 

water to trickle over it and working it with a wooden spatula or mul- 
ler until free from odor or impurities. It is then melted and strained, 
and is known as prepared or washed lard. 

The following" method of washing lard which was first published 
in Fenners Complete Formulary is recommended as being more con- 
venient and as producing better results than washing on a slab. 

Melt the lard and pour it into any convenient bottle that has three 
times the capacity of the lard to be washed. While the lard is still 
melted fill the bottle nearly full of hot water and while the mixture 
is cooling, agitate it frequently ; by this means the lard is granulated 
or reduced to small fragments and is thoroughly washed, as it cools. 
When cold, pour off the water and add fresh cold water to the gran- 
ulated lard ; agitate as before, pour off the water and repeat the wash- 
ings in this manner until the lard is thoroughly washed and is free 
from odor. The lard may then be melted in the bottle by surrounding 
it with hot water or otherwise and strained into earthen-ware jars. 
By adding a fluid drachm of tincture of benzoin to each pound of the 
lard when melted in the bottle, and macerating for an hour or two it 
will keep almost indefinitely without becoming rancid and may ap- 
propriately be used as Benzoinated Lard. 

Properties and Uses. Lard is insoluble in alcohol, entirely soluble 
in ether, chloroform, carbon disulphide, and benzin. Sp. gr. about 
0.917 at 25°C. (77°F.). Melts at ioo.4°F. [ioo°F. (37.8°C.) Br.]. 
When melted it unites readily with wax and paraffin, which should 
themselves be melted. It consists of olein, which is commercially 
known as lard oil, stearin, which is chiefly used in making candles, 
and palmitin. 

In pharmacy, lard as described in the pharmacopoeias, prepared or 
washed should be used for making benzoinated lard, simple cerate, 
simple ointments and other cerates and ointments, and should be dis- 
pensed when lard is directed to be used. It is unfortunate, however, 
that only a small proportion of the present day druggists keep the 
prepared or washed lard on hand, the great majority of pharmacists 
using in its place ordinary butcher's lard, which soon becomes rancid. 

Besides its uses in medicinal preparations, washed or prepared lard 
is extensively used in Continental Europe for absorbing the odor 
of flowers used in making perfumes. (See Perfumes). 

ADEPS BENZOINATUS. U. S. Benzoinated Lard. 

Adeps Benzoatus. Br. Benzoated Lard. 

1 he U. S. formula is : 

"Lard, 1000 grammes or 1 pound av. 

Benzoin, coarse powder, 20 grammes or 140 grains 

"Add the benzoin to the lard and mix thoroughly ; then melt the 
lard by means of a water-bath, and, stirring frequently continue the 



392 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

heat for two hours, covering the vessel and not allowinig the tempera- 
ture to rise above 6o°C.( I40°F.). Lastly strain the liquid through mus- 
lin and stir occasionally while it cools. When benzoinated lard is to 
be used during warm weather, 5 percent, (or more if necessary) of the 
lard should be replaced by white wax."<U. S. 

The formulas of other pharmacopoeias except the Br. correspond 
in quantity with the U. S. 

The Br. formula for Adeps Benzoatus, Benzoated Lard is: 
Lard, 500 grammes or 1 pound av. 

Benzoin, in powder, 15 grammes or 210 grains 

"Melt the lard on a water-bath, add the benzoin; continue the appli- 
cation of heat for two hours, frequently stirring; remove the residue 
of the benzoin by straining; stir the Benzoated Lard until cold." 
<Br. 1898. 

It will be observed that the proportion of benzoin used is 50 percent, 
more than in the U. S. formula and that the temperature is not lim- 
ited as in that of the U. S. While the additional quantity of benzoin 
used is probably of advantage, it is questionable if the degree of heat 
should not be restricted not to exceed /0°C. (i58°F.). 

Uses. Benzoinated lard is now quite generally used as the basis 
of the official ointments, and is prescribed as a vehicle for the external 
application of many medicaments. When properly prepared it will 
keep indefinitely and retains the balsamic odor of the benzoin. 

ADEPS LAN^. U. S., Br. Wool Fat. 

"The purified fat of the wool of sheep (Ovis Aries Linne) freed 
from water." <U. S. 

"The purified cholesterine-fat of sheeps' wool."<Br. 

Wool fat (without water) is described in the Br. P. as "a yellowish, 
tenacious, unctious substance ; almost inodorous ; melting point varies 
from 104 to I44°F. (40 to 444°C.) readily soluble in chloroform or 
ether, sparingly soluble in alcohol (90 percent.) etc." The wool fat 
found in the market usually contains considerable water and is given 
the official name "Adeps Lanse Hydrosus." It is seldom, however, 
prescribed by this name, most physicians writing Adeps Lanse or 
Lanolin when the hydrous wool fat is designed to be used. 

ADEPS LANiE HYDROSUS. U. S., Br. 

Hydrous Wool Fat. 

''The purified fat of the wool of sheep (Ovis Aries Linne) mixed 
with not more than 30 percent, of water." <U. S. 

The Br. P. directs this preparation to be prepared from Adeps 
Lanae as follows : 

Wool Fat, 140 Gm. or 7 ounces 

Distilled Water, 60 Cc. or 3 fl. ounces 



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Place the wool fat in a warm mortar ; add the distilled water grad- 
ually and with constant trituration. < Br. 

Yellowish white ; free from rancid odor. When heated, it separates 
into an upper oily and a lower aqueous layer. 

The P. G. Directs 

Anhydrous Wool Fat, 75 parts 

Water, 25 parts 

to be mixed in the same manner as is described under the Br. formula. 

Lanolin, as this ointment base is more generally known in this 
country, has the property of retaining a considerable percentage of 
water, making it useful as an ointment base when it is desirable to 
use salts soluble in water for external application. It is obtained from 
the washings of wool by a patented process invented by Leibreich. 
The fat is separated from the washings, treated, cleaned, purified and 
rendered neutral by several complicated processes, producing finally 
the preparation found upon the market as Adeps Lanae, Oleum Lanse, 
Lanolin, Aginine and by several other names that have been given it 
by different manufacturers. It is an ointment base, emmolient and 
skin food. 

It is used chiefly in ointments in which the medicaments with which 
it is combined are to act by being absorbed through the skin. It 
takes up twice its weight of water without losing its ointment consis- 
tence. 

ADRENALIN. Epinephrine. 

C 10 H 15 NO 3 = 195-67- 

This active principle of the suprarenal glands of animals was first 
isolated by the Japanese chemist Takamine, and introduced to the 
trade by Parke, Davis & Co. Since its introduction similar prepar- 
ations under other trade names have been produced by many other 
chemical houses. Adrin, Adnephrin, Adrenal, Adrenamine, Caprenalin, 
Epinephrin, Hemisine, Hemostatin, Paranephrin, Suprarenaline, Sup- 
rarenin, are names by which this principle is marketed by various con-, 
cerns. It is, chemically, dihydroxymethylaminoethylbenzene, 
C c H 3 (OH) 2 (CHOH,CH 2 NHCH 3 ), a feebly basic, crystalline, white 
substance of bitter taste, but little soluble in water and readily oxidized 
in presence of air or organic substances. 

For this reason its soluble hydrochloride is generally supplied to 
physicians in normal salt solution 1 : 1000, preserved with 3^2 percent, 
chloretone. It is administered generally by subcutaneous or intra- 
venous injection, but may be applied locally. It -is a vaso-constrictor 
and hemostatic of great power. Locally its solution is used in opthal- 
mic and laryngial operations preventing the flow of blood. The dose 
of the solution as above is from 5 to 30 minims, (0.3 to 2 Cc). The 
crystalline principle is also administered in the form of an oleate 



394 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

i : iooo or dissolved in oil, as a spray for mucous surfaces, to be used 
with a nebulizer, and in the form of ointment. 

^THERES — ETHERS. 

Ethers are volatile liquids, which, from their property of rapid evap- 
oration have derived their name Ether (air). They are chemically 
oxides of alcohol radicals, made by mixing acids with alcohols etc., 
and distilling over the lighter portions. They are mostly inflammable, 
and of low specific gravity. 

The name Ether is applied in pharmacy only to the variety known 
commercially as sulphuric ether, and chemically as ethyl oxide; other 
ethers are known commercially by the names of the acids with which 
the alcohol radical is combined, as acetic ether, nitrous ether, or 
chemically by the names of the acid and alcohol radical, as amyl 
acetate, ethyl nitrite etc. Some substances are termed ethers which 
are not properly so classed, as petroleum ethers, while others which 
are properly ethers do not bear the name, as amyl nitrite etc. 

Ethers require conveniences for making not generally at hand ex- 
cept in chemical laboratories, and are therefore usually supplied by 
manufacturing chemists. 

The ethers chiefly used in pharmacy are derived from the amyl and 
ethyl alcohols. The amyl ethers are mainly used for making artificial 
fruit and liquor flavors ; and the ethyl ethers are chiefly used in med- 
icine. Besides these, ethers are made from methyl, propyl, butyl, cap- 
royl and some other alcohol radicals. They are chiefly used in making 
artificial fruit flavors. Nearly all acids may be combined with these 
alcohols to form ethers, the combination being the same chemically as 
when acids unite with other bases to form salts, except that the ethers 
are always gaseous or liquid, and are separated by distillation. 

Under this heading will be considered the preparations which are 
official in the pharmacopoeias or well known commercially as ethers, 
and a few etherial preparations not otherwise classified ; other etherial 
preparations will be mentioned under the headings in which they prop- 
erly belong. 

Ethyl Ethers. Various acids combine with ordinary (ethyl) alco- 
hol (C,H 5 OH) to form a variety of ethers. Several of these are used 
in medicine and in making medicinal preparations ; while some of 
them are used to prepare artifical fruit and liquor flavors. The fol- 
lowing list includes most of the ethyl ethers that are used. They are 
known commercially as ethers : 

Ethyl Acetate, CoH^HUC^ Acetk Ether. 

Ethyl Benzoate, C2H5C-H 3 0- Benzoic Ether. 

Ethyl Bromide, C 2 H 3 Br Hydrobromic Ether. 

Ethyl Butyrate, C.-H^HtO? Butyric Ether. 

Ethyl Formate, C 2 H 5 CH02 Formic Ether. 

Ethyl Iodide, C 2 H 5 I Hydriodic Ether. 

Ethyl Chloride, C 2 H 5 C1 Hydrochloric Ether. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 395 

Ethyl Nitrite. C2H5NO2 Nitrous Ether. 

Ethyl Oxide, (C 2 H 5 ) 2 Sulphuric Ether. 

Ethyl Pelargonate. C2H5C9H17O2 Pelargonic Ether. 

Ethyl (Enanthate, C2H5C7H1.3O2 CEnanthic Ether. 

Ethyl Sebacate, C2H5C10H16O5 Sebacic Ether. 

Of the foregoing butyric ether resembles pineapple in flavor, and is 
often called pineapple oil. CEnanthic ether resembles the greengage 
or plum in flavor, pelargonic ether the quince, and sebacic ether the 
melon. 

^THER. U. S., Br. Ether. Ethyl Oxide. 
(C 2 H 5 ) 2 0=73-52. 

The discovery of ether is attributed to Fabrenius ; but it was studied 
afterward by Godfrey Haenkwitz in England and by Grosse in France 
in 1734, and described by them. 

"A liquid composed of about 96 percent., by weight, of absolute 
Ether or Ethyl Oxide [(C 2 H 5 ) 2 0=73.52], and about 4 percent, of 
alcohol containing a little water. Ether should be kept in partially- 
filled, well-stoppered containers, preferably tin cans, in a cool place re- 
mote from lights or fire. v <U. S. Sp. gr. 0.716 to 0.717 at 2= ) °C. (77°F.). 

This was known in the 1880 U. S. P. as Ether Fortior. 

"A volatile liquid prepared from ethylic alcohol by interaction with 
sulphuric acid. It contains not less than 92 percent., by volume, of 
ethyl oxide, (C 2 H 5 ) 2 0. It was formerly termed sulphuric ether." < Br. 

The ether of the other pharmacopoeias varies but slightly in sp. gr. 
from the U. S. and Br. standards, and is practically the same in all 
European countries. 

Preparation. Xo process is now given in the U. S. or Br. pharma- 
copoeias for preparing ether, its production being given over to the 
manufacturing chemists. It is sufficient in a general way to state 
that alcohol, 95 percent., about 7 parts, and sulphuric acid, 66 per- 
cent., about 10 parts, are taken ; the acid being placed in a retort and 
mixed with one third of the alcohol. The apparatus must be so ar- 
ranged that alcohol may be continually added to the retort, which is 
suitably attached to a receiver, and arranged for cooling the liquid as 
it distils over. The interaction continues between the alcohol and 
acid, the heat being generated by it and maintained and regulated by 
the supply of alcohol which is allowed to enter the retort. When all 
the alcohol is added and the reaction is complete, the ether which has 
distilled over is purified and rectified and redistilled at a low degree 
of heat to secure the ether of proper sp. gr. 

Properties. Ether is very volatile and inflammable. Its sp. gr. 
about 0.725, is lower than most liquid substances. It boils at about 
35-5°C (96°F-)> U. S., 40.5°C. (io5°F.), Br., and evaporates without 
leaving a residue. It is soluble in about ten times its volume of water 
and is miscible in all proportions with alcohol, chloroform, benzin and 
oils. 



396 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Uses. Ether is a solvent for most of the oils, resins and oleo-resins, 
and is used in making several important galenicals, as the oleo- 
resins, collodion, deodorized tincture of opium etc. 

In medicine ether is employed internally as a sedative and anodyne ; 
and by inhalation as an anaesthetic, (purified ether being generally 
employed for that purpose). It is also used as a local anaesthetic in 
the form of spray and as an ingredient in many anti-spasmodic prep- 
arations and anodynes, — both internally and externally. 

Average dose. — i Cc. (15 minims). 

It may be given internally in doses of from 15 to 60 minims, poured 
upon a little cold water and taken at a draught, or mixed with alco- 
hol as in Hoffmann's drops, or in the form of syrup, a dose being 
shaken with several times its weight of dry sugar, water being added, 
and taken at once. 

Ether Commercial. Commercial ether which is quite generally fur- 
nished unless purified ether is specified, corresponds with the U. S. P. 
of 1880, which is described as "A liquid composed of 74 percent, of 
ethyl oxide and 26 percent, of alcohol containing a little water." Sp. 
gr. 0.750 at N. T. 

Washed Ether or Lethon which is also found in commerce cor- 
responds with the present Br. standard, being of the sp. gr. about 
0.735 at N. T. This ether is purified by washing with water, but the 
water is not subsequently removed by redistillation as is described 
under purified ether. It contains about 92 percent, of ethyl oxide, and 
about 8 percent, of water. 

AETHER PURIFICATUS. Br. Purified Ether. 

"Ether from which most of the ethylic alcohol has been removed by 
washing with distilled water, and most of the water by subsequent 
distillation in the presence of calcium chloride and recently prepared 
lime."<Br. 

Purified ether has the same general characteristics and properties 
as ether, and should be employed for inhalation. 

^THER ACETICUS. U. S., Br. Acetic Ether. Ethyl Acetate. 

This ether was discovered by Lauraguais in 1750. 

"A liquid composed of about 90 percent., by weight, of Ethyl 
Acetate [CH 3 COOC 2 H 5 =874o], and about 10 percent, of alcohol con- 
taining a little water. It should be kept in well-stoppered bottles in 
a cool and dark place, remote from lights and fires." <U. S. 

"An etherial liquid consisting of ethyl acetate, CH 3 'COO(CH-), 
together with unimportant amounts of ethylic alcohol or other sub- 
stances, obtained by distillation from a mixture of ethylic alcohol, 
sulphuric acid and dried sodium acetate, digestion of the distillate 
with dried potassium carbonate and subsequent separation by dis- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 397 

tillation of the portion boiling between 165 and iy2°F. (73.9 and 

77°8C). 

Preparation. The Br. P. of 1885 gave a formula for making this 
ether corresponding with the above description, which was as follows: 
Rectified Spirit, 32^ fl. ounces 

Sulphuric Acid, 32)4 fl. ounces 

Acetate of Sodium, 40 ounces 

Carbonate of Potassium, freshly dried, 6 ounces 

To the spirit slowly add the acid, keeping the fluid cool, and, the 
product being cold, add the acetate, mixing thoroughly. Distil 45 
fl. ounces. Digest the distillate with the carbonate of potassium for 
three days in a stoppered bottle. Separate the etherial fluid and again 
distil until all but about 4 fl. ounces have passed over. Preserve the 
resulting acetic ether in a well-closed bottle and in a cool place. 

Uses. This ether is employed in production of artificial fruit es- 
sences and flavors, and in some other preparations in which an etherial 
acetic flavor is desired. Tt is but little used in medicine, and is sel- 
dom given internally, the dose being from 15 to 30 minims, (1 to 2 
Cc.) if thus used. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

^THER AMYL-NITROSUS. Amyl-Nitrite. 

In several foreign pharmacopoeias this preparation is official under 
the titles beginning with ether, but in the U. S., Br. and Ger. Ph. it 
is classed under its radical title as Amyl nitrite, (which see). 

AETHER FORMICUS. Formic Ether. Ethyl Formate. 

C 2 H 5 CH0 2 =74- 
This ether was first made known by Bucholz in 1782. 

Sodium Formate, dry, 9 parts 

Alcohol, 90%, 9 parts 

Sulphuric Acid, 10 parts 

The sodium formate and alcohol are to be placed in a retort and the 
acid slowly added. When the acid is added heat enough is usually 
generated to vaporize the ether which forms and is condensed in a re- 
ceiver surrounded by ice. If more heat is required it can be applied 
with a water-bath. The distilled ether is then to be agitated with an 
equal volume of water containing magnesia or lime in suspension, and 
afterwards separated and deprived of any water by rectification from 
calcium chloride. 

Properties. Formic ether is a colorless, inflammable liquid, sp. gr. 
0.918; boils at 53°C. (i27.4°F.) ; soluble in 9 parts of water and in all 
proportions in alcohol and ether. 

Uses. It is employed in making artificial fruit flavors, but is seldom 
used in medicine. 



398 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

^THER NITROSUS. Nitrous Ether. Ethyl Nitrite. 

N 2 H 5 N0 2 . 

Under this title or the name of Concentrated Nitrous Ether, prepar- 
ations have been extensively advertised and sold for the purpose of 
making Spirit of Nitrous Ether (which see). This ether is the same 
as is formed in the process of making this spirit, before the alcohol is 
added, and the concentrated nitrous ether may be made in the same 
manner as spirit of nitrous ether, up to the time of adding the alcohol. 
This is never prescribed or used except to make spirit of nitrous ether, 
which is made with one part, by weight, of nitrous ether, and nine- 
teen parts, by weight, of alcohol. 

This ether is very convenient, as it avoids keeping a large quantity 
of spirit of nitrous ether on hand, which would otherwise be necessary. 
It should be kept in a cool place and care must be exercised in open- 
ing the bottles, as it boils at a low temperature. 

JETHEROLES or ETHEROLES. 

Etherate of Ammonia. Water of ammonia, 22°, by weight, I part; 
ether, by weight, I part. Mix. This is used as an application for rheu- 
matism, neuralgia, headache etc. 

Etherate of Camphor. Camphor, by weight, I part; ether, (76 per- 
cent.), by weight, 9 parts. Dissolve the camphor in the ether. This is 
used as an application for toothache, headache, pain, swelling etc., 
and as an antispasmodic for convulsions, croup etc. A saturated sol- 
ution of camphor in ether is also used. 

Etherate of Iodine, Magendie. Iodine, 1 part; ether, 15 parts. Dis- 
solve. 

Etherate of Mercury, Hufland's. Mercury, 1 part ; ether, 60 parts. 
Dissolve. 

Etherate of Phosphorus. Phosphorus 1 part, spirit or essence of 
peppermint 12 parts, ether 150 parts. Put the phosphorus with the 
essence in a small bottle tightly stopped and warm by water-bath 
until the phosphorus is melted, then add the ether and allow to mac- 
erate for several days with frequent agitation. This is similar to sev- 
eral tinctures and solutions of phosphorus, and may be used whenever 
phosphorus in a free state is indicated. Dose, 2 minims, on sugar. 
Two minims represent about 1 / 80 grain of phosphorus. The above 
is the formula of Lobelius. Another etherate of phosphorus is some- 
times used, but is an unsafe remedy on account of its strength. It is 
as follows : 

Phosphorus, 1 part 

Ether, 50 parts 

Macerate with frequent agitation in a small well-stoppered bottle 
for thirty days. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 399 

Etherate of Sulphur. Washed sulphur I part, stronger ether 10 
parts. Mix and macerate with frequent agitation for 30 days. 

This is given as a preventative and cure for cholera and other zy- 
motic and septic diseases. 

Etherate of Turpentine. This is official in Xedl. S. under the title 
^Ether Terebinthinatus. Purified oil of turpentine 1 part, ether 4 
parts. Mix them. 

Etherate of Zinc. Zinc chloride, by weight, 15 parts; ether, by 
weight, 60 parts ; absolute alcohol, by weight, 30 parts. Mix and de- 
cant after standing a few hours. This is given as an antispasmodic 
in doses of 2 to 4 drops, administered in syrup. 

^ETHYLENI BICHORIDUM. 

Ethylene Bichloride. (Dutch Liquid). 

This liquid was discovered by Dutch chemists in 1795, and was 
used for a long time as an anodyne and anaesthetic until superseded by 
ether and chloroform. It is still much called for among the Holland 
Dutch. Its chemical formula is C 2 H 4 CL>. Sp. gr. 1.270, boils at 85°C. 
Ci85°F.). It is used by inhalation, the same as ether, or mixed with 
twice its weight of alcohol, making a preparation similar to Hoff- 
mann's Anodyne, and given in doses of from 10 to 30 minims. 

^ETHYLIS CARBAMAS. U. S. Ethyl Carbamate. 

"An ester of Carbamic Acid [CO(OC 2 H 5 )NH 2 ], obtained by the 
reaction of ethyl alcohol upon urea (carbamide) or one of its salts. 
It should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

This preparation is in colorless scales or crystals, and has a cool 
saline taste. It is soluble in less than one part of water, 0.6 part of 
alcohol and 3 parts of glycerin at 25 °C. (77°F.). 

Medicinal Uses. It is employed as an antispasmodic, hypnotic and 
sedative, and is particularly recommended in kidney troubles and irri- 
tability of the urinary tract. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

. ^THYLIS CHLORIDUM. U. S. Ethyl Chloride. 
-ZEther Hydrochloricus. 

"A haloid derivitive f Monochlor-Ethane, C 2 H 5 Cl=64.oo], prepared 
by the action of hydrochloric acid gas upon absolute ethyl alcohol." 

"On account of its extreme volatility, it should be preserved in 
hermetically sealed glass tubes, and kept in a cool place, remote from 
lights or fire."<U. S. 

This is a colorless, very volatile, inflammable liquid of agreeable 
odor and burning .taste. Sp. gr. 0.918 at 8°C. (46.4^.). It is but 
slightlv soluble in water but readilv soluble in alcohol. It boils at 
12.5° to i 3 °C. (54.5 to 554°F.). 



400 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

It is put up by manufacturers in 5 Cc. glass capsules with breakable 
end, for general anesthesia, and in 30, 50 and 60 Cc. graduated tubes 
with closures so that a portion may be used at a time, either for gen- 
eral or local anesthesia. 

Uses. This is used only by inhalation or for local anesthesia. The 
dose by inhalation being 1 to 3 rl. drachms (4 to 12 Cc). 

ALCOHOLES — ALCOHOLS. 

The general name Alcohol is applied to a class of substances which 
are, chemically, hydrates of a series of alcohol radicals. In pharmacy, 
alcohol is the hydrate of ethyl, and is obtained by distillation from fer- 
mented grains or other substances which contain starch or sugar, and 
have been subjected to fermentation. 

Alcohol Radicals and Primary Radicals. In chemistry, the alcohol 

radicals constitute a homologous series which increases by CH 2 (one 

atom of carbon to two or hydrogen). This is known as the QHo^ 

series (n equaling any number). Starting with hydrogen as a base, 

the radicals are built up by the successive additions of CH 2 . 

Alcohol Radicals. Primary Alcohols. 

[Hydrogen, 

Methyl. 

Ethyl, 

Propyl (or Trityl), 

Butyl (orTetryl), 

Amyl, 

Caproyl (or Hexyl), 

(Enanthyl (or Heptyl), 

Capryl (or Octyl), 

Nonyl, 

The foregoing primary alcohols are all liquids, their sp. gr. increas- 
ing with their molecular weight. To these mav be added Cetyl Alco- 
hol (C 16 H 33 HO), Ceryl Alcohol (C 27 H 55 HO), and Melissyl Alcohol 

(C 30 H 61 HO), which are white crystalline solids. 

Alcohol radicals are gaseous in their free state. They form hy- 
drides (which are mostly gaseous) with hydrogen; oxides or ethers 
( mostly liquid) with oxygen; hydrates with hydrogen and oxygen; 
aldehydes by the loss of hydrogen ; and acids by combining one equi- 
valent of oxygen with the aldehyde. The following table shows the 
changes that occur. 

Alcohol Radicals and their Derivatives. 
Methyl (CH 3 ) 2 , hydride CH 3 H; oxide (ether) (CH 3 ) 2 0; hydrate (alcohol) 

CH3OH; aldehyde CH 2 0; acid CH.O.. 
Ethyl (GH 5 ) 2 . hydride C2H5H; oxide (ether) (C 2 H 5 ) 2 0; hydrate (alcohol) 

GHr.OH; aldehvde GH 4 0; acid GH 4 2 . 
Propyl (GH-) 2 , hydride C 3 H 7 H; oxide (ether) (GH T ) 2 0; hydrate (alcohol) 

C.HtOH; aldehvde GILO; acid GH 6 0,. 
Butyl (C4H0)-, hydride GH 9 H ; oxide (ether) (GH 9 ) 2 0; hydrate (alcohol) 

GH.OH; aldehyde GH s O; acid GH 8 2 . 
Amyl (GHu) 2 . hvdride GH„H; oxide (ether) (GH u ) 2 0; hydrate (alcohol) 

C 3 H„OH; aldehyde GEUO: acid C 5 H l0 O 2 . 
Caproyl (GH 13 ) 2 , hydride GHi.H; oxide (ether) (GH l3 ) 2 0; hydrate alco- 
hol) C 6 H l3 OH; aldehyde GH 12 0; acid GH 12 Q 2 . 



H] 










CH 3 


Methy] 


1 (Wood 


Alcoh< 


3l) CH3OH 


GH 5 


Ethyl" 


(common alcohi 


d1) GH3OH 


GH 7 


Propyl 


Alcohol, 




GH.OH 


GHo 


Butyl 


Alcohol, 




GH 9 OH 


CsHu 


Amyl 


Alcohol, 




GHuOH 


GH 13 


Hexyl 


Alcohol, 




GH 13 OH 


GH 15 


Heptvl 


. Alcohol, 




CrH 15 OH 


CsH„ 


Octyl 


Alcohol, 




CsH 17 OH 


GH 19 


Xonyl 


Alcohol, 




GH l; ,OH 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 401 

Besides the above-mentioned primary alcohols, many other sub- 
stances, which have the same elements in different combinations, are 
grouped with alcohols, as glycerin or glyceric alcohol (C 3 H 5 (H0 3 ), 
the alcohols of the phenol series of which phenol or carbolic acid is a 
well known member, and many other less familiar substances. 

Commercially, only two kinds of alcohol are known in this country, 
namely, grain alcohol (ethyl alcohol), which is known simply by the 
name "alcohol," and wood alcohol (methyl alcohol), which is usually 
known by that name, but is also sold under the proprietary titles Al- 
colin, Columbian Spirit etc. Methylated spirit is sold in Great 
Britain for manufacturing purposes, without tax. It is composed of 
9 parts of alcohol and I part of wood alcohol, making it unfit for use 
as a beverage. 

ALCOHOL. U. S. Alcohol. Ethyl Alcohol. Ethyl Hydrate. 

C 2 H 5 OH=457o. 

"A liquid composed of about 92.3 percent., by weight, or about 94.9 
percent., by volume, of absolute Ethyl Alcohol [C 2 H 5 *OH=45.7o], 
and about J.J percent., by weight, of water. "<U. S. Sp. gr. at I5.6°C. 
(6o°F.), the standard temperature for alcohol, about 0.816; at 25°C. 
(77°F.), 0.809. It boils at ;8 C. (i72°F.). Miscible with water in all 
proportions and also miscible with ether and chloroform. <U. S. 

Commercial alcohol (188 proof), which is furnished by the dis- 
tillers in this country corresponds very closely with this description. 
Ethyl hydrate is composed of carbon 52.67, hydrogen 12.90, oxygen 
33.43 parts, by weight, in 100 parts. This, with a small percentage of 
water, is ethylic alcohol or the "alcohol"of commerce. 

History. The name is derived from the Arabic "Al kohol," meaning 
a trituration or grinding. It was at first applied to the preparation of 
antimony, which, being triturated to a fine powder was used by 
Oriental women for painting their eyebrows. Afterwards it came to 
be used as a name for other fine powders and for highly-rectified 
spirits ; but the use of the term seems to be arbitrary, rather than 
from any attribute or characteristic of the substance. 

As the term is now used it refers to a highly concentrated distilled 
spirit ; but the generic name Alcohols applies to a class of substances 
derived from hydro-carbon radicals by combination with hydroxyl. 

Ethyl hydrate, to which the name "alcohol" is chiefly applied, is the 
spirit distilled from the product of vinous fermentation. 

Alcohol was known to the alchemists and its discovery is said to be 
due to Albucasis and Arnold de Villeneuve in the twelfth century ; but 
they probably knew only a weak spirit which might have been pro- 
duced by the distillation of wine. Raymond Lully in the fourteenth 
century was acquainted with spirits of wine which he called "aqua 
ardens" and produced by distilling wine and concentrating the dis- 



402 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

tillate by means of potassium carbonate, and (probably) redistillation. 
Richter and Lcewitz afterwards, by the use of quiek-lime, succeeded 
in making alcohol nearly free from water; but it was not until the in- 
troduction of fractional distillation in 1801 by Adam, of Montpellier, 
France, that the production of alcohol on a commercial scale was 
made possible. 

Source. It is obtained by distillation from fermented grain, fruit 
or other substances composed largely of starch or sugar. These sub- 
stances are variously prepared and allowed to ferment, which develops 
alcohol, this is then recovered by distillation, a weak spirit being pro- 
duced, which is concentrated by redistillation etc. In this country 
alcohol is principally made from common whiskey, by redistillation. 
When grain is used for making alcohol or spirits a portion of it is 
malted for the purpose of developing the diastase. The coarsely- 
ground unmalted grain is then scalded to soften the starchy matter, 
the malt is added, which converts the starch first into dextrin, and 
then into saccharine matter. It is then cooled, yeast is added, and the 
vinous fermentation begins, converting the saccharine matter into al- 
cohol and liberating carbonic acid gas, (carbon dioxide). When fer- 
mentation has proceeded long enough the mash is put into stills, and 
the alcohol in a weak form (whiskey) is obtained. It is then redis- 
tilled to obtain the alcohol of commerce. 

When alcohol is made from fruit or saccharine matter, the process 
begins with the vinous fermentation. Alcohol is the spirit or "spirits" 
present in wines, beer, cider and all still, malt and distilled liquors ; 
its varying proportion determines the strength of the liquors. 

It is now extensively produced from the refuse of beet sugar and 
sugar cane factories. Vinous fermentation is readily induced in the 
saccharine refuse, and, if properly manipulated, alcohol may be ob- 
tained. The pressed pulp of grapes used for making unfermented 
grape juice is also fermented, and alcohol (brandy) may be distilled 
from it. In California and some other sections where wine can be 
produced cheaply, spirit is extensively distilled from it. This is used 
for fortifying wines, making rectified liquors etc. 

Proof of Spirits, or Alcohol. In this country liquors which contain 
one half, or 50 percent., by measure, of absolute alcohol are called 
Proof, or ioo°. If they contain more than that they are called over or 
above proof, and if less, below proof, the proof being shown by adding 
to or subtracting from 100; thus whiskey, gin, rum and brandy are 
generally proof, or ioo°. If five over proof, they would be called five 
above or over, or 105 °, and if ten less than proof, they would be called 
90 or ten below proof. Commercial alcohol is 188 or 88° over proof, 
or 94 percent., the percentage of alcohol by measure being always one 
half the proof degrees. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 403 

Proof Spirit. The United States Government official definition and 
standard of proof spirit is : "An alcoholic liquor which contains one- 
half its volume of absolute alcohol (sp gr. 0.7939 at 6o°F.)." Spirit 
which corresponds to this requirement is marked 100 . proof ; spirit 
containing a less percentage of alcohol is marked less than 100, as 90, 
85, 75 etc., containing a higher percentage of alcohol is marked over 
100, as 105, which would be called 5 over proof . 

High Wines. A name used by distillers for alcohol of somewhat 
lower proof than commercial alcohol, made by "doubling" low wines 
or singlings. No absolute percentage of alcohol is required in high 
wines, but it is customary to make them from 50 to 60 over proof, 
which is equivalent to alcohol of 150 to 160 . 

Low Wines or Singlings is a name given to the weak spirit obtained 
from the first distillation of mash or other substances from which al- 
cohol is distilled. They generally run from 75 to 100 proof, and are re- 
distilled or "doubled" to make high wines. 

Spirits of Wine is an old name for alcohol, found in many old for- 
mulas. Alcohol was formerly distilled from wine, therefore the name 
"spirits of wine." It is probable that the formulas in which this is 
directed contemplates a preparation of less spirit strength than the 
present alcohol ; but is is generally safe to use alcohol where "spirits 
of wine" is directed. 

Pure or Neutral Spirits. This is a name given to spirit of about 
ioo° proof, which has been purified or deodorized. It is used chiefly 
by rectifiers or manufacturers of wines, cordials etc., for mixing. It 
is known in the market as "Spirits" and is like cologne spirit but only 
a little more than one half its strength. 

Stronger Alcohol. This name was applied in the 1870 U. S. P. to al- 
cohol having sp. gr. 0.817, corresponding to 190 or 95% absolute alco- 
hol by volume. As this was a little stronger than commercial alcohol, 
and could not readily be obtained, it was very properly dismissed 
from later revisions. When this is directed in formulas, the ordinary 
commercial alcohol may be used. 

Spiritus Rectificatus. Rectified spirit of the 1898 Br. P. is changed 
to 90 percent., by volume, of ethyl hydroxide (absolute alcohol) in- 
stead of 84 percent.,, as was directed in the 1885 revision. This change 
should be taken into consideration when making Br. formulas. It is 
the standard alcohol of Great Britain. (See Spiritus Rectificatus). 

Spiritus, Weingeist of the Ph. Ger. 1900, is the "alcohol" of common 
use in Germany. It remains unchanged in the late revision. It cor- 
responds with the present Br. P. Rectified Spirit, having 91.2 to 90 
parts by volume of absolute alcohol in 100 parts. 

Percentage of Alcohol. In making various pharmacopceial prepar- 
ations, alcohol of different degrees or percentage is directed. In the 
U. S. 94% alcohol, which is the alcohol of commerce, and diluted alco- 



404 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

hoi, which is 48% of absolute alcohol, are official. In other pharma- 
copoeias alcohol or Spiritus ranges from 90 to 95 percent., and diluted 
alcohol, or Spiritus Dilutus, ranges from 45 to 70 percent of absolute 
alcohol. 

For convenient reference the relative measure of commercial alco- 
hol and water required to make 100 parts of the several percentages 
directed in different pharmacopoeias is given. Allowance is made for 
the contraction of volume which occurs when alcohol and water are 
mixed in varying proportions and the figures are based upon the 
quantity of the mixture after it has cooled to normal temperature, 
i5.6°C. (6o°F.). 

When alcohol and water are mixed, a slight contraction of volume 
occurs with a rise in temperature. The greatest contraction occurs 
when 52.6 volumes of alcohol are mixed with 47.4 volumes of water, 
it being 3.4 percent. This should be taken into account when making 
specified quantities of diluted alcohol. 

To make 100 volumes of alcohol of certain percentage of absolute 
alcohol, from commercial alcohol, sp. gr. 0.820, and distilled water at 
N. T. 

water 4.65 fl. parts, sp. gr. 0.8340 

water 10.75 A-parts, sp. gr. 0.8496 

water 16.00 fl. parts, sp. gr. 0.8639 

water 22.20 fl. parts, sp. gr. 0.8767 

water 27.60 fl. parts, sp. gr. 0.8900 

water 33.65 fl. parts, sp. gr. 0.9025 

water 38.75 fl.parts, -sp. gr. 0.9135 

water 44.20 fl.parts, sp. gr. 0.9242 

water 50.00 fl.parts, sp. gr. 0.9343 

water 54.85 fl.parts, sp. gr. 0.9434 

water 59.80 fl.parts, sp. gr. 0.9519 

water 65.75 A-parts, sp. gr. 0.9593 

water 70.25 fl.parts, sp. gr. 0.9652 ' 

water 75.00 fl.parts, sp. gr. 0.9709 

water 82.00 fl.parts, sp. gr. 0.9760 

water 85.40 fl.parts, sp. gr. 0.9815 

water 90.00 fl.parts, sp. gr. 0.9869 

The foregoing proportions may not be strictly exact as to the termi- 
nal decimals of water but are close enough for all ordinary uses. 

If percentage by weight instead of by measure is wanted it may 
readily be caluculated from the table of weights with measure equiv- 
alents of alcohol, or by dividing 91, which is the weight percent, of 
commercial alcohol, by the percentage required and deducting 1 from 
the quotient. This gives the percentage of water to be added : For ex- 
ample — if 75 percent, alcohol, by weight, is wanted — 



90%, 


Alcohol 96 fl.parts, 


85% 


Alcohol 91 fl.parts, 


80% 


Alcohol 86 fl.parts, 


75% 


Alcohol 80 fl.parts, 


70% 


Alcohol 75 fl.parts, 


65% 


Alcohol 69 fl.parts, 


60% 


Alcohol 64 fl.parts, 


55% 


Alcohol 59 fl.parts, 


50% 


Alcohol 53 fl.parts, 


45% 


Alcohol 48 fl.parts, 


40% 


Alcohol 43 fl.parts, 


35% 


Alcohol 37 fl.parts, 


30% 


Alcohol 32 fl.parts, 


25% 


Alcohol 2j fl.parts, 


20% 


Alcohol 22 fl.parts, 


15% 


Alcohol 16 fl.parts, 


10% 


Alcohol 11 fl.parts, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 405 

91-^-75=1.21 — i, leaving 0.21, or 21 parts by weight of water to be 
mixed with 79 parts of commercial alcohol to make 75%, by weight, 
alcohol. 

Alcohol in Pharmacy. Alcohol is used in pharmacy to extract or 
dissolve the properties of drugs and to preserve their solutions. No 
other solvent of medicinal substances has been found of such universal 
value and application. A large share of the liquid preparations that 
are used in pharmacy contain alcohol and depend upon its solvent 
power and preservative virtue for their value. Besides this, it is used 
in making most of the solid extracts, abstracts, alkaloids, resinoids and 
many other solid preparations. 

The liquid preparations in which alcohol is used as a solvent of med- 
icinal principles, or for their preservation, may be classified as follows: 

Cordials and Elixirs which contain aromatic substances and mild 
medicines, sweetened and combined with sufficient alcohol to keep 
them and hold their properties in solution. 

Essences and Flavoring Extracts, which are mostly made from es- 
sential oils, or aromatic substances dissolved in alcohol. 

Fluid and Liquid Extracts, which contain a large quantity of med- 
icinal value held in solution by alcohol or diluted alcohol. 

Liquors of all kinds, which are mainly alcohol in some form, diluted 
and flavored with the substances peculiar to the kind. 

Spirits, which are solutions of essential oils, (aromatic substances 
etc.), in alcohol, and among which may be included perfumes. 

Solutions, which contain alcohol, either as a solvent or preservative, 
as solutions of gums, resins, acids, alkaloids etc. 

Tinctures, which are mainly solutions of the medicinal principles of 
drugs in alcohol or diluted alcohol. 

To these may be added the abstracts, solid extracts, alkaloids, and 
medicinal principles of drugs generally, which are obtained by the aid 
of alcohol, and it will be seen that in. pharmacy it is the most import- 
ant of any substance, in fact, entirely indispensable in its practice. 

Alcoholates. This is a general name for preparations in which alco- 
hol is used to extract the medicinal properties of substances. In French 
pharmacy alcohol is called Alcool, and alcoholic preparations are class- 
ified according to the manner of preparing them and the substances 
used. 

Alcoolats. These are medicated distilled spirits, made by macerat- 
ing aromatic or other substances with alcohol and distilling. There 
are no U. S. official preparations corresponding with them. 
THE NATIONAL PURE FOOD AND DRUGS LAW. 

U. S. Food and Drugs Act. June 30, 1906. This Act requires that 
the percentage, by volume, of Absolute Alcohol, be stated on the label 
of any preparation intended for Inter-State Commerce. 



406 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

ALCOHOL ABSOLUTUM. U. S., Br. Absolute Alcohol. 

C 2 H,OH=4 5 .;o. 

"Ethyl Alcohol [C 2 H 5 *OH=45.7o], containing not more than I per- 
cent., bv weight, of water." <U. S. Sp. gr. not higher than 0.797 at X. 
T., or 0.90 at 2S°C. (77°F-)- 

"Ethyl hydroxide, QH-OH, with not more than 1 percent., by 
weight, of water ; obtained by the removal of water from less strong 
ethylic alcohol, and subsequent distillation." < Br. Sp. gr. from 0.794 
to 0.796. 

Preparation. Xo process for preparing absolute alcohol is now 
official. The 1885 Br. P. under the title Alcohol Ethylicum, gave a 
formula for making it from rectified spirit by first agitating it with 
dried potassium carbonate, then with calcium chloride, and then 
distilling three-fourths as much as the volume of rectified spirit first 
taken. As the rectified spirit of the Br. 1885 revision contained 16 per- 
cent, of water, and that of the 1898 revision contains 10 percent., the 
formula then employed would not be correct. The following for- 
mula based on the 188 or 94 percent, commercial alcohol of this 
country will make a satisfactory preparation : 

x\lcohol, 32 fl.ounces 

Potassium Carbonate, dried, 2 ounces av. 

Calcium Chloride, freshly fused, 6 ounces av. 

Add the recently dried potassium carbonate to the alcohol, and 
shake vigorously several times during twenty-four hours. Pour the 
spirit from the potassium carbonate into a retort from which it may 
be distilled, and add to it the calcium chloride which must be freshly 
fused in a crucible to which a red heat is applied for half an hour, 
then poured upon a slab, covered with an evaporating dish until cool, 
and broken up into small pieces before adding to the alcohol. Shake 
this occasionally during twenty-four hours, then attach a dry receiver 
to the flask or retort, and having it arranged so as to prevent the 
access of air, apply heat to the retort, and distil until 24 fl.ounces have 
passed. Keep the distillate, which is absolute alcohol, in small well- 
corked bottles. 

For the ordinary purposes of pharmacy an absolute alcohol 
sufficiently free from water to meet most requirements may be made 
by first shaking 32 fl.ounces of alcohol with 2 ounces av. of dried po- 
tassium carbonate during twenty-four hours, then pouring oft and 
adding to the alcohol 4 ounces av. of quick-lime in small pieces or in 
coarse powder and shaking as before and allowing to remain a week 
or more, then pouring off the liquid and filtering. While this is not 
absolutely absolute, it is sufficiently so for most purposes. It may 
be readily tested by adding to a portion of it a few grains of cupric 
sulphate dried or rendered anhydrous by heating for a considerable 
time at ioo°C. (2I2°F.), when it loses most of its water. If water is 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 407 

present in the alcohol, a blue color will occur, but if it is nearly an- 
hydrous, only a tint will be observed. 

Properties and Uses. In general the properties of absolute alcohol 
correspond with commercial alcohol. It boils at /8.4°C. (i73.i°F.), 
and becomes congealed at — I30.5°C. 

It is used in many chemical operations and in making delicate tests. 
In pharmacy it is used in making some unofficial preparations and 
solutions of phosphorus etc., and is directed in the Br. P. in making- 
chloroform and solution of sodium ethylate. It is also used as a sol- 
vent for some alkaloids, resins and vegetable principles where the 
presence of water would be inadmissible. 

ALCOHOL DENATURIZED. 

Denaturized Alcohol. Industrial Alcohol. 

"Until January I, 1907, the United States was the only important 
manufacturing and commercial country in the world that made no dis- 
tinction in taxation between alcohol as a beverage and alcohol as an 
industrial substance." At that time a law became effective, author- 
izing the use of Denaturized Alcohol for industrial purposes without 
revenue tax, under certain government restrictions as to composition 
and sale. The first denaturized alcohol authorized by the Internal 
Revenue department required a mixture of 

Ethyl Alcohol, not less than 90%, 100 gallons 

Crude Methyl Alcohol, (Wood Alcohol), 10 gallons 

Benzene, J / 2 gallon 

Afterwards, fearing that this mixture might be so manipulated as to 
make is available for drinking purposes, the formula was changed to 
Ethyl Alcohol, 100 gallons 

Methyl Alcohol, 2 gallons 

Bone Oil, (a mixture of pyridine bases), y 2 gallon 

Later, permits have been granted to manufacturers of special com- 
pounds to denaturize ethyl alcohol with substances that may be em- 
ployed in their particular business, as manufacturers of celluloid may 
use camphor for denaturizing; manufacturers of embalming fluids 
may use a less proportion of methyl alcohol ; photo engravers may 
use cadmium iodide ; tobacco manufacturers may denaturize rum of 
75% alcohol strength with nicotine etc. The object of denaturizing 
is to avoid payment of the tax on alcohol amounting to about $2.08 
per gallon. As alcohol can be produced from so many substances, and 
is useful for so many industrial purposes, the advent of denaturized 
alcohol, which may be used by manufacturers, and as fuel and light 
by the public, is hailed as one of the most important economic move- 
ments of the present century. 

Denaturized alcohol is now furnished by the wholesale drug trade 
and may be used by retail druggists for many purposes, althought its 



408 The Fenner Formulary Fart II. 

use in medicine, either internal or external, is prohibited. It is an 
excellent solvent for shellac and for lacquers, and may be used in the 
manufacture of many preparations in which alcohol has heretofore 
been used. The uses of denaturized alcohol, in general, are unlimited 
and cannot be considered in this article. The price, at present, is 
about 50 cents per gallon in a small way, but it is probable that this 
will be considerably reduced and that the use of this form of alcohol 
will become very general. Lamps and stoves for burning alcohol are 
specially constructed. 

Solid Alcohol. In Germany a form of "solid alcohol" called 
"Smaragdin" is prepared. A cheap, harmless form of gun-cotton is 
soaked in a mixture of alcohol with a little ether. It sells for about 
60 cents per pound and requires no special form of stove. 

ALCOHOL DEODORATUM. Deodorized Alcohol. 
Cologne Spirit. 

This was official in the 1890 U. S. P., but was dismissed in the 8th 
revision. 

Cologne Spirit of commerce, in this country, is practically, the alco- 
hol of the U. S. P. It differs very slightly from the official alcohol, 
except that it has no odor and is, therefore, better suited for making 
many of the pharmaceutical preparations as well as all perfumes, 
toilet waters, essences, spirits etc., where the odor of ordinary alcohol 
is undesirable. It is also extensively used in the fabrication of liquors, 
the fortification of wines, and in other weakly alcoholic fermented 
beverages. 

As the price of cologne spirit is only a trifle more per gallon it is 
used and sold by many druggists altogether instead of alcohol. 

The Stronger Alcohol of the 1870 U. S. P. corresponded very nearly 
to this in spirit strength. 

Preparation. Deodorized alcohol may be prepared by several pro- 
cesses. It was formerly prepared from ordinary alcohol by filtering 
it through many alternate layers of animal charcoal and sand. 

Commercial cologne spirit however, is now chiefly prepared by the 
large distillers during the process of distillation by reserving the 
"middle run" of the distillate which is practically free from the lighter 
ethers which come over first, and fusel oil which comes over last in 
the fractional distillation 

Atwood's Patent Alcohol, which is considered the best deodorized 
alcohol, is prepared by acting upon ordinary alcohol with potassium 
or sodium permanganate, which oxidizes the fusel oil and other sim- 
ilar objectionable liquids. The alcohol is then redistilled and sep- 
arated from the products of oxidation. Many other methods are 
also employed, it being the purpose of all to free the alcohol from 
fusel oil and other foreign matters. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 409 

A still cleaner grade of deodorized alcohol is demanded by per- 
fumers, and is known as Perfumer's Alcohol. 

French Cologne Spirit is deodorized alcohol, prepared from brandy 
or Avine lees by purification. It is used in France for making per- 
fumes, but is little known in this country. A considerable quantity 
of deodorized spirit, (but not of full alcoholic strength) is made in 
California from wine and wine lees, and is used there and in the 
eastern U. S. for fortifying wines. 

ALCOHOL DILUTUM. U. S. Diluted Alcohol. 

"A liquid composed of about 41.5 percent., by weight, or about 48.9 
percent., by volume, of ethyl alcohol (C 2 H 5 OH=45.7o), and about 
58.5 percent., by weight, of water. "<U. S. Sp. gr. about 0.936 at N. 
T., or about 0.930 at 25°C. (jj°¥.). 

Alcohol, 500 Cc. or 16 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, • 500 Cc. or 16 fl. ounces 

Mix them. 

"If the two liquids be measured at the temperature of 25°C. (yy°F.), 
the mixture, when cooled to the same temperature will measure 970 
Cc./' showing a molecular contraction of 0.030 in volume. 

If it is desirable to combine by weight instead of volume as above, 
diluted alcohol may be prepared with 

Alcohol, 408 Gm. or 40.8 ounces av. 

Distilled Water, 500 Gm. or 50 ounces av. 

Mix them. 

Equal volumes of alcohol and water of the U. S. standard make 
the U. S. diluted alcohol. 

The present (1898) Br. P. has no one preparation that is now 
termed "diluted alcohol," but under the title Spiritus Rectificatus four 
liquids of varying percentages of alcohol are specified ; as alcohol, (90 
percent.) ; alcohol, (70 percent.) ; alcohol, (60 percent.) ; alcohol, (45 
percent). See Spiritus Rectificatus. 

Spiritus Tenuior, the Proof Spirit of the 1885 Br. P. which con- 
tained about 49 percent., by weight, or 57 percent., by volume, of ab- 
solute alcohol, corresponds more nearly to the Br. 60 percent, alcohol 
than any other, being made by mixing 100 fl. ounces of 90 percent, alco- 
hol, Spiritus Rectificatus, with 53.65 fl. ounces of distilled water. This 
has sp. gr. 0.9135, while Spiritus Tenuior of the 1885 revision was 
0.920. 

ALCOHOL AMYLICUM. 

Amylic Alcohol. Fousel Oil. Amyl Hydrate. 

051^011=88. 

This is a "liquid of oily consistence contained in the crude spirit 
produced by the fermentation of saccharine solutions with yeast, and 



410 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

separated in the rectification or distillation of such crude spirit.'' Br. 
1885. (Now dismissed). It is the hydrate of the radical amyl 
(C 5 rl u ), and is commercially known as Fusel or Fousel Oil. When 
pure its sp. gr. is 0.818. It boils at i^2°C (269.6°?. )-. It is the base 
of many of the so-called fruit ethers or artificial fruit flavors and of 
most of the artificial liquor flavors, and is used in medicine for making 
amyl nitrite and sodium valerianate 

Fusel oil is present in spirits obtained from grain, about one part in 
five hundred ; but it much more abundant in spirit obtained from fer- 
mented potatoes. It is found in the milky distillate that comes over 
after most of the spirit has passed ; after standing, it floats on the top 
and may be distilled from the milky liquid by heating it to I32°C. 
(269°F.), at which point the fusel oil boils and comes over, and may 
be separated. 

ALCOHOL METHYLICUM. Methylic Alcohol. Wood Alcohol. 
Wood Naphtha. Methyl Hydrate. Carbinol. 

CH 3 HO= 3 2. 

This alcohol is produced by the destructive distillation of w r ood, 
hence it is called wood alcohol, pyroxylic spirit or wood naphtha. It 
is chemically the hydrate of the radical methyl (CH 3 ) ; its specific 
gravity is'0.789; it boils at about 6$ C. (I49°F.). It is used consider- 
ably in making varnishes and many other preparations as a substitute 
for alcohol, but on account of its peculiar odor cannot replace ethyl 
alcohol in medicinal preparations, but is considerably used in making 
some kinds of chemicals, as salicylic acid etc. It was formerly used 
as a remedy for consumption and chronic catarrh, but its internal ad- 
ministration is now entirely abandoned. 

It was first observed by Taylor in 1812, but was not fully investi- 
gated intil 1835 by Dumas and Peligot. It occurs, combined with 
other liquid products of destructive distillation, to the amount of 
about 1 percent. When chalk is added to the crude, distilled product, 
calcium acetate is deposited. This is distilled at a low heat, and crude 
methylic alcohol is condensed in a receiver. This is then purified by 
dissolving in it calcium chloride to saturation, w r hen a crystalline 
compound results which is not decomposed by the heat of a water- 
bath, but w r hich yields by distillation acetone etc. The residue re- 
maining is then diluted with water and heated when dilute methyl 
alcohol passes over, and is subsequently concentrated by treatment 
with quick-lime which removes water. 

U. S. Pure Food and Drugs Act. Under this Act "The term 
"Alcohol" is defined to mean common or ethyl alcohol. Xo other 
kind of alcohol is permissible in the manufacture of medicines except as 
specified in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary." 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 411 

ALDEHYDES — ALDEHYDS. 

Aldehydes are derived from alcohols by the elimination of H 2 from 
the hydrates of the alcohol radicals. Aldehyds corresponding to 
eleven of the primary alcohols have been discovered. Although but 
one is known in pharmacy, namely Acetic Aldehyd, C>H 4 (from 
ethyl alcohol), and that is seldom used. The chemical composition 
of several of the aldehydes will be found elsewhere in this book. 

The aldehydes are intermediate in position between alcohols and 
acids — the first step in the oxidation (or dehydration) of alcohols, 
which, when continued, converts them into acids. They unite with 
ammonia, forming aldehyd-ammonias, which by losing water con- 
dense into the basic substances, aldines and oxaldines. The aromatic 
aldehyds, as benzoic, cumic, salicylic, cinnamic etc., are obtained 
from essential oils or from plants yielding essential oils which, when 
acted upon by ammonia produce hydramides. 

ALDEHYDE. Acetic Aldehyde. 

C 2 H 4 0=43.8. 

Acetic aldehyde is naturally produced by the oxidation or dehydra- 
tion of alcohol resulting from vinous fermentation. The natural con- 
version of ethylic alcohol into aldehyde has been described in the 
article on Acetum. (Which see). 

Aldehyde may be prepared by mixing three parts of eighty percent, 
alcohol with two parts of nitric acid, distilling, purifying, separating 
and redistilling. The nitric acid combines with the alcohol and unites 
with a portion of its hydrogen to form nitrous ether and aldehyde, 
which are distilled together and treated with ammonia gas. The 
nitrous ether separates as a layer floating on the solution of ammonia 
aldehyde and may be separed and utilized. The solution of ammonia 
aldehyde is then mixed with diluted sulphuric acid, and redistilled 
over chloride of calcium. The sp.gr. of aldehyde is 0.805 at o°C. 
(32°F.). It is antiputrescent, and has properties somewhat similar to 
ether, but is not used in medicine. Several of its derivatives, however, 
as chloroform and chloral, are much employed. 

Acetals are compounds made by combining aldehydes and alcohols, 
with elimination of water. Bromal, Iodal, Chloral and Butyl Chloral 
are derivatives of aldehyd. 

Paraldehyde. C H 12 O 3 :=i3i.io. This is official in the U. S. P. and is 
described under the title Paraldehydum, which see. 

ALKALIES. 

Commercially, the hydrate (hydroxide) of sodium (caustic soda), 
and the hydrate (hydroxide) of potassium (caustic potassa) only, are 
known as alkalies ; but in pharmacy the carbonates of these metals 
and of ammonium, the solution of gaseous ammonia in water (water 



412 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

of ammonia) and, indirectly, the hydrates and carbonates of lithium, 
barium, calcium, strontium and magnesium are classed with the al- 
kalies. In a general way alkalies are known as bases, which combine 
with fatty acids to form soaps or oleates ; which combine with acids 
to form neutral salts ; which turn red litmus blue, or yellow turmeric 
brown, and which are in every way the reverse of acids. The man- 
ufacture of soda and potassa alkalies constitutes a great commercial 
industry. These manufactures are known as alkali-works, and are 
mostly devoted to the manufacture of soda alkali. 

Soda Ash of commerce is the impure carbonate of sodium which is 
the basis of the soda alkali. (See Sodium Carbonate). 

Potash or Pearlash is impure carbonate of potash, the base of the 
potassa alkali. (See Potassium Carbonate). The so-called alkalies 
are the bases of a great variety of chemicals used in medicine and ex- 
tensively employed in many important manufacturing industries and 
in the arts. They are sometimes named from their source of supply, 
as ammonia is called animal alkali ; potassa vegetable alkali ; soda min- 
eral alkali; barium, calcium, strontium and magnesia alkaline earths 
etc. The alkalies and their uses will be further noted under the head- 
ings of the substances which compose them. 

ALKALOIDES —ALKALOIDS. 

The name Alkaloids is given to a class of organic bases which 
(like alkalies) combine with acids to forms salts. The alkaloids and 
their salts represent the active medicinal properties of most vege- 
table drugs and form a very important class of chemicals. The 
manufacture of alkaloids and their salts is chiefly carried on by 
manufacturing chemists, and a large amount of capital is thus em- 
ployed. 

Alkaloids may be classed as natural and artificial. The natural 
alkaloids are obtained from organic substances, (animal or vege- 
table) in which they exist combined with other substances, and the 
artificial are produced by the skill of the chemist. The natural al- 
kaloids all contain nitrogen with hydrogen as a base, and are prob- 
ably derivatives of the ammonia type (NH 3 ). Carbon is present in 
all, and oxygen in most of them. Alkaloids which contain the four el- 
ements, C,H,X,0, are called Amides. They are generally non-vol- 
atile crystallizable solids, representing the active principles of veg- 
etable and animal substances from which they are obtained. Alka- 
loids which contain only the three elements, C,H,N, are called 
Amines. They are generally volatile liquids, artificially made by sub- 
stituting hydrocarbon radicals wholly or partly for the hydrogen of 
the typical ammonia base. 

Considerable confusion formerly existed because of the lack of 
uniformity of the terminations of the names of alkaloids — some 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 413 

ending with ia and some with ine, as morphia, quinine etc., but in 
the late revisions of the American and British Pharmacopceias the 
terminal letters of the English names of alkaloids are uniformly ine. It 
should, therefore, be remembered that in the older works of pharmacy 
the names of the alkaloids that terminated in ia would now be written 
ine. 

As alkaloids are, so to speak, the concentrated principles of the 
substances from which they are derived, they are very powerful, com- 
pared with the crude substances, the dose of many of them being very 
minute. Their salts, being more soluble, are mainly used in med- 
icine. Several alkaloids varying in composition and characteristics 
are sometimes obtained from one plant, but in the main they are true 
representatives of the drug in properties and actions. 

Alkaloids are generally insoluble, or but sparingly soluble in water, 
but are readily dissolved in alcohol, chloroform and the liquid hydro- 
carbons. They form salts with acids, generally soluble in water. 
From aqueous solutions of these salts the alkaloids are precipitated by 
alkalies, because of the stronger attraction of the acids for the 
alkali than the alkaloidal base. 

The alkaloids are mainly used in pharmacy as bases for preparing 
their salts, and are but little employed in medicine, their soluble salts 
being used instead. It is therefore unnecessary to give explicit for- 
mulae for all of them, but only such as are more frequently employed 
and the general processes which may apply to the remainder. 

The following general directions for preparing alkaloids from crude 
drugs are thefore given, but it may be stated that they can only be 
considered general directions, and that some special treatment, re- 
quiring experience and chemical knowledge is necessary to sucess- 
fully obtain and separate the alkaloids of most substances. They 
are therefore, generally supplied by competent manufacturing chem- 
ists. 

General Directions for Preparing Alkaloids. 

i. For alkaloids slightly soluble in water, or which exist in the 
plants etc., in the form of acids, or soluble salts of alkaloids. 

Macerate the drug in coarse powder twenty-four hours, in water 
sufficient to cover it, then pack it moderately in the water-bath 'per- 
colator, adding water freely, and heat to boiling; then begin to per- 
colate, adding water through the percolator, and continue the heat 
and percolation until the drug is exhausted ; strain the percolate 
while hot and slowly add to the liquid, water of ammonia or liquor of 
potassa so long as much precipitation continues ; allow to settle ; 
pour off the liquid, pour the precipitate on a filter, wash with a little 
water, press, dissolve in very dilute acetic or hydrochloric acid, pre- 
cipitate again with ammonia or potassa, pour off, drain, and repeat 
the operation as many times as may be necessary to purify the al- 



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414 The Feuner Formulary Part II. 

kaloids. The product is the alkaloids of the drug, which are partially 
soluble in water. If necessary, they must be separated by various 
means, recrystallized and dried. The liquors which are poured off 
contain a small percentage of the alkaloids, which may be recovered 
by evaporating them and treating in the same manner as directed. 

2. For alkaloids insoluble in water. 

Macerate the drug, in moderately fine powder, for twenty-four 
hours, with sufficient alcohol to cover it, pack firmly in the water-bath 
percolator, pour sufficient alcohol upon it, heat moderately for an hour 
and begin to percolate, adding alcohol to the drug and continuing the 
heat and percolation until its strength is exhausted ; distil off most 
of the alcohol and to the residue add sufficient very dilute acetic or 
muriatic acid to dissolve the alkaloids that are in the soft extract ; 
this is best accomplished by washing it with several portions of the 
dilute acid ; filter the acid solution and add to it sufficient water of 
ammonia or liquor potassa to precipitate the alkaloids ; wash the 
precipitate on a filter with water and redissolve and reprecipitate if 
necessary. The product is the alkaloids soluble in alcohol that were 
contained in the drug and they must be separated if necessary. 

Many other processes are employed for obtaining alkaloids, as 
boiling the drug with dilute acid, precipitating with an alkali etc., but 
the foregoing are sufficient to show the general methods. It may be 
explained in regard to the foregoing processes that the heat employed 
serves to dissolve the alkaloids, the same as the acids which are used 
in other processes, and the subsequent treatment is less troublesome ; 
for example: strychnine dissolves in 12 parts of boiling or no parts 
of cold alcohol ; quinine in 2 parts boiling or 6 parts of cold alcohol ; 
caffeine in 10 parts of boiling or 75 parts of cold water: therefore, 
when drugs are percolated with a boiling or heated menstruum, their 
alkaloids are as readily dissolved as when acids are used, and their 
subsequent separation is much more simple. 

Important Alkaloids and their Salts. 

Of the alkaloids known and named by chemists, but few are used 
in medicine, and most of them are unimportant except as chemical 
products and curiosities. Of the small number which are used in 
medicine but few are employed as alkaloids, but mainly their salts 
formed by the union of these organic bases with acids. 

The alkaloids are generally used for making oleates because they 
will combine with oleic acid, while their salts will not. Some of 
them are also employed in delicate preparations where acids with 
which they are combined would.be inadmissible. 

Most alkaloids official in the various pharmacopoeias will be noticed 
in the alphabetical order of their Latin titles in this volume, but many 
others, not official, are noticed under the drugs from which they are 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 415 

prepared. Many other alkaloids have been isolated, but are not as 
yet employed in medicine, and the list of medicinal agents is already 
so large that they have not been included in this work. 

ALLYL. Acryl. Propylenyl. 
C 3 H 5 . 

The radical of the essential oils, containing sulphur, called Allyl. 
It is univalent and is known only through its compounds, but its 
dpuble molecule, diallyl (C 3 H 5 ) 2 , is a pungent, volatile liquid. Like 
other radicals it forms an ether, alcohol, aldehyde and acid ; also 
salts with the halogens, as iodine, bromine etc., and with some acids. 
The plants and oils containing this radical combined with sulphur 
have peculiar pungent, penetrating odors which cannot be mistaken. 
Asafcetida, scurfy grass, cress, garlic, leek, horseradish, radish, shep- 
herd's purse, wallflower, mustard, onion, nasturium and many other 
less familiar plants owe their peculiar odors and pungency to com- 
binations of the allyl radical with some form of sulphur. The allyl 
and glyceryl radicals are isomeric, being identical in composition, but 
•he former is univalent and the latter trivalent. 

Allyl Hydrate. C.H-OH. (Allyl Alcohol. By uniting with the 
elements of water allyl forms a hydrate or alcohol which boils at 
o,6 C. It has no present use in pharmacy. 

Allyl Sulphide. (C 3 H 5 ) 2 S. (Artificial Oil of Garlic). This is 
artifically produced by decomposing allyl iodide with an alcohol solu- 
tion of potassium sulphide. Its composition is the same as the nat- 
ural Volatile Oil of Garlic. 

Allyl Sulphocyanate. QH 5 CNS. (Artificial Oil or Mustard). This 
is prepared by distilling allyl sulphate with potassium isothiocyan- 
ate, or by gently heating a mixed alcoholic solution of allyl sulphide 
and mercury bichloride, with potassium sulphocyanide. It is iden- 
tical in composition with the natural Volatile Oil of Mustard, which 
is chemically allyl isothiocyanate. 

The volatile oil of mustard is used in some liniments and pain re- 
lievers. Its vapor is very irritating and care must be used in dis- 
pensing it. It should be very much diluted when employed. 

Allyl Sulphocarbamide. This is known as Thiosinamine. See this title. 

Allyl Tribromide. A combination of allyl and bromine. A yellow liquid, 
sedative and antispasmodic. Dose 5 to 10 minims. 

Allyl Iodide. A compound of allyl and iodine, sometimes used in medicine. 

ALOE. U. S. Aloes. 

"The inspissiated juice of the leaves of Aloe Vera (Linne) Webb, 
Aloe Chinensis Baker, Aloe Perryi Baker, or other species of Aloe 
(Fam. Liliacese).<U! S. 

The U. S. P. recognizes the several species of aloes found in the 
market, which are more particularly described under the title Aloe 
in the Organic Materia Section, Part I. . 



416 The Fenner Fotmulary Part II. 

The Br. P. designates Aloe Barbarensis, Barbados Aloes, and 
Aloe Socotrina, Socotrine Aloes, as official. 

Aloes of various kinds are official in all pharmacopoeias and are 
named Aloes in all but the Spanish, in which language it is Acibar. 

Preparation. The fleshy leaves of the Aloe are cut off near the base 
their juice allowed to drain into troughs or vessels. The collected 
juice is then evaporated to the constistence of an extract and run into 
boxes, kegs or gourds in which form it is brought to the market. 

Properties and Uses. Aloes is a well-known and much-used purga- 
tive. It is the important ingredient of many pills and liquid medicines 
which are sold as laxatives and physics. 

Dose. — The laxative dose of aloes is from 2 to 3 grains and the pur- 
gative dose from 8 to 15 grains. 

Average dose. — U. S. 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes, (4 grains). 

ALOE PURIFICATA. U. S. Purified Aloes. 

As aloes comes to the market it frequently contains some foreign 
substances, as sticks, stones, dirt etc. To remove these the U. S. P. 
presents the formula for Purified Aloes, which is : 

"Aloes, 1000 Gm. or 10 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 200 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Heat the aloes by means of a water-bath until it is completely 
melted. Then add the alcohol, and having stirred the mixture 
thoroughly, strain it through a No. 60 sieve, which has just been dip- 
ped into boiling water. Evaporate the strained mixture by means of 
a water-bath, constantly stirring, until a thread of the mass becomes 
brittle on cooling. Lastly break up the product, when cold, .into 
pieces of a convenient size, and keep in well-stoppered bottles." 
<U. S. 

Its uses are the same as aloes ; it is almost entirely soluble in al- 
cohol. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes, (4 grains). 

ALOE LIQUIDA. Liquid Aloes. 

This is official in some of the European pharmacopoeias. It may be 
prepared as follows : 
Aloes, 

Sodium Carbonate, 
Ammonia Water, (17%) 
Water, 
Mix, macerate and filter. 

This is a convenient liquid preparation of aloes, which may be used 
instead of it, by giving double the number of minims as would be 
given of aloes in grains. Say, average dose 6 to 10 minims. 



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ALOINUM. U. S., Br. Aloin. 

"A. neutral principle obtained from Aloes, varying more or less in 
chemical composition and physical properties according to the source 
from which it is obtained, chiefly prepared from Curacao Aloes." 
<U. S. 

"Aloin is extracted from Barbados or Socotrine Aloes by solvents 
and purified by recrystallization. The products from the different 
varieties of Aloes possess similar properties. The Aloin extracted 
from Barbados x\loes has the formula, C 1G H 16 7 3H 2 0."<Br. 

Preparation. Aloin is obtained by treating aloes with acidulated 
boiling water, which dissolves the aloin and resinous matter. After 
standing for some hours to cool, the liquid is poured off from the 
resinous precipitate and evaporated by means of a sand-bath to the 
consistency of syrup. When cool, crystals of aloin form, and may 
be purified by repeated crystallization from hot alcoholic solution. 

Properties and Dose. Aloin has the laxative and cathartic proper- 
ties of aloes in a concentrated form, and is a useful ingredient in little 
pills and other medicine where a small dose of the medicament is 
desirable. The laxative dose is % to y^ grain, the purgative dose from 
I to 2 grains. 

Average dose. — 0.65 Gm.=65 milligrammes, (1 grain). 

ALPHOL. 

This is chemically, alpha-naphthol salicylate. It is produced by heating 
alpha-naphthol-sodium and sodium salicylate with phosphorus oxychloride. 
A reddish-white crystalline powder, soluble in alcohol and fatty oils. It may 
be used as an internal antiseptic and in rheumatism. Dose 1 to 15 grains. 

ALPHOZONE. 

This name is applied to succinic peroxide or disuccinyl peroxide. It is a 
white light powder, soluble in 30 parts of water. Employed as a germicide 
and antiseptic, externally on wounds, ulcers, and for tonsilitis, leucorrhcea etc.; 
internally as an antiseptic and antiferment. Dose 1 grain in tablets or in 
solution. 

ALUMEN. U. S., Br. Alum. 

AlK(SOJ 2 ,i2H 2 0==47i.02. 

This is the official potassium-alum (Alumini et Potassii Sulphas). 

The alum of commerce is ammonia-alum. It is to be regretted 
that the official salt is not the same as the commercial, for, on ac- 
count of their difference, the official salt is seldom used in this country, 
commercial alum being supplied unless potassium alum is specially 
directed. 

Preparation. Potassium alum is prepared by treating alum-clay 
with sulphuric acid to form aluminum sulphate, then adding potas- 
sium sulphate, which unites to form the double salt. Ammonia-alum 
is made in a similar way, ammonium sulphate being used instead of 
potassium sulphate. 

Alum is a powerful astringent, and is used externally as a wash, 
styptic etc. It is also given internally as an astringent and in croup 



418 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

as an emetic, and is much used as an astringent injection and gargle. 

Potassium-alum is soluble in about ten parts of cold water, while 
ammonia-alum requires about sixteen parts ; freely soluble in glycerin ; 
insoluble in alcohol. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes, (y l / 2 grains). 

Alum Curd. Alum in the form of curd, made by rubbing white of 
tgg with a lump of alum until it is coagulated, or by mixing half a 
teaspoonful of powdered alum with the white of one egg, is consid- 
erably used as a "poultice" for inflammation, especially of the eye. 

Alum Whey is a domestic remedy, made by boiling a large* teaspoon- 
ful (60 grains) of powdered alum with a glassful (about 10 fl. ounces) 
of milk, and straining when cool. The liquid is taken in doses of a 
wineglassful for looseness of the bowels etc. 

ALUMEN EXSICCATUM. U. S., Br. Dried or "Burnt" Alum. 

A1K(S0 4 ) 2=256.46. 

Preparation. This is officially made by exposing 100 grammes or 
parts of alum for several days to a temperature of 8o°C. (i76°F.), 
until it has thoroughly efflorcesed and then placing it in a porcelain 
capsule and gradually heating it to a temperature of 200°C. (392°F.) 
and continuing the heat until the mass becomes white and porous 
and weighs 55 grammes or parts. When cold it is to be powdered 
and preserved in well-stoppered bottles. 

As found in commerce it is usually made from commercial am- 
monia-alum by melting it in an iron kettle, and continuing the heat 
until the water of crystallization has entirely evaporated. In a do- 
mestic way it is made by putting a lump of alum on a hot stove and 
letting it remain until it is dry. 

With this, as with the official alum, potassium-alum is seldom em- 
ployed to make it, ammonia-alum being used instead. 

Uses. As this is simply alum deprived of its water of crystalliza- 
tion it has the same general properties as alum, but is much more 
powerful. It is slowly soluble in 17 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), 
and in 14 parts of boiling water, insoluble in alcohol. It is chiefly 
used as an escharotic for removing "proud flesh" or other morbid 
growths. It is also used for hemorrhages, particularly of the nose, 
and of the gums after drawing teeth. It is generally used in the form 
of dry powder. 

ALUMINUM. 

Symbol Al ; Atomic weight (0=i6) 27.1; Sp. gr. 2.56 to 2.68. 
The metallic element Aluminum (also called Aluminium) is found 
combined with silicic acid and other substances in clays and shaly 
rock. In this form it is very abundant, also in certain double salts 
known as alums. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 419 

History. Aluminum was first obtained in a metallic state by 
Wohler in 1828, but was known only as a laboratory product until 
1858 when Deville improved the methods of producing it so that it 
could be manufactured for commercial purposes. About 1887 large 
aluminum works were established at Oldburg, England. A few years 
later extensive reduction works were established at Niagara Falls, 
X. Y., where the wonderful electric power is utilized in its production. 
It has, in a very few years, acquired a very important place among 
the metals and, owing to the abundance and wide distribution of the 
material from which it is produced, its importance and usefulness in 
the arts, and the possibilities of its application it is called the "metal 
of the future." 

Properties. The physical properties of aluminum differ widely 
from those of most other metals. It is lighter than any other work- 
able metal and may be drawn into fine wire or beaten into thin leaf 
as readily as gold or silver. When cast it has about the hardness of 
silver, but may be considerably hardened by rolling or hammering. 
Its tensile strength is between twelve and fourteen tons to the inch, 
while that of cast iron is only about eight tons ; compared by weight 
its strength is equal to steel of thirty-eight tons tensile strength. It 
fuses at about /O0 o C. It is one of the best conductors of heat and 
electricity, being better than either silver or copper. It is not affected 
at ordinary temperatures by air, water, gases, sulphur and its com- 
pounds or the acids except hydrochloric. It is affected by strong 
caustic alkalies. Heated in an atmosphere of chlorine, it burns with 
a vivid light, producing aluminum chloride. 

Uses. Aluminum is cast into ingots and rolled out into sheets of 
varying thickness for various purposes. It is now extensively used 
for culinary utensils, for jacketed steam-kettles, and for all manner of 
vessels and implements in which a light, non-corrosive metal is 
desirable. As it is capable of a high polish or a satin finish which 
may be printed upon, it is much used for signs, ornamental trays, 
calendars and many articles of art. It is cast into statuettes, used in 
making telescope slides, metallic parts of uniforms, dental and sur- 
gical implements, physical apparatus, harness trimmings, and in- 
numerable other articles in place of silver, brass, nickel etc., because 
of its lightness and for the reason that it is not oxidized by the action 
of moisture, air or the ordinary gases. 

It is fused with copper, iron and some of the other metals. Its 
addition in small proportions producing alloys of great utility. Five 
percent, added to copper makes an alloy closely resembling gold, 
much used in making cheap jewelry and ornaments. Aluminum 
bronze, w r hich is an alloy of aluminum about 10 percent, with copper, 
is extensively used in making many useful and ornamental articles. 
With iron a very small proportion added lowers its melting point 



420 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

and increases the fluidity of the molten metal, causing it to run 
easily into the molds and set without forming blow-holes and blisters 
as usually occurs when not added. In the form of powder also known 
as "aluminum bronze," it is extensively used in painting, especially 
on metallic work, as radiators, steam-pipes etc., and in printing, hav- 
ing the appearance of silver. 

The only use made of the metal in pharmacy is for making grain 
weights, spatulas and utensils, but its salts unite with the salts of 
the alkali metals, to form double salts called "alums," which are con- 
siderably used in medicine and pharmacy, and extensively used for 
dyeing and the manufacture of other chemicals. Besides the double 
salts, it forms single salts with many of the acids, the moist hydrate 
being readily dissolved by the acid. 

The metal and its compounds are further considered in the Chem- 
ical Section in Part I. 

ALUMINI HYDROXIDUM. U. S. 
Aluminum Hydroxide. Hydrated Alumina. 
Al 2 (HO) 6 =i 5 5.i8. 

This is a white light powder somewhat resembling magnesia, made 
by precipitating a saturated solution of alum with a solution of sod- 
ium carbonate ; the U. S. formula is as follows : 

Alum, ioo Gm. or 3^ ounces 

Monohydrated Sodium Carbonate, 43 Gm. or \y 2 ounces 
Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Dissolve each salt separately in 1000 Cc. (or 35 fl. ounces) of dis- 
tilled water, filter the solutions and heat them to boiling, then having 
poured the hot solution of monohydrated sodium carbonate into a 
capacious vessel, gradually pour in the hot solution of alum with con- 
stant stirring and add 2000 Cc. (or 70 fl. ounces) or boiling, water. 
Allow the precipitate to subside, decant the clear liquid, and pour 
upon the precipitate 2000 Cc. (or 70 fi. ounces) of hot water. Again 
decant, transfer the precipitate to a strainer and wash it with hot 
water, until the washings produce not more than a faint cloudiness 
with barium chloride T. S. Then allow it to drain, dry it at a tem- 
perature not exceeding 40°C. (io4°F.), and reduce it to a uniform 
fine powder." <U. S. The 7th revision directed equal weight of 
alum and sodium carbonate to be dissolved, precipitated, and the 
precipitate washed in a similar way. The monohydrated sodium 
carbonate contains a less percentage of water and was chosen as a 
more reliable salt. 

Properties and Uses. Aluminum hydroxide, or, as it is known to 
the market, aluminum hydrate, in its moist state, before drying, is 
used as a convenient basis for other aluminum salts ; as acetate, 
chloride, nitrate, sulphate etc., which are prepared by dissolving the 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 421 

moist precipitate or magma in the various acids, and crystallizing. 
When dried it is a white, light, tasteless powder, resembling calcined 
magnesia, insoluble in water or alcohol. It is an absorbent and ant- 
acid, and is given in doses of from 2 to 5 grains for irritation of the 
stomach etc. Externally it is used for covering inflamed surfaces, 
to prevent chafing etc. It is also used as an ingredient in face pow- 
ders and liquid cosmetics. 

Alumina. Aluminum Oxide. (A1 2 3 )\ This is the most abundant 
of the earths, the chief constituent of clay. It may be prepared by 
heating the hydroxide to a white heat in a covered crucible. The 
hydroxide and oxide of aluminum readily dissolve in acids, forming 
soluble salts. 

Kaolin or China Clay. (Al 2 3 Si0 2 +2H 2 0). This is a hydrated 
silicate of aluminum oxide found in nature and used for making china- 
ware, crockery etc. It is sometimes used in pharmacy and medicine. 
It is now official in the U. S. under the title Kaolinum, which see. 

ALUMINI SULPHAS. U. S. Aluminum Sulphate. 
Al 2 (S0 4 ) 3 +i6H 2 0=625. 9 3. 

Preparation. This may be made by dissolving aluminum hydroxide 
to saturation in diluted sulphuric acid by the aid of heat, evaporating 
the solution and crystallizing or granulating by stirring until dry. 
A white, odorless, crystalline powder, soluble in 1 part of water at 
2 S °C. (77°F.). 

Uses. It is but little used internally, but in the form of a weak 
solution (1 ounce to 1 quart) is used as an astring-ent injection and 
cleansing wash for ulcers etc. A saturated solution is a powerful 
escharotic and astringent, and may be used for the same purposes as 
"burnt" alum when it cannot well be applied. 

A few combinations of aluminum are better known by trade names under 
which they have been marketed. 

Acetonal. A 10 percent, solution of aluminum and sodium acetate. It may 
be prepared by dissolving 82 parts of anhydrous sodium acetate in 4050 parts 
of solution of aluminum acetate (Ph. G.). It is employed as an antiseptic. 

Aluminum Carbonate. A1 2 (C0 3 )3. This is known by the trade name Alcho. 
It is a chalky, white, tasteless substance, recommended as an astringent and 
mild styptic. Its uses are similar to aluminum acetate or burnt alum. Dose 
internally 5 to 15 grains. 

Aluminum Caseinate. Prepared by adding solution of aluminum acetate to 
milk freed from albumen and sterilized. It is a yellowish, tasteless, insol- 
uble powder, recommended as an intestinal astringent. Dose 3 to 5 grains. 

Aluminum Gallate. Trade name Gallal. A brown, insoluble powder, pro- 
duced by precipitating a solution of gallic acid with a solution of alum. It 
is used as a drying antiseptic and astringent, chiefly externally or in the 
nasal passages. 

Alsol. A trade name for aluminum acetotartrate. Also furnished as a 50 
percent, solution. 

Alsol Cream. An antiseptic ointment which may be made by combining 
aluminum acetotartrate 1 part with cold cream 9 parts. 

Alumnol. This is chemically, aluminum beta-naphthol-sulphonate, 
[GoHvOH'CSOa^laAb, produced by the interaction of barium beta-naphthol 



422 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

disulphonate and aluminum sulphate. It is a white powder readily soluble in 
water or glycerin, but little soluble in alcohol. Astringent, antiseptic and 
styptic. Mixed with talcum it is used as a dusting powder, and in solution 
as an injection in gonorrhoea, leucorrhcea etc. 

ALYPIN. 

This has been introduced as a local anesthetic in place of cocaine hydro- 
chloride. It is chemically, benzoyldimethylaminomethylaminobutane hydro- 
chloride, a white, crystalline hygroscopic powder freely soluble in water and 
alcohol. It is employed mostly in 2 to 4 percent, solution in the same man- 
ner as cocaine, but is less toxic that it. 

Alypin Nitrate. This is similar to the above but may be used with silver 
nitrate in solution, while the hydrochloride salt would be incompatible with it. 

AMMONIUM. 

Symbol NH 4 ; Atomic Weight 18. 

This is a hypothetical metal, the analogue of potassium and sod- 
ium, and, although it has not been isolated as a substance, its com- 
position is known by its characteristics in compounds, which corre- 
spond with the formula given it, NH 4 . It is not an element, but has 
similar properties and action as the elementary alkali metals, and for 
all combining purposes may be considered a univalent .radical like 
potassium and sodium, forming salts with acids, closely resembling 
these elements. 

It is more fully described in Part I, under the title Ammonium. 

AMMONIA. Ammonium Hydrate. Ammonia Gas. 
Symbol NH 3 ; Atomic Weight 16.93. 
This gas is known by its peculiar odor and its property of restor- 
ing the color of litmus paper which has been changed to red by the 
action of an acid, to its original blue. It dissolves freely in water and 
forms the well known water of ammonia. It is strongly alkaline, 
either as a gas or in solution, and forms salts with nearly all acids. 
This is more fully noticed under the heading Ammonia in Part I. 

AMMONIUM SALTS. 

Ammonium forms salts with nearly all the mineral and vegetable 
acids. They are generally colorless and very soluble in water. A 
few only are official in the U. S., less in the Br., and still less in the 
G. P. Of those unofficial in the U. S. P. but few are used in medi- 
cine or in pharmacy. The- following are the official salts: 

AMMONII BENZOAS. U. S., Br. Ammonium Benzoate. 
NH 4 C 7 H 5 O a =i38.o6, U. S. C 6 H 5 -COONH 4 , Br. 
"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure Ammonium 
Benzoate [C 6 H 5 *COONHJ, and should be kept in well-stoppered bot- 
tles."<U. S. 

"This salt is produced by neutralizing benzoic acid with solution of 
ammonia." < Br. 

It may be prepared by the following formula which is not official : 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 423 

Benzoic Acid, I ounce av. 

Ammonia Water, \ l / 2 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, 2 fl. ounces 

Mix the ammonia water with the distilled water and dissolve the 

benzoic acid in the mixture. Evaporate the solution by gentle heat, 

adding from time to time a little ammonia water to maintain a slight 

excess of alkali. 

Then set aside to crystallize and dry the crystals without heat. 
Uses. Ammonium Benzoate is somewhat used as a stimulant diu- 
retic in kidney diseases. Dose, 5 to 20 grains. 
Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

AMMONII BROMIDUM. U. S., Br. Ammonium Bromide. 

NH 4 Br=97.29. 

"It should contain not less than 97 percent, of pure Ammonium 
Bromide, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles/' <U. S. 

"This salt is formed by neutralizing hydrobromic acid with solution 
of ammonia. "<Br. 

This salt may be made by neutralizing hydrobromic acid with am- 
monia water, evaporating the solution and crystallizing; by decom- 
posing potassium bromide with ammonium sulphate in the presence 
of alcohol, and by may other processes. 

Uses. Ammonium Bromide is used as a hypnotic and sedative, 
and is by many preferred to potassium bromide. Dose, from 10 to 
60 grains or more. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

AMMONII CARBONAS. U. S., Br. Ammonium Carbonate. 
Sal Volatile. Hartshorn. Ammonium Sesquicarbonate. 

"It should contain not less than 97 percent, of the mixture of Acid 
Ammonium Carbonate [CO(OH)ONHJ and Ammonium Carbamate 
[CO(NH 2 )ONHJ, and should yield not less than 31.58 percent, of 
ammonia gas. It should be kept in well-stoppered bottles in a cool 
place. For dispensing purposes, only the translucent portions should 
be used."<U. S. 

"A variable mixture of ammonium hydrogen carbonate, NH 4 HCO a , 
with ammonium carbamate, NH 4 NH 2 C0 2 , produced on heating am- 
monium sulphate or chloride with calcium carbonate." < Br. 

As prepared for commerce, ammonium carbonate is a mixed salt, 
consisting of one molecule of acid ammonium carbonate and one of 
ammonium carbamate. It is generally prepared by subliming am- 
monium chloride or sulphate with chalk or calcium carbonate and re- 
subliming the product. It is a volatile and pungent ammonia salt — 
the only one having the odor of ammonia gas. Exposed to the air 
it soon loses the odor of ammonia and becomes inert, hence it must 
be carefully preserved in air-tight packages. 



424 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Uses, In pharmacy it is used in making aromatic spirit of am- 
monia, solution of ammonium acetate and several other prepara- 
tions and in the preparation of smelling salts. In medicine it is 
given as a stimulant in doses of 3 to 5 grains, generally in some mu- 
cilaginous syrup. It is frequently given combined with expectorants 
in cough syrups. It is also employed in cleaning compounds and for 
culinary purposes. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

AMMONII CHLORIDUM. U. S., Br. Ammonium Chloride. 
Muriate of Ammonia. Sal Ammoniac. 
NH t Cl=53.n. 
"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Ammonium 
Chloride."<U. S. 

"This salt may be formed by neutralizing crude solution of am- 
monia or ammonium carbonate with hydrochloric acid, and purify- 
ing the product."<Br. 

This salt is generally prepared, commercially, from ammoniacal 
liquid obtained from gas works, and known as "gas liquor," by neu- 
tralizing with hydrochloric acid and subliming the salt thus obtained. 
The sublimed salt is inconvenient for pharmaceutical use as it comes 
into market, but may be granulated and purified as follows : 
Ammonium Chloride, in small pieces, 20 ounces 

Ammonia Water, 5 fl. drachms 

Water, 2 pints 

Dissolve the salt in the water by the aid of heat in a porcelain 
vessel, add the ammonia water, and continue the heat for a short 
time ; filter the solution while hot and evaporate to dryness, with 
constant stirring, at a moderate heat until it granulates. 

Uses. Ammonium chloride is used as a stimulant, especially in 
cough mixtures, and externally in "solution" for lameness etc. The 
dose internally is from 2 to 10 grains. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=500 milligrammes, (7^grains). 
It is also extensively used in small batteries for telephones and 
electric bells, 6 ounces being the "charge" for an ordinary battery 
cell. 

AMMONII IODIDUM. U. S. Ammonium Iodide. 

NHJ=i 4 3.8 3 . 

"It should contain not less than 97 percent, of pure Ammonium 
Iodide, and should be kept in small amber-colored, well-stoppered 
vials, protected from light." <U. S. 

Preparation. This is made by decomposing a concentrated solution 
of potassium iodide with ammonium sulphate. Potassium sulphate 
remains undissolved and ammonium iodide is obtained from the fil- 
tered product by evaporation and crystallization. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 425 

Uses. Ammonium iodide is similar in its action to potassium 
iodide and is used for the same purposes. It is alterative and resol- 
vent. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes, (4 grains). 

AMMONII NITRAS. Ammonium Nitrate. 

NH 4 NO s =79-9- 

This was official in the U. S. P., 7th revision, but was dismissed in 
the 8th. 

Preparation. Ammonium nitrate may be made by adding am- 
monium carbonate to nitric acid as long as effervescence occurs, then 
filtering the solution, concentrating and crystallizing or evaporating 
until all the water is driven off, when it may be "granulated" by 
stirring until cool, or "fused" by allowing to cool without stirring. 

Uses. This is sometimes used as a diuretic, but is chiefly employ- 
ed for the preparation of nitrous oxide, or "laughing-gas," which is 
made from it simply by heating the ammonium nitrate and purifying 
the gas by running through a wash-bottle. 

AMMONII PHOSPHAS. Br. Ammonium Phosphate. 

(NHJ 2 HP0 4 =i 3 2. 

"A salt which may be obtained by neutralizing phosphoric acid 
with solution of ammonia." < Br. 

Preparation. This may be made by adding stronger ammonia 
water to phosphoric acid (50 percent., 1880) until slightly in excess, 
then concentrating the liquid by evaporation and crystallizing. A 
little ammonia water should be used while evaporating to keep the 
solution slightly alkaline. 

Uses. This is used as a remedy for rheumatism and gout in doses 
of from 15 to 30 grains. 

AMMONII SALICYLAS. U. S. Ammonium Salicylate. 

NH 4 C 7 H 5 3 =i 5 3-94. 

"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure Ammonium 
Salicylate [C 6 H 5 (OH)COONHJ, and should be kept in well-stop- 
pered bottles, protected from heat and light." <U. S. 

Preparation. This may be prepared by saturating a hot concen- 
trated solution of salicylic acid with ammonia water, until a slight 
odor of ammonia remains, then evaporating the solution, with occas- 
ional stirring, to a powder. 

It is soluble in about 1 part of water at N. T. and in 2.3 parts of 
alcohol at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Uses. This salt of ammonium may be used to advantage in rheu- 
matism and conditions caused by accumulation of uric acid in the 



426 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

system, as it is transformed in the blood ; forming with uric acid a 
more soluble salt, which may be eliminated by the kidneys. 
Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.— 250- milligrammes, (4 grains). 

AMMONII SULPHAS. Ammonium Sulphate. 
(NH,) 2 S0 4 =i 3 2. 

Preparation. The common source of this salt is gas liquor or fetid 
bone spirit, which is saturated with sulphuric acid and the salt ob- 
tained, repeatedly crystallizing to obtain pure. It is also made by add- 
ing gas liquor to powdered calcium sulphate, which it decomposes, 
leaving calcium carbonate precipitated, while the ammonium sul- 
phate remains in solution. The solution in then evaporated and 
crystallized. 

Uses. The ammonium sulphate is used as a basis of most of the 
ammonium salts and as a source of ammonia gas in making ammonia 
water, because of its cheapness. It is not employed in medicine. 

AMMONII VALERAS. U. S. Ammonium Valerate. 

XH 4 C,H, ) 2 =n8.24. 

"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure Ammonium 
Valerate and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

Preparation. This salt is prepared by passing dry gaseous ammon- 
ia into monohydrated valerianic acid. A process for making it was 
official in the U. S. P. 1870; but it is generally supplied by manufact- 
uring chemists who have facilities for preparing it. It is chiefly used 
in pharmacy for making Elixir of Valerianate of Ammonia. 

Uses. In medicine ammonium valerate is employed usually in the 
form of elixir or solution, in hysteria, delirium, neuralgia and nervous 
diseases. It is a nervine. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm. = 500 milligrammes, (7^grains). 

Other Salts of Ammonium. 

Besides the foregoing official salts of ammonium, a great many un- 
official combinations are prepared and somewhat used. They are re- 
ferred to in Part I. under the head Ammonium. 

AMYL. 

QH n . 
The radical of the Amyl series of compounds of which "fousel oil" 
is the hvdrate, is known as Amyl. Its compounds form an interest- 
ing series of products, somewhat useful in medicine and considerably 
employed in making artificial fruit flavors. The compounds of amyl 
are nearly all prepared from its hydrate — amylic alcohol, (QH^HO), 
or, as it is commercially known, fousel or fusel oil. This is combined 
with various acids and forms oxides or ethers. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 427 

The following are the preparations of amyl generally known and 

employed in pharmacy and the manufacture of fruit flavors : 

• Amyl Acetate, C 5 HiiC 2 H 3 2 Acetate of Amyl. 

Amyl Butyrate, CsHuQHtO, Butyrate of Amyl. 

Amyl Chloride, QH n HCl Chloride of Amyl. 

Amyl Formate, GHnCH0 2 Formate of Amyl. 

Amyl Hydrated Oxide, C 5 H n HO Fusel Oil, Amyloxide. 

Amyl Iodide, C5H1J Iodide of Amyl. 

Amyl Nitrate, C 5 H u NO: : Nitrate of Amyl. 

Amyi Nitrite, CoH^NO? Nitrite of Amyl. 

Amyl Valerianate, C5H11C3H0O2 Valerianate of Amyl. 

Of the foregoing, the amyl acetate, by the resemblance of its odor 

to the jargonelle pear, is often called pear oil, and the valerianate, by 

its resemblance to the odor of apples is called apple oil. The others 

are variously combined to make imitation fruit flavors. 

AMYL ACETATE. 

0^^-0^302=129.13. 

This is known commercially as Pear Oil because of its resemblance 
to the odor of the pear. It is also called Banana Oil, but differs from 
the product thus named which is used as a vehicle for bronze powder 
in painting, that compound being a varnish mixed with fusel oil. It 
is chiefly used for compounding fruit ethers in imitation of the flavor 
of fruits. 

AMYLIS NITRIS. U. S. Amyl Nitrite. 
Amyl Nitris. Br. Amyl Nitrite. 

"A liquid containing about 80 percent, of Amyl (chiefly Iso-amyl) 
Nitrite [C 5 H xl N0 2 = 116.24], when assayed by the process given. It 
should be kept in hermetically sealed glass bulbs, or in dark amber- 
colored glass-stoppered vials, in a cool and dark place. "<U. S. 

The assay of amyl nitrite is by gasometric estimation and is fully des- 
cribed in the U. S. P. 

"A liquid produced by the interaction of amylic alcohol which has 
been distilled between 262 and 2/0°F. (127.7 to 132.2° C.) and 
nitrous acid. It consists chiefly of iso-amyl nitrite, C e H 1:l NO ? , but 
contains also other nitrites of the homologous series." < Br. 

Preparation. A volatile liquid prepared by adding to purified 
amylic alcohol, in a capacious glass retort, an equal volume of nitric 
acid, and gradually heating to near the boiling point, when the re- 
action will proceed spontaneously. The distillate is collected until 
the temperature in the retort rises to ioo°C. (2I2°F.) and then dis- 
continued. The distillate is agitated with water rendered alkaline 
with potassa or lime, and the oily layer that separates upon standing- 
is then distilled, the portion coming over between 95°C. and ioo°C. 
being amyl nitrite. Other amyl ethers may be made in the same man- 
ner by using other acids in place of nitric acid. This ether is sol- 
uble in all proportions in alcohol or ether, but is almost insoluble in 



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water. Its sp. gr. should be 0.865 to 0.875 at 2 5°C. (77°F.). It is 
very volatile and inflammable and boils at about 96 ° to 99°C. Upon 
keeping it becomes weaker and more acid, it is therefore advisable 
to buy it in small glass-stoppered bottles ; or in pearls or tubules, in 
which form it will keep indefinitely. 

These pearls or tubules contain 3 to 5 minims and can be crushed 
in a handkerchief and the vapor inhaled. It is an antispasmodic and 
vaso-dilator, used chiefly for headache and in asthma, dyspepsia and 
angina pectoris. 

Average dose, internally, 0.3 Cc. (3 minims) in sweetened water or 
elixir. 

Amyl Salicylate. This combination of amyl with salicylic acid has been 
marketed under the name of Amylenal. It is a yellowish liquid, soluble in 
alcohol, ether and chloroform, but insoluble in water. It is used for rheu- 
matism by painting over the affected place, and internally in doses of 10 
minims in capsules. 

Amyl Valerate. A colorless liquid having the odor of apples when diluted. 
Soluble in alcohol, ether and chloroform; insoluble in water. It is used in 
flavoring compounds and has been employed with advantage for the treat- 
ment of gall-stone colic. Dose 3 to 6 minims in capsules. 

AMYLENE, Pentene. Valerene. 

C 5 H 10 . 

This is prepared by distilling amylic alcohol with a concentrated 
solution of zinc chloride which dehydrates the alcohol. The dis- 
tillate is agitated with concentrated sulphuric acid and the amylene, 
freed from all traces of water, rises to the surface and is collected. 
It is a colorless liquid, sp. gr. 0.655 at io°C. (50°F.). Soluble in alco- 
hol and ether, but insoluble in water. It it not now employed in med- 
icine, but is the basis of several preparations that are used. 

Amylamine Hydrochlorate. C 5 H 13 NHC1. This salt is given as an 
antipyretic in doses of from 7 to 15 grains for an adult. 

Amylene Hydrate. Dimethyl Carbinol. Tertiary Amyl Alcohol. 
(CH 3 ) 2 C 2 H 5 COH. A limpid, colorless liquid prepared by the action 
of sulphuric acid on amylene at a low temperature ; separation of the 
amylensulphuric acid, dilution with ice cold water, filtration, neutral- 
ization with chalk or soda, and distillation. The distillate is freed 
from water and redistilled, the portion passing over at from ioo° to 
I02.5°C being collected. Its sp. gr. is 0.81, and it boils at 102. 5°C. It 
has been employed as an anodyne and hypnotic, the dose being 30 to 
60 minims in ten times as much water or elixir. It is also given in 
doses of 3 to 5 minims, largely diluted, to children, for whooping 
cough. 

ANESTHESIN. 

This is, chemically, paraamido-benzoic acid ethyl ester. A white powder 
readily soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform or oils, but little soluble in water. 
It is employed in medicine as a local anesthetic and is given internally as a 
sedative in gastric ulcer, cancer of the stomach etc. May be used in powder 
mixed with some inert substance, or in alcoholic or etherial solution, or in 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 429 

the form of emulsion, ointment, suppositories or bougies. Dose internally 
5 to 10 grains. 

Anesthesin paraphenolsulphonate. A chemical combination of anesthesin 
more commonly known as Subcutin. 

ANESTHOL. 

A chemical combination of ethyl chloride 17 volumes, chloroform 35.89 
volumes and ether 47.1 volumes. It is recommended as a safe anesthetic for 
inhalation without bad after-effects. It is a colorless liquid of sp. gr. 1.045 
and boiling point 104°F. 

ANILINA. Aniline. Aniline Oil. Phenylamine. 

C 6 H 7 N. 

This alkaloid was first obtained from indigo by dry distillation, and 
derives its name from Anil, a specie of plants from which indigo is 
obtained. It was afterwards obtained from coal-tar, benzene and 
otlier products of coal and petroleum distillation and is now mainly 
obtained from these sources. It is a colorless, oily, inflammable 
liquid, the base of the various well-known salts known in the market 
as aniline dyes. Druggists formerly had quite a sale for these aniline 
salts under various fanciful names, but since the introduction of pro- 
prietary package dyes, they are but little called for, but are somewhat 
used in pharmacy for making colors and inks. The process for ob- 
taining aniline is complicated and varies considerably with the sub- 
stance from which it is derived; therefore it is not repeated here. Ani- 
line forms salts with most of the acids and negative elements, which 
give a great variety of beautiful colors known as "aniline dyes," the 
manufacture of which constitutes a great industry. This organic base 
which has been so extensively used as the basis of the aniline dyes 
has in the past few years been considerably employed in making med- 
icinal compounds. The following are the more important aniline salts 
and compounds used as dyes and in medicine : 

Aniline Oil. The oil from which aniline is obtained, consisting of 
aniline, toluidine, xylidine, cumidine, and small quantities of other 
similar bases. This oil is a common article of commerce, being used 
by manufacturers as a source of the aniline dyes and other chemical 
salts, and as a solvent for rubber and resins. 

Aurin or Auramine. Rosalie Acid. C 10 H 14 O 3 . An aniline deriv- 
ative from which many of the aniline salts are obtained. 

Azulin. A blue coloring matter formed by heating aniline with cor- 
allin. 

Black Aniline, Negrosine, or Gray Aniline. This is made by act- 
ing on mauvine with strong sulphuric acid and aldehyde, and by other 
cheaper methods. All tints from light gray to black may be produced 
with this dye. It is the basis of many of the popular black tints and, 
combined with blue it produces the navy blue dye. 

Blue Aniline. This is made both soluble and insoluble, of various 
shades of color. The former is known as soluble or alkali blue, 



430 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Nicholson's blue, diphenylamine blue etc. ; the latter as Blue dc 
Lyons, Blue de Nuit, blueine, Mulhouse blue, Aldehyde blue, tri- 
phenyl rosaniline etc. 

Brown Aniline. This is made by heating fuchsine and formic acid 
together and by other methods. 

Corallin, Pceonin. This is produced by heating together, at a tem- 
perature of I49°C, rosalic acid, and an alcohol solution of ammonia 
gas. A red and a yellow variety are obtained by different processes. 

Fuchsine, or Red Aniline, also known as Magenta, Solferino, ros- 
aniline, roseine, rubine, and by many other similar names, is made by 
various processes, which consist in oxidizing aniline oil by means of 
acids or other oxidizing agents. It is the basis of most of the other 
aniline dyes. 

Many modifications of the red color are produced by different com- 
binations and processes. 

Green Aniline. A variety of green shades are made by variously 
combining yellows and blues, or by acting upon fuchsine with various 
substances. They are variously known as aldehyde green, methyl* 
green etc. 

Methylene Blue, Medicinal. Tetramethylthionine Hydrochlorate. 
This is official in the U. S. P. under the title Methylthioninae Hydro- 
chloridum, which see.. It is employed as an anodyne and antiperio- 
dic. The dose is 2 to 4 grains, 3 or 4 times a day, in capsules. 

Pyoktannin. The blue pyoktannin is a mixture of the methyl-vio- 
lets, the yellow is an auramine. A powder soluble in 30 parts of boiling 
or 75 parts of cold water, 50 parts of glycerin or 12 parts of alcohol. 
It is antiseptic, disinfectant and a local analgesic. It is chiefly used 
in surgery and as an application in diseases of the nose, throat etc. 
Pencils of pyoktannin are convenient for these purposes ; solutions 
are also used. 

Violet Aniline, Mauvine, Purple Aniline, etc. A great variety of 
violets, varying from bluish to reddish, are produced by various combi- 
nations. The most familiar are Hoffman's Violets, made by acting on 
fuchsine with methyl or ethyl iodide or bromide. Those having 
reddish shades are marked Hoffman's Violet R., w r hile those having a 
blue shade are known as Hoffman's Violet B., or BB., or BBB., etc., 
the B's indicating the shade of blue. 

Yellow Aniline and Orange Aniline are mostly obtained from the 
products of fuchsine manufacture, chrysaniline etc. 

ANTIMONIUM. ANTIMONY. 

Symbol, Sb., (Stibium) ; Atomic weight, 119. 2; Sp. gr., 6.715. 
The metal Antimony occurs in nature to a small extent but is -gen- 
erally found alloyed or associated with other metals or combined 
with sulphur. The common commercial source being sulphide of 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 431 

antimony, gray antimony, or stibnite (Sb 2 S s ). This ore was called 
by the alchemists lupus metallorum, and metallic Antimony was nam- 
ed by them, regulus, or regulus of Antimony 

Metallic Antimony is a bright, silver-gray metal very brittle, easily 
pulverized, and is one of the most important alloy-metals we possess. 
Its salts are considerably used in pharmacy and medicine. 

The alloys of this metal and its chemical salts are referred to in the 
chemical section, Part I, but the salts used in medicine are further de- 
scribed here. 

The following are the salts official in the U. S. and Br. P : 

ANTIMONII ET POTASSII TARTRAS. U. S. 

Antimony and Potassium Tartrate. Tartar Emetic, U. S. 
Antimonium Tartaratum. Tartarated Antimony, Br. 

2K(SbO)C 4 H 4 O +H 2 O=65 9 .8o, U. S. [K(SbO)C 4 H 4 O fi ]-H 2 0, Br. 

"It should contain not less than 09.5 percent, of pure Antimony and 
Potassium Tartrate. ''<U. S. 

Preparation. This salt is the most important medicinal prepara- 
tion of antimony. It may be made by the old official process, which 
is as follows : 

Antimony Oxide, in very tine powder, 2 ounces 

Potassium Bitartrate, in very fine powder, 2 x / 2 ounces 

Distilled Water, 18 ounces 

To the water, heated to boiling in a glass (or porcelain) vessel, add 
the powders previously mixed and boil for an hour. Then filter the 
liquid while hot, and set aside that crystals may form. Lastly, dry 
the crystals and keep them in a well-stoppered bottle. 

Average dose. — Expectorant, 0.005 Gm.=5 milligrammes, (V10 
grain). Emetic, 0.030 Gm.=30 milligrammes, ( l / 2 grain). 

The British process is similar, except that the powders are first 
mixed together, moistened with water to a pasty mass and allowed 
to stand twenty-four hours before boiling with the remainder of the 
water, the boiling being continued only 15 minutes. 

This salt is found in the market generally in the form of a white 
powder familarily known as Tartar Emetic. It is soluble in about 17 
parts of cold, or 3 parts of boiling water. 

Uses. Tartar emetic is given in doses of from / 2 to 1 grain, re- 
peated if necessary, as an emetic. In doses of one-fortieth to one- 
third grain it is used as a diaphoretic and alterative. It is much pre- 
scribed and used as an astringent in cough medicines, and is also used 
for making irritating ointments and plasters. 

Antidote. For poisoning by overdose of this salt, some solution 
containing tannin should be freely given. Strong tea will do. Tan- 
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432 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

ANTIMONII OXIDUM. Br. Antimonious Oxide. 
Antimony Trioxide. Antimony Oxide. 

Sb 4 O e . 

"Antimonious Oxide, Sb 4 O e , may be prepared by pouring solution 
of antimonious chloride into water, and decomposing the precipitated 
antimony oxychloride with sodium carbonate." < Br. 

Preparation. This is trioxide of antimony or antimonious oxide. 
It may be made by treating antimony sulphide with hydrochloric acid, 
by the aid of heat, then adding nitric acid and water, and filtering, 
which makes a solution of chloride of antimony. The filtrate is then 
poured into a large quantity of water, which precipitates antimony 
oxychloride. To convert this into oxide it is treated with ammonia 
water for two hours, and then washed with distilled water to remove 
ammonium chloride. 

Uses. This is chiefly used for preparing tartarated antimony of the 
Br. P. It should dissolve entirely when treated with an excess of 
acid potassium tartrate. 

Dose. — i to 2 grains. 

ANTIMONII SULPHIDUM. 

Antimony Trisulphide. Antimony Sulphide or Sulphuret. 

This was official in the 7th revision of the U. S. P., but was dismiss- 
ed from the 8th. It is like Antimonium Nigrum Purificatum, except 
that the latter is purified. 

It is the commercial or crude Sulphuret of Antimony, from which 
the other antimonial preparations are chiefly derived. It is consid- 
erably known as an ingredient of condition powders, and is known in 
the market as "medleys." 

ANTIMONIUM NIGRUM PURIFICATUM. Br. 

Purified Antimony Sulphide. Antimonious Sulphide, Br. 
Black Antimony. 
"Native Antimonious Sulphide, Sb 2 S 3 , from which the silicous mat- 
ter has been removed by fusion, reduced to a fine powder, and, if any 
salt of arsenicum be present, purified by digesting with half its weight 
of ammonia for several days, washing and drying." < Br. 

This is the same as the foregoing except that it purified by dis- 
solving out whatever arsenous sulphide is present, with ammonia. 
Antimony Sulphide, 100 Gm. or 16 ounces av. 

Ammonia Water, 50 Cc. or 8y 2 fl. ounces 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Reduce the sulphide to a fine powder ; add the ammonia water, 
macerate for five days with frequent agitation ; then pour off the am- 
monia water. Wash the residue thoroughly with several portions 
of water, and, finally, dry by heat. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 433 

Uses. Whenever sulphide of antimony is directed to be used in 
medicine, the preparation thus purified should be employed. It is 
considerably used in making horse and cattle powders. 

ANTIMONIUM SULPHURATUM. Br. 

Sulphurated Antimony. Kermes Mineral. 
"A mixture containing antimony sulphides and oxides and sulphur." 
<Br. 

Antimonious Sulphide, 200 Gm. or 10 ounces 

Sublimed Sulphur, 200 Gm. or 10 ounces 

Caustic Soda of commerce, 100 Gm. or 5 ounces 

Diluted Sulphuric Acid, 

Distilled W'ater, of each a sufficient quantity. 
Dissolve the caustic soda in 2000 Cc. or 100 ounces of the distilled 
water ; with the solution mix the antimonious sulphide and the sul- 
phur ; boil for two hours with frequent stirring and addition of suffi- 
cient water to make up for evaporation ; then, while still hot, add 
3600 Cc. or 180 ounces of boiling distilled water; strain the product 
through calico ; before the strained liquid cools, add to it, by degrees, 
diluted sulphuric acid until it is in slight excess ; collect the precipi- 
tate on a calico filter ; wash with distilled water till the washings are 
free from sulphates; dry at a temperature not exceeding 2I2°F. 
(ioo°C). Br. 

Uses. This is given as an alterative and diaphoretic in small doses 
and an emetic in doses of from 1 to 2 grains. It is an ingredient of 
the well-known Plummer's Pills, which are official. 

ANTIPYRINA. U. S. Antipyrine. 
Phenazonum. Br. Phenazone. 

C 11 H 12 N 2 0= 186.75. 

"Phenyldimethylpyrazolon [C 3 HN 2 0(CH 3 ) 2 -C 6 H 5 ], obtained by the 
condensation of phenylhydrazine with aceto-acetic ether, and methy- 
lation of the product.'' <U. S. 

It is a colorless, nearly odorless, crystalline powder or tabular crys- 
tals, with a slightly bitter taste. Soluble in less than 1 part of water, 
1 part of alcohol or chloroform, and 30 parts of ether. 

Properties. This is one of the first of the proprietary antipyretics 
introduced. Knorr obtained a patent for producing it by the inter- 
action of phenyl-hydrazine and acetyl-acetic acid, by which phenyl- 
hydrazine acetylacetate is first formed, which by the action of heat, 
is split up into ethyl alcohol and phenyl-methyl-pyrazolon. Methyl 
iodide is introduced then, producing by the reaction, antipyrine hy- 
droxide. Messers Lucius & Briining, of Hochst on the Rhine, make 
this preparation after a patented process, by heating methyl-oxy- 
chinizin with an excess of phenyl-hydrazin to boiling, and collecting 



434 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

the white, crystalline powder which forms. Many other methods of 
producing it have been used but all are complicated chemical pro- 
cesses which will seldom be attempted outside of the manufacturer's 
chemical laboratory. 

Uses. It is the most freely soluble of any of the antipyretics and 
can therefore, be used in liquid preparations which do not admit of 
other, like remedies. It is, however, expensive, and the dose being 
double that of other antipyretics, restricts it use somewhat. It is 
given as an antipyretic to reduce the temperature, in fevers, la grippe 
etc., and for pains, sleeplessness, headache etc. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.^250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

Antipyrine Combinations. 
Antipyrine forms compounds with several of the organic acids which 
are considered valuable in medicine. A few of the combinations are 
as follows : 

Antipyrine Amygdalate. Tussol. A combination of antipyrine with 
amygdalin. A crystalline substance soluble in water, decomposed by 
alkalies. It is used as a remedy for whooping-cough and an infantile 
analgesic. Dose for adults, 0.50 to 4 Gm. (jy 2 to 60 grains), children 
according to age, from y 2 to 10 grains. 

Antipyrine Benzoate. This may be prepared by the addition of anti- 
pyrine to a boiling solution of benzoic acid. Upon cooling the salt 
crystallizes. 

Antipyrine Chloral. Hypnal. A combination of equivalent parts of 
antipyrine and chloral. A crystalline product, melting at 68° C. Sol- 
uble in 15 parts of water; more soluble in alcohol. 

It is given as a hypnotic and analgesic without the disagreeable 
and irritant taste of chloral, and having a more benificent action. 

Dose, 1 Gm. (15 grains), in cachets, capsules, syrup or elixir. 

Antipyrine Citrate. By adding antipyrine to a boiling solution of 
citric acid and allowing to crystallize. 

Antipyrine Ferrated. Ferropyrine. A chemical compound of anti- 
pyrine with chloride of iron. A red crystalline powder soluble in 5 
parts of water. It is astringent without being caustic and has the 
tonic action of iron. Dose, 0.50 to 0.15 Gm. (^4 to 2 grains). 

Antipyrine Iodide. Iodopyrine. Iodoantipyrine. A chemical com- 
bination of antipyrine and iodine. It is in colorless needle-shaped 
crystals ; but little soluble in cold, but soluble in hot water and in 
alcohol. It is antithermic, analgesic and anti-neuralgic, useful in 
rheumatic fever and as a resolvent. Dose, 0.50 to 1 Gm. per day, 
in powders or cachets. 

It is also useful as an ingredient in solutions for application to skin 
diseases, and in the form of ointment or other unctious preparations. 
In combination with other powders it is used as an antiseptic dusting; 
also for coryza in the form of snuff. 






Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 435 

Antipyrine Picrate or Carbazoate. By adding antipyrine to a boil- 
ing solution of picric acid and allowing to crystallize. 

Antipyrine Salicylate. Salipyrine. This is official in the 1900 P. G. 
under the title ''Pyrazolinum phenyldimethylicum salicylicum, salicyl- 
saures phenyldimethylpyrazolon." Also in the French Codex under 
the title "salicylate d'analgesine." It may be produced by heating 
together in molecular proportions antipyrine and salicylic acid to 
ioo°C. (2i2°F.). This salt has been considerably used as a remedy 
for rheumatism and similar affections. The dose is from 10 to 15 
grains (0.75 to 1 Gm,), every two hours or oftener until 120 grains 
have been given. 

Antipyrin-Salol. This is prepared by melting together equal parts 
of antipyrin and salol. It is a brownish liquid and is used chiefly as a 
hemostatic in uterine or nasal hemorrhage, applied on tampons. 

Antipyrine Tannate. This may be prepared by heating together on 
a water-bath at a temperature of ioo°C, equal parts of antipyrine and 
tannic acid. 

This is also known to the trade as Tannipyrin. It is employed as a 
sedative and astringent and is used for nasal hemorrhage, hemor- 
rhoids etc., as a styptic application. 

Other compounds of antipyrine will be noted under other headings. 

RECENT PROPRIETARY "ANTI— " PREPARATIONS. 

Antikamnia. A proprietary compound by this name is put up by 
the Antikamnia Chemical Co., of St. Louis, Mo., and has been exten- 
sively sold as an anodyne and analgesic. The word "Antikamnia" is 
proprietary, and druggists are not allowed to use it for preparations 
of their own make. 

According to the published statement on the label Antikamnia 
tablets now contain 305 grains of acetphenetidin, U. S. P., per ounce. 

This is a valuable antipyretic and analgesic. Dose 5 to 15 grains. 
The tablets are a very convenient form for exhibiting this medicine. 

Antinervine. Salicylbromanilid. This has been introduced as a 

proprietary preparation. A similar compound may be made as follows : 

Acetanilide, 2 ounces 

Salicylic Acid, 1 ounce 

Ammonium Bromide, 1 ounce 

Rub them together to a fine powder. The dose is 5 to 10 grains, for 
neuralgia, pain and nervous irritability. 

Antinosin. Tetra-iodo-phenolphtaleate of Soda. A blue powder 
soluble in water. It is used chiefly as an antiseptic in the preparation 
of solutions intended for injections into cavities of the body, as a 
destroyer of microbes. A solution of from 1 to 3 percent, is used. 

Antisepsin. Mono or Para-bromacetanilid. This was introduced 



436 The Fenner Formulary Part IF. 

after acetanilide became popular, but has never met with much favor. 
It is supposed to be a bromine combination of acetanilide. A prep- 
aration may be made to fill its place as follows : 

Salicylic Acid, J / 2 ounce 

Ammonium Bromide, I ounce 

Acetanilide, i ounce 

Rub them together to a fine powder. Dose 5 to 10 grains for head- 
ache. 

Antisclerosin. A compound of sodium chloride, sulphate, carbon- 
ate and phosphate, calcium glycerinophosphate, and magnesium phos- 
phate, mixed in the same proportions as is found in blood serum. 

Tablets are prepared, each tablet representing the equivalent of 
75°C. blood serum. They are intended to act as reconstructive in 
arterial sclerosis. Dose, 2 tablets taken with meals. 

Antiseptol. This is recommended as a substitute for iodoform and, 
according to Yvon, may be prepared as follows: 

Cinchonine sulphate, 2 J / 2 ounces^ is dissolved in 200 ounces of water; 
a solution of iodine is prepared with iodine and potassium iodide, each 
1 ounce, in 100 ounces of water. The iodine solution is then added 
to the cinchonine solution so long as a precipitate is formed, care 
being taken to avoid excess. The precipitate is then collected and 
washed on a filter with water, until all traces of free iodine are re- 
moved, then dried in the air. 

This may be used for the same purposes as iodoform, either as a 
dusting or in the form of solution or ointment. 

Antispasmin. A compound of narceine with sodium salicylate con- 
taining 50 percent, of each. A mixture of equal parts of the drugs 
named may be made by rubbing them together. It is prescribed as a 
hypnotic and analgesic for cramps and spasms. Dose, ^ to 1 grain, 
repeated until relief is obtained. 

Antithermin. This is a compound obtained by the action of phenyl- 
hydrazin upon acetoproprionic acid. It forms colorless crystals, sol- 
uble in ether and alcohol, but insoluble in cold water. Its action is 
similar to antifebrine, reducing the temperature and depressing the 
nervous system. The dose is 5 to 10 grains. 

ANTITOXINS. 

Antitoxins are defensive proteids occuring in. serum or lymph, ob- 
tained from animals that have been inoculated with a prepared, much 
diluted virus, of the same nature as is found in persons affected with 
the disease which it is intended to combat. 

The antitoxins are produced by making successive cultures of the 
virus, which is each time diluted or weakened. 

The antitoxin is used by inoculation or injection with the intention 
to produce the disease in a mild form and serve as a prophylactic ; giv- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 437 

ing immunity to the patient against the more violent form of the dis- 
ease. 

As these are mostly Serums they will be described under that title. 

APOCODEINE HYDROCHLORIDE. 

C ls H 10 NO 2 -HCl. 
This is prepared from codeine in a manner similar to that described 
under apomorphine hydrochloride, following. It is a hygroscopic pow- 
der of a greenish-gray color, readily soluble in water. Its properties 
are similar to cocaine and it is used as a sedative but more particularly 
as an expectorant in chronic bronchitis. It has, also, been proven a 
laxative when administered hypodermically in doses of 30 to 40 minims 
of a 1 percent, solution. The dose of the powder is y$ to 1 grain. 

APOMORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDUM. U. S., Br. 

Apomorphine Hydrochloride. 

C 17 H 17 X0 2 HCl=30i.3 4 . 

''The hydrochloride [HC1C 17 H 17 X0 2 ] of an alkaloid prepared from 
morphine by the abstraction of one molecule of water. It should be 
kept in small, dark amber-colored vials, which have been previously 
rinsed with diluted hydrochloric acid and dried." <U. S. 

"The hydrochloride of an alkaloid obtained by heating morphine 
hydrochloride or codeine hydrochloride in sealed tubes with hydro- 
chloric acid." < Br. 

Preparation. This may be prepared by heating one part of mor- 
phine with 20 parts of hydrochloric acid in a strong glass or metal 
tube at least fifteen times the capacity of the substances introduced. 
The tube must be securely sealed and the heat is best regulated by 
means of an air-bath by which it can be maintained for three hours at 
a temperature of 140 to I50°C. (284 to 302°F.). After heating in 
this manner the tube is cooled and its contents dissolved in water; 
sodium bicarbonate in excess is then added and when the precipitate 
has subsided the liquid is poured off and the precipitate is shaken 
with successive portions of ether which dissolves the apomorphine. 
A few drops of hydrochloric acid are then added to the etherial wash- 
ings and, after standing, crystals of morphine hydrochloride are found, 
(the acid uniting with the morphine and separating from the ether be- 
cause the salt is insoluble in ethers). The crystals are then dissolved 
in boiling water and recrystallized, making the pure morphine hydro- 
chloride which is employed in medicine. It is soluble in about 45 
parts of water and in alcohol. 

Uses. This alkaloidal salt has come into general favor as a prompt 
emetic by hypodermic injection. It is also used extensively by the 
various institutes for the cure of inebriates. It does not possess nar- 
cotic principles, like most of the alkaloidal salts of opium. 



438 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Average dose. — Expectorant, 0.002 Gm.=2 milligrammes ( 1 / ao 
grain). Emetic, 0.005 Gm. = 5 milligrammes (V10 grain). 

AQU2E. U. S. Waters. 
Aquae Medicatae. Medicated Waters. Aromatic Waters. 

As applied to pharmacy in this country and Great Britain the term 
Aquae or Waters includes only aqueous solutions of aromatic or vol- 
atile substances, either with or without the aid of some insoluble me- 
dium by means of which their solution may be facilitated. 

These waters are more commonly called "medicated waters ;" but 
with one or two exceptions, they are hardly entitled to that appel- 
lation. They are used in pharmacy for making a few medicinal prep- 
arations and in medicine are prescribed as vehicles for more active 
remedies. 

The U. S. P. includes in the waters, aqua ammoniac and aqua hydro- 
genii dioxidi, which are solutions of gas in water ; the Br. P. includes 
ammonia water among the solutions, which is, no doubt, the more 
proper classification. In Germany pharmacy several preparations are 
classed among the waters that more properly belong to the solutions ; 
and in French pharmacy, a large number of preparations are included 
in the "Eaux" which should more properly be in entirely different de- 
partments. In Spanish pharmacy Aqua Regia, (nitro-hydrochloric 
acid) is classed among the waters ; and in most of the foreign phar- 
macopoeias many preparations are included among the waters, which 
are not known as such in this country and Great Britain. 

The various processes by which waters are prepared are as follows : 
By Simple Solution. 

a. Of those made with cold water, the solutions of gaseous am- 
monia, chlorine and hydrogen dioxide ; of chloroform, carbolic acid 
and creosote ; of bitter almond oil, and tar and various solutions of 
salts in waters may be mentioned. With the exception of the gaseous 
solutions, which require special apparatus, the remaining waters are 
made simply by agitating the substances occasionally for several days 
with cold water. 

b. Hot water dissolves the volatile oils much more readily than 
cold, and very good waters may be made by thoroughly agitating the 
volatile oil directly in hot water, allowing to stand for several hours, 
and filtering. Nearly all the waters in which volatile oils are used can 
be satisfactorily made in this manner. 

Aromatic waters may be made extemporaneously by agitating one 
part of the essential oil with 999 parts of water. 

By Distillation. 

a. From fresh or dried herbs, aromatic fruit, flowers, leaves, bark, 
root, wood or other parts of plants. The substance is introduced with 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 439 

water into a still and more or less of the water (which is charged with 
the volatile constituents of the substance) is distilled over. Or steam 
is passed through the substances contained in a still, the vapor con- 
densed, and when cold, the oily particles removed with a pippette, or 
by nitration. French pharmacy waters prepared by distillation are 
called hydrolats. 

b. From essential oils of plants, by mixing them with a quantity 
of sand or some substance to separate the oily particles, then adding 
water and distilling over about half the quantity used. The propor- 
tion is generally about one fl. drachm of essential oil, 4 ounces of sand, 
and one gallon of water. Distil 4 to 6 pints. This is a very good way 
to make distilled waters. They generally keep better than when made 
from the fruit, flowers, leaves etc. 

Distillation, whenever it is admissible, is to be recommended above 
all other processes for the preparation of waters. The process and 
apparatus are further described in the article on Distillation. When 
made by distillation, the distilled waters while still warm should be 
put up in small, well-filled bottles, sealed, and put in a cool place. 
They will then keep for years. 

By Filtration or Percolation. 

The process at one time official for making most of the waters of the 
U. S. P. was to rub 30 minims of the essential oil with 60 grains of 
magnesium carbonate, then with 2 pints of water, and filter. This 
was generally a very satisfactory process, but it was thought desirable 
to change the process in the 1880 revision by substituting cotton as a 
means of mechanically subdividing the oil to aid in its solution; 30 
minims of the essential oil was added to 60 grains of absorbent cotton 
and evenly distributed by working them together. The saturated 
cotton was then to be packed loosely in the neck of a funnel and water 
percolated through it until two pints had passed. The use of cotton 
was not, however, entirely satisfactory. 

Mr. John D. Benedict, in The Formulary, for Jan. 1889, suggested 
the following manner of making the medicated waters prepared from 
essential oils etc. It is a very simple method and make quite satis- 
factory preparations : 

Take a medium sized filter paper, fold it, then drop the pharmaco- 
pceial amount of oil on the paper near the point of the filter, when in 
a folded condition, and allow it to partly dry. Enclose this filter in a 
second one of the same size (or larger, if desired), and place it in the 
funnel ; then pass the water through the double filters, returning it 
two or three times, or until you are satisfied that the water has taken 
up all the oil that it will. 

For camphor water, wet the filter thoroughly with U. S. P. spirit of 
camphor and allow the alcohol to evaporate ; then enclose in a second 
filter and proceed as outlined for other waters. 



440 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

"The results I have obtained from this method of manipulation 
have been all that could be asked for in point of stability, clearness, 
aroma and rapidity." 

The 1890 U. S. P. directed many of the waters to be prepared by 
rubbing the essential oil with dry precipitated calcium phosphate in a 
mortar, and gradually adding, with constant trituration, the required 
quantity of water, then filtering and adding through the filter enough 
water to make the required measure. Other substances besides pre- 
cipitated calcium phosphate may be used, — as magnesium carbonate, 
precipitated chalk, powdered kaolin, powdered pumice stone or other 
insoluble absorbent material, the object being to break up the oil 
globules into a state of fine division that they may be more readily 
dissolved by the water. 

As an improvement upon the U. S. P. process, hot water instead of 
cold may be used, the trituration being conducted in the same manner, 
and the solution allowed to stand covered until cold before it is 
filtered. The hot water greatly facilitates the solution of the essential 
oils and stronger flavored waters are obtained. 

Another convenient way to prepare waters from essential oils is to 
take 30 minims of the essential oil, dissolve it in y 2 ounce of alcohol 
and put the solution into a quart bottle ; add 2 drachms calcined mag- 
nesia and 32 ounces of water, shake well, allow to stand an hour or 
more and filter. 

The general instructions of the present U. S. P. are as follows : 

AQVJE. U. S. Waters. Medicated Waters. 

"The medicated waters, when prepared from volatile oils, are in- 
tended to be, as nearly as practicable, saturated solutions, which must 
be clear and free from solid impurities. In the processes which fol- 
low, the solution of volatile oils is facilitated by the use of purified 
talc ; but the solution may, if preferred, be aided by replacing the puri- 
fied talc by pulped or shredded filter paper ; waters may also be made 
by the addition of volatile oils to hot water and separation of the ex- 
cess of the former, or by the distillation of the drug or volatile oil with 
water, if by either of these methods the finished product corresponds 
in all respects with official requirements." <U. S. Eighth revision. 

AQUA. U. S., Br. Water. 

H 2 0=i/.88. 

"Potable Water in its purest attainable state." <U. S. 

The pharmacopoeia directs certain tests for determining the purity 
of water ; but where it is not known to be reasonably pure, distilled 
water should be used for chemical and pharmaceutical purposes and 
operations. 

Rain water and melted ice, boiled and filtered, are reasonably pure. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 441 

AQUA DESTILLATA. U. S., Br. Distilled Water. 

H 2 0=i;.88. 
The U. S. P. directs : 

"Water, one thousand volumes, iooo vol. 

To make eight hundred volumes, 800 vol. 

Distil the water from a suitable apparatus provided with a block- 
tin or glass condenser. Collect the first one hundred (100) volumes 
and reject this portion. Then collect eight hundred (800) volumes 
and keep the distilled water in glass-stoppered bottles which have 
been rinsed with hot distilled water immediately before being filled." 

<u. s. 

Distilled water boils at ioo°C. (2I2°F.), with the barometer at 
30 inches, and expands into 1700 times its bulk when converted into 
steam. It congeals at o°C. (32°F.), and attains its greatest density 
at 4°C. (39.2°F.), from which temperature its volume, is calculated 
as a basis for standard fluid measures. It is the basis from which the 
specific gravity of liquids and solids is calculated, the weight of a 
given volume at a specified temperature being generally taken as the 
unit 1, 1. 00, 1. 000, or 1.0000. 

The pharmacopoeias of all countries recognize distilled water and 
direct it in many of their preparations. Tests of purity are directed 
in the U. S. and Br. P. and in many others. 

It is used in many of the formulas and operations of chemistry, 
and as a solvent and dilutent whenever water free from all impurities 
is required. 

Mr. William P. Mason of the Rensselear Polytechnic Institute of 
Troy, N. Y., has investigated the weight of the U. S. gallon of 231 
cubic inches of water, and after careful and exhaustive calculations 
finds "the U. S. gallon of distilled water at 6o°F., weighed in air at 
6o°F., w r ith barometer at 30 inches weighs 58334.946 grains." This 
differs slightly from some of the authoritative determinations, but 
may be considered correct. 

AQUA AMMONIiE. U. S. Ammonia Water. 

"An aqueous solution of Ammonia [NH 3 = 16.93], containing 10 
percent., by weight, of gaseous ammonia." <U. S. Sp. gr. 0.958 at 
25°C. (77°F.) ; volatilizes completely at ioo°C. (2I2°F.). 

All other pharmacopoeias class this under solutions. (See Am- 
monia and Liquor Ammonise). 

The present pharmacopoeia gives no formula for preparing this 
water. The process of the 1870 U. S. P. was to mix muriate of am- 
monia (ammonium chloride) in small pieces with milk of lime in a 
retort connected with a cooled receiver by means of a glass tube ex- 
tending beneath the surface of distilled water contained in the receiver. 
Heat being then applied, the lime is converted into chloride of lime, 



442 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

liberating the ammonia gas which is distilled over and dissolves in the 
water contained in the receiver. 

The official strength of the U. S., Br. and German water, liquor or 
solution of ammonia, is 10 percent., by weight, of the gas. Its sp. gr. 
is 0.960. In German pharmacy it is generally prescribed by its Latin 
name, "Liquor Ammonii Caustici." 

It is supplied by manufacturers in carboys, and marked by some 
16 and by others F.F.F., or 3F. Other manufacturers mark the 
20 ammonia F.F.F., or 3F., so it will be seen that considerable con- 
fusion exists in regard to the F's, and they should never be taken as 
the standard of strength of the solution, the degree marks, only, be- 
ing reliable. 

In pharmacy both the 10 percent, and the stronger solutions are 
used in making the official preparations, and in general use other 
strengths are employed ; for druggists buy of manufacturing chemists 
water of ammonia varying all the way from 6 to 28 percent, or more 
of the gas — the most frequently sold being the "F.F.F." or 20 
Baume, sp. gr. 0.933, containing ij l / 2 percent, of gas. To reduce 
the 20 or "F.F.F." ammonia to the official 10 percent, ammonia 
water, mix 16 ounces av. with 12 ounces av. of distilled water. 

To reduce the 28 percent., or stronger ammonia water to the 10 per- 
cent, strength, mix 16 ounces av. with 28^/5 ounces av. of distilled 
water. 

Uses. In the industrial arts, in ice machines and in manufacturing 
chemicals, ammonia is extensively used, either in the form of gas, 
solution or salts. The domestic use of "household ammonia" has 
greatly increased within the past few years. In medicine, water of 
ammonia is used externally as an application in the form of liniments, 
mixtures etc., as a stimulant and counter-irritant for rheumatism, 
neuralgia, lameness etc. Internally it is given as an antacid and 
stimulant, in doses of from 5 to 30 drops. 

Average dose. — U. S. 1 Cc. (15 minims). It should be much di- 
luted for internal administration. 

AQUA AMMONLffi FORTIOR. U. S. 
Stronger Ammonia Water. 

"An aqueous solution of ammonia [NH 3 =i6.93] containing 28 per- 
cent., by weight, of gaseous ammonia. This solution deteriorates on 
keeping, and should be tested frequently. Stronger ammonia water 
should be kept in partially filled, strong glass-stoppered bottles in a 
cool place. Great caution should be used in handling this liquid." 
<U. S. 

The U. S. official Stronger Ammonia Water contains 28 percent, of 
ammonia . gas, by weight, sp. gr. at 25°C. (77°F.) 0.897, and is 
marked 26 . The Br. Strong Solution of Ammonia contains 32.5 per- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 443 

cent, of the gas, by weight, sp. gr. at N. T. 0.891. There is no corres- 
ponding official German solution. 

It is prepared in the same manner as the 10 percent, solution, except 
that a greater percentage of gas is dissolved in the water. 

Stronger water of ammonia is frequently employed as a vesicant 
and caustic, but is seldom given internally. 

AQUA AMYGDALA AMAR^. U. S. Bitter Almond Water. 

The U. S. P. formula is 

"Oil of Bitter Almond, 1 Cc. N or 15 minims 

Distilled Water, 999 Cc. or 32 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the oil in the distilled water by agitation, and filter 
through a well wetted filter." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

Bitter almond water in not official in the Br. P. or the Fr. Codex. 
Cherry-Laurel water being used instead. (See Aqua Laurocerasi). 

AQUA ANETHI. Br. Dill Water. 

This is official only in the Br. P., the formula being 

Dill fruit 1 pound av. (or 500 grammes), water 2 Imperial gallons 

(or 10 liters). Distil one-half. 
This water is considerably used in Great Britain but is seldom called 

for in this country. ' 

AQUA ANISI U. S., Br. Anise Water. 

The U. S. formula is: Oil of anise 2 Cc. (or 30 minims), purified 
talc 15 grammes (or y 2 ounce), distilled water, sufficient to make 
1000 Cc. (or 32 fl. ounces). 

Triturate the oil of anise with the purified talc, add the water grad- 
ually, triturate and filter. <U. S. 

The Br. Ph. formula is: Anise fruit 1 pound av. (or 500 grammes), 
water 2 gallons, (or 10 liters). Distil one-half. < Br. 

Average dose. U. S. 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

AQUA AURANTII FLORUM. U. S. Orange Flower Water. 

The U. S. P. directs 

Stronger Orange Flower Water, 
Distilled Water, of each one volume. 

Mix them immediately before use. 

The Stronger Orange Flower Water directed to be used is what 
is known as triple orange flower water, which is prepared by distilla- 
tion, and is the saturated aqueous residue which occurs in the dis- 
tillation of orange flowers in making oil of neroli. The otto being 
removed from the surface of the distillate leaves a strongly-flavored 
water, which is known in commerce as orange flower water, triple. 



444 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

It is generally prepared in the south of France, from whence it is ex- 
ported. 

AQUA AURANTII FLORUM FORTIER. U. S. 

Stronger Orange Flower Water. Triple Orange Flower Water. 
Aqua Aurantii Floris. Br. Orange Flower Water. 

"Water saturated with the volatile oil of fresh orange flowers, ob- 
tained as a by-product in the distillation of the oil of orange Mower. 
It should be kept in loosely-stoppered bottles in a dark place. "<U. S. 

The Br. P. under the Latin title. Aqua Aurantii Floris, describes 
it as "The Orange Flower Water of commerce, prepared from the 
flowers of the Bitter Orange tree, Citrus Aurantium."<Br. 

This corresponds more nearly to the orange flower water of the 
other pharmacopoeias than with the preparation bearing that name 
of the present U. S. P. (See above). 

Stronger or triple orange flower water is used in making several 
official preparations and for flavoring many of the "Elegant prep- 
arations" of pharmacy. 

AQUA CAMPHORS. U. S., Br. Camphor Water. 

The U. S. formula is 

Camphor, 8 Gm. or 120 grains 

Alcohol, 8 Cc. or 120 minims 

Purified Talc, 15 Gm. or y 2 ounce 

Distilled Water, to make 1000 Cc. or 32 fl. ounces 

The camphor is to be dissolved in the alcohol, the purified talc ad- 
ded with trituration and, after allowing the greater part of the alco- 
hol to evaporate spontaneously, water is gradually added with tritura- 
tion, to make 1000 Cc. The mixture is then to be filtered. 
The Br. formula is 

Camphor, 70 grains or 5 grammes 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity, 

Distilled Water, 160 fl. ounces or 5 liters 

Dissolve the camphor in a sufficient quantity of the alcohol to form 
a fl. ounce (or 15 Cc.) of the solution; add this in successive portions 
to the distilled water, shaking after each addition ; finally agitate oc- 
casionally until all the camphor is dissolved. 

Camphor water is used chiefly as a vehicle for other medicines. It 
has a slightly sedative effect and may be given one half to one fl- 
ounce every two hours. 

Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

AQUA CALCIS. AQUA CALCARI^. Ph. Ger. Kalkwasser. 
Lime Water. Solution of Lime. 

This is official either as Lime Water of Solution of Lime in all phar- 
macopoeias. As it is simply a saturated solution of calcium hydrate 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 445 

the formulas must all produce the same ; therefore the Ph. Ger. for- 
mula, which is a representative of all, is given. 

Lime, i part 

to be slacked with 
Water, 4 parts 

then mixed by stirring it with 
Water, 50 parts 

After standing a few hours pour off the liquor and throw it away ; 
add to the residue 

Water, 50 parts 

and mix them thoroughly. Set aside and pour off the liquid from the 
top as wanted, or filter. 

Solution of lime or lime water is a saturated solution, containing 
all the lime that will dissolve ; an excess of lime is used and, if kept 
with the sediment in the bottle, fresh water may be added from time 
to time, the bottle shaken, and it will be the same as before. 

Uses. It is used in pharmacy in some liniments and lotions where a 
mild alkali is desired, and internally is much employed as an antacid, 
and is mixed with milk given to invalids and infants. A teaspoonful 
to a tablespoonful is the ordinary dose. 

AQUA CARUI. Br. Caraway Water. 

The Br. formula is 

Caraway Fruit, 1 pound or 500 grammes 

Water. 320 fl. ounces or 10 liters 

Distil one-half. It may also be made from caraway oil, 15 minims 
in a pint, in the same manner as other waters made from oils. This 
is a pleasant aromatic water, like anise water, and is used as a vehicle. 

AQUA CHLOROFORMI. U. S., Br. Chloroform Water. 

The U. S. formula is 

Chloroform, Distilled Water, each, a sufficient quantity. 

"Add enough chloroform to a convenient quantity of distilled water 
contained in a dark amber-colored bottle to maintain a slight excess 
of the former, after the contents have been repeatedly and thoroughly 
agitated. 

When chloroform water is required for use, pour off the needed 
quantity of the solution, refil the bottle with distilled water and sat- 
urate it by thorough agitation, taking care that there is always an ex- 
cess of chloroform present." <U. S. Contains y 2 percent, of chloro- 
form. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

The Br. P. formula is 

Chloroform, 30 minims or 2]/ 2 Cc. 

Distilled Water, to make 25 fl. ounces or 1000 Cc. 

Shake them together until the chloroform is dissolved. 



2 


Cc. 


or 


30 


minims 


i5 


Gm. 


or 


/ 2 


ounce av 


1000 


Cc. 


or 


32 


fl.ounces 



446 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

(A note to this formula says: "This preparation contains only 
half the proportion of chloroform present in the corresponding pre- 
parations of the Br. P. 1885)." 

This water is a simple saturated solution of chloroform in water, 
the chloroform being heavier than water subsides after agitation, 
leaving only that which remains in solution in the water, as chloro- 
form water. A fl. drachm of chloroform requires 25 fl.ounces of water 
to effect its solution. Chloroform water contains, therefore, one-half 
of one percent, of chloroform. It has proven an excellent vehicle for 
the administration of medicines. The dose is from ^ to 2 fl.ounces 
(15 to 60 Cc). 

AQUA CINNAMOMI. U. S., Br. Cinnamon Water. 

The U. S. P. directs this to be prepared from cinnamon oil as fol- 
lows : 

"Oil of Cinnamon, 
Purified Talc, 
Distilled Water, to make 
Triturate the oil of cinnamon with the purified talc, add the distilled 
water gradually, with continued trituration, filter, and pass the fil- 
trates through the filter repeatedly until the cinnamon water is per- 
fectly clear." <U. S. 
The Br. P. directs 

Cinnamon bark, bruised, 1 pound or 500 grammes 

Water, 320 fl.ounces or 10 liters 

Distil one-half. 

It may also be made by mixing 1 fl. drachm of cinnamon oil with 
4 ounces of sand and 8 pints of water and distilling 4 pints. This pro- 
duces a superior cinnamon water. 

Cinnamon water is a pleasant aromatic stimulant, much used and 
prescribed as a vehicle and dilutent for more active medicines. The 
dose is 2 to 4 fl. drachms (7 to 14 Cc). 

AQUA CREOSOTI. U. S. Creosote Water. 

The U. S. P. directs 

Creosote, 10 Cc. or 1 fl. drachm 

Distilled Water, 990 Cc. or i2}i fl.ounces 

"Agitate the creosote vigorously with the distilled water, and filter 
through a well-wetted filter." <U. S. Contains 1 percent, of creosote. 

Creosote water is administered internally, the U. S. preparation as 
an antiseptic in doses of from 1 to 4 fl. drachms (3.70 to 15 Cc). It 
is also used as a gargle for throat affections and as a lotion for indo- 
lent ulcers and skin diseases, and applied on the surface of poultices 
to prevent putresence and fetor. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 447 

AQUA FCENICULI. U. S., Br. Fennel Water. 

The U. S. formula is 

Oil of Fennel, 2 Cc. or 30 minims 

Purified Talc, 15 Gm. or J / 2 ounce av. 

Distilled Water, q. s. to make 1000 Cc. or 32 fl. ounces 
"Triturate the oil of fenned with the purified talc, add the distilled 
water gradually with continued trituration, filter and pass the filtrate 
through the filter repeatedly until the fennel water is perfectly clear." 
<U. S. 
The Br. formula is 

Fennel Fruit. 1 pound or 500 grammes 

Water, 320 fl. ounces or 10 liters 

Distil one-half. < Br. 

AQUA HAMAMELIDIS. U. S. Hamamelis Water. 

The U. S. P. directs 

Hamamelis Bark, 10000 Gm. or 22 pounds 

Water, 20000 Cc. or 5^ gallons 

Alcohol, 1500 Cc. or 50^ fl- ounces 

To make 10000 Cc. or 2^g gallons 

"Macerate the hamamelis bark in water during twenty-four hours; 
then distil until 8500 Cc. (or 2*4 gallons) are obtained, add the alco- 
hol and mix thoroughly." <U. S. 

It is uncertain whether or not this preparation is designed to take 
the place of the Extractum Hamamelidis Destillatum prepared by 
manufacturers from the fresh twigs by steam distillation. (See this 
title). 

AQUA HYDROGENII DIOXIDI. U. S., Br. 
Liquor Hydrogenii Peroxidi. Solution of Hydrogen Dioxide. 

"A slightly acid, aqueous solution of Hydrogen Dioxide, (H 2 2 
=33.76), which should contain, when freshly prepared, about 3 per- 
cent., by weight, of absolute hydrogen dioxide, corresponding to 
about 10 volumes of available oxygen." <U. S. Sp. gr. about 1.006 
to '1.012 at N. T. 

The Br. description of Solution of Hydrogen Peroxide which cor- 
responds with this preparations is : "An aqueous solution of hydro- 
gen peroxide, (H 2 2 ), prepared by the interaction of water, barium 
peroxide, and a dilute mineral acid at a temperature below 50°F. 
(io°C.)."<Br. (See Liquor Hydrogenii Peroxidi). 

This preparation was discovered in 1818 by Thenard, and has 
rapidly grown in public favor until in 1890 it was introduced into the 
U. S. P. and in 1898 in the Br. P. 

Preparation. Barium dioxide 300 grammes, phosphoric acid, di- 
luted sulphuric acid, distilled water, each, a sufficient quantity. 



448 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

As the formula for this preparation requires greater care in man- 
ipulation than most formulas which druggists prepare, the directions 
for making are not repeated. 

The manufactured preparations mostly contain from l /$ to % grain 
of acetanilide in each fluid ounce. This preserves the preparation so 
that it does not deteriorate by keeping a reasonable length of time. 

Some manufacturers furnish the drugs required for its preparation 
in a package together with directions more simple than those of the 
U. S. P. ; but, as a rule, druggists buy this water already, prepared, 
made by some reliable manufacturing chemist and sold by jobbers. 

Medicinal Uses. Wonderful medicinal virtues have been accred- 
ited to hydrogen dioxide. It is known to be a powerful antiseptic and 
disinfectant and is much used in surgery to prevent putrefaction and 
destroy septic germs ; also in dressing sores, ulcers and humors, and, 
diluted with water, to wash the hands and instruments. It has also 
been given internally in doses of J / 2 to i fl. drachm (2 to 4 Cc), di- 
luted with water. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

The present U. S. P. omits the formula for this preparation. There 
is no change in the description following the title except in the chem- 
ical formula, which is now H 2 2 =33. 7^ (instead of H 2 2 =33.92) ; 
the difference being on account of the revised atomic weight of oxy- 
gen. It is also stated that this preparation should be kept in a cool 
place ; and upon removing the stopper from the bottle, not more than 
a slight pressure should be observed. A considerable number of prep- 
arations which are essentially solutions of Hydrogen Dioxide are 
now on the market, put up as proprietary or semi-proprietary rem- 
edies, and introduced by advertising or other means of solicitation to 
physicians and dentists. There are also several proprietary prep- 
arations claiming to be solutions of Hydrogen Dioxide or Ozone, and 
largely advertised to the public, that are entirely different from the 
official solution. 

Perhydrol. Manufacturers furnish a concentrated hydrogen per- 
oxide of 30% strength=to 100 volumes, or about 10 times the amount 
of hydrogen peroxide contained in the official preparation. This 
must be handled with great caution and as it is quite expensive as 
compared with the official preparation it is not advisable to buy it, 
except for special uses. 

AQUA LAUROCERASI. Br. Cherry Laurel Water. 

The Br. P. formula is 

"Fresh Cherry-Laurel leaves, 1 pound or 320 Gm. 

Water, 50 fl. ounces or 1000 Cc. 

Place the crushed cherry-laurel leaves with the water in a retort, 
distil one pint (or 400 Cc.) of liquid, shake the product, filter if neces- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 449 

sary ; adjust the strength of the finished product either by adding 
hydrocyanic acid or by diluting the distillate with distilled water, so 
that, when tested as described under Acidum Hydrocyanicum Di- 
lutum, it shall contain one-tenth percent, of hvdrocvanic acid, HCN." 
<Br. 

Dose, y 2 to 2 fl. drachms (2 to 8 Cc). 

In Br. pharmacy this water takes the place of bitter almond water. 

Medicinal Uses. This is a pleasantly flavored water, valuable only 
for the hydrocyanic acid it contains. It is much used in Europe in 
cough preparations and in sedative mixtures. The dose is from y 2 to 
1 fl. drachm (2 to 4 Cc). 

As fresh cherry-laurel leaves are not readily obtainable, and oil of 
cherry-laurel is to be had of drug jobbers, it is more convenient to 
prepare cherry-laurel water as follows : 

Oil of Cherry-Laurel, 15 minims 

Hydrocyanic Acid, diluted. 90 minims 

Distilled Water, 32 fl. ounces 

Shake them together frequently during 24 hours and filter. 

This answers every purpose for which cherry-laurel water is re- 
quired in this country and is much more easily prepared. 

Quadruple Cherry Laurel Water. This water is imported in con- 
centrated or saturated solution known as Quadruple Cherry Laurel 
Water. It may be diluted with 3 times its volume of distilled water 
for use. 

AQUA MENTHA PIPERITA. U. S., Br. Peppermint Water. 

This water or water made from some variety of Mentha is official 
in all pharmacopoeias and is more frequently used than any other 
medicinal water. 

The U. S. formula is 

"Oil of Peppermint, 2 Cc. or 30 minims 

Purified Talc, 15 Gm. or 250 grains 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 32 fl. ounces 

Triturate the oil of peppermint with the purified talc, add the dis- 
tilled water gradually with continued trituration, filter and pass the 
filtrate through the filter repeatedly until the peppermint water is 
perfectly clear." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. ounces). 
The Br. formula is 

'"'Oil of Peppermint, 77 minims or 10 Cc. 

Water, 240 fl. ounces or 15 liters 

Distil two-thirds. (' 160. fl. ounces or 10 liters) ."< Br. 
The U. S. formula is the most readily made and answers every pur- 
pose of a distilled water. Magnesium carbonate mav be used in- 



450 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

stead of purified talc and produces a clearer preparation. If distilled 
from the oil as directed by the Br. formula it is of advantage to mix 
the oil with 4 ounces of sand before distilling. 

Medicinal Uses. Peppermint water is one of the most used of the 
flavored waters. It is frequently prescribed as a vehicle for other 
medicines, especially in flatulence and other dyspeptic troubles. The 
dose is from 1 to 4 fl. drachms (4 to 15 Cc). 

AQUA MENTHA VIRIDIS. U. S., Br. Spearmint Water. 

The U. S. formula is 

"Oil of Spearmint, 2 Cc. or 30 minims 

Purified Talc, 15 Gm. or 250 grains 

Water, to make 1000 Cc. or 32 fl. ounces 

Triturate the oil of spearmint with the purified talc, add the' dis- 
tilled water gradually with continued trituration, filter, and pass the 
filtrate repeatedly through the filter until the spearmint water is 
perfectly clear." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 
The Br. formula is 

Oil of Spearmint, jj minims or 10 Cc. 

Water, 240 fl. ounces or 15 liters 

Distil two-thirds, (160 fl. ounces or 10 liters). <Br. 
Magnesium carbonate may be used with advantage instead of pur- 
ified talc. If made by distillation it is advantageous to mix the oil 
with 4 ounces of sand before distilling. 

Medicinal Uses. Spearmint water is used for the same purposes 
and in the same manner as peppermint water. 

AQUA PIMENTO. Br. Pimento Water. 

This is official only in the Br. P. 

Pimento, bruised, 8 ounces av. or 250 grammes 

Water, 320 fl. ounces or 10 liters 

Distil one-half. 

This is an agreeably flavored water, used in carminative mixtures 
and as a grastric stimulant. 



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AQUA ROSiE. U. S., Br. Rose Water. 

The U. S. P. directs 
"Stronger Rose Water, 
Distilled Water, each, one volume. 
Mix them intimately before use."<U. S. 
Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. ounces). 

The stronger rose water herein directed is what is known as triple 
or quadruple rose water, and is imported generally from the south of 
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• "The rose water of commerce, prepared by distillation from the 
flowers of the Rosa damascena, diluted immediately before use, with 
twice its volume of distilled water." < Br. 

Ordinary rose water required in the drug business may be prepared 
extemporaneously by dissolving 5 minims of oil of roses in y 2 ounce 
of alcohol and adding to the solution 15^ ounces of distilled water 
and filtering. It may also be made in the same manner from Rhodinol, 
but the flavor is not exactly the same. 

The triple, or quadruple (as it is called by some manufacturers) 
rose water imported from France, when diluted with an equal volume 
of water, is better than any rose water that can be made in this 
country as our roses lack the fragrance of the European varieties. 

Rose water is used in several official preparations and is much pres- 
cribed as a solvent for various substances, as in making eye waters, 
lotions etc. It is a favorite article for the toilet, either alone, or mixed 
in various preparations. 

AQUA ROSiE FORTIOR. U. S. 

Stronger Rosewater. Triple or Quadruple Rosewater. 

"Water saturated with the volatile oil of Rose petals, obtained by 
distillation." <U. S. 

This is the triple rose water of commerce, generally imported from 
France where it is obtained in the distillation of oil of rose. The 
rose petals are distilled with steam and after standing until cold, 
the undissolved oil of rose which rises to the surface is taken oft, 
leaving a saturated rose water, which is the triple rose water of 
commerce. It is generally imported in copper cans of about three 
gallons capacity, or in glass carboys of 6% gallons. 

This stronger or triple rose water is used as it is in making many 
toilet preparations and is diluted for making official rose water. 

AQUA SAMBUCI. Br. Elder-Flower Water. 

Fresh Elder Flowers, 10 pounds or 5000 grammes 

or an equivalent quantity of flowers 
preserved while fresh, with common salt. 
Water, 5 gallons or 25 liters 

Distil one-fifth. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. ounces). 

ARGENTUM — SILVER. 

Symbol Ag. Atomic weight 107.66. Sp. gr. (fused) 10.4. 
Silver is a well-known elementary metal extensively used in the arts 
and employed as the money currency of many countries. It is ob- 
taind mostly from its ores, from which it is separated by various 



452 The Tenner Tor miliary Part II. 

means, but is sometimes found in small quantities, as metallic silver. 
Its uses in the arts and commerce of the world are too well-known 
and general to require mention. 

In pharmacy it is used in the metallic state only in the form of, 
silver leaf (Argentum Foliatum) for coating pills, cachous etc., but 
its salts, — particularly silver nitrate — are much employed for mak- 
ing various preparations, and are considerably used in medicine. 
Recently a number of compounds of silver in colloid form, and united 
with organic substances as albumen, casein etc., have come into ex- 
tensive use. 

Solutions of its salts are precipitated by chlorine compounds form- 
ing a curdy white precipitate, insoluble in nitric acid but soluble in 
ammonia water. This forms a very delicate and characteristic test 
for silver. 

The following are the U. S. and Br. official preparations of silver: 

ARGENTUM PURIFICATUM. Refined Silver. 

The Br. Ph., 1885, under this heading describes pure metallic silver. 
It may be made by dissolving coin silver in nitric acid and water, ad- 
ding hydrochloric acid, which precipitates chloride of silver, leaving the 
copper alloy in solution ; the liquid is poured off, the precipitate washed 
and melted with sodium carbonate, in a crucible. The melted metal 
is then poured off and consists of pure silver. 

ARGENTI CYANIDUM. U. S. Silver Cyanide. 

"It should contain not less than 99.9 percent, of pure silver cyanide, 
corresponding to 80.48 percent, of metallic silver." <U. S. 

Preparation. This may be made by generating hydrocyanic gas in 
a retort by adding sulphuric acid to a solution of potassium ferro- 
cyanide, distilling and conducting the vapor into a glass receiver con- 
taining a solution of silver nitrate. Silver cyanide is precipitated. 

Uses. It is used in pharmacy for the extemporaneous preparation 
of hydrocyanic acid, which see. 

ARGENTI NITRAS. U. S., Br. Silver Nitrate. 
Syn. Lunar Caustic. Br. 

AgNO s = 168.69. 
"It should contain not less than 99.9 percent, of pure silver nitrate, 
and should be kept in dark amber-colored vials, protected from light.'' 

<u.s. 

"A salt, AgN0 3 , prepared by the interaction of nitric acid and sil- 
ver."<Br. 

Silver nitrate is the working basis of most of the silver salts, and 
the most employed of any silver salt in pharmacy or medicine. It is 
also extensively used in photography. 

A process for making it was formerly official, but has been omitted 
from the later pharmacopoeias. 



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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 453 

The Br. Ph., 1885, directs it to be made as follows: 

Refined Silver, 3 ounces av. 

Nitric Acid, 2}^ fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, 5 ounces av. 

Add the nitric acid and the water to the silver in a flask and apply a 
gentle heat till the metal is dissolved. Decant the clear liquid from 
any black powder which may be present, into a porcelain dish, evapor- 
ate and set aside to crystallize. The crystals may be drained in a 
lass funnel. 
Uses. Crystallized silver nitrate is used for making most of the 
other salts of silver, and is largely employed in photography, silver- 
plating, and the other arts and industries. In pharmacy it is used 
for making hair dye, indelible ink, test solutions etc., and in medicine 
it is used in solution to remove morbid growths, and as a caustic and 
escharotic, and internally in gastritis, diarrhoea and other derange- 
ments of the digestive tract, in doses of Y\ to y 2 grain, usually in the 
form of pills. 

ARGENTI NITRAS FUSUS. U. S. Moulded Silver Nitrate. 

Fused Silver Nitrate. Lunar Caustic. Lapis Infernalis. 
"It should contain not less than 94.8 percent, of pure silver nitrate." 
<U. S. 
The U. S. P. directs 

Silver Nitrate, 100 Gm. or 1 ounce av. 

Hydrochloric Acid, 4 Gm. or 16 minims 

"To the silver nitrate contained in a porcelain dish, add the hydro- 
chloric acid, and melt the mixture at as low a temperature as possible. 
Stir well, and pour the melted mass into suitable molds." <U. S. 
Uses. This is chiefly used as a caustic. 

The Br. P. presents the following which is intended for similar pur- 
poses and has the advantage of being tougher, (less liable to break- 
age) than the U. S. preparation. 

ARGENTI NITRAS INDURATUS. Br. 

Toughened Caustic. 

"Silver Nitrate, 475 grains or 95 grammes 

Potassium Nitrate, 25 grains or 5 grammes 

Fuse and mix thoroughly in a capsule of platinum or thin porcelain, 
and pour the melted mass into proper moulds." < Br. 

ARGENTI NITRAS MITIGATUS. U. S., Br. 
Mitigated Silver Nitrate. U. S. Mitigated Caustic. Br. 

"It should contain not less than 33.3 percent, of pure silver nitrate." 
<U. S. 

The U. S. Pharmacopoeia directs 

Silver Nitrate, 30 Gm. or 30 grains 

Potassium Nitrate, 60 Gm. or 60 grains 



454 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

To be fused together in a porcelain capsule at as low a temperature 
as possible, thoroughly mixed and cast into suitable moulds. 

The British and German pharmacopoeias direct 

Silver Nitrate, 20 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Potassium Nitrate, 40 Gm. or 2 ounces 

To be fused together in the same manner. This is now called 
Argenti Nitras Mitigatus or Mitigated Silver Nitrate in the Br. P. and 
Saltpeterhaltigessilbernitrat in the Ph. Ger. It is cast in the form of 
cylindrical sticks and also in the form of small cones. 

Uses. This is now much used as a caustic and escharotic for exter- 
nal and internal application, as it is milder and just as efficient as the 
pure lunar caustic. 

This is prepared in the form of sticks and cones or points which 
may be inserted in a caustic holder, making it convenient for applica- 
tion to the diseased part. Being milder this is now quite generally 
used as a caustic instead of fused or indurated silver nitrate. 

ARGENTI OXIDUM. U. S., Br. Silver Oxide. 

Ag 2 0=230.I2. 

"It should contain 99.8 percent, of pure Silver Oxide, corresponding 
to not less than 92.9 percent, of pure metallic silver, and should be 
kept in dark amber-colored vials. Silver oxide should not be triturated 
with readily oxidizable or combustible substances, and should not be 
brought in contact with ammonia." <U. S. 

"Silver oxide, Ag 2 0, is prepared by mixing solutions of silver 
nitrate and calcium hydroxide." < Br. 

Neither the U. S. nor the Br. P. give a formula for the preparation of 
this oxide. 

The 1885 British Pharmacopoeia directed as follows : 

Silver Nitrate, in crystals, f/ 2 ounce av. 

Solution of Lime, (lime water), 6j fi. ounces 

Distilled Water, 10 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the silver nitrate in 4 ounces of the distilled water, and 
having poured the solution into a bottle containing the solution of 
lime, shake the mixture well, set it aside, and allow the deposit to 
settle. Draw oft the liquid, collect the precipitate on a filter, wash 
with the remainder of the distilled water, and dry at a moderate tem- 
perature. 

Uses. Silver oxide is somewhat used as a substitute for silver 
nitrate in medicinal preparations, being less caustic than silver nitrate. 
It is also employed as a basis of some of the silver salts. It may be 
made into pills or mixed with other powders and given in the form of 
capsules or wafers. Dose, y 2 to 2 grains. 

The photographic art, indelible ink and hair dyes depend upon the 
conversion of silver nitrate into silver oxide, which is insoluble and 
turns to black upon exposure to sunlight. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 455 

The foregoing are the salts of silver now official in the U. S. and Br. 
pharmacopoeias. There have recently come into medicinal use a num- 
ber of preparations in which silver is combined with organic sub- 
stances. They are as follows : 

Argenol. Silver Albumin. A combination of silver with albumin, 
containing 10 percent, of silver ; readily soluble in water and glycerin. 
It is an astringent bactericide, like silver nitrate but less irritant and 
more penetrating. 

Protargol is a similar preparation containing 8 percent, of metallic 
silver. 

Argonin. Silver-Casein. This is produced by the interaction of 
casein-sodium and silver nitrate. It is a whitish powder containing 
4.2 percent, of silver, readily soluble in water. It is used chiefly in 2 
to 5 percent, solution as an injection for gonorrhoea or an antiseptic 
wash. 

Argentamine. This is one of the first organic compounds of silver 
put upon the market. It is a colorless alkaline liquid containing 10 
percent, of silver nitrate in a 1 percent, solution of ethylenediamine. 
See also Part I., page 306. 

Argentol. Silver quinaseptolate. A compound of silver with oxy- 
quinolinedisulphonic acid. A fine insoluble powder chiefly used in 
the form of ointment or dusting powder 1 to 2 percent, for ulcers, 
syphilitic sores etc., and in suspension 1 : 1000 to 1 : 2000 in thin 
mucilage for gonorrhoea. 

Argentose. Silver-nucleo-proteid. Nargol. A combination of sil- 
ver with yeast neuclein. A brownish powder, containing 10 percent, 
of silver, readily soluble in water. Used in ]/ 2 to 20 percent, solutions 
in eye diseases, gonorrhoea etc. 

Argyrol. Silver-Vitellin. This is an organic compound of silver 
containing 20 to 25 percent, of metallic silver and is known as the 
richest in silver of the organic compounds. It is in glistening scales of 
a blackish-brown color, soluble in its weight of water and glycerin, but 
insoluble in alcohol. It is used in gonorrhoea and infectious diseases 
in the form of solution. 

Collargol. Collodial Silver. Argentum Crede. This is an allotropic 
form of metallic silver introduced by Dr. Crede and said to contain 
85.87 percent, of silver, with a small percentage of albumen and 
products of its oxidation. It is in small, hard, brittle scale-like pieces, 
of a bluish-black color. It is soluble in about 20 parts of distilled 
water, and the solution will- keep unchanged under ordinary con- 
ditions for several months. In solution it is used by intravenous in- 
jection in the treatment of septicemia and pyemia; in the form of 
ointment, 15 percent. (Unguentum Crede) it is used by inunction and 
as an application against infection. It is also given internally in 
tablets l / 2 to 2 grains, and is used in the form of injection and enema 
in solution. 



456 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

ARISTOL. Annidalin. Dithymoldiiodide. 

A brownish-red, odorless, amorphous powder, insoluble in water and 
glycerin, slightly soluble in alcohol, readily soluble in ether and col- 
lodion, also in fatty oils and petrolatum. This compound is made 
by the decomposition of a solution of iodine and potassium iodide in 
water, by an alcoholic solution of thymol. The method of preparing 
it requires much care and is therefore inexpedient for the use of drug- 
gists. It is probably a combination of two molecules of thymol with 
two atoms of iodine. It is decomposed by light and heat. Aristol was 
produced as a substitute for iodoform, having similar local action and 
being non-irritant and non-poisonous. It is given internally in doses 
of 3 grains three times a day in pulmonary complaints, chronic dysen- 
tery etc. 

It is also a hemostatic, which property is perhaps due to its forming 
a thick tenacious paste with the blood. This is taken advantage of in 
dental surgery to prevent the flow of blood or check hemorrhage, 
and it may be applied to any hemorrhage for the same purpose. 

ARISTOTOCHIN. Aristoquin. 

This is, chemically, diquinine carbonic ester. It is a white, tasteless 
powder containing 96 percent, of the quinine alkaloid, soluble in 
chloroform, alcohol or acids and yielding a tasteless powder which 
does not irritate the stomach nor produce the usual quinine bad effects. 
It is employed considerably in whooping cough and other diseases of 
children. Its dosage is the same as most of the quinine salts, accord- 
ing to the age of the patient. 

ARSENICUM. ARSENIC. 

Symbol As; Atomic weight (0=i6) 75; Sp. gr. 5.73 to 5.88. 

Arsenicum, more commonly called Arsenic, is a brittle, gray-colored 
metallic element, very much resembling antimony in its general ap- 
pearance and characteristics. The metal itself is seldom used in med- 
icine but its compounds are considerably used in the arts and are the 
basis of many medicinal preparations. 

Arsenic and its compounds are more fully described in the Chemical 
Section of this work, Part I. 

The following are official in the U. S. P. 

ARSENI IODIDUM. U. S. ARSENII IODIDUM. Br. 
Arsenic Iodide. U. S. Arsenious Iodide. Br. 

Asl 3 =45949. 

"Arsenious Iodide may be obtained by the direct combination of 
iodine and arsenium."<Br. 

This compound is made by directly combining 1 part of metallic 
arsenic in fine powder with 5 parts of iodine, then warming the mix- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 457 

ture in a flask until liquified, and pouring upon a marble slab to cool. 
Uses. Iodide of arsenic is chiefly used in pharmacy for preparing 
Donovan's solution ; in medicine it is given as an alterative in doses 
of one-sixteenth grain, and sometimes used in ointments, and in sol- 
utions as a caustic for warts and morbid growths. 

ARSENI TRIOXIDUM. U. S. Arsenic Trioxide. 

As 2 3 = 196.44. 
[Acidum Arsenosum, Pharm. 1890]. 
"It should contain not less than 99.8 percent, of pure Arsenic Tri- 
oxide.'' <u. s. 

This is the common arsenic of commerce. It is prepared by roast- 
ing arsenical ores in suitable furnaces, collecting the vapor and re- 
subliming. As will be noticed by its formula it is not a true acid, 
but an anhydride or oxide. 

"Arsenious anhydride, or arsenious oxide, As 2 2 , is obtained by 
roasting certain arsenical ores." < Br. 

Uses. In pharmacy arsenic is extensively put up and sold as a rat 
poison, and its solution with alkalies is used to saturate paper sold as 
fly-paper ; it is also used for making most of the medicinal prepara- 
tions of arsenic. In medicine it is employed as an alterative in doses 
of one-thirty-second to one-twentieth grain, and used with other sub- 
stances as a caustic application to cancers and fungus growths. 

Antidote. The most effectual antidote for arsenical poisoning is 
freshly prepared ferric hydrate, with which it forms insoluble ferrous 
arsenate. See Ferri Oxidum Hydratum. 

Besides the regular official combinations of arsenic many others 
have been introduced, under proprietary or trade names, and have been 
recognized by the profession as meritorious ; the more important are 
as follows : 

Arsenauro. A solution of gold and arsenic bromides in which each 
10 minims contains 1 / 32 grain each of arsenic and gold bromides. It is 
used as an alterative, nerve tonic and antidiabetic. Dose 3 to 10 
minims. 

Arsen-Ferratin. A combination of iron and arsenious acid in the 
form of a red powder of peculiar odor. It contains 0.06 percent, of 
arsenous acid and is used as a tonic and alterative in doses of 5 to 10 
grains. 

Arsylin. Arsen-protylin. A compound of arsenic, phosphorus and 
albumin, containing 0.1 percent, of arsenic acid, 2.6 percent, of phos- 
phorus, combined with albumin. It is a yellowish-white powder, 
which by its combination is not absorbed until it reaches the intestines. 
It is prescribed as an alterative nerve tonic. Dose 5 to 10 grains. 

Atoxyl. The brand name of sodium arsanilate, containing about 
26 percent, of arsenic. It is a white, tasteless, crystalline powder, 



458 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

readily soluble in water and is claimed to be less toxic than other 
forms of arsenic. It is generally administered subcutaneously in sol- 
ution, the dose being from I to 3 grains per day in divided portions. 

This is used in combination with iron, mercury or quinine in cases 
where arsenic with these drugs is indicated. 

Salvarsan. "6c6." This is the new specific introduced by Dr. 
Ehrlich, for spiral germ diseases. It is, chemically, oxydiaminoarseno- 
benzol. It will be further noticed under the above title in alpha- 
betical order. 

For other salts of arsenic see Chemical Section, Part I. 

ASPIRIN. 

This is the trade name for acetyl-salicylic acid or salicylic acid 
acetic ester. In white needles readily soluble in alcohol and ether but 
only slightly soluble in water. In solution it is decomposed, and 
should, therefore only be given in powdered form. It is employed 
chiefly as a substitute for sodium salicylate, in rheumatism etc., and is 
given in the same manner and doses as this salt. 

ATROPINA. U. S., Br. Atropine. (Atropia). 

C 17 H 23 N0 3 =287.04. 

"An alkaloid obtained from Atropa Belladonna, Linne (Fam. Sol- 
anaceae), and from other plants of the same family. As it occurs in 
commerce it is usually accompanied by a small amount of hyoscy- 
amine from which it cannot readily be separated. It should be kept 
in amber-colored, well-stoppered vials." <U. S. 

"An alkaloid, C 17 H 23 N0 3 , obtained from Belladonna leaves or root." 
<Br. 

This is the principal alkaloid of belladonna, official in the U. S., Br. 
and nearly all pharmacopoeias. It may be prepared by the following 
process, which is in part adopted from the 1885 Br. P. 

Belladonna Root/ in coarse powder, 2 pounds 

Alcohol, sufficient. 

Slaked Lime, 1 ounce 

Diluted Sulphuric Acid, sufficient. 

Potassium Carbonate, sufficient. 

Chloroform, 3 fl. ounces 

Purified Animal Charcoal, sufficient. 

Distilled Water, 10 fl. ounces 

Moisten the powder with a pint of alcohol, pack firmly in the water- 
bath percolator, and pour alcohol upon it until the drug is covered ; 
set in a warm place to macerate tw r o days, then heat very moderately 
and after one hour, begin to percolate, adding alcohol, and continuing 
the heat and percolation until the drug is exhausted ; add the lime to 
the tincture thus obtained and agitate thoroughly; then filter; add 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 459 

sufficient dilute sulphuric acid to the filtrate to acidulate it slightly, 
filter again, distil off most of the alcohol, add the distilled water and 
evaporate until no odor of the alcohol remains ; then cool and carefully 
add potassium carbonate dissolved in water to nearly neutralize the 
acid, taking care not to add an excess, and set aside for several hours ; 
then filter, and add an excess of potassium carbonate, then the chlo- 
roform, and agitate thoroughly for some time, allow to separate, pour 
off the upper liquid, distil the chloroform from the remainder, dis- 
solve the residue in a little warm alcohol, digest the solution with a 
little animal charcoal, filter, evaporate and cool, until colorless crystals 
of atropine are obtained. 

It is soluble in 450 parts of water, 1.46 parts of alcohol, 16.6 parts of 
ether, and 1.56 parts of chloroform at 25°C. (jj°¥.). 

Uses. On account of its insolubility atropine is but little used ex- 
cept in oleates and ointments. It has the same properties as bella- 
donna. Dose, 1 / 120 to V 60 grain in trituration. 

Average dose. — 0.0004 Gm.=04 milligramme ( 1 / 160 grain). U. S. 

ATROPINE SULPHAS. U. S., Br. 
Atropine Sulphate. (Sulphate of Atropia). 

(C 17 H 23 N0 3 ) 2 -H 2 S0 4 =67i.43. 

"The sulphate [S0 2 (OH) 2 -(C 17 H 23 N0 3 ) 2 ], of an alkaloid obtained 
from Atropa Belladonna, Linne (Fam. Solanaceae), and from other 
plants of the same family. As it occurs in commerce it usually con- 
tains a small amount of hyoscyamine sulphate, from which it cannot 
be readily separated. "<U. S. 

"Atropine sulphate, (C 1T H 23 N0 3 ) 2 H 2 S0 4 , may be obtained by 
neutralizing atropine with diluted sulphuric acid." < Br. 

Atropine, 120 grains 

Distilled Water, 4 fl. drachms 

Diluted Sulphuric Acid, sufficient. 
Rub the atropine first to a fine powder and then to a smooth mixture 
with the water, and add diluted sulphuric acid, drop by drop, until the 
alkaloid is dissolved and the solution is neutral. Evaporate the solu- 
tion to dryness at a temperature not exceeding 2,7-70°C. (ioo°F.). 

Uses. This salt is quite soluble in water, and its solution (1 to 
100) is employed as a mydriatic (to dilate the pupil of the eye) and 
for other purposes in which the action of belladonna is desired. The 
adult dose, internally, is 1 / 120 to V 60 of a grain, or less, in trituration. 

Average dose. — 0.0004 Gm.=o.4 milligramme ( a / 160 grain). U. S. 

Atropine Methylbromide. C 18 H 26 NO s Br. This salt of atropine was 
introduced by Dr. L. Vaupel as a mydriatic etc., similar to atropine 
but more speedy and less persistent in its action than it. It is used in 
1 percent, solution for application to the eye. 



460 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

AURUM — GOLD. 

Symbol Au ; Atomic weight 195.7; Sp. gr., average, 19.3. 

Gold is one of the most valuable of the metallic elements. It is 
used as the standard money basis of all countries, and, on account of 
its value, malleability, ductility, and permanence of color, is exten- 
sively used for ornamentation and for making useful and valuable 
articles. It is obtained mainly as a free metal or alloyed with other 
metals. It is one of the "Noble Metals." 

Metallic gold is used in pharmacy only in the form of gold leaf, for 
coating pills, cachous etc. The only salt of gold which is much used 
in pharmacy or medicine is the chloride of gold and sodium, which is 
official in the U. S. and Ger. pharmacopoeias. 

AURI ET SODII CHLORIDUM. U. S. 
Gold and Sodium Chloride. 

"A mixture of equal parts, by weight, of anhydrous Gold Chloride 
[AuCl 3 =30i.24], and anhydrous sodium chloride (NaCl), represent- 
ing not less than 30 percent, of metallic gold. It should be kept in 
well-stoppered, amber-colored vials." <U. S. 

Preparation. The German pharmacopoeia directs 0.05 parts of pure 
gold to be dissolved by gentle heat in a mixture of 65 parts of nitric 
acid and 240 parts of hydrochloric acid ; the solution is then to be 
diluted with 200 parts of water and 100 parts of pure dry sodium 
chloride dissolved in the mixture, which is then to be evaporated to 
dryness by means of a water-bath, with constant stirring. 

Uses. This salt is considerably used in photography for ''toning" 
prints, and for electroplating. In medicine it is given as an alterative 
in doses of 1 / 12 to Y\. grain. 

Gold Cures. For the so-called "Gold Cures" see Proprietary Med- 
icines. 

AZOTUM. Azote. Nitrogen. 

This name was given to nitrogen by Lavoisier, and is used in France 
in place of nitrogen ; as Acide Azotique, nitric acid ; azotic acid. 
Azotates are nitrates, as Azotate de Potasse, potasium nitrate etc. 
Azotites are nitrites ; as Azotite d'Amyle, amyl nitrite etc. 

BARIUM. 

Symbol Ba ; Atomic weight (0=i6), 137.37; Sp. gr. 3.75. 
Barium is a metallic element closely related to calcium and magne- 
sium. It is not found uncombined in nature but may be obtained 
from its oxide baryta by heating it in an iron tube through which the 
vapor of potassium is conveyed. The reduced barium is then ex- 
tracted from the mixed residium in the tube by treating with mer- 
cury and the mercury is afterwards driven off by distillation in a 
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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 461 

The metal was first isolated by Sir H. Davy in i8o3. It has a green- 
ish-silver-white luster, is malleable, decomposes water and is grad- 
ually oxidized in the air, forming baryta or barytes, BaO. 

Barium and its compounds are more fully described in the Chemical 
Section, Part I. 

BARII DIOXIDUM. Barium Dioxide. 
[Barium Peroxide], 

BaO.= 168.82. 

This was official in the U. S. P. 7th revision, but was dismissed in 
the 8th. 

It was described as ''Commercial, anhydrous barium dioxide." This 
was used chiefly in the production of hydrogen peroxide. It is almost 
insoluble in cold water but dissolves readily in hydrochloric, phos- 
phoric and other acids (except sulphuric), forming salts of barium 
corresponding to the acid employed. 

Other barium salts are described under the heading Barium, in the 
Chemical Section, Part I. 

BEBERINUM. Beberine. 
C 36 H 42 N 2 O e . 

An alkaloid obtained from bebeeru or nectandra bark in which it 
occurs combined with Nectandrine, C 40 H 46 N 2 O 8 , and other alkaloids. 
It is identical with buxine, from box, and pelosine or cissampeline 
from pariera. The alkaloid beberine is but little used in medicine 
but is the basis of salts that are considerably employed. 

From the similarity of the name to berberine, obtained from bar- 
berry, care must be used in dispensing this alkaloid and its salts. 

Beberine Sulphate. This was official in the Br. P. 1885, but was 
dismissed in the 1898 revision. 

Preparation. It may be prepared in the same manner as other sul- 
phates of alkaloids, either by adding sufficient diluted sulphuric acid 
to beberine to dissolve it, evaporating and crystallizing, or by per- 
colating coarsely powdered bebeeru bark with water acidulated with 
y 2 ounce sulphuric acid for each pound of bark taken, until exhausted, 
then evaporate the percolate to 20 fl. ounces for each pound of 
drug used, and variously treating to separate and purify the sulphate 
salt. 

Uses. This is somewhat used as a substitute for quinine and has 
similar action but is not considered its equal. The dose is from 1 to 
10 grains. 

BELLADONNA FOLIA. U. S., Br. Belladonna Leaves. 

"The dried leaves of Atropa Belladonna, Linne (Fam. Solanaceae), 
yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 0.35 per- 
cent, of mydriatic alkaloids." <U. S, 



462 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The assay process for this drug is fully described in the U. S. P., 
8th revision. 

"The fresh leaves and branches of Atropa Belladonna, Linn., col- 
lected when the plant is in flower." < Br. 

Notice that the U. S. P. requires the dried leaves corresponding to 
an assay and that the Br. P. directs the fresh leaves and branches of 
the plant. 

In the U. S. P. Extractum Belladonnse Foliorum and Tinctura 
Belladonnse Foliorum are made from the dried leaves. In the Br. P. 
Extractum Belladonnse Viride is made from the fresh leaves and 
young branches. 

Average dose of belladonna leaves, 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes 
(1 grain). <U. S. 

This is further described in Part I. under the title Belladonna. 

BELLADONNSE RADIX. U. S., Br. Belladonna Root. 

"The dried root of Atropa Belladonna, Linne (Fam. Solanacese), 
yielding, when assayed as directed, not less than 0.5 percent, of my- 
driatic alkaloids." <U. S. 

The assay process is the same as for belladonna leaves and is fully 
described in the U. S. P., 8th revision. 

"The root of Atropa Belladonna, Linn., collected in the autumn and 
dried."<Br. 

In the U. S. P. Fluidextractum Belladonnse Radicis is prepared 
from the root. In the Br. P. Extractum Belladonnse Alcoholicum, 
and Extractum Belladonnse Liquidum are prepared from the root. 

Average dose of belladonna root, 0.045 Gm.=45 milligrammes (^4 
grain ).<U. S. 

This is further described in Part I. under the title Belladonna. 

BENZALDEHYDUM. U. S. Benzaldehyde. 

C 7 H 6 0=io5.25. 

"An aldehyde produced artificially, or obtained from natural oil of 
bitter almond or other oils, and containing not less than 85 percent. 
of pure Benzaldehyde [C 6 H 5 'COH]. It should be kept in small 
amber-colored, well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. Sp. gr. about 1.045 a ^ 
25°C. (77°F.). Soluble in water 1 part in 300; in alcohol all propor- 
tions. 

Preparation. This is artificial oil of bitter almond, produced by the 
action of chlorine upon hot toluene. Benzyl chloride first results 
and when this is distilled with a solution of lead nitrate in an atmos- 
phere of carbon dioxide gas, benzoic aldehyde is produced. Other 
methods of making this are also used. 

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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 463 

differs from it in not containing hydrocyanic acid which is considered 
an advantage. Tt is chiefly used for flavoring. 
Average dose. — 0.03 Cc. (y 2 minim). 

BENZINUM. U. S. Petroleum Benzin. 
Benzin. Benzine. Petroleum Ether. 

"A distillate from American petroleum, consisting of hydrocarbons, 
chiefly of the marsh-gas series, (C 5 H 12 , C C H 14 ), and 'homologous com- 
pounds." <U. S. Sp. gr.- from 0.638 to 0.660, and boiling at 45°C. (113 
F.). It is soluble in 6 parts of alcohol, in ether, chloroform, volatile 
oils and fixed oils except castor oil. 

The preparation thus described in the U. S. P. is obtained by frac- 
tional distillation from petroleum, and is known in the market as 
Benzine or Naphtha. On the Pacific coast it is called Distillate. 
It consists mainly of the hydrocarbons pentane and hexane. Gas- 
oline, which is of less specific gravity, is frequently used in place of 
it for pharmaceutical purposes. It is quite different from the ben- 
zene obtained from coal-tar, which constitutes the greater portion 
of what is commonly known as benzol. 

It is a powerful solvent for fixed oils, resins, caoutchouc, paraffin 
etc., and is used in pharmacy for extracting oleo-resins, for purify- 
ing some solutions and for other purposes. It is extensively used 
in some patented processes for obtaining the oil from linseed and 
other oil seeds, being subsequently separated by distillation. 

It is considerably used either alone or combined, for removing 
grease spots from clothing. 

Benzine used by painters is usually a heavier liquid, sp. gr. from 
0.725 to 0.737. It i s the last of the run which distils before illuminat- 
ing oil is taken off. It has a stronger odor than the lighter distillate 
as above described. 

BENZOL. Br. Benzol. 

"A mixture of homologous hydrocarbons obtained from light coal- 
tar oil. It contains about 70 percent, of benzene, C 6 H ( ., and about 
20 to 30 percent, of toluene, C 5 H B ,CH 8 ."<Br. 

The introduction of benzol into the Br. P. makes a clearer dis- 
tinction than heretofore between benzol and benzene, what is now 
distinguished as benzol having quite generally been called benzene, 
which is only one of the constituents of benzol. 

Benzol was first obtained by Faraday in 1825, in the products of 
destructive distillation of whale oil ; and soon afterward, by Mits- 
cherlich, who obtained it from benzoic acid, from which it derives its 
name. In 1849, M*\ C. B. [Mansfield discovered its presence in coal- 
tar naphtha, from which commercial benzol is now chiefly obtained. 

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464 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

is the commercial basis of aniline, of nitrobenzol, and a great number 
of products of chemistry and pharmacy, which at the present time 
are attracting much attention. 

Benzene or Phenyl Hydride, C 6 H 6 , which constitutes the major part 
of benzol, is the first member or basis of the important homologous 
series of hydrocarbons obtained from coal-tar, known as the Aro- 
matic or Benzene Series. C n H 2n _ 6 . 

With other hydrocarbon bases benzene forms a series of compounds 

classed with the Aromatic or Benzene Series, the most important of 

which are : 

C 6 H 6 Benzene, C 6 H 6 . 

CtH s Toluene or Methylbenzene, C 6 H 5 (CH 3 ). 
CsHio Xylene or Ethylbenzene (and other isomers), CeHof^HU). 

C9H12 Propylbenzene (and other isomers), CbHsCCsHt). 

CioHu Isobutylbenzene (and other isomers), CoHs-CiH^CHa)*. 

CiiHie Isoamylbenzene (and other isomers), CeHs.CsHsCCIDs. 

CiiHis Methyl-isoamylbenzene, CoEUCCHO-CsHsCCHa)*. 

C12H20 Dimethyl-isoamylbenzene, C6H 3 (CH)2.G;H 3 (CH.i):;. 

Benzene should not be mistaken for benzine or benzin which is ob- 
tained from petroleum, as they differ materially in composition and 
characteristics. Some of the differences are here noted. Benzol can 
be frozen, benzine has never been congealed. Benzol can be con- 
verted into nitrobenzol, aniline and many other chemical compounds, 
while benzine cannot. 

Nitrobenzol. C 6 H 5 N0 2 . Artificial oil of bitter almond, oil of mir- 
bane, is made by adding benzol in small portions to fuming nitric 
acid. A violent reaction occurs, and a dark-red liquid results. Water 
is added and an oily liquid precipitates ; the water is poured off and 
the oily precipitate repeatedly washed with fresh water. It is chiefly 
used for scenting soaps and for the manufacture of aniline. It should 
never be used for flavoring medicinal preparations. 

BENZOYL. 

C 6 H 5 CO. 

The compound organic radical of an extensive series of aromatic 
compounds derived directly or indirectly from benzoin. 

Benzoyl Anilid. Benzanilid. C 6 H 5 NHCOC 6 H-. This is prepared 
by the action of benzoyl chloride or benzoic aldehyde on anilin. It is 
colorless, and in micaceous, lustrous, scaly crystals, insoluble in 
water but soluble in alcohol; melting point i63°C, distilling, un- 
changed at a higher temperature. It is used as an antiseptic, and anti- 
febride, the dose being 3 to 8 grains. 

Benzoyl Ecgonine. This may be prepared by adding a hot con- 
centrated solution of cocaine to a hot solution of benzoic acid until the 
acid is neutralized, then concentrating and crystallizing. Its proper- 
ties are similar to those of cocaine, but it does not, like that, cause 
paralysis of the sensory nerves. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 465 

Benzoyl Eugenol. C 6 H 5 C 3 H 5 (OCH 3 )C0 2 C 6 H 5 . This compound 
may be produced by the interaction of Eugenol Acetamide with ben- 
zoic acid. It is produced in neutral acicular crystals which melt at 
70.5 °C, are free from color and odor and have a slight bitter taste. It 
is nearly insoluble in water, slightly soluble in cold alcohol, freely sol- 
uble in hot alcohol, ether and chloroform. It is a powerful antiseptic, 
recommended for phthisis and septic diseases. 

Benzoyl Guaiacol. Benzosol. C 6 H 4 OCH 3 0'COC 6 H 5 . This may be 
produced by heating together guaiacol and benzoic acid or benzoyl 
chloride in equivalent quantities in the same manner as is directed for 
making benzoyl naphtol, (which see). 

It is a colorless, crystalline, nearly odorless powder, melting at 
50°C. It is employed as a substitute for creosote in the treatment of 
phthisis and other septic diseases. The dose is 4 grains, gradually in- 
creased to 12 grains, 4 times a day. 

Benzoyl Naphthol. Benzo-Naphthol. Beta-Naphthol Benzoate. 
C 10 H 7 O(C 7 H 5 O). This forms in a white crystalline powder or long 
needles. It is free from taste and odor and insoluble in cold water, 
sparingly soluble in alcohol, but quite soluble in chloroform. It is 
prepared by heating together beta-naphtol and benzoyl chloride in 
about equal quantities, on a sand-bath. The reaction begins at I25°C. 
and at iyo°C. is concluded in half-an-hour ; on cooling the mass crys- 
tallizes in a cake which is then treated with successive portions of 
boiling alcohol to extract the benzo-naphtol from the solution of 
which it crystallizes when cold. It is given as an antiseptic for in- 
testinal fermentation etc., in doses of 4 to 8 grains every two or three 
hours. 

Benzoyl Peroxide. C 6 H 5 :CO -O -O "CO :C C H 5 . This may be pre- 
pared by acting upon sodium peroxide 5 parts by benzoyl chloride 9 
parts, at 4°C. (39°F.). The precipitate formed is separated, dissolved 
in hot alcohol from which it is crystallized. It is slightly soluble in 
water, more soluble in alcohol, and soluble in from 35 to 50 parts of 
olive oil. It is a powerful disinfectant when applied to ulcers or 
gangrenous wounds either as a dusting 1 part with 10 parts of pow- 
dered talc, or in solution in oil or in the form of ointment 1 : 10. 

Benzoyl Phenetidine. A compound of the benzoyl radical with 
phenetidine, also known as "benzo-phenoneid." It is prepared by the 
decomposition of an aniline compound, and is claimed to be a very 
efficient non-irritating germicide for local use and application to 
wounds, ulcers and diseased mucous membranes. It is soluble in 100 
parts of cold water. 

Benzoyl Sulphonic-imide. The same as saccharine or gluside, 
(which see). It is official in the U. S. P. under the title Benzosulphin- 
idum, see below. 



466 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Benzoyl Tropine. This is formed by heating tropine with benzoic 
acid and diluted hydrochloric acid to ioo°C. It occurs in silky 
needles, and is a powerful local anaesthetic. 

Other benzoyl compounds may be formed with other acids and al- 
kaloids. 

BENZINUM PURIFICATUM. U. S. 
Purified Petroleum Benzin. 

This is official only in the U. S. P., the formula is : 

Potassium Permanganate, 10 Gm. or 154 grains 

Sodium Hydroxide, 2 Gm. or 32 grains 

Sulphuric Acid, 60 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Petroleum Benzin, 1000 Cc. or 35 fl. ounces 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Add the acid to 550 Cc. (or 19 fl. ounces) of water and when the 
mixture has become cold, pour it into a bottle having the capacity of 
two liters (70 fl. ounces). Add 8 Gm. (or 124 grains) of potassium 
permanganate and agitate until it is dissolved, then add the petro- 
leum benzin, in four portions, shaking the liquid after each addition. 
Allow the liquid to remain in contact for twenty-four hours, shak- 
ing the bottle at frequent intervals ; then decant the petroleum ben- 
zin into another bottle of the same capacity, and having dissolved 2 
Gm. (or 30 grains) of potassium permanganate in 240 Cc. (or Sy 2 
fl. ounces) of water in which the sodium hydroxide has previously 
been dissolved, mix the liquids and agitate the mixture frequently 
during several hours, then decant, repeat the washing with water and 
again decant the Purified Petroleum Benzin." <U. S. 

The object of this treatment is to purify the benzin from all grease, 
pyrogenous products and sulphur compounds. When thus treated 
it is practically deodorized, having only a faint etherial petroleum 
odor. 

Gasoline is a lighter product than Benzin, its sp. gr. being from 
0.629 to 0.667. (95 to 8o°, B.). 

This is very extensively used as fuel for domestic use, and for 
producing power in internal combustion engines. In Europe it is 
called Petrol. 

BENZOSULPHINIDUM. U. S. Benzosulphinide. Saccharin. 
C 6 H 4 -SO.CO :NH=i8i.77. 

"The anhydride of ortho-sulphonic-amide-benzoic acid (benzoyl- 
sulphonic-amide)."<U. S. 

This compound, which is more commonly known as Saccharin or by 
some other trade title, is a white, crystalline powder having an in- 
tensely sweet taste even in diluted solutions. It is soluble in 250 parts 
of water and in 25 parts of alcohol at 25°C. (77°F.), and is very readily 
soluble in any alkaline or alkali carbonate solutions. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 467 

The manner of preparing this compound, and other facts concerning 
it are more fully described under its Br. title "Glusidum," which see. 
Average dose. — 0.200 Gm.=2o milligrammes (3 grains). 

BERBERINA. Berberine. 
C 20 H 14 NO 4 . 

The alkaloid Berberine is found in a large number of plants, but is 
most abundant in hydrastis, columbo, gold-thread and several species 
of barberry. 

Preparation. It may be obtained by several methods; but perhaps 
the simplest and best is by boiling the coarsely-powdered barks or 
roots, or, preferably, percolating them in the water-bath percolator 
with boiling water until they are exhausted. The decoction is then to 
be evaporated to a soft extract and washed with successive portions 
of alcohol to dissolve out the berberine ; to the alcoholic washings, 
mixed and filtered, a little water is then to be added, and the alcohol 
distilled off by means of a water-bath ; the remaining liquid is then 
condensed, allowed to cool, and crystals of berberine will form; 
these may be purified by dissolving in hot water and recrystallizing. 

Uses. The alkaloid is but little used, but its salts are extensively 
employed in medicine. It is a tonic to the mucous membrane, a 
bitter stomachic and general alterative, and has properties similar to 
quinine. The dose is from 1 to 8 grains. 

BERBERINE HYDROCHLORAS. 

Berberine Hydrochloride. 

Preparation. This salt, which was formerly known as hydrastin, is 
generally prepared from golden seal. A decoction may be made, 
evaporated and treated with alcohol in the same manner as is directed 
for making berberine. A little water, acidulated with hydrochloric 
acid, is then to be added to the alcoholic solution, the alcohol distilled, 
and the remaining liquid set aside, in which the crystals of berberine 
hydrochloride will form ; these are to be drained from the mother 
liquor, dissolved in hot water and purified by recrystallization. 

It has gained considerable notoriety as an Eclectic remedy under 
the name of hydrastin, and was afterwards known as muriate of hy- 
drastin ; but it is of a bright-yellow color, and has been proven to be 
the berberine hydrochloride, the salts of hydrastine being white. 

Uses. Its uses are similar to the alkaloid — a tonic to the mucous 
surfaces etc. It is much used in atonic dyspepsia and weakness of 
the digestive tract. Dose, 1 to 4 grains. 

BERBERINE SULPHAS. Berberine Sulphate. 

This is prepared by dissolving berberine in hot water acidulated 
with sulphuric acid, crystallizing, redissolving the crystals in hot 
water and recrystallizing; or it may be made directly from the barks 



468 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

or roots containing berberine, except that water acidulated with sul- 
phuric acid, instead of water, must 'be added to the alcoholic solution 
before distillation. 

Uses. The uses of this salt are similar to the alkaloid. It is also 
used in making elixirs etc. The dose is from i to 4 grains. 

Berberine Carbonate. This salt may be prepared by passing a cur- 
rent of carbon dioxide through a solution of the alkaloid berberine. 

Berberine Phosphate. This may be prepared in a similar manner as 
the sulphate by using phosphoric acid instead of sulphuric. The hy- 
pophosphite has also been prepared. 

The uses of these salts are the same as the sulphate. . 

BETANAPHTHOL. U. S. [Naphtol, Pharm. 1890.]. 

C 10 H 7 OH=i42.98. 

"A monatomic phenol occurring in coal-tar, but usually prepared 
from Naphthalene." <U. S. 

Preparation. This may be prepared by digesting naphthalene with 
three parts of sulphuric acid'. Heat the mixture to 8o°C, when a- and 
/?-naphtalin-sulphonic acids are formed, and may be separated from 
the acid by means of lead or barium salts. When heated with sul- 
phuric acid, the a-acid passes into the ^-variety, therefore the lat- 
ter acid is always produced at a higher temperature (up to i6o°C). 
Both of the naphtalin-sulphonic acids may be fused with sodium or 
potassium hydroxide, and yield the corresponding naphthols, which 
are known as a- and /3-naphthols, the latter being the official beta- 
naphthol as above. 

Properties. It is in colorless or amber-colored, shining crystal- 
line laminae, or in powder having a faint, phenol-like odor and a sharp 
and pungent, but not persistent taste. It is soluble in about 950 
parts of water and in 0.61 part of alcohol at 25 °C, also very soluble 
in ether, chloroform or solutions of the caustic alkalies. It readily 
sublimes when heated; it melts at i22°C. (25i.6°F.), and boils at 
286°C. (546.8°F.). This is used for similar purposes as naphthalene 
in the form of ointments, solutions etc. It has also been given inter- 
nally in doses of 5 to 8 grains, in typhus fever and obstinate diar- 
rhoea. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

Naphthol Alpha. White or reddish crystals, soluble in alcohol, and 
very slightly soluble in cold water. An antiseptic seldom employed 
in medicine, but useful in the arts. 

Naphthol Aristol. This is recommended as an antiseptic. A com- 
bination of naphthol with aristol. 

Betanaphthol Salicylate. Betol. Naphthalol. Naphto-Salol. Sali- 
naphthoi. The salicylate of Betanaphthol is known by the foregoing 
trade names, but is most generally called for as Betol. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 469 

It is a colorless, tasteless, odorless, crystalline compound, insoluble 
in hot or cold water and but slightly soluble in cold alcohol, but dis- 
solves readily in 3 parts of hot alcohol, and in ether and chloroform. 
It does not dissolve in the stomach but rapidly passes into solution 
when acted upon by the pancreatic and intestinal juices. It is em- 
ployed particularly as an intestinal antiseptic and antiferment and 
in catarrhal condition of the bladder. Bougies containing 10 to 25 
percent, of the salt, with cacao butter, are used for gonorrhoea and a 
10 percent, ointment is useful for eczema. 

Dose, internally, 5 to 10 grains, 3 or 4 times a day. 

Betanaphthol Benzoate is described under Benzoyl Naphthol. 

Betanaphthol Bismuth is known as "Orphol." 

Betanaphthol Salicylate is known as "Betol." 

BETOL. Naphthalol. Naphtho-Salol. Beta-Naphthol Salicylate. 

A colorless, tasteless, odorless, crystalline compound, insoluble in 
hot or cold water, and only slightly soluble in cold alcohol, but 
readily soluble in 3 parts of hot alcohol and in ether. It is prepared 
by heating together beta-naphthol, sodium, sodium salicylate and 
phosphoric chloride. It has been proposed as a substitute for salol, 
but is not considered so valuable as it is less soluble. It is an anti- 
septic and antiferment, and may be employed in the local treatment 
of gonorrhoea, made up in the form of bougies with some inert sub- 
stance, as butter of cacao, which will dissolve one-fourth of its 
weight of crystals. A 10% ointment is also an excellent application 
for eczema. The dose of this salt internally is 5 to 10 grains, 3 or 4 
times a day. 

BISMUTHUM. Bismuth. 
Symbol Bi ; Atomic weight (0=i6) 208.0; Sp. gr. 9.82. 

The foreign names for Bismuth and its salts are very similar, ex- 
cept the German, in which it is Wismuth. 

Bismuth is a metallic element, classed, on account of its analogies, 
with arsenic and antimony. It is found in nature in a metallic state 
and combined with other metals and ores. In appearance it closely 
resembles antimony. It is crystalline, brittle, pulverizable, and has 
a reddish silver color. It melts at 264°C. (507°F.), and is readily 
obtained from its ores by fusion. Upon solidifying after fusion it 
expands one-thirty-second of its volume. 

Bismuth is used in the arts chiefly as an alloy with other metals. 
In pharmacy it is used in the preparation of many of its salts, which 
are employed in medicine, and also as an ingredient in toilet powders 
and liquid cosmetics. The metal bismuth is not used in medicine, 
but some of its salts are highly esteemed and much used. This 
metal and its alloys and salts are fully described in the Chemical Sec- 
tion, Part I. The following are the salts of bismuth official in the 
U. S. and Br. Ph,: 



470 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

BISMUTHI CARBONAS. Br. Bismuth Oxycarbonate. 

"Bismuth Oxycarbonate, (Bi 2 2 C0 3 ) 2 ,H 2 0, may be prepared by 
the interaction of bismuth nitrate and ammonium carbonate." < Br. 

Preparation. The 1885 Br. P. gave the following formula for the 
preparation of this salt, which differs from the U. S. subcarbonate of 
bismuth only in containing one volume less of CO a in its molecule: 

Purified Bismuth, in small pieces, 2 ounces av. 

Xitric Acid, 4 fl. ounces 

Ammonium Carbonate, 6 ounces av. 

Distilled Water, a sufficiency. 
"Mix the nitric acid with three ounces of distilled water and add 
the bismuth in successive portions. When effervescence has ceased, 
apply for ten minutes a temperature approaching that of ebullition, 
and afterwards decant the solution from any insoluble matter that 
may be present. Evaporate the solution until it is reduced to two 
fl. ounces, and add this in small quantities at a time to a cold filtered 
solution of the ammonium carbonate in 40 ounces of distilled water, 
continually stirring during admixture." Collect the precipitate on a 
calico filter, wash with distilled water, press and dry at a tempera- 
ture not exceeding I50°F. Dose, 5 to 20 grains. (0.33 to 1.25 Gm.l 

BISMUTHI CITRAS. U. S. Bismuth Citrate. 
BiC 6 H 5 7 =394.52. 

"Bismuth Citrate should yield not less than 58 percent., nor more 
than 60 percent., of pure bismuth oxide." <U. S. 

Preparation. The U. S. P. directs this to be made by boiling 100 
grammes, or 10 ounces of bismuth subnitrate, and 75 grammes, or yy 2 
ounces of citric acid with 400 Cc, or 40 ounces of distilled water until 
a drop of the mixture yields a clear solution with ammonia water, 
and then adding 500 grammes, or 50 ounces of distilled water, allow- 
ing the suspended matter to deposit and washing the precipitate with 
distilled water, and drying at a gentle heat. 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm. = i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 

The Br. P. 1885, directed 5^ ounces av. of subnitrate of bismuth 
to be dissolved in 11 fl. ounces (or a sufficiency) of nitric acid by the 
aid of heat. Water is then added until the solution remains per- 
manently slightly colored ; 8 ounces av. of sodium carbonate is then 
dissolved in distilled water, 4 ounces av. of citric acid is added, and 
the solution boiled until all the gas is expelled. This solution is then 
added to the solution of bismuth, and the whole heated to boiling, 
with occasional stirring. When cold the liquid is poured off and the 
precipitate washed and dried over a water-bath. This is omitted 
from the 1898 Br. P. 

Uses. This salt is seldom employed in medicine, but in pharmacy 
is used for preparing bismuth and ammonium citrate. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals aiid Preparations 471 

BISMUTHI ET AMMONII CITRAS. U. S. 
Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate. 

"Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate should yield not less than 48 
percent, of pure bismuth oxide. "<U. S. 

The U. S. P. directs this to be made by mixing 100 grammes, or 1 
ounce of bismuth citrate with 200 grammes, or 2 ounces of distilled 
water and gradually adding ammonia until the salt is dissolved and 
the liquid has only a faint alkaline reaction. The solution is then 
to be evaporated to a syrupy consistence, and spread upon plates of 
glass to dry, so that in drying the salt may be obtained in scales. 

The Br. P., 1885, process is in effect the same, the official solution 
of bismuth citrate and ammonium being evaporated etc., as above. 
This is the only soluble salt of bismuth, and in pharmacy is consider- 
ably used in making elixirs and other preparations requiring bismuth 
in solution. It is sometimes prescribed in powders etc., the dose 
being from 1 to 3 grains, (0.065 to 0.20 Cm.). This is omitted from 
the Br. P. 1898. 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm.=:i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 

BISMUTHI OXIDUM. Br. Bismuth Oxide. 

Bi 2 3 . 

"Bismuth oxide, Bi 2 3 , may be prepared by boiling bismuth oxy- 
nitrate with solution of sodium hydroxide." < Br. 1898. 

The Br. 1885 formula was 

Subnitrate of Bismuth, 1 ounce av. 

Solution of Soda. 5 fl. ounces 

Mix and boil for five minutes, then, having allowed the mixture to 
cool and the oxide to subside, decant the supernatent liquid, wash 
the precipitate thoroughly with distilled water, and, finally, dry the 
oxide by the heat of a water-bath. This salt is known by the names 
bismuth teroxide and bismuth protoxide, or bismuthous oxide. Dose, 
5 to 20 grains, (0.33 to 1.25 Gm.). 

Hydrated Bismuth Oxide may be made by gradually dropping an 
acid solution of bismuthous nitrate into a concentrated solution of 
potassium hydrate (solution of potassa), entirely free from carbonic 
acid, washing and drying the precipitate. 

Bismuth Oxide or Anhydride. Bi 2 5 . Bismuthic Acid. This may 
be prepared by suspending bismuthous oxide in a strong solution of 
potassa and passing pure chlorine gas through the mixture until it is 
decomposed. The powder is then treated with nitric acid, w r ashed 
with cold water and dried. 

Uses. Bismuth oxide has similar properties and uses as the sub- 
nitrate. The dose is from 5 to 15 grains, (0.33 to 1 Gm.). 



472 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

BISMUTHI SUBCARBONAS. U. S. Bismuth Subcarbonate. 

(BiO a ) 2 C0 3 H 2 0. 

"Bismuth Subcarbonate should yield not less than 90 percent, of 
pure bismuth oxide." <U. S. 

Preparation. The present U. S. P. gives no process for preparing 
this salt, but it differs in composition from the bismuth carbonate of 
the Br. P. only in containing one more volume of C0 2 in its molecule. 
The process formerly official was to dissolve 2 tr. ounces of bismuth 
in 43/2 tr. ounces of nitric acid mixed with 4 fl. ounces of distilled 
water, and set aside for 24 hours ; the solution was then diluted with 
10 fl. ounces of distilled water, and after 24 hours filtered ; 4 pints of 
distilled water was then added to the filtrate and the solution precip- 
itated with 5 fl. ounces of ammonia water. The precipitate was then 
to be washed and dissolved in 4 tr. ounces of nitric acid diluted with 
4 fl. ounces of distilled water and after 24 hours filtered ; 10 tr. ounces 
of sodium carbonate is then to be dissolved by heat in 12 fl.ounces 
of distilled water, and the solution filtered and when cold the solution 
of bismuth nitrate gradually added to it with constant stirring. The 
mass is then to be washed with distilled water until the washings are 
tasteless, then dried on bibulous paper with gentle heat, and rubbed to 
a powder. 

Uses. Astringent and tonic, similar to the subnitrate. Dose, 5 to 
15 grains, (0.33 to 1 Gm.). 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (jy 2 grains). 

BISMUTHI SUBGALLAS. U. S. Bismuth Subgallate. 

[Dermatol]. 

"Bismuth Subgallate should yield not less than 52 percent., nor 
more than 57 percent., of pure bismuth oxide." <U. S. 

This preparation which has been introduced under the trade name 
Dermatol, as a substitute for iodoform and for the local treatment of 
eczemas, ulcers, wounds etc., is a yellowish-red, fine powder, without 
odor. It may be used as a dusting, either alone or combined with 
starch or other dilutent ; or it may be mixed with glycerin, oil, collo- 
dion or other heavy liquids, or may be made into an ointment of from 
10 to 25 percent., with petrolatum or lanolin, or used in the form of 
gauze or medicated cotton for dressing sores and wounds. It may 
also be administered internally. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

BISMUTHI SUBNITRAS. U. S. Bismuth Subnitrate. 
Bismuthi Subnitras. Br. Bismuth Oxynitrate. 
BiONO s -H 2 0. 
"Bismuth Subnitrate should yield not less than 80 percent, of pure 
bismuth oxide." <U. S. 



Part II. Drags, Chemicals and Preparations 473 

"Bismuth Oxynitrate is prepared by the interaction of bismuth 
nitrate and water.'' < Br. 

Preparation. No process for making this salt is now given in the 
U. S. P., but it may be made by a former official process, which is the 
same as for making the bismuth subcarbonate, except that the solu- 
tion of acid bismuth nitrate first made is precipitated with the solution 
of sodium carbonate and the second acid solution of bismuth is pre- 
cipitated with ammonia water. The Br. P., 1885, directed it to be 
made as follows : 

Purified Bismuth, in small pieces, 2 ounces av. 

Nitric Acid, 4 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficiency. 

"Mix the nitric acid with three ounces of distilled water, and add 
the bismuth in successive portions. When effervescence has ceased, 
apply for ten minutes a temperature approaching that of ebullition 
and decant the solution from the insoluble matter that may be pres- 
ent. Evaporate the solution until it is reduced to 2 fl. ounces, and pour 
it into 80 fl. ounces of distilled water. When the precipitate which 
forms has subsided, decant the supernatant liquid. Wash the pre- 
cipitate and dry it at a temperature not exceeding I50°F. (65°C.)." 
<Br. 1885. 

Uses. Bismuth subnitrate is used in pharmacy as the basis of many 
other bismuth salts and for making various preparations. In medicine 
it is extensively employed as an astringent, tonic and sedative. Dose, 
from 5 to 15 grains, (0.33 to 1 Gm.). 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.^^oo milligrammes (yy 2 grains). 

BISMUTHI SUBSALICYLAS. U. S. Bismuth Subsalicylate. 
Bismuthi Salicylas. Br. Bismuth Salicylate. 

"Bismuth Subsalicylate should yield not less than 62 nor more 
than 64 percent, of pure bismuth oxide." <U. S. 

"Bismuth Salicylate or oxysalicylate, C 6 H 4 .OH.COO.BiO, may be 
prepared by the interaction of bismuth nitrate and sodium salicylate." 
<Br. 

Preparation. It may be made by dissolving bismuth nitrate in gly- 
cerin,, and adding to it a concentrated solution of sodium salicylate, 
then collecting the precipitate. Dose, 5 to 20 grains, (0.33 to 1.25 
Gm.). 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

The following compounds of bismuth not included under other headings are 
sometimes used in medicine: 

Bismuth Agaricinate. (GcHzsOs^I^. This is a white, tasteless powder 
almost insoluble in water, prepared by neutralizing a solution of agaricinic 
acid with bismuth subcarbonate. It is highly recommended as a remedy for in- 
testinal catarrh and night sweats of phthisis and tuberculous diseases. Dose 
5 to 15 grains. 



474 The Fenner Formulary Part IF 

Bismuth Colloid Oxide. Bismon. This is a reddish powder, freely soluble 
in water, and containing- 20 percent, of bismuth equal to 22.3 percent, of bis- 
muth oxide. It is a gastro-intestinal tonic useful in the diarrhoeas of children. 
Dose 4 to 8 grains. 

Bismuth Resorcinate. This is a compound of bismuth about 40 percent, with 
resorcinol. A yellowish-brown powder insoluble in water. It is given in 
gastric catarrh and as an intestinal antiseptic. Dose 2 to 8 grains. 

Bismuth Proteinate. Bismuthose. An albumin compound of bismuth in the 
form of a tasteless powder containing 22 percent, of bismuth. It is insoluble in 
alcohol or water but soluble in alkaline solutions. It is given as an intestinal 
astringent and palliative, especially useful for bowel troubles of children. 
Dose 15 to 60 grains. 

Bismuth Pyrogallate. [CoH^OH^OJaBiOH. This compound is also known 
as pyrogallol-bismuth, and helcosol. It is a greenish-yellow powder insoluble 
in ordinary liquids but soluble in acids. It contains 60 percent, of bismuth 
oxide. It is employed internally as an intestinal disinfectant and astringent 
and externally like bismuth subgallate. Dose 5 to 15 grains. 

Bismuth Subbenzoate. Bismuth benzoate, basic, Bi(C7H.-,02)3'Bi(OH) 3 . This 
is produced by neutralizing hot solution of benzoic acid with bismuth sub- 
carbonate and collecting the precipitate. It is employed in the same manner 
as iodoform as an antiseptic dressing powder and is specially useful for 
syphilitic ulcers. 

BORON. 

Symbol B ; Atomic weight (0=i6) n.o; Sp. gr. 2.68. 

The element Boron is always found in nature associated with other 
substances, either as boric acid or a salt of boric acid. Chemists have 
succeeded in obtaining an amorphous modification of boron by heat- 
ing boric anhydride, B 2 O f ,, with sodium, which decomposes it. The 
sodium salt is then washed out, leaving a dark, brown powder. A 
crystalline modification is made by reducing the anhydride or oxide, 
(BoO.,), by the aid of aluminum at a very high temperature; then al- 
lowing it to cool. The crystals thus produced are brownish, having 
a luster, refracting power and hardness nearly equal to the diamond ; 
and are only slightly oxidized at the temperature at which the dia- 
mond burns. In many respects boron resembles carbon and silicon, 
and is therefore classed with them chemically. 

But few boron compounds are used in pharmacy, only two being 
official, viz., boric acid and borax or sodium borate. 

It is further noticed in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

ACIDUM BORICUM. U. S., Br. Boric Acid. (Boracic Acid). 

H 3 B0 3 . 

Preparation. Boric acid is produced by decomposing borax with 
sulphuric or hydrochloric acid: 2 parts of borax are dissolved in 8 
parts of boiling water, and sulphuric acid added until the solution is 
distinctly acid. This requires about I part of the acid. As the solu- 
tion cools, crystals of boric acid are deposited, which may be col- 
lected and washed on a filter with a little cold water. The crystals 
may be further purified by dissolving in boiling water and recrystal- 
lizing. It combines with some bases, forming borates, and unites 



Part If. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 475 

with other acids to form boro-compound salts, as boro-tartrate of 
potassium etc. 

Uses. Boric acid has remarkable antiseptic and preservative 
virtues, and is now much employed in medicine, in solution, and in 
powder as an antiseptic, both internally and externally. It is also 
used as a preservative of solutions, juices, fruits, meats, foods etc. 
One percent, is generally sufficient for the purpose. Alcoholic solution 
of boric acid burns with a green flame. 

Dose, 5 to 15 grains, (0.33 to 1 Gm.). 

Boric Acid. H 3 BO s . Boracic Acid. This is official in most phar- 
macopoeias under the title Acidum Boricum, which see. 

Metaboric Acid. HBO.,. This is prepared by heating boric acid to 
3 8°C. (ioo. 4 °F.). 

Pyroboric Acid. H 2 B 4 7 . This is made by heating boric acid for 
a long time to 6o°C. (i40°F.). 

BORAX. Br. Borax. 

Biborate of Sodium. Br. Sodium Borate. U. S. 

Xa 2 Br 4 7 -ioH 2 0. 

"This salt, sodium pyroborate, occurs native. It is also made arti- 
ficially by neutralizing native boric acid with sodium carbonate, or by 
boiling native calcium borate with solution of sodium carbonate." < Br. 

It is more commonly known by its Br. title "Borax," than by the U. 
S. pharmaceutical name of the salt. 

Borax is found in the market in prisms, generally slightly covered 
with an efflorescence caused by exposure to air, but transparent 
when the outer coating is rubbed off or when immersed in water. It 
is also much used in the form of powdered borax which is white and 
inodorous, having a slightly sweetish, alkaline taste. 

It is soluble in 16 parts of water at X. T. and in 0.5 part of boiling- 
water. It is soluble in alcohol. It contains 47.14 percent, of water 
of crystallization, and when heated loses a part of this water, then 
melts and when further heated swells into a white porous mass, and 
at a red heat it fuses to a colorless glass. 

Borax is an alkaline salt found native in California, where immense 
deposits of it exist in the basins of evaporated lakes and pools. It is 
also obtained from Thibet, Persia, and other localities, and may be 
made by combining boric acid with soda. 

Uses. In the industrial arts borax is extensively employed for 
many purposes. It is used for washing and making some kinds of 
soap ; as a flux for refining metals and for welding etc. 

In medicine it is used as an antacid and diuretic, and as a soothing 
and healing wash for sores, especially for sore mouth. Its solution 
is used in pharmacy for saponifying fixed oils, whitening ointments, 
and for many purposes requiring a mild alkali. 

Dose, 5 to 30 grains. Br. 



476 The F ouicr Formulary Part II. 

BORO-GLYCERIDE. 

When heated with glycerin for a long time, boric acid parts with 
the elements of water and combines with the glycerin to form a new 
substance. It is made as follows : 

Boric Acid, in fine powder, 62 parts 

Glycerin, by weight, 92 parts 

Heat the glycerin and gradually add the boric acid, continuing the 
heat until it no longer gives off vapor or loses weight, and until it 
will readily dissolve in water at ordinary temperature. The oper- 
ation requires 10 to 12 hours to complete. In the earlier part of the 
process steam is given off freely from the water, which it set free, 
being vaporized; later it escapes more slowly owing to the viscidity of 
the melted mass. 

The completed product when cool is a brittle and transparent 
solid of a light-amber color and a shining fracture. It dissolves 
freely in warm water and in 5 parts of alcohol at I20°F. (48.8°C). 

Uses. Boro-glyceride is an antiseptic, astringent, and mild es- 
charotic. In solution it is used as a surgical dressing and injection 
for removing diseased mucous secretions and promoting healthy 
action. 

BROMOFORMUM. U. S. Bromoform. 

"A liquid consisting of 99 percent., by weight, of absolute Bromo- 
form (CHBr 3 =250.99), and 1 percent, of absolute alcohol." <U. S. 

This is a colorless, volatile liquid, obtained by distilling alcohol 
combined with calcium bromide. Its sp. gr. is 2.80 at 25 °C. (77°F.), 
and it boils at 305. 6° F. It is similar in its properties and uses to chlo- 
roform, but is much more irritating, therefore is not much used 
medicinally. 

BROMUM. U. S. Bromine. 

Symbol Br; Atomic weight (0=i6) 79.92; Sp. gr. 2.96. 

"It should contain not less than 97 percent, of pure bromine, and 
be kept in protected glass-stoppered bottles, in a cool place." <U. S. 

The element Bromine is a dense, dark-red, volatile liquid, boiling 
at I454°F. Its vapor is very irritating. It was discovered in 
1826 by M. Balard, and en account of its analogies is chemically 
classed with chlorine and iodine. It is chiefly obtained from the 
mother liquor or bittern remaining after the crystallization of salt 
in salt works. It combines energetically with other elements forming 
salts called bromides, many of which are extensively used in med- 
icine. It is further noticed in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

Uses. In pharmacy bromine is used for making bromides, hydro- 
bromic and phosphoric acids and other preparations. In medicine 
it is seldom used internally, but its solution is sometimes employed 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 477 

as a cleansing or caustic wash, or as a gargle for diphtheria etc. Its 
vapor it also employed internally. 

Like chlorine, it possesses wonderful bleaching properties, and is 
sometimes used for that purpose. 

The salts formed with bromine and bases are noticed under the 
bases with which the combinations are formed. The following are 
preparations of bromine not otherwise classified: 

Bromal. C 2 Br n HO. This is an aldehyde derivative prepared by 
the action of bromine on ethyl alcohol. It is a colorless, oily liquid, 
having sp. gr. 3.34, and boiling above 212 °F. It is very irritating, 
therefore its use as a hypnotic or anaesthetic does not meet with 
favor. Combined with the elements of water it forms a hydrate 
known as Bromal Hydrate, similar in appearance and uses to chloral 
hydrate, but quite expensive and seldom used. 

Bromalin. This is a name given to the chemical compound brom- 
ethylformin, prepared by the interaction of ethyl bromide upon hex- 
amethylenetetramine. It is in white crystals, soluble in water and is 
used as a substitute for alkali bromides in doses of 30 to 60 grains. 

Bromamide. C 6 H 2 Br 3 NH*HBr. This is an odorless, colorless salt, 
in needle-shaped crystals, insoluble in water but soluble in boiling 
alcohol and in ether, chloroform and the fixed oils. It is produced 
by the interaction of an oxygen salt of ammonia with bromine. It 
contains 75 percent, of bromine and is recommended as an analgesic, 
antipyretic and antirheumatic. The dose is from 10 to 15 grains. 

Bromates are salts formed by the combination of this acid with 
bases. This should not be confounded with Hydrobromic Acid, 
HBr, which is a gas, the solution of which is official. 

Brometone. A name given to tribrom-tertiary-butyl alcohol, pre- 
pared by the action of caustic alkali upon a mixture of bromoform and 
acetone. It is in fine white crystals having the odor and taste of cam- 
phor and readily soluble in alcohol, but only slightly soluble in water. 
It is employed as a nerve sedative and antispasmodic. Dose 5 to 10 
grains. 

Bromic Acid. HBrO :? . Made by decomposing barium bromate 
with sulphuric acid, filtering the liquid from the precipitate and 
evaporating. 

Bromocoll. A compound containing 20 percent, of bromine com- 
bined with tannin and gelatin. It is given in place of the alkali bro- 
mides, and used externally in 10% solution and in the form of ointment 
and in suppositories and soap. 

Bromol. Tribromophenol or Tribromphenol. C 6 H 2 Br 3 OH. A 
white, crystalline substance, prepared by the action of bromine on 
carbolic acid in aqueous solution. It melts at 95°C, and is nearly 
insoluble in water but freely soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform 
and oils, also somewhat soluble in glycerin. It may be used exter- 



478 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

nally as an application to ulcers and gangrenous sores, dissolved in 
olive oil i to 30, or made into an ointment 1 to 10, or as a dusting di- 
luted 1 to 10 with some inert substance. It is used as an application 
to diphtheritic patches, a 4 percent, solution in glycerin. It is also 
given internally in cholera infantum and typhoid conditions as a 
disinfectant to the ailmentary canal. 

Bromopin. This is a 10 percent, solution of bromine in sesame oil. 
In it the unsaturated fatty acids or their glycerin esters are partially 
transformed by the action of the bromine into saturated fatty acids or 
their glycerides. It is a yellow, oily liquid, recommended as a sub- 
stitute for bromides as being non-irritant and more readily assimilated. 
The dose is 1 to 4 rl. drachms three or four times daily. 

Bromopin Solid Saccharated. This is dried bromopin in the form 
of tablets representing 1.2 grains of 33^3 percent, bromopin in each 
tablet. This is equivalent in bromine value to 0.6 gram of potassium 
bromide. 

Bromosin. *A name given to bromo-albumin, a compound of bro- 
mine and albumin containing 10 percent, of bromine. It is a yellowish- 
white powder used to replace alkaline bromides in certain cases. 
Dose 30 to 120 grains. 

Some other combinations of bromine are made, as Bromine Chlor- 
ide, Bromine Iodide, Bromacetic Acid, and other compounds with 
acids, but are seldom employed in pharmacy. 

BRUCINUM. Brucine. 
C 23 H 26 N 2 4 +4H 2 0=466. 

An alkaloid associated with strychnine in nux vomica, and ob- 
tained from some other plants of the Fam. Loganiacese. It pos- 
sesses properties similar to strychnine, and in addition has been 
proven to act as a local anaesthetic, some experimenters maintaining 
that it is much more satisfactory than cocaine for that purpose. A 
5% solution is generally employed for this purpose. 

Brucine Phosphate. .This salt is prepared by manufacturing chem- 
ists by dissolving brucine in dilute phosphoric acid, evaporating the 
solution and crystallizing. 

Brucine Sulphate. This may be prepared by dissolving brucine in 
dilute sulphuric acid, concentrating the solution and crystallizing. 
Its uses are similar to the alkaloid. 

BUTYL OR TETRYL. 

C 4 H„. 
Butyl is a gaseous radical — the fourth member of the homologous 
series, C n H 2n+1 , known as the alcohol radicals. It is known in phar- 
macy only in its compounds, as butyric ether, butyric acid etc. Com- 
mercially its alcohol, ether or acid are obtained from amylic alcohol, 



Part II. Drugs. Chemicals and Preparations 479 

rancid butter or cheese etc. Its name is derived from butyrum (but- 
ter), from which it was first obtained. 

Its compounds with amyl and ethyl alcohols are considerably used 
in the manufacture of artificial fruit flavors — the butyrate of ethyl, 
or butyric ether, being known as pineapple oil. Butyric acid combines 
with bases to form salts known as butyrates. 

The following are the principal combinations of butyl employed in 
pharmacy, and not elsewhere classified : 

Butyl-Chloral. QH-Cl.O. Made by passing- dry chlorine gas 
into aldehyde, which forms chloral and butyl-chloral the latter being 
?. dense oily liquid of strong odor, which by shaking with an excess of 
warm water, dissolves, and upon cooling deposits butyl chloral-hy- 
drate, formerly called croton chloral-hydrate. Butyl chloral-hydrate 
is employed for the same purposes as chloral-hydrate, but in con- 
siderably smaller doses. 

Butyric Acid. HC 4 H T ( .'.),. This is present in rancid butter and 
cheese, which derive from it their peculiar odor. It is also obtained 
by the oxidation of butylic alcohol, C 4 H 9 HO, which is usually found 
in crude amylic alcohol or fousel oil ; and also in coal-tar. Butyric 
acid unites with organic radicals and metallic bases, forming buty- 
rates. 

Amyl Butyrate or Butyrate of Amyl. C r ,H 11 C 4 H 7 ; ,. Made by 
heating together butyric acid, sulphuric acid and amylic alcohol, 
separating, distilling and purifying. 

Ethyl Butyrate or Butyrate of" Ethyl. CH,C 4 H t O' 2 . By heating 
together butyric acid, sulphuric acid and alcohol, separating, distill- 
ing and purifying. This is known commercially as butyric ether. 

BUTYRUM. Butter. 

In pharmacy fresh unsalted butter is frequently used as a base for 
ointments, and although not official, it may often be advantageously 
employed. It consists of about 30. percent, of olein, 68 percent, of 
palmitin and stearin, and glycerides of butyric and other fatty acids. 
The process of making butter from cream is too well known to require 
description. 

In medicine butter may be given as a food in place of cod liver oil. 
Medicines may be combined with it, or it may be made into an emul- 
sion or jelly. 

Butyrin. By heating clarified butter in a porcelain vesel for sev- 
eral days to 66°C, separating the oily portion, mixing it with an equal 
weight of alcohol and agitating it frequently for 24 hours, then 
pouring off the oily portion, evaporating it, treating the oily res- 
iduum with a little magnesium carbonate to remove free acid, sep- 
arating, heating the remaining fatty matter in alcohol, filtering and 
evaporating. This is the chief neutral principle of butter, and cor- 
responds with the olein obtained from some other fats 



480 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

BUTTERINE. Artificial Butter. Oleomargarine. 

Although the manufacture of butterine does not come within the 
province of the pharmacist, yet an outline of the process by which 
it is made may be of interest. Beef fat or suet is washed, cut up and 
melted at from 122 ° to I24°F. (50 to 51 ° Cc). The liquid fat is drawn 
off, allowed to settle, strained or filtered, and kept at a temperature of 
from 8o° to 90°F., until the stearin and the palmitin mostly crystal- 
lize out. They are then separated from the liquid portion and 
pressed by hydraulic pressure in a room heated to about the same 
temperature (8o°F., 26 to 32°C). The portion that remains liquid 
at this temperature consists of oleomargarine. It become solid when 
cool. 

To make this into butterine, it is churned while warm with milk 
(80 pounds of milk to 500 pounds of oil), and colored if desired. 
It is then run from the churn into a trough, where it is suddenly 
chilled by mixing it thoroughly with pounded ice, thereby prevent- 
ing it from crystallizing. It is then salted* and worked like butter, and 
flavored usually with a little extract of tonka-bean or solution of 
coumarin to give it the odor of new-mown hay. 

Its uses are similar to those of butter. 

Pure Food Laws. In most of the states a license is required to 
manufacture and sell oleomargarine, or butterine by any name, and 
certain regulations as to coloring, packages etc., are in force. 

CACHETS. Wafers. 

Cachets are shallow, concave forms for containing powders. They 
are so made that, when prepared, they may be placed upon the 
tongue and swallowed by taking a drink of water. 

A mixture of flour and water to which a little white of egg may be 
added, if desired, is prepared, of about the consistence of thick cream. 
This is poured upon a smooth metal plate, so that it will just cover 
the surface, and another metal plate is placed over it. Then it is to 
be baked slowly in an oven so as to evaporate all the moisture. The 
sheets thus obtained are cut into circular discs, with a stamp and 
pressed into forms so that they will have a shallow concave surface 
with a flat edge around it. These are placed in forms, the required 
powder put into them and then covered with a duplicate, the edge 
of which has been slightly moistened. The edges are then pressed 
together, in a press or by a tool, and the cachet it ready. This form 
of administering medicines in powdered form is very convenient, 
and quite popular, particularly in France. The empty cachets of 
different sizes and the forms for making them may be obtained of 
the wholesaler. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 481 

CAFFEINA. U. S., Br. Caffeine. 
Theine. Guaranine. Methyl Theobromine. 

C 6 H 10 N 4 O 2 +H 2 O=2io.64. 

"A feebly basic substance obtained from the dried leaves of Thea 
sinensis, Linne (Fam. Ternstroemiaceae), or from the dried seeds of 
Coffea arabica, Linne (Fam. Rubiacese) ; found in other plants." 
<U. S. 

The Br. description is practically the same. 

Preparation. Coffee, tea, some other plants, and guarana contain 
an identical alkaloid called caffeine. Coffee contains about I per- 
cent., tea ijA to 4 percent., and guarana 4 to 5 percent, of this alka- 
loid. It is prepared from these substances by boiling them in water 
to make a strong decoction, precipitating the decoction with lead 
acetate to remove astringent and other matter, passing sulphuretted 
hydrogen gas through the filtrate to remove excess of lead, filtering 
again, adding ammonia water, evaporating and recrystallizing, and 
if necessary to make white, dissolving the crystals in hot water or 
alcohol, filtering through animal charcoal and again crystallizing. 
It is seldom made except by manufacturing chemists. 

Uses. Caffeine is used as a nerve stimulant in sick and nervous 
headache and periodic nervous derangements. The dose is from 1 
to 5 grains. 

CAFFEINA CITRATA. U. S. CAFFEINE CITRAS. Br. 
Citrated Caffeine. U. S. Caffeine Citrate. Br. 

C 8 H 10 N 4 O 2 , H 3 C 6 H 5 7 . (Br.). 
Caffeine, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Citric Acid, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Distilled Water, hot, 100 Cc. or 2 ounces 

"Dissolve the citric acid in the water and stir the caffeine into the 
heated solution ; evaporate to dryness on a water-bath, constantly 
stirring towards the end of the operation. Reduce the product to a 
fine powder and transfer it to well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 
The Br. 1898 formula is the same. 

The properties and uses of this preparation are the same as those 
of caffeine. The dose is from 2 to 10 grains. It may be conveniently 
given in the form of an elixir. It is much more soluble than the alka- 
loid. 

CAFFEINA CITRATA EFFERVESCENS. U. S. 
Effervescent Citrated Caffeine. 
Caffeinae Citras Effervescens. Br. Effervescent Caffeine Citrate. 
The U. S. P. formula is : 

Citrated Caffeine, 40 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Sodium Bicarbonate, dried and 

powdered, 570 Gm. or 57 ounces 



482 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

Tartaric Acid, dried and powdered, 300 Gm. or 30 ounces 
Citric Acid, uneffloresced crystals, 195 Gm. or 19^ ounces 
"Powder the citric acid and mix it intimately with the citrated 
caffeine and tartaric acid, then thoroughly incorporate the sodium bi- 
carbonate. Place the mixed powders on a plate of glass or in a suitable 
dish, in an oven heated to between 93 and I04°C. When the mix- 
ture has acquired a moist consistence, by the aid of careful manipu- 
lation with a wooden spatula, rub it through a No. 6, tinned-iron sieve, 
and dry the granules at a temperature not exceeding 54°C. (i2g.2°F.). 
Keep the product in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 4 Gm. (60 grains). 
The Br. P. formula is : 
Sodium Bicarbonate, in powder, 51 ounces or 510 Gm. 

Tartaric Acid, in powder, 27 ounces or 270 Gm. 

Citric Acid, in powder, 18 ounces or 180 Gm. 

Refined Sugar, in powder, 14 ounces or 140 Gm. 

Caffeine Citrate, 4 ounces or 40 Gm. 

"Mix the caffeine citrate, tartaric acid and citric acid ; with the 
product thoroughly incorporate the mixed sodium bicarbonate and re- 
fined sugar ; place in a dish or pan of suitable form heated to between 
200 and 22o°F. When the mixture by the aid of careful manipula- 
tion has assumed a granular character, separate it into granules of 
uniform and convenient size by means of suitable sieves. Dry the 
granules at a temperature not exceeding i30°F. (54.4°C). The pro- 
duct should weigh about 100 ounces (or 1000 Gm.). Dose 60 to 120 
grains. "<Br. 

The foregoing formulas are given as typical of the U. S. P. and Br. 
P. effervescing salts, of which there are several in the pharmacopoeias 
of both countries. They do not differ essentially in the proportion of 
medicinal constituents but in the dilutents and the manner of making 
they are considerable unlike. 

Other Salts of Caffeine. 

Caffeine salts may be prepared with most of the vegetable and 
mineral acids. Several caffeine salts are official in the Fr. and G. 
pharmacopoeias. 

Caffeine Benzoate. This may be prepared by adding caffeine, to a 
hot saturated solution of benzoic acid until it is neutralized; then 
allowing it to cool and crystallize. 

Caffeine Hydrobromide". C 8 H 10 N 4 O 2 ,HBr+H 2 O=3ii. Caffeine 
100 Gm., hydrochloric acid, a sufficient quantity. Dissolve the caffeine 
by gentle heat in an excess of concentrated hydrobromic acid, allow 
to cool and crystallize. 

Caffeine Hydrochloride. C 8 H 10 N,O 2 ,HCl+2H 2 O=266.5. Caffeine 
100 Gm., (or any convenient quantity), hydrochloric acid, a sufficient 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 483 

quantity. Dissolve the caffeine by gentle heat in an excess of hydro- 
chloric acid, allow to cool and crystallize. 

Caffeine Salicylate. Add caffeine to a hot concentrated solution of 
salicylic acid until it is neutralized, then allow to cool and crystallize. 

Caffeine Sulphate. Dissolve caffeine by gentle heat in an excess of 
sulphuric acid, and allow to cool and crystallize. 

Caffeine Valerate. Add caffeine to warm valeric acid until it is 
neutralized, then cool and crystallize. 

Caffeine and Sodium Benzoate. Dissolve caffeine 50 parts and 
sodium benzoate 59 parts in distilled water 200 parts, and evaporate 
by gentle heat to a powder. 

Caffeine and Sodium Salicylate. Dissolve caffeine 550 parts and 
sodium salicylate 60 parts in 200 parts of water, and evaporate by 
gentle heat to a powder. 

CALCIUM. 

Symbol Ca ; Atomic weight (H=i) 39.8; Sp. gr. 1.78 to 1.87. 

Calcium is a strongly positive element occurring abundantly in 
nature as a carbonate, phosphate, silicate, chloride etc., its compounds 
forming a large proportion of the crust of the earth. Its oxide is calx 
or lime, and the salts of calcium are generally, though improperly, 
called salts of lime. 

The metal calcium was first obtained from lime by Sir H. Davy, 
in 1808. It is classed with barium, strontium and magnesium. It is 
of a light-yellow color, rather harder than lead, very malleable and 
ductile, and melts at about 500°C. Its salts are very extensively used 
in the arts and industries, and are considerably employed in pharmacy 
and medicine. The salts of calcium, in solution, give a white preci- 
pitate with ammonium carbonate, and, if concentrated, with sul- 
phuric acid also. 

The following are the official salts of calcium : 

CALCII BROMIDUM. U. S. Calcium Bromide. 

CaBr 2 =r 198.52. 
"It should contain not less than 97 percent, of pure calcium bro- 
mide, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

Preparation. The present U. S. P. gives no formula for the prep- 
aration of this salt. The following from the 1880 U. S. P. makes a 
satisfactory preparation : 

Hydrobromic Acid, any convenient quantity. 
Precipitated Chalk, (calcium carbonate), a sufficiency. 
Add the precipitated chalk to the hydrobromic acid, a little at a 
time, until a portion remains undissolved after standing for a few 
hours, then filter and evaporate the solution to dryness, stirring 
while drying to granulate the salt. 



484 The Fc iincr Formulary Part II. 

Uses. Calcium bromide is used as a hypnotic, and for nervous ir- 
ritability, in doses of 20 to 60 grains, (1.25 to 4 Gm.). 

CALCII CARBONAS PR^CIPITATUS. U. S., Br. 

Precipitated Calcium Carbonate. Precipitated Chalk. 
CaC0 3 =99.35. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure calcium car- 
bonate."<U. S. 

"The precipitate CaCO s , obtained by the interaction of calcium 
chloride and sodium carbonate." < Br. 

Preparation. The following, which was formerly official, produces 
a satisfactory preparation : 

Calcium Chloride, 5 ounces av. 

Sodium Carbonate, 13 ounces av. 

Boiling Distilled Water, a sufficiency. 

Dissolve the calcium chloride and the sodium carbonate each in 
two pints of water. Well mix the two solutions, and allow the 
precipitate to subside, collect on a calico filter, and wash it with 
boiling distilled water until the washings cease to give a precipitate 
with nitrate of silver and dry the product at the temperature of 
boiling water, 2i2°F. (ioo c C). 

Uses. This powder is more commonly known as English precipi- 
tated chalk, and is much used in tooth powders, toilet powders etc., 
it is also used in medicine in the form of powders, troches etc., and 
is frequently employed for making chalk mixture, but is not con- 
sidered so good for that purpose as prepared chalk. The dose is 10 
to 30 grains or more. 

CRETA PR^PARATA. 
Prepared Chalk. Prepared Calcium Carbonate. 

Although this substance is not classed in the pharmacopoeias under 
the heading ''Calcium," it properly belongs there, as it is "native, 
friable, calcium carbonate, CaCCX.. freed from most of its impurities 
by elutriation." 

Preparation. This is prepared from common chalk, which is native, 
friable, calcium carbonate, by rubbing it with a little water into fine 
powder, then transferring it to a large vessel nearly full of water, 
stirring thoroughly, and, after a moment, while the supernatant 
liquor is still turbid, pouring it off into another vessel. The coarser 
particles of chalk, which remain in the first vessel, are then treated 
again with water in the same manner, the liquid poured off and added 
to the portion formerly decanted. The suspended chalk is now al- 
lowed to subside, the water poured off, and the powder dried or made 
into little cones or "drops'' by running through a paint mill. 

Uses. Prepared chalk is an antacid, used medicinally almost 
altogether when calcium carbonate is indicated. It is given in diar- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 485 

rhoea, acid stomach etc. Also used in making toilet powders. Dose, 
10 to 30 grains of more. 

Whiting is a cheap prepared chalk used for whitening walls, pol- 
ishing etc. 

CALCII CHLORIDUM. U. S., Br. Calcium Chloride. 
CaCl 2 — 110.16. 

"Calcium chloride rendered anhydrous by fusion at the lowest pos- 
sible temperature. It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure 
Calcium chloride, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." 
<U. S. 

"The salt, CaCl 2 ,2H 2 0, formed by neutralizing hydrochloric acid 
with calcium carbonate, carefully desiccated at a temperature not 
exceeding 392°F. (200°C.)."<Br. 

Preparation. Calcium chloride may be prepared by neutralizing 
hydrochloric acid with chalk or marble, adding a little solution of 
chlorinated lime and slacked lime to the solution, filtering, evaporat- 
ing the filtrate to dryness, and then heating to redness. The fused 
salt thus prepared is used to dry gases, and in pharmacy as the basis 
of other calcium salts. A solution made with it is official in the Br. 
P. This salt should not be mistaken for chlorinated lime, which is 
more frequently called "chloride of lime." 

CALCII HYDRAS. Br. Calcium Hydroxide. 
Hydrate of Lime. Slaked Lime. 

Ca(HO) 2 . 

" Calcium hydroxide, Ca(HO) 2 , recently prepared by the interaction 
of water and calcium oxide." < Br. 

Preparation. This is so common a preparation that it scarcely 
needs a formula, but it may not be out of place to give the Br. 1885 
official directions for making it : - 

Lime, 2 pounds av. 

Distilled Water, 20 fl. ounces 

Place the lime in a metal pot, pour the water upon it, and when 
vapor ceases to be disengaged, cover the pot with its lid and set it 
aside to cool. When cool, pass through a sieve and keep in well- 
stoppered bottles, excluded from air. Slaked lime is used to prepare 
liquor calcis, or lime water, and syrupus calcis, or syrup of lime. 

Calcium hydroxide is a convenient basis for many of the lime salts. 
It may be combined with many of the acids, forming crystalline sol- 
uble salts, or it may be added to solutions of other salts forming in- 
soluble precipitates and freeing weaker bases or acids from their com- 
binations. It is extensively used as a deodorant and disinfectant for 
absorbing noxious gases, and in disposal works where sewage is dis- 
posed of. 



486 The Fc inicr Formulary Part II. 

CALCII HYPOPHOSPHIS. U. S., Br. 

Calcium Hypophosphite. 

Ca(PHX> 2 ) 2 = 168.86. 

"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure Calcium hypo- 
phosphite, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

Preparation. This salt is most conveniently prepared by heating 
2 parts of calcium hydrate (slaked lime) with 1 part of phosphorus 
and 10 parts of water, until phosphuretted hydrogen gas ceases to be 
evolved, then filtering the liquid to separate insoluble matter, con- 
centrating the filtrate by evaporation, refiltering, evaporating again 
until a pellicle appears on the surface ; then setting aside to crystal- 
lize or continuing the heat, and stirring to granulate. In conducting 
this process is is necessary to provide for the escape of the gas, 
which is inflammable, by means of a hood adjusted over the vessel in 
which the mixture is heated. The evaporation should also be at a 
low temperature, not over 185 °F., (85 °C). 

Uses. In pharmacy this salt is used for preparing other hypophos- 
phites and hypophosphorous acid in syrups etc. In medicine it is 
employed in wasting diseases, coughs, defective nutrition, nervous 
anemia etc. The dose is from 5 to 30 grains, (0.33 to 2 Gm.), usually 
given in the form of syrup, solution or emulsion. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes {y]/ 2 grains). 

CALCII PHOSPHAS PR^ECIPITATUS. U. S. 

Calcii Phosphas. Br. Calcium Phosphate. 

Precipitated Calcium Phosphate. 

Ca,(P0 4 ) ,=307.98. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Calcium Phos- 
phate [(P00 3 ) 2 Ca 3 ]."<U. S. 

In the Br. P. Calcium Phosphate, which is the same, is official. 
Preparation. The present U. S. P. gives no formula for this prep- 
aration, the following from the 1870 U. S. P. makes a satisfactory 
product : 

Bone Ash, powdered, 4 tr. ounces 

Hydrochloric Acid, 8 tr. ounces 

Ammonia Water, q. s., or 12 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Macerate the bone-ash in the hydrochloric acid, diluted with a pint 
of distilled water until it is dissolved, and filter the solution. Add a 
pint of distilled water through the filter, and then gradually add am- 
monia water until the liquid shows an alkaline reaction. Mix the 
magma (precipitate) with twice its bulk of boiling water, and pour 
the whole upon a calico strainer. Wash the precipitate on the 
strainer with boiling distilled water until the washings cease to give 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 487 

a cloudiness with solution of nitrate of silver acidulated with nitric 
acid, and lastly, dry by gentle heat. 

Uses. Precipitated calcium phosphate or phosphate of lime as it 
is commonly called, is used for preparing solutions of phosphates and 
lacto-phosphates, and many other preparations used in pharmacy ; in 
medicine it is employed as an antacid and osseous nutritive. 

Average dose. — I Gm. (15 grains). 1 

CALCII SULPHAS EXSICCATUS. U. S. 
Exsiccated Calcium Sulphate. Plaster of Paris. Dentist's Plaster. 

"A powder containing about 95 percent., by weight, o f Calcium 
Sulphfcte [CaS0 4 =i35.i5], and about 5 percent, of watei , prepared 
from the purer varieties of native gypsum, by carefully heating until 
about three-fourths of the water has been expelled." <U. S. 

The commercial Plaster of Paris answers for most purposes for 
which this official is employed, except for particular chemical work. 
It is less soluble in hot than in cold water and is insoluble in alcohol. 
When mixed with half its weight of water it forms a smooth cohesive 
mixture, which rapidly hardens ; this mixture when poured into 
moulds fills them completely and forms a body of the same shape 
as the space enclosed by the moulds. Commercial Plaster of Paris 
is extensively used for modeling, and the official preparation is used 
in chemical operations. 

The unofficial Calcium Salts are noticed in the Chemical Section 
of Part I. 

CALX. U. S., Br. Lime. Calcium Oxide. 

CaO=55-68. 

"Prepared by calcining white marble or the purest varieties of 
native calcium carbonate, and containing, when in the anhydrous 
state, not less than 90 percent, of pure calcium oxide. It should be 
kept in well-closed vessels, in a dry place." <U. S. 

Preparation. Lime is made by calcining or "burning" lime-stone, 
marble or chalk, thus expelling carbonic acid gas. It is an alkaline 
earth, much employed for building and other useful purposes, as with 
sand it forms a cement, the sand being partially dissolved and gel- 
atinized by the action of the lime. In pharmacy it is extensively used 
in making many of the galenicals. In medicine it is somewhat em- 
ployed as an escharotic, and its solution (lime-water) is extensively 
prescribed and used both externally and internally. 

CALX CHLORINATA. U. S., Br. Chlorinated Lime. 
Chlorinated Calcium Oxide. (Chloride of Lime). 

"A compound resulting from the action of chlorine upon calcium 
hydroxide, and containing not less than 30 percent, of available 
chlorine. It is often improperly called Chloride of Lime."<U. S. 



488 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

"A product obtained by exposing slaked lime to the action of 
chlorine gas until absorption ceases." < Br. 

Preparation. This preparation is made by exposing slaked lime to 
the action of chlorine so long as the gas is absorbed. It is extensively 
used for bleaching and disinfecting, and is familiarly known as 
bleaching powder. Chlorinated lime should not be mistaken for 
chloride of calcium which is a true calcium salt. 

Freshly prepared chlorinated lime contains from 30 to 35 percent, of 
chlorine but loses most of it by age and exposure. 

Uses. In pharmacy it is used in making several preparations and 
is much employed as a cheap deodorizer and disinfectant. It is 
sometimes given internally. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

CALX SULPHURATA. U. S., Br. Sulphurated Lime. 

"A mixture containing at least 60 percent, of Calcium Sulphide 
[CaS=7i.63L together with unchanged calcium sulphate and car- 
bon, in varying proportions. "<U. S. 

"A mixture containing not much less than 50 percent, of Calcium 
Sulphide, CaS, with calcium sulphate and carbon. It may be prepared 
by reducing native calcium sulphate by means of carbon." < Br. 

Preparation. The U. S. P. gives a formula for preparing it, as 
follows : 

Exsiccated Calcium Sulphate, 70 Gm. or 7 ounces 

Charcoal, in fine powder, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Starch, 2 Gm. or 88 grains 

Mix the powder thoroughly, pack the mixture lightly into a crucible, 
cover this loosely, and heat it to bright redness, until the contents 
have lost their black color. Allow the crucible to cool, reduce the 
product to powder, and at once transfer it to small glass-stoppered 
vials. 

Uses. This substance is used in ointments and as a depilatory for 
removing superfluous hair. It is given internally for skin diseases 
and as an alterative. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

CAMPHORA. U. S., Br. Camphor. 

C 10 H 16 O:= 150.98. 

"The dextrogyrate modification of the saturated ketone [C 9 H 16 CO], 
obtained from Cinnamomum Camphora (Linne) Nees et Ebermaier 
(Fam. Lauracese), and purified by sublimation. Camphor should be 
kept in well-closed vessels, in a cool place." <U. S. 

"A white crystalline substance obtained from Cinnamomum Cam- 
phora, purified by sublimation." < Br. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 489 

Camphor is official in all countries, the process for preparing it 
is given in Fart I. It is imported in its crude state chiefly from Japan 
and China, and refined in the U. S. or Europe. Native or crude 
camphor is never found in the stores, only the refined being used 
as medicine. For further description see Part I. 

It is but slightly soluble in water, but dissolves readily in alcohol, 
ether, chloroform, benzin, oil of turpentine and fixed oils. Its sp. gr. 
is 0.990 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

When camphor is triturated in about molecular proportions with 
menthol, thymol, phenol or hydrated chloral a liquid is produced. 
To powder camphor add a very little alcohol to lumps of it contained 
in a mortar and rub to a powder. 

It is considerably used in medicine as a sedative and as a stimulant 
and diaphoretic. It is an ingredient in many medicinal preparations 
in various forms for external and internal use. 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm.=i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 

CAMPHORA MONOBROMATA. U. S. Monobromated Camphor. 

C 10 Ii 15 BrO=229.34. 

"A substitution product of camphor [C 9 H 15 BrCO]."<U. S. 

Preparation. This bromine compound of camphor may be prepared 
by introducing bromine 4 ounces, gradually into a retort containing 
camphor 13 ounces. After 15 to 20 minutes reaction begins, and when 
this ceases 8 or 9 ounces more of bromine is added in four portions, 
giving time between each addition for the reaction to occur and sub- 
side. Finally the retort is to be heated to about I32°C. (270°F.), then 
cooled and sufficient benzin added to dissolve the crystalline mass. 
Crystals form upon cooling, which may be removed and purified by 
allowing to dry, then dissolving in hot alcohol and recrystallizing. 
Other methods of manufacture are employed by some chemists but 
the resultant preparation is the same. 

Uses. This compound is used as a nervous sedative in hysteria, 
epilepsy and convulsions caused by nervous irritation, and has been 
highly recommended in the treatment of delirium tremens. It is also 
claimed that it is valuable in the treatment of spermatorrhoea. It 
may be given in the form of powder or in pills or capsules, and in 
mixtures and emulsions. It is insoluble in water, but freely soluble 
in alcohol, ether, chloroform, benzin and oils. 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm. = i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 

CAPSULES. 

fapsules are small cylindrical or oval receptacles for holding med- 
icines, usually made of gelatin and combined with some adhesive sub- 
stance. Filled capsules are those in which oil, oleo-resin, liquid bal- 
sam or alcoholic extract or tincture are enclosed and sealed in an oval 



490 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

capsule of gelatin. Empty capsules are those in which powders or 
masses may be enclosed. They are made in two parts, the receptacle, 
and the cap which slips over it ; and are made in a number of sizes. 

To make capsules requires the proper outfit of moulds and conven- 
iences. They are generally supplied by manufacturers at very reason- 
able prices. The following formulas are submitted for the solutions 
from which capsules are generally made : 

For Hard Capsules. 

White Gelatin, 25 parts 

Glycerin, 10 parts 

Sugar, in powder. 8 parts 

Distilled Water. 45 parts 

Soften the gelatin with a part of the water and dissolve by heat, add 
the sugar and the glycerin and incorporate them well together. <Fr. C. 
This solution may be used for making empty capsules or for the 
shells used for filled capsules. 

For Soft or Elastic Capsules. 

White Gelatin, 50 parts 

Gum Arabic, 15 parts 

Sugar, in powder, 15 parts 

Distilled Water, 80 parts 

Glycerin, 12 parts 

Soften the gelatin and dissolve in a portion of the water by the aid 
of heat, dissolve the gum arabic in the remainder of the water, add the 
glycerin and sugar, and mix the glycerin with the hot solution of gel- 
atin. 

The gelacacia coating, for which a formula is given under "Pills," 
is suitable for this purpose. This solution is particularly adapted for 
making the soft or elastic shells for filled capsules. 

Capsule filling machines, with which empty capsules may be con- 
veniently filled with powder, may be had of dealers in pharmaceutical 
apparatus. 

CARBO. CARBON. 

Symbol C; Atomic weight n.97. 
Carbon is one of the most important and widely distributed ele- 
ments. It exists in nature in a great variety of forms, differing widely 
in appearance and characteristics. The diamond and graphite are 
familiar forms of crystallized carbon ; lamp-black and wood charcoal 
are forms of impure amorphous carbon. It is a constituent of all 
animal and vegetable substances, and has therefore been called the 
"organic element." It is present in all alkaloids and neutral principles 
of plants, and its compounds include the greater part of the substances 
most valuable in pharmacy and medicine. Carbon and its various 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 491 

forms and compounds are more fully described in the Chemical Sec- 
tion, Part I. 

CARBO ANIMALIS. U. S. Animal Charcoal. 

"Charcoal prepared from bone."<U. S. 

Preparation. Animal charcoal is known commercially as ivory- 
black or bone-black, and is prepared in a large way by first boiling 
bones in water to free them from fat and adhering particles, and then 
subjecting them to destructive distillation in iron cylinders, by which 
process they are deprived of their volatile portions, as ammoniacal 
liquor, or bone spirit and tar, or bone oil, and become charred, con- 
sisting mainly of carbon and calcium salts. 

Uses. Animal charcoal is extensively used for decolorizing sub- 
stances by filtering them through it, especially for refining sugar, 
making petrolatum etc., also for making blacking for shoes and as a 
pigment. For pharmaceutical use, purified animal charcoal should 
be used. 

CARBO ANIMALIS PURIFICATUS. U. S. 

Purified Animal Charcoal. 

Animal Charcoal, ioo Gm. or 10 ounces av. 

Hydrochloric Acid, 300 Gm. or 30 ounces av. 

Boiling Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Introduce the animal charcoal into a capacious vessel, add 200 
grammes (or 20 ounces av.) of hydrochloric acid and 400 Cc. (or 40 
ounces) of boiling water, adding water occasionally to maintain the or- 
iginal volume. By means of a sand-bath keep the mixture gently 
boiling .during 8 hours, then add 500 Cc. (or 50 ounces) of boiling 
water, transfer the mixture to a muslin strainer, and when the liquid 
has run off, return the charcoal to the vessel. Add to it 100 Gm. (or 
10 ounces) of hydrochloric acid and 200 Cc. (or 20 ounces) of 
boiling water, boil for two hours,' again add 500 Cc. (or 50 ounces) of 
boiling water, transfer the whole to a plain filter, and when the liquid 
has passed through, wash the residue with boiling water until the 
washings produce only a faint cloudiness with silver nitrate test 
solution. Dry the powder in a drying oven, and immediately transfer 
it to well-stoppered vials." <U. S. 

Uses. Thus treated, the crude bone-black becomes pure carbon, 
which may be used for delicate chemical or pharmaceutical operations. 
It is chiefly used for decolorizing solutions of alkaloids and fine 
chemicals. 

CARBO LIGNI. U. S., Br. Charcoal. Wood Charcoal. 

"Charcoal prepared from soft wood and very finely powdered. It 
should be kept in well-closed vessels." <U. S. 



4-92 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

"The carbonaceous residue of wood charred by exposure to a red 
heat without access of air." < Br. 

Preparation. Prepared for commerce by charcoal burners, who pile 
billets of wood in conical form, cover the pile with earth, ignite it from 
the bottom, then close it from access of air, leaving the process to go 
on without consuming the wood, which is by the heat deprived of its 
oxygen, hydrogen etc., leaving charcoal or carbon as the result of 
the operation. 

Uses. For pharmaceutical use charcoal prepared from willow is 
preferred. In pharmacy, powdered charcoal is used for filtering many 
substances that cannot be made clear by ordinary filtering processes. 
It is also used in tooth powders. In medicine it is given in doses of 
one or two drachms, in powder or tablets, as an antiseptic and absorb- 
ent, especially in gastric derangements. On account of its absorbent 
qualities it should be kept in tight tin cans or bottles. 

CARBONEI DISULPHIDUM. U. S. Carbon Disulphide. 
Carbonis Bisulphidum. Br. Carbon Bisulphide. 

CS 2 =75.57. 

"Carbon Disulphide should be kept in partially filled, well-stoppered 
bottles, or in tin cans, in a cool place, remote from lights or fire." 
<U. S. 

"Carbon Bisulphide may be prepared by the combination of carbon 
and sulphur at a high temperature, the product being subsequently 
condensed and purified.'' < Br. 

This is a clear, colorless, very volatile and inflammable liquid, 
having sp. gr. 1.256 to 1.257 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Preparation. It is made by combining the vapor of sulphur with 
carbon, collecting the gaseous product by means of condensing tubes, 
agitating the liquid with mercury, and distilling it in contact with 
white wax. Crude disulphide of carbon has a very disagreeable odor, 
like rotten eggs, but this may be almost entirely removed by repeated 
rectification. It is never prepared except by manufacturing chemists 
who have appropriate apparatus for making it. 

Uses. Carbon disulphide is a powerful solvent of fats, resins, rub- 
ber etc., and is used in pharmacy chiefly for that purpose. Its vapor is 
sometimes used in the form of a spray in surgical operations, but is not 
administered internally. It is also a powerful antiseptic, and is used 
to preserve animal and vegetable substancs. 

CATAPLASMA KAOLINI. U. S. Cataplasm of Kaolin. 
This is official in the U. S. P., 8th revision. 
Kaolin, in very fine powder, 

577 Gm. or 20 oz. av.4-154 grains 
Boric Acid, in very fine powder, 

45 Gm. or 1 oz. av.4-257 grains 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 493 

Thymol, 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains 

Methyl Salicylate, 2 Gm. or 30 grains 

Oil of Peppermint. 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains 

Glycerin, 375 Gm. or 13 oz. av.-fioo grains 

To make 1000 Gm. or 35 oz. av. + i20 grains 

The kaolin is to be heated for one hour in a suitable vessel to ioo°C. 
(2i2°F.), stirring occasionally; when cool the boric acid is to be added 
and the mixture incorporated with the glycerin. Finally the oil of pep- 
permint and methyl salicylate are to be mixed ; the thymol dissolved 
in the oil and the liquid incorporated thoroughly to make a homog- 
eneous mass. It should be kept in air-tight containers. 

Uses. This new official is intended to take the place of several pro- 
prietary and semi-proprietary preparations that have lately come into 
considerable use as absorbents and antiphlogistics. Like antiphlogis- 
tine it is applied to the affected parts in the same manner as a poultice. 

CERJE — WAXES. 

Certain peculiar substances called Wax, are produced by bees, and 
obtained from the fruit or leaves of plants, or from petroleum oils, or 
mineral deposits in various parts of the world. These waxes that 
occur naturally are described in the Materia Medica Section of Part I. 
Only white and yellow beeswax and paraffin are official in the U. S. 
and' Br. Ph. 

CERA ALBA. U. S., Br. White Wax. White Beeswax. 

"Yellow wax, bleached." <L\ S. 

"Yellow Beeswax which has been bleached by exposure to moisture. 
air and light. "<Br. 

For further description see Part I. 

CERA FLAVA. U. S., Br. Yellow Wax. Yellow Beeswax. 

"A solid substance prepared from the honey-comb of the bee, Apis 
mellifera, Linne."<U. S. 

"Prepared from the honeycomb of the Hive Bee, Apis mellifica, 
Linn." < Br. 

The specific gravity of beeswax is 0.951 to 0.960 at 25°C. (yj°¥.). 
Its melting point is 62 to 64°C. (143.6 to I4/.2°F.). 

Uses. In pharmacy beeswax, either white or yellow, is used as an 
ingredient of cerates and ointments. It is also used in making many 
kinds of wax not employed in medicine, but used for various purposes. 

CERATA — CERATES. 

Cerates are preparations composed of wax combined with fatty or 
resinous substances, and intended to be spread upon lint, linen or 
other similar material to be used externally. 



494 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

They are of firmer consistence than ointments, and are mostly 
designed rather to protect the parts to which they are applied, than to 
be absorbed, as is expected of ointments. 

The British and German Pharmacopoeias make no class distinction 
between cerates and ointments, but such a classification seems quite 
proper when the difference in the uses to which they are applied is 
considered. 

The use of lard in some of the cerates, which has formerly been 
common, although still retained in the official formulas, has been 
partly superseded by petrolatum, because of its better keeping qual- 
ities and general adaptability to the purpose. 

To secure uniformity of the mass, and prevent granulation of the 
wax, most of the cerates are stirred while cooling. This also makes 
them whiter and lighter as regards their specific gravity, by introduc- 
ing air. 

Paraffin is sometimes used instead of beeswax in making cerates, 
but does not make so satisfactory a preparation. 

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CERATUM. U. S. Cerate. 

White Wax, 300 Gm. or 3 ounces 

White Petrolatum, 200 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Benzoinated Lard, 500 Gm. or 5 ounces 

"Melt the white wax and the white petrolatum, then the benzoin- 
ated lard, continuing the heat until the mixture is liquified, and stir 
it constantly until it congeals. 

For use in southern latitudes, and during the heated season in other 
localities, 50 Gm. (or X A ounce) of benzoinated lard may be replaced 
by an equal quantity of white wax."<U. S. 

Uses. This is the base commonly known as "Simple Cerate," with 
which medicinal substances are incorporated when desired to be used 
in cerate form. It is also used as a simple dressing for sores etc. 

CERATUM CAMPHORS. U. S. Camphor Cerate. 

Camphor Liniment, 100 Gm. or 1 ounce 

White W r ax, 350 Gm. or 3*4 ounces 

White Petrolatum, 150 Gm. or i/ 2 ounces 

Benzoinated Lard, 400 Gm. or 4 ounces 

"Melt the white wax, add the white petrolatum, then the benzoin- 
ated lard, and continue the heat until the mixture is liquified. While 
the mixture is cooling, add the camphor liniment and incorporate 
thoroughly by stirring until it congeals.'' <U. S. 

Uses. In pharmacy camphor cerate is used for making several 
Other cerates, and is quite frequently prescribed under its official title. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations -±95 

CERATUM CANTHARIDIS. U. S. Cantharides Cerate. 

Blistering Cerate. "Blistering Plaster." 

Cantharides. in Xo. 60 powder. 320 Gm. or 8 ounces 

Liquid Petrolatum. 150 Gm. or 344 ounces 

Yellow Wax, 180 Gm. or 4^ ounces 

Rosin, 180 Gm. or 4 J / 2 ounces 

Lard, 170 Gm. or 4 X 4 ounces 

"Mix the cantharides with the liquid petrolatum, and set the mix- 
ture aside, well covered, in a warm place, for 48 hours. Then add the 
rosin, yellow wax and lard, previously melted and strained through 
muslin, and keep the mixture in a liquid condition by means of a 
water-bath, stirring occasionally, for one hour. Finally, remove it 
from the bath, and stir the mixture until it begins to congeal."<U. S. 
This is familiarly known as "Blister Plaster/' In the Br. P. a sim- 
ilar preparation is given under the name Emplastrum Cantharidis, 
which see. 

Uses. Cantharides cerate is used in pharmacy, in combination with 
Burgundy pitch for making Warming plaster, and in other irritating 
plasters and ointments. In medicine '"Blister plaster" is an old time 
remedy. It may be applied, spread on thick paper, cloth or skin. 

CERATUM PLUMBI SUBACETATIS. U. S. 
Cerate of Lead Subacetate. 

Solution of Lead Subacetate. 

Wool-Fat. 

Paraffin, 

White Petrolatum, 

Camphor. 2 Gm. or 8~ l / 2 grains 

"To the melted wool-fat in a warm mortar gradually add the solu- 
tion of lead subacetate, and incorporate it by slow trituration. To the 
mixture add the white petrolatum and paraffin, previously melted, and 
in which the camphor has been dissolved. Mix thoroughly until 
homogeneous." <L~. S. 

CERATUM RESINS. U. S. Rosin Cerate. 

Basilicon Ointment. 

Rosin, 350 Gm. or y/ 2 ounces 

Yellow Wax, 150 Gm. or iy 2 ounces 

Lard, 500 Gm. or 5 ounces 

"Melt the rosin, add the yellow wax and the lard, and continue the 

heat until liquified, then strain the liquid through muslin, and allow 

it to congeal with occasional stirring. In cold weather 530 Gm. Tor 

5.3 ounces) of lard, and 120 Gm. (or 1.2 ounces) of yellow wax may 

be used."<U. S. 



20 Crm. 


or 


2 


ounces 


20 Gm. 


or 


2 


ounces 


20 Gm. 


or 


2 


ounces 


38 Gm. 


or 


3 


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496 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Uses. This cerate is used in pharmacy for the preparation of tur- 
pentine liniment, and as the basis of several compound cerates which 
are prescribed by physicians. It is stimulating and healing. 

CERATUM RESINS COMPOSITUM. U. S. 

Compound Rosin Cerate. 

Rosin, 225 Gm. or 2*4 ounces 

Yellow Wax, 225 Gm. or 2^4 ounces 

Prepared Suet, 300 Gm. or 3 ounces 

Turpentine, (Gum Thus), 115 Gm. or 1 oz.-(-65 grains 

Linseed Oil, 135 Gm. or 1 OZ.+ 153 grains 

"Melt the rosin, yellow wax, turpentine and prepared suet ; to this 
add the linseed oil, and continue the heat until the mixture is liquified ; 
then strain it through coarse muslin, and stir it until it begins to con- 
geal." <U. S. 

Uses. .The uses of this are similar to the simple rosin cerate, but it 
is more stimulating. 

CEREOLI. Ph. Ger. Arzneistabchen. (Bougies). 

These are long, slim, cylindrical, elastic sticks or rods, made for in- 
sertion into certain canals of the body. They may be made soluble 
and contain the medicament, incorporated with the mass from which 
they are prepared, or may only have the medicine applied on the out- 
side as a coating or varnish. They are known in this country as 
Bougies, and although they are not official, they are a convenient 
form of local medication. They may be prepared in suitable moulds 
which can be had of dealers in pharmaceutical apparatus. 

The mass with which the medicine may be incorporated may be of 
gum arabic or gelatin with glycerin and water, which readily. dissolves 
salts etc., or may be of cacao butter, stearin or other fatty substances 
which will readily dissolve oils or other substances that will not mix 
in a mass in which water or glycerin has been used. 

A considerable number of preparations known as bougies are made, 
but onlv a few have received official recognition. 



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CERIUM. 

Symbol Ce ; Atomic weight 139.9; Sp. gr. 6.68. 
This element was discovered by Bunsen in i860. It is found in the 
mineral cerite. It is of a chocolate-brown color, and is classed chem- 
ically with aluminum, cadmium and zinc. It unites with acids to form 
salts, the oxalate only being official. This element and its salts are 
more fully described in the Chemical Section, Part I, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 497 

CERII OXALAS. U. S., Br. Cerium Oxalate. 

Ce 2 (C 2 4 ) 3 + 9 H 2 0=704.78. 

"Cerium Oxalate consists chiefly of a mixture of the oxalates of 
cerium, didymium and lanthanum, and of other rare earths of this 
group." <U. S. 

"Cerium Oxalate may be obtained by interaction of a soluble cer- 
ium salt and a soluble oxalate. It usually contains some lanthanum 
oxalate and didymium oxalate." < Br. 

It is a fine, white powder, permanent in the air, insoluble in water, 
alcohol and ether. 

Preparation. The powdered mineral cerite, which consists of sil- 
icates of several metals, is treated with strong sulphuric acid or hydro- 
chloric acid by the aid of heat, to separate the silica. Ammonia is then 
added to the filtered diluted solution, and the precipitated hydrates 
are again treated with acids to separate other metals. The cerium 
compounds are then precipitated with oxalic acid, the precipitate con- 
sisting of oxalates of cerium, lanthanum and didymium which are 
very difficult to separate, therefore the official salt contains all three 
metals. 

Uses. This salt of cerium is the only one official. It is consider- 
ably prescribed in the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and for 
sea-sickness or car-sickness. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=milligrammes (1 grain). 

CH ARTiE — PAPERS. 

In pharmacy a few medicinally prepared papers are used for various 
purposes, but only one — Charta Sinapis — is official in the U. S. and 
Br. P. This paper is usually prepared by manufacturing pharmacists 
and is put up in packages known to the trade as "Mustard Leaves." 

CHARTA SINAPIS. U. S., Br. Mustard Plaster. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Black Mustard, in No. 60 powder, 100 Gm. or 10 ounces 
Rubber, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Petroleum Benzin, 

Carbon Disulphide, each a sufficient quantity. 
"Pack the black mustard in a conical percolator, and gradually pour 
petroleum benzin upon it until the percolate ceases to produce a per- 
manent stain upon blotting paper. Remove the powder from the per- 
colator and dry it by exposure to the air. Having meanwhile dis- 
solved the rubber in a mixture of 1000 Cc. (or 10 ounces) each of 
petroleum benzin and carbon disulphide ; mix the purified mustard 
with a sufficient quantity of the solution to produce a semi-liquid 
magma and apply this, by means of a suitable brush, to one side of 



498 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

a piece of rather thick, well-sized paper, so as to cover it completely, 
then allow the surface to dry. 

A surface of sixty square centimeters should contain about 4 Gm. of 
black mustard deprived of oil. 

Before it is applied to the skin, mustard paper should be dipped in 
warm water for about 15 seconds." <U. S. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Black and white mustard seeds, equal proportions by weight, 

Benzol, 

Solution of India-rubber, of each a sufficient quantity. 

The mustard seeds are to be bruised and percolated with benzol 
to remove the fixed oil, then dried and reduced to No. 60 powder. 
Seventy-five grains (or 5 Gm.) of this powder is then to be mixed 
with 5 fl. drachms (or 18 Cc.) of solution of India-rubber and spread 
by means of a suitable brush over about 30 square inches (or about 
2 square decimeters) of one side of a piece of cartridge paper, and 
allowed to dry by exposure to air. 

Uses. Mustard paper is much used as a counter-irritant in neural- 
gia, pain and many other conditions. It takes the place of the old 
"mustard plaster" so well known as a domestic remedy. 

Other Papers. 

In European pharmacopoeias several formulas are given for medicated papers, 
but as they are little used in the U. S. they are not repeated here. The fol- 
lowing, which is official in most countries, was in the U. S. P., 1890: 
Charta Potasii Nitratis. Potassium Nitrate Paper. 
Potassium Nitrate, 200 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Distilled Water, 800 Gm. or 8 ounces 

"Dissolve ' the potassium nitrate in the distilled water. Immerse strips of 
white, unsized paper in the solution, and dry them."<U. S., 1890. 

This paper is chiefly used to ignite asthma powder. The powder is placed 
upon it, the paper ignited and the smoke inhaled by the patient. 

CHININUM. Quinine. 

In countries of the German Empire, Italy, Rome and Sweden, Quinine is 
called Chininum, and its compounds and salts by titles corresponding to this 
basic name; as chininum hydrochloricum, chininum sulfuricum etc. Many of 
the compound salts of quinine of German origin are known in the market by 
the name China- or Chino- combined with the name indicating the substance 
with which it is combined. In this work these combinations are included with 
the quinine salts and combinations. 

CHINOLINA. Chinoline. Quinoline. Leucoline. 

C 9 H 7 N=i2 9 . 

This is a colorless, liquid artificial alkaloid, prepared by the des- 
tructive distillation of quinine or cinchonine with potassium hydrox- 
ide ; or it may be prepared synthetically by the action of sulphuric 
acid and glycerin upon a mixture of nitrobenzol and aniline. Its sp. 
gr. is 1.093 to 1.096, and its boiling point 225 ° to 227°C. It is slightly 
soluble in water and freely soluble in alcohol. Chinoline is antiseptic, 
antizymotic and antipyretic, and is the basis of a number of com- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 499 

pounds that have been recently introduced as analgesics and anti- 
pyretics. Its antiseptic properties make it a valuable preservative, 
and it is used in connection with some other substances to preserve 
anatomical specimens. 

Chinoline is not given internally, but several of its salts are con- 
siderably used and prescribed. 

Chinoline Bisulphate. This is prepared by treating chinoline with 
an excess of sulphuric acid and crystallizing. It is somewhat used 
in place of quinine bisulphate. 

Chinoline Hydrochloride. Prepared by acting upon chinoline with 
hydrochloric acid and crystallizing. This may be used the same as 
quinine hydrochloride. 

Chinoline Mono-Hypochloride. Chinol. C 9 H 6 NC1. This is an 
odorless, white, crystalline powder, almost insoluble in water, but 
readily soluble in alcohol. It has had some sale as an antipyretic 
under the proprietary name "chinol." It is similar in its effects to 
antipyrine, but is given in much smaller doses, 3 to 5 grains. 

Chinoline Ortho-ethoxy-anamobenzoylamide. Analgen. This com- 
pound is derived from chinoline by chemical reactions. It is a crystal- 
line substance soluble in hot alcohol, but insoluble in water. It is 
recommended as an antipyretic, antirheumatic and analgesic, and is 
given in doses of from 5 to 7 grains every 3 or 4 hours, not exceeding 
75 grains per day. 

Chinoline Phenolsulphone. This is made by uniting two molecules 
of oxychinolin, C 9 H N(OH), with one molecule of phenol-sulphonic 
acid, C 6 H 5 (HS0 3 )OH. It is in yellowish crystals, very soluble in 
water and diluted alcohol, melting at 85°C. It is decomposed in alka- 
line solutions. 

This is claimed to be a much more powerful antiseptic than carbolic 
acid, and that it is not poisonous nor irritating. It is said to be es- 
pecially useful in solution for diphtheria and all forms of disease pro- 
duced by bacilli, and in surgery in the treatment of wounds, sores etc. 
It may also be given internally in 5 percent, solution in doses of a 
fluid drachm for an adult. 

Chinoline Salicylate. This may be prepared by acting upon chin- 
oline with a hot alcoholic solution of salicylic acid and allowing the 
solution to cool and crystallize. This is recommended for rheumatism 
and rheumatic fever. It is soluble in 8 parts of water and in glycerin, 
alcohol, ether and oils. 

Chinoline Tannate. Prepared by adding tannic acid to warm chin- 
oline until saturated, then cooling and crystallizing. 

Chinoline Tartrate. This is the most useful of the chinoline salts 
and forms in definite crystals. It is soluble in 70 to 80 parts of cold 
water and freely in alcohol. It is given in whooping cough, iy 2 
grains every 3 hours ; and in intermittent fever, 5 grains every 3 hours 



500 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

for 12 hours before the chill. This salt is also used as a preservative 
of anatomical specimens. (See Preservatives). 

CHLORALFORMAMIDUM. U. S. Chloralformamide. 

C S H 4 C1 3 N0 2 = 190.96. 

"A crystalline solid [CCl 3 -CH(OH)NH-COH], made by the direct 
union of formamide with anhydrous chloral. It should be kept in 
amber-colored, well-stoppered vials." <U. S. 

This compound has been known to the trade for many years as 
Chloralamide. It is soluble in about 18.7 parts of water and in 1.3 
parts of alcohol at 25°C. (77°F.) ; readily soluble in ether, glycerin, 
acetone and acetic ether. 

Uses. It is used in medicine chiefly as a hypnotic and nerve sed- 
ative. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

CHLORALUM HYDRATUM. U. S. Hydrated Chloral. 
Chloral Hydras. Br. Chloral Hydrate. 

C 2 HCl 3 0+H 2 0-=i64.i2. 

"A crystalline solid, composed of trichloraldehyde or chloral 
[CCl 3 *COH] with the elements of one molecule of water. It should 
be kept in glass-stoppered bottles, in a cool and dark place." <U. S. 

"Chloral Hydrate or trichlorethylidene glycol, CCl 3 *CH(OH) 2 , is 
obtained by the action of dry chlorine gas on ethylic alcohol." < Br. 

Preparation. Chloral is prepared by manufacturing chemists, by 
passing dry chlorine gas for several weeks into absolute alcohol con- 
tained in a suitable vessel until it becomes a thick, oily liquid of sp. 
gr. 1.502. At first the alcohol is cooled by surrounding the vessel 
with ice to prevent explosion, but when no more will be absorbed 
towards the end of the operation, it is heated to nearly the boiling 
point, 6o°C. (i40°F.). The liquid thus obtained is chloral. To 
purify it is agitated with four times its bulk of concentrated sulphuric 
acid for several hours at a temperature of 6o°C. (i40°F.), most of the 
hydrochloric acid escaping. The chloral then separates as an oily 
layer on top, and is further purified by distilling over calcium car- 
bonate. This is pure anhydrous chloral. 

To make Hydrated Chloral this is mixed in glass vessels with the 
required quantity of water, and allowed to solidify into a cake or 
"crust." This may be further purified by dissolving in chloroform, 
benzin or ethyliden chloride, and crystallizing. It is mostly used at 
present in the crystallized form. Chemically, chloral is an aldehyde 
derivative known as trichloraldehyde. 

Uses. Hydrated chloral is a hypnotic, used in delerium, nervous 
irritability etc. The dose is from 10 to 30 grains, usually given in 
flavored syrup, as syrup of ginger or orange. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 501 

The following compounds of chloral are more or less used in med- 
icine : 

Camphor Chloral. When hydrated chloral and camphor in nearly 

equal quantities are rubbed together in a mortar, the two solids unite 

and form a syrupy liquid which is often employed for toothache, facial 

neuralgia, and other painful affections. It may be made as follows : 

Camphor, 4 parts or drachms 

Hydrated Chloral, 4 parts or drachms 

Rub the camphor, by the aid of a few drops of alcohol, to a powder 
and add the hydrated chloral, rubbing them together until they be- 
come liquid. 

This may be diluted if desired by mixing it with alcohol and gly- 
cerin equal parts. When thus prepared, it may be used as an ano- 
dyne application or liniment, or may be given internally. 

Chloralamide. Chloral Formamide. This is prepared by the inter- 
action of anhydrous chloral and formamide. It is lustrous, colorless 
crystals, without odor and has a slightly bitter taste. It melts at 115 
C, and is decomposed at a higher temperature. It dissolves slowly 
in 20 parts of water or in 1.5 parts of alcohol. It is considered one of 
the most valuable hypnotics, and is extensively used in nervous strain 
or tension caused by pain, excitement, overwork or alcoholic indul- 
gence. It has no bad after effects like most hypnotics. It can be 
made up in the form of an elixir. The dose of chloralamide is from 
15 to 40 grains. It should be given in dilute solution. It is also given 
by hypodermic injection. It is quite different from chloralimide, 
which see. 

This is now official in the U. S. P. under the title Chloralform- 
amidum, which see. 

Chloral- Ammonium. CCl 3 CH(NH 2 )OH. A white, crystalline pow- 
der, soluble in water ; has been recommended as a hypnotic in doses 
of from 15 to 30 grains. It is said to combine the properties of 
urethane and chloral-hydrate. 

Chloral-Camphor. This is the same as camphor chloral. It is used 
in neuralgia by painting it on with a brush or rubbing it over the 
affected part, also for toothache, local pain etc. 

Chloral-Carbamide. Prepared by rubbing together in a mortar 331 
grains of hydrated chloral and 120 grains of carbamide (urea), mak- 
ing a liquid, this is then dissolved in 1 fl. ounce of hot water and when 
cool a crystalline mass, which is the chloral carbamide, results. This 
is employed for the same purposes in medicine as chloral, the dose 
being from 15 to 30 grains. 

Chloral-Carbol. Hydrated chloral 3 parts, phenol 4 parts, are rub- 
bed together in a mortar and form a liquid which is soluble in all pro- 
portions in water, alcohol, glycerin or ether. It is a local anaesthetic 
and counter-irritant used for neuralgia etc. It makes a good tooth- 
ache remedy. 



502 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Chloralimide. CCl^CHNH. This must not be confounded with 
chloralamide, which is quite a different preparation. This is in long 
crystalline needles, without color or taste, and is prepared by heating 
chloral-ammonium. It is a powerful antipyretic and analgesic. The 
dose is 3 to 7 grains. 

Chloral-Menthol. Hydrated chloral and menthol are heated to- 
gether on a water-bath until they form an oily liquid ; freely soluble 
in alcohol, chloroform and benzin. It may be used as a remedy for 
neuralgia, toothache and pain. 

Chloral-Urethane. Uralium. CC1 3 CH0HNHC0 2 C 2 H. This 

compound is prepared from chloral and urethane by a complicated 
process. It is highly recommended as a hypnotic, being safer and 
more effective than hydrated chloral. It is given in doses of 15 to 30 
grains. 

Somnal. This is a saturated alcoholic solution of chloral-urethane. 

Other chloral preparations will be found under other headings. 

CHLORETONE. Acetone Chloroform. 

This is, chemically, tertiary trichlobutyl alcohol, QH7OCI3, produced by the 
action of acetone on chloroform. It is also called Chlorbutanol. This is not a 
liquid as might be inferred from its name, acetone chloroform, but is a white, 
volatile, crystalline powder having the taste and odor of camphor, soluble in 
alcohol, ether, chloroform or glycerin, but sparingly soluble in water. It is 
used in concentrated aqueous solution as a local anesthetic, and is given in- 
ternally as an anodyne and nerve sedative. It is also used as a preservative of 
medicinal solutions. Dose 5 to 20 grains. 

CHLORINE. 

Symbol CI; Atomic weight (0=i6) 35.46. 

Chlorine is a gaseous element of greenish-yellow color and suffo- 
cating odor. Its sp. gr. is 2.45 compared with air as 1. It was dis- 
covered by Scheele in 1774, and was, later on, classed with the ele- 
ments, and named from its color by Davy. 

Chlorine combines with every other element except fluorine, and is, 
therefore, of great interest and importance. It possesses wonderful 
bleaching properties and is largely used in the arts for this purpose. 
It is also a powerful disinfectant. Its compounds with the alkali 
metals are of great industrial value and application, and its salts form 
a large class of chemicals useful in pharmacy and medicine. It com- 
bines with other elements forming chlorides, and in combination with 
oxyacids unites with bases, forming chlorates and perchlorates. 

Chlorine may be obtained by heating hydrochloric acid with per- 
oxide of manganese in a flask and collecting the gas, but is prepared 
commercially in apparatus specially constructed for the purpose. It 
is more fully described in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

The only preparation in which uncombined chlorine is exhibited is 
in chlorine water, which is a solution of the gas official in the U. S. P. 
under the title Liquor Chlori Compositus. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 503 

Acids of Chlorine. 

Hypochlorous Acid. HCIO. This may be prepared by agitating 
chlorine water with red precipitate, and distilling the liquid to sep- 
arate the solution of the gas from mercury chloride, which results 
from the reaction: 

Chlorous Acid. HC10 2 . Made by heating together in a glass flask 
on a water-bath, potassium chlorate 4 parts, arsenic 3 parts, nitric acid 
12 parts, water 4 parts. The gas generated by the operation is con- 
ducted by a bent tube into a receiver containing water. It is a great 
bleaching and oxydizing agent. 

Chloric Acid. HC10 8 . This may be made by decomposing barium 
chlorate with an equivalent quantity of pure diluted sulphuric acid, 
and evaporating the liquid poured off from the precipitate, in vacuo, 
over strong sulphuric acid. Although this is the acid basis of the 
chlorates, it is seldom used in pharmacy. 

Hydrochloric Acid. HC1. This is the only known compound of 
hydrogen and chlorine. It was formerly called Muriatic Acid. It is 
obtained chiefly as a by-product in the manufacture of soda-ash from 
common salt by heating it to a high temperature with sulphuric acid, 
by which process sodium sulphate is formed, and hydrochloric acid 
liberated in the form of gas ; this is then purified and dissolved in 
water by various methods, forming the hydrochloric acid of com- 
merce, which contains 31.9 percent, of the gaseous acid. It is fre- 
quently called for as "Spirit of Salt," or some similar title. It is the 
acid basis of the chlorides, and is much used in pharmacy and the 
arts. (See Acidum Hydrochloricum). 

Perchloric Acid. HC10 4 . By distilling dry potassium chlorate 
with 4 times its weight of boiled, concentrated sulphuric acid, and 
collecting the distillate. 

Besides the combinations of hydrogen and oxygen with chlorine, it 
forms compounds with some other acids, as Chloracetic Acid, Chloro- 
chromic Acid, CrOCl, Chlorocarbonic Acid, COCl 2 , etc., and with 
elements as Chloride of Bromine, Chloride of Iodine etc. 

CHLOROFORMUM. U. S., Br. Chloroform. 

CHCl 3 =n8.45. 

"A liquid consisting of 99 to 99.4 percent., by weight, of absolute 
chloroform, and 1 to 0.6 percent, of alcohol." <U. S. 

"Chloroform or trichlormethane, CHC1 3 , to which has been added 
sufficient absolute alcohol to produce a liquid having a specific gravity 
of not less than 1.490 and not more than 1.495." < Br. 

Chloroform is a derivative of aldehyde, known chemically as tri- 
chlormethane. It was discovered in 1831 at almost the same time by 
Soubeiran in France, Liebig in Germany, and Guthrie of Sacketts 
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504 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

by manufacturing chemists, the most familiar being by the action of 
chlorinated lime on alcohol. A recent process is now employed com- 
mercially, by which wood or sawdust is decomposed at a high temper- 
ature, and chloroform prepared from the crude acetates obtained, at a 
much lower cost of production. 

The uses of chloroform as an anaesthetic, narcotic and sedative are 
well known. It is employed internally as a sedative and narcotic, in 
doses of from i to 10 minims, largely diluted; and externally as a 
counter-irritant and sedative in liniments and applications for neural- 
gia, pain etc. 

The U. S. P. formerly recognized two preparations of chloroform, 
namely, Purified Chloroform and Commercial Chloroform ; but at 
present only "Chloroform" is official. Chloroform may be used exter- 
nally, internally, or by inhalation, and is now sufficiently pure to be 
quite generally used by physicians and druggists for all purposes re- 
quired. 

As the processes for making chloroform are somewhat complicated, 
and it is seldom made except by manufacturing chemists, they are 
not repeated here. 

Chloroform should have a specific gravity not below 1.476 at 25 °C. 
(77°F.). It is soluble in about 200 parts of water, and in all propor- 
tions in ether and alcohol. It is not inflammable like ether, but is 
volatile, even at low temperatures, and boils at 6o° to 61 °C. (140 to 
141. 8°F.). Preparations containing chloroform will be found under 
their appropriate headings. 

Chloroformates. 

Preparations in which chloroform is used as a solvent of the sub- 
stances the same as alcohol is used for making tinctures, are properly 
called "chloroformates." 

Chloroformum Albuminatum. Albuminated Chloroform. Mix 
white of Qgg and chloroform, equal parts, by weight, shaking them 
together until uniformly mixed. 

Chloroformum Benzoatum. Benzoated Chloroform. Benzoic 
acid 3 parts, chloroform, by weight, 97 parts. Dissolve. 

Chloroformum Camphoratum. Camphor Chloroform. Camphor 5 
parts, chloroform, by weight, 50 parts. Dissolve. 

Chloroformum Glycerinatum. Glycerinated Chloroform. Chloro- 
form 10 parts, soap spirit (Ger.) 70 parts, glycerin 20 parts. Mix the 
chloroform with the soap spirit and add the glycerin. This is a good 
liniment for pain and neuralgia. 

Chloroformum Phosphoratum. Phosphorated Chloroform. Chloro- 
form 10 parts, phosphorus 1 parts. Warm them together in a closed 
bottle, only two-thirds filled, and when the phosphorus is melted 
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CHLOROPHYL. 

The green coloring matter obtained from the leaves of plants. This sub- 
stance is formed in the exposed parts of plants by a natural process, and may 
be obtained by dissolving the chlorophyl bodies or grains by some substance 
that will hold it in solution. Its solution is a bright-green liquid or extract 
from the leaves and for use in coloring it is variously prepared to color 
aqueous solutions and spiritous solutions up to 85% of alcohol. These ex- 
tracts or solutions are used in perfumes, toilet waters and cordials to give 
the required green color to the compound, and may be obtained from man- 
ufacturing chemists, suited to the required uses. 

CHOCOLATA. Chocolate and Cocoa. (Cacao). 

Chocolate is prepared from the roasted seeds of Theobroma Cacao, 
deprived of their husks and shell. Its manufacture in this country, 
although confined to only a few establishments, constitutes an im- 
portant industry . 

To prepare chocolate, the seeds, which are somewdiat like small 
acorns, are roasted, then decorticated, or deprived of their covering 
or husks. The kernel is then ground in a mill and made into a paste 
with heated metal rollers. It is then run into cakes. Chocolate, as 
thus prepared, contains considerable fatty matter, known as Oleum 
Theobroma, or "Butter of Cocoa." By mixing it with warm water, 
most of the oil rises to the top and is removed. The precipitate is 
collected, dried and variously prepared, and is known on the market 
as coca, or cacao. 

Chocolate and cocoa are extensively used as nutritive drinks, for 
which they are more esteemed than coffee or tea. In confectionery 
vast quantities are used, chocolate confectionery being the universal 
favorite. In pharmacy chocolate is frequently used in confections, 
for covering the taste of disagreeable medicines, and sometimes in 
making simple elixir, to which it gives an agreeable flavor. It is 
extensively used, made into a syrup for the soda fountain. 

A variety of proprietary tablets, containing chocolate as a base, 
have formerly been put on the market, but as they are liable to be- 
come wormy or spoil, they have mostly been withdrawn. 

It is quite a common error to suppose that chocolate and cocoa are 
prepared from the w r ell-known coconut, the fruit of the Cocus nuci- 
fera, instead of the small acorn-like nuts of Theobroma Cacao. 

CHROMIUM. 

Symbol Cr ; Atomic weight 52 ; Sp. gr. 6.80. 

The element chromium is a very hard, brittle, grayish-white metal. 
It was discovered by Vaquelin in 1797, and is obtained by igniting 
its oxide with charcoal at an intense heat. It occurs in nature in the 
form of ore combined with iron (chrome-iron ore), with lead and 
some other metals. Its melting point is higher than that of platinum. 
This element is further described in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

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506 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

of them in pharmacy and medicine. Chromium trioxide and potas- 
sium bichromate are the only preparations of chromium used to any 
extent in medicine. 

CHROMII TRIOXIDUM. U. S. Chromium Trioxide. 
Acidum Chromicum. Br. Chromic Anhydride. 

Cr0 3 = 99.34. 

"It should contain not less than 90 percent, of pure Chromium tri- 
oxide (chromic acid anhydride). It should be kept in glass-stoppered 
bottles, and great caution should be observed to avoid bringing it in 
contact with organic substances, such as cork, tannic acid, sugar, 
alcohol, collodion etc., as serious accidents are liable to result." <U. S. 

"Chromic anhydride, Cr0 3 , commonly termed chromic acid, is pro- 
duced by the interaction of sulphuric acid and potassium bichromate." 
<Br. 

This is also noticed under the title Acidum Chromicum. 

Preparation. Chromium trioxide is the official chromic anhydride, 
or, as it is more commonly known, chromic acid. It is prepared ac- 
cording to the 1885 Br. P. as follows: 

Potassium Bichromate, 30 ounces av. 

Sulphuric Acid, 57 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficiency. 

Dissolve the potassium bichromate in a mixture of 50 fl. ounces of 
water and 42 fl. ounces of the acid, set aside for 12 hours, and decant 
the liquid from the crystals of acid sulphate of potassium that have 
separated. Heat the liquor tc about i85°F. (85°C.) and add the re- 
mainder of the acid and water sufficient to just redissolve any crystals 
of chromic acid that may have formed. Allow to cool, collect and 
drain the crystals, and dry them on porous tiles at a temperature not 
exceeding ioo°F. on an air-bath. From the mother liquor, more 
crystals may be obtained on evaporation. 

Uses. Chromic acid is a caustic and antiseptic, and is used for re- 
moving warts and other morbid growths. It is not given internally. 
Other Chromium Compounds. 

Some other chromium compounds are known and sometimes used, as 
chromium bromide, Cr 2 Br 6 ; chromium dichloride, CrCl 2 ; chromium 
fluoride, Cr 2 Fl fi ; chromium iodide, Crl 6 ; chromium sulphate, 
Cr 2 (S0 4 ) 3 , but they are usually supplied by chemists when wanted. 

Chromium and its compounds are further described in the Chem- 
ical Section of this work, Part I, page 269. 

CHRYSAROBINUM. U. S. Chrysarobin. 
C 30 H 26 O 7 ==494.46. 

"A neutral principle extracted from goa powder, a substance found 
deposited in the wood of Vouacapoua Araroba (Aguiar) Druce (Fam, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 507 

Leguminosae). Chrysarobin should be preserved in amber-colored, 
glass-stoppered vials." <U. S. 

This is a pale orange-yellow micro-crystalline powder having sp. 
gr. 0.920 to 0.922, obtained by treating crude goa powder with alcohol 
until exhausted, concentrating the extract by heat and evaporating to 
a crystalline powder. It is soluble in 4812 parts of water, 308 parts of 
alcohol at 25°C. (y/°F.). It is used chiefly in the form of ointment 
1 : 10. 

CINCHONA. Cinchona. Peruvian Bark. 

Several varieties of Cinchona bark are official in the U. S. and Br. 
P., and it is official in all pharmacopoeias. It is more particularly des- 
cribed in the Materia Medica Section, Part I. Which see. 

In the U. S. P. an assay process for cinchona barks is given. The 
yield should be not less than 5% of total anhydrous cinchona alkaloids 
and, at least, 4 percent, of anhydrous ether-soluble alkaloids when as- 
sayed by the process given. See U. S. P. 

Cinchona bark is extensively used in medicine either in the form of 
powder or some of its fluid preparations or extract ; it is also the 
source of quinine and its various salts and several cinchona alkaloids 
and their salts used in medicine, the more important of which are 
hereinafter described. 

Average dose of the powdered bark, 1 Gm. (15 grains). 
Cinchona Alkaloids. 

The natural alkaloids obtained from cinchona bark are 

Quinine, Quinidine, Cinchonine, Cinchonidine. 

These four are used medicinally and are described under their al- 
phabetical heading. The following are not employed in medicine : 

Quinamine, Quinamidine, Cupreine, Homoquinine, Hydroquinine, 
Hydroquinidine, Hydrocinchonine, Hydrocinchonidine, Cinchon- 
amine, Paytine, Homocinchonine, Homocinchonidine, Cinchottine, 
Cusconine, Concusconine, Cusconidine, Aricine, Paracine, Paytamine, 
Dihomocinchonine, Dicinchonine, Chairamine, Conchairamine, Chaira- 
midine, Conchairamidine. 

The artificial alkaloids are : 

Quinicine, Diquinicine, Cinchonicine, Dicinchonicine, Quinamicine, 
Protoquinamicine, Apoquinamine, Homocinchonicine. 

These alkaloids naturally form an endless combination of salts with 
acids. 

CINCHONIDINE SULPHAS. U. S. Cinchonidine Sulphate. 
(C 19 H 22 N 2 0) 2 -H 2 S0 4 + 3 H 2 0=735.o 5 . 

"The neutral sulphate [S0 2 (OH) 2 -(C 19 H 22 N 2 0) 2 +3H 2 0], of an 
alkaloid obtained from the bark of several species of Cinchona." 
<U. S. It is soluble in 63 parts of water and 72 parts of alcohol at 
2S°C (77°F.). 



508 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

This salt remains dissolved in the mother liquors after the crystal- 
lization of quinine sulphate and is obtained from them by concentrat- 
ing the liquors and crystallizing-. As cinchonidine sulphate is 'less 
soluble than cinchonine sulphate, its crystals may be separated before 
the liquors are treated to obtain cinchonine. The barks 'frorri India 
contain a greater proportion of the alkaloid cinchonidine than those 
from South America. It resembles quinine sulphate more than any 
other salt of cinchona, both in its appearance and action, and is much 
used as a substitute for it, the dose being about- a third greater. It 
is tonic, febrifuge and antiperiodic. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.— 250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

Cinchonidine. The alkaloid from which the cinchonidine sulphate 
ib derived is not used in medicine or pharmacy. Its chemical com- 
position is the same as cinchonine, but the, arrangement of its mol- 
ecules admits of its combining with one; more molecule of water- when 
it forms salts with acids. 

Cinchonidine Dihydrobromide may be prepared by dissolving the 
alkaloid cinchonidme in an excess of hydrobromic acid. • - 

Cinchonidine Salicylate.. Prepared by adding to a hot ..solution of 
salicylic acid the alkloid cinchonidine .until, it is neutralized, then cool- 
ing and crystallizing. • 

CINCHONIDIUM. Chinoidin. Chinoidine. (Quinoidin). 

In the manufacture of quinine, after all the crystallizable salts 
have been obtained from the mother liquors, there remains a black 
amorphous mass, consisting of the mixed uhcrystallizable alkaloids of 
cinchona bark, mainly quinicine and cinchonicine, which are isomeric 
with quinine and cinchonicine, and have been produced by trie action 
of heat upon them. To this mass is given the name Chinoidin or 
Quinoidin. . 

It has properties similar to other alkaloids from cinchona bark and 
is considerably used as an antiperiodic, forming the base of most of 
the "ague pills" that are made. Dose, from 3 to 30 grains. 

CINCHONINA. Cinchonine. 

In the manufacture of quinine sulphate after it has crystallized 
from its solution, cinchonine sulphate, which is more soluble, remains 
dissolved in the mother waters. By adding ammonia -or -solution of 
soda to the mother waters, cinchonine' is precipitated and may be col- 
lected on a filter, washed with water, dried and dissolved m boiling 
alcohol, from which it is crystallized on cooling. It is but little used 
in medicine or pharmacy on account of the greater value and solubility 
of other salts of cinchona. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 509 

CINCHONIISLE: SULPHAS. U. S. Cinchonine Sulphate. 

(C 10 H 22 X 2 O) 2 -H 2 SO 4 +2H 2 O=7i/.i7. 

-The neutral sulphate [SO 2 (OI : I) 2 -(C 10 H 22 X 2 O) 2 -|-2H 2 O], of an 
alkaloid obtained from the bark of several species of Cinchona." <U. S. 

It is soluble in q8 parts of water and 10 parts' of alcohol at 25°C. 
(77°F.). • ' 

Preparation. This salt is made by dissolving cinchonine in dilute 
sulphuric acid and crystallizing. It is contained also in the mother 
liquor after the crystallization of quinine sulphate, and may be ob- 
tained as cinchonine after crystallizing chinconidine sulphate and re- 
moving it", then concentrating the solution and crystallizing. 

Uses Cinchonine sulphate has properties similar to quinine sul- 
phate but may be given in much larger doses. It is more frequently 
used as a tonic than as an antiperiodic' The usual dose is from 2 to 5 
grains, but from 20 to 40 grains are often given as an antiperiodic. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm. =250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

CINNALDEHYDUM. U. S. Cinnamic Aldehyde. 
(Cinnamic Acid). 

C,H s O=i3i.o7. 

"An aldehyde obtained from Oil of. Cinnamon or prepared synthet- 
ically, containing not less than 95 percent, of pure cinnamic aldehyde 
[C H 5 -CH:CH-COH]. It is nearly identical with the oil distilled 
from cassia cinnamon, and should be kept in small, amber-colored, 
well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

This is a new official of the U. S. P. It is a colorless liquid, having 
a cinnamon-like odor and a burning, aromatic taste. Its sp. gr. is 
about 1.047 at 2 5°C (77°F.)- '-'It is ' optically inactive. It boils at 
about 25,o°C. (482°F.), with partial decomposition. It should solid- 
ify when the temperature is reduced by a mixture of ice and salt, and 
should melt again at -^-?.$?C. (i8.5°F.). It is- sparingly soluble in 
water, but soluble in all proportions in alcohol, ether and the .oils. 

An assay process for Cinnamic Aldehyde is given in the U. S. P. 

Uses. It is a prompt stimulant and antiseptic, and has been highly 
recommended in the treatment of tuberculosis and tubercular con- 
sumption. 

Average dose. — 0.0,5 Cc. ( l minim). 

CINNAMYL. 

The radical with which acids unite to form compounds is known by this 
name. A number of combinations of this radical with bases are known to be 
useful in medicine. 

COAL-TAR. 

The investigations that have been carried on for the past few years 
in this substance have developed a large number of chemical com- 



510 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

pounds that are directly or indirectly employed in medicine. Of the 
large number of substances obtained by the distillation of coal-tar, but 
few are used as the bases of medicinal compounds, but from them 
many combinations are made. The following are the most important : 

Aniline (liquid) which is commercially called aniline oil, is the 
basis of the wonderful aniline dyes and also of several important 
chemical compounds used in medicine, as acetanilide etc. 

Benzene or Benzol (liquid) is much used for dissolving resins, rub- 
ber, oils, fats etc., and is the source of the "aromatic series" of com- 
pounds, many of which are used in medicine. 

Toluene or Toluol (liquid) which is a member of the benzene family 
is also the source of many chemical compounds valuable in medicine, 
among which saccharin may be mentioned. 

Naphthalene. This is a white, crystalline substance, which, under 
the commercial name of coal-tar camphor or moth camphor is exten- 
sively used as a germicide and to prevent moths. It is employed in 
ointments and solutions as a cure for parasitic skin diseases etc. From 
it are made several valuable medicinal combinations. 

Phenol or Carbolic Acid is well known and extensively used in med- 
icine and surgery, and is also the source of many valuable medicinal 
compounds. 

Pyridine (liquid). This and its homologues are employed as bases in 
the synthetic production of several substances resembling the alka- 
loids of cinchona and other plants. 

There are also many other bases and their derivatives found, the 
more important ones being noted under other titles. 

COCA. U. S. Coca. 
Cocae Folia. Br. Coca Leaves. 

"The dried leaves of Erythroxylon Coca, Lamarck (Fam. 
Erythroxylaceae), known commercially as Huanuco Coca, or of K. 
Truxillense, Rusby, known commercially as Truxillo Coca, yielding, 
when assayed by the process given, not less than 0.5 percent, of the 
ether-soluble alkaloids of coca."<U. S. 

The assay process for this drug is given in full in the U. S. P. 8th 
revision, to which refer. 

All Coca preparations are subject to the Pure Food and Drugs Law. 

COCAINA. U. S., Br. Cocaine. 

C 17 H 21 N0 4 — 300.92. 

"An alkaloid [C 8 H 18 (C 6 H B CO)NO-COOCH 8 ], obtained from sev- 
eral varieties of Coca."<U. S. 

"An alkaloid C 17 H 21 N0 4 , obtained from the leaves of Erythroxylon 
Coca, Lam., and its varieties. "<Br. 

This alkaloid and its salts, which have created such a furore in the 
medical world, are made from the leaves of Erythroxylon Coca. It 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 511 

may be prepared from its hydrochloride, which is chiefly used, by pre- 
cipitating an aqueous solution of cocaine hydrochloride with sodium 
carbonate and washing and drying the precipitate. 

Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.=30 milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

Cocaine salts are formed by the combination of this alkaloid with 
acids. The hydrochlorate (or hydrochloride) which is described in 
the following article, is extensively used in medicine and surgery and 
some others are extensively used. 

Cocaine Borate. This salt of cocaine has been made and recom- 
mended for subcutaneous injection and eye treatment, as being less 
irritating and a better antiseptic than the hydrochloride. 

Cocaine Nitrate. This salt has been prepared to combine with sol- 
ution of silver nitrate (with which the hydrochloride is incompatible) 
for the treatment of diseases of the genito-urinary tract. 

Cocaine Phenate. This may be prepared by adding cocaine (alka- 
loid) to carbolic acid, dissolved by heat. It is useful in dental sur- 
gery, or for local application for which it should be dissolved in alco- 
hol. Other salts of cocaine have been prepared in a similar manner. 

COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDUM. U. S., Br. 
Cocaine Hydrochloride. 
C 17 H 21 N0 4 -HCl=337,io- 

"The neutral hydrochloride [HC1-C 8 H 13 (C G H 5 CO)NOCOOCH 3 ] 

of an alkaloid obtained from several varieties of Coca."<U. S. 

Preparation. Many processes for making this salt have been pro- 
posed since it was introduced ; but they all are similar to the process 
employed for making other alkaloids of the same class. The follow- 
ing is selected as the best for the general convenience of druggists : 

Coca Leaves, in coarse powder, 2 pounds av. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity, 

Diluted Hydrochloric Acid, a sufficient quantity, 

Sodium Carbonate, a sufficient quantity, 

Ether, 4 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, 2 pints 

Animal Charcoal, 1 ounce av. 

Moisten the powder with a pint of alcohol, pack firmly in the water- 
bath percolator, cover the drug with alcohol and let stand in a warm 
place for two days ; then heat moderately and begin to percolate, ad- 
ding alcohol to the drug and continuing the heat and percolation until 
the drug is exhausted ; distil off most of the alcohol, add the water 
and evaporate until all traces of alcohol have disappeared ; add 
sufficient diluted hydrochloric acid to slightly acidulate the liquor, 
filter; add sufficient solution of sodium carbonate to precipitate the 
alkaloid ; dissolve the alkaloid from the solution by shaking with 
ether; separate and evaporate the etherial solution; dissolve the res- 
idue in alcohol, mix with purified animal charcoal, filter; add diluted 



512 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

hydrochloric acid and water to the filtrate ; distil off the alcohol ; 
evaporate and collect the crystals from the liquid and dry them on bib- 
ulous paper. 

Uses. Cocaine hydrochloride is used in solution as a local anaes- 
thetic in opthalmic and other delicate surgical practice. The solu- 
tions employed are generally from 2 to 4 percent, of the salt in dis- 
tilled water. They are applied by brushing oyer the parts. It is 
also considerably employed as an anodyne and intoxicant, in doses of 
^ to 1 grain by hypodermic injection. 

Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.=30 milligrammes ( l / 2 grain). 

CODEINA. U. S., Br. Codeine. 
C 18 H 21 N0 3 H 2 0= 3 i 4 .8 3 . 

"An alkaloid [C 17 H 18 (CH 3 )N0 3 +H 2 0] obtained from Opium, or 
prepared from Morphine by methylation."<U. S. 

"An alkaloid obtained from opium or morphine." < Br. 

An alkaloid obtained from opium, standing next in importance to 
morphine and now being used extensively by physicians. It is ob- 
tained from the ammoniacal liquor left after the crystallization of mor- 
phine (see Morphine), by evaporating and crystallizing. As thus ob- 
tained it contains impurities which may be removed by dissolving in 
hot ether and allowing to evaporate spontaneously and crystallize. 

Codeine is one of the most soluble alkaloids known, being soluble 
in 88 parts of water and 1.6 parts of alcohol at 25 °C. (jj°F.), or in 
12.5 parts of ether or 0.66 part of chloroform at the same temperature ; 
and is generally, used in preference to any of its salts. It has lately 
come into notice and favor, and in England, especially, is being much 
used. 

Uses. Codeine is a sedative, analgesic and antispasmodic, but pos- 
sesses only slight narcotic properties. The dose is J4 to 1 grain. 

Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.=30 milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

Codeine Hydrochloride. C 18 H 2 N0 3 *HC1+2H 2 0. This is official in 
several European pharmacopoeias. It may be made by dissolving 
codeine in a small quantity of dilute hydrochloric acid, evaporating 
and crystallizing. The uses and doses are the same as of other co- 
deine salts, except that this is generally chosen for hypodermic in- 
jection. Soluble in 20 parts of water. 

Codeine Nitrate. This may be prepared by dissolving codeine in a 
small quantity of dilute nitric acid, concentrating and crystallizing. 

CODEINE PHOSPHAS. U. S., Br. Codeine Phosphate. 

C 18 H 21 N0 3 -H 3 P0 4 +2H 2 0=43o.o. 

"The phosphate [PO(OH) 3 (C 17 H 18 (CH 8 )NO s )+2H 2 0] of an al- 
kaloid obtained from Opium or prepared from Morphine by methyla- 
tion,"<U. S. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 513 

"The phosphate of an alkaloid obtained from opium and from mor- 
phine."<Br. 

It is soluble in 2.25 parts of water, 261 parts of alcohol, 1340 parts 
of ether, and in 6620 parts of chloroform at 25°C. (7/°F.). The most 
soluble salt of codeine in water, making it specially useful for hypo- 
dermic tablets. 

It may be readily prepared by adding diluted phosphoric acid drop 
by drop to a mixture of codeine rubbed up with a little water, until 
it becomes clear, then concentrating by evaporation and crystallizing. 

Its uses are the same as codeine. 

Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.=30 milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

CODEINE SULPHAS. U. S. Codeine Sulphate. 
(C 18 H 21 N0 3 ) 2 'H 2 S0 4 +5H 2 0=:78o.65. 

"The sulphate [S0 2 (OH) 2 -(C 1T H 18 (CH g )N0 3 ) 2 +5H 2 0] of an al- 
kaloid obtained from Opium or prepared from Morphine by methyla- 
tion."<U. S. 

Soluble in about 30 parts of water, and 1035 parts of alcohol at 
25'C. (77°F.). 

This may be prepared by adding diluted sulphuric acid drop by drop 
to a mixture of codeine rubbed up with water, until it becomes clear, 
then concentrating by evaporation and crystallizing. As codeine dis- 
solves in 80 parts of water this salt is more soluble, but it is much less 
soluble than either the hydrochloride or the phosphate. 

Its uses are the same as codeine. 

Average dose. — 0.030 0m.=3O milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

Pure Food and Drugs Law. Codeine and its salts are among the drugs re- 
quired to be named upon the label of preparations containing them, when in- 
tended for inter-state commerce. The label must state the quantity per ounce 
of the codeine or its salts. 

COLCHICINA. U. S. Colchicine. 

C 22 H,-,NO c ==-396.2 3 . 

"An alkaloid obtained from Colchicum. It should be kept in dark 
amber-colored, well-stoppered vials." <U. S. 

This alkaloid of colchicum represents its activity. It is in the form 
of a pale yellow amorphous powder, having an odor suggesting damp 
hay, and a very bitter taste. 

It is soluble in 22 parts of water and very soluble in alcohol and 
chloroform at 25°C. (77°F.). 

It is prepared in a similar manner as aconitine, from the corm, 
flowers or seeds of colchicum. It is quite expensive because the yield 
is only about 0.55 percent, of the drug taken. It is used for the same 
purposes as colchicum but its concentrated form makes the dose 
small, from x / 128 to 1 / 60 grain. 

Average dose.— 0.0005 Gm.=o.5 milligramme (V 128 grain) U. S. 



514 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

COLLODIA — COLLODIONS. 

Collodions are liquid preparations made by dissolving pyroxylin or 
gun-cotton in a mixture of ether and alcohol, and adding other sub- 
stances if desired. Their value consists chiefly in forming a coating 
upon the surface to which they are applied, which is utilized in the 
arts for various purposes, and in medicine for the application of med- 
icinal substances, or the protection of the parts to which they are 
applied. 

The volatile liquids which are contained in collodions rapidly evap- 
orate when exposed to the air or applied to a surface, leaving a thin 
flexible covering or skin. 



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The following are the official collodions : 

COLLODIUM. U. S., Br. Collodion. 
The U. S. P. formula is 

Pyroxylin, or Gun Cotton, 40 Gm. or 280 grains 

Stronger Ether. 750 Cc. or 12 fl. ounces 

Alcohol. 250 Cc. or 4 fl. ounces 

**To the pyroxylin, contained in a suitable bottle, add the ether and 
allow it to stand for fifteen minutes ; then add the alcohol, and shake 
the bottle until the pyroxylin, is dissolved. Cork the bottle well, and 
set it aside until the liquid has become clear. Finally, decant the 
clear portion from any sediment which may have deposited and 
transfer it to bottles which should be well corked and sealed."' <U. S. 
The Br. P. formula is 

Pyroxylin. 1 ounce or 10 Gm. 

Ether. 36 rl. ounces or 360 Cc. 

Alcohol. (90%), 12 fl. ounces or 120 Cc. 

"Mix the ether and the alcohol, add the pyroxylin : set aside for a 

few days : should there be any sediment, decant the clear collodion." 

<Br. 1S98. 

The formulas for collodion in all the pharmacopoeias are similar to 
the U. S. and Br., varying only in the proportion of ingredients. 

Uses. In the arts collodion has been extensively employed in pho- 
tography. In pharmacy it is used as a basis for making several prep- 
arations, and in surgery it is considerably used as a dressing for 
wounds, bruises etc., forming a false membrane or skin over the sur- 
face. It is an ingredient of most of the popular corn cures, chiefly on 
account of its convenience of application. 

COLLODIUM CANTHARIDATUM. U. S. 

Cantharidal Collodion. [Blistering Collodion]. 
The U. S. P. formula is 

Cantharides. Xo. 60 powder. 60 Gm. or 6 ounces 

Flexible Collodion, 85 Gm. or 8 T / 2 ounces 

Chloroform, sufficient to make 100 Gm. or 10 ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 515 

The cantharides is exhausted by percolating with hot chloroform, 
which may be recovered by distillation, until not more than 20 Gm. 
(or 2 ounces) of residue remains. This is then evaporated to 15 Gm. 
(or 1^ ounces), which is dissolved in the flexible collodion and set 
aside to settle. 

To produce a blister this is painted with a C. H. pencil over the 
surface or part required to be blistered. 

The Br. Collodium Yesicans is similar to this. 

COLLODIUM FLEXILE. U. S., Br. Flexible Collodion. 

The U. S. P. formula is 

Collodion, 920 Gm. or 1 ounce av. 

Canada Turpentine, 50 Gm. or 24 grains 

Castor Oil, 30 Gm. or 14 grains 

Mix. As the name indicates, this is elastic or flexible. 
The Br. P. formula is 

Collodion, 12 fl. ounces or 480 Cc. 

Canada Turpentine, V± ounce or 20 Gm. 

Castor Oil, 34 ounce or 10 Gm. 
Mix them. 

Most pharmacopoeias have a formula for flexible or elastic collo- 
dion, and it is called flexible plaster in some authorities. They do not 
differ much from the above. 

COLLODIUM STYPTICUM. U. S. 

Stypic Collodion. Styptic Colloid. 

Tannic Acid, 20 Gm. or 160 grains 

Alcohol, 5 Cc. or 52 minims 

Ether, 25 Cc. or 210 minims 

Collodion, sufficient to make 100 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Put the tannic acid in a bottle, add the alcohol, ether and collodion, 
enough to make the required measure, and agitate until dissolved. 

Uses. As its name indicates, this is used as an astringent and 
styptic. 

COLLODIUM VESICANS. Br. Blistering Collodion. 

"Blistering Liquid, 20 fl. ounces or 200 Cc. 

Pyroxylin, y 2 ounce or 5 Gm. 

Add the pyroxylin to the blistering liquid in a stoppered bottle ; 
shake them together until the pyroxylin is dissolved." < Br. 

This is very similar to the U. S. Cantharidal Collodion and is used 
for similar purposes. 

The following unofficial collodions are sometimes called for : 



516 The Fc iincr Formulary Part II. 

Antiseptic, Styptic Collodion. 

Tannic Acid, 120 grains 

Benzoic Acid, 120 grains 

Carbolic Acid, 240 grains 

Collodion, 6 fl. ounces 

Mix and dissolve. This is commonly called Haemostatic Collodion. 

Iodinal Collodion. 

Iodine, 120 grains 

Canada Turpentine, 2 fl. drachms 

Collodion, 8 fl. ounces 

Or 

Iodine, 15 grains 

Flexible Collodion, 1 fl. ounce 

The former formula was originally published by J. T. Shinn. It is 
used as an absorbent application. 

Iodoform Collodion. 

Iodoform, 30 grains 

Balsam of Peru, 30 grains 

Green Soap, 30 grains 

Flexible Collodion, sufficient to make 480 grains 
Mix. An antiseptic dressing for sores, ulcers etc. 

Liebig's Corn Collodion. German Corn Cure. 

The following has been extensively published as a formula for corn cure. 
The chief advantage of the preparation is its convenience of application: 
Salicylic Acid, 60 grains 

Extract of Cannabis Indica, 10 grains 

Collodion, 10 fl.drachms 

Rub the salicylic acid and the extract quickly with the collodion to disolve. 

Salicylic Acid Collodion Compound. 

This is official in the Ger. S. and Nedl. S. It is used as a corn cure and is 
similar to Liebig's Corn Collodion. 
Ger. S. 

Extract Cannabis Indica, 1 part 

Turpentine, (Gum Thus), 5 parts 

Salicylic Acid, 10 parts 

Collodion, 82 parts 

Glacial Acetic Acid, 2 parts 
Nedl. S. 

Extract Cannabis Indica, 1 part 

Salicylic Acid, 20 parts 

Spirit of Ether, 19 parts 

Collodion, 60 parts 

These are made and used in the same manner as Liebig's Corn Collodion. 

Many other collodion combinations are prepared, mostly with 5 percent, of the 

medicament and 95 percent, of collodion. 

Acetone Collodion. Filmogen. 

Pyroxylin, or Gun Cotton, 5 Gm. or 50 grains 

Acetone, 95 Gm. or 950 grains 
Dissolve the pyroxylin in the acetone. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 517 

Flexible Acetone Collodion. New Skin. 

Pyroxylin, or Gun Cotton, 6 Gm. or 60 grains 

Ether, 20 Gm. or 200 grains 

Alcohol, 20 Gm. or 200 grains 

Acetone, 40 Gm. or 400 grains 

Castor Oil, 12 Gm. or 120 grains 

Mix the liquids and dissolve the pyroxylin in the mixture. This is similar 
to a preparation used as an adhesive and dressing and known as "New Skin." 

COLORES. COLORS. 

In pharmacy a variety of coloring preparations are made for color- 
ing various medicinal and toilet preparations, juices, solutions, syrups, 
extracts, powders etc. They are very properly divided into several 
classes, which will be considered in the order of their importance in 
pharmacy. Many of the substances from which they are made are 
noticed under other heading, as Anilina, Tinctoria etc. 

Pure Food and Drugs Law. All preparations following in this article are 
harmless colorings and are permitted under the Pure Food and Drugs Law. 
It is required, however, that preparations intended for inter-state commerce, 
if artificially colored, shall state upon the label ''artificially colored," it being 
inferred that a harmless coloring is used. 

Caramel or Burnt Sugar Coloring. 
For coloring light-amber to dark-brown: 
Sugar, any convenient quantity. 
Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Put the sugar (without water) into an iron kettle of several times the 
capacity required for it, heat it to 410° to 430°F. so long as it gives off much 
vapor, and until it is changed to a black, viscid mass, stirring it occasionally 
during the operation, then cool, and while cooling add hot water in the pro- 
portion of one pint for each pound of the sugar used, let stand to dissolve, 
strain the solution and concentrate it by evaporation to a syrupy consistence, 
or until it measures a pint for each pound of sugar used. 

As ordinarily made no precaution is taken to regulate the degree of heat, 
and for that reason a portion is converted into charcoal, which is insoluble. 
In small operations this is unimportant, but in manufacturing establishments 
the heat is regulated by an oil or sand-bath, or other means, to avoid this 
difficulty. 

As this preparation requires some experience to make properly, it is seldom 
prepared except by manufacturers. They generally use molasses or the refuse 
of sugar manufacture to prepare it, and it is made of different grades of sol- 
ubility for different uses. For coloring liquors it is prepared to dissolve in 
spirits up to 85° proof; but for general use, that which dissolves in water and 
spirits up to 50° proof is usually furnished. 

Preparations containing more than 50 percent, of alcohol precipitate this 
coloring, and it may be obtained pure in the form of a mass or powder by 
pouring it into strong alcohol, and afterwards washing the precipitate with 
alcohol. 

Uses. Caramel is used extensively for coloring liquors, bottled beverages, 
soda-water syrups etc. In pharmacy it is employed for coloring syrups, elixirs, 
solutions, wines and other liquids, which are required to have an amber or 
brownish coloring. A reddish-brown is made by mixing caramel with red 
coloring. It is also used in concentrated form to give a dark-brown coloring 
to confectionery. 

Carmine Red Coloring. Solution of Carmine. 
Carmine, No. 40, . 120 grains 

Potassium Carbonate, (Salts of Tartar), 60 grains 

Glycerin, 2 fl. ounces 

Ammonia Water, y 2 fl. ounce 

Water, 5 fl.ounces 



518 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Rub the carmine with the salts of tartar to a fine powder, and then with the 
glycerin, ammonia water and lastly with the water, added in successive por- 
tions to rinse out the mortar. This is a strong red coloring, easily made, and 
will keep permanently. 

Uses. This solution may be used for coloring all neutral elixirs, solutions, 
tinctures, syrups etc., which do not contain a large percentage of alcohol. It is 
precipitated by acids, and cannot, therefore, be employed for coloring acid 
syrups etc. It makes a fine red or carmine ink, and may be perfumed by 
diluting with an equal quantity of orange flower or rose water, and used as 
"liquid rouge.'' It may be used for giving a flesh tint to liquid face cosmetics, 
and may be mixed with face powders to give them the same. 

When used for coloring powders it should first be rubbed with a little of 
the powder and then with the remainder. 

Cochineal Red Coloring. 

Cochineal, 1 pound av. 

Sodium Carbonate, (Sal Soda), 1 ounce av. 

Alcohol, 1 pint 

Water, sufficient to make 2 pints 

Grind the cochineal to a coarse powder, mix the alcohol with one pint of 
water, and dissolve the sal soda in the mixture, moisten the powder with the 
liquid, put in a water-bath percolator, pour upon it the remainder of the liquid, 
allow to stand for 24 hours, heat moderately for 1 hour, then percolate, adding 
water to the drug after the liquid has disappeared from the surface, and con- 
tinuing the percolation until l}i pints of the percolate have passed, which 
reserve, continue the percolation with water until a pint more has passed, 
which evaporate to 4 fl. ounces, and add to the reserved portion. 

Uses. This may be used the same as the carmine solution for coloring all 
neutral elixirs, syrups etc. When added to an acid preparation the color is 
very much weakened, and a precipitate eventually forms. By adding this col- 
oring to some absorbent material a paste color may be prepared. 

Cochineal Fruit Red. 
Cochineal, 1 pound av. 

Cream of Tartar, 2 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 1 pint 

Water, sufficient to make 2 pints 

Make in the same manner as the preceding formula. 

Uses. This coloring may be used with fruit juices, syrups, wines, or other 
mildly acid preparations, and gives with them a bright red color. It may also 
be used with neutral liquids, but for alkaline liquids use either the carmine 
solution of the cochineal red. 

Cudbear Red. 
Cudbear, 1 pound av. 

Alcohol, 1 pint 

Water, sufficient to make 2 pints 

Percolate and proceed in the same manner as is directed for making 
cochineal red. This is also known as tinctura persionis. 

Uses. This makes an excellent red coloring, which may be used for all 
neutral and acid preparations. It is similar to most of the "fruit coloring" 
that is sold by dealers in soda water supplies. Acids brighten but do not 
weaken its color; with alkalies it gives a purple color. 

Archil or Orchil is a thick liquid prepared in England from the same plant 
as is used for making litmus and cudbead. It makes a fine dark-red coloring 
with acids and a purplish color with neutral or alkaline preparations. It may 
also be used in making paste colors by mixing it with some absorbent slightly 
acid material. 

Grass-Green. 
Fresh Lawn Grass, any convenient quantity. 
Alcohol, a sufficiency. 
Cut the grass fine, put it in a wide-mouthed bottle, as compactly as possible, 
and cover it with alcohol, let stand for a few days with occasional agitation, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 519 

and pour off the liquid, which will be of a dark-green color. The chlorophyl 
of the grass is dissolved by the alcohol. 

Uses. This is used for coloring bay rum and some liquors and cordials. As 
it is only slightly soluble in water, it is not recommended for aqueous prepar- 
ations, a soluble preparation being made for that purpose. 

Chlorophyl is prepared and furnished by manufacturing chemists, both for 
alcoholic solutions and for aqueous solutions. The kind required for alcoholic 
solutions is used for coloring various toilet preparations, and that for aqueous 
solutions may be used to color any liquids of not more than 50 percent, alco- 
hol. They make very beautiful green colors. 

Sap-Green. This is prepared from the juice of buckthorn berries, by allow- 
ing it to ferment and then evaporating to dryness, adding while it is still fluid, 
lime or some other alkali. This is usually put into bladders, and is frequently 
called "bladder green." 

This may be used for making a paste color for confectionery. 

Lemon-Yellow. 

For coloring extract of lemon and other spiritous solutions a natural lemon- 
yellow, chop the peel of lemons and cover with alcohol, allow them to stand 
a few weeks, then pour off the liquid. 

Fustic-Yellow. 
Ground Fustic Wood, 1 pound 

Alcohol, 1 pint 

Water, a sufficient quantity to make 2 pints 

Pack the fustic in a percolator, pour the alcohol upon it, and after standing 
24 hours percolate, setting aside all the liquid that will drop. Then add hot 
water through the percolator until two pints of percolate are obtained. This 
aqueous percolate is used for coloring lemon-extract. The alcoholic percolate 
is of a darker color and should not be used for this purpose. 

Litmus Blue. 

The method of making a solution of litmus is described in this work under 
"Test Solutions." This may be used for coloring neutral preparations, but is 
changed to red if acid is present. 

Orange. 

For coloring orange flavoring extract made from oil of orange or other 
spiritous solutions a true orange color, chop the peels of oranges and cover 
them with alcohol, allow to stand for a few weeks, then pour off the liquid. 

Saffron Orange may be made from saffron in the same manner as lemon 
yellow, and is a fine coloring for many preparations. 

Turmeric, with alcoholic solutions makes a light yellow-orange color. It 
may be used in the form of tincture 1: 5, a small quantity for coloring lemon, 
more for coloring orange extracts, a little "red being added for orange. 

Annatto or Arnatto makes a reddish-orange color in solutions, this is 
chiefly used in oils or fatty preparations. 

Butter Color. 

Many proprietary preparations have been extensively sold for coloring but- 
ter. The first put on the market were solutions of the coloring principle of 
arnatto or annato in strong alkali. These had the disadvantage of being un- 
palatable and coloring the buttermilk, making it unfit to use, but are still used 
for coloring cheese. For coloring butter, oil colors which combine with the 
butter only and do not color the buttermik, are now used entirely. The best 
butter color may be made from annattoine, the coloring principle of annatto, 
as follows: 

Annattoine, 4 ounces av. 

Salad Oil, (Purified Cotton Seed Oil), sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Rub the annattoine with a portion (say 1 pint) of the salad oil until it is a 
smooth mixture of uniform consistence. Grind the mixture very fine through 
a paint mill, or by continued rubbing in a mortar. Add it to the remainder of 
the oil, and heat by a water-bath, with occasional stirring, for 4 hours or 
longer; then, when cool, strain or filter through paper. 



520 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

As thus prepared this is equal to any of the butter colors on the market, 
provided only the right materials be used in making it. The annattoine must 
be free from adulteration, and the salad oil free from odor. 
Colors for Powders, Etc. 

For coloring tooth powders and pastes and face powders, solutions of car- 
mine may be most advantageously used by first rubbing a portion of the pow- 
der thoroughly with it to form a stiff mass, and then incorporating this by 
rubbing with the remainder of the powder. If powdered carmine be used in- 
stead of the solution, great care must be taken to have it finely powdered and 
thoroughly mixed with the other ingredients. 

Other colors for powders are seldom required, but if they are, some harm- 
less drug or pigment may be used, as charcoal or ivory black for black, tur- 
meric for yellow, red saunders for a cheap red, etc. 

For other coloring see Soda Water, Toilet Preparations, etc., Part III. 

CONFECTIONES. CONFECTIONS. 

Confections are substances resembling soft solid extracts, pre- 
pared by incorporating medicines with sugar or other saccharine mat- 
ter and aromatics. They were once very popular, but are now little 
used. Similar preparations, varying somewhat in consistence and 
manner of making, were formerly known as Electuaries and Conserves, 
and as such they are still called for occasionally. 
Confections and Conserves. 

Of the confections formerly official, but two have been retained in 
the U. S. Pharmacopoeia. The 1898 Br. P. retains four. 

Several popular proprietary articles, such as Fruit Laxatives' etc., 
are confections put up in attractive form. 

In French pharmacy known as Conserves, a great variety of fresh 
leaves and petals of plants are made into mass by beating or pounding 
with sugar, until they are thoroughly incorporated. The propor- 
tion of sugar used varies from double to three times the quantity, by 
weight, of the fresh leaves. The following formulae are representa- 
tive of the whole class: 

Conserve de Cochlearia 

Confection of Scurvy Grass. 

Scurvy Grass Leaves, fresh, 1 part 

Sugar, 3 parts 

Beat the substances in a mortar until they are reduced to a pulpy 
mass, which should then be passed through a hair-cloth sieve by the 
aid of a flat-ended wooden spatula. 

In French pharmacy the leaves or flowers of several plants con- 
taining considerable water are made into conserves in the same man- 
ner with the same proportion of sugar; as sorrel, fumitory, the 
cresses, peach and violet flowers etc., are made into confections in 
this same manner. 

Other conserves of leaves which contain considerable moisture 
are made in the same proportion, but those containing less moisture 
are made as follows: 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 521 

Conserve de Laurier-Cerise. 

Confection of Cherry-Laurel Leaves. 

Cherry- Laurel Leaves, fresh, I part 

Sugar', 2 parts 

Make in the same manner as the preceding. 

A great variety of leaves and flowers are made into conserves in 
this proportion. 

U. S. and Br. OFFICIAL CONFECTIONS. 

The following are the confections recently and now official in the 
U. S. and Br. Pharmacopoeias : 

CONFECTIO OPII. Confection of Opium. 

This was official in the 1885 Br. P. as follows: 

Compound Powder of Opium, 100 grains or 1 part 

Syrup, 300 grains or 3 parts 

Mix. Dose, 5 to 20 grains. 

As the compound powder of opium contains 10 percent, of opium, 
this is about the same as the U. S. 1870 preparation, which was 
made as follows : 

Opium, in fine powder, 270 grains 

Aromatic Powder, 6 tr.ounces 

Clarified Honey, 14 tr.ounces 

Mix etc. 

This confection was much used during the last century under the 
names of Theriaca and Mithridate, wonderful virtues being as- 
cribed to it. It is still occasionally called for by those names. 

CONFECTIO PIPERIS. Br. Confection of Pepper. 

Black Pepper, in fine powder, 2 ounces or 40 ,Gm. 

Caraway Fruit, in fine powder, 3 ounces or 60 Gm. 

Clarified Honey, 15 ounces or 300 Gm. 

Rub them well together in a mortar. Dose, 60 to 120 grains. 

CONFECTIO ROSiE. Confection of Hips. 

This was official in the 1885 Br. P., but has been dismissed. 
Hips, deprived of their seed-like fruits, 1 part 

Refined Sugar, - 2 parts 

Beat the hips to a pulp in a stone mortar, and rub the pulp 
through a sieve, then add the sugar and rub them well together. 

To American druggists, who are unacquainted with ''hips" it may 
be explained that it is the oval red fruit of the dog rose or wild brier, 
common in fields and hedges. 



522 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

CONFECTIO ROS^. U. S. Confection of Rose. 
Confectio Rosae Gallics. Br. Confection of Roses. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Red Rose (the dried petals) 

in No. 60 powder, 80 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Sugar, 640 Gm. or 16 ounces 

Clarified Honey, 120 Gm. or 3 ounces 

Stronger Rose Water, 160 Cc. or 4 ounces 

Rub the rose petals with the stronger rose water, heated to 65°C. 
(i49°F.), then gradually add the sugar and honey, and beat the 
whole together until thoroughly mixed. (U. S. P.). 
The Br. formula is: 

Fresh Red-Rose Petals, 1 pound or 500 Gm. 

Refined Sugar, 3 pounds or 1500 Gm. 

Beat the petals to a pulp in a stone mortar, add the sugar and rub 
them well together. This is used for making several official pills, and 
is much prescribed in pill masses etc. 

CONFECTIO SCAMMONII. Confection of Scammony. 

This was official in the 1885 Br. P., but has been dismissed. 
Resin of Scammony, in powder, 6 oz. or 48 parts 

Ginger, in powder, 3 oz. or 24 parts 

Oil of Caraway, ^4 fl.oz. or 2 fl. parts 

Oil of Cloves, }i fl.oz. or 1 fl.part 

Syrup, 6 fl.oz. or 48 fl. parts 

Clarified Honey, 3 oz. or 24 parts 

Rub the powders with the syrup and honey into a uniform mass, 
then add the oils and mix. Dose, 10 to 30 grains. 

CONFECTIO SEN'N-ffi. U. S., Br. Confection of Senna. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Senna, in No. 60 powder, 

Cassia Fistula, bruised, 

Tamarind, 

Prune, sliced, 

Fig, bruised, 

Sugar, 555 Gm. or 55^ ounces 

Oil of Coriander, 5 Gm. or 3 drachms 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Digest the cassia fistula, tamarind, fig and prune in a closed vessel 
with 500 Cc. (or 3 pints) of water for three hours by means of a 
water-bath. Separate the coarser portion with the hand and rub 
the pulpy mass first through a coarse hair sieve and then through a 
fine one, or through a muslin cloth. Mix the residue with 150 Cc. 
(or 15 ounces) of water, and, having digested the mixture for a short 



100 


Gm. 


or 


10 


ounces 


160 


Gm. 


or 


16 


ounces 


IOO 


Gm. 


or 


10 


ounces 


70 


Gm. 


or 


7 


ounces 


120 


Gm. 


or 


12 


ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 523 

time treat as before, and add the product to the pulpy mass first 
obtained. Then, by means of a water-bath, dissolve the sugar in the 
pulpy liquid and evaporate the whole until it weighs 895 grammes 
(or Sgy 2 ounces). Lastly, add the senna and oil of coriander, and 
incorporate them thoroughly with the other ingredients while yet 
warm."<U. S. 

The finished product should weigh 1000 grammes (or 100 ounces). 

Average dose. — 4 Gm. (60 grains). 

The Br. formula does not differ materially from this, except that 
extract of liquorice is added, and coriander fruit used instead of cor- 
iander oil. 

This is only official in the U. S. and Br. P. A similar preparation 
in most other pharmacopoeias is known as Electuary of Senna. 

Confections similar to this are put up in masses of about a drachm, 
covered with silver leaf, and sold as Fruit Laxatives or Cathartic 
Lozenges. As proprietary remedies they have a large sale. 



CONFECTIO SULPHURIS. 


Br. 


Confection of Sulphur 


Sublimed Sulphur, 




4 


oz. or 100 Gm 


Acid Potassium Tartrate, 




1 


oz. or 25 Gm 


Tragacanth, in powder, 




18 


gr. or 1 Gm 


Syrup, 




2 


fl.oz. or 50 Cc. 


Tincture of Orange, 




l A 


fl.oz. or \2y 2 Cc. 


Glycerin, 




iH 


fl.oz. or 37^ Cc. 



Mix them. Dose, 60 to 120 grains. 

Other Confections and Conserves. 

The foregoing official confections embrace nearly all for which 
there is a demand, except those occasionally called for in receipes 
from old works on medicine and pharmacy. 

No class distinction is now made between confections, conserves 
and electuaries, but they were formerly classified separately, accord- 
ing to their characteristics. Confections being of firmer consistence, 
and usually made of dry ingredients mixed with sugar, and made up 
in the form of an extract. Conserves being of about the same con- 
sistence, but prepared from fresh leaves, flowers, fruit or other veg- 
etable matter mixed with sugar to a stiff, pasty mass. Electuaries 
being of much softer consistence, and prepared generally by mixing 
powdered substances with syrup, honey or other saccharine liquids. 

This distinction is now done away with, and all are classed under 
the head of confections, but are liable to be called for by old names. 

CONIINE. Conicine. Citutine. 

CsHuN. 
The liquid alkaloid obtained from Conium. See page 153. 
Coniine Hydrobromide. CsHi 7 N-HBr. This is in white needles or powder, 
soluble in 2 parts of water and in 3 parts of alcohol, also in chloroform, but in- 



524 



The Fc nncr Formulary 



Part II. 



soluble in ether. It may be prepared from coniin by adding enough hydro- 
bromic acid to neutralize the alkaloid, then evaporating carefully and crystal- 
lizing. It contains 61 percent, of cortiin, alkaloid. It is chiefly used as an anti- 
spasmodic and antineuralgic in sciatica, tetanus, whooping cough etc. 

CORDIALES — CORDIALS. 

In pharmacy a few preparations similar to elixirs are prepared and 
dispensed under the name of cordials. They have probably derived 
their name from their similarity to the French Ratafias, Cordials or 
Liqueurs, which are highly flavored, stimulating beverages, weak in 
spirit and sweetened. In this class only those cordials which are 
well known to American pharmacy will be included, the others being 
mentioned under other headings. 

Calisaya Cordial. 
Calisaya Bark, 4 ounces av. 

Wild Cherry Bark, 4 ounces av. 

Orange Peel, fresh, 4 ounces av. 

Cinnamon Bark, 2 ounces av. 

Anise Seed, ]/ 2 ounce av. 

Angelica Seed or Root, 1 drachm 

Cloves, 1 drachm 

Cardamom Seed, 1 drachm 

Alcohol, 2 pints 

Rose Water, 1 pint 

Sugar, 3 pounds 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Chop the orange peel fine and grind the drugs to a coarse powder, 
pour the alcohol upon them and macerate for 48 hours ; then pour off 
the alcohol, transfer the drugs to a percolator, pour the alcoholic 
tincture upon them and percolate. When no more percolate will drop, 
add to the drugs in the percolator, first the rose water and then water, 
continuing the percolation until 6 pints altogether of percolate is ob- 
tained. Filter clear, dissolve the sugar in the filtrate, and add enough 
water passed through the drugs in the percolator to make a gallon 
of the cordial. It may be colored red, if desired, with cudbear color- 
ing or other red coloring. 

This is considerably used to disguise the taste of quinine and other 
disagreeable medicines, and also as a pleasant tonic cordial. Dose, 
half a wineglassful. 

Curagao Cordial. 

Aromatic Cordial. Elixir Curacao. 
Bitter Orange Peel, in very coarse powder, 2 ounces av. 

Cloves, in fine powder, 80 grains 

Cinnamon, in fine powder, 80 grains 

Cochineal, in fine powder, 60 grains 



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Preparations 


Oil of Sweet Orange, 


i fl. drachm 


' Orange Flower Water, triple, 


8 fl. ounces 


Holland Gin, 


i pint 


Alcohol, 


2 pints 


Sugar, 


3 pounds 


Water, sufficient to make 


i gallon 



525 



Pour the alcohol upon the drugs, add the oil of orange and macer- 
ate for 2 days ; then add the gin and 3 pints of water, macerate for 
a week, filter and add the sugar and enough water to make a gallon 
of the cordial. 

Fresh sweet orange peel, half a pound, may be used instead of the 
bitter orange peel, and improves the preparation. 

Curacao Cordial may also be made from the oils as follows : 
Oil of Sweet Orange, 2 

Oil of Cloves, 10 

Oil of Cassia, 10 

Oil of Neroli. 15 



fl. drachms 

minims 

minims 

minims 

drachms 

pounds 

pints 

pints 



Magnesium Carbonate, 4 

Sugar, 3 

Alcohol, 2]/ 

Water, 4 

Dissolve the oils in the alcohol and rub with the magnesium car- 
bonate to a smooth mixture in a mortar, pour into a gallon bottle, add 
the water, and, after macerating a day or two, filter, dissolve the sugar 
in the filtrate, and color with cochineal coloring or cudbear coloring. 
Curacao cordial is used as a pleasant vehicle for the administration 
of medicines, and as an adjuvant. It is also frequently employed as 
the base of various elixirs. 

Gentian Cordial. 

Gentian Root, 

Orange Peel, fresh, 

Cinnamon Bark, 

Liquorice Root, 

Wild Cherry Bark, 

Cardamom Seed, 

Angelica Root, or Seed, 

Alcohol, 

Water, 

Sugar, -2y 2 pounds 

Chop the orange peel fine and grind the drugs to a coarse powder; 
macerate for two days with the alcohol and pour off; transfer the 
drugs to a percolator and percolate with the alcoholic tincture^ add 
the water in the percolator, and when all the percolate is obtained, 
dissolve in it the sugar, and filter, . ■ . , / 



2 


ounces av. 


4 


ounces av. 


2 


ounces av. 


2 • 


ounces av. 


2 

4 
1 


ounces av. 

drachms 

drachm 


2 

5 


pints 
pints 



526 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

This is a pleasant appetizing cordial and tonic. Dose, half a wine- 
glassful. 

Many other so-called cordials are made and their formulas will ap- 
pear in other departments of this work. 

CORTICES — BARKS. 

In the U. S. P. the Latin title does not indicate that the substance 
is a bark, as "Cinnamomum ;" in the Br. P. the title is "Cinnamomi 
Cortex';" in most European authorities the Latin title is employed, 
as "Cortex Cinnamomi ;" but in the Fr., Sp., Mex. and Italian the 
common title is used either with the word signifying bark preceding 
or following the name of the bark, as "ficorce de Canelle," Fr. ; or 
simply the common name of the drug without the word signifying 
bark in connection, as "Canela," Mex., Sp. ; "Canella," It. 

In this work the barks official in the United States and Great 
Britain are described in the text and arranged alphabetically under 
the Latin title of the plant from which it is obtained. 

COTARNINE HYDROCHLORIDE. Stypticin. 

This is derived from the alkaloid narcotine obtained from opium, by a 
process of oxidation. It is a yellow, bitter, crystalline powder, readily soluble 
in water and alcohol. It is employed as a uterine hemostatic and in dental and 
nasal hemorrhage. The dose is from iy 2 to 4 grains in solution or applied on 
cotton or gauze. 

Cotarnine Phthalate. Styptol. This is a yellow, bitter powder, freely sol- 
uble in water and is used like Stypticin, as a hemostatic. The dose is the same. 

CREOLIN. Ph. Ger. Liquor Cresoli Saponatus. 

This is official in the Ph. Ger. 1900, the formula being: 

Crude Cresol, 1 part 

Potash Soap, (Ph. Ger.), 1 part 

Heat them together until a clear preparation is produced. 

This is a germicide, antiseptic and disinfectant in the form of a dark- 
brown liquid prepared by treating cresol with potash soap. It mixes 
readily with chloroform, ether and alcohol, but with water forms a 
milky mixture that does not become clear. 

Uses. It is used externally, in solution or mixture, largely diluted 
or mixed with some inert absorbing substance, as Fuller's earth or 
powdered asbestos. In the form of powder it is applied as a dusting, 
or in the form of creolin gauze it may be applied to wounds, sores 
etc. It is also injected for dysentery, largely diluted; and is used in 
gonorrhoea as an injection, mixed with oil or in the form of bougies. 
It is also given internally in the form of emulsion, not more than 2 to 
5 drops at a dose.. Its solution for washing internal cavities should 
not be more than one percent. In the form of ointment it may be 
used for all foul ulcers and sores and for parasitic skin diseases. It 
is also extensively used by manufacturers of disinfecting and deodor- 
izing liquids, for closets, urinals etc., in connection with an automatic 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 527 

dropping device. For this purpose it is perfumed and put up under 
various proprietary names. 

Creolin Pearson. This is exploited by a reliable chemical house as "Saponi- 
fied coal-tar creosote, composed of homologues of carbolic acid, water, hydro- 
carbons, organic bases, soda, resin, sulphur and chlorine." As this- is a largely 
advertised preparation it is, more likely, uniform than other preparations sold 
under the name of Creolin. Its general description and uses are the same as 
the German official preparation. 

Crealbin. A compound of creolin and albumin intended for use internally. 
A brown powder representing 50 percent, of creolin. It is chiefly used as an 
intestinal disinfectant and astringent. Dose 5 to 15 grains. 

CREOSOTUM. U. S., Br. Creosote. 

"A mixture of phenols, chiefly guaiacol and creosol, obtained during 
the distillation of wood-tar, preferably of that obtained from the 
beech."<U. S. 

"A mixture of guaiacol, cresol and other phenols; obtained in the 
distillation of wood-tar." < Br. 

Creosote is an oily liquid of a smoky odor, similar in composition 
and characteristics to carbolic acid. It is obtained by dry distillation 
of wood, and from smoke, pyroligneous acid, soot etc. It is frequently 
called for as Oil of Soot. 

Uses. Creosote is used in medicine in minute doses to check in- 
ternal mucous irritation, and as a cleansing application in ointments 
for ulcers and sores ; but it is best known as a remedy for toothache 
for which it is quite popular. The dose for internal administration is 
from % to 2 minims, in the form of emulsion, or largely diluted. 

From it are obtained a number of substances which have recently 
been introduced into public favor. 

The products of the distillation of wood are very similar in many 
respects to the products of coal-tar. The "heavy oil" of coal-tar dis- 
tillation which is called "coal-tar creosote" contains many bodies 
analogous to the creosote obtained from the distillation of wood-tar ; 
although they differ somewhat in their characteristics. 

Wood-tar is a complex mixture of phenols and their derivatives 
which are chiefly the acid methylic ethers of catechol and its homol- 
ogues. They consist of the monohydric phenols : Phenol or Carbolic 
Acid, C 6 H 3 OH; Paracresol, C 6 H 5 (CH 3 )OH; Xylol or Phorol, 
QH 3 (CH 3 )OH; and the Methylic Ethers of Dihvdric Phenols, 
Guaiacol, C 6 H t (OCH 3 )OH ; Cresol, C e H 8 (CH,OCH 8 OH ; Homo- 
cresol, C 6 H 2 (CH 3 ) 2 OCH 3 OH; Ccerilignol, C c H 3 (C 3 H 7 )OCH 3 OH ; 
and the Methylic Ethers of Trihydric Phenols, Dimethyl pyrogal- 
late, QH,(OCH 3 ) 2 OH; Dimethyl methyl-pyrogallate, C 6 H 2 (CH 3 )- 
(OCH 3 ) 2 OH; Dimethyl propyl-pyrogallate, (C G H 2 (C 3 H 7 ) (OCH.) a - 
OH; Methyl propyl-pyrogallate, C 6 H 2 (C 3 H 7 ) (OCH 3 )OH 2 . 

Creosote has recently come into use for the treatment of phthisis 
and tuberculosis, and from the published reports of its success in these 
diseases it would seem to be worthy of trial. It acts as a germicide 



528 The Fenner Formulary Part II, 

and may be given mixed with olive oil or in the form of emulsion. It 
is also used in the form of vapor. It should be begun with small 
doses and gradually increased as the patient will bear it without irri- 
tation ; as much as 500 drops daily being reported as given without 
bad effect. 

A number of preparations of creosote are used in medicine, the following 
are the most commonly known: 

Cresalbin. A compound of creosote with albumin, used in place of creosote. 
It is decomposed in the intestinal tract, liberating the creosote. 

Cresoform or Creoform. A combination of creosote and formaldehyde. A 
yellowish-green powder, insoluble in water. It is designed to replace creosote 
in tuberculosis and diarrhoea. Given in powder. 

Cresal or Tannosal. A combination of creosote and tannin. A brown pow- 
der containing 60 percent, of creosote in combination, and readily soluble in 
water, alcohol or glycerin. It is employed as an intestinal astringent, par- 
ticularly in tuberculosis of the bowels. Dose 10 to 30 grains. 

Creosote Carbonate. Creosotal. A mixture of carbonic acid esters pre- 
pared from creosote and containing about 92 percent, of creosote. It is a 
yellow, oily liquid, having a slightly bitter taste and a faint odor. It is in- 
soluble in water but soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform and oils. Its uses 
are the same as creosote. Dose 5 to 30 grains internally; 20 to 60 minims ap- 
plied by innunction in ointment. 

Creosote-Magnesol. This is a powder made by combining creosote with 
calcined magnesia. It contains 80 percent, of creosote absorbed, and is used 
as a substitute for liquid creosote internally, as the creosote is gradually lib- 
erated and gastric irritation is avoided. It is best administered in form of pills. 

Cresol Valerianate, (so-called), is known as Eosote. A class of salts 
called Eosolates have been introduced by German chemists. 

Several other preparations of creosote have been introduced by man- 
ufacturers under trade names. 

Creosote Phosphate, (so-called), is known as Phosote. 

Creosote Phosphite, (so-called),, is known as Phosphotal. 

Creosote Tannate, (so-called), is known as Taphosote. 

CRESOL. U. S. Cresol. [Cresylic Acid]. 
C 7 H 7 -OH=io7.25. 
"A mixture [C 6 H 4 (CH.)OH] of the three isomeric Cresols ob- 
tained from coal-tar, freed from phenol, hydrocarbons, and water." 

<u. s. 

The better kinds of so-called crude carbolic acid which are dissolved 
to a clear solution by caustic soda contain scarcely any carbolic acid 
(C 6 H fi OH), but are mixtures of cresols, the relative amount of ortho, 
meta and para-cresol being variable. By reason of the higher price 
of carbolic acid as compared with crude cresol, it is to the interests of 
manufacturers to carry the separation as far as possible. This is 
effected by condensers surrounded by hot carbolic acid, adjusted so 
that only carbolic acid distils over, while cresol vapor is condensed 
and falls back into the still. Correctly, therefore, what is now termed 
crude carbolic acid is crude cresol. It may properly be termed coal- 
tar creosote. 

The cresols consist of three isomers, Orthocresol, melting at 31 °C, 
and boiling at i88°C ; Metacresol, a liquid, boiling at 20i°C, but not 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 529 

becominig solid even at very low temperatures ; and Paracresol, form- 
ing colorless prisms, melting at 36°C, and boiling at I98°C. The 
mixture of these cresols which are obtained as above stated, from 
what is known as Cresylic acid. The insolubility of this acid has, 
to a large extent, prevented its use, but several preparations have 
lately been made by which it is utilized. Creolin, lysol, solved, solutol 
and several other proprietary preparations are derived from cresylic 
acid. 

Its sp. gr. is 1.032 at 25°C. (77°F.). It is soluble in 60 parts of 
water at 25°C, and miscible in all proportions with petroleum benzin, 
benzene, alcohol, ether and glycerin ; miscible with alkali hydroxide 
solutions. 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

Cresol Iodide. Losophan. C 6 HI 3 (CCH 3 )OH. This is a yellowish 
powder having a strong smell, insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, 
ether, chloroform and oils. It is prepared by the interaction of cresols 
and iodine and contains 80 percent, of the latter. It is known chem- 
ically as iso-butyl-phenol iodide, and is used for the same purposes 
as aristol and iodoform. 

Cresol-Naphthol. This is a combination of cresols and naphthol, 
a brown, tarry liquid, insoluble in water, but producing an emulsion 
with it. It is a powerful germicide and antiseptic used for similar 
purposes as cresol. 

Cresol-Salols or Cresol Salicylates. C fl H 4 OH-COC fl H 4 CH 3 . The 
three forms of cresol are heated — taken in their proportionate molec- 
ular weights — with sodium salicylate and phosphoric chloride, then 
the resulting product is purified by repeated crystallization from al- 
cohol. It is used for the same purposes as salol, but is considered safer. 

Metacresyl salicylate is the best known of the cresol salicylates. It is 
marketed as Cresalcl. Colorless, odorless, nearly tasteless crystals, soluble in 
alcohol and ether but insoluble in water. It is used as an intestinal anti- 
septic and antirheumatic like salol. Dose 5 to 15 grains. 

Cresolic Acids. The three isomeric -cresols when acted upon in var- 
ious ways produce cresolic acids which crystallize in long*, white 
prismatic needles. They do not readily dissolve in water, but in al- 
cohol, ether and chloroform are readily soluble. The salts of the Para- 
cresolic acid, only, are employed in medicine. Sodium paracresolate 
is the only salt of this acid that has received much attention. It is 
a crystalline, white powder, of a bitter taste, soluble in 24 parts of 
warm water. It is used for similar purposes as sodium salicylate but 
does not, like that, disturb the digestive organs. The dose recom- 
mended is from 5 to 15 grains for an adult, 4 to 5 times a dav. 

CUPRUM — COPPER. 
Symbol Cu ; Atomic weight (O— 16) 63.57; Sp. gr. 8.94. 
Copper is a well known metallic element, extensively employed in 
the arts and industries of the world, and used by many nations as a 



530 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

small-money coin. It is found native, and combined in the form of 
ore, in all parts of the world. 

In the arts copper and its alloys are much used. Bronze, brass, 
german silver, gun metal, bell metal and many other alloys may be 
made bv combining it with various other metals. It is also used as 
an alloy of gold in gold coins and in making jewelry. 

Copper and its compounds are more fully noticed in the Chemical 
Section, Part I. 

Salts of Copper. 

In pharmacy the salts of copper are considerably used for various 
purposes, and in medicine they are somewhat employed in solutions, 
ointments and plasters for external use, but seldom internally. 

CUPRI SULPHAS. U. S., Br. Copper Sulphate. 

Cupric Sulphate. Blue Vitrol. 

CuS0 4 +5H 2 Q=247.85. 

Copper sulphate is the only copper salt now official in the U. S. 
and Br. Ph., but many other salts are used. They are described under 
the title Copper in Part I. 

"It should contain not less than 99.=; percent, of pure copper sul- 
phate [S0 2 -0 2 Cu+5H 2 0]."<U. S. 

"It may be obtained by the interaction of water, sulphuric acid and 
copper or copper oxide." < Br. 

Preparation. This salt is most commonly known by the name 
of Blue Vitrol or Blue Stone. It is the most used of any of the copper 
salts, and may be conveniently made by dissolving scraps of copper 
in sulphuric acid diluted with water, by the aid of heat, then evap- 
orating the solution and crystallizing. 

Uses. This salt is considerably used in batteries for generating 
electricity, for coloring and dyeing purposes, and in medicine for mak- 
ing various cleansing washes, liquids etc. It is sometimes given as an 
astringent in doses of yk to 2 grains, and as a quick emetic in doses 
of from 5 to 10 grains. It is also extensively used as an ingredient 
of Bordeaux Mixture used for spraying plants. 

Average dose. — Astringent, 0.010 Gm.= io milligrammes (3/5 
grain). Emetic, 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

Dried or anhydrous copper sulphate is made by heating copper 
sulphate until its water of crystallization is vaporized, then reducing 
it to a powder. It is used as a test for alcohol and as an escharotic. 

Copper forms combinations with organic substances, some of which are 
used in medicine. The following are found in the market: 

Cupratin. A copper-albumin compound containing 6.4 percent, of copper, 
prepared by precipitating a solution of copper sulphate with albumen. It is 
recommended as a non-toxic alterative and nervine. It is a brown mass, 
insoluble in water. Dose T / 2 to 1 grain. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 531 

Cuprohemol. Cuprated hemol. This is hemol with 2 percent, oi copper 
organically combined. It is a dark-brown, insoluble powder, used in tuber- 
culosis, scrofula etc. Dose iy 2 to 3 grains. 

Cuprol. Copper nucleinate. A compound of copper with nuclenic acid, con- 
taining 6 percent, of copper. It is a green powder, soluble in water, its sol- 
utions do not coagulate albumin and are not precipitated by alkalies. _ It is 
used as an astringent and antiseptic application as a 10 percent, solution in 
eye diseases etc. 

CYANOGEN. 

CN or Cy 

Cyanogen is a gaseous radical discovered by M. Gay-Lussac, in 
1815. It is most readily obtained by igniting dry mercury cyanide in 
a small retort, and collecting the gas over mercury. It is colorless, 
and its odor resembles that of freshly-bruised peach kernels. It is 
important in chemistry and pharmacy as forming a class of acids with 
hydrogen and oxygen, which form salts with metals and alkaline bases 
called cyanides or cyanurets. Its acids are as follows : 

Cyanic Acid. HCNO. Made by distilling cyanuric acid deprived 
of its water of crystallization in a retort, and collecting the vapor in 
a well-cooled receiver. Cyanates are salts in which the hydrogen of 
cyanic acid is replaced by some metallic base or other basic radical. 

Hydrocyanic Acid. HCN. Prussic Acid. This is obtained by heat- 
ing potassium ferrocyanide 2^ ounces, with sulphuric acid 1 fl. ounce, 
and 10 fl. ounces of water in a flask, and distilling, collecting the gas- 
eous product in water, or water mixed with alcohol, until any de- 
sired percentage is obtained. The official Diluted Hydrocyanic Acid 
contains 2 percent, of real acid. See Acidum Hydrocyanicum. 

DECOCTA — DECOCTIONS. 

Decoctions, which were formerly favorite forms of preparing med- 
icines, have gradually given place to more scientific preparations, and 
are now seldom used. 

The process of decoction is to boil the vegetable substances for 
from 10 to 15 minutes in water in a covered vessel, and then cool 
and pour off the liquid. It is obvious that the water-bath percolator 
is the most convenient apparatus to use for this purpose, as there is 
no danger of burning the drugs or excessively heating the mixture, 
and when the boiling- is completed the liquid may be drawn off by 
the stop-cock. The following general directions for making decoc- 
tions are therefore given : 

Decoction by Water-Bath Percolation. 

The substance, coarsely comminuted, 1 ounce av. 

Water, enough to make 20 fl. ounces 

Having adjusted the perforated diaphragm or strainer in the bottom 
of a small-sized water-bath percolator, put the substance in the per- 
colator and pour the water upon it. Cover the percolator closely with 
the cover, and having filled the vessel surrounding the percolator with 



532 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

water, heat the boiler. Boil for 15 minutes and draw off the liquid 
by means of the stop-cock, adding enough water through the perco- 
lator to make 20 fl. ounces of the product when cool. 

The quantities as above directed are the same as the general for- 
mula from the U. S. 

In the present U. S. P. only the general formula for decoctions is 
given. 

The present U. S. official directions for making decoctions are to 
take of 

The substance, coarsely comminuted, 50 Gm. or 364 grains 
Water sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 1 pint 

Put the substance in a suitable vessel provided with a cover, pour 
upon it 1000 Cc. (or a pint) of cold water, cover and boil for 15 min- 
utes, then strain and add water enough to make the product 1000 Cc. 
(or a pint). 

The two formulas following were official in the 7th revision of the 
U. S. P. and are given here, as they may be called for : 

DECOCTUM CETRARIiE. Decoction of Cetraria. 

Cetraria, (Iceland Moss), 50 Gm. or 364 grains 

Water enough to make 1000 Cc. or 1 pint 

Cover the cetraria with cold water for half an hour, express and 
throw away the liquid; then boil the drug with 1000 Cc. (or a pint) 
of water for half an hour, strain, and add enough cold water through 
the strainer to make 1000 Cc. (or 1 pint) of the finished product. 

DECOCTUM SARSAPARILLA COMPOSITUM. 
Compound Decoction of Sarsaparilla. 

Sarsaparilla, crushed, 

Sassafras, in coarse powder, 

Glycyrrhiza, 

Guaiacum Wood, rasped, 

jVIezereum, crushed, 

Water, enough to make 
Boil the sarsaparilla and guaiacum wood for half an hour in a suit- 
able vessel with 1000 Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces) of water. Then add the 
sassafras, glycyrrhiza and mezereum, cover the vessel well and macer- 
ate for two hours. Finally strain and add enough cold water through 
the strainer to make the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces). 

Decoctions of the Br. P. 

Three decoctions remain official in the present (1898) Br. P. 
They are: 



100 Gm. 


or 


729 grains 


20 Gm. 


or 


146 grains 


20 Gm. 


or 


146 grains 


20 Gm. 


or 


146 grains 


10 Gm. 


or 


73 grains 


1000 Cc. 


or 


1 pint 






l A 


ounce av. 


or 


10 


Gm. 


% 


ounce av. 


or 


5 


Gm. 


, V 4 


ounce ai\ 


or 


5 


Gm. 


Va 


ounce av. 


or 


5 


Gm. 


2 


ounces av. 


or 


40 


Gm. 


15 


fl. ounces 


or 


300 


Cc. 


50 


fl. ounces 


or 


1000 


Cc. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 533 

DECOCTUM ALOES COMPOSITUM. Br. 
Compound Decoction of Aloes. 

Extract Barbados Aloes, 

Myrrh, 

Saffron, 

Potassium Carbonate, 

Extract of Liquorice, 

Comp. Tincture Cardamoms, 

Distilled Water, to make 
"Reduce the extract of Barbados aloes and the myrrh to coarse 
powder, and boil them and the potassium carbonate and the extract of 
liquorice in 20 fl. ounces (or 400 Cc.) of distilled water, in a covered 
vessel for 5 minutes ; add the saffron ; when the liquid is cool add the 
tincture of cardamoms ; set aside for two hours ; strain through 
flannel ; pass sufficient distilled water through the strainer to make 
50 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the compound decoction of aloes. "<Br. 

DECOCTUM GRANATI CORTICIS. Br. 

Decoction of Pomegranate Bark. 

Pomegranate Bark, No. 10 powder, 4 ounces av. or 200 Gm. 
Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Boil the pomegranate bark with 24 fl. ounces (or 1200 Cc.) of dis- 
tilled water in a suitable vessel for 10 minutes ; strain ; pour enough 
distilled water over the contents of the strainer to make 20 fl. ounces 
(or 1000 Cc.) of the strained decoction." < Br. 
Dose, y 2 to 2 fl. ounces. 

DECOCTUM H^EMATOXYLI. Br. Decoction of Logwood. 

Logwood, in chips, 1 ounce av. or 50 Gm. 

Cinnamon Bark, bruised, 70 grains or 8 Gm. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Boil the logwood with 24 fl. ounces (or 1200 Cc.) of distilled water, 
in a suitable vessel for ten minutes, adding the cinnamon bark to- 
wards the end of the time ; strain ; pour enough distilled water over 
the contents of the strainer to make 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the 
strained decoction." < Br. 
Dose, y 2 to 2 fl. ounces. 

Other Decoctions. 

Of the seventy-five decoctions, or preparations which may be 
classed as decoctions in the pharmacopoeias of the world, a large num- 
ber are more properly infusions and are included in the Tisanes of Fr. 
pharmacy and the infusions of Spanish pharmacy, and under Decoc- 
tions, Infusions, or other headings in other pharmacopoeias. There is 
no marked difference between decoctions and infusions except that, as 



534 The Vomer Formulary Part II. 

understood in the U. S. and Br. P., decoctions are boiled for from 5 
minutes to half-an-hour, and infusions are made by pouring boiling 
water upon the drug and letting it macerate until cool. In either case 
the heated menstruum extracts the soluble constituents of the drug, 
or, as in Decoctum Cetraria etc., converts the drug to a gelatinous 
mass. For other preparations under the title "Decoctions" which 
may not be found in this article, see Infusions. 

DESTILLAT^ — DISTILLATES. 

All preparations obtained by the process of distillation are distil- 
lates, in the same sense that all preparations made by percolation are 
percolates, but as distillation is a process rather than a characteristic 
of the substances employed, the distillates are classed under the var- 
ious headings where they properly belong. 

The process of distillation in pharmacy is of great importance. The 
preparations in which the process is employed will be found in nearly 
all classes of fluid galenicals. 

DEXTRINUM. Dextrin. Artificial Gum. British Gum. 

C 6 H 19 3 . 

When starch is subjected to the action of dilute acids at a boiling 
temperature, it is converted into a substance resembling gum, which 
is called dextrin. The same also occurs when potato starch is heated 
to about 36o°F. for an hour or two in an oven, and in this manner it 
is usually prepared commercially. In making an infusion of malt 
the diastase acts upon the starch, first converting it into dextrin, and 
then into sugar. 

Dextrin is much used in the arts for various purposes, as a substi- 
tute for gum. It is extensively used for making paste and mucilage, 
and as a dusting for pills, and upon irritated surfaces. 

A yellow and a white variety of dextrin are found in the market. 
The former is heated to a higher degree in preparing it, and is more 
commonly used as an adhesive by bookbinders, label manufacturers 
etc., while the white variety is the basis of library paste and similar 
adhesives put up to take the place of paste and mucilage, for office 
use, and is largely used in. paste compounds for labelling machines. 

Dextrin Syrup or Starch Syrup is a syrup of high conversion, con- 
taining 40 to 45 percent, of grape sugar, and about the same of dex- 
trin. It is considerably used as a table syrup under various fancy 
names, and is frequently directed in medicinal compounds. 

Dextrin Mucilage. A good mucilage may be made by dissolving 1 
part of dextrin in 2 parts of hot water. The proportions may be 
varied, making a mucilage thick or thin, as may be desired. 



Part 11. Drugs, . Chemicals and Preparations 535 

DIALYSAT^ — DIALYSATES. 

A number of preparations made by the process of dialysis have 
recently been introduced into pharmacy and are somewhat used, the 
best known being dialysed iron. A few pharmaceutical preparations 
are made by the process. As dialysis is a process rather than a char- 
acteristic of the preparation, the dialysates might, perhaps, be more 
properly classed elsewhere, but as they are so few, they are given 
under this heading. 

FERRUM DIALYSATUM. Dialysed Iron. 

A solution of dialysed iron or liquor ferri dialysatus may be pre- 
pared as follows : It was formerly official in the Br. P. 
Strong Solution of Ferchloride of Iron. 

(Br. P., sp. gr. 1.42), 14 fl. ounces 

Ammonia Water, 
Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 

Mix 12 rl. ounces of the iron solution with 1 gallon of water in an 
earthenware jar that will hold 3 gallons, and add, with constant stir- 
ring ammonia water until the iron is all precipitated and the liquid 
remains alkaline. Let the precipitate settle and wash it with water 
until the washings give no precipitate with nitrate of silver, then 
transfer the precipitate (ferric hydrate) to a calico strainer; drain and 
express the water. W nile still moist, mix the precipitate in a jar with 
2 rl. ounces of the iron solution, same as previously used; warm and 
stir them occasionally for a day or two until all has dissolved that 
will; then dialyse the solution as directed, changing the water every 
day or two, for ten or twelve days, or until the preparation is free 
from styptic taste, and clear, and make the dialysed solution measure 
56 fl. ounces. 

This should contain 5 percent, of. the iron oxide. 

Uses. Dialysed iron in solution has been a quite popular form of 
administering iron as a tonic. It is given in doses of 10 to 30 minims. 

Dialysed Iron in Scales may be made by evaporating the solution of 
dialysed iron to a syrupy consistence and spreading upon glass. When 
dry it may be removed in the form of scales. The dose is from 
1 to 5 grains. 

DIALYSATE OF ACONITE. 

Aconite Leaves, in very coarse powder, 16 ounces 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Exhaust the drug by percolating in the water-bath percolator with 
hot water and dialyse the percolate, saving the several waters with 
which the dialysis is conducted, and evaporating by means of a water- 
bath to half a pint. To this add half a pint of alcohol and filter. 



536 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

It will be noted that in this case it is not the contents of the dialyser 
that is saved, but the liquor which passes through the dialyser, and 
contains all but the colloid matter of the percolate. 

The dialysate has the same strength of the valuable medicinal 
principles of the drug as the fluid extract. 

Dialysate of Belladonna, and of many other drugs may be made 
in the same general way. 

The process of dialysis is sometimes used to separate alkaloids or 
other principles of plants from colloid principles. 

Dialysed Soap is prepared for certain uses, where a soap free from 
excess of alkali or acids is required. 

DIASTASE. 

The peculiar ferment in malted grains which converts the starch 
first into dextrin and then into grape sugar, or dextrose, is called dias- 
tase. It was discovered by Payne and Persoz in barley, oats, wheat 
and potatoes in which it is developed during germination. It acts as 
a very powerful ferment; one part being sufficient to convert 2000 
parts of starch into grape sugar. The chief value of extract of malt 
consists in the excess of diastase that it contains after converting the 
starch and dextrin of the malt into sugar. If this is destroyed, there- 
fore, by excessive heat or other means in making extract of malt, the 
value of the extract is very much impaired. 

Diastase may be obtained in an impure condition by making an 
infusion of malt — not heating over i6o°F. — pressing, filtering the 
liquid, and adding the filtrate to alcohol, which precipitates the dias- 
tase in the form of a white powder, freely soluble in water. It is an 
expensive chemical, seldom used, and rarely made, except by manu- 
facturing chemists. Its physiological effect is similar to ptyalin, found 
in the saliva of animals and man, secreted by the salivary glands, its 
function being to dissolve starchy matter. 

ELATERIUM. Br. Elaterium. 

"A sediment from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium Elaterium." 
<Br. 

This is obtained from the very nearly ripe fruit of the squirting 
cucumber, by cutting it lengthwise and lightly pressing out the juice, 
then straining through a hair-cloth sieve and setting aside to deposit. 
The supernatant liquid is then poured off, the sediment poured on a 
linen filter, collected, and dried by gentle heat on porous tiles. It re- 
quires about 40 pounds of the fruit to yield half an ounce of elaterium ; 
it is therefore expensive and liable to adulteration. 

Uses. Elaterium is used as a purgative or hydrogogue cathartic, 
especially in dropsical conditions. It is generally given in the form 
of pills or powders, but its solution in alcohol is more effective. 

Dose, from one-tenth to one-sixth grain, repeated if necessary. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 537 

ELATERINUM. U. S., Br. Elaterin. 
C 20 H 2S O 5 =345.6o. 

"A neutral principle obtained from Elaterium, a substance deposited 
by the juice of the fruit of Ecballium Elaterium (Linne) A. Richard 
(Fam. Cucurbitacese)."<U. S. 

Preparation. This is prepared by treating elaterium with successive 
portions of hot alcohol, evaporating the mixed alcoholic solution to 
the consistence of a thin oil, and pouring this while warm into a weak, 
boiling solution of potassium hydroxide. The elaterin crystallizes, 
leaving the green resin in solution. 

It is insoluble in water, soluble in 262 parts of alcohol, 318 parts of 
ether, 22 parts of chloroform, at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Uses. Like elaterium from which it is prepared, it is a hydrogogue 
cathartic, but is less drastic in its action because of the removal of the 
resinous constituents. 

Average dose. — 0.005 Gm. = 5 milligrammes ( 1 / 10 grain). 

ELIXIRIA — ELIXIRS. 

The class of preparations known in pharmacy as Elixirs, includes a 
great variety of medicines widely dissimilar in character. The first 
elixirs were acid preparations prepared by alchemists and the early 
pharmacists. They were supposed to possess wonderful virtues. 
"'Elixir Album" and "Elixir Rubrum" were the products of wonderful 
manipulations, and were said to transmute the baser metals into pure 
silver and gold, and cure "most diseases in man's body." Later on 
Paracelsus originated the "Elixir Proprietatis," or "Elixir of Long 
Life ;" and still later the early pharmacists gave us "Elixir Paregori- 
cum," "Elixir Salutis," "Elixir Stomachicum," and scores of others 
from which have descended some of our most popular tinctures and 
other similar preparations. 

American pharmacy has adopted the name "elixir" for a class of 
flavored, sweetened, weakly alcoholic preparations, in which medicinal 
substances are exhibited in pleasant, palatable form, and which are 
designed to mitigate the aversion to medicines so common to invalids 
and delicate persons. Since elixirs have assumed this form and mis- 
sion, their popularity has greatly increased, and, from two or three 
proprietary elixirs that were well known forty years ago, the number 
has grown to hundreds, and they have come to take the place, to an 
extent, of tinctures and other preparations that were formerly popular 
forms of medicine. The number of elixirs has increased so rapidly 
and their combinations are so varied, that it is almost impossible for 
the druggist to keep a variety of them sufficient to meet the demands 
of his business. The formulae for elixirs which follow are therefore 
arranged so that by keeping a few of the leading bases on hand, their 
combinations can be readily made by adding various solutions etc., 



538 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

and thus save the trouble and expense of keeping so large a variety of 
elixirs on hand as would be required to supply the demands of the bus- 
iness. 

Elixir Flavoring. 

Oil of Sweet Orange, fresh, 4 fl. ounces 

Oil of Caraway Seed, 2 fl. drachms 

Oil of Cassia, 2 fl. drachms 

Oil of Anise, 1 fl. drachm 

Alcohol, 15 fl. ounces 

Mix. This is a strong flavoring, of which one ounce is sufficient lor 
a gallon of elixir. Many elixir flavoring formulas have been proposed 
and published, but no other has been found equal in all respects to the 
foregoing, provided, only, that good materials are used in making it. 
Oil of orange, as is well known, deteriorates by age and exposure, be- 
coming terebinthine in odor, therefore it is necessary that only sweet, 
fresh oil of orange shall be used, for upon that depends the flavor of 
the elixir. Oil of caraway seed, not caraway chaff, should be used. 
Deodorized alcohol or cologne spirit should be employed in making 
the flavoring as well as in making all the elixirs. 

When dissolved in the alcohol the flavoring will keep for any length 
of time ; it is therefore best to get the oils as fresh as possible, and 
make them up while fresh, in the flavoring. 

Many formulas have been published for making elixir flavoring 
from the substances instead of the oils ; as fresh orange peel, caraway 
seed, cassia bark etc. ; but their flavor when thus prepared is uncer- 
tain, and besides the substances themselves contain astringent prin- 
ciples, which make inky mixtures when combined with salts of iron in 
solution, and are otherwise objectionable for the purpose. It is there- 
fore advised that only the flavoring made from oils be used, and, from 
long experience the formula given be chosen in preference to any 
other. 

The New York and Brooklyn Formulary publishes a formula quite 
similar under the title 

Spiritus Aurantii Compositus. Compound Spirit of Orange. 
Oil of Bitter Orange, 4 fl. ounces 

Oil of Lemon, 1 fl. ounce 

Oil of Coriander, 160 minims 

Oil of Star Anise, 40 minims 

Deodorized Alcohol, enough to make 20 fl. ounces 

Mix them. This may be used, if preferred, in the same proportion 
and manner as is directed in these formulae for elixir flavoring. 

One objection to this is that it is much more difficult to obtain a 
fresh, fine oil of bitter orange than of sweet orange, although when 
fresh it is to be preferred to it. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 539 

Soluble Flavoring. 
For Elixirs Etc. 

The elixir flavoring will not mix with the elixir base without mak- 
ing a cloudy or milky mixture, and elixir made with it has to be fil- 
tered through magnesium carbonate or some other alkaline or ab- 
sorbent material to make a clear solution. 

It is frequently desirable to have an elixir flavoring that will make 
a clear solution when added to an elixir base, percolate or syrup, and 
the following is designed for that purpose. 

Elixir Flavoring, 16 fl. ounces 

[Magnesium Carbonate, 4 ounces av. 

Alcohol, $y 2 pints 

Hot Water, 4 pints 

Mix the flavoring with the alcohol. Rub the magnesium carbon- 
ate in a mortar or through a wire sieve to a powder, and mix with the 
water ; then gradually add the mixture of magnesium and water to 
the solution of flavoring, and after standing a day or two (or longer), 
with occasional agitation, pour of! the clear liquid, pour the precipi- 
tate upon a filter paper, and filter the poured off liquid through the 
precipitate until perfectly clear. 

One ounce of the soluble flavoring added to a pint of any elixir or 
syrup base gives the desired flavoring. 

This may be added to elixirs requiring percolation, after the perco- 
lation is completed, and to syrups, solutions etc. It may be added to 
any elixir in which a stronger flavor may be desired, and is useful for 
flavoring many medicinal preparations. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum. 

Alcohol, 38 fl. ounces 

Water, - 72 fl. ounces 

Mix them. The proportion of alcohol and water used is the same as 
in the elixir, and after the other ingredients, as sugar and soluble 
flavoring are added, it is the same as the elixir. 

This elixir percolating menstruum is used as a menstruum whenever 
it is necessary to obtain the strength of drugs by percolation in mak- 
ing' elixirs. The sense of this well be apparent when it is considered 
that the sugar contained in the elixir would be a hinderance to perco- 
lation, and that the flavoring ingredients used would lose much of 
their strength during the process and exposure of percolation. In 
making an elixir requiring percolation, therefore, the drugs are first 
percolated with the percolating menstruum, the percolate filtered if 
necessary, and then the sugar dissolved in the filtrate, and the soluble 
flavoring added, which completes the elixir. 



540 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Elixirs Requiring Percolation. 

When it is required to make an elixir in which the strength of the 
drugs is obtained by percolation, the process of water-bath percola- 
tion is recommended, but ordinary percolation may be employed in- 
stead, if more expedient. The following is the process : 

The drug or drugs as stated in the formula. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, sufficient. 
Moisten the drugs with elixir percolating menstruum, and after 
standing a few hours in a covered vessel, transfer them to a water- 
bath percolator, pack moderately, pour enough of the percolating 
menstruum upon them to cover them well, and set in a warm place 
for 24 hours ; then heat moderately, and after one hour begin to per- 
colate ; add the percolating menstruum to the drugs in the percolator, 
and continue the percolation until 13 fl. ounces of percolate is obtained 
for each pint (16 fl. ounces) of the finished elixir required. This is 
then to be filtered if necessary, and to complete the elixir, take for 
each pint 

The Percolate, as above, 13 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Mix them and dissolve the sugar by agitation. Should it be re- 
quired to remove the tannin, or otherwise treat or manipulate the per- 
colate for any purpose, it should be done before the sugar and flavor- 
ing are added. 

If small quantities only of elixirs are required to be made, when the 
quantity of drugs used would be quite small, they may best be made 
by macerating the drugs with elixir, instead of by percolation, or, per- 
haps better yet, by using fluid extracts of the drugs instead of the 
drugs themselves. The following is the method of procedure when 
fluid extracts are used : 

Elixirs made with Fluid Extracts. 

If it is desired to use fluid extracts of the drugs, instead of the drugs 
themselves, as directed in the formula, take of 

Fluid extracts of the drugs, the same fluid measure as is directed 
of weight. 

Elixir sufficient to make the required measure as stated in the 
formula. 

Mix and filter. Magnesium carbonate or precipitated calcium phos- 
phate or purified talc are sometimes added to make them filter clear. 

The elixir in this case is used instead of the elixir percolating men- 
struum, soluble flavoring and sugar. "When fluid extracts, which pre- 
cipitate badly when added to the elixir are used, it is better to mix 
them with the percolating menstruum and filter, then add the flavor- 
ing and sugar, the same as directed in the formula. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 541 

Elixirs with Salts in Solution. 

Some of the more soluble salts dissolve readily in the elixirs, and 
others require to be dissolved separately before adding to them. 
Among the solutions will be found formulae for making solutions con- 
venient for combining with elixirs etc. They are referred to in the 
formulae in which they can be advantageously used. 

Detannating Elixirs. 

It is necessary in making some elixirs and other preparations from 
substances containing tannin or astringent principles, to remove these 
principles in order that the preparations may be combined with salts 
of iron of other substances which would otherwise be precipitated. 
This may be accomplished by adding to the elixirs any substance 
which will combine with the astringent principles and form precipi- 
tates which may be removed by filtration. Albumen, gelatine, and 
freshly precipitated ferric hydrate are the best adapted for that pur- 
pose, as they readily form precipitates with vegetable astringents. 
We have generally chosen albumen (white of &gg) as being most 
convenient for the purposes, and have so directed in most of the for- 
mulas ; but it is sometimes more expedient to use ferric hydrate, es- 
pecially in preparations containing a large amount of astringent. To 
detannate with this it is necessary to use freshly prepared ferric hy- 
drate as it is directed (see Ferri Oxidum Hydroxidum), and mix 
more or less of it as may be required with the elixir or other prepar- 
ation to be detannated, and after standing a day or two, with occa- 
sional agitation, filtering through calico. The filtered liquid is then 
to be tested with tincture of iron, and if tannin still remains in the 
solution (as is shown by an inky color when it is added), more of the 
ferric hydrate must be added and the elixir treated as before. The 
process is tedious, but thorough, and is preferred by some to any 
other, but in our experience albumen is sufficient for most purposes 
and is much to be preferred in the way of convenience. 

Elixir. Simple Elixir. 

The simple base which is used for making elixirs, the same as water 
is used for dissolving salts, or diluted alcohol for making tinctures, 
is variously called Elixir, Simple Elixir, Aromatic Elixir, Cordial 
Elixir, Curacoa Elixir, Elixir Adjuvans etc. This base will be desig- 
nated in the formulae which follow simply as "elixir." 

In making elixir only the best material should be used, the elixir 
flavoring must be good, deodorized alcohol or cologne spirit should 
be used ; granulated sugar is the best and most convenient as it may 
be readily poured into a bottle. The following is the formula : 



542 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Elixir Flavoring, I fl. ounce 

Deodorized Alcohol (Cologne Spirit), 38 fl. ounces 

Water, 72 fl. ounces 

Magnesium Carbonate, Y / 2 ounce av. 

Mix two ounces of the alcohol with the elixir flavoring. Rub the 
magnesium carbonate through a wire sieve to reduce it to a powder, 
then transfer it to a mortar that will hold at least two pints, add the 
mixture of flavoring and alcohol, and rub them well together. Mix 
the remaining 36 ounces of alcohol with the water, triturate 2 pints 
of the mixture, gradually, with the contents of the mortar, and pour 
it into a gallon bottle ; then rinse the mortar with the remainder of 
the mixture of alcohol and water and add it to the mixture in the 
gallon bottle. Allow this to stand for a few hours or longer, agitating 
it frequently, then filter through paper and dissolve the sugar in the 
filtrate by agitation. When completely dissolved filter again through 
paper, if necessary, to make bright and clear. 

If desired to increase the strength of flavor of the elixir, a larger 
quantity of the elixir flavoring and a corresponding quantity of mag- 
nesium carbonate may be used. 

In making larger quantities of the elixir, as, say 5 gallons or more, 
it is more conveniently made by adding the elixir flavoring first to 
the entire quantity of alcohol used ; then, having mixed the powdered 
magnesium carbonate with the entire quantity of water, gradually 
add the latter to the former with agitation, and let them remain for 
several days, with frequent agitation before filtering ; the liquid may 
then be filtered off, and the sugar dissolved in the filtrate. In this 
way any quantity of the elixir may be made with but little trouble. 

The elixir as thus prepared is used as a solvent for various salts, 
and a vehicle for various solutions and other forms of .medicine. It 
may also be used to percolate, but when percolation is required it is 
best accomplished with the percolating menstruum as directed under 
elixirs requiring percolation. 

Many elixir formulas have been proposed and published, but in an 
extensive experience in making elixirs, the writer has found no other 
simple elixir — in all respects and generally for all purposes — equal to 
the foregoing. 

Elixir Acetanilide. Elixir Antifebrin. 

Acetanilide, 640 grains 

Alcohol, 5 flounces 

Glycerin, 5 fl. ounces 

Water, 4 fl. ounces 

Prepared Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 
Rub the acetanilide to a fine powder, put it in a pint wide-mouth 

bottle and add the alcohol, heat it by water-bath until dissolved, then 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 543 

add the glycerin and water, previously mixed and heated, and when 
cool, add the prepared flavoring. A fl. drachm contains 5 grains of 
acetanilide. The dose is from 1 to 1^ teaspoonful. 

Elixir Acetanilide and Caffeine. 

Acetanilide Elixir, as above, 16 fl. ounces 

Caffeine, 128 grains 

Rub the caffeine in a mortar with the acetanilide elixir until dis- 
solved and filter if necessary. A fl. drachm contains 5 grains acetan- 
ilide and 1 grain caffeine. This is a valuable elixir for headache, neu- 
ralgia, nervous irritability etc. Dose, 1 to 1^ fl. drachm. 

Elixir Acetanilide Compound. 

Several differing preparations by this name are found in the mar- 
ket, the two most in demand are 

Acetanilide, 160 grains 

Salol, 64 grains 

Phenacetine, 128 grains 

Citrated Caffeine, 64 grains 

Tartaric Acid, 32 grains 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 196 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix, dissolve and filter. 

Acetanilide, 256 grains 

Caffeine, 32 grains 

Sodium Bromide, 640 grains 

Codeine Sulphate, 8 grains 

Tincture Gelsemium, 384 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix, dissolve and filter. 

Dose 1 to 2 fl. drachms. 

Elixir Aconite. 

Tincture Aconite Root, 256 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains two minims of the tincture. The 
dose is from ^ to a teaspoonful. This is a very safe and convenient 
preparation, as the dose of aconite can be regulated as desired. 

Elixir Adjuvans. 

Many elixirs are known under this name. Simple elixir is usually 
dispensed when elixir adjuvans is prescribed, unless some other prep- 
aration is known to be intended. In some localities an adjuvant elixir 
is much employed as a vehicle for quinine, for this purpose the follow- 
ing is considerably used : 



544 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Orange Peel, fresh, cut fine, 8 ounces av. 

Coriander Seed, 2 ounces av. 

Caraway Seed, crushed, 1 ounce av. 

Cardamom Seed, crushed, 2 ounces av. 

Wild Cherry Bark, crushed, 8 ounces av. 

Liquorice Root, crushed, 8 ounces av. 

Sugar, 32 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 2 pints 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Mix the drugs and pour the alcohol upon them, allow to stand for 
24 hours or longer, then transfer to a percolator, add two pints of 
water to the drugs and percolate, adding water through the percola- 
tor until 7 pints of tincture are obtained ; filter and dissolve the sugar 
in the filtrate. This may be made more rapidly by water-bath per- 
colation. 

A similar preparation is put up by some manufacturers under the 
names Elixir Liquorice Compound, Elixir Wild Cherry Compound, 
Quinine Elixir etc. 

It is chiefly used as an addition to other preparations, or as a vehicle 
for bitter medicines. Owing to the tannin contained in the wild 
cherry, it renders quinine insoluble, thus masking its bitter taste. 

ELIXIR ADJUVANS. U. S. Adjuvant Elixir. 

This is official in the U. S. P. as follows : 

Fluidextract of Glycyrrhiza, 120 Cc. or 3 fl. ounces 

Aromatic Elixir, (U. S. P.) 880 Cc. or 22 fl. ounces 

To make 1000 Cc. or 25 fl. ounces 

Mix and filter if necessary. 

This is one of the three elixirs official in the U. S. P. It is simply 
an Elixir of Liquorice, and is used as an addition to other medicines 
for the purpose of dilution, solution or to make them more palatable. 
Elixir Adjuvans of the National Formulary is as follows : 
Sweet Orange Peel, recently dried, 2 ounces 

Wild Cherry, 4 ounces 

Glycyrrhiza, (Russian) peeled, 8 ounces 

Coriander, 1 ounce 

Alcohol, 

Water, of each, a sufficient quantity, 

Syrup, enough to make 1 gallon 

Grind the wild cherry to a moderately coarse ,(No. 40) powder, 
moisten it with four fluid ounces of water and set it aside for twelve 
hours. Reduce the other solids also to a moderately coarse (No. 40) 
powder, mix this intimately with the wild cherry, and having mixed 
one volume of alcohol with two volumes of water, moisten the pow- 
der with four fluid ounces of the mixture, then pack tightly in a per- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 545 

colator. Gradually pour menstruum on top until 96 fluid ounces of 
percolate are obtained. Mix this with 32 fluid ounces of syrup and 
filter. 

This preparation is chiefly intended as a vehicle, particularly for 
acrid or saline remedies. 

Elixir Aletris Compound. 

Under this title many manufacturers put out an elixir which is sim- 
ilar to or the same as "Aletris Cordial." It is also quite similar to 
Elixir Helonias Compound, which see. 

Unicorn Root, 1 ounce 

False Unicorn Root, 1 ounce 

Mitchella, or Squaw Vine, 1 ounce 

Cramp Bark, y 2 ounce 

Blue Cohosh, y 2 ounce 

Sugar, 5 ounces 

Prepared Flavoring, 1 ounce 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s. to make I pint 

Percolate the drugs with the percolating menstruum until 13 ounces 

are obtained ; dissolve the sugar in the percolate and add the prepared 

flavoring. This may be made with fluidextracts and elixir if desired. 

Elixir Alkaline. Elixir Rhubarb Compound with Pancreatin. 

This is nearly double the strength of the elixir rhubarb and potas- 
sium, with the addition of 4 grains of saccharated pancreatin to each 
fluid ounce. It may be made as follows : 

Rhubarb fluidextract, 288 minims 

Cinnamon tincture, 1 fl. ounce 

Hydrastis fluidextract, 144 minims 

Peppermint spirit, 128 minims 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 288 grains 

Pancreatin, saccharated, 64 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix the liquids with the elixir and dissolve the potassium bicarbon- 
ate in the mixture by rubbing it in a mortar. Let stand and strain or 
filter. The dose is from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful, as an ant- 
acid, stomachic and laxative. See also Elixir Rhubarb and Potassium. 

Elixir Aloin. 

Aloin, 32 grains 

Elixir. 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the aloin by rubbing it with the elixir in a mortar, and fil- 
ter. A fl. drachm contains *4 grain of aloin. Dose, a teaspoonful to a 
tablespoonful as a laxative or cathartic. 



546 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Elixir Aloin and Strychnine. 
Strychnine Sulphate, 2 grains 

Hot Water, 2 fl. drachms 

Elixir Aloin, as above, 16 fl. ounces 

Rub the strychnine fine in the mortar and dissolve it by rubbing 
first with the hot water and then with separate portions of the elixir, 
and filter. A fl. drachm contains l /^ grain of aloin and 1 / 64 grain strych- 
nine. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Aloin, Strychnine and Belladonna. 

Aloin, 32 grains 

Strychnine, 2 grains 

Belladonna extract, 8 grains 

Hot Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir, 16 fl. ounces 

Rub the strychnine to a fine powder in a mortar and dissolve it in 
the hot water, soften the belladonna extract with the hot solution, add 
the aloin and rub them with the elixir until dissolved. After standing, 
filter. This represents in the form of an elixir a favorite combination 
much prescribed by physicians in the form of pills. It will therefore 
meet with favor if introduced to the notice of physicians. A fl. drachm 
contains Y\ grain aloin, 1 / 04 grain strychnine, and 1 / 1C grain belladonna 
extract. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Amarum. Bitter Elixir. 

Wormwood extract, 2 parts 

Peppermint oil-sugar, 1 part 

Water, 5 parts 

Aromatic tincture, 1 part 

Powdered Talc, 3 parts 

Dissolve the wormwood extract and the peppermint oil-sugar (oleo- 
saccharate) in the water, add the tinctures and the powdered talc, 
allow to stand 8 days with occasional agitation, and filter. 
An aromatic bitter elixir, official in the Ph. Ger. 1900. 

Elixir Ammonium Bromide. 
Ammonium Bromide, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir and filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 5 grains of ammonium bromide. The dose 
is from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Ammonium Chloride. Elixir Ammonia Muriate. 

Ammonium Chloride, in powder, 1280 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir and filter. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 547 

A fl. drachm contains 10 grains ammonium chloride. The dose is 
a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Ammonium Valerate. 

Ammonia Water, 10%, q. s., about iy 2 fl. drachms 

Ammonium Valerate, 256 grains 

Elixir, • 14 fl. ounces 

Syrup, iy 2 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the valerate in the elixir, and add the ammonia water to 
neutralize the solution, then add the syrup, and color with carmine 
solution or other red coloring. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of the salt. The dose is a teaspoonful 
to a dessertspoonful or more as an anodyne, nervine and hypnotic. 
The object of adding the ammonia water is to neutralize the free acid 
of the ammonium valerate, which is always present. The quantity 
specified is generally about right, but it may be tested with test- 
paper for excess of acid and made just right. This formula makes the 
preparation generally used, but some houses furnish an elixir contain- 
ing fluidextract of valerian 1 fl. ounce, in each pint, in addition to the 
above formula. Such an elixir may readily be made if desired, by ad- 
ding 1 fl. ounce fluidextract valerian and filtering. It is thought to be 
more effective when thus made. 

Elixir Ammonium Valerate with Hydrated Chloral. 
Hydrated Chloral, crystallized, 640 grains 

Elixir Ammonium Valerate, q. s. to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the hydrated chloral in the elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 5 grains hydrated chloral combined with the 
elixir. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful or more as a 
hypnotic and anodyne. 

Elixir Ammonium Valerate and Iron. 
Iron Pyrophosphate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl.ounce 

Elixir Ammonium Valerate, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in water by the aid of heat, and add the elixir. 
A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of iron and 2 grains of ammonium val- 
erate . The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. Other salts of 
iron may be added to the elixir ammonium valerate in the same way. 

Elixir Ammonium Valerate and Morphine. 

Morphine Sulphate, 16 grains 

Elixir Ammonium Valerate, 1 pint 

Dissolve the morphine salt in the elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains ammonium valerate and % grain 
morphine sulphate. The dose is a teaspoonful. This is one of the 
most desirable combinations as a hypnotic and anodyne. 



548 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Elixir Ammonium Valerate and Quinine. 

Quinine Sulphate, 64 grains 

Ammonium Valerate, 256 grains 

Ammonia Water, 20 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the quinine salt to a smooth mixture with the elixir, and add 
the valerate. When the quinine is entirely dissolved, add the am- 
monia water. This may be colored with a little carmine coloring if 
desired. 

A fl.drachm contains 2 grains of ammonium valerate and l / 2 grain 
quinine sulphate. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful or 
more. A great variety of combinations may be made with this elixir 
by adding other salts, as strychnine, iron etc. 

Elixir Ammonium Valerate and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 2 grains 

Elixir Ammonium Valerate, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, and filter, or add 2 fl. drachms of strychnine solution to a 
pint of the elixir. 

A fl.drachm contains 2 grains ammonium valerate and 1 / 64 grain 
strychnine. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

An elixir is also made containing double the quantity of strychnine, 
or 4 grains to a fl.drachm. 

Elixir Analgesic. 

Acetanilide, 256 grains 

Sodium Bromide, 32 grains 

Caffeine Citrate, 64 grains 

Camphor Monobromate, 32 grains 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 256 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the powders in a mortar with separate portions of the elixir to 
dissolve. 

A fl.drachm contains 2 grains acetanilide, % grain each, sodium bro- 
mide and camphor monobromate, y 2 grain caffeine citrate and 2 grains 
sodium bicarbonate. 

Elixir Anise. Anise Seed Cordial. 

Anise Seed, in fine powder, 1 ounce 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Percolate or macerate and filter. 

Or from the oils as directed in the Xew York and Brooklyn For- 
mulary : 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 549 

Oil of Anise, Saxony,, 25 minims 

Oil of Fennel, ("Sweet"), 5 minims 

Oil of Bitter Almonds, 2 minims 

Deodorized Alcohol, 4 fl. ounces 

Syrup, 10 fl. ounces 

Water, 2 rl. ounces 

Calcium Phosphate, 120 grains 

Mix the oils with the deodorized alcohol, add the syrup and water, 

and set aside for 12 hours; then mix with calcium phosphate and filter 

clear. 

This elixir is used as an aromatic vehicle, or addition to medicines, 

especially for children. 

Elixir Anti-Asthmatic (Dr. Hare). 
Sodium Iodide, 256 grains 

Sodium Bromide, 256 grains 

Fluidextract Euphorbia Pilulifera, 384 minims 

Spirit of Nitroglycerin, U. S., 65 minims 

Tincture Lobelia, 32 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix the liquids with 12 fl. ounces of elixir, dissolve the salts in the 

mixture and add enough elixir to make 1 pint. Dose 1 to 2 fl. drachms. 

Elixir Antimony and Potassium Tartrate. Elixir Tartar Emetic. 

Antimony and Fotassium Tartrate, 16 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt by rubbing with separate portions of the elixir and 
filter. 

A fl. drachm contains % grain tartar emetic. The dose is a teaspoon- 
ful to a dessertspoonful. This elixir is a very convenient form in 
which to exhibit this salt, as the dose may be regulated as desired. 

Elixir Antipyrine. 

Antipyrine, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the antipyrine in the elixir, by rubbing them together in 
a mortar. 

A fl. drachm contains 5 grains of the salt. The dose is a teaspoonful 
or more. 

ELIXIR AROMATICUM. U. S. Aromatic Elixir. 
This is official in the U. S. P. as follows : 

Compound Spirit of Orange, . 12 Cc. or 12 fl. drachms 

Syrup, 375 Cc. or 48 fl. ounces 

Purified Talc, 30 Gm. or 7>H ounces av. 

Alcohol, 

Distilled Water, each a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 1 gallon 



550 The Fenner Formulary Part 11. 

"To the compound spirit of orange add enough alcohol to make 250 
Cc. (or 32 fl.ounces). To this solution add the syrup in several por- 
tions, agitating after each addition, and afterwards add, in the same 
manner 375 Cc. (or 48 fl.ounces) of distilled water. Mix the purified 
talc intimately with the liquid, and then filter through a wetted filter, 
returning the first portions of the filtrate until a transparent liquid is 
obtained. Lastly, wash the filter with a mixture of 1 volume of al- 
cohol and 3 volumes of distilled water until the product measures 1000 
Cc. (or 1 gallon). "<U. S. 

This is a "simple elixir" of orange flavor which may be used as a 
basis for other elixirs, a dilutent for active medicines or a solvent 
for salts exhibited in the form of elixirs. Its simple orange flavor, 
although generally agreeable, is not so satisfactory for most purposes 
as the "Elixir" directed in the formulas for elixirs in this section. 

Elixir Aromatic. 

Several elixirs are known by the name of Aromatic Elixir ; in fact, 
it is the general name for elixirs as a class, some manufacturers call- 
ing all their elixirs aromatic elixirs ; but the name is applied in phar- 
macy generally to the simple or aromatic elixir prepared from sub- 
stances instead of from their oils. The following formulae may be used : 

Orange Peel, fresh, cut fine, 

Lemon Peel, fresh, cut fine, 

Coriander Seed, in fine powder, 

Caraway Seed, in fine powder, 

Anise Seed, in fine powder, 

Cinnamon Bark, (Saigon), in fine powder, 

Sugar, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Macerate the drugs for 48 hours with the alcohol, then add 4 pints of 
water, and continue the maceration for 48 hours longer, pour off the 
liquid, transfer the drugs to a percolator, and percolate with the 
poured-off tincture until it has all passed, then add water through the 
percolator to make the measure 6y 2 pints ; filter clear through a little 
magnesium carbonate, and dissolve the sugar in the filtrate, adding 
water if necessary to make a gallon. 

This elixir is used the same as simple elixir as a base for other 
elixirs, and as a vehicle for medicines etc., but it is inadmissible for 
making elixirs containing iron, bismuth, and other salts which are 
changed or precipitated by astringent principles. 

Elixir Arsenic. Elixir Potassium Arsenite. 

Fowler's Solution of Arsenic, 640 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 



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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 551 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 5 minims of Fowler's solution. 
Dose, a teaspoonful. This is a safe and convenient preparation, the 
dose of arsenic being regulated as desired without danger. The com- 
binations of arsenic and quinine will be found under quinine elixirs. 

Elixir Arsenic and Mercury Iodide. 

Donovan's Solution of Arsenic 

and Mercury Iodide, 640 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 5 minims Donovan's Solution. 
Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Arsenic and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 2 grains 

Elixir Arsenic, . 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine sulphate by rubbing with the elixir in a 
mortar, or add 2 drachms of strychnine solution to a pint of the elixir 
of arsenic and filter. A fl. drachm contains 5 minims of Fowler's 
Solution and 1 / 64 grain strychnine sulphate. 

Elixir Atropine. 
Atropine Sulphate, 2 grains 

Elixir, • 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt by rubbing in a mortar with separate portions of 
the elixir, and filter if necessary. A fl. drachm contains 1 / 64 grain of 
atropine sulphate. For internal use this is a safe and reliable prepar- 
ation. It may be given in doses of from 10 to 20 minims. 

Elixir Beef. 

Liebig's Extract of Beef, 1 ounce av. 

Citric Acid, 5 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the extract with the elixir in a mortar, add the citric acid, and 
after standing for some time filter. 

As each ounce of Liebig's Extract of Meat represents the soluble 
constituents of 32 ounces of fresh beef, a tablespoonful (y 2 fl. ounce) 
of the elixir represents one ounce of fresh beef. The dose is from a 
dessert to a tablespoonful or more. Many manufacturers make the 
preparations of beef with only ]/ 2 ounce of beef extract to a pint. 

Elixir Beef and Iron. 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 64 grains 

Elixir of Beef, 1 pint 

Dissolve the iron salt by rubbing with separate portions of the 

elixir, filter if necessary ; or add to the elixir an equivalent quantity of 

solution iron and ammonium citrate. Half fl. ounce (a tablespoonful) 

of this elixir represents one ounce of fresh beef and and two grains of 



552 The Fenner For miliary Part II. 

soluble citrate of iron. The dose is from a dessert to tablespoonful or 
more. This elixir is preferable in many respects to Wine of Beef and 
Iron, for the reason that it is much more uniform, and will not pre- 
cipitate as the wine is liable to do. 

Elixir Beef, Iron and Cinchona. 

Quinine Sulphate, 5 grains 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, 10 grains 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 64 grains 

Elixir of Beef, 1 pint 

Rub the salts with separate portions of the elixir until dissolved, 
and filter if necessary. 

Half a fl.ounce (a tablespoonful) represents one ounce of fresh beef, 
and the more important alkaloidal salts of about 8 grains of cinchona, 
with two grains of soluble citrate of iron. The dose is from a tea- 
spoonful to a tablespoonful. 

This is preferable to the Wine of Beef, Iron and Cinchona, for the 
same reasons as above stated. 

Elixir Belladonna. 

Belladonna Leaves, in coarse powder, 256 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Macerate the powder with the elixir as directed and filter. 
A fl. drachm represents 2 grains of belladonna leaves. The dose is 
from 20 to 60 minims, or more. This is a very convenient prepara- 
tion, as the dose of belladonna can be better regulated than in stronger 
preparations. 

This may be conveniently prepared from fl. extract of belladonna 
leaves by mixing 16 minims of the fluid extract with enough elixir to 
make 1 fl.ounce. 

Elixir Berberine. 
Berberine Sulphate, or Hydrochloride, 64 grains 

Alcohol, 2 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 14 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the berberine salt first in the alcohol by gentle heat of 
water-bath, then add the elixir. 

A fl.drachm contains y 2 grain of the salt. The dose is from 1 to 2 
teaspoonfuls. 

The berberine salts were formerly known by the name of Hydras- 
tin, as muriate of hydrastin etc. 

Elixir Berberine, Bismuth and Iron. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 64 grains 

Elixir Berberine and Iron, 1 pint 

Rub the bismuth salt with the elixir, add a few drops of ammonia 
water to dissolve, and, after standing, filter. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 553 

A fl. drachm contains l / 2 grain each of bismuth, iron and berberine. 
Dose, i to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

Elixir Berberine and Iron. 

Iron Pyrophosphate, 64 grains 

Hot Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Berberine, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in the hot water and add the elixir to the 
solution. 

A fl. drachm contains about y 2 grain each of iron and berberine. 

Dose, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

Elixir Bismuth. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 256 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Ammonia Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Rub the bismuth salt with two ounces of the elixir in a mortar, and 
gradually add ammonia water drop by drop, until the turbid solution 
becomes clear, or nearly clear, then add the remainder of the elixir, 
and after standing a few hours, filter. The ammonia water is added 
to dissolve the insoluble bismuth citrate that may be present in the 
compound salt. This depends much upon the age and exposure of the 
salt, as it loses ammonia when exposed. An equivalent quantity of 
solution of bismuth citrate may be used, instead of the ammonium 
citrate. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of soluble bismuth citrate. 
The dose is 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

Elixir Bismuth and Iron. 
Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir Bismuth, 1 pint 

Rub the iron salt with separate portions of the liquid to dissolve. 
A fl. drachm contains 2 grains soluble citrate of bismuth and 1 grain 
soluble iron citrate. Dose, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

Elixir Bismuth, Iron and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1 grain 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir of Bismuth, 8 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 8 fl. ounces 

Rub the strychnine salt and iron salt with separate portions of 
elixir until dissolved ; then add the elixir bismuth, and after standing, 
filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 / 12S grain strychnine and 1 grain each soluble 
citrates of bismuth and iron. The dose is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

This may be made by adding equivalent quantities of solution of 
strychnine sulphate and iron citrate to elixir bismuth, mixed with an 
equal quantity of elixir. 



554 The Fenner Formulary Par* II. 

Elixir Bismuth and Strychnine. 
Strychnine Sulphate, 2 grains 

Elixir Bismuth, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine by rubbing with the elixir bismuth, or 
add to the elixir bismuth 2 fl. drachms solution strychnine sulphate, 
and, after standing, filter. 

A fl. drachm of this elixir contains 2 grains of soluble bismuth and 
one sixty-fourth grain sulphate of strychnine. The dose is ]/ 2 to 1 
teaspoonful. 

Elixir Blackberry. 
Blackberry Root, in coarse powder. 2 ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. This may also be made by mixing: 
Fluidextract of Blackberry, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 14 fl. ounces 

and filtering. 

A fl. drachm contains 7 grains of blackberry root. The dose is from 
1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

Elixir Black Cohosh or Cimicifuga. 
Black Cohosh, in powder, 2 ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 flounce 

Make by percolation as directed. 
It may also be made by mixing: 

Fluidextract Black Cohosh, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 12 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 2 fl. ounces 

After standing a few davs. filter. A fl. drachm contains 7 grains of 



i t? 



blach cohosh. The dose is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 
Elixir Black Cohosh Compound. 
Black Cohosh, in coarse powder, 1 ounce av. 

Colchicum Root, in coarse powder, 1 ounce av. 

Potassium Iodide, 256 grains 

Percolating Menstruum, 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as dircted, and dissolve the iodide in the per- 
colate. 

This may also be made by mixing one ounce each of fl. extracts of 
black cohosh and colchicum with 14 ounces of elixir, and dissolving 
the iodide in the elixir. 



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555 



A fl. drachm contains 3/2 grains each of black cohosh and colchi- 
cum, and 2 grains of potassium iodide. The dose is a teaspoonful or 
more for rheumatism and neuralgia. 

Elixir Black Haw. 

Fluidextract Black Haw, 2 . fl. ounces 

Elixir, 14 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents 7 grains of Black Haw. 
Compound Elixirs, of Black Haw are given under Elixir Viburnum 
Compound, which see. 

Elixir Brom-Acetan-Caffeine. 

Potassium Bromide, 640 grains 

Acetanilide, 256 grains 

Caffeine, 128 grains 

Glycerin, 4 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 4 fl. ounces 

Water, 5 fl. ounces 

Prepared Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Dissolve the acetanilide in the alcohol by the aid of heat of a. water- 
bath, add the water and glycerin, previously heated together, and 
dissolve the potassium bromide and caffeine in the mixture, then add 
the prepared flavoring. Color if desired with a little caramel, and 
filter. A fl. drachm contains 5 grains potassium bromide, 2 grains 
acetanilide, and one grain caffeine. This is an excellent combination 



for headache, nervous irritation, neuralgia, pain etc. 
iy 2 teaspoonful. 



The dose is 1 to 



Elixir Bromides Compound. Elixir Five Bromides. 

Sodium Bromide, 384 grains 

Potassium Bromide, 384 grains 

Calcium Bromide, 384 grains 

Lithium Bromide, 384 grains 

Ammonium Bromide, 384 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the bromides in the elixir by the aid of gentle heat. 



A 



fl. drachm contains 3 grains each of the five bromides. Dose a tea- 
spoonful, in water. 

Elixir Brom-Iodide of Calcium Compound. 

Tilden's Solution of Iodo-Bromide Calcium 

Compound, 2 l / 2 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract of Sarsaparilla Compound, 1 fl.ounce 

Elixir, 8 fl.ounces 

Syrup, sufficient to make 1 pint 
Mix and filter if necessary. 



556 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Tilden's Elixir lodo-Bromide of Calcium Compound is a proprie- 
tary preparation which has had a large sale. The solution of iodo- 
bromide of calcium, as it is named by Tilden & Co., is prepared from 
the Bittern which remains after the crystallization of salt from natural 
salt-water springs. It contains iodine, bromine, calcium, and a num- 
ber of other substances in solution. As this solution cannot be eco- 
nomically made from the substances themselves, and would be unlike 
the proprietary preparation with which the public is familiar, it is bet- 
ter to make the elixir when desired from Tilden's solution, as above. 

This elixir is used as an alterative, in doses of a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Bromo-Caffeine. 

Potassium Bromide, 640 grains 

Caffeine, 128 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the potassium bromide and the caffeine in the elixir and 

filter. This may be colored if desired with a little caramel. A fl. 

drachm represents 5 grains potassium bromide, and one grain caffeine. 

- The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful for headache etc. 

Elixir Buchu. 

Buchu Leaves, in coarse powder, 4 ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s. about 18 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. 

This elixir may be made from Fluidextract Buchu as follows : 
Fluidextract Buchu, 4 fl. ounces 

Magnesium Carbonate, 2 drachms 

Elixir, 12 fl. ounces 

Rub the fl. extract with magnesium carbonate in a mortar, and the 
elixir, and filter, adding enough elixir through the filter to make a 
pint. 

A fl. drachm represents 14 grains buchu. The dose is a teaspoonful 
to a tablespoonful. 

The New York and Brooklyn Formulary directs Elixir Buchu to 
be prepared from fluidextract buchu, 2 fl. ounces ; fluidextract triti- 
cum, 1 fl. ounce ; tincture vanilla, 1 fl. drachm ; syrup of coffee, 6 fl. 
ounces; magnesium carbonate, 120 grains, with simple elixir enough 
to make a pint. 

The Nat. Formulary directs : fluidextract of buchu, 2 fl. ounces ; 
alcohol, 1 fl. ounce; syrup, 1 fl. ounce ; purified talcum, 120 grains; ad- 
juvant elixir, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. A fl. drachm represents 
about yy 2 grains buchu. 



Fart II. 



Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 



557 



Elixir Buchu Compound. Elixir Buchu and Pareira Brava 

Buchu, in coarse powder, 
Stone Root, in coarse powder, 
Pareira Brava, in coarse powder, 
Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q 



s., about 



Sugar, 



2 ounces av. 

i ounce av. 
i ounce av. 
18 flounces 
5 ounces av. 
i fl. ounce 



Soluble Flavoring, 

Make by percolation as directed. 

This elixir may be made by mixing the fl. extracts of the drugs with 
elixir as directed. 

A fl. drachm represents 7 grains buchu, 3^2 grains each, Pareira 
Brava and Stone Root. The dose is from a teaspoonful to a table- 
spoonful. 

Several other preparations are furnished under the name of elixir 
buchu compound. 

The Nat. Form, directs : Compound fluidextract buchu, 4 fl.ounces ; 
alcohol, 1 fl. ounce ; syrup, 1 fl. ounce ; purified talcum, 120 grains; ad- 
juvant elixir, enough to make if fl.ounces. A fl. drachm represents 15 
minims of compound fluidextract of buchu. 

Elixir Buchu, Junipei and Potassium Acetate. 
Diuretic Elixir, Wayne's Diuretic Elixir. 



2 ounces av. 
1 ounce av. 
640 grains 
1 fl. ounce 
5 ounces av. 
18 fl.ounces 



Buchu, in coarse powder, 
Juniper Berries, crushed, 
Potassium Acetate, 
Soluble Favoring, 
Sugar, 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 
Make by percolation as directed. 

This may also be made with fluidextracts of buchu and juniper 
mixed with elixir, filtered through magnesium carbonate, and potas- 
sium acetate dissolved in the filtrate. 

A fl. drachm contains 7 grains buchu, 3^ grains juniper, and 5 
grains potassium acetate. The dose is from a teaspoonful to a table- 
spoonful. 

By adding to this 1 fl. ounce of fluidextract of uva ursi the Elixir 
Buchu, Juniper, Uva Ursi and Potassium Acetate may be made. 

Elixir Buchu and Potassium Acetate. 

The Nat. Form, gives the following formula : 

Potassium Acetate, 640 grains 

Elixir Buchu, enough to make 16 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the potassium acetate in about 12 fl.ounces of elixir buchu, 
filter if necessary, and add enough elixir buchu to make the measure 



558 The Fe niter Formulary Fart II. 

\6 fl. ounces. A fl. drachm represents 5 grains potassium acetate and 
about 7 grains buchu. 

Elixir Caffeine. 

The National Formulary formula is : 

Caffeine, 128 grains 

Diluted Hydrobromic Acid, 32 grains 

Syrup of Coffee, 4 fl. ounces 

Aromatic Elixir, enough to make 16 fl. ounces 

Rub the caffeine in a mortar with the diluted hydrobromic acid 
and about 2 fl. ounces of the aromatic elixir, until solution is effected. 
Then add the syrup of coffee and lastly enough aromatic elixir to 
make 16 fl. ounces. Filter if necessary. 
A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of caffeine. 

Elixir Calcium Bromide. 

Calcium Bromide, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir and filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 5 grains calcium bromide. The dose is from 
1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

Elixir Calcium Hypophosphite. 

Calcium Hypophosphite, 256 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Rub the salt to a fine powder and dissolve by rubbing with separate 
portions of the elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains calcium hypophosphite. 
The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 
Elixirs of other hypophosphites, as sodium hypophosphite etc., 
may be made in the same proportion. 

Elixir Calcium Iodide. 

Calcium Iodide, 128 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Dissolve the calcium iodide in the elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of the salt. The dose is a teaspoonful 
or more. 

Elixir Calcium Lactophosphate. 

Solution Calcium Lactophosphate, 2 fl'.ounces 

Elixir, 14 fl. ounces 

Mix and filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of calcium lactophosphate. The dose 
is a teaspoonful or two. 



Part II. Drugs. Chemicals and Preparations 559 

Elixir Calcium Lactophosphate with Pepsin. 

Pepsin, saccharated. 256 grains 

Elixir Calcium Lactophosphate. 1 pint 

Macerate the pepsin in the elixir for several days and filter. 
A rl. drachm contains 2 grains each lime lactophosphate and pepsin. 
A great variety of other combinations of the lactophosphates with 
other substances may be made up in the form of elixirs, by adding the 
solutions of lactophosphates to the required elixirs, or other sub- 
stances to elixirs of lactophosphates. 

Elixir of Calisaya or Cinchona. 

Elixirs of calisaya or cinchona and their compounds have been the 
best known and most popular of any brought to the notice of the pub- 
lic. Some manufacturers have introduced them as elixir "calisaya,*' 
while others have adopted the name "cinchona,' but the former is 
probably the most popular name. 

The simple elixir of calisaya or cinchona is much prescribed as a 
tonic, and is used as the base of compound elixirs of calisaya or cin- 
chona. It may be made either from the bark or the alkaloidal salts. 

When made from the bark the elixir must be "detannated" for com- 
bining with salts of iron ; but when made from the alkaloidal salts 
this is avoided, and the elixir designed to be combined with iron is 
now generally made from the salts. The following are the formulas 
for making elixir calisaya : 

Made from the Bark, 

Calisaya Bark, 

Orange Peel, fresh. 

Cinnamon Bark, "Saigon." 

Coriander Seed, 

Red Rose Leaves. 

Xutmesr, 

Star Anise, 

Sugar, 

Alcohol, deodorized, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Grind the calisaya bark, cinnamon, coriander, nutmeg and anise to a 
Xo. 50 powder, and having mixed a pint of alcohol with half a pint of 
water, moisten the powder with half a pint of the mixture, and macer- 
ate in a warm place for one day. then transfer to the water-bath per- 
colator, pack firmly, pour upon it the remainder of the menstruum, 
and set in a warm place for one day. Then heat very moderately, 
and after one hour, begin to percolate, adding water to the drugs after 
the liquid has disappeared from the surface, and continuing the heat 
and percolation until 4 pints have passed. To this add the whites of 



Detannated. 




8 


ounces av. 


8 


ounces av. 


1/2 


ounces av. 


1/2 


ounces av. 


1/2 


ounces av. 


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ounce av. 


y* 


ounce av. 


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38 


fl. ounces 


1 


gallon 



560 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

3 eggs, previously beaten with a portion of the percolate, and allow to 
stand one day; then heat the liquid to ic)0 F. for 5 minutes and set 
aside to cool ; when cool filter through a muslin strainer. Chop the 
orange peel fine, reduce the red rose leaves to a coarse powder, and 
having mixed them together, put in a closed vessel with the remain- 
der (22 fl. ounces) of the alcohol. Macerate in a warm place, with 
occasional agitation, for two days, then pour off the liquid and re- 
serve. Transfer the drugs, (orange and rose) to a conical percolator, 
and percolate first with the detannated calisaya percolate, and then 
with water until 5 pints have passed ; add this to the reserved portion, 
dissolve the sugar in the liquid, add enough water to make 1 gallon, 
and, after standing a few days, filter through double filter paper. 

Although this is a little more trouble to make than many of the 
elixirs, it leaves nothing to be desired for those who wish a first-class 
elixir calisaya made from the bark. 

This elixir may be colored if desired with cochineal coloring and 
caramel. When dispensed as elixir calisaya it is generally colored, 
but left plain for making compounds. This' elixir may be made from 
the fluidextract of calisaya bark by mixing 1 fl. ounce with a pint of 
elixir, adding the white of an egg, agitating, and after standing 24 
hours, heating to iox) F., and when cool filtering. 

A fl. drachm represents about 4 grains of calisaya, with aromatics. 
The dose is from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya or Cinchona made from the Alkaloidal Salts. 

Quinine Sulphate, 60 grains 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, 90 grains 

Citric Acid, 20 grains 

Ammonia Water, sufficient, or 1 fl. drachm 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Rub the quinine and the cinchonidine salts with half a pint of the 
elixir, and the citric acid with another half pint, and mix the solu- 
tions ; add to the mixture 7 pints of the elixir, and set in a warm place 
until the solution is clear ; then add enough ammonia water to neutral- 
ize the acid and filter. (Before the ammonia water is added the elixir 
has a fluorescent or bluish appearance. Enough ammonia should be 
added to remove this, but not leave any odor of ammonia in the prep- 
aration after shaking. The quantity specified is correct if the official 
10 percent, ammonia water is used). 

If it is desired to dispense this as elixir calisaya, it may be colored 
with cochineal and caramel coloring, but if for combining, it should 
not be colored. 

This elixir represents the more important properties of the bark in 
about the same proportion as contained in an average good quality of 
bark. The dose is from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 561 

Elixir Calisaya with Beef Extract. 

Liebig's Extract of Meat, y 2 ounce av. 

Elixir Calisaya, i pint 

Rub the extract with the elixir until they are uniformly mixed, mac- 
erate for a few clays and filter. 

The dose is from a dessert to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya and Bismuth. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Water, .1 fl.ounce 

Elixir Calisaya, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the bismuth in the water, by the aid of a few drops of 
ammonia water, add the elixir, and filter ; or add x / 2 fl.ounce solution 
of bismuth citrate to a pint of elixir calisaya. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of bismuth combined with elixir cali- 
saya. The dose is one to two teaspoonfuls. 

Elixir Calisaya, Bismuth and Pepsin. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir Calisaya and Pepsin, 1 pint 

Dissolve the bismuth salt in 1 ounce of water, by the aid of a few 
drops of ammonia water, and add to the elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains pepsin and 1 grain bismuth, com- 
bined with elixir calisaya. 

Elixir Calisaya, Bismuth and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 2 grains 

Elixir Calisaya and Bismuth, 5 grains 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 2 fl. drachms solution of strychnine to a pint of the 
elixir and filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of bismuth, 1 / 64 grain strychnine com- 
bined with elixir calisaya. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya Ferrated. 
Elixir Calisaya with Iron Citrate. Ferrated Elixir Cinchona. 
Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir Calisaya, 1 pint 

Dissolve the iron salt by rubbing with successive portions of the 
elixir, or use an equivalent quantity of solution iron and ammonium 
citrate. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of the iron salt combined with elixir 
calisaya. The dose is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls or more. 

The elixir of calisaya and iron citrate is of a dark wine color, sim- 
ilar in appearance to Weyth's Ferrated Elixir of Cinchona. 



562 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

Elixir Calisaya Ferrated with Bismuth. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Bismuth Citrate. Ferrated Elixir 

Cinchona with Bismuth. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate. 128 grains 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Calisaya, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the bismuth in the water by the aid of a few drops of am- 
monia water ; dissolve the iron salt in the elixir by rubbing with 
successive portions of it ; then add the solution of bismuth and filter. 
This may be made by adding y 2 ounce each, solution of bismuth 
and ammonium citrate, and solution of iron and ammonium citrate to 
15 ounces of elixir calisaya. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain bismuth and 1 grain iron, combined 
with elixir calisaya. Dose, a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Calisaya Ferrated, with Bismuth and Strychnine. 
Elixir Calisaya, Iron, Bismuth and Strychnine. 
Ferrated Elixir Cinchona with Bismuth and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1 grain 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Calisaya, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, then dissolve the iron salt in the same manner. Dissolve 
the bismuth salt in the water by the aid of a few drops of ammonia 
water, and add to the solution ; then, after standing, filter. 

This may also be made by adding 1 fl. drachm solution of strychnine 
sulphate to a pint of elixir calisaya ferrated with bismuth, or by add- 
ing equivalent quantities of solutions of iron citrate, bismuth citrate 
and strychnine sulphate to elixir calisaya. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain each, iron and bismuth, and 1 / 128 grain 
of strychnine sulphate with elixir calisaya. 

This is a dark wine-colored elixir, better known, perhaps, by the 
name elixir cinchona, iron, bismuth and strychnine. A light-colored 
elixir is made with iron pyrophosphate instead of the citrate. 

Elixir Calisaya Ferrated with Strychnine. 
Elixir Cinchona, Iron and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, i 1 /^ grain 

Elixir Calisaya Ferrated, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 1% fl. drachm of solution strychnine sulphate to a 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 563 

pint of ferrated elixir calisaya. A fl. drachm contains I grain of iron 
citrate, and 1 / 100 grain strychnine sulphate, combined with elixir cal- 
isaya. The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

This is a dark wine-colored elixir, better known by the name elixir 
cinchona, iron and strychnine. Light greenish-colored elixirs of cal- 
isaya, iron and strychnine are made with soluble iron phosphate or 
iron pyrophosphate. 

Elixir Calisaya Ferri-phosphated with Pepsin. 
Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Pepsin. 

Saccharated Pepsin, 256 grains 

Elixir Calisaya Ferri-phosphated, I pint 

Mix the pepsin with the elixir and macerate, with occasional agita- 
tion, for a few days, then filter. By warming to about I20°F., this 
may be made in a few hours. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains each, iron phosphate and pepsin, com- 
bined with elixir calisaya. Dose, a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir calisaya, iron and pepsin may also be made by combining 
pepsin with elixir calisaya ferrated, or elixir calisaya and iron pyro- 
phosphate in the same manner as above directed. 

Elixir Calisaya Ferri-phosphated with Pepsin and Strychnine. 
Elixir Calisaya, Iron, Pepsin and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, i 1 /^ grain 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Pepsin, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 1% fl. drachm of solution strychnine sulphate to a 
pint of elixir calisaya, iron and pepsin. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains each, iron phosphate and pepsin, and 
V100 grain strychnine sulphate combined with elixir calisaya. Dose, 
a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir calisaya, iron, pepsin and strychnine may also be made from 
elixirs of calisaya, iron and strychnine by macerating 256 grains of 
pepsin in a pint of the elixir, as directed. 

Elixir Calisaya Ferri-phosphated with Strychnine. 
Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1% grains 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 256 grains 

Water, iy 2 fl.ounces 

Elixir Calisaya, 14 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the strychnine salt first in the water by the aid of heat, 
then add the soluble iron phosphate, a portion at a time, until all is 
dissolved, to this add the elixir calisaya, and, after standing, filter. 
A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron phosphate and 1 / m grain strych-- 



564 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

nine sulphate, combined with elixir calisaya. Dose, a teaspoonful or 
more. 

This is the best one of the elixirs calisaya, iron and strychnine. It 
cannot be combined with bismuth or other salts or solutions which are 
precipitated with acids. 

Elixir Calisaya with Hypophosphites Compound. 
Calcium Hypophosphite, 256 grains 

Sodium Hypophosphite, 128 grains 

Elixir Calisaya, 15 fl. ounces 

Hypophosphorous Acid, 1 fl. ounce 

Rub the hypophosphites to a fine powder, then with the elixir cal- 
isaya and add the hypophosphorous acid ; when dissolved, filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 3 grains hypophosphites combined with elixir 
calisaya. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya and Iron with Beef Extract. 
Liebig's Extract of Meat, ]/ 2 ounce av. 

Elixir Calisaya, Ferrated, 1 pint 

Rub the extract with the elixir until they are uniformly mixed, mac- 
erate for a few days and filter. 

The dose is a dessertspoonful or more. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Bismuth, with Beef Extract. 
Elixir Calisaya, Iron, Bismuth and Beef. 
Liebig's Extract of Meat, y 2 ounce av. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Bismuth, 1 pint 

Rub the extract with the elixir until they are uniformly mixed, 
macerate for a few days and filter. 

The dose is from a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Bismuth, with Lactopeptine. 

Lactopeptine, 256 grains 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Bismuth, 1 pint 

Mix and macerate in a warm place for several days, then filter 
through cloth. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains lactopeptine, 2 grains iron and 1 grain 
bismuth, combined with elixir calisaya. 
Dose, a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron Chloride and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, . 2 grains 

Elixir Calisaya with Tinct. Iron Citro-chloride, 16 fl. ounces 
Dissolve the strychnine sulphate by rubbing in a mortar with separ- 
ate portions of the elixir. A teaspoonful dose contains 1 / 64 grain 
strychnine with elixir calisaya and citro-chloride of iron. 

Many other combinations of this form of elixir calisaya and iron 
may be advantageously made, but it is not compatible with elixirs con- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 565 

taining bismuth. When pepsin is desired, without bismuth, in com- 
bination with calisaya, this is an excellent vehicle. 

Elixir Calisaya with Lactopeptine. 
Lactopeptine, 256 grains 

Elixir Calisaya, 1 pint 

Mix and macerate in a warm place for several days, then filter 
through cloth. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains lactopeptine, combined with elixir 
calisaya. Dose, a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya and Iron Phosphate. Elixir Calisaya Ferri-Phosphated. 

Elixir Bark and Iron. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 256 grains 

Water, 1^2 fl. ounces 

Elixir Calisaya, 14 fl. ounces 

Disolve the iron phosphate in the water by the aid of heat and add 
the elixir ; after standing, filter. 

Elixir Calisaya and Iron Phosphate. Elixir Calisaya Ferri-Phosphated. 
Elixir Calisaya and Iron Phosphate. Elixir Bark and Iron. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 256 grains 

Water, V/ 2 fl.ounces 

Elixir Calisaya, 14 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the iron phosphate in the water by the aid of heat, and 
add the elixir; after standing, filter. 

This is a fine elixir of calisaya with soluble iron phosphate. It can- 
not be used for combining with ammonio-citrate of bismuth, because 
it is an acid solution ; but for most purposes is preferrable to the 
elixir made with iron pyrophosphate. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of iron phosphate combined with el- 
ixir calisaya. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. The elixirs of cal- 
isaya and iron phosphate which are called "ferri-phosphated" in this 
Formulary are of a light greenish color. They are the best forms of 
elixir "bark and iron." 

Elixir calisaya and iron pyrophosphate is similar in appearance and 
properties to this. 

Elixir Calisaya and Iron Pyrophosphate. 
"Ferro-phosphorated" Elixir of Calisaya. "Ferrated Cordial Elixir." 

Iron Pyrophosphate, 256 grains 

Water, iy 2 fl.ounces 

Elixir Calisaya, 14 fl.ounces 

Heat the water, and add the iron salt, a portion at a time, until all is 
dissolved, then add the elixir calisaya, and, after standing, filter. This 
may also be made by adding an equivalent quantity of solution iron 
pyrophosphate to the elixir calisaya. 



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Part II. 



A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of iron pyrophosphate combined with 
elixir calisaya. 

This is similar in appearance to Elixir Calisaya and Iron Phosphate, 
but is a neutral instead of a slightly acid elixir. It is the popular 
"Ferro-phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya" which has been so long and 
favorably known on the market. When it is desired to make a light- 
colored elixir calisaya and iron to combine with bismuth, this elixir 
is the one used. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron Pyrophosphate and Bismuth. 
Ferro-phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya with Bismuth. 
Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Calisaya and Iron Pyrophosphate, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the bismuth salt in the water by the aid of a few drops of 
ammonia water, and add the elixir calisaya and iron. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain bismuth and 2 grains iron combined 
with elixir calisaya. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. This is the 
only light-colored elixir- of calisaya and iron with which bismuth may 
be combined. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron Pyrophosphate, Bismuth and Pepsin. 
Elixir Calisaya, Iron, Bismuth and Pepsin. 
Saccharated Pepsin, 256 grains 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron Pyrophosphate and 

Bismuth, 1 pint 

Mix and macerate for several days with occasional agitation, then 
filter through cloth. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains each of iron and 
pepsin, and 1 grain of bismuth, combined with elixir calisaya. The 
dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron Pyrophosphate, Bismuth and Strychnine. 
Elixir Calisaya, Iron, Bismuth and Strychnine. 
Strychnine Sulphate, i 1 /^ grains 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron Phosphate and Bismuth, 1 pint 
Rub the strychnine salt with separate portions of the elixir to dis- 
solve, or add 1% fl. drachm solution strychnine sulphate to a pint of 
the elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron, 1 grain bismuth and 1 / 100 grain 
strychnine sulphate, combined with elixir calisaya. The dose is a 
teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron Pyrophosphate, Bismuth and 

Strychnine with Pepsin. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron, Bismuth, Strychnine and Pepsin. 

Saccharated Pepsin, 256 grains 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron, Bismuth and Strychnine, 1 pint 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 567 

Mix and macerate for a few days, then filter through cloth. 

This may also be made by adding i l /\. fl. drachm solution of strych- 
nine sulphate to a pint of elixir calisaya, iron, bismuth and pepsin. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron, 1 grain bismuth, 2 grains pep- 
sin and V100 grain strychnine sulphate, with elixir calisaya. Dose, a 
teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron Pyrophosphate and Strychnine. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Strychnine. Ferrophosphorated 

Elixir of Calisaya with Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1^4. grains 

Elixir Calisaya and Iron Pyrophosphate, 1 pint 

Rub the strychnine salt with separate portions of the elixir to dis- 
solve, or add 1^4 fl. drachm of solution strychnine sulphate to a pint 
of the elixir, and filter. 

A fl.drachm contains 2 grains of iron, and x / 100 grain strychnine 
sulphate combined with elixir calisaya. 

Elixir Calisaya and Iron with Lactopeptine. 

Lactopeptine, 256 grains 

Elixir Calisaya and Iron, 1 pint 

Mix and macerate in a warm place for several days, then filter 
through cloth. 

A fl.drachm contains 2 grains of lactopeptine, and 2 grains of iron 
phosphate, combined with elixir calisaya. 
Dose, a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Strychnine, with Extract of Beef. 

Liebig's Extract of Meat, y 2 ounce av. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Strychnine, 1 pint 

Rub the extract with the elixir until they are uniformly mixed, 
macerate for a few days and filter. 

The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Strychnine, with Lactopeptine. 

Lactopeptine, 256 grains 

Elixir Calisaya, Iron and Strychnine, 1 pint 

Mix and macerate for several days in a warm place. 
A fl.drachm contains 2 grains lactopeptine, 2 grains iron, and 1 / 100 
grain strychnine sulphate, combined with elixir calisaya. 
The dose is from a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 
Other combinations of lactopeptine with elixir of calisaya may be 
made by adding 256 grains of lactopeptine to a pint of the combina- 
tion desired. 



568 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Elixir Calisaya with Lactophosphates Compound. 

Concentrated Solution of Phosphates, i fl. ounce 

Lactic Acid, concentrated, i fl. drachm 

Elixir Calisaya, 15 fl. ounces 
Mix them. The dose is a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya and Pepsin. 

Saccharated Pepsin, 256 grains 

Elixir Calisaya, 1 pint 

Mix the pepsin with the elixir, macerate for a few days and filter 
through cloth. 

A fl.drachm contains 2 grains of pepsin combined with elixir cal- 
isaya. 

The dose is a dessertspoonful or more. 

Elixir Calisaya with Phosphates Compound. 

This is called by some manufacturers "Elixir of Calisaya and 
Triplephosphates Compound." 

Concentrated Solution Phosphates, . 8 fl.ounces 

Red Cherry Juice, 1 pint 

Elixir Calisaya, 5 pints 

Syrup, 1 pint 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Mix and filter. 

As thus prepared this very much resembles a popular proprietary 
elixir known as "Wheeler's Elixir.'' If the red cherry juice is not at 
hand, raspberry juice may be used in place of it, or elixir may be 
used and the preparation colored red and flavored with a little essence 
bitter almond. Y / 2 ounce lactic acid may be added if desired, which 
makes the composition still more like "Wheeler's." 

Elixir Calisaya with "Protoxide" of Iron. 
Elixir Peruvian Bark with "Protoxide" of Iron. 

Solution "Protoxide" of Iron, 6 fl.ounces 

Elixir Calisaya, 5 pints 

Syrup, 1 pint 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Mix, color with caramel coloring, and filter. 

The dose is a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Calisaya with Tincture Iron Chloride. 

Potassium Citrate, y 2 ounce av. 

Tincture Ferric Chloride, 320 minims 

Elixir Calisaya, 15 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir and add the tincture of iron ; filter. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 569 

A fl. drachm contains about 6 drops tincture of ferric chloride, com- 
bined with elixir calisaya. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Calisaya Alkaloids with Tincture Iron Chloride. 

Tincture Iron Citro-chloride, 320 minims 

Quinine Sulphate or Muriate, 7 grains 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, 12 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Coloring, as desired. 
Rub the salts with the elixir and add the tincture iron citro-chloride ; 
color with a little caramel coloring if desired. 

A fl. drachm represents the equivalent of 6 drops tincture of iron 
in combination with calisaya alkaloids. Dose, a teaspoonful to a 
dessertspoonful. 

. Other Calisaya Compounds. 

The foregoing compounds of elixir calisaya with other substances 
are those chiefly used, but a great variety of other combinations may 
be made, and some are called for occasionally. From the data given, 
they may be prepared without difficulty by druggists without special 
formulas. 

Elixir Camphor, Mono-bromated. 

Mono-bromated Camphor, 128 grains 

Alcohol, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir, 15 flounces 

Dissolve the mono-bromated camphor in the alcohol by heat of a 
water-bath, and add the elixir gradually to the solution. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of the salt. 

The dose is from 1 to 4 teaspoonfuls. 

Elixir Cascara Sagrada. Cascara Cordial. 

Cascara Sagrada Bark, 

Licorice Root, 

Sweet Flag Root (Calamus), 

Cardamom Seed, 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 

Sugar, 

Soluble Flavoring, 
Reduce the drugs to a coarse powder, dissolve the potassium bi- 
carbonate in 5 pints of the percolating menstruum and percolate the 
drugs first with this, and then with sufficient percolating menstruum, 
until 6 pints of percolate are obtained. In this dissolve the sugar and 
add the prepared flavoring, and enough percolating menstruum to 
make the measure one gallon. 



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570 The Fenner Formulary Part 11, 

The dose is from a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful or more. 

Buckthorn bark is frequently substituted for cascara in making 
this elixir on account of the bitter taste of the cascara ; but the sodium 
bicarbonate overcomes that in a large degree. (See the Standard 
Remedies and Cascara Cordial). 

Elixir Cascara Sagrada. (Aromatic;. Cascara Cordial. 
Elixir Rhamnus Purshiana. 

The following formula is based upon the composition of P. D. & 
Co's. "Cascara Cordial," and makes a preparation almost identical with 
it: 

Cascara Sagrada Bark, in coarse powder, 

Licorice Root, in coarse powder, 

Coriander Seed, in fine powder, 

Ammonia Water, 

Anise Oil, 

Orange Oil, 

Cassia Oil, 

Sugar, 

Diluted Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Macerate the cascara bark and licorice root with 2 pints of water to 
which the ammonia water has been added, for 12 hours, then heat to 
boiling, adding boiling water 2 pints, and continue the heat for half an 
hour; then strain, adding through the strainer enough boiling water 
to make 4 pints of the decoction. Strain or filter this and dissolve the 
sugar in the liquid. Dissolve the oils in y 2 ounce of alcohol and add 
to the tincture, then add the tincture to the syrup, dissolve the sugar 
in the liquid and mix them well together. The dose is a teaspoonful 
or more as required. 

Elixir Cascara Sagrada. 

Cascara Sagrada Bark, 

Licorice Root, 

Sweet Flag Root, 

Cardamom Seed, 

Angelica Root, 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 

Diluted Alcohol, 

Sugar, 

Water, 

Grind the drugs to a corse powder, moisten them with 2 pints di- 
luted alcohol in which the sodium bicarbonate is dissolved, and macer- 
ate in a covered vessel for 24 hours : then transfer to a water-bath per- 
colator, pack moderately, pour upon it the remaining 1 pint of men- 



(Tasteless). 


Cascara Cordial. 




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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 571 

struum and set in a warm place for 24 hours ; then heat moderately 
and after 1 hour begin to percolate, adding water to the drugs after 
the liquid has disappeared from the surface and continuing the heat 
and percolation until 7 pints have passed. In the percolate dissolve 
the sugar to make 1 gallon of the cordial. Ammonia waiter, ij/ 2 
ounces, may be used instead of the sodium bicarbonate, but in that 
case the percolate must be heated sufficiently to evaporate any. excess 
of ammonia before adding the sugar. This preparation has been very 
popular as a laxative in habitual constipation, particularly of women 
and men of sedentary habits. 

The so-called tasteless elixir of cascara may be made by mixing 
Fluidextract Cascara, tasteless, 4 ft. ounces , 

Elixir, 12 ft. ounces 

A ft. drachm represents about 15 grains of cascara sagrada. 

Elixir Cathartic. 

Many preparations are prescribed and sold under the above title, 
and as the name does not indicate any particular composition, the 
formulas for two of the most popular cathartic elixirs are given in this 
connection. Several others which have become popular as proprie- 
tary preparations will be found in that department, or among the 
Standard Remedies, and still others which are frequently called for 
as cathartic elixirs under other headings, as Elixir Laxative, Elixir 
Mandrake Compound, Elixir Senna Compound, the Elixirs of Rhu- 
barb etc., etc. 

Senna, 2 ounces av. 

Licorice Root, 1 ounce av. 

Epsom Salt, 1 ounce av. 

Coriander, 80 grains 

Ginger, 48 grains 

Jalap, 160 grains 

Scammony, 160 grains 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., or 1 pint 

Sugar, . 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 ft. ounce 

Reduce the drugs to a coarse powder, and make an elixir by perco- 
lation, as directed, then dissolve the epsom salt in the product. 
The dose is a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Cathartic Compound. Cathartic or Laxative Elixir. 

Since the introduction of cascara bark it has become a favorite in- 
gredient of cathartic or laxative elixirs or cordials because of its pro- 
longed effect. The following formula is therefore submitted : 

Senna, bruised, 4< ounces av. 

Cascara Sagrada, in coarse powder, 8 ounces ;av. j; 



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Butternut Bark, in coarse powder, 

Leptandra Root, in coarse powder, 

Sugar, 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 

Sodium and Potassium Tartrate, 

Prepared Flavoring, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Mix the powdered drugs with the sodium bicarbonate and pour 3 
pints of boiling water upon the mixture. Let stand in a warm place 
for 12 hours, then pour of! the liquid and reserve. Add 3 pints more 
of boiling water to the drugs and set in a warm place as before for 6 
hours, then pour off and reserve the liquid. Again add 2 pints of 
boiling water to the drugs, let stand 6 hours, pour off the liquid, and 
add to the reserved portions. Strain the liquid and dissolve in it the 
sugar and the Rochelle salts, then add the alcohol and prepared flavor- 
ing and enough water to make the measure 1 gallon. The dose is a 
teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful as a laxative, and a wineglassful as 
a cathartic. 

Cathartic or Laxative Elixir. 

Senna, in coarse powder, 
* Butternut Bark, in coarse powder, 
Mandrake Root, in coarse powder, 
Sweet Flag, in coarse powder, 
Rochelle Salts, 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., or 
Sugar, 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 
Make by percolation as directed, and dissolve the salts in the elixir. 
The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful or more. 



2 


ounces 


av. 


I 


ounce 


av. 


y* 


ounce 


av. 


/a 


ounce 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


I 


pint 




5 


ounces 


av. 


1 


fl. ounce 



Elixir Celery Compound. 

This is also called "Elixir of Celery and Black Haw Compound," 
and "Elixir of Celery and Coca Compound." 

Celery Seed, in fine powder, 1 ounce av. 

Coca Leaves, in coarse powder, 1 ounce av. 

Black Haw, in coarse powder, 1 ounce av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., or 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. 

A fl. drachm represents about 10 grains of the drugs. The dose is 1 
to 2 teaspoonfuls. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 573 

Compound Elixir of Celery. 

The National Formulary gives under the title "Elixir Apii Graveo- 
lentis Compositum," the following: 

Fluidextract of Celery Root, I fl. ounce 

Fluidextract of Erythroxylon, I fl. ounce 

Fluidextract of Kola, i fl. ounce 

Fluidextract of Virburnum Prunifolium, I fl. ounce 

Alcohol, 2 fl. ounces 

Aromatic Elixir, enough to make 16 fl. ounces 

Mix the alcohol with 4 fl. ounces of aromatic elixir. To this add the 
fl. extract of celery root in several portions (shaking after each addi- 
tion) and afterwards the other fluidextracts. Finally, add enough 
aromatic elixir to make 16 fl. ounces. Allow the mixture to stand 24 
hours and filter. 

Elixir Celery and Guarana. 

This is made by mixing 2 fl. ounces of fluidextract of celery and 2 
fl. ounces of fluidextract of guarana, with 12 ounces of elixir. 

Elixir Chloral. Elixir Hydrated Chloral. 
Hydrated Chloral crystals, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the hydrated chloral in the elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 5 grains of hydrated chloral. The dose is from 
a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Butyl Chloral, or Croton Chloral may be made in the same 
way and in the same proportion. 

ELIXIRS CHLORIDES. 

Under various titles indicating combination of chlorides in the form 
of elixirs, preparations have been introduced to the medical profession 
by manufacturing pharmacists. The most popular of these is the 
elixir of three chlorides, prepared by a Louisville firm ; but following 
it elixirs of one, two, four, five and six chlorides have been introduced. 
The following formulas represent the most desirable chlorides pre- 
pared in the form of elixirs : 

Elixir of One Chloride. 

Under this title elixir mercuric chloride or corrosive sublimate con- 
taining y§ grain of the salt in a fl. drachm may be dispensed. 

Elixir of Two Chlorides. 

Under this title elixir chloride of iron and arsenic representing 6 
drops, tasteless tincture of iron and about 1 / 50 grain of arsenic chloride 
in a fl. drachm may properly be dispensed. 



574 



The Tomer 'Formulary 



Part 11 



2 


fl. drachms 


I 


grain 


I 


grain 
fl. drachm 


3 

5 
4 


grains 
grains 
fl. ounces 


12 


fl. ounces 



Elixir Three Chlorides. 

This is the most popular of the chloride elixirs. The formula given 
corresponds closely to the published composition of the proprietary 
article.: - 

Tasteless Tincture of Iron Chloride, 

Mercuric Chloride, 

Arsenic Chloride, 

Hydrochloric Acid, 

Quinine Sulphate, 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, . 
-ib'- Syrup, 

Elixir, 

:Rub the arsenic chloride with a little elixir in a mortar and add the 
hydrochloric acid; add the other chlorides and rub with elixir until 
dissolved; then add the quinine and cinchonidine and syrup and filter. 

Elixir Four Chlorides. 

The following is the official formula of the Ameriean hospitals : 
Mercuric Chloride, , iy 2 grains 

Solution Arsenic Chloride, 4 fl. drachms 

Tincture Iron Chloride, iy 2 fl. ounces 

Hydrochloric Acid, diluted, 1 fl. ounce 

Syrup of Ginger, 3 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, (or elixir) , 12 fl. ounces 

, Mix the liquids and dissolve the mercuric chloride by rubbing in a 
mortar with the mixture. Dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful 
well diluted with water 3 times a day. It should not be continued 
longer than two weeks at a time. 

Elixir Five Chlorides. 

Mercuric Chloride, 

Solution Arsenic Chloride, 

Diluted Hydrochloric Acid, 

Tincture Iron Chloride, 

Ammonium Chloride, 

Syrup, 

Elixir, 

Mix the liquids and dissolve the mercuric chloride and ammonium 
chloride by rubbing them in a mortar with the mixture. Dose a tea- 
spoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Six Chlorides. 

Gold and Sodium Chloride, 10 grains 

Elixir of Five Chlorides, 1 pint 

Rub the salt with the elixir in a mortar until dissolved. Dose, a 
teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 



1/2 


grains 


4 


fl. drachms 


1 


fl. ounce 


1/2 


fl. ounces 


1 


ounce av. 


5 


fl. ounces 


8 


fl.ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 575 

Elixir Chloroform. 

Chloroform, 128 minims 

Alcohol, 1^2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

A fl. drachm contains one minim of chloroform, making a very con- 
venient way of regulating the dose, which is from a teaspoonful to a 
tablespoonful. 

Elixir Cinchonidine. Elixir Cinchonidia. 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt by rubbing in a mortar with separate portions of 
the elixir. In cold weather it may be necessary to warm the elixir 
in order to effect the solution. 

A fl. drachm contains one grain of the salt. The dose is from a tea- 
spoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Cinchonidine and Iron. 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir Cinchonidine, 1 pint 

Dissolve the iron by rubbing with the elixir. This makes a dark, 
wine-colored elixir. If the light-greenish, color is desired use soluble 
iron phosphate instead of the citrate, dissolving it in a little hot water. 
A fl. drachm contains 1 grain cinchonidine sulphate and 1 grain of 
the iron salt. The dose is a teaspoonfui or more. 

Elixir Cinchonidine, Iron and Arsenic. 

Solution Arsenic Chloride, 640 minims 

Elixir Cinchonidine and Iron, 1 pint 

Mix them. 

A fl. drachm contains nearly a grain each of cinchonidine and iron, 
and about 1 / 50 grain arsenic. 

Elixir Cinchonidine, Iron and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, i 1 /^ grains 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 128 grains 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl.ounce 

Elixir, 15 flounces 

Dissolve the strychnine salt in the water by the aid of heat ; then 
add the iron salt, and when dissolved, add the solution to the elixir in 
which the cinchonidine has previously been dissolved. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain each of iron and cinchonidine and V100 
grain strychnine sulphate. The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

An elixir similar to this was formerly much used as a substitute 
for elixir iron phosphate, quinine and strychnine, but as quinine is 
now so cheap, its use has greatly decreased. 



576 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Elixir of Caffeine Citrate. 

Caffeine Citrate, 64 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir. This may also be made double the 
strength of caffeine citrate if desired. 

A fl. drachm made as above contains l / 2 grain of the caffeine salt. 

The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Calumba. 

Calumba, in coarse powder, 2 ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation, or it may be made by rubbing 2 ounces of 
fluidextract of calumba with 2 drachms of magnesium carbonate, and 
1 pint of elixir, and flavoring. 
A fl. drachm represents 7 grains of calumba. 
The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Coca. Elixir Erythroxylon. 

A formula for this elixir is given under the latter title in this work, 
but it is generally known by the former title, the official name of the 
drug being changed to coca in the 1890 U. S. P. 

Fluidextract Coca, 2^ fl. ounces 

Elixir, 13^ fl.ounces 

Mix them. By adding y^ ounce of precipitated calcium phosphate 
and allowing to stand 24 hours, with frequent agitation, before filter- 
ing, this makes a clear preparation which otherwise is slightly turbid. 
The dose is from 1 to 2 fl. drachms or more if required. The formula 
of the National Formulary directs 2 ounces of fluidextract of coca in 
16 ounces. Some manufacturers claim to represent 120 grains of the 
drug in a fluidounce. 

Elixir Coca and Calisaya. 
Elixir Coca, 8 fl.ounces 

Elixir Calisaya, 8 fl.ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents 5 grains coca and about 2 grains 
calisaya. The dose is a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Coca and Calisaya Ferriphosphated. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 125 grains 

Hot Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Coca and Calisaya, 15 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in the hot water and add to the elixir. 

A fl. drachm represents about 5 grains coca, 2 grains calisaya and I 
grain iron phosphate. Dose, a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 577 

Elixir Coca and Guarana. 

Fluidextract of Coca, 2 fl.ounces 

Fluidextract of Guarana, 2 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 12 fl.ounces 

Mix them and after standing, filter. A fl. drachm represents 7^ 

grains each of coca and guarana. The dose is a teaspoonful to a des- 
sertspoonful. 

Elixir Cocaine. 

Cocaine Hydrochloride, 32 grains 

Elixir, I pint 

Dissolve the salts in the elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains V^ grain cocaine hydrochloride. 
The dose is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls, as an anodyne and hypnotic. 
Cocaine hydrochloride may be combined with many other elixirs 
and will be found advantageous in all sedative and anodyne combina- 
tions. 

Elixir Coffee. 

Roasted Java Coffee, 4 ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., or 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. 
A fl. drachm represents about 15 grains of coffee. 
The dose is a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful or more. 
This elixir is used mainly to mask the taste of disagreeable med- 
icine, and may be combined to advantage with many bitter salts, 
fluidextracts etc. 

Elixir Conium and Iron. 

Fluidextract of Conium, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Pyrophosphate of Iron, 15 fl.ounces 

Mix and, after standing, filter. 

A fl. drachm contains about 3^ grains of conium and 2 grains iron 
pyrophosphate. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Corrosive Sublimate. Elixir Mercury Bichloride. 

It is sometimes desirable to have a preparation of mercury bi- 
chloride for internal use, and it is best exhibited for this purpose in 
the form of an elixir, which may be made as follows : 

Mercury Bichloride, 16 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Rub the salt with separate portions of the elixir until dissolved. 
A fl. drachm contains }& grain corrosive sublimate, 
to 1 teaspoonful. 



578 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

This is a very convenient way of preparing a solution of mercury 
bichloride for internal use, as the dose can be easily regulated, and the 
metallic taste is well disguised. 

Elixir Corydalis. 
Corydalis, in coarse powder, 2 ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., or 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation. It may also be made by mixing 2 ounces of 
the fluidextract of corydalis with 14 ounces of elixir. 
A fl. drachm represents about yy 2 grains of the drug. 
The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Corydalis Compound. 
Corydalis, Yellow Dock, Tag Alder, 

Figwort, Mandrake, of each, 1 ounce av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 20 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 
Make by percolation as directed. 
The dose is a teaspoonful or more as an alterative or diuretic. 

Elixir Damiana. 
Damiana Leaves, 1280 grains 

Elixir Percolating [Menstruum, q. s., about 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed, or it may be made by mixing 2yg 
fl. ounces of fluidextract of damiana with 13^ fl. ounces of elixir, and 
filtering. 

A fl. drachm represents 10 grains of damiana. The dose is from 1 to 
4 teaspoonfuls as a diuretic and aphrodisiac. 

Elixir Damiana Compound. 

Fluidextract of Buchu, 1 fl. ounce 

Fluidextract of Nux Vomica, 2 fl. drachms 

Fluidextract of Cubebs, 2 fl. drachms 

Fluidextract of Damiana, 1 fl.ounce 

Magnesium Carbonate, 60 grains 

Elixir, 15 fl. ounces 

Mix the fluidextracts and rub with magnesium carbonate ; then add 
the elixir and filter. The dose is a teaspoonful or two as a diuretic etc. 

Elixir Damiana, Iron and Phosphorus. 

Spirit of Phosphorus, U. S. 1890 Pharm., 1 fl.ounce 

Pyrophosphate of Iron, 128 grains 



Part II. 



Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 



579 



Fluidextract of Damiana, 2 fl. ounces 

Magnesium Carbonate, 60 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl.ounces 

Rub the magnesium carbonate with the fluidextract, add 14 ounces 
of elixir, and filter. Dissolve the iron salt in 1 ounce of hot water and 
add to the filtered liquid, then add the spirit of phosphorus and enough 
elixir to make the measure 16 fl.ounces. Dose, a teaspoonful as an 
aphrodisiac. 

Elixir Damiana, Nux Vomica, Iron and Phosphorus. 
Fluidextract Nux Vomica, 128 minims 

Elixir Damiana, Iron and Phosphorus, 16 fl.ounces 

Mix them. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Damiana, Phosphorus and Nux Vomica. 

Fluidextract of Nux Vomica, 128 minims 

Fluidextract of Damiana, 2 fl.ounces 

Spirit of Phosphorus, 1 fl. ounce 

Magnesium Carbonate, 60 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl.ounces 

Rub the fluidextracts with the magnesium carbonate and 14 ounces 
of elixir and filter. Add the spirit of phosphorus to the filtered liquid 
and enough elixir to make 16 fl.ounces. Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Dandelion. Elixir of Taraxacum. 

Fluidextract of Dandelion, 2^$ fl.ounces 

Elixir, 13 j£ fl.ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains dandelion root. 

The dose is from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful or more, as a 
laxative and tonic. 

Elixir Dandelion Compound. Elixir 

Dandelion Root, in coarse powder, 

Licorice Root, 

Gentian Root, 

Wild Cherry Bark, 

Bitter Orange Peel, 

Canada Snake Root, 

Cloves, in fine powder, 

Cinnamon, in fine powder, 

Coriander, in fine powder, 

Cardamom, in fine powder, 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., 

Sugar, 
To make 1 gallon of the elixir. 
Make by percolation as directed. 



Taraxacum 


Compound. 


16 


ounces 


av. 


8 


ounces 


av. 


1 


ounce 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


J4 


ounce 


av. 


/a 


ounce 


av. 


I 


ounce 


av. 


I 


ounce 


av. 


14 ounce 
bout 1 gallon 
2y 2 pounds 


av. 



580 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

This elixir is variously prepared by different authorities, but it 
amounts to about the same as made by any of the standard formulas. 
It is used chiefly as a vehicle for unpleasant medicines, and to mask 
the taste of quinine. It is also given as a mild tonic and laxative in 
doses of a dessertspoonful or more. It has been a very popular elixir. 
The New York and Brooklyn Formulary makes elixir taraxacum com- 
pound very sweet with syrup. 

Elixir Digitalis 

Fluidextract of Digitalis, 256 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 2 minims fluidextract digitalis. 

The dose is a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Ergot. 

Fluidextract of Ergot, 2^2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 14 fl.ounces 

Mix them. This is the same strength as wine of ergot, and is much 

to be preferred to it. It may also be made by percolation from freshly 

powdered ergot, but is probably fully as reliable made from a good 

fluidextract. The dose, is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Erythroxylon. Elixir of Coca. 

Coca Leaves, in coarse powder, 1280 grains 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 1 pint 
Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. It may also be made by mixing 
ing 254 fl.ounces of fluidextract erythroxylon with 13^ fl.ounces of 
elixir. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains erythroxylon or coca. 
The dose is 1 to 2 fl. drachms or more, as a nerve tonic etc. 

Elixir Eucalyptus. 

Eucalyptus Leaves, in coarse powder, 1280 grains 

Alcohol, 2 fl.ounces 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 14 fl.ounces 
Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. It may also be made by mixing 
2^8 fl.ounces of fluidextract eucalyptus with 2 fl.ounces of alcohol and 
ii^Hs fl.ounces of elixir. 

A fl.drachm represents 10 grains eucalyptus. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful or more, as an aromatic stimulant. 

Elixir Eucalyptus Compound. 

Eucalyptus Leaves, in coarse powder, 1 ounces av. 

Licorice Root, in coarse powder, 1 ounce av. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 581 

Wild Cherry Bark, in coarse powder, I ounce av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 18 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, I fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. It may also be made from the 
fluidextracts of eucalyptus 2 ounces ; licorice and wild cherry, of each, 
1 ounce; mixed with 12 ounces of elixir and filtered through a little 
magnesium carbonate. 

This elixir is used mainly as a vehicle for quinine and other bitter 
medicines. Its astringent properties render the quinine insoluble and 
therefore tasteless. 

Elixir Euonymus. Elixir of Wahoo. 

Fluidextract of Wahoo, 2 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract of Licorice, l / 2 fl. ounce 

Elixir, iy/ 2 fl. ounces 

Mix, and after standing, filter. This may be also made by percolat- 
ing 2 ounces av. of wahoo and y 2 ounce licorice root in coarse powder 
with elixir percolating menstruum 1 pint, and adding sugar 5 ounces 
av., and soluble flavoring 1 fl. ounce, as directed. 

A fl. drachm represents about 7 grains of wahoo. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful or more, as a bitter tonic and laxative. 

The New York and Brooklyn Formulary directs fluidextract euony- 
mus 2.y 2 fl. ounces, syrup of coffee 2 fl. ounces, water 2 fl. ounces, com- 
pound tincture of taraxacum q. s. to make 16 fl. ounces. 

ELIXIR FERRI, QUININE ET STRYCHNINE 

PHOSPHATUM. U. S. 

Elixir of the Phosphates of Iron, Quinine and Strychnine. 

This is the only medicinal elixir in the U. S. P. The formula is : 

Soluble Ferric Phosphate, 17.500 Gm. or 270 

Quinine, 

Strychnine, 

Phosphoric Acid, 

Ammonium Carbonate, 

Alcohol, 

Acetic Acid, 

Distilled Water, 

Aromatic Elixir, each, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 33 fl.oz.-(-390 min. 

The quinine (alkaloid) and strychnine (alkaloid) are to be dis- 
solved in the alcohol, then the phosphoric acid and 350 Cc. (or 11 fl.- 
ounces-i-400 minims) of aromatic elixir added to the solution. Add 
the acetic acid to the ammonium carbonate, (translucent pieces), con- 



l/.^UU Will. 


Ul 


jZ/KJ 


gl CllllO 


7.750 Gm. 


or 


135 


grains 


0.275 Gm. 


or 


A T A 


grains 


2.000 Gm. 


or 


31 


grains 


9.000 Gm. 


or 


139 


grains 


60.000 Cc. 


or 


2 


fl.oz.4-14 min. 


28.500 Cc. 


or 


464 


minims 



582 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

tained in a suitable vessel, and when the solution is completed neu- 
tralize with ammonia water and add enough distilled water to make 
the product measure 50 Cc. (or i fl.ounce-j-331 minims). Mix the 
solution of ammonium acetate (thus prepared) with the solution of 
alkaloids, and add enough aromatic elixir to make the liquid measure 
880 Cc. (or 29 fl.ounces+365 minims). Dissolve the soluble ferric 
phosphate in 30 Cc. (or 1 fl. ounce) of distilled water, by the aid of 
gentle heat, and if the solution be acid to litmus paper, neutralize 
exactly with ammonia water and add enough aromatic elixir to make 
the product measure 120 Cc. (or 4 fl.ounces+28 minims). Finally, 
mix the two solutions and filter if necessary. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

A fl. drachm, which is the usual dose, represents about 1 / 64 grain 
strychnine and y 2 grain quinine, combined with iron phosphate 1 grain. 
See also Elixir Iron Phosphate, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Elixir Frangula. Elixir Buckthorn. 

The New York and Brooklyn Formulary gives the following for- 
mula under this title. It should not be mistaken for the proprietary 
preparation known as Buckthorn Cordial, which will be found among 
the Standard Remedies. 

Fluidextract of Frangula (Buckthorn), 4 fl. ounces 

Compound Elixir of Taraxacum, 4 fl. ounces 

Simple Elixir, 8 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents 15 grains frangula. The dose is 
a dessertspoonful or more. 

Elixir Gelsemium. Elixir Yellow Jasamine. 

Fluidextract Gelsemium, 640 minims 

Alcohol, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix, and after standing, filter. A fl. drachm represents 5 grains gel- 
semium. The dose is from y 2 to a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Gentian. 

Gentian Root, in coarse powder, 2]/ 2 ounces av. 

Bitter Orange Peel, in coarse powder, \]/ 2 ounces av. 

Coriander Seed, in fine powder, 1 ounce av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about yy 2 pints 
Sugar, 2.y 2 pounds 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 8 fl. ounces 

To make 1 gallon of elixir. 

Make by percolation as directed. Add the white of 1 egg, shake, 
allow to stand two or three days, heat to io,o°F., cool, and filter clear. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 583 

This is the same strength as the old official compound infusion of 
gentian. The white of egg is added for the purpose of removing any 
astringent principles, so tnat the elixir may be mixed with solutions 
of iron. It is the base of all the gentian elixirs, which may be made 
from it by adding various salts, solutions etc. 

The dose of the simple elixir of gentian as a stomachic is a tea- 
spoonful to a tablespoonful. 

The New York and Brooklyn Formulary directs 

Extract of Gentian, 70 grains 

Aromatic spirit, 3 fl. drachms 

Tincture of Vanilla, 3 fl. drachms 

Syrup, 1 fl. ounce 

Simple Elixir, 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the extract in the syrup by trituration. Add the vanilla and 
elixir. ' The National Formulary formula is the same except that the 
extract gentian is dissolved in a portion of the elixir and the other in- 
gredients added to the solution. 

Elixir Gentian and Bismuth. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir Gentian, 1 pint 

Dissolve the bismuth salt in a little water by the aid of a few drops 
of ammonia water, and add to the elixir, and filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of bismuth salt combined with elixir 
gentian. The dose is a teasponful or two — an excellent stomachic. 

Elixir of Gentian and Iron Chloride. 

The elixir of gentian with tincture iron chloride is still the favorite, 
and no better formula has been devised than the following: 

Tincture Iron Citro-chloride, 300 minims 

Elixir Gentian, enough to make 16 fl. ounces 

Mix them. If 2 ounces of syrup are used in place of 2 ounces of 
elixir, the preparation is somewhat improved in taste. 

Elixir Gentian, Iron and Bismuth. 
Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir Gentian and Iron Citrate, 1 pint 

Dissolve the bismuth salt in a little water by the aid of a few drops 
of ammonia water, and add to the elixir gentian and iron citrate. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain each iron and bismuth combined with 
elixir of gentian. The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Gentian, Iron, Bismuth and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, i}4 grains 

Elixir Gentian and Iron Phosphate, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add an equivalent quantity of solution of strychnine, and 



584 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

filter. A fl. drachm contains i grain each iron and bismuth, and 1 / 100 
grain strychnine sulphate, combined with elixir gentian. 
The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Gentian and Iron Chloride with Quinine. 

Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Elixir Gentian and Iron Tincture, 1 pint 

Dissolve the quinine salt in the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain 
quinine sulphate combined with elixir gentian and iron chloride. 

The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Gentian, Iron Chloride, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1*4 grains 

Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Elixir Gentian and Iron Chloride, 1 pint 

Rub the strychnine salt first with separate portions of the elixir to 
dissolve, then add the quinine salt. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain quinine sulphate, 1 / 100 grain strychnine 
sulphate combined with elixir gentian and iron chloride. The dose 
is a teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Gentian and Iron Citrate. Ferrated Elixir of Gentian. 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir Gentian, 1 pint 

Dissolve the iron salt by rubbing with separate portions of the 
elixir, and filter. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of iron citrate com- 
bined with elixir gentian. The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Gentian and Iron Phosphate. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl.ounce 

Elixir Gentian, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water by the aid of heat, add the elixir, 

and filter. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain iron phosphate combined 

with elixir of gentian. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Gentian, Iron Phosphate and Strychnine. 
Ferri-phosphated Elixir of Gentian with Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1*4 grains 

Elixir Gentian, Iron and Bismuth, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with the elixir, or add an 
equivalent quantity of solution of strychnine. A fl. drachm contains 1 
grain of iron phosphate and 1 / 100 grain of strychnine sulphate com- 
bined with elixir of gentian. The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 585 

Elixir Gentian and Iron Pyrophosphate. 
Ferro-phosphated Elixir of Gentian. 

Iron Pyrophosphate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Gentian, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water by the aid of heat, add the elixir 
of gentian, and filter. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain iron pyrophos- 
phate combined with elixir gentian. The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 
Other combinations of gentian and iron pyrophosphate may be 
made by adding other ingredients. 

Elixir Gentian, Iron and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1% grains 

Elixir Gentian and Iron (made with either 
the Citrate, Phosphate, or Pyrophos- 
phate of Iron), 1 pint 
Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add an equivalent quantity strychnine solution and filter. 
A fl. drachm contains x / 100 g'rain strychnine sulphate combined with 
elixir gentian and iron. The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Gentian and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1% grains 

Elixir Gentian, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add an equivalent quantity of strychnine solution, and 
filter. A fl. drachm contains 1 / 100 grain of strychnine sulphate com- 
bined with elixir gentian. The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Gentian, Strychnine and Bismuth. 

Strychnine Sulphate, i 1 /^ grains 

Elixir Gentian and Bismuth, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add an equivalent quantity of strychnine solution. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain bismuth and 1 / 100 grain strychnine sul- 
phate combined with elixir gentian and bismuth. Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Gentian with Tincture Iron Citro-chloride. 

Solution Iron Chloride, 1^2 fl. drachms 

Sodium Carbonate, 200 grains 

Citric Acid, 120 grains 

Elixir Gentian, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the citric acid to a powder and dissolve it in the elixir of gen- 
tian, add to the solution the sodium carbonate in crystals and allow 
to stand until effervescence ceases and the sodium carbonate is dis- 



586 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

solved; then add the solution of iron, and after standing a day or 
two, filter. 

This may be made by using 6 drachms tincture iron chloride in- 
stead of the solution, as directed. 
It may also be made by taking- 
Tasteless Tincture Iron Chloride, 320 minims 
Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 
Mix them. 

In former editions of Fenner's Formulary the formula has been 
Potassium or Sodium Citrate, y 2 ounce av. 

Tincture of Iron Chloride, 320 minims 

Elixir Gentian, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix and dissolve. 

All these formulae make practically the same preparation ; the potas- 
sium or sodium citrate which is formed making with the solution of 
iron double salts, — citro-chloride of iron and sodium, or citro-chloride 
of iron and potassium — which have not the styptic taste of the iron 
salt. 

A fl. drachm contains the equivalent of 2 J / 2 minims (6 drops) of 
tincture of iron combined with elixir of gentian. 
The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Gentian, Tincture Iron Citro-chloride with Lactopeptine. 

Lactopeptine, 256 grains 

Elixir Gentian and Iron Citro-chloride, 1 pint 

Macerate the lactopeptine for 24 hours or longer, with occasional 
agitation, in the elixir gentian etc., and filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains lactopeptine combined with elixir 
gentian and iron chloride. 

Other combinations of lactopeptine with elixirs of gentian may be 
made in the same manner. 

Elixir Ginger. 

Soluble Extract of Ginger, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 14 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents about 4 grains of ginger. The 
dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Gluside. B. P. C. 1901. Elixir 
Gluside (Saccharin), 
Sodium Bicarbonate, 
Alcohol, (90%), 

Distilled Water, sufficient to make 

Rub the gluside and the sodium bicarbonate in a mortar with 10 

fl. ounces of the distilled water, gradually added. When dissolved add 

the alcohol, filter, and wash with sufficient distilled water to produce 



of Saccharin. 


480 


grains 


240 


grains 


2/2 


fl. ounces 


20 


fl. ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 587 

20 rl. ounces. A fl. drachm contains 3 grains of gluside. Dose, 5 to 
20 minims. It may be used as a sweetening for medicines. 

ELIXIRS GLYCERINOPHOSPHATES. 

A number of glycerophosphate elixirs have been recently intro- 
duced by manufacturing pharmacists. They are recommended as 
nerve tonics and reconstructives and seem to be well adapted to the 
treatment of certain conditions resulting from deficient osseous nu- 
trition and nervous anaemia. See Acidum Glycerinophosphatum and 
Glycerinophosphates. 

Elixir Glycerinophosphates Compound. 

Calcium Glycerinophosphate, 128 grains 

Sodium Glycerinophosphate, 256 grains 

Iron Glycerinophosphate, 24 grains 

Manganese Glycerinophosphate, 16 grains 

Quinine Glycerinophosphate, 8 grains 

Strychnine Glycerinophosphate, 1 grain 

Glycerinophosphoric Acid, 120 grains 

Glycerin, 4 fl.ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix the glycerin and acid with 10 ounces of elixir and dissolve the 
glycerinophosphates in the mixture, adding enough elixir to make the 
measure 1 pint. 

A fl.drachm contains about 3^ grains of the mixed glycerinophos- 
phates. The dose is 1 or 2 teaspoonfuls. 

All of these glycerinophosphate salts are now furnished by man- 
ufacturing chemists, also glycerinophosphoric acid ; but in case all are 
not readily obtainable, soluble iron phosphate, manganese hypophos- 
phite, and the sulphates of quinine and strychnine, instead of the 
glycerinophosphates, and phosphoric acid 90 grains, may be used in- 
stead of glycerinophosphoric acid. The calcium and sodium glycerin- 
ophosphates, being in much larger quantity, should be used. 

Elixir Glycerinophosphites Lime and Soda. 

Calcium Glycerinophosphate, 64 grains 

Sodium Glycerinophosphate, 128 grains 

Glycerinophosphoric Acid, 120 grains 

Glycerin, 4 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 12 fl.ounces 

Mix the acid, glycerin and elixir and dissolve the glycerinophosphate 
salts in the mixture. A -fl.drachm represents iY 2 grains of the glycerin- 
ophosphate salts. Dose a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Some manufacturers make this with double the quantity of the 
glycerinophosphate salts, and direct the dose from a teaspoonful to a 



588 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

dessertspoonful. Phosphoric acid 90 grains may be used instead of 
glycerinophosphoric acid if this is not readily obtainable. 

Elixir Grindelia Robusta. 

Fluidextract Grindelia Robusta, 2^ fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Magnesium Carbonate, 2 drachms 

Rub the magnesium carbonate to a fine powder, and then with the 
fluid extract and alcohol ; then gradually add elixir and, after stand- 
ing a day or two, filter. 

A fl. drachm represents 10 grains of grindelia. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Guarana. 

Fluidextract of Guarana, 2^ fl.ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains guarana. The dose is 
from a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful or more. 
The B. P. C. 1901 Formulary, directs : 

Guarana, in No. 60 powder, 4 ounces av. 

Light Magnesia, calcined, ]/ 2 ounce av. 

Oil of Cinnamon, 6 minims 

Syrup, 2 fl.ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), sufficient to make 20 fl.ounces 

Mix the guarana and magnesia intimately in a mortar and moisten 
them with 3 ounces of the alcohol. After 24 hours maceration, mix 
with 8 ounces of coarse sand, pack in a percolator ; add proof spirit 
and percolate until 16 ounces are obtained, then transfer the mass to 
a press-bag and apply pressure. To the percolate add the syrup and 
oil of cinnamon, and make up to 20 fl.ounces by addition of the ex- 
pressed liquid previously reduced by evaporation if necessary. This 
represents 20% of guarana. Dose, ^ to 2 fl. drachms. 

Elixir Guarana and Celery. 

Fluidextract Guarana, 2 fl.ounces 

Fluidextract Celery, 2 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 12 fl.ounces 

Mix them and filter. A fl. drachm represents about 7 grains each of 
celery and guarana. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Helonias Compound. 

Mitchella, (Partridge Berry or Squaw Vine), 

Cramp Bark, 

Blue Cohosh, 

Unicorn Root, (Helonias), 



2 


ounces 


av. 


I 


ounce 


av. 


I 


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av. 


I 


ounce 


av. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 589 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 20 fl. ounces 
Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. The dose is a teaspoonful or more, 
as a catholicon. 

The advertising of "Aletris Cordial" during the past few years has 
made an increased demand for preparations of this kind. The old 
"Mother's Cordial" of the Eclectics was the mother of all this class 
of preparations. Elixir helonias compound may be readily made by 
mixing fluidextracts of helonias, cramp bark, blue cohosh, each, 1 
fl. ounce ; with fluidextract mitchella 4 fl. ounces and elixir enough to 
make a pint. 

Elixir Heroin. 

Heroin, 5 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Rub the heroin in a mortar with the elixir until dissolved. 
A fl. drachm contains 1 / 25 grain heroin. 

Elixir Heroin and Terpin Hydrate. 

Heroin, 5 grains 

Terpin Hydrate, 128 grains 

Alcohol, 1 fl.ounce 

Elixir, 15 flounces 

Heat the terpin hydrate with the alcohol in a closed 2 ounce bottle. 
Dissolve the heroin in the elixir, previously warmed, mix the solu- 
tions and filter. A fl. drachm contains 1 / 23 grain heroin and I grain 
terpin hydrate. An elixir containing double the quantity of heroin 
combined with the same quantity of terpin hydrate may be prepared. 

Elixir Heroin Compound. 

Heroin, 2 2 /z grains 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, 22 minims 

Chloroform, 32 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make I pint 

Mix the liquids and dissolve the heroin in the mixture. A fl.drachm 
contains 1 / 48 grain heroin, about y$ grain ipecac and % grain chloro- 
form. Dose a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful, for coughs and bron- 
chial irritation. 

Elixir Hops, or Humulus. 

Hops, in coarse powder, 2% ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 18 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, I fl.ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. 



590 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

This may also be made from fluidextract of hops 2^ fl. ounces, 
elixir 14 fl. ounces, magnesium carbonate 1 drachm. Mix and filter. 

A fl. drachm represents 10 grains of hops. The dose is a teaspoonful 
to a tablespoonful, as a nervine and tonic. 

Elixir Hydrangea. 

Fluidextract Hydrangea, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 14 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents about 15 grains of hydrangea. 

Elixir Hydrangea and Lithium. 

Fluidextract Hydrangea, 13/3 fl. ounces 

Lithium Benzoate, 256 grains 

Lithium Salicylate, 256 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix, dissolve and filter. A fl. drachm contains 5 grains hydrangea, 
2 grains each lithium benzoate and salicylate. 

Elixir Hydrangea and Lithium Compound. 

Lithium Benzoate, 256 grains 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 256 grains 

Fluidextract Buchu, 128 minims 

Fluidextract Hydrangea, 128 minims 

Fluidextract Triticum, 128 minims 

Fluidextract Saw Palmetto, 128 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 
Mix, dissolve and filter. Dose a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Hydrastis or Golden Seal. 

Fluidextract of Golden Seal, aqueous, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix and after standing, filter. This may also be made by percolat- 
ing 640 grains powdered hydrastis with elixir sufficient to make a pint. 
A fl. drachm represents 5 grains golden seal. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Hydrastis and Iron. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Hydrastis, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water by the aid of heat, and add to 
the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of the iron salt combined with 
elixir hydrastis. The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

Other salts of iron may be combined with elixir hydrastis in a sim- 
ilar manner. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 591 

Elixir Hydrastis, Iron and Bismuth. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Dissolve the bismuth salt in the water by the aid of a few drops of 
ammonia water, dissolve the iron salt in the elixir, and mix the 
solutions. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain each of the iron and bismuth 
salts combined with elixir hydrastis. The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 
Elixir hydrastis and bismuth may be made the same as the above, 
only omitting the iron salt. 

Elixir Hydrastis, Iron and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, i 1 /^ grains 

Elixir Hydrastis and Iron, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add i T 4 fl. drachms solution of strychnine to a pint of 
the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 1 / 100 grain strychnine sulphate and 1 
grain iron, combined with elixir hydrastis. The dose is a teaspoonful. 
Other combinations may readily be made by adding various salts, 
solutions or substances to elixir hydrastis, or by adding 1^ fl. ounces 
of aqueous fluidextract hydrastis to a pint of other elixirs. 

Elixir Hyoscyamus or Henbane. 

Fluidextract of Hyoscyamus, 2% fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix them. This may be made by percolating 1280 grains hyoscy- 
amus with elixir percolating menstruum 1 pint, adding sugar 5 
ounces, and soluble flavoring 1 ounce, as directed. A fl. drachm repre- 
sents 10 grains hyoscyamus. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Hypophosphites Compound. 

Calcium Hypophosphite, 256 grains 

Sodium Hypophosphite, 64 grains 

Potassium Hypophosphite, 64 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Rub the hypophosphites to a fine powder, and with the elixir until 
dissolved. A fl. drachm contains 3^ grains of the hypophosphites. 
The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

ELIXIRS IODIDES. 

Several preparations combining iodides in the form of elixirs' have 
been introduced. The following may be suggested as A r aluable com- 
binations : 

Elixir One Iodide. 

The elixir iodide of potassium containing 5 grains of 'potassium 
iodide in a fl. drachm, dissolved in elixir, 



592 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Elixir Two Iodides. 

Arsenic Iodide, I grain 

Potassium Iodide, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the salts by rubbing with the elixir in a mortar and filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 / 12g grain arsenic iodide and 5 grains potassium 
iodide. 

Elixir Three Iodides. 

Arsenic Iodide, 1 grain 

Iron Iodide, 10 grains 

Potassium Iodide, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 
Dissolve the salts by rubbing with the elixir in a mortar, then filter 

A fl. drachm contains 1 / 12S grain arsenic iodide, 5 grains potassium 
iodide and about 1 / 12 grain iron iodide. 

Elixir Four Iodides. 

Arsenic Iodide, 1 grain 

Iron Iodide, 10 grains 

Ammonium Iodide, 64 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the salts in the elixir by rubbing in a mortar and filter. A 

fl. drachm contains 1 / 12S grain arsenic iodide, 1 / 12 grain iron iodide, 

5 grains potassium iodide and y 2 grain ammonium iodide. 

Elixir Five Iodides. ( Pentiodides). 

Elixir Four Iodides, as above, 16 fl. ounces 

Calcium Iodide, 32 grains 

Rub the calcium iodide with the elixir four iodides until dissolved, 
and filter. A fl. drachm contains 1 / 128 grain arsenic iodide, 1 / 12 grain 
iron iodide, 5 grains potassium iodide, y 2 grain ammonium iodide and 
% grain calcium iodide. 

Elixir Ipecac. 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir, 15 fl. ounces 

This may also be made by macerating 1 ounce of powdered ipecac 
in a pint of elixir for several days, and filtering. A fl. drachm con- 
tains 3V2 grains of ipecac. The dose as an expectorant etc., is a tea- 
spoonful or less, as an emetic, a tablespoonful or more. 

Elixir Ipecac and Opium. Dover's Elixir. 

Opium, in powder, 128 grains 

Ipecac, in powder, . 128 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 593 

Macerate the powders in the elixir, with occasional agitation for a 
week, and filter. 

This may also be made by taking 

Tincture of Opium, 2^4 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, 14 fhounce 

Elixir, 13 fl. ounces 

"Mix, let stand, and filter. A fl. drachm of this elixir represents 1 

grain each, opium and ipecac, and is equivalent to 10 grains of Dover's 

Powder. Deodorized tincture of opium is to be preferred for making 

this elixir, but is not directed, as it is not a complete representative 

of powdered opium. 

Elixir Iron Bromide. 

Iron Bromide, 384 grains 

Potassium Citrate, 640 grains 

Water, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make I pint 

Dissolve the potassium citrate in 12 ounces of the elixir. Dissolve 
the iron salt in 2 ounces of water and mix the solutions, filter, and 
add enough elixir, if necessary, to make a pint. A fl. drachm contains 
3 grains of iron bromide. The potassium citrate is added to overcome 
the styptic disagreeable taste of the iron bromide. The dose is from 
J<3 to 1 teaspoonful. 

Elixir Iron Chloride, Tasteless. Elixir Muriate of Iron, Tasteless. 

Potassium Citrate, 400 grains 

Tincture Iron Chloride, 640 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir and add the tincture. A fl. drachm con- 
tains 5 minims of tincture iron chloride, rendered tasteless by the 
addition of potassium citrate. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Iron Chloride and Arsenic. 

Tincture Iron Chloride, 320 minims 

Solution Arsenic Chloride, 640 minims 

Potassium Citrate, 240 grains 

Elixir, enough to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir, add the tincture of iron, and lastly 

the solution. A fl. drachm contains 6 drops tincture of iron and about 

Vso grain of arsenic. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Iron Citrate. 

Iron Citrate and Ammonium, 256 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the iron salt by rubbing with separate portions of the 



594 The Fenncr For miliary Part II. 

elixir, and filter. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of soluble iron citrate. 
The dose is from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Iron Citrate and Quinine. 

Iron and Quinine Citrate, 256 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt by rubbing with separate portions of the elixir, 

and filter. This may also be made by dissolving 192 grains of iron and 

ammonium citrate and 64 grains quinine sulphate in a pint of elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of the salt, representing about ]/ 2 grain 

quinine. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Iron Citrate, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1% grains 

Elixir Iron and Quinine Citrate, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 1^4 fl. drachms solution of strychnine sulphate. 

This may also be made by dissolving 256 grains of the compound 
salt, iron citrate, quinine and strychnine, in a pint of elixir. A fl.- 
drachm contains iy 2 grains iron, ]/ 2 grain quinine, and 1 / 100 grain 
strychnine sulphate. 

Elixir Iron Hypophosphite. 

Solution of Iron Hypophosphite, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 14 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain hypophosphite of iron. 
The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Iron Iodide. (Tasteless). 

Tasteless Iron Iodide, 256 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt by rubbing with the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 2 

grains tasteless iron iodide — a salt formerly patented by J. Cruse. 

The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Iron Lactate. 

Solution "Iron Protoxide," 1 fl. ounce 

Lactic Acid, concentrated, iy 2 fl. drachms 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents 1 grain iron lacto-citrate. The 
dose is a teaspoonful or more. The elixir iron lactate may also be 
made by dissolving 128 grains iron lactate in a pint of elixir, and add- 
ing iy 2 fl. drachms lactic acid. 

Elixir Iron Lactate and Pepsin. 

Pepsin, saccharated, 256 grains 

Elixir Iron Lactate, I pint 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 595 

Macerate the pepsin in the elixir for several days, and strain. A 
fl. drachm contains 2 grains saccharated pepsin and 1 grain iron lac- 
tate. Dose, a teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Iron Phosphate. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 256 grains 

Water, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make . 1 pint 

Dissolve the iron phosphate in the water by the aid of heat, and add 

the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of iron phosphate. Dose, a 

teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Iron Phosphate and Quinine. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 256 grains 

Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Diluted Phosphoric Acid, 150 minims 

Water, 2 fl. ounces 

Glycerin, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 12 fl. ounces 

Mix the elixir and acid and dissolve the quinine salt in the mixture 
by the aid of gentle heat. Dissolve the iron phosphate in the water 
and glycerin by the aid of heat, and while both the solutions are still 
hot, add the quinine solution to the iron solution. When cool, filter. 
It is necessary that the solutions be quite warm, about i6o°F., and 
that they be gradually mixed together, otherwise a gelatinous mass, 
instead of a clear solution will result. The quinine solution should be 
added to the iron solution. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron phos- 
phate and i grain of quinine. Dose, a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Iron Phosphate, Quinine and Strychnine- 
Strychnine Sulphate, - 2 grains 
Elixir Iron Phosphate and Quinine, 1 pint 
Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 2 drachms strychnine solution to a pint of the elixir. 
This may also be made as directed in the previous formula, by add- 
ing 2 grains of strychnine sulphate to the ingredients therein named 
and proceeding in the same manner. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of 
iron phosphate, 1 grain of quinine and 1 / C4 grain of strychnine. The 
proportion of strychnine as preparted by manufacturers varies con- 
siderably, some using only 1 / 120 grain, while others use as much as 
V 30 grain in a fl. drachm. 

Elixir Iron Pyrophosphate. Ferro-phosphated Cordial Elixir. 

Iron Pyrophosphate, 256 grains 

Water, 1 fl.ounce 

Elixir, 15 fl. ounces 



596 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Dissolve the iron pyrophosphate in the water by the aid of heat, and 
add the elixir. After standing, filter. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains 
of the iron salt. 

Elixir Iron Pyrophosphate and Quinine. 

The foregoing elixirs of iron pyrophosphate and quinine, being 
neutral, cannot be made to hold more than l / 2 grain of quinine in a 
fl. drachm of solution. The following formula is made to contain I 
grain in a fl. drachm. 

Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Diluted Phosphoric Acid, 5 fl. drachms 

Alcohol, 1 fl. ounce 

Ammonia Water, q. s., about 20 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the quinine salt in 8 ounces of the elixir, the alcohol, and 
the phosphoric acid. Dissolve the iron pyrophosphate in 1 ounce of 
water, by the aid of heat, and add to the solution 6 ounces of elixir 
and 20 minims ammonia water. When the two solutions, the quinine 
in one, and the iron in the other, are ready, add the one containing 
the quinine very gradually to the one containing the iron, giving time 
for the precipitate formed to be dissolved after adding each portion 
before adding more. If not clear when all is added, add enough am- 
monia water, mixed with a little elixir, to make clear, and filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of the iron salt and 1 grain quinine. 
The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Iron Pyrophosphate and Quinine. (Neutral). 

Quinine Sulphate, 64 grains 

Citric Acid, 10 grains 

Iron Pyrophosphate, 128 grains 

Ammonia Water, q. s., 20 to 30 drops 

Water, 1 fl.ounce 

Elixir, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the citric acid in a portion of the elixir and rub the quinine 
salt in a mortar with the solution, then add the remainder of the elixir 
and warm the mixture gently by a water-bath until the salt is en- 
tirely dissolved ; dissolve the iron salt by the aid of heat in the water, 
and add to the solution 20 drops of 10 percent, ammonia water, then 
add the quinine solution to the iron solution and mix them thoroughly. 
When cool, filter. If the elixir, when cool, remains cloudy, add a few 
drops more of ammonia water to make clear. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of iron salt and V 2 grain quinine. The 
dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

This elixir was formerly prescribed and sold as Elixir Phosphate of 
Iron and Quinine, but since the introduction of a soluble scale iron 
phosphate, an elixir containing the iron phosphate is furnished. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 597 

Elixir Iron Pyrophosphate, Quinine and Arsenic. 

Fowler's Solution of Arsenic, 256 minims 

Elixir Iron Pyrophosphate and Quinine, 14I/2 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron, 1 grain quinine, and 
2 minims Fowler's Solution. 

Elixir Iron Pyrophosphate, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 2 grains 

Elixir Iron Pyrophosphate and Quinine, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 2 fl. drachms strychnine solution to a pint of elixir 
iron pyrophosphate and quinine. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of the 
iron salt, 1 grain quinine, and 1 / Q4 grain strychnine. 

Elixir Iron Pyrophosphate, Quinine and Strychnine. (Neutral). 
Strychnine Sulphate, 2 grains 

Elixir Iron Pyrophosphate and Quinine, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 2 fl. drachms of strychnine solution to a pint of elixir 
iron pyrophosphate and quinine. It may also be made the same as 
directed for the preceding formula by adding to the solution of citric 
acid in elixir 2 grains of strychnine sulphate before adding the qui- 
nine salt. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of the iron salt, ]/ 2 grain quinine, and 
Vg4 grain strychnine. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

This elixir was formerly called Elixir Phosphate of Iron, Quinine 
and Strychnine, as explained in the foregoing formula. 

Elixirs of Iron Pyrophosphate and Cinchonidine, with their various 
combinations, are made in the same manner as Elixirs Iron Pyrophos- 
phate and Quinine, only using chinchonidine sulphate instead of qui- 
nine sulphate. 

A great variety of combinations are made with elixir iron pyro- 
phosphate, quinine and strychnine. It is unnecessary to give de- 
tailed formula for them as they are made simply by adding various 
salts and solutions to the elixir. 

Elixir of Iron, Quinine and Strychnine. 

The elixir of iron phosphate, quinine and strychnine is quite gen- 
erally used when elixir of iron, quinine and strychnine is prescribed, 
but the following combination possesses some advantages : 
Tincture Iron Citro-Chloride, 320 minims 

Quinine Sulphate or Muriate, 128 grains 

Strychnine Sulphate, 2 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make . 16 fl. ounces 

Rub the strychnine salt to a fine powder in a mortar and dissolve 
it by adding separate portions of elixir and rubbing; rub the quinine 



598 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

salt with the elixir, add the tincture citro-choride of iron, and enough 
elixir to make a pint, and after standing, filter if necessary. This 
makes a very nice preparation, is very easily made and keeps well 
without precipitation or decomposition, as is frequently the case with 
elixirs of phosphate of iron in combination. 

A fl. drachm contains equivalent to 6 drops tincture of iron, i grain 
quinine, and 1 / 64 grain strychnine. Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Iron and Strychnine Citrate. 

Strychnine Sulphate, i% grains 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 256 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salts by rubbing with the elixir. 

This may also be made from the compound salt, iron and strych- 
nine citrate, by dissolving 256 grains in a pint of elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron and 1 / 100 grain strychnine. The 
dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Iron Valerianate. 

An elixir of iron valerianate may be made by dissolving 128 grains 
iron valerianate, 60 grains of citric acid, and 60 grains potassium cit- 
rate in a pint of elixir, but it is more expensive and less satisfactory 
than the elixir ammonium valerianate and iron, which is therapeuti- 
cally the same. 

Elixir Jaborandi. Elixir Pilocarpus. 

Fluidextract of Jaborandi, 2^4 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 2 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 12 fl.ounces 

Mix, and after standing, filter, adding a little powdered magnesium 

carbonate to the filter. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains of jaborandi. 

The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Juniper Berries. 

Fluidextract of Juniper Berries, 2% fl.ounces 

Holland Gin, 4 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 10 fl.ounces 

Magnesium Carbonate, 1 drachm 

Mix the liquids, rub with magnesium carbonate in a mortar, and fil- 
ter. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains juniper berries. The dose is a 
teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Kairine. 
Kairine, 128 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain kairine. 
The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 599 



//. 




Drugs, 


Chemicals 
Elixir 


and 
Kola. 


Kola 


Nut, 


in fine 


powder. 





iy 2 ounces 

Magnesium Carbonate, y 2 ounce 

Alcohol, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Rub the powdered kola and magnesium carbonate together and 
add the alcohol to make a pasty mass, then rub with 4 ounces of the 
elixir in a mortar and pour into a covered glass percolator ; after 
standing 12 hours begin to percolate, adding elixir through the per- 
colator until 16 ounces have passed. 

A teaspoonful represents a little more than 5 grains of kola. The 
dose is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls or more. 

Fluidextract of kola may be used instead, and rubbed with mag- 
nesium carbonate as directed. 

Elixir Kola-Celery. 

Kola Nut, in fine powder, 1^2 ounce 

Celery Seed, in fine powder, \y 2 ounce 

Magnesium Carbonate, y 2 ounce 

Alcohol, 3 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 17 fl. ounces 

Make in the same manner as elixir kola, (above). 

A fl. drachm represents 5 grains each of kola and celery. 

Elixir Kola and Celery Compound. 

Elixir Kola and Celery, 16 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract Coca, iy 2 ounce 

Fluidextract Black Haw, 1^2 ounce 

Mix, and after standing, filter if necessary. 

A fl. drachm represents 5 grains each of kola, celery, coca and black 
haw. 

Elixir Lactated Pepsin. 

A line of Lactated Pepsin Elixirs and combinations are made by 
several manufacturers from Compound powder of Pepsin, used in the 
same manner and proportion as Lactopeptine or Pepsin. The form- 
ula for this powder will be found under Pulveres. The elixirs are 
made up in several different proportions of the powder to the elixir, 
— from 40 to 96 grains of the powder to an ounce, — by dissolving the 
powder in the elixir. 

The Compound Elixirs of Lactated Pepsin, with Bismuth, Cali- 
saya, Gentian, Iron, Strychnine, Quinine etc., may be made in the' 
same manner as Elixirs of Lactopeptine or Pepsin by taking of Com- 
pound Powder of Pepsin, 640 grains, and 1 pint of the required Elixir. 

A fl. drachm of the above elixir will contain 5 grains of the pepsin 
compound, combined with the specified elixir. 



600 



The Fenner Formulary 



Part II. 



Elixir Lactopeptine. 

Lactopeptine, 384 grains 

Glycerin, 2 fl.ounces 

Water, 2 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 12 fl.ounces 

Macerate the lactopeptine in the mixed liquids for several days in 
a warm place. Color with cochineal coloring and filter. 

A fl. drachm contains 3 grains lactopeptine. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

A great variety of combinations of lactopeptine with other prepara- 
tions may be made by macerating 256 grains lactopeptine in a pint of 
the required elixir. The combinations of lactopeptine with calisaya 
and gentian elixirs will be found under those headings. 

Elixir Lactopeptine and Bismuth. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir Lactopeptine (uncolored), 1 pint 

Dissolve the bismuth salt with half an ounce of water by the aid of 
a few drops of ammonia water, and add to the elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 3 grains lactopeptine and 1 grain of bismuth. 
The dose is a teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Lactopeptine, Bismuth and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1*4 grain 

Elixir Lactopeptine and Bismuth, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add equivalent quantity of solution of strychnine. 

A fl. drachm contains 3 grains lactopeptine, 1 grain bismuth, and 
V100 grain strychnine. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Lactucarium. 
Lactucarium, 256 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Macerate the lactucarium in the elixir 24 hours; then rub it to a 
smooth mixture with the elixir, and after standing a day or two, filter. 
A fl. drachm represents 2 grains of lactucarium. Dose a teaspoonful 
or more. 

Elixir Laxative. 

A number of preparations by this name have been quite popular. 
The following formula makes a preparation similar to the one which 
has been best received. 

Senna, in coarse powder, 

Gentian, in coarse powder, 

Cardamom Seed, in fine powder, 1 drachm 

Coriander Seed, in fine powder, 1 drachm 



: ounces av. 
y 2 ounce av. 



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Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 



601 



Elixir Percolating Menstruum, I pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, I ounce av. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 128 grains 

Make by percolation as directed. Detannate with y 2 ounce white 
of egg. Dissolve the iron salt in 1 ounce of hot water, and add to the 
detannated elixir. It may also be made by adding 2 fl. ounces fluid 
extract senna and ]/ 2 fl. ounce tincture cardamom seed to 14J/2 fl. ounces 
of elixir gentian and iron phosphate. The dose is a dessertspoonful 
to a tablespoonful as a laxative and tonic. 

Other laxative elixirs are noted under the Cathartic Elixirs and 
among the Standard Remedies. 

Elixir Licorice. Elixir Glycyrrhiza. 

Licorice Root, in coarse powder, 2% ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 1 pint 
Ammonia Water, 1 fl. drachm 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed, or it may be made by mixing 
fluidextract of licorice, 2^4 ounces with ammonia water, 20 minims, 
and elixir, 14 fl.ounces. 

A fl. drachm represents 10 grains of licorice root. 

This vehicle is much used for bitter medicines, as quinine etc. 

Elixir Licorice Compound. Elixir Glycyrrhiza Compound. 
Aromatic Elixir Glycyrrhiza. 

Licorice Root, in coarse powder, iy 2 ounces av. 

Wild Cherry, in coarse powder, 1 ounce av. 

Cardamom Seed, in fine powder, 1 drachm 

Coriander Seed, in fine powder, 1 drachm 

Cinnamon, in fine powder, 1 drachm 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, 1 pint 

Ammonia Water, 1 fl. drachm 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 
Make by percolation as directed, or add the fluidextracts of the drugs 
to the elixir. 

This elixir is used chiefly as a vehicle for quinine and other bitter 
medicines. 

Elixir Lithium Citrate. 

Lithium Citrate, 256 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir, and filter. A fl. drachm contains 2 

grains lithium citrate. The dose is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 



602 The Rentier Formulary Part II. 

Elixir of Lithium Salts. 

Elixirs of the bromide, citrate, carbonate or salicylate of lithium 
are sometimes ordered, but are seldom used. They may be made by 
taking 

The Lithium Salt, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the lithium salt by rubbing in a mortar with the elixir. 
The bromide requires a little citric acid to the solution; the car- 
bonate requires enough citric acid added to dissolve it in the solution, 
but when this is added it really becomes an elixir of lithium citrate. 
Elixir Lithiated Strontium Compound. 

Strontium Salicylate, 256 grains 

Strontium Iodide, 128 grains 

Lithium Salicylate, 256 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make I pint 

Mix the salts and dissolve them in enough elixir to make 1 pint. A 
fl. drachm contains 5 grains of the strontium and lithium salts. Dose 1 
to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

Elixirs of Malt and Compounds. 

A number of elixirs of malt with various combinations have been 
made by manufacturers, but in this work they are included under the 
heading" Maltum, which see. 

Elixir Manaca and Salicylates. 

Fluidextract Manaca, 2% fl. ounces 

Sodium Salicylate, 2 ounces av. 

Potassium Salicylate, 1 ounce av. 

Lithium Salicylate, % ounce av. 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix, dissolve, and after standing, filter. 

A fl. drachm represents 10 grains manaca, 7 grains sodium salicy- 
late, 2^/2 grains potassium salicylate, and nearly 1 grain lithium salicy- 
late. 

Elixir Mandrake Compound. Elixir Podophyllum Compound. 

Mandrake (Podophyllum), in powder, 1 ounce av. 

Leptandra, (Culver's Root), in powder, 1 ounce av. 

Senna, in coarse powder, 1 ounce av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 18 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed, or mix the fluidextracts of the 
drugs with elixir, and filter through magnesium carbonate. 
A fl. drachm contains about 3^ grains each of the drugs. 
The dose is a teaspoonful as a chologogue and laxative. 



I 


ounce av 


I 


ounce av 


I 


ounce av 


8 


fl. ounces 


5 


ounces av 


i 


fl. ounce 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 603 

Elixir Matico Compound. 

Matico, in coarse powder, 

Buchu, in coarse powder, 

Cubebs, in fine powder, 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 

Sugar, 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 
.Make by percolation as directed, or by mixing the fluidextracts of 
the drugs with elixir, rubbing with magnesium carbonate, and filter- 
ing. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Mono-bromated Camphor Compound. 
Mono-bromated Camphor, 16 grains 

Butyl-Chloral, 24 grains 

Spirit of Cinnamon, 1J/2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, iy 2 fl. ounces 

Tincture of Gelsemium, 80 minims 

Syrup, 8 fl. ounces 

Rub the butyl-chloral and the mono-bromated camphor with the 
spirit of cinnamon, add the tincture of gelsemium, then the elixir, then 
the syrup, mixing them well together. Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Morphine. 
Morphine Sulphate, 16 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Mix and dissolve. A fl. drachm contains }i grain morphine sul- 
phate. The dose is a teaspoonful. This preparation is of the same 
strength as the Liquor Morphise Sulphatis, formerly official, but is a 
better preparation as it will keep any length of time. 

Elixir Morphine Bromide. 

Morphine Bromide, 16 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir. A fl. drachm contains }i grain mor- 
phine bromide. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Morphine Valerate. 
Morphine Valerate, 16 grains 

Elixir, I pint 

Dissolve the salt by rubbing with separate portions of the elixir. 
A fl. drachm contains y% grain morphine valerate. Dose, 1 teaspoonful. 
Elixir Nitroglycerin Compound. 
Spirit of Nitroglycerin, U. S. P., 150 minims 

Fluidextract Digitalis, 64 minims 

Tincture Strophanthus, 256 minims 

Strychnine Sulphate, 2>4 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 



604 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

Mix with caution. A fl. drachm contains 1 / 100 grain nitroglycerin, 
y 2 minim fluidextract digitalis, 2 minims tincture strophanthus, and 
Vso grain strychnine sulphate. 

Elixir Nux Vomica. 

Tincture Nux Vomica, 640 minims 

Diluted Sulphuric Acid, 2 fl. drachms 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix, and after standing, filter. A fl. drachm contains 5 minims tinc- 
ture nux vomica. The dose is from ]/ 2 to a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Opium. 

Opium, in powder, 128 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Rub the opium with the elixir, and macerate for several days, then 
filter. It may also be made by mixing- 
Tincture of Opium, 29^ fl. ounces 
Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 
An elixir of opium, deodorized, may be made in the same way from 
the deodorized tincture of opium. A fl. drachm of elixir opium repre- 
sents 1 grain opium. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Orange. Elixir Aurantii. 

Oil of Orange, fresh, 30 minims 

Alcohol, 6 fl.ounces 

Water, 10 fl.ounces 

Magnesium Carbonate, 120 grains 

Sugar, 5 ounces av, 

Dissolve the oil of orange in the alcohol, rub the magnesium carbon- 
ate to a fine powder, and add to the water; then gradually add the 
mixture of magnesium to the solution of orange, and after mixing 
thoroughly, allow to stand ; then filter clear and dissolve the sugar in 
the filtrate. 

This elixir is known by many names, and used mostly as an adju- 
vant or simple elixir. It may also be made by macerating 4 ounces 
of fresh orange peel in half a pint of alcohol for several days, draining 
and pressing ; then adding 8 ounces of water and 4 ounces of syrup, 
and filtering. 

For other elixirs of orange see Simple Elixir, Aromatic Elixir, 
Adjuvant Elixir, Curacoa Elixir etc. 

Elixir Orange Compound. Elixir Vicerale Hoffmanni. 

This elixir was formerly official in the German Pharmacopoeia and 
is still frequently prescribed. The formula is as follows : 

Orange Peel, cut, 50 parts or 394 ounces 

Cinnamon, 10 parts or 6 drachms 



Part 



II. Drugs, Che 


micals 


and 


Preparations 




Potassium Carbonate. 




2]/: 


parts or 90 


grains 


Sherry Wine, 




250 


parts or 19 


fl. ounces 


Extract of Gentian. 




5 


parts or 3 


drachms 


Extract of Wormwood, 




5 


parts or 3 


drachms 


Extract of Buckbean. 




5 


parts or 3 


drachms 


Extract of Cascarilla. 




5 


parts or 3 


drachms 



605 



Macerate the orange, cinnamon and potassium carbonate for 8 days 
in the wine, pour off, express, and dissolve the extracts in the liquid. 
The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Pancreatin. 

This elixir may be made from the fresh pancreas of the pig, as fol- 
lows : 

The pancreas of three pigs, chopped, 

Water, 20 fl. ounces 

Macerate for 3 days in a cool place, then strain and add 

Elixir, 3 pints 

Alcohol, 8 fl. ounces 

Soluble Flavoring, 2 fl. ounces 

After standing a few days, filter. 
This may also be made from pancreatin : 

Pancreatin, 1 ounce av. 

Glycerin, 4 ounces av. 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Macerate the pancreatin for 24 hours or more in the elixir and 
glycerin, and filter. The dose is a dessertspoonful or more. 

Elixir Pancreatin and Pepsin. 

Saccharated Pepsin, 256 grains 

Saccharated Pancreatin, - 256 grains 

Glycerin, 4 ounces av. 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Macerate the powders for 24 hours or longer in the elixir and gly- 
cerin, and filter. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains each of saccharated 
pancreatin and pepsin. The dose is a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Pancreatin, Pepsin and Bismuth. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 64 grains 

Elixir Pancreatin and Pepsin, 1 pint 

Dissolve the bismuth salt in V 2 ounce of water by the aid of a few 
drops of ammonia water, and add to the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 
2 grains each of saccharated pancreatin and pepsin, and y 2 grain bis- 
muth. The dose is a dessertspoonful. 

Other combinations of pancreatin and pepsin may be made in a sim- 
ilar manner. 



606 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Elixir Paraldehyd. 

Paraldehyd, 640 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 5 minims paraldehyd. The dose 
is a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful as a hypnotic or anodyne. 

Elixir Pareira Brava. 

Fluidextract Pareira Brava, 2^4 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 14 fl. ounces 

Mix them, and, after standing, filter through a little magnesium 

carbonate. It may also be made by percolating the drug with elixir, 

as directed. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains of the drug. The dose 

is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Pepsin. 

Elixir of pepsin may be prepared from the fresh stomachs of the 
pig or calf, or from the saccharated pepsins, or the pure pepsins, which 
are furnished by manufacturers. Elixirs of pepsin desired to combine 
with other preparations, as bismuth, iron etc., should be made from 
the saccharated pepsin. Some manufacturers call wine of pepsin and 
its combinations elixirs of pepsin. 

The value of elixirs of pepsin and their combinations with various 
salts as are found on the market has been seriously questioned, and 
not without reason, as they present many incompatibilities ; but these 
combinations are much used and are perhaps as valuable as many 
other compounds that are prescribed. 

Elixir pepsin may be prepared from the fresh stomachs as follows : 
The stomachs of 6 pigs, 

Water, 6 pints 

Glycerin, 20 fl. ounces 

Hydrochloric Acid, 2 fl. ounces 

Dissect the lining membrane from the stomachs, and digest them 
for three days in a mixture of the liquids, then strain, and add 
Elixir, 3 pints 

Alcohol, 8 fl.ounces 

and, after standing a few days, filter. 

This may be used as a simple elixir of pepsin, or may be combined 
with salts which are not incompatible with acids ; but it forms pre- 
cipitates with bismuth and some other preparations. 

Elixir Pepsin. 
Made from Saccharated Pepsin. 
Saccharated Pepsin, 256 grains 

Water, 3 fl.ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 607 

Glycerin, 3 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 10 fl. ounces 

Macerate the pepsin in the liquids for 24 hours or longer and strain 
or filter through coarse filtering paper. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains 
of saccharated or official pepsin. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir pepsin may also be made from scale pepsin by first reducing 
it to a powder and macerating 64 grains in 3 ounces each of water and 
glycerin and 10 ounces elixir. As thus prepared it is more than double 
the strength of elixir pepsin as made from saccharated pepsin, repre- 
senting in a fl. drachm the equivalents of 5 grains saccharated pepsin. 
It may be colored with a little caramel if desired. 

Elixirs of pepsin are very slow to filter because of the mucous 
which covers the surface of the paper. They are therefore better 
strained through muslin. 

This elixir pepsin should be used for combining with bismuth, iron 
salts etc. 

Elixirs of Pepsin. 

Scale or crystal pepsin is now quite generally used for making 
elixirs of pepsin, instead of saccharated pepsins which were formerly 
used for making pepsin elixirs. Elixir of pepsin has been mostly 
superseded by essence pepsin, (see Essences) ; but the combinations 
of elixir pepsin are still generally made by the formulas directed in 
this work. 

A plain elixir of pepsin may be made with the scale pepsin as fol- 
lows : 

Scale Pepsin, 128 grains 

Glycerin, 2 fl. ounces 

Hydrochloric Acid, 20 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Mix the glycerin, acid and elixir and add the pepsin, agitate fre- 
quently until dissolved, and filter. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain pure 
pepsin. 

Elixir Pepsin and Bismuth. 

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir Pepsin, 1 pint 

Dissolve the bismuth salt in y 2 ounce of water with the aid of a 
few drops of ammonia water, and add to the elixir. It may be colored, 
if desired, with a little caramel. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain bismuth 
combined with elixir of pepsin. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Pepsin, Bismuth and Iron. 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 128 grains 

Elixir Pepsin and Bismuth, 1 pint 



608 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Dissolve the iron salt by rubbing with separate portions of the 
elixir. This may also be made with iron pyrophosphate instead of 
citrate, by dissolving 128 grains of iron pyrophosphate in 1 ounce of 
hot water and adding to the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain each 
of bismuth and iron combined with elixir pepsin. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Pepsin, Bismuth, Iron and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1*4 grains 

Elixir Pepsin, Bismuth and Iron, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 1% fl. drachms solution of strychnine to a pint of the 
elixir. This may also be made by dissolving 128 grains iron citrate or 
pyrophosphate in a pint of the elixir pepsin, bismuth and strychnine. 
A fl. drachm contains 1 grain each bismuth and iron and V100 grain 
strychnine sulphate, combined with elixir pepsin. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Pepsin, Bismuth and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, i 1 /^ grains 

Elixir Pepsin and Bismuth, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, the filter. This may be made by adding ij4 drachm of 
solution of strychnine to a pint of elixir pepsin and bismuth. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain bismuth and 1 / 100 grain strychnine sul- 
phate, combined with elixir pepsin. Dose, a teaspoonful to a dessert- 
spoonful. 

Elixir Pepsin and Iron. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl.ounce 

Elixir Pepsin, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water by the aid of heat and add the 
elixir. This elixir may also be made with the same quantity of iron 
and ammonium citrate, or of iron pyrophosphate in place of the phos- 
phate. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of the iron salt combined with elixir 
pepsin. The dose is a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Pepsin and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1% grain 

Elixir Pepsin and Lactic Acid, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 1% fl. drachms solution of strychnine to a pint of the 
elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 / 100 grain strychnine sulphate, combined with 
elixir pepsin. The dose is from a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 609 

Elixir Pepsin, Iron and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1%. grains 

Elixir Pepsin and Iron, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 1% fl. drachms solution of strychnine to a pint of 
the elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain iron and 1 / 100 grain strychnine sulphate, 
combined with elixir pepsin. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessert- 
spoonful. 

Elixir Pepsin and Lactic Acid. Elixir Pepsin Lactated. 

Concentrated Lactic Acid, 64 minims 

Scale Pepsin, 128 grains 

Glycerin, 3 fl.ounces 

Water, 3 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 15 fl.ounces 

Rub the pepsin to a powder and add to the mixed liquids, allow 
to stand several days, with frequent agitation, then strain through 
muslin. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain pure pepsin (equivalent to 10 grains 
saccharated pepsin) and J / 2 minim lactic acid. The dose is a teaspoon- 
ful to a dessertspoonful. 

This is one of the best liquid preparations of pepsin, but it is not 
compatible with soluble bismuth or iron pyrophosphate. It is called 
by some manufacturers "Aromatic Solution of Pepsin," "Liquor Pep- 
sin" etc. The Elixirs of Pepsin and Lactic Acid, and their com- 
binations are known as Elixirs of Pepsin Lactated or Lactated Pepsin. 
This elixir is made by some manufacturers by taking 640 
grains of saccharated pepsin, instead of scale pepsin, and it is fre- 
quently made with much less, from 2 to 3 grains of saccharated pep- 
sin being used for each fl. drachm. 

Elixir Pepsin and Quinine. 

Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Elixir Pepsin and Lactic Acid, 1 pint 

Rub the quinine salt with the elixir to dissolve. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain quinine sulphate combined with the 
pepsin elixir. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Pepsin, Quinine and Iron. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, . 128 grains . 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Pepsin and Quinine, 15 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water by the aid of heat and add the 
elixir. 



610 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

A fl. drachm contains I grain each of iron and quinine combined 
with elixir pepsin. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Pepsin, Quinine, Iron and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1% grain 

Elixir Pepsin, Quinine and Iron, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add i 1 /^ fl. drachms solution of strychnine to a pint of the 
elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain each quinine and iron and 1 / 100 grain 
strychnine sulphate, combined with elixir pepsin. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful. 

Elixir Pepsin, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1% grain 

Elixir Pepsin and Quinine, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, or add 1% fl. drachms solution of strychnine to a pint of the 
elixir. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain quinine and 1 / 100 grain strychnine sul- 
phate, combined with elixir pepsin. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Pepsin and Wafer Ash. Elixir Pepsin and Ptelea. 

Fluidextract of Wafer Ash (Ptelea), 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Pepsin, 15 fl. ounces 

Mix them, and after standing, filter clear through a little powdered 
charcoal. 

A fl. drachm represents the soluble constituents of 3^ grains wafer 
ash, combined with elixir pepsin. The dose is a teaspoonful to a 
dessertspoonful. 

A glycerite of pepsin and wafer ash is also made. See glycerites. 

Other Pepsin Elixirs. 

A great variety of combinations of pepsin with other substances in 
the forms of elixirs may be made by adding pepsin to other elixirs, or 
other substances to elixir pepsin. 

Elixir Phosphates Compound. 

Concentrated Solution of Phosphates Compound, 2 fl.ounces 
Elixir, 14 fl.ounces 

Mix them. The dose is a teaspoonful, containing about 3^ grains 
of the mineral phosphates in solution, with excess of phosphoric acid. 

Elixir Phosphoric Acid. 

Phosphoric Acid, (85%), by weight, 2 ounces 

Glycerin, by weight, 4 ounces 

Elixir, by weight, 11 ounces 



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The formula is : 


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550 


Cc. or 8^3 fl. ounces 


IOOO 


Cc. or 16 fl. ounces 



Part II. DrurSj Chemicals and Preparations 611 

Mix them. This elixir, if the 85% U. S. phosphoric acid is used, 
has the same acid percentage as diluted phosphoric acid, (10%), and 
may be prescribed in place of it to advantage as the sharp acid taste 
is mitigated. 

Elixir Phosphori. Elixir of Phosphorus. 

This was formerly official in the U 
Spirit of Phosphorus, 
Oil of Anise, 
Glycerin, 

Aromatic Elixir, to make 
To the spirit of phosphorus, contained in a graduated bottle, add 
the oil of anise and glycerin, and mix them by repeatedly inverting the 
bottle, until they form a clear liquid. Then add the aromatic elixir 
in several portions, gently agitating after each addition until a trans- 
parent liquid is obtained, and the liquid measures 1000 Cc. (or 16 
fl. ounces). Each Cc. of the liquid represents y^ milligramme 
(0.00025 Gm.) of phosphorus. 

The N. F. formula for this elixir is nearly the same. It represents 
Vso grain of phosphorus in a fl. drachm. 

Elixir Phosphorus. 

Phosphorus, fresh, (not oxidized), i^J grains 

Absolute Alcohol, 1 fl. ounce 

Add the phosphorus to the alcohol contained in a small bottle and 
stop tightly, dissolve the phosphorus in the alcohol by gentle heat of 
water-bath, then mix. 

Glycerin, 3 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 12 fl. ounces 

and warm the mixture to about 140 F., and while the solution of 

phosphorus is still warm, add the mixture to it and mix thoroughly. 

Set aside in a well-stoppered bottle in a cool place. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 / 100 grain of phosphorus. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

The B. P. C, 1901 Formulary directs: 

Compound Tincture of Phosphorus, (Br.), 4 fl. ounces 

Glycerin, 16 fl. ounces 

Add the tincture to the glycerin and shake well. This elixir should 

be freshly prepared and protected from the light, in full bottles. A 

fl. drachm contains 1 / 50 grain of phosphorus. Dose, 15 to 60 minims. 

Elixir Phosphorus Compound. Elixir Phosphorus and Nux Vomica. 

Tincture of Xux Vomica, 384 minims 

Elixir Phosphorus, sufficient to make I pint 



612 The Fenner Formulary Part If. 

Mix them by adding the elixir gradually to the tincture. 
A fl. drachm contains 3 minims of tincture nux vomica and 1 / 100 
grain phosphorus. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Phosphorus, Iron, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Elixir Phosphorus, 8 fl. ounces 

Elixir Iron Phosphate, Quinine and Strychnine, 8 fl. ounces 
Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain quinine, x / 50 grain strych- 
nine, and V200 grain of phosphorus. The dose is a teaspoonful to a 
dessertspoonful.' 

Elixir Pichi Compound. 

Fluidextract Pichi, 4 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract Triticum, 2 flounces 

Fluidextract Corn Silk, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents about 15 grains pichi, yy 2 grains 

triticum, 4 grains corn silk. This is highly recommended' for kidney 

and bladder trouble and calculi. 

Elixir Pichi and Saw Palmetto Compound. 

Fluidextract Saw Palmetto, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir Pichi Compound, 14 fl.ounces 

Mix them. 

Elixir Pink Root Compound. Anthelmintic Elixir. 

Pink Root, in coarse powder, 

Senna Leaves, in coarse powder, 

Balmony, 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 

Sugar, 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 
Make by percolation as directed. 

A fl. drachm represents about 7 grains of pink root, ^ l / 2 grains senna, 
and 2 grains balmony. This is an excellent preparation for worms, 
and is given in doses of a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Potassium Acetate. 

Potassium Acetate, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve and filter. A fl. drachm contains 5 grains potassium acetate. 
Dose 1 to 4 teaspoonfuls. 

Elixir Potassium Bromide. 

Two strengths of this elixir are common — 5 grains and 10 grains of 
potassium bromide in a fl. drachm. This is liable to confusion with 
physicians in prescribing it, and for that reason we prefer to stick to 



2 


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I 


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5 


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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 613 

our old formula of 10 grains to a fl. drachm, which is none too strong 
for general use : 

Potassium Bromide, 1280 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the bromide to a coarse powder, and dissolve by agitation in 
the elixir. Some druggists and manufacturers color this elixir red 
with carmine solution, and some leave it colorless. It should be kept 
uniform, so that customers may not be suspicious when prescriptions 
are refilled. 

A fl. drachm represents 10 grains of the salt. The dose is from a tea- 
spoonful to a tablespoonful. 

If the elixir containing but 5 grains of the salt in a fl. drachm is de- 
sired, dilute the above with an equal measure of the elixir, or make 
by dissolving 640 grains of the salt in elixir sufficient to make a pint. 

Elixir Potassium Bromide and Hydrated Chloral. 
Elixir Bromide-Chloral. 

Potassium Bromide, 2 ounces av. 

Hydrated Chloral, 1 ounce av. 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salts in the elixir and filter. A fl. drachm contains 7 
grains potassium bromide and y/ 2 grains hydrated chloral. The dose 
is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

The combinations of potassium bromide and chloral hydrate, in the 
form of an elixir or solution, have been very popular, several. proprie- 
tary preparations of this kind having had a large sale as hypnotics 
and sedatives ; one quite popular with physicians is "Bromidia," pre- 
pared by Battle and Co., Chemists Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., which, 
according to their published statement, contains in each fl. drachm, 15 
grains potassium bromide, 15 grains chloral hydrate, and y§ grain each 
extracts Cannabis, Indica and Hyoscyamus. It is claimed that alco- 
hol should not be used in making solutions of the salts named, on ac- 
count of the chemical action which takes place. 

Elixir Potassium Bromide Compound. Sedative Elixir. 

Potassium Bromide, 640 grains 

Morphine Sulphate, 8 grains 

Ammonium Valerate, 256 grains 

Ammonia Water, 90 minims 

Syrup, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salts in the elixir and syrup ; add the aqua ammonia, 
and color, if desired, with a little carmine solution and caramel, then 
filter. w A fl. drachm contains 5 grains potassium bromide, 2 grains am- 



614 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

monium valerate, and one-sixteenth grain morphine. The dose is a 
teaspoonful. 

Elixir Potassium Iodide. . 
Potassium Iodide, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 5 grains potas- 
sium iodide. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. Elixir Ammonium 
Iodide and Elixir Sodium Iodide are made in the same manner and 
proportion. 

Elixir Propylamine Salicylate. 
Salicylic Acid, 1 ounce av. 

Propylamine, (liquid), 2 fl. drachms 

Alcohol, 3 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the salicylic acid with the alcohol and elixir and add the propyl- 
amine, equivalent to 5 grains of the propylamine salicylate. The 
dose is a teaspoonful for rheumatic troubles. 

Elixir "Protoxide" of Iron. 

Solution "Protoxide' of Iron, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 14 fl.ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron protocitrate. The 
dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir "Protoxide" of Iron and Calcium Iodide. 

Calcium Iodide, 128 grains 

Elixir "Protoxide*' of Iron, 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron 
protocitrate, and 1 grain calcium iodide. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir "Protoxide of Iron" and Potassium Iodide. 

Potassium Iodide, 384 grains 

Elixir "Protoxide of Iron/' 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron 
protocitrate and 3 grains potassium iodide. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir "Protoxide of Iron" and Quinine. 
Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Elixir "Protoxide of Iron," 1 pint 

Dissolve the quinine salt by rubbing with separate portions of the 
elixir, and filter. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron protocitrate and 
1 grain of quinine. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Elixir "Protoxide of Iron," Quinine and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, iji grains 

Elixir "Protoxide of Iron'' and Quinine, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 615 

the elixir, or add 1*4 fl. drachms of strychnine solution to a pint of the 
elixir. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron protocitrate, I grain of 
quinine and 1 / 100 grain of strychnine sulphate. Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Quinine. 
Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Sulphuric Acid, q. s., about 10 minims 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Ammonia Water, q. s., 10 minims 

Rub the quinine salt to a powder and then with the elixir to a 
smooth mixture, add sulphuric acid, drop by drop, until, after stand- 
ing, the quinine is entirely dissolved, then add a few drops ammonia 
water until the blue fluorescence of the solution has mostly disap- 
peared, filter. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of the quinine salt. The 
dose is a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Quinine, Bismuth and Pepsin. 
Elixir Quinine, 8 fl.ounces 

Elixir Pepsin and Bismuth, 8 fl.ounces 

Mix them, and if any cloudiness occurs, add ammonia water, drop 
by drop, to clear. A fl. drachm contains l / 2 grain each, quinine and bis- 
muth and 1 grain pepsin. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoon- 
ful. 

Elixir Quinine, Bismuth and Strychnine. 

Elixir Quinine, 8 fl.ounces 

Elixir Bismuth and Strychnine, 8 fl.ounces 

Mix them, and if necessary, add a few drops of ammonia water to 

make clear. A fl. drachm contains y 2 grain quinine, V 2 grain bismuth, 

and V12S grain strychnine. 

Elixir Quinine Bisulphate. 
Quinine Bisulphate, 128 grains 

Elixir, I pint 

Rub the quinine salt with the elixir until dissolved, and filter. A 
fl. drachm contains 1 grain quinine bisulphate. The dose is a teaspoon- 
ful to a tablespoonful. 

Elixir Quinine Bromide. 
Quinine Bromide, 128 grains 

Elixir, . 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir, and filter. A fl. drachm contains 1 
grain quinine bromide. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Quinine Phosphate. 
Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Diluted Phosphoric Acid, 4 fl.drachms 

Elixir, 1 pint 



616 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

Rub the quinine salt to a fine powder, then to a smooth mixture 
with the elixir, add the phosphoric acid, dissolve and filter. A 
fl. drachm contains I grain of the quinine salt. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful or more. 

Elixir Quinine Valerate. 

Quinine Valerate, 64 grains 

Citric Acid, 10 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Dissolve the valerate by rubbing to a fine powder, adding the citric 
acid and then rubbing with the elixir. A fl. drachm contains y 2 grain 
quinine valerate. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Rhubarb. 

Rhubarb, in coarse powder, iy 2 ounce av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 1 pint 
Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. This may also be made by mixing 
1 J/2 ounces fluidextract of rhubarb with enough elixir to make a pint. 
A fl.drachm represents about 5 grains of rhubarb. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful to a tablespoonful. 

The Nat. Formulary gives the formula for this elixir : 

Sweet Tincture of Rhubarb, (U. S. P.), 8 fl. ounces 

Deodorized Alcohol, 1 fl. ounce 

Water, 3 fl. ounces 

Glycerin, 2 fl. ounces 

Syrup, 2 fl. ounces 

Mix and filter. A fl.drachm represents about 2*^ grains of rhubarb. 
The B. P. C. Formulary, 1901, directs: 

Rhubarb Root, No. 12 powder, 5 ounces av. 

Fennel Fruit, bruised, 2 ounces av. 

Glycerin, 3 fl. ounces 

Refined Sugar, 4 ounces av. 

Alcohol (90%), 1 volume; Distilled Water, 3 volumes, 
a sufficient quantity. 
Make 15 fl. ounces of tincture by percolation and pressure and add 
to it the sugar and glycerin. A fl.drachm contains about 15 grains of 
rhubarb. Dose, 1 to 3 fl. drachms. This is about three times the 
strength of the first formula, and six times the strength of the Nat. 
Form, preparation. 

Elixir Rhubarb and Columbo, 

Fluidextract of Columbo, 256 minims 

Fluidextract of Rhubarb, 256 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 617 

Mix, and after standing, filter. This may also be made by perco- 
lating rhubarb and Colombo, each 256 grains, with elixir percolating 
menstruum, 1 pint, adding 5 ounces sugar and 1 ounce soluble flavor- 
ing, and filtering. A fl. drachm represents 2 grains each, rhubarb and 
columbo. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Rhubarb and Magnesia. 

Two elixirs of rhubarb and magnesia are used, one containing mag- 
nesium sulphate (Epsom Salt) ' and the other magnesium citrate in 
solution. The former is probably the most used, but the latter is by 
far the more elegant preparation. 

Made with Magnesium Sulphate. 
Magnesium Sulphate, (Epsom Salt), 64 grains 

Elixir Rhubarb, 15 fl. ounces 

Rub the salts with the elixir until dissolved. The dose is a des- 
sertspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Made with Magnesium Citrate. 

Citric Acid, 3 drachms 

Magnesium Carbonate, 2 drachms 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Rhubarb, 15 fl. ounces 

Rub the magnesium carbonate with the water and gradually add the 

citric acid. When effervescence has ceased add the elixir rhubarb, 

and mix thoroughly. The dose is a dessertspoonful or more. 

Elixir Rhubarb and Potassium Compound. Alkaline Elixir. 

Rhubarb, in coarse powder, 160 grains 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 160 grains 

Cinnamon, 80 grains 

Golden Seal, 80 grains 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Spirit of Peppermint, 2 fl. drachms 

Mix all together and macerate for several days, with occasional 
agitation, then filter, adding enough elixir through the filter to make a 
pint. In making larger quantities of this elixir it is best made by per- 
colation as directed. This is of the same strength as the "Neutralizing 
Cordial" of the American Dispensatory. The dose is a dessertspoon- 
ful to a tablespoonful. Under the name "Alkaline Elixir" it has 
recently met with considerable favor with physicians. 

Elixir Rubrum. Red Elixir. 

As understood in American pharmacy, Red Elixir is simple elixir 
colored red with carmine coloring, cochineal or cudbear. The simple 
elixir is often designated as elixir album or "white elixir." Red elixir 



618 The Fcnner Formulary Part 11. 

may be used as a base for elixirs desired to be colored red, but in the 
formulas in this work the coloring is directed to be added to the elixir 
when made. 

Elixir Salicylic Acid Compound. 

An elixir by this name is prescribed for rheumatism. It is in reality 
an elixir of sodium salicylate comp. 

Salicylic Acid, I ounce 

Sodium Bicarbonate, £4 ounce 

Wine of Colchicum, 2 flounces 

Syrup, io fl. ounces 

Alcohol, io fl. ounces 

Water, io fl. ounces 

Essence of W T intergreen, y 2 fl. ounce 

In a bottle of double the capacity required mix the liquids and dis- 
solve the sodium bicarbonate in the mixture, then add the salicylic 
acid gradually, stir occasionally until dissolved, and after standing 
24 hours, filter. Dose, a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Another elixir bearing the same name but of entirely different 
composition is found on the market. 

Salicylic Acid, 640 grains 

Fluidextract Cimicifuga, 256 minims 

Fluidextract Gelsemium, 256 minims 

Potassium Iodide, 64 grains 

Alcohol, 4 flounces 

Glycerin, 4 fl. ounces 

Elixir, enough to make . 1 pint 

Mix, dissolve, and after standing, filter. Dose a teaspoonful. 

Elixir Sarsaparilla Compound. 

Fluidextract Sarsaparilla Compound, 4 flounces 

Elixir, 12 fl. ounces 

Mix them. This elixir may also be made from the drugs directed 
for making fluidextract sarsaparilla compound by percolating the in- 
gredients as directed under fluidextract of sarsaparilla compound with 
elixir percolating menstruum sufficient to make 52 fl. ounces, adding 
20 ounces of sugar and 4 fl. ounces soluble flavoring to make 4 pints 
of elixir. This is of the same strength as syrup sarsaparilla compound. 
The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Saw Palmetto Compound. 

Fluidextract Saw Palmetto, 4 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract Corn Silk, 4 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract Triticum, 4 fl.ounces 

Fluidextract Santal Wood, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir, 3 fl.ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 619 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents 15 grains each fresh saw pal- 
metto berries, corn silk and triticum, and t>H grains santal wood. 
The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Saw Palmetto and Coca Compound. 

Fluidextract Coca, 2 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract Pichi, 1 fl. ounce 

Fluidextract Damiana, 1 fl. ounce 

Fluidextract Kola Nut, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Saw P'almetto Compound, 11 fl. ounces 

Mix them. Dose, a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Saw Palmetto and Santal Compound. 

Fluidextract Saw Palmetto, 4 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract Santal Wood, 1 fl. ounce 

Fluidextract Corn Silk, 4 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 7 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm represents about 15 grains each of fresh 

saw palmetto berries and corn silk, and 3% grains of santal wood.. 

Dose, a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Scilla Compound. Elixir Squill Compound. 

Squill, in coarse powder, 640 grains 

Senega, in coarse powder, 640 grains 

Antimony and Potassium Tartrate, 16 grains 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 18 fl. ounces 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, . 1 fl.ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. This is the same strength as 
syrup of squill compound. The dose is ^ to 1 teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Senna. 

Fluidextract of Senna, 2% fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix, and after standing, filter. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains 
senna. The dose is a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful as a laxative. 

The B. P. C. Formulary formula, slightly modified, is as follows : 
Fluidextract Alexandrian Senna, 16 fl. ounces 

Chloroform, , 24 minims 

Oil of Coriander, 2,y 2 minims 

Tincture Capsicum, 30 minims 

Alcohol, 3 fl. drachms 

Elixir, sufficient to make 20 fl. ounces 





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620 % The Fenner Formulary 

Elixir Senna Compound. 

Senna Leaves, in coarse powder. 
Rhubarb, in coarse powder. 
Jalap, in coarse powder, 
Mandrake, in coarse powder, 
Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 
Sugar, 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 
Make by percolation as directed. The dose is a teaspoonful to a 
dessertspoonful as a laxative, a tablespoonful as a cathartic. 

Elixir Sodium Bromide. 
Sodium Bromide, 1280 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir and filter. A fl. drachm contains 10 
grains sodium bromide. Dose, a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

An elixir containing 5 grains of the salt in a fl. drachm may be made 
by diluting this one half with simple elixir, or by dissolving 640 grains 
of the salt in enough of the elixir to make a pint. 

Elixir Sodium Salicylate. 
Sodium Salicylate, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir and filter. This elixir may also be 
made by mixing 400 grains of salicylic acid with 300 grains sodium 
bicarbonate and dissolving the mixture in a pint of elixir in a cap- 
acious vessel. When effervescence is over, filter. A fl. drachm con- 
tains 5 grains sodium salicylate. The dose is a teaspoonful to a des- 
sertspoonful or more for rheumatic affections.' 

Elixir Stillingia. 

Fluidextract Stillingia, 2^ ounces av. 

Alcohol, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix them, and after standing, filter. This may also be made by per- 
colating 2^4 ounces stillingia with 2 ounces alcohol and 14 ounces per- 
colating menstruum, adding 5 ounces of sugar and 1 ounce soluble 
flavoring. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains stillingia. The dose is 
a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Stillingia Compound. 
Fluidextract Stillingia Compound, 4 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 12 fl. ounces 

Mix them, and after standing, filter. This may also be made by per- 
colating the drugs as directed for making 1 pint fluidextract stillingia 
compound with elixir percolating menstruum until 52 fl. ounces have 
passed, then dissolving 20 ounces av. of sugar in the percolate and add- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 621 

ing 4 fl. ounces soluble flavoring to make 4 pints elixir. This is the 
same strength as syrup stillingia compound. The dose is a teaspoon- 
ful to a dessertspoonful. Owing to the greater solubility of the active 
principles of stillingia in an alcoholic than an aqueous menstruum, 
the elixir is to be preferred to the syrup. 

Elixirs of Strontium Salts. 

There has recently been some demand for elixirs of strontium salts. 
Bromide of strontium is useful in diabetes and catarrhal conditions of 
the stomach and intestines. Iodide of strontium presents a form of 
administering iodine very free from irritation to the mucous mem- 
brane. Lactate' of strontium is recommended for rheumatism and 
gout. The following general formula for elixirs of strontium salts will 
suffice : 

The Strontium Salt, 640 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve and filter if required. A fl. drachm contains 5 grains of the 
strontium salt. The dose is a teaspooriful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Strontium Salicylate Compound. 

Strontium Salicylate, 256 grains 

Strontium Iodide, 128 grains 

Wine of Colchicum, 640 minims 

Tincture of Gelsemium, 256 minims 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the strontium salts in 12 fl. ounces of elixir, add the wine of 

colchicum and enough elixir to make the measure 16 fl. ounces. Dose 

a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 4 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the elixir, and adding a few drops of dilute sulphuric acid, or add 4 
fl. drachms solution strychnine sulphate to a pint of the elixir and filter. 
A fl. drachm contains 1 / S2 grain strychnine sulphate. The dose is from 
y 2 to a teaspoonful. This elixir is also made containing only 2 grains 
in a pint, or 1 / 64 grain in a fl. drachm. 

Elixir Strychnine Valerate. 

Strychnine Valerate, 2 grains 

Elixir, - 1 pint 

Rub the strychnine salt with separate portions of the elixir until 

dissolved. A fl. drachm contains 1 / C4 grain strychnine valerate. The 

dose is a teaspoonful. 



622 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

Elixir Sumbul. Elixir of Musk Root. 

Sumbul, or Musk Root, 1280 grains 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 1 pint 
Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed, or mix 234 fl. ounces of fluidextract 
of sumbul with enough elixir to make a pint., and filter. A fl. drachm 
represents 10 grains of sumbul. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Sumbul Compound. Compound Elixir of Musk Root. 
Ammonium Valerate, 128 grains 

Elixir Sumbul, 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the elixir and filter. A fl. drachm represents ic 
grains musk root and 1 grain ammonium valerate. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful to a dessertspoonful as a nervine. This elixir is also called 
"Elixir Sumbul and Ammonium Valerate." 

Elixir Taraxacum Compound. 

The formulas for this elixir are given under the heading Elixir Dan- 
delion Compound, which see. The formula was first given for this 
elixir by Prof. P. C. Candidus. of Mobile, and as this particular for- 
mula is still frequently called for. it is here repeated in substance : 

Dandelion Root, 

Wild Cherry Bark, 

Gentian Root, 

Bitter Orange Peel, 

Cinnamon, 

Licorice Root, 

Star Anise, 

Caraway Seed, 

Coriander Seed. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 

Sugar, 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder, and make by percolation as 
directed. This elixir is used as a vehicle for quinine, and as an addi- 
tion to other medicines. Also as a laxative and tonic in doses of a 
dessertspoonful or more. 

Elixir Terpin Hydrate. 

Terpin Hydrate, 128 grains 

Alcohol, 1 fl.ounce 

Elixir, 15 fl.ounces 

Put the terpin hydrate in a 4 oz. bottle with the alcohol and heat 
to about i6o°F. on a water-bath, shaking occasionally until it is dis- 
solved, then add to the elixir previously warmed to about 120° F. A 
fl. drachm contains 1 grain terpin hydrate. Dose, a teaspoonful. 



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Elixir Terpin Hydrate and Codeine. 

Codeine, 16 grains 

Elixir Terpin, i pint 

Dissolve. A fl. drachm contains i grain terpin hydrate and % grain 
codeine. Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Elixirs Terpin Hydrate Compound. 

Any number of combinations of terpin hydrate with other elixirs 
may be made as desired by dissolving 128 grains in 1 ounce of alcohol 
as is directed under Elixir of Terpin Hydrate, and adding to 15 ounces 
of the desired elixir. It is much used in cough medicines. 

Elixir Valerian. 

Valerian Root, in coarse powder, 1280 grains 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. This also may be made by mixing 
234 fl. ounces of fluidextract of valerian with enough elixir to make a 
pint, and, after standing, filter. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains val- 
erian. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful or more. 

Elixir Veratrum Viride. 

American Hellebore, in fine powder, 256 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Macerate for five days, and filter. This may also be made by adding 
256 minims of fluidextract veratrum viride to enough elixir to make a 
pint. A fl. drachm represents 2 grains veratrum viride. The dose is 
y 2 to 1 teaspoonful. 

Elixir Virburnum Compound. Compound Elixir of Cramp Bark. 

The National Formulary gives the following: 

Fluidextract Viburnum Opulus, 1% fl.ounces 

Fluidextract Trillium, 2^ fl.ounces 

Fluidextract Aletris, iji fl.ounces 

Compound Elixir Taraxacum, n fl.ounces 

Mix and allow to stand a few days, and filter. Dose, a teaspoonful 
to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Viburnum Prunifolium. Elixir of Black Haw. 

The following is from the National Formulary: 

Fluidextract Black. Haw, 2 fl.ounces 

Compound Tincture of Cardamom, 1 fl. ounce 

Aromatic Elixir, 13 fl.ounces 

Mix them, allow to stand for a few days, and filter. 



624 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

. Elixir Wild Cherry. 

Wild Cherry Bark, in coarse powder, 2^ ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 1 pint 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, I fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed. This may also be made by mixing 
2^4 fl. ounces of fluidextract of wild cherry with enough elixir to make 
a pint. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains of wild cherry. The dose is 
a teaspoonful or two. 

Elixir Wild Cherry. Detannated. 

Wild Cherry Bark, in coarse powder, 2^4 ounces av. 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 1 pint 
Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Make by percolation as directed, and detannate with ferric hydrate 
as directed. This elixir is used with solutions of iron salts, bismuth 
etc., that would form inky colors or precipitates with the former for- 
mula. 

Elixir Wild Cherry, from Cherry Pitts. 

An elixir may be made from cherry pits, which does not need to be 
detannated to combine with iron etc., by macerating 2 ounces of 
crushed cherry pits with a pint of elixir, for several days, and filtering. 

Elixir Wild Cherry, Ferrated. 

Iron and x\mmonium Citrate^ 128 grains 

Elixir Wild Cherry, detannated, 1 pint 

Dissolve the iron salt by rubbing with separate portions of the el- 
ixir. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains of wild cherry and 1 grain 
of iron citrate. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Wild Cherry, Ferriphosphated. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Wild Cherry, detannated, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water by the aid of heat and add the 

elixir to the solution. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains of wild cherry 

and 1 grain iron phosphate. Dose, a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Elixir Wild Cherry, Ferrophosphated. 

Iron Pyrophosphate, 128 grains 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir Wild Cherry, detannated, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water, by the aid of heat, and add the 
elixir to the solution. A fl. drachm represents 10 grains wild cherry 



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and i grain iron pyrophosphate. Dose, a teaspoonful to a dessert- 
spoonful. This elixir of wild cherry and iron may be combined with 
bismuth, strychnine and other soluble salts, with which it is com- 
patible. 

Elixir Wild Cherry Compound. 

Wild Cherry Bark, 

Marshmallow Root, 

Licorice Root, 

Elixir Percolating Menstruum, q. s., about 

Sugar, 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 
Make by percolation as directed. This elixir is used chiefly as a 
vehicle for quinine, for which it is excellent. It may be made by 
maceration instead of percolation, if desired, and is a better way. 

Elixir Yerba Santa. 

Fluidextract Yerba Santa, 2j4 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make . I pint 

Mix, and after standing, filter. A fl. drachm represents io grains 
verba santa. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Elixir Yerba Santa Compound. Elixir Corrigens. 

The following formula is adapted from the original first published 
by Mr. J. S. McClary, of Los Angeles, Cal., who first brought to 
notice the advantages of yerba santa as a carrier for quinine : 
Yerba Santa, 6 ounces av. 

Orange Peel, 2 ounces av. 

Cinnamon Bark, Cloves, Cardamom Seeds, 

of each, 3 drachms 

Coriander Seed, Caraway Seed, Anise Seed, 

of each, 2 drachms 

Glycerin, 1 pint 

Alcohol, y 2 pint 

Sugar, 4 pounds 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Powder the drugs coarsely, and, having mixed the alcohol and 
glycerin, moisten the powder and pack in the percolator, adding 
water through the percolator, and continuing the percolation until 
6 pints of percolate are obtained. In this dissolve the sugar by gentle 
heat, and strain. 

This elixir is used mainly to disguise the taste of quinine and other 
bitter medicines. The following formula may be considered an im- 
provement, and is much more readily prepared : 



626 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Fluidextract Yerba Santa, 4 ounces 

Fluidextract Licorice, 2 ounces 

Tincture Fresh Orange Peel, 2 ounces 

Magnesium Carbonate, y 2 ounce 

Elixir, sufficient to make 4 pints 

Rub the rluidextracts and the tincture in a mortar with the mag- 
nesium carbonate and gradually add the elixir, then filter through 
paper. This is an excellent vehicle for quinine and other bitter pow- 
ders. 

Elixir Zinc Valerate. 
Zinc Valerate, 64 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt by rubbing with the elixir. A fl. drachm contains 
y 2 grain zinc valerate. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Other Elixirs. 

In the first part of this article it was explained that elixirs, as under- 
stood in American pharmacy, were flavored, sweetened, weakly alco- 
holic preparations, in which medicinal substances are exhibited in 
pleasant, palatable form etc. The foregoing formulae have corres- 
ponded to this description, but there are many preparations which have 
been known in the past as "elixirs," which are not of this class, and 
which could not be properly included in it. The formulae for such of 
these as are most important, or likely to be called for, are therefore 
given here. Many of them are or have beenofficial in foreign phar- 
macopoeias. 

Elixir Anti-Dyspeptic. Elixir Digesticum. Pepsin 64 grains, pan- 
creatin 128 grains, fl. extract cascara 64 minims, fl. extract ipecac 13 
minims, strychnine sulphate 1 grain, elixir 16 fl. ounces. Mix, dissolve. 

Elixir Antogoutteux de Villette. Gout Elixir. Cinchona bark 4 
parts, poppy petals 2 parts, sassafras 1 part, guaiacum 2 parts, ruin 160 
parts, syrup sarsaparilla 100 parts. Macerate and filter. 

Elixir Anti-Rheumatic. A number of elixirs are known in some 
localities by this name. Perhaps the best one is Elixir Salicylic Acid 
Compound, which see. 

Elixir Caimans. Elixir Calmant. Fr. Aloes, orange peel, gentian, 
rhubarb, each, 20 parts; saffron 5 parts, alcohol (60%) 640 parts, con- 
serve of opium 30 parts, extract of white poppy 30 parts. Macerate for 
several days and express and filter, then add to the filtrate ether, sp. 
§ T - °-735j °° parts, and mix them thoroughly. 

Elixir Carminative, Dalby's. Tincture of opium 2% fl. ounces, 
tincture asafetida 1*4 fl. ounces, essence of caraway y 2 ounce, essence 
of peppermint 1 ounce, calcined magnesia J / 2 ounce, tincture of castor 
3% ounces, alcohol 4 fl. ounces, syrup 30 fl. ounces ; mix. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 627 

Clauder's Elixir. Elixir Aperitivum. (Pideret). Salt of tartar, 
ammonium chloride, aloes and myrrh, i ounce; elder-flower water 25 
fl. ounces. Digest with agitation for 24 hours and filter. 

(Parish). Potassium carbonate 1 ounce, guaiacum, myrrh, saffron 
and rhubarb, of each, 2 drachms; water 18 fl. ounces. Macerate a few 
days and decant. 

Elixir Cardiac Stimulant. Tincture digitalis, tincture strophanthus, 
tincture cactus grandiflora. each, 320 minims ; strychnine nitrate 2 
grains, nitroglycerin 13 / 20 grain, elixir sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces. 
Mix. 

Elixir Deslaurier's. Tonic febrifuge, au Quinquina et Caffe. Yellow 
cinchona bark 2]/ 2 ounces, brown cinchona bark 1 ounce, coffee, slightly 
roasted, 2 ounces; sugar \2)/ 2 ounces, sherry wine 2 pints, citric acid 
150 grains. Powder the drugs, macerate 7 days, filter and dissolve the 
sugar in the filtrate. 

Elixir Emmenagogue. Furified aloes 182 grains, rue, savin and 
safnower, each, 92 grains, elixir 1 pint. Macerate for / days and filter. 

Elixir de Garus. Myrrh 90 grains, aloes 90 grains, cloves 180 
grains, nutmeg 180 grains, saffron 480 grains, cinnamon 360 grains, 
alcohol 12 pints. Reduce the drugs to a coarse powder, macerate 
with the alcohol and distil 9 pints, which reserve ; then take maidenhair 
4 tr. ounces, liquorice root y 2 tr. ounce, figs 3 tr.ounces. Infuse in 8 pints 
of boiling water, strain, express and dissolve in the liquid 12 pounds 
av. of sugar; mix equal parts by weight of the syrup thus prepared 
with the distilled spirit reserved. 

Elixir of Gold. Terchloride of gold 20 grains, alcohol 6 fl. drachms, 
ether 3 fl. drachms. 

Dr. De la Motte's Golden Drops are also furnished under the name 
Elixir of Gold ; chloride of iron 1 part, alcohol 3 parts, ether 3 parts. 

Elixir Migraine. Acetanilide 256 grains, sodium bromide 640 grains, 
caffeine 32 grains, elixir sufficient to make 1 pint. Mix and dissolve. 

Elixir Pectoral. Balsam tolu 2 ounces, benzoin \]/ 2 ounces, saffron 
y 2 ounce, alcohol ^2 fl. ounces. Digest by gentle heat for 4 days, filter. 

Elixir Salutis. Elixir of Health. Daffy's Elixir. This elixir was 
formerly official under the title Tincture Senna Compound. Many 
formulas for it are extant. The following is from the Edinburgh Dis- 
pensatory : Senna 2 tr.ounces. jalap 1 tr. ounce, coriander V 2 tr.ounce, 
diluted alcohol $y 2 pints. Macerate and filter. To this 1 pound of 
sugar and other aromatics may be added if desired. 

Elixir Stoughton's. (Codex). Aloes and cascarilla, of each. 1 
drachm ; rhubarb 3 drachms, gentian, germander, wormwood and bit- 
ter orange peel, of each. 5 drachms: alcohol (6o° proof). 2 pints. 
Macerate and filter. 

Elixir Tonic. A number of old preparations are known by this 
name, as Elixir Roborans or Tincture Crown Bark, for which com- 
pound tincture of cinchona may be dispensed if called for. 



628 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Besides the elixirs of the kind mentioned, are several which are or 
have been official in the U. S. P. under other names, as Elixir Proprie- 
tatis (Tincture Aloes and Myrrh), Elixir Vitriol (Aromatic Sulphuric 
Acid), McMunn's Elixir of Opium (Deodorized Tincture of Opium), 
Elixir Paregoric etc. There are also many not of sufficient general 
importance to require a formula for their preparation. They may 
usually be prepared as wanted by intelligent druggists. 

EMPLASTRA — PLASTERS. 

As understood in pharmacy in this country, plasters are either 
masses, usually made up in the form of rolls or plasters already spread 
on paper, cloth or leather. In foreign pharmacy the name "Emplas- 
tra" or "Plasters" is given to the mass, and the spread plasters are 
called Emplastra Extensa or Sparadraps, the foreign names for the 
latter being Sparadraps, Fi . ; Espadrapos, Mex., Sp. ; Esparadrapos, 
Port. Among the latter are included those spread from a plaster mass 
and those made by brushing the liquified gelatinous substance on 
cloth with a brush, generally known as "Court Plaster'' or ''Adhesive 
Plaster."' 

The making and spreading of plasters, which was formerly quite 
an important feature of the business of the apothecary, is now nearly 
a lost art as far as the retail druggist is concerned, the business hav- 
ing been relegated to manufacturers who have experience and suitable 
machinery for the work, and who furnish all the necessary combi- 
nations in the plaster line. In this country several large establish- 
ments are devoted entirely to the manufacture of plasters, and from 
long experimenting and experience have perfected their products to 
a high degree. It is not therefore supposed that many druggists will 
attempt to make spread plasters which are regularly furnished by 
manufacturers, but only such plaster masses as are occasionally used 
in making other preparations, or sometimes called for in old formulas, 
or special plasters which they may be required to make. 

For spreading plasters in a small way the plaster iron is generally 
used. Plaster spreading machines are advertised, but they are not ad- 
apted for the use of retail druggists. 

The -following formulae for plasters embrace those of the most im- 
portance in pharmacy, most of which are or have been official. 

EMPLASTRUM ADHESIVUM. U. S. Adhesive Plaster. 
Emplastrum Resinae. Br. Resin Plaster. Adhesive Plaster. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Rubber, cut in small pieces, 20 Gm. or y± ounce 

Petrolatum, 20 Gm. or y A ounce 

Lead Plaster, 960 Gm. or 12 ounces 

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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 629 

"Melt the rubber at a temperature not exceeding I50°C. (302°F.) ; 
add the petrolatum and continue the heat until the rubber is dis- 
solved. Add the lead plaster to the hot mixture; continue the heat 
until it becomes liquid, then strain, allow it to cool, and stir until it 
stiffens." <U. S. 

For the Br. see Emplastrum Resinae. 

EMPLASTRUM AMMONIACI CUM HYDRARGYRO. Br. 

Ammoniacum and Mercury Plaster. 

The Br. formula is : 

Ammoniacum, 12 ounces or 328 Gm. 

Mercury, 3 ounces or 82 Gm. 

Olive Oil, 56 grains or 3^ Gm. 

Sublimated Sulphur, 8 grains or y 2 Gm. 

"Heat the olive oil ; add the sulphur to it gradually, stirring until 
they are uniformly blended ; with the mixture triturate the mercury 
until metallic globules are no longer visible ; add the ammoniacum 
previously purified by boiling with successive portions of water, pass- 
ing the resulting emulsions through, while rubbing the residues on a 
hair cloth sieve, and after mixing, evaporating the emulsions to a 
suitable consistence." < Br. 

EMPLASTRUM BELLADONNA. U. S., Br. 
Belladonna Plaster. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Extract of Belladonna Leaves, 300 Gm. or 3 ounces 

Adhesive Plaster, 700 Gm. or 7 ounces 

To make about . 1060 Cc. or 10 ounces 

"Melt the adhesive plaster on a water-bath, add it to the extract 
of belladonna leaves, softened by the heat of a water-bath, and con- 
tinue the heat, stirring constantly until the mixture is perfectly 
homogeneous; then allow it to cool."<U. S. 

"Spread Belladonna Plaster, made with a rubber base should yield, 
when assayed by the process given, not less than 0.38 percent., nor 
more than 0.42 percent, of mydriatic alkaloids."<U. S. 

The Br. P. formula is 

Liquid Extract of Belladonna, 

(from the root), 100 Cc. or 4 fl. ounces 

Resin Plaster, 125 Gm. or 5 ounces 

"Evaporate the liquid extract of belladonna on a water-bath until it 
is reduced in weight to 25 Gm. (or 1 ounce) ; add the resin plaster, 
previously melted ; mix. This plaster contains 0.5 percent, of the 
alkaloids of belladonna root." < Br. 



630 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

EMPLASTRUM CALEFACIENS. Br. Warming Plaster. 

Cantharides, in coarse powder, ioo Gm. or 4 ounces 

Yellow Beeswax, 100 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Resin, 100 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Soap Plaster, 800 Gm. or 2 pounds 

Distilled Water, 500 Cc. or 20 ounces 

"Infuse the cantharides in the distilled water for 6 hours; squeeze 

strongly through calico ; then evaporate the expressed liquid on a 

water-bath until reduced to one-third ; add the other ingredients ; melt 

on a water-bath; stir until the ingredients are thoroughly mixed." < Br. 

EMPLASTRUM CANTHARIDIS. Br. Cantharides Plaster. 

In the U. S. P. this is classed among the cerates, as "Ceratum Can- 

tharidis," which see. The Br. P. formula for Emplastrum Canthari- 

dis is as follows : 

Cantharides, in powder, 35 Gm. or 3^ ounces 

Yellow Beeswax, 20 Gm. or 2 ounces* 

Lard, 20 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Resin, 20 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Soap Plaster, 5 Gm. or y 2 ounce 

"Melt the resin ; add the soap plaster, and afterwards the yellow 

beeswax and lard, sprinkle the cantharides into the melted mixture ; 

stir continuously while the product is cooling." < Br. 

EMPLASTRUM CAPSICI. U. S. Capsicum Plaster. 

The U. S. official formula for this plaster is 

Oleo-resin of Capsicum, 0.25 Gm. or 4 grains 

Adhesive Plaster, (spread on fabric), a sufficient quantity. 

"Apply the oleo-resin of capsicum to the surface of the adhesive 

plaster by means of a brush, so as to form a thin coating over an 

area fifteen centimeters square, leaving a margin around the sides." 

<U. S. 

EMPLASTRUM HYDRARGYRI. U. S., Br. Mercurial Plaster. 

The U. S. formula is 

Mercury, 30 Gm. or 480 grains 

Oleate of Mercury, 1 Gm. or 16 grains 

Hydrous Wool-Fat, 10 Gm. or 160 grains 

Lead Plaster, 59 Gm. or 948 grains 

To make 100 Gm. or 1600 grains 

"Triturate the mercury with the oleate of mercury until the former 

is thoroughly divided, then add the hydrous wool-fat, and continue the 

trituration until globules of mercury are no longer visible.- Add the 

mixture to the lead plaster, which has previously been melted in a 






Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 631 

tared dish, and incorporate thoroughly, adding, if necessary, sufficient 
lead plaster to make the product weigh ioo grammes (or 1600 
grains )."<U. S. 

The Br. formula is 

Mercury, 82 Gm. or 3 ounces 

Sublimed Sulphur, 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains 

Olive Oil, 3-5 Gm. or 56 grains 

Lead Plaster, 164 Gm. or 6 ounces 

"Heat the olive oil, add the sulphur to it gradually, stir until they 
are uniformly blended ; with this mixture triturate the mercury until 
the metallic globules are no longer visible ; add the lead plaster, pre- 
viously melted; mix." < Br. 

EMPLASTRUM ICHTHYOCOLL^. 
Isinglass Plaster. Court Plaster. 

This was official in the 7th revision of the U. S. P., but has been dis- 
missed. 

Prepare by dissolving 10 Gm. or parts ichthyocolla in enough hot 
water to make 120 Gm. or parts; one half of this solution is then 
spread in successive layers with a brush upon taffeta stretched on a 
level surface. The remainder of the solution is then mixed with 40 
Gm. or parts of alcohol and 1 Gm. or part of glycerin, and the taffeta 
is again varnished with the solution as before. To make water-proof, 
varnish the back side of the taffeta with tincture of benzoin. 

This method of preparing court plaster is similar to that used by 
manufacturers, except that the fresh fish-sounds are generally used for 
making the solution and that the taffeta is usually brushed over with 
the solution a number of times. Manufacturers have machinery by 
which the solution can be more evenly spread. Court plaster is made 
in various colors by coloring the solutions. It is also made on silk, 
thin muslin and paper. For the retail trade it is put up in small pack- 
ages containing different colored sheets, and sold as ''court plaster." 
For physicians use it is furnished in yard rolls. 

EMPLASTRUM MENTHOL. Br. Menthol Plaster. 

Menthol, 30 Gm. or i/ 2 ounces 

Yellow Beeswax, 20 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Resin, "150 Gm. or yy 2 ounces 

"Melt the beeswax and resin together and when the mixture ap- 
proaches the temperature of 160 or i7o°F. (71. i° or 76.7°C.), stir in 
the menthol until dissolved." < Br. 

EMPLASTRUM OPII. U. S., Br. Opium Plaster. 

The U. S. formula is 

Extract of Opium, 6 Gm. or 90 grains 

Water, 8 Cc. or 120 grains 

Adhesive Plaster, 100 Gm. or 1560 grains 



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"Rub the extract of opium with the water until it is uniformly soft; 
add it to the adhesive plaster, which has been previously melted in a 
tared dish on a water-bath, and continue the heat with constant stir- 
ring until the product weighs 100 Gm. (or 1560 grains). "<U. S. 
The Br. formula is : 

Opium, in very fine powder, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Resin Plaster, 90 Gm. or 9 ounces 

"Melt the resin plaster on a water-bath ; stir in the opium 
gradually." < Br. 

EMPLASTRUM PICIS. Br. Pitch Plaster. 

The Br. gives the following formula. There is no corresponding 
U. S. formula : 

Burgundy Pitch, 

Frankincense, 

Resin, 

Yellow Wax, 

Olive . Oil 

Water, 

"Add the oil and water to the frankincense, Burgundy pitch, resin 
and wax, previously melted together ; then evaporate, constantly stir- 
ring, to a proper consistence." < Br. 

EMPLASTRUM PLUMBI. U. S., Br. Lead Plaster. 

The U. S. formula is 

Soap, dried and in coarse powder, 100 Gm. or 10 ounces 
Lead Acetate, 60 Gm. or 6 ounces 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the soap in 350 Cc. (or 35 ounces) of hot water and strain 
the solution. Dissolve the lead acetate in 250 Cc. (or 25 ounces) of 
hot water, and at once filter the solution, stirring constantly. When 
the precipitate has subsided, decant the liquid, and wash the precipi- 
tate thoroughly with hot water. Transfer the mass to a warm slab, 
kneading it thoroughly to free it from water. Finally, roll the plaster 
into cylindrical forms and wrap them in paraffined paper." <L T . S. 
The Br. formula is 

Lead Oxide, 400 Gm. or 1 pound 

Olive Oil, 800 Gm. or 2 pounds 

Distilled Water, 40 Cc. or 16 fl.ounces 

or a sufficient quantity. 
"Boil all the ingredients together gently by the aid of a steam-bath ; 
keep them simmering for four of five hours constantly until the pro- 
duct acquires a proper consistence for a plaster ; add more of the dis- 
tilled water during the process, if necessary." < Br. 



IOO 


Gm. 


or 4 ounces 


800 


Gm. 


or 2 pounds 


50 


Gm. 


or 2 ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 633 

EMPLASTRUM PLUMBI IODIDI. Br. Lead Iodide Plaster. 

Lead Iodide, 50 Gm. or 2 ounces av. 

Lead Plaster, 400 Gm. or 1 pound 

Resin, 50 Gm. or 2 ounces av. 

"Finely powder the iodide of lead; mix it with the lead plaster and 

resin previously melted together at as low a temperature as possible/' 

<Br. 

EMPLASTRUM RESINiE. Br. Resin Plaster. Adhesive Plaster. 

This is the "adhesive plaster" which, when spread, is used so ex- 
tensively in surgery. Druggists are familiar with the spread plaster, 
but are little acquainted with the plaster mass. 
The Br. formula is 
Resin, 

Lead Plaster, 
Hard Soap, 

"Melt each ingredient separately at a low temperature and mix." 
<Br. 

EMPLASTRUM SAPONIS. U. S., Br. Soap Plaster. 

The U. S. formula is 

Soap, dried and in coarse powder, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Lead Plaster, 90 Gm. or 9 ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 100 Gm. or 10 ounces 

"Rub the soap with enough water to reduce it to a semi-liquid state ; 
then mix it with the lead plaster, previously melted, and evaporate it 
to the proper consistence." <U. S. 
The Br. formula is 
Hard Soap, 
Lead Plaster, 
Resin, 

"Melt the ingredients separately at a low temperature; mix; evap- 
orate with constant stirring to a proper consistence." < Br. 

Other Plasters. 

The official U. S. and Br. plasters, for which formulas have been 
given, embrace most that are used to any extent in pharmacy; but a 
few others deserve attention and are therefore given here : 

Antimonial Plaster. This is best prepared extemporaneously by 
sprinkling tartar emetic in very fine powder on the surface of common 
adhesive plaster, or any kind of spread plasters. It is used as a 
counter-irritant. 

Camphor Plaster. For extemporaneous work camphor in fine pow- 
der or a strong solution of camphor in alcohol may be applied to the 
warmed surface of adhesive or other spread plasters. Several plasters 
containing camphor are official in foreign pharmacopoeias. 



!5P 


Gm. 


or 


6 


ounces 


900 


Gm. 


or 


2% 


pounds 


25 


Gm. 


or 


1 


ounce 



634 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Cancer Plaster. Several plasters are furnished for the purpose of 
removing cancers. The one to which the greatest success is attributed 
is used by some of the most noted cancer doctors. Sheep-sorrel is 
gathered green and pounded to a pulp, the juice is expressed and 
dried on pewter plates to an extract ; this is then used as a plaster, or 
combined with some sort of adhesive salve and applied. Another 
cancer plaster is made with extract of hemlock i drachm, arsenious 
acid, in very fine powder, 30 grains ; wax plaster 1 ounce. 

Many other cancer plasters are used, most of them consisting of 
arsenic combined with other substances. 

Corn Plaster. A great variety of corn plasters are found in the mar- 
ket, the most popular being made of felt coated with adhesive plaster, 
and a hole punched through the center to relieve the pressure from the 
corn. These may be made medicinal, but their chief action is to re- 
move the pressure from the corn. 

To apply to the corn in the form of a plaster, the following will be 
found effective: 

Salicylic acid 60 grains, beeswax 6 drachms, Venice turpentine 2 
drachms, verdigris, in fine pow r der, 60 grains. Melt the wax, add the 
Venice turpentine and mix in the other ingredients. 

EMPYROFORM. 

Empyroform. This is a condensation product of birch tar and for- 
maldehyde. It is a grayish-brown powder, nearly odorless, insoluble 
in water but soluble in chloroform and fats. It is used instead of tar 
in skin diseases in the form of ointments and liniments, also in the 
form of soap, 5 to 10 percent. 

EMULSA — EMULSIONS. 

Emulsions are preparations in which an oil, gum, oleo-resin, liquid- 
resin, balsam or other fluid fatty or resinous matter is made to com- 
bine with water or aqueous solutions by means of some substance 
which unites with it to form a homogeneous mixture in which the 
globules of oil or other substance are so broken up or divided as to be 
invisible except by a magnifying glass or microscope. To fulfil the re- 
quired conditions, an emulsion must be of a uniform consistence, per- 
manent without separation, miscible in all proportions in water, syrup 
or aqueous liquids, and sufficiently fluid to be poured readily from a 
bottle. To make such an emulsion it is necessary to use the proper 
emulsifying ingredients in the proper proportions and to combine 
them in the proper manner, all of which requires an understanding of 
the methods of making emulsions and care in preparing them. 

In medicine emulsions are employed to render many nauseating 
medicines palatable, and by minutely dividing the globules of oil etc., 
fitting them for digestion. They are mainly employed as nutritive 
food in debilitated conditions. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 635 

Emulsification is the process of making emulsions, which may be 
briefly described as follows : 

General Directions for Preparing Emulsions. 

To prepare emulsions in a small way, choose a shallow-shaped mor- 
tar that will hold double the quantity of the emulsion desired to be 
made, and a pestle with a large flattened head. See, that the mortar 
and pestle are perfectly dry, then put the powdered gum arabic in the 
mortar, and gradually add the water, rubbing it to a smooth paste ; or 
if the acacia mucilage syrup is used, rub it with the pestle around the 
sides of the mortar. Then begin to add the oil by pouring it very 
slowly from a bottle into the center of the gum solution, constantly 
rubbing it with the pestle with a circular motion around the sides of 
the mortar. This will form a thick pasty mass, which should get 
thicker as more oil is added. If the oil does not combine as rapidly 
as added, stop pouring for a moment and work the mass with the 
pestle until it is homogeneous. The oil should be added more slowly 
as the process proceeds, and care must be used to maintain a coating 
of the pasty mass on the sides of the mortar and on the pestle, the oil 
being broken up and emulsified between the two clinging surfaces 
thus presented. When all the oil is added, the mass should be white 
and of a thick pasty consistence, having no globules of oil visible. 
The flavoring oils should then be added, the glycerin or syrup incor- 
porated with the mass by rubbing them together, and the water, to 
which is added any salts or solutions that are directed to be incorpor- 
ated, should be gradually added and thoroughly rubbed with the 
pasty mass to complete the emulsion. 

If any insoluble salts or other insoluble substances are to be added, 
they should be reduced lo a very fine powder and rubbed with the 
emulsion when completed. 

In making emulsions it frequently happens that the oil is added too 
fast to emulsify, or that the sides of the mortar become "greased" 
and will not "cling" to the oil and break up its globules. It is then 
necessary to start the emulsion over again in a dry, clean mortar, with 
a small quantity of fresh mucilage syrup, and work in the "cracked" 
emulsion in the mortar in the same manner as at first. The clinging 
surfaces must be maintained or the emulsion cannot be made. 

On a large scale emulsions are best made in revolving churns or 
other apparatus by which the oil and mucilage may be thoroughly ag- 
itated. The mucilage sufficient for the whole batch is first put in the 
churn and the inside thoroughly covered, the oil is then added in por- 
tions and the mixture well agitated after each portion is added. 

The mucilage or mucilage syrup which is used for emulsifying must 
be fresh and sweet, and of a uniform consistence without lumps. 

The foregoing general directions apply particularly to emulsions in 



636 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

which gum arabic is used as an emulsifying agent, but the same gen- 
eral method of manipulation may be employed when other emulsify- 
ing substances are employed. The following are the substances gen- 
erally employed as emulsifying agents : 

Acacia Mucilage Syrup. 

For making emulsions it is most convenient to have a mucilage 
syrup prepared and ready, for when made by rubbing powdered gum 
arabic with water considerable delay is experienced and the results 
are not always satisfactory. It is therefore desirable to have the fol- 
lowing syrup prepared for this purpose : 

Best Gum Arabic, granulated, 6 ounces av. 

Albumen, (white of egg), 8 fl.ounces 

Glycerin, 4 fl.ounces 

Boric Acid, 30 grains 

Rub the boric acid to a very fine powder, and dissolve by rubbing 
with the glycerin. Mix the solution with the albumen in a wide- 
mouth bottle or jar, add the gum arabic, and stir several times a day 
with a stick from the bottom, until the gum is entirely dissolved, 
strain if necessary, stop tight, and put away in a cool place. 

This requires two or three days to make, as heat should not be used 
to effect the solution. It should be kept on hand, but may be quickly 
made by using powdered gum arabic and rubbing with the glycerin 
etc., in a mortar. 

This is used as the emulsifying agent instead of gum arabic alone, 
as it is more effective. 

Casein may be used as an emulsifying agent ; the method of pre- 
paring it is previously described. Condensed milk contains the casein 
of the milk and is probably the most convenient form of using this 
substance. The formula for emulsion of cod liver oil may be taken as 
as sample for others. 

Irish moss has been proposed as an emulsifying agent, but it is 
liable to decomposition, and is not recommended. 

Tincture of quillaya is a good emulsifying agent, especially for 
balsams, tars and heavy oils. It may be made with 1 part of quillaya, 
percolated with enough 60% alcohol to make 5 parts of the tincture. 

Stronger Lime Water. 

Sugar, 4 ounces av. 

Lime, in lump, selected, 1 ounce av. 

Water, . 14 fl.ounces 

Slake the lime by pouring on it half an ounce of hot water, and al- 
lowing to stand until it is reduced to a powder, add the water and 
sugar, allow to stand, and filter. 

This is sometimes used in making preparations of cod liver oil that 
are used as emulsions, although it does not make a true emulsion, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 637 

but rather saponifies the oil. the calcium hydrate uniting with the 
oleic acid of the oil. 

The Official Emulsions. 
But few emulsions, compared with the number used, are recognized 
in the pharmacopoeias ; and they are. mostly, of an entirely different 
class than are popularly known as emulsions. The following formulas 
embrace those official in the U. S. Fharmacopceia, and the general for- 
mulas for emulsions of some other pharmacopoeias. 

EMULSUM AMYGDALA. U. S. Emulsion of Almond. 
[Mistura Amygdalae]. 

Sweet Almond, 60 Gm. or 240 grains 

Acacia, in line powder. 10 Gm. or 40 grains 

Sugar, 30 Gm. or 120 grains 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 9 rl. ounces 

"Having blanched the almond, add the acacia and sugar and beat 
them in a mortar until thoroughly mixed, then rub the mass with 900 
Cc. (or 8 ounces) of water, at first very gradually added; strain and 
add through the strainer enough water to make 1000 Cc- (or 9 fl.- 
ounces)."<U. S. 

Average dose. — 120 Cc. (4 rl. ounces). 

EMULSUM ASAFCETID-flE. U. S. Emulsion of Asafetida. 
[Mistura Asafetidas]. 
Asafetida. in selected tears. 40 Gm. or 200 grains 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Gm. or 11 rl. ounces 

'"Rub the asafetida in a mortar with 900 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces) of 
water, at first very gradually added, until a uniform emulsion results. 
Then strain the mixture into a graduated vessel, and rinse the mortar 
and strainer with enough water to make the product measure 1000 
Cc. (or 11 fl. ounces). Mix the whole thoroughly." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

EMULSUM CHLOROFORMI. U. S. Emulsion of Chloroform. 

[Mistura Chloroformi]. 

Chloroform. 40 Cc. or 160 minims 

Expressed Oil of Almonds, 60 Cc. or 240 minims 

Tragacanth. in very fine powder. 10 Gm. or 40 grains 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 11 fl. ounces 

'"Introduce the tragacanth into a perfectly dry bottle of sufficient 

capacity, add the chloroform and shake the bottle thoroughly, so that 

every part of the surface may become wetted Then add about 250 

Cc. (or 2y 2 ounces) of water and incorporate it by vigorous shaking, 

next add the expressed oil of almond in several portions, shaking after 

each addition, and when the oil has become thoroughly emulsified, 



638 . The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

add enough water in divided portions, shaking after each addition, 
until the product measures iooo Cc. (or n fl. ounces). "<U. S. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

EMULSUM OLEI MORRHU^. U. S. Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. 

Cod Liver Oil, 500 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

Acacia, in fine powder, 125 Gm. or 4^2 ounces av. 

Syrup, 100 Cc. or 3^4 fl. ounces 

Oil of Gaultheria, 4 Cc. or 65 minims 

Water, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Rub the acacia with the cod liver oil in a dry mortar, until uni- 
formly mixed, then add at once 250 Cc. (or Sj/ 2 fl. ounces) of water 
and triturate lightly and rapidly until a thick homogeneous emulsion 
is produced ; to this add the oil of gaultheria and the syrup, with 
enough water to make the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) 
and mix thoroughly. 

Note. — The oil of gaultheria may be replaced, if desired, by a suit- 
able quantity of oil of bitter almond, or other suitable flavoring." 
<U. S. 
Average dose.— 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

EMULSUM OLEI MORRHUiE CUM HYPOPHOSPHITIBUS. 

U. S. Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. 

Cod Liver Oil, 500 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

Acacia, 125 Gm. or 4^ ounces av. 

Calcium Hypophosphite, 10 Gm. or 156 grains 

Sodium Hypophosphite, 5 Gm. or 78 grains 

Potassium Hypophosphite, 5 Gm. or 78 grains 

Syrup, 100 Cc. or 3% fl. ounces 

Oil of Gaultheria, 4 Cc. or 65 minims 

Water, a sufficient quantity 

To make • 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Rub the acacia with the cod liver oil in a dry mortar until uni- 
formly mixed, then add at once 250 Cc. (or %y' 2 fl. ounces) of water and 
triturate lightly and rapidly, until a thick, homogeneous emulsion is 
produced, add the oil of gaultheria and incorporate thoroughly/ dis- 
solve the hypophosphites in 100 Cc. (or 3^ fl. ounces) of water. Mix 
the solution with the syrup, and add the liquid gradually to the emul- 
sion, with continued trituration. Lastly add enough water to make 
the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) and mix thoroughly. 

Note. — The oil of gaultheria may be replaced, if desired, by a suit- 
able quantity of oil of bitter almond or other suitable flavoring." 
<U. S. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 639 

EMULSUM OLEI TEREBINTHUNL&2. U. S. 
Emulsion of Oil of Turpentine. 



Rectified Oil of Turpentine, 


J 5 


Cc 


or 


244 


minims 


Expressed Oil of Almond, 


5 


Cc. 


or 


81 


minims 


Syrup, 


25 


Cc. 


or 


406 


minims 


Acacia, in fine powder, 


15 


Gm. 


or 


232 


grains 


Water, a sufficient quantity 












To make 


100 


Cc. 


or 


3 3 A 


fl. ounces 



"Introduce the acacia into a perfectly dry bottle of sufficient cap- 
acity, add the rectified oil of turpentine and the expressed oil of al- 
mond and shake the bottle thoroughly Then add about 30 Cc. (or 1 
fl. ounce) of water and incorporate it by vigorously shaking. When 
the oil has been completely emulsified, add first the syrup, in several 
portions, shaking after each addition, and then enough water, in 
divided portions, shaking after each addition, to make the product 
measure 100 Cc. (or $}& fl. ounces). "<U. S. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

Other Emulsions. 

Besides the foregoing emulsions, official in the U. S. and Br. P., are 
others for which there is considerable demand. The formulas for 
some of these are given in the Xat. Form, and B. P. C, Form. Besides 
acacia, which is the substance used in the official emulsions, traga- 
canth, Irish moss, soap-bark, condensed milk, the yolk of eggs and 
pancreatin are employed as the emulsifying ingredients in various 
unofficial formulas. The following are the more important of the 
unofficial emulsions, but many other combinations are prepared in 
this form, and may be made, if desired, in a similar manner. 

Emulsum Petrolei. Emulsion Petroleum. Liquid petrolatum 6 
ounces, condensed milk 3 ounces, syrup 3 ounces, cinnamon water 4 
ounces, lime water 4 ounces. Rub the liquid petrolatum with- the con- 
densed milk in a mortar and add, first the lime water, then the cinna- 
mon water, and lastly, the syrup ; rubbing them well together to form 
an emulsion. What is known as mineral glycerin, glymol, abolene, gly- 
coleum etc., forms of liquid petrolatum, may be used for making this 
emulsion. 

Emulsio Petrolei cum Hypophosphitibus. B. P. C. Emulsion of 
Petroleum with Hypophosphites. Liquid paraffin 8 fl. ounces, gum 
arabic, in powder, 4 ounces ; oil of cinnamon 24 minims, tragacanth, in 
powder, 120 grains; calcium hypophosphite 192 grains, sodium hypo- 
phosphite 192 grains, distilled water, a sufficiency. Prepare an emul- 
sion in a similar manner as the U, S. Emulsion Cod-liver Oil with 
Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda. Dose 1 to 4 fl. drachms. 

Emulsio Olei Morrhuae. Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. Cod liver oil 
8 fl. ounces, the yolks of two eggs, tragacanth, in powder, 16 grains; 
elixir of gluside 1 fl. drachm, tincture of benzoin 1 fl.drachm, spirit of 



640 • The Fenner ' Formulary Part II. 

chloroform 4 fl. drachms, essential oil of bitter almonds 8 minims, dis- 
tilled water sufficient to produce 16 fl. ounces. Prepare the emulsion 
according to the general directions. Dose 2 to 8 fl. drachms. 

Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Lactophosphates Compound. Solution 
iron lacto-phosphate y 2 fl. ounce, solution calcium lacto-phosphate 1 
fl. ounce, emulsion cod liver oil 14^ fl. ounces. Mix the solutions with 
the emulsion. A dessertspoonful contains 1 grain iron lacto-phosphate 
and 2 grains lime lacto-phosphate. This may also be made by rubbing 
64 grains iron lacto-phosphate and 128 grains calcium lacto-phosphate 
with a pint of emulsion cod liver oil. 

Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Lime Lacto-phosphate. Solution cal- 
cium lacto-phosphate 1 fl. ounce, emulsion cod liver oil 15 fl. ounces. 
Mix them thoroughly. A dessertspoonful contains 2 grains lime lacto- 
phosphate with emulsion cod liver oil. This may also be made by 
rubbing 128 grains of precipitated lime lacto-phosphate with a pint of 
emulsion cod liver oil. 

Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Lime Phosphate. Solution calcium 
phosphate 1 fl. ounce, emulsion cod liver oil 15 fl. ounces. Add the 
solution to the emulsion and mix them thoroughly. A dessertspoon- 
ful, the usual dose, contains 2 grains lime phosphate with emulsion 
cod liver oil. This may also be made by rubbing 256 grains pre- 
cipitated lime phosphate with a pint of emulsion cod liver oil. 

Cod Liver Oil with Malt Extract. Cod liver oil 8 fl. ounces, extract 
of malt 8 fl. ounces, oil wintergreen 20 minims, oil bitter almonds 5 
minims. Rub the oils with the extract of malt as directed for making 
emulsions. The dose is a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful contain- 
ing 50 percent., each, cod liver oil and malt extract. 

Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Pancreatin. Pancreatin, in powder, 
128 grains, cod liver oil 8 fl. ounces, glycerin 3 fl. ounces, water 3 fl.- 
ounces, acacia mucilage syrup 2 fl. ounces, oil of wintergreen 10 minims, 
oil of bitter almonds 5 minims. Mix the pancreatin with the water 
and glycerin, and let stand for 6 hours, then add the acacia mucilage 
syrup and rub the oils with the mixture to make an emulsion. A 
dessertspoonful contains 2 grains pancreatin, with 50 percent, cod 
liver oil. 

Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Pancreatin and Pepsin. Pepsin, 
saccharated, 128 grains ; emulsion cod liver oil with pancreatin 1 
pint. Rub the pepsin first with a portion of the emulsion, then add the 
remainder. A dessertspoonful contains 2 grains each of pepsin and 
pancreatin with fo percent, cod liver oil. 

Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Pepsin. Saccharated pepsin 128 
grains, emulsion cod liver oil 1 pint. Rub the pepsin first with a 
small portion of the emulsion, and then with the remainder and mix 
them thoroughly. A dessertspoonful contains 2 grains of pepsin com- 
bined with emulsion cod liver oil. 




Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 641 

Emulsion Cod Liver Oil Peptonized. Peptonized Cod Liver Oil and 
Milk. Condensed milk 2 ounces, saccharated pepsin 128 grains, acacia 
mucilage syrup 3 fl. ounces, cod liver oil 8 fi. ounces, oil of bitter al- 
monds 10 minims, oil of wintergreen 5 minims. Rub the condensed 
milk with the saccharated pepsin and 1 fl. ounce of water, and allow 
them to stand for 6 hours, then add the mucilage syrup and rub the 
oils with the mixture to make an emulsion ; finally add the water as 
directed. The dose is a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. Many 
combinations may be made by mixing this with other preparations, 
solutions, salts etc. 

Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Yolk of Egg. Cod Liver Oil and 
Glyconin. A kind of emulsion is made with the yolks of eggs by 
shaking them with cod liver oil and other ingredients : The yolks of 
eggs 2^2 fl.ounf.es, glycerin 3 fi. ounces, diluted phosphoric acid 2 fl.- 
ounces, sherry wine 4 fl. ounces, cod liver oil 10 fl. ounces, oil bitter 
almonds 10 drops, oil wintergreen 10 drops. Beat the yolks of eggs 
and glycerin together, then add the oils gradually, shaking them well 
together after adding each portion. Lastly add the acid and wine and 
mix them well together. The dose is a dessertspoonful to a table- 
spoonful. 

Emulsion Cod Liver Oil with Wild Cherry. Fluidextract of wild 
cherry 4 fl. ounces, acacia mucilage syrup 4 fl. ounces, cod liver oil 8 
fl. ounces. Rub the oil with the mucilage syrup and add the fluid- 
extract. A dessertspoonful contains y 2 drachm fluidextract wild 
cherry with 50 percent, cod liver oil. 

Emulsion Copaiba. Acacia mucilage syrup 6 fl. ounces, balsam 
copaiba 4 fl. ounces, syrup 3 fl. ounces, water 3 fl. ounces, oil wintergreen 
20 drops. Rub the oil and balsam with the mucilage syrup and add the 
syrup and water as directed for making emulsions. A fl. drachm con- 
tains 15 minims balsam copaiba. The dose is a teaspoonful to a 
dessertspoonful or more. 

The most convenient way of making this emulsion is as follows : 
Mucilage acacia 4 ounces, balsam copaiba 2 ounces, syrup 2 ounces, 
essence cinnamon 1 drachm. Put the mucilage in an 8 ounce bottle, 
add the balsam and shake thoroughly, then add the syrup and essence 
and shake. 

ESERINE. Physostigmine. 

An alkaloid obtained from physostigma. Although two salts of this 
alkaloid are official, under the title "Physostigmine," it and its salts are 
more commonly known in the market as "Eserine." 

Eserine Hydrobromide. This may be prepared by neutralizing 
hydrobromic acid with the alkaloid eserine and crystallizing. 

Eserine Hydrochloride. This may be prepared by neutralizing di- 
luted hydrochloric acid with the alkaloid eserine, concentrating and 
crystallizing. 



642 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Eserine Salicylate. This is official in the U. S. P. under the title 
Physostigminse Salicylas, which see. 

Eserine Sulphas. This is official in the U. S. P. and the Br. P. under 
the title Physostigminse Sulphas, which see. 

Average dose of the eserine salts o.ooi Gm.= i milligramme ( 1 / 64 
grain). 

Eserine Pilocarpine. This is a combination of one part of eserine 
salicylate with two parts of pilocarpine hydrochloride. It is a white 
powder, soluble in water and alcohol and is used as an anodyne and 
cathartic in colic of horses. Dose from 3 to 6 grains by hypodermic 
injection. 

Eseridine. C 15 H 23 N 3 03. This alkaloid exists in physostigma asso- 
ciated with eserine. It has action similar to eserine but only one-sixth 
as powerful. A tartrate of this alkaloid is used in colic of horses and 
cattle. Dose 5 grains by hypodermic injection. 

ESSENTIA — ESSENCES. 

The term Essence is applied in a general way to the important or 
essential part of plants or other substances, and in pharmacy to a class 
of preparations made from or possessing the essential principles of 
substances, such as essential oils or their solutions in alcohol, ethers 
used as artificial flavors, fruit extracts or tinctures of odorous sub- 
stances used for flavoring or in perfumery etc. 

Many preparations, commonly known as essences, are found in the 
spirits of the U. S. and other pharmacopoeias, and others are found 
among the ethers, fluidextracts, tinctures etc., while a few unofficial 
preparations, as essence pepsin, essence Jamaica ginger etc. have come 
to be known by the name of essences. 

It is intended in this work to class under this heading only such 
medicinal preparations as are commonly called essences — the esprits 
and essences used in perfumery being classed under perfumes. 

The following medicinal preparations are known as essences : 

Essence Calisaya. 

An essence of calisaya which is quite similar to elixir of calisaya is 
sometimes called for. It may be made as follows : 

Fluidextract Calisaya Bark, iy$ fl. ounces 

Sherry Wine, 12 flounces 

Syrup, 3 flounces 

Spirit of Cinnamon, y 2 drachm 

Tincture Fresh Orange Peel, y 2 ounce 
Mix, and after standing, filter clear. A fl. drachm represents 5 grains 
of calisaya bark. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 643 

Essence Coca. 

Fluidextract Coca, i}i fl.ounces 

Sherry Wine, 12 fl.ounces 

Syrup, 3 fl.ounces 

Spirit of Cinnamon, j/3 drachm 

Tincture Fresh Orange Peel, ^4 ounce 

Mix them and after standing filter clear. A fl. drachm represents 5 
grains of coca leaves. See also Coca Wine. 

Essence Jamaica Ginger. 

This is more properly Tincture or Extract of Jamaica Ginger, but it 
has become well known in the market as Essence because of being 
popularly advertised. 

Jamaica Ginger, in fine powder, 3 pounds av. 

Slaked-lime, 6 ounces av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 5 pints 

Water, sufficient to make, 1 gallon 

Mix the ginger and slaked-lime intimately and with the alcohol mix 
3 pints of water, moisten the powder with the liquid and pack in a 
percolator, pour upon it the remaining liquid and, after standing 6 
hours, begin to percolate. When the liquid covering the ginger etc. 
has disappeared, add water and continue the percolation until one 
gallon of percolate has passed. The percolation may be continued 
with water, and the liquid evaporated to a soft extract and added to 
the gallon first obtained. 

Essence Pancreatin. 

Pancreatin, pure, 128 grains 

Glycerin, by weight, 4 ounces 

Borax, 40 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl.ounces 

Mix the glycerin with 12 ounces of the elixir and dissolve the borax 
in the solution, add the pancreatin and allow to stand for 1 day, then 
filter and add through the filter enough elixir to make 16 fl.ounces. 
A fl. drachm contains 1 grain pancreatin. Dose a dessertspoonful. 

Essence Pepsin. 

Scale Pepsin, 128 grains 

Glycerin, by weight, 4 ounces 

Hydrochloric Acid, 20 minims 

Sherry Wine, free from tannin, 11 fl.ounces 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 
Mix the liquids and dissolve the pepsin in the mixture, after 12 hours 

filter. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain pure pepsin. Dose a dessert- 
spoonful or more. 



644 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

ETHYL. 
C 2 H 5 . 

The radical ethyl is the most important of the series of hydrocarbons 
known as the alcohol radicals. It has not been isolated as a substance, 
and is known only in its compounds. 

It is the second member of the ethylic or alcohol series, C n H 2n+1 . 
Its combinations with various acids form a variety of oxides, which 
are known as "ethers," and its combinations with the elements of 
water forms ethyl hydrate, which is familiarly known as "alcohol." As 
most of the ethyl compounds have been noticed under the headings 
"alcohol" and "ether," further description here will be unnecessary. 
For Ethers see Latin title ^Ethers. 

Ethyl Acetate. Acetic Ether. This is described under the title 
iEther Aceticus, which see, page 396. 

Ethyl Benzoate. Benzoic Ether. This may be produced by the 
action of benzoic acid upon ethyl alcohol, in the same manner as other 
ethers are produced by the action of acids upon ethyl oxide. It is used 
in medicine as an antiseptic and in compound etherial flavors. 

Ethyl Bromide. Hydrobromic Ether. C 2 H V Br. This ether has 
been used as an anesthetic, but was not very favorably received. It 
has similar properties as chloroform. Sp. gr. 1.475. See ^Ether 
Hydrobromicus. 

Ethyl Butyrate. Butyric Ether. This is prepared by the interaction 
of alcohol and butyric acid, and separation of the etherial product. It 
is used as a flavoring in compound fruit essences. 

Ethyl Carbamate. This is described under its official title, ^thylis 
Carbamas, which see, page 399. 

Ethyl Chloride. Hydrochloric Ether. This is described under its 
official title, TEthylis Chloridum, which see, page 399. 

Ethyl Formate. Formic Ether. This is described under the title 
iEther Formicus, which see, page 307. 

Ethyl Iodide. Hydriodic Ether. This is a very unstable compound 
having sp. gr. 1.975 and boiling at 72°C. It has been somewhat used 
by inhalation for bronchitis and phthisis. See ^Ether Hydriodic. 

Ethyl Salicylate. Salicylic Ether. This is prepared by the inter- 
action of alcohol with salicylic acid. It has the same action as methyl 
salicylate and other salicylates. Sp. gr. about 1.184. Dose 5 to 15 
minims. 

Ethyl Sebacate. Sebacic Ether. This is produced by the interaction 
of alcohol with sebacic acid. It has the odor of melon, and is used 
in compound flavorings. 

Ethyl Urethane. Urethane. This is prepared by the interaction of 
urea nitrate and ethyl chloral at 120°— I30°C. The resultant ure- 
thane is dissolved out by ether and recrystallized. This is employed 
in medicine as a hypnotic, with good results in doses of from 15 to 45 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 645 

grains, but in chemistry it is chiefly useful in combination with chloral 
hydrate and alcohol under the name Somnal, which see. 

Ethyl Valerate. Valerianic Ether. Produced by the interaction of 
alcohol with valerianic acid, and separation of the etherial product. 

Ethylamine. NH 2 (C 2 R 5 ). The base of the ethyl series, obtained 
by substituting an atom of hydrogen in ammonia by the ethyl radical. 
It is a colorless, volatile, inflammable liquid. 

Ethylene. C 2 H 4 . Also called ethene or olefiant gas. It is an in- 
flammable gas, chemically hydrogen bicarburet, contained in coal-gas. 

Ethylene Bromide. This is a faintly-brown colored liquid having 
an odor somewhat resembling chloroform and a sweetish taste; at o°C. 
it solidifies to a snow-white, crystalline mass ; its boiling point is 
I3I°C. ; sp. gr. at 2i°C. 2.163; insoluble in w r ater but mixes with spirit 
or fatty oils. This should not be confounded with ethyl bromide. Its 
vapor is poisonous to inhale. 

Ethylidene. A theoretical unsaturated divalent radical, metameric 
with ethylene. 

The foregoing ethyl derivatives are not employed in medicine, but 
are mentioned as they are bases of some of the more recent compounds 
which have been brought to the notice of the medical profession. 

EUCAINE. Beta-Eucaine. 

This is, chemically, the hydrochloride of trimethyl-benzooxy-piper- 
idin. It is a white powder soluble in about 30 parts of water or in al- 
cohol. Like cocaine it is used as a local anesthetic but is claimed to 
be less toxic and that it does not dilate the pupil not contract the blood 
vessels. It is generally applied as a 2 to 5 percent, solution in boiling 
water. 

Eucaine Acetate. This salt of eucaine is very soluble in water and 
is used for the same purposes as eucaine. 

Eucaine Lactate. This is employed chiefly as a local anesthetic in 
the eye. It is soluble in about 5 parts of water. Its solution is brushed 
over the parts to produce local anesthesia. 

Pure Food and Drugs Law. Alpha- and Beta- Eucaine are specified 
in the Pure Food and Drugs Law as preparations which must be des- 
ignated on the labels of preparations containing them ; as mixtures, 
ointments, powders and solutions. Alpha Eucaine is now seldom 
used, the Beta Eucaine being generally employed and known com- 
mercially as Eucaine. 

EUCALYPTOL. U. S. Eucalyptol. 

C 10 H 18 O= 152.98. 
"An organic oxide (cineol), obtained from the volatile oil of 
Eucalyptus Globulus, Labillardiere (Fam. Myrtacese), and from other 
sources. It should be kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored bottles in 
a cool place, protected from light." <U. S. 



646 The Fe nner Formulary Part II. 

Eucalyptol is obtained by fractional distillation of eucalyptus oil, 
the portion which has specific gravity 0.925 at 25 °C. (77°F.), being 
reserved. It is soluble in all proportions in alcohol, and boils at 176 
to i 7/ -°C. (348.8° to 350°F.). 

Average dose. — 0.3 Cc. (5 minims). 

EUGENOL. U. S. Eugenol. 

C 10 H 12 O 2 =i62.86. 

"An unsaturated aromatic phenol [C G H 3 (OH) (OCH 3 )-C 3 H 5 4:3 :i], 
obtained from oil of cloves and other sources. It should be kept in 
well-stoppered, amber-colored bottles, in a cool place, protected from 
light."<U. S. 

This is first made official in the present U. S. P. It is the chief con- 
stituent of oil of cloves, and is found in other volatile oils. Sp. gr. 
1.072 to 1.074 at 25°C. (77°F.). It is miscible with alcohol in all pro- 
portions, and should be soluble in 2 parts of 70% alcohol. It has great 
antiseptic properties and has been recommended for the treatment of 
tubercular diseases. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

EUQUININE. 

This is, chemically, quinine carbonic ether, or quinine ethylcarbon- 
ate. It is readily soluble in water or alcohol and is used as a substitute 
for ordinary quinine, usually in powders or tablets. Dose and action 
the same as quinine. 

Euquinine Hydriodate. A compound iodate salt of euquinine and 
sodium iodide having the properties of both. 

Euquinine Salicylate. This is a compound of euquinine and salicylic 
acid containing about 75 percent, of euquinine. It is used as a substi- 
tute for quinine salicylate, being tasteless and having the same action 
as that salt. 

EUROPHIN. Phenyl-Ethyl-Urethane. 
C 6 H 5 NHCOOC 2 H 5 . 

A white crystalline powder with a faint aromatic odor and a slight 
after-taste of cloves, insoluble in water but readily soluble in alcohol 
and partly alcoholic liquids. It is prepared by the interaction of 
aniline and chloroformic ethyl ester. It is recommended as an anti- 
pyretic and antirheumatic, relieving swelling and reducing swelling of 
the joints. The dose as an antipyretic is 8 grains and as an antirheu- 
matic 6 grains, 3 or 4 times a day, dissolved in wine or elixir. It is ap- 
plied externally as a dusting powder and in ointments. 

Europhin Di-isobutylortho-cresol Iodide. This is a compound prep- 
aration allied to aristol, in the class of iodoform substitutes. It is pre- 
pared by the interaction of isobutyl alcohol and ortho-cresol in the 
presence of zinc chloride at a high temperature, and the resultant com- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 647 

pound which is formed is dissolved in dilute alkali and precipitated 
with a solution of iodine in potassium iodide, the precipitate when 
washed and dried being Europhin. It is an amorphous, yellow powder 
of peculiar aromatic odor, insoluble in water, but readily soluble in al- 
cohol, ether, chloroform and fatty oils. It is five times as bulky as 
iodoform. It is used as a dusting powder and in ointments and solu- 
tions in fatty oils, alboline etc. 

EXALGINE. Methylacetanilid. 

C (J H,N(CH 3 )CH 3 CO. 
This is a crystalline compound allied to acetanilid, first brought to 
notice by A. W. von Hoffman in 1874. It is prepared by warming 
together monomethyl aniline and acetyl chloride, dissolving out and 
crystallizing the monomethylaniline salt, which is removed as a hydro- 
chloride. It is soluble in cold and more soluble in warm water, melts 
at ioo°C. and boils between 240 and 2^0° C. without decomposition. 
Exalgine is an analgesic. Its effects are similar to those of antipyrin, 
but it has not proven a safe compound. The dose is y 2 to 4 grains. 

EXODYNE. 

This is a white powder which may be used as an anodyne and anti- 
rheumatic. It may be prepared by mixing intimately 

Acetanilid, 19 parts 

Sodium Salicylate, 1 part 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 1 part 

Reduce to a fine powder and mix intimately. The dose is from 5 
to 8 grains. 

EXTRA CTA — EXTRACTS. 

The class of galenicals known as extracts or solid extracts are 
preparations usually in the form of mass or powder, and intended to 
represent in a concentrated form the soluble portions of vegetable 
drugs. In pharmacy they are used for making pills, plasters oint- 
ments, suppositories, tablets and many other forms of medicines 
where a concentrated preparation is desirable. Various methods are 
employed for obtaining the soluble properties of the drugs, as may 
best be suited to their nature, and their solutions are then concent- 
rated by evaporation in various ways to the required consistence. 

In large manufacturing establishments the evaporation is usually 
conducted in vacuo, at a low temperature, as the volatile properties 
are best preserved in this manner ; but as this process is not expedient 
for the ordinary pharmacist, the formulas here given are designed 
for such conveniences as may readily be employed by them. 

For making small quantities of solid extracts the fluid extract of 
the drug may be evaporated by a water-bath to pilular consistence. 



648 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

For prescription work, powdered extracts are much used and are 
more convenient than extracts in mass. Many extracts cannot. well 
be reduced to a powder without admixture with other substances, but 
they are furnished by manufacturers who claim to give a true rep- 
resentative of the extract in the form of powder. 

The following formulae are for extracts official in the U. S., Br. and 
a few from European pharmacopoeias. They represent, however, but 
part of the extracts quoted that may be made; for extracts may be 
prepared from nearly all vegetable drugs ; but from the formulae given 
the intelligent druggist or manufacturer will have no trouble to pre- 
pare any extract that may be desired by using the same menstruum 
for exhausting the drug which is directed for making a fluid extract 
of the same and evaporation in the manner directed for making other 
extracts of the same nature. 

General Formula for Making Extracts. 

The general directions which apply to making all kinds of extracts, 
may be briefly stated as follows : 

The substance, any convenient quantity. 
The menstruum, a sufficient quantity. 

Moisten the drug with the menstruum sufficient to nearly cover it, 
allow to macerate from 12 to 24 hours; pack in the water-bath per- 
colator, pour menstruum upon it and set in a warm place for one or 
two days ; then heat moderately, adding the menstruum or water to 
the drug, and percolate until the drug is exhausted. Evaporate the 
percolate by distillation if it contains alcohol, or by gentle heat if 
aqueous, to a pilular consistence, adding from 2 to 5 percent, of 
glycerin to such extracts as become hard and dry after standing, 
unless wanted in the powdered form, then no glycerin should be 
added. 

Extracts from Expressed Juices. 
Inspissated Juices. 

The extracts made by evaporating the expressed juices of fresh 
plants have always been considered superior to those made from the 
dried plants, and the popularity of the English extracts made by 
reliable houses in this manner is well known. The following is the 
general process of the Br. P. for making extracts in this manner. 

The fresh leaves, tops or plants, any convenient quantity. 

Bruise in a stone mortar and press out the juice, heat it gradually 
to I30°F. (544°C), and separate the green coloring matter by strain- 
ing through a calico filter. Heat the strained liquid to 200°F. 
(93-3°C.) to coagulate the albumen, and again filter through calico. 
Evaporate the filtered liquid by a water-bath at a low temperature 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 649 

to the consistence of a thin syrup, then add to it the green coloring 
matter previously obtained, and pass through a hair-sieve; then stir 
together and continue the evaporation at a temperature not exceeding 
I40°F. (6o°C.) until an extract of pilular consistence is obtained. 

Duplex Extracts. 

In the Swiss Pharrii. (Pharm. Helv.) a number of formulas are 
given for Duplex Extracts, which are quite similar to Abstracts, for- 
merly official in the U. S. P. 

A general formula for duplex extracts is : 

The Drug, 200 parts 

The Menstruum, a sufficient quantity. 

Rice Powder, sufficient to make of dry extract 100 parts 

A fluid extract of the drug is made by percolation with menstruum 
suited to the drug. Alcohol, 200 parts, is then to be added and the 
mixture allowed to stand 24 hours. The clear liquid is then poured 
off and filtered, and the residue is warmed with 40 parts of water and 
when cold 120 parts of alcohol added, and, after standing, filtered. 
The two liquids are then to be mixed and a weighed portion evapor- 
ated to a dry extract. The alcohol is then distilled from the liquid 
and the residue evaporated to a soft extract and a sufficient quantity 
of powdered rice added so that when reduced to a dry powder, 100 
parts' shall be obtained for the 200 parts of the drug taken. 

In this manner are prepared duplex extracts of aconite root, bel- 
ladonna root, conium seeds, digitalis leaves, hyoscyamus leaves and 
stramonium seeds 

The formulas which follow are directed to be prepared by water- 
bath percolation, because this process has proven so much more 
efficient than any other for obtaining, the soluble properties of drugs. 
Where the official formulas differ in any important particular, the 
difference is noted in the formula. 

EXTRACTUM ALOES. U. S., Br. Extract of Aloes. 

Dissolve aloes, 1 part, in boiling water, 10 parts, and strain. Set 
aside for 12 hours, then pour off the clear liquid from the residue and 
evaporate by a current of warm air or by the heat of a water-bath to 
dryness. The dose is from 2 to 6 grains. 

The U. S. official is extract of aloes ; the Br., extract of Barbados 
aloes; they are both made by mixing 100 Gm. (or 10 ounces) of aloes 
with 1000 Cc. (or 100 ounces) of boiling water, stirring and allowing 
to stand for 12 hours, U. S., (24 hours, Br.) ; then pouring off the 
clear liquor, straining and evaporating by means of a water-bath or 
steam at a temperature not exceeding 6o°C. (i40°F.) to dryness. 



650 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

EXTRACTUM ANTHEMIDIS. Br. Extract of Chamomile. 

The Br. pharmacopoeia directs chamomile Mowers, i pound, (or 
iooo Gm.), oil of chamomile, 15 minims (or 2 Cc), distilled water, 1 
gallon (Imperial measure) or 10 liters. Boil the chamomile flowers 
with the distilled water until the volume is reduced to one-half ; 
strain, press, filter, evaporate the filtrate to the consistence of a soft 
extract ; add the oil of chamomile towards the end of the process. 

Dose, 2 to 8 grains. 

EXTRACTUM ARNIOflE RADICIS. Extract of Arnica Root. 

Exhaust arnica root with diluted alcohol, distil off the alcohol and 
evaporate the remainder to a thick extract. 

An extract of arnica flowers is made in the same manner. Extract 
of arnica is used in making plasters. 

The U. S. formula, formerly official, was arnica root 1000 Gm., di- 
luted alcohol, a sufficient quantity. Exhaust by percolation, reserv- 
ing the first 900 Cc. that pass, and evaporate the remainder to 100 Cc. 
by water-bath heat not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.) ; mix the liquids and 
evaporate at the same or a lower temperature to pilular consistence. 

This is used chiefly for making arnica plaster and ointment or salve. 

EXTRACTUM BELLADONNA FOLIORUM. U. S. 

Extract of Belladonna Leaves. 

The U. S. formula is: "Belladonna leaves, in Xo. 60 powder, 1000 
Gm., alcohol, water, each, a sufficient quantity. Mix 2000 Cc. of al- 
cohol with 1000 Cc. of water and having moistened the powder with 
400 Cc. of the mixture, pack firmly in a cylindrical percolator ; then 
add enough menstruum to saturate the powder and leave a stratum 
aboA*e it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close 
the lower orifice, and. having closely covered the percolator, macer- 
ate for 48 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed gradually, 
adding menstruum, using the same proportions of alcohol and water 
as before, until 3000 Cc. of tincture are obtained, or the belladonna 
leaves are exhausted. Reserve the first 900 Cc. of the percolate, evap- 
orate the remainder at a temperature not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.) 
to 100 Cc, mix the residue with the reserved portion, and evaporate 
at or below the above mentioned temperature to a pilular consistence." 

"When assayed by the process given, extract of belladonna leaves 
should contain 1.4 percent, of mydriatic alkaloids. If the extract 
should be found to contain more than this percentage, sufficient pow- 
dered sugar of milk should be added to reduce it to the standard of 
1.4 percent. ''<U. S. 

The assay prosess given in the U. S. P. is practically the same as 
for belladonna leaves. Most retail druggists buy this extract, made by 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 651 

reliable manufacturers, upon whom they depend to furnist an assayed 
extract. 

Average dose. — o.oio Gm.= io milligrammes (34 grain). 

EXTRACTUM BELLADONNA ALCOHOLICUM. Br. 

Alcoholic Extract of Belladonna. 

"An extract containing one percent, of the alkaloids of Belladonna 
Root." < Br. 

This is prepared by evaporating 1 fl. ounce (or 50 Cc.) of liquid ex- 
tract of belladonna, Br., in a counterpoised basin, on a water-bath to 
the consistence of a moderately firm extract. It is then to be weighed 
and the difference between the weights of the residue and three- 
quarters of an ounce (or 37, T /4 grammes) gives the weight of milk 
sugar to be used as a dilutent for each fl. ounce (or 50 Cc.) of the 
liquid extract. 

Any quantity of the alcoholic extract of belladonna may be pre- 
pared with the same proportion of milk sugar as is indicated by the 
test sample. Dose, ^ to 1 grain. 

EXTRACTUM BELLADONNA VIRIDE. Br. 

Green Extract of Belladonna. 

"Bruise the fresh leaves and young branches of Atropa Belladonna, 
Linn., in a mortar; press out the juice and heat it to I30°F. (54.4°C.) ; 
separate the green coloring matter by a calico filter ; heat the strained 
liquid to 20O°F. (93. 3°C.) ; filter. Evaporate the filtrate on a water- 
bath to the consistence of a thin syrup ; add to it the green coloring 
matter previously separated and passed through a hair sieve, stir the 
whole together, and evaporate at a temperature not exceeding I40°F. 
(6o°C.) to the consistence of a soft extract. "<Br. 

Dose, Yx to 1 grain. 

Several of the European pharmacopoeias direct the extract of bel- 
ladonna leaves to be prepared from the fresh juice in a manner similar 
to the Br. The Green Extract is particularly used in making bella- 
donna plaster and oil solutions. 

EXTRACTUM CANNABIS INDIOffi. U. S., Br. 

Extract of Indian Cannabis. U. S. Extract of Indian Hemp. Br. 

The U. S. P. directs 

Indian Cannabis, in No. 20 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity. 
The powder is to be percolated with alcohol until exhausted, the 
alcohol is then to be distilled from the percolate and the residue evap- 
orated in a porcelain dish, on a water-bath to pilular consistence. 
Average dose. — 0.010 Gm.=io milligrammes (3/5 grain). 



652 The Fc nner Formulary Part II. 

The Br. P. directs Indian Hemp in coarse powder to be exhausted 
with 90% alcohol, and the percolate to be evaporated to the consis- 
tency of a soft extract. Dose, 34 to 1 grain. 

EXTRACTUM CASCARA SAGRADiE. Br. 
Extract of Cascara Sagrada. 

"Moisten cascara sagrada, in No. 20 powder, with distilled water, 
and let it remain a few hours to soften and swell ; then place it loosely 
in a percolator and percolate with more distilled water until it is ex- 
hausted. Evaporate in a water-bath to dryness. Dose, 2 to 8 grains." 
<Br. 

EXTRACTUM CIMICIFUGA. U. S. 
Extract of Cimicifuga. [Black Cohosh]. 

Fluidextract of Cimicifuga, 100 Cc. 

Glycyrrhiza, (peeled Russian), in No. 80 powder, 

A sufficient quantity to make 25 Gm. 

"Evaporate the fluidextract of cimicifuga in a porcelain dish, by 
means of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 7o°C. 
(i58°F.), with constant stirring, to complete dryness. Reduce the 
product to a fine powder and add enough powdered glycyrrhiza to 
make the finished product weigh 25 Gm. Mix thoroughly." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=2co milligrammes (4 grains). 
Most fluidextracts prepared with alcohol as a menstruum may be 
converted into extracts in the same manner as cimicifuga. 

EXTRACTUM COLCHICI CORMI. U. S. 
Extract of Colchicum Corm. 

Colchicum Corm, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, 350 Cc. 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the acetic acid with 1500 Cc. of water, and having moistened 
the powder with 500 Cc. of the mixture, pack it moderately in a 
cylindrical glass percolator ; then add enough menstruum to saturate 
the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to 
drop from the percolator close the lower orifice, and, having closely 
covered the percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the perco- 
lation to proceed gradually, adding first the remainder of the men- 
struum and then water, until the colchicum corm is exhausted. Evap- 
orate the percolate in a porcelain vessel by means of a water-bath, 
at a temperature not exceeding 8o°C. (i'/6 F.), to a pilular consis- 
tence." 

"When assayed by the process given, Extract of Colchicum Corm 
should contain 1.4 percent, of colchicine. If the extract should be 
found by assay to contain more than this percentage, sufficient pow- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 653 

dered sugar of milk should be added to reduce it to the standard of 
1.4 percent. "<U. S. 

The assay process given in the U. S. P. is practically the same as for 
Colchicum Corm. Most retail druggists buy this extract, made by 
reliable manufacturers, upon whom they depend to furnish an assayed 
extract. 

Average dose. — 0065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

Extractum Colchici. Br. Extract of Colchicum. Under this title 
the Br. P. directs an extract to be made by crushing fresh colchicum 
corms deprived of their coats; pressing out the juice, allowing the 
feculence to subside; decanting to a clear liquid; heating it to 2I2°F. 
(ioo°C), and evaporating at a temperature not exceeding i6o°F. 
(7i.i°C), to the consistence of a soft extract. Dose, ^ to 1 grain. 

EXTRACTUM COLOCYNTHIDIS. U. S. Extract of Colocynth. 

Colocynth, freed from the seeds, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity. 

"Reduce the colocynth to a coarse powder by grinding or bruising, 
and macerate it in 3500 Cc. of diluted alcohol for four days, with 
occasional stirring ; then express strongly, and strain through flannel. 
Pack the residue, previously bro % ken up with the hands, firmly in a 
cylindrical percolator, cover it with the strainer, and gradually pour 
diluted alcohol upon it until the tincture and expressed liquids, mixed 
together, measure 5000 Cc. Distil off the alcohol from the mixture 
by means of a water-bath evaporate the residue to dryness, and reduce 
the dry mass to powder." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.=3o milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

EXTRACTUM COLOCYNTHIDIS COMPOSITUM. U. S., Br. 
Compound Extract of Colocynth. 

The U. S. formula is 

Extract of Colocynth, 

Purified Aloes, 

Resin of Scammony, fine powder, 

Cardamom, in No. 60 powder, 

Soap, dried, and in coarse powder, 

Alcohol, 

Heat the aloes on a water-bath until completely melted, then add 
the alcohol, and having stirred the mixture thoroughly, strain it 
through a very fine sieve, which has been just dipped in boiling water. 
To the strained mixture add the soap, extract and resin, and heat the 
mixture not to exceed I20°C. (248°F.), until it is perfectly homogen- 
eous, and a thread taken from the mass becomes brittle when cold. 
Then remove from the heat, add the cardamom, mix thoroughly and 



160 


Gm. 


or 


160 grains 


500 


Gm. 


or 


500 grains 


140 


Gm. 


or 


140 grains 


60 


Gm. 


or 


60 grains ■ 


140 


Gm. 


or 


140 grains 


100 


Cc. 


or 


100 minims 



654 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

cover until cold, then powder. This is much used in making cathartic 
pills. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.- 500 milligrammes (y l / 2 grains). 

The Br. formula is: 

Colocynth pulp, 150 Gm. (or 6 ounces) ; extract of Barbados 
aloes, 300 Gm. (or 12 ounces) ; scammony resin, 100 Gm. (or 4 
ounces) ; curd soap in shavings, 100 Gm. (or 4 ounces) ; cardamom 
seeds, in finest powder, 25 Gm. (or 1 ounce) ; alcohol, 4 liters (or 1 
Imperial gallon). 

Macerate the colocynth pulp in the alcohol for four days ; press out 
the tincture ; remove the alcohol by distillation ; add the extract of 
aloes, scammony resin and soap ; evaporate to the consistence of a 
firm extract, adding the cardamoms towards the end of the process. 
Dose, 2 to 8 grains. 

EXTRACTUM DIGITALIS. U. S. Extract of Digitalis. 

Fluidextract of Digitalis, 100 Cc. 

"Evaporate the fluidextract of digitalis in a porcelain dish, by 
means of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.), 
with constant stirring, until it is reduced to pilular consistence." 
<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.010 Gm.= io milligrammes (}£ grain). 

EXTRACTUM ERGOTS. U. S., Br. Extract of Ergot. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Ergot, in No. 40 powder, 1000. o Gm. 

Diluted Hydrochloric Acid, 50.0 Gm. 

Monohydrated Sodium Carbonate, 8.5 Gm. 

Glycerin, 12.5 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity 

To make I2 5-0 Gm. 

"Mix 1000 Cc. of alcohol with 400 Cc. of water, and, having moist- 
ened the powder with 500 Cc. of the mixture, pack it firmly in a cylin- 
drical percolator; then add sufficient menstruum to saturate the pow- 
der and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop 
from the percolator close the lower orifice, and, having closely cov- 
ered the percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the percola- 
tion to proceed gradually, adding menstruum, using the same pro- 
portions of alcohol and water as before, until the ergot is exhausted. 
Evaporate the percolate in a porcelain dish, by means of a water- 
bath, at a temperature not exceeding 50 °C. (i22°F.). to 250 gram- 
mes ; add 250 Cc. of water, and stir ; filter when cold, rinse the dish 
with a little water, and add this to the filter. Add the diluted hydro- 
chloric acid to the filtrate ; then set aside for 24 hours ; filter, wash the 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 655 

contents of the filter with water until the washings no longer have an 
acid reaction, and add the washings to the filtrate. To this add grad- 
ually the monohydrated sodium carbonate, and, when the evolution 
of carbon dioxide has ceased, evaporate the liquid in a tared dish until 
its weighs 150 grammes ; add the glycerin and continue the evaporation 
at the above named temperature until the weight of the extract is re- 
duced to 125 grammes." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.^250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

The Br. P. formula is very similar except in the addition of glycerin. 
Dose, 2 to 8 grains. 

EXTRACTUM EUONYMI. U. S. Extract of Euonymus. 

Extractum Euonymi Siccum. Br. Dry Extract of Euonymus. 
The U. S. P. formula is : 

Fluidextract of Euonymus, 100 Cc 

Glycyrrhiza, (peeled Russian), in No. 40 powder, 

A sufficient quantity to make 25 Gm. 

"Evaporate the fluidextract of euonymus in a porcelain dish, by 
means of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 70°C. (i58°F.), 
with constant stirring, to complete dryness. Reduce the product to 
a fine powder, and add enough powdered glycyrrhiza to make the fin- 
ished product weigh 25 grammes. Mix thoroughly." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 0.125 Gm. = i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Euonymus Bark, in No. 20 powder, 20 ounces or 1000 Gm. 
Alcohol, (45%), a sufficient quantity. 
Calcium Phosphate, a sufficient quantity. 
Exhaust the drug by percolating with the 45 percent, alcohol, and 
evaporate the alcohol ; thoroughly dry the residue, powder the 
product as far as possible and mix it with one-fourth of its weight of 
calcium phosphate, continuing the drying and powdering until a sat- 
isfactory preparation is obtained ; then immediately transfer it to a 
well-closed bottle. Dose, 1 to 2 grains. 

EXTRACTUM GENTIANS. U. S., Br. Extract of Gentian. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Gentian, in No. 20 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Moisten the powder with 400 Cc. of water, and let it macerate for 
24 hours ; then pack it in a conical percolator and gradually pour 
water upon it until the infusion passes but slightly imbued with the 
properties of gentian. Reduce the liquid to three-fourths of its bulk 
by boiling, and strain ; then, by means of a water-bath, evaporate to 
a pilular consistence." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 



656 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The Br. P. formula is: 

"Infuse gentian in ten times its weight of distilled water for two 
hours : boil for fifteen minutes ; pour oft ; press ; strain ; evaporate the 
liquid to the consistence of a soft extract." < Br. Dose, 2 to 8 grains. 

EXTRACTUM GLYCYRRHIZA. U. S., Br. 
Extract of Glycyrrhiza. U. S. Extract of Liquorice. Br. 

"The commercial extract of the root Glycyrrhiza glabra, Linne ; or 
of Glycyrrhiza glandulifera, Waldstein and Kitaibel (Fam. Legu- 
minosse)."<U. S. 
. Average dose. — i Gm. (15 grains). 

The Br. P. gives a formula for preparing this extract : 

Liquorice root, in No. 20 powder, 1 pound (or 1000 grammes) ; dis- 
tilled water, 4 Imperial pints (or 5 liters). 

"Mix the liquorice root with 2 pints, Imp. (or 2^ liters) of the dis- 
tilled water ; set aside for 24 hours ; strain ; press ; to the pressed marc 
add the remainder of the distilled water and set aside the mixture for 
6 hours; strain; press; mix the strained liquids; heat to 2I2°F. 
(ioo°C.) ; strain through flannel, evaporate to the consistence of a 
soft extract." < Br. 

EXTRACTUM GLYCYRRHIZA PURUM. U. S. 
Pure Extract of Glycyrrhiza. 

Glycyrrhiza, peeled, in Xo. 20 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Ammonia Water, 150 Cc. 

Glycerin, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the ammonia water with 3000 Cc. of water, and, having 
moistened the powder with 1000 Cc. of the mixture, allow it to macer- 
ate in a closed vessel for 24 hours. Then pack it moderately in a 
cylindrical glass percolator and gradually pour upon it, first the re- 
mainder of the menstruum, and then w r ater, until the glycyrrhiza is 
exhausted. Lastly, evaporate the liquid in a tared porcelain dish, by 
means of a water-bath, to a pilular consistence, and while the mass 
is still warm, incorporate with it 5 percent, of its weight of glycerin." 
<U. S. 
Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

EXTRACTUM H^MATOXYLI. U. S. Extract of Hematoxylon. 

[Logwood.]. 

Hematoxylon, rasped, 1000 Gm. 

Water, 10000 Cc. 

"Macerate the hematoxylon with the water for 48 hours. Then 
boil (avoiding the use of metallic vessels) until one-half of the water 
has evaporated ; strain the decoction, while hot, and evaporate it to 
dryness."<U. S. 



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Average dose. — i Gm. (15 grains). 
EXTRACTUM HYOSCYAMI. U. S. Extract of Hyoscyamus. 

Fluidextract of Hyoscyamus, 100 Cc. 

''Evaporate the fluidextract of hyoscyamus in a porcelain dish, by 
means of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.), 
constantly stirring until it is reduced to a pilular consistence." 

"When assayed by the process given it should not contain less than 
0.3 percent, of mydriatic alkaloids. If the extract should be found, 
by the assay to contain more than this percentage, sufficient powdered 
sugar of milk should be added to reduce it to the standard of 0.3 per- 
cent."<U. S. 

The assay process given in the U. S. P. is practically the same as 
for belladonna extract except that 10 Gm. Ext. of Hyoscyamus shall be 
taken instead of 5 Gm. of Ext. Belladonna Leaves, and the product 
shall be multiplied by 10 instead of 20. This extract is usually pur- 
chased by retail druggists from reliable manufacturers. 

EXTRACTUM HYOSCYAMI VIRIDE. Br. 
Green Extract of Hyoscyamus. 

"Bruise fresh leaves, flowering tops, and young branches of hyos- 
cyamus niger, Linn., press out the juice and heat it gradually to 
I30°F. (54.4°C.) ; separate the green coloring matter by a calico fil- 
ter; heat the strained liquid to 200°F. (93-3 C.) ; filter; evaporate the 
filtrate to the consistence of a thin syrup ; add to it the green coloring 
matter previously separated and passed through a hair sieve ; stir 
the whole together, and evaporate at a temperature not exceeding 
i40°F. (6o°C), to the consistence of a soft extract."<Br. 

Dose, 2 to 8 grains. 

EXTRACTUM JALAP^E. Br. Extract of Jalap. 

Jalap, in coarse powder, 1 pound or 1000 grammes 

Alcohol, (90%), 4 Imp. pints or 5 liters 

Distilled Water, 1 Imp. gal. or 10 liters 

"Macerate the powdered jalap in the alcohol for seven days; press 
out the tincture, filter, and then remove the alcohol by distillation, 
leaving a soft extract. Again macerate the residue of the jalap in the 
water for four hours ; express ; strain through flannel ; evaporate to 
the consistence of a soft extract. Mix the two extracts, and evaporate 
at a temperature not exceeding I40°F. (6o°C), to the consistence of 
a firm extract.'' < Br. Dose, 2 to 8 grains.' 

EXTRACTUM KRAMERIiE. U. S., Br. 

Extract of Krameria. Extract of Rhatany. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Krameria, in Xo. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 



658 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

"Moisten the powder with 300 Cc. of water, pack it in a conical per- 
colator, and gradually pour water upon it until the infusion passes 
but slighly imbued with the astringency of the krameria. Heat the 
liquid to the boiling point, strain and evaporate the strained liquid 
by means of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 70°C. 
(i58°F.), to dryness."<U. S. 

The Br. P. directs coarsely powdered krameria root to be macer- 
ated in twice its weight of distilled water for 24 hours ; then to be 
packed in a percolator and percolated with distilled water until ex- 
hausted. The percolate is then to be evaporated to dryness. Dose, 
5 to 15 grains. 

EXTRACTUM LEPTANDRA. U. S. Extract of Leptandra. 

[Culver's Root]. 
Fluidextract of Leptandra, 100 Cc. 

Glycyrrhiza, (peeled Russian), in No. 80 powder, 

A sufficient quantity to make 25 Gm. 

"Evaporate the fluidextract of leptandra in a porcelain dish, by 
means of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 7o°C. (i58°F.), 
with constant stirring, to complete dryness. Reduce the product to a 
fine powder and add enough powdered glycyrrhiza to make the fin- 
ished product weigh 25 grammes. Mix thoroughly." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 
As thus prepared this extract represents four times the activity of 
the powdered leptandra root. The addition of the glycyrrhiza pre- 
sents the extract in powdered form which is much more convenient 
than in mass for dispensing purposes. 

EXTRACTUM MALTI. U. S. Extract of Malt. 

This was official in the 1880 U. S. P. but was dismissed in the 1890 
revision. It is now again made official. 
Malt, in coarse powder, not finer 

than No. 12, 1000 Gm. or 3534 ounces av. 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Upon the powder, contained in a suitable vessel, pour 1000 Cc. (or 
35 ounces) of water, and macerate for six hours. Then add 4000 Cc. 
of water heated to about 30°C. (86°F.), and digest for an hour at a 
temperature not exceeding 55°C. (i3i°F.). Strain the mixture with 
strong expression. Finally, by means of a water-bath, or vacuum ap- 
paratus at a temperature not exceeding 55°C. (i3i°F.), evaporate the 
strained liquid rapidly to the consistency of thick honey." 

"Extract of malt should be kept in Avell-closed vessels, in a cool 
place. "<U. S. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

In making extract of malt it is necessary to begin the evaporation 
at once while the strained liquid or percolate is still hot, for upon this 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 659 

depends the preservation of the diastase which is its important con- 
stituent. Manufacturers who supply this extract to the trade have 
continuous process apparatus, which, as the heated percolate is re- 
ceived evaporates it while still warm to the required consistence. 
Many combinations of Extract of Malt with other medicaments are 
prepared and will be noted under other headings. 

EXTRACTUM NUCIS VOMICA. U. S., Br. 
Extract of Nux Vomica. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Nux Vomica, in No. 20 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, Water, Alcohol, 
Sugar of Milk, dried and in fine powder, 
each, a sufficient quantity. 

"Mix 500 Cc. of acetic acid with 1300 Cc. of water, and, having 
moistened the powder with 400 Cc. of the mixture, pack it moderately 
in a cylindrical glass percolator ; then add enough menstruum to sat- 
urate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid 
begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having 
closely cover the percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the 
percolation to proceed slowly, gradually adding, first, the remainder 
of the menstruum, and then water, until the percolate passes but 
faintly imbued with bitterness, and the nux vomica is exhausted. 
Reserve the first 750 Cc. of the percolate, and, having heated the re- 
mainder to boiling, filter, and evaporate the filtrate to a soft extract ; 
dissolve this in the reserved portion, and add enough water to make 
the liquid measure 900 Cc. To the liquid thus obtained, add 3000 Cc. 
of alcohol, shake the mixture well, and set it aside for 24 hours, with 
occasional agitation. Filter the liquid through paper, and wash the 
residue in the filter with a mixture of alcohol 3 volumes and water 1 
volume, until the washings are only faintly bitter. Evaporate the 
filtrate and washings in a porcelain dish, on a water-bath, to dryness. 
Determine by the method given the percentage of strychnine in the 
dry extract ; ascertain by calculation the amount of strychnine in the 
remainder of the extract ; add to this enough well-dried sugar of milk 
to bring the quantity of strychnine in the final dry extract of nux 
vomica to 5 percent, of the total weight; and, when thoroughly pow- 
dered and mixed, transfer the extract to small, well-stoppered vials." 

"Extract of Nux Vomica, when assayed by the process given, 
should be found to contain 5 percent, of strychnine." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.015 Gm.= i5 milligrammes (y{ grain). 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. but, as it requires careful 
manipulation and calculation it is' seldom used by retail druggists; 
they depending chiefly upon reliable manufacturers for this extract. 



660 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

EXTRACTUM OPIL U. S., Br. Extract of Opium. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Powdered Opium, ioo Gm. 

Sugar of Milk, recently dried and in fine powder, 
Water, each, a sufficient quantity. 

"Rub the powdered opium in a mortar into a smooth paste with 250 
Cc. of water; then transfer to a bottle of the capacity of 1000 Cc, wash 
the mortar with 750 Cc. of water in successive portions, and add the 
washings to the contents of the bottle. Cork the bottle and shake it 
vigorously once every 2 hours during 12 hours. Then filter through 
a rapidly acting double filter, and pour water on the magma slowly, 
until the filtrate passes nearly colorless and only faintly bitter. 

Concentrate the filtrate and washings in a tared dish, on a water- 
bath, until the contents weigh about 200 grammes, and allow the ex- 
tract to become cold. Then weigh it accurately, transfer 12 grammes 
to an Erlenmeyer flask having a capacity of about 100 Cc, and de- 
termine in this portion the amount of morphine by the process of 
assay given, using the same quantity of liquids as there directed for 
4 grammes of the dry extract. In another portion of 5 grammes de- 
termine the amount of water by drying it in a flat-bottomed dish, at 
ioo°C. (2i2°F.), until it ceases to lose weight. From the results thus 
obtained, ascertain by calculation the amount of morphine and of 
water contained in the remainder of the extract, add to this enough 
well-dried sug^ar of milk to bring the quantity of morphine in the 
final dry extract to 20 percent., then evaporate the whole to dryness; 
reduce it to powder, and transfer it to small well-stoppered vials." 
<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.=3o milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

An assay process for this extract is given in the U. S. P. but, as it 
requires careful manipulation and calculation it is seldom used by 
retail druggists ; they depending chiefly upon reliable manufacturers 
for this extract. 

The Br. P. describes Extract of Opium as "An extract containing 
20 percent, of morphine," and gives the following formula for its prep- 
aration : 

Opium, sliced, 1 pound or 1000 grammes 

Distilled Water, 120 fl. ounces or yy 2 liters 

"Set aside the sliced opium with one-third of the distilled water for 
24 hours ; express the liquid ; thoroughly mix the residue of the 
opium with another third of the distilled water ; set aside for 24 hours; 
express ; repeat the operation with the remaining third of the dis- 
tilled water ; mix the liquids ; strain through flannel ; evaporate to 
about half a pound (or 500 grammes). "< Br. 

This extract is to be tested and so regulated by mixing with a 
stronger extract if deficient, or by dilution with milk sugar if too 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 661 

strong, that its percentage of morphine shall be 20 percent. Dose, 
J4 to 1 grain. 

EXTRACTUM PHYSOSTIGMATIS. U. S., Br. 

Extract of Physostigma. U. S. Extract of Calabar Bean. Br. 

Physostigma, in No. 80 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Glycyrrhiza, (peeled, Russian), in No. 80 powder, 
each, a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the physostigma with 400 Cc. of alcohol, and pack it 
firmly in a cylindrical percolator ; then add enough alcohol to saturate 
the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to 
drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely 
covered the percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the per- 
colation to proceed gradually, adding alcohol, until 3000 Cc. of per- 
colate are obtained, or the physostigma is exhausted. Reserve the 
first 900 Cc. of the percolate, and evaporate the remainder at at tem- 
perature not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.), to 100 Cc. ; mix this with the 
reserved portion and evaporate at or below the above mentioned tem- 
perature, on a water-bath, to dryness. Remove 1 Gm. of the extract 
and assay this by the process given ; from the results thus obtained, 
ascertain by calculation the amount of ether-soluble alkaloids con- 
tained in the remainder of the extract, add to this enough powdered 
glycyrrhiza to bring the quantity of the alkaloids in the finished prod- 
uct to 2 percent., reduce to powder, mix thoroughly, and transfer it 
at once to well-stoppered, amber-colored vials." 

"Extract of Physostigma, when assayed by the process given, 
should be found to contain 2 percent, of ether-soluble alkaloids." 
<U. S. 
Average dose. — 0.008 Gm.— 8 milligrammes (^ .grain). 
An assay process for this extract is given in the U. S. P. but, as it 
requires careful manipulation and calculation, it is seldom used by re- 
tail druggists ; they depending chiefly upon reliable manufacturers for 
this extract. 

The Br. P. formula for Extract of Calabar Bean is : 

Calabar Bean, in No. 40 powder, 1 pound or 1000 grammes 
Alcohol, (90%), 80 fl. ounces or 5 liters 

Milk Sugar, in fine powder, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the powdered calabar bean with 20 fl. ounces (or 1250 Cc.) 
of the alcohol ; set aside in a closed vessed for 48 hours, agitating 
occasionally ; transfer to a percolator ; when the liquid ceases to pass, 
add the remaining alcohol, so that it may slowly percolate through the 
powder; remove the marc and subject it to pressure; add the ex- 
pressed liquid to the percolate ; filter ; recover most of the alcohol by 
distillation ; transfer the residue to a counter-poised basin, and evapor- 



662 The Fcnner Formulary Part 11. 

ate to the consistence of a very soft extract; weigh; then add three 
times its weight of milk sugar and mix thoroughly to produce a firm 
extract. "<Br. 

Dose, *4 t° i grain. 

EXTRACTUM QUASSIA. U. S. Extract of Quassia. 

Quassia, in No. 20 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Water, 

Sugar of Milk, recently dried and in fine powder, 

a sufficient quantity to make 100 Gm. 

"Moisten the quassia with 400 Cc. of water, pack it firmly in a con- 
ical percolator, and gradually pour water upon it until the infusion 
passes but slightly imbued with bitterness. Reduce the liquid to 
three-fourths of its bulk by boiling and strain ; then evaporate by 
means of a water-bath to dryness and add enough sugar of milk to 
make the extract weigh 100 grammes. Mix thoroughly, reduce to 
fine powder, and transfer to well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 
As thus prepared this extract represents ten times the medicinal 
activity of quassia wood. 

EXTRACTUM RHAMNI PURSHIAN^. U. S. 
Extract of Cascara Sagrada. Extractum Cascarae Sagradae. Br. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Cascara Sagrada, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, Water, 

Glycyrrhiza, (peeled, Russian), in No. 80 powder, 

each, a sufficient quantity to make 250 Gm. 

"Mix 125 Cc. of alcohol with 875 Cc. of water, and, having moist- 
ened the powder with 400 Cc. of the mixture, pack it firmly in a cylin- 
drical percolator ; then add enough menstruum to saturate the pow- 
der and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop 
from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely cov- 
ered the percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the percola- 
tion to proceed gradually, adding menstruum, using the same propor- 
tions of alcohol and water as before, until the drug is exhausted. Re- 
serve the first 850 Cc. of the percolate, and evaporate the remainder 
on a water-bath at a temperature not exceeding 7o°C. (i58°F.), to the 
consistence of a syrup. Mix this with the reserved portion and con- 
tinue the evaporation at or below the above named temperature, to 
dryness. Reduce the extract to fine powder, and add enough pow- 
dered glycyrrhiza to make the product weigh 250 grammes. Mix 
thoroughly." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 



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As thus prepared this extract represents four times the medicinal 
activity of the powdered cascara bark. It is considerably used in the 
form of pills, and compounded with other tonic laxatives. 

For the Br. P. formula see Extractum Cascarae Sagradae. 

EXTRACTUM RHEL U. S., Br. Extract of Rhubarb. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Fluidextract of Rhubarb, iop Cc. 

(or any convenient quantity). 

"Evaporate the fluidextract of rhubarb in a porcelain dish, by 
means ol a water-bath, with constant stirring, at a temperature not ex- 
ceeding 5o c C. (I22°F.), to a pilular consistence. "<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.2-50 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

The Br. P. formula is : 

"Moisten rhubarb root, in Xo. 20 powder, with alcohol (60%), and 
set aside for 48 hours ; transfer to a percolator ; slowly pass as much 
of the alcohol as may be sufficient to exhaust the rhubarb root. Re- 
move most of the alcohol by distillation, and evaporate the residual 
liquid to dryness. "'< Br. 

Dose, 2 to 8 grains. 

Extract of Rhubarb is used chiefly in the form of pills as a laxative 
and stomachic. 

Extractum Rheum Compositum. Ph. Ger. Compound Extract 

of Rhubarb. 

Extract of rhubarb, 6 parts; extract of aloes, 2 parts; resin of jalap, 
1 part ; medicinal soap, 4 parts. Rub them together and having 
moistened the mixture with diluted alcohol, evaporate to a dry ex- 
tract by means of a steam-bath. 

This extract is a favorite purgative in several European countries, 
and is official in several pharmacopoeias. It may be readily made into 
pills. 

EXTRACTUM SCOPOLA. U. S. Extract of Scopola. 

Fluidextract of Scopola, 100 Cc. 

(or any convenient quantity). 

"Evaporate the fluidextract of scopola in a porcelain dish, by means 
of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.), with 
constant stirring, to a pilular consistence.'' 

"When assayed as directed, Extract of Scopola should contain 2 
percent, of mydriatic alkaloids. If the extract should be found by the 
assay to contain more than this percentage, sufficient powdered sugar 
of milk should be added to reduce it to the standard of 2 percent." 
<U. S. 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. similar to the process di- 
rected for extract of belladonna leaves, but differing in quantity. 



664 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Retail druggists seldom assay this extract but depend upon reliable 
manufacturers to furnish it. Its uses are similar to belladonna extract. 

EXTRACTUM STRAMONII. U. S., Br. Extract of Stramonium. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Fluidextract of Stramonium, ioo Cc. 

(or any convenient quantity). 

"Evaporate the fluidextract of stramonium in a porcelain dish, by 
means of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.), 
with constant stirring, to a pilular consistence." 

"When assayed as directed, extract of stramonium should contain 
1.4 percent, of mydriatic alkaloids. If the extract should be found by 
the assay to contain more than this percentage, sufficient powdered 
sugar of milk should be added to reduce it to the standard of 1.4 
percent." <U. S. 

The assay process directed in the U. S. P. is the same as that given 
for extract of belladonna leaves, using 5 grammes of extract of stram- 
onium. 

Average dose. — 0.010 Gm.=io milligrammes (3/5 grain). 

The Br. P. formula is : 

"Pack stramonium seeds, in Xo. 40 powder, in a percolator ; exhaust 
the powder by slow percolation with alcohol (70%) ; remove most of 
the alcohol from the percolate by distillation; evaporate the residual 
liquid to a firm extract." < Br. Dose, J4 to 1 grain. 

It should be noted that the present U. S. official extract of stramon- 
ium, being prepared from the fluidextract of stramonium leaves, 
differs from the formerly official U. S. and the present Br. extract of 
stramonium prepared from stramonium seeds. 

Extract of stramonium is used chiefly in the form of pills as an 
antispasmodic, or in the form of pastilles for asthma. 

EXTRACTUM STROPHANTHI. Br. Extract of Strophanthus. 

Strophanthus Seeds, in No. 30 powder, and dried, 

25 Gm. or 1 ounce 
Purified Ether, Alcohol, (90%), Milk Sugar, 
of each, a sufficient quantity. 
"Pack the dry powder in a percolator, and having moistened it 
with ether, macerate 24 hours ; then allow percolation to proceed, 
continuing the additions of the ether until the liquid passes through 
colorless. Remove the marc from the percolator and dry it, gradually 
heating it to I20°F. (49.9°C). Again reduce it to a powder, repack 
in the percolator and moisten with the alcohol. Macerate for 48 hours, 
then pour on successive quantities of the alcohol, percolating slowly, 
until half a pint (or 250 Cc.) of the liquid is obtained. Evaporate 
most of the alcohol ; transfer the residual liquid to a counterpoised 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 665 

basin ; concentrate until the liquid begins to thicken ; then add suf- 
ficient finely powdered milk sugar to produce 2 ounces (or 50 Gm.) of 
extract, in powder." < Br. Dose, ^4 to 1 grain. 

EXTRACTUM SUMBUL.. U. S. Extract of Sumbul. 

Fluidextract of Sumbul, 100 Cc. 

(or any convenient quantity). 
"Evaporate the fluidextract of sumbul in a porcelain dish, by means 
of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 7o°C. (i58°F.), with 
constant stirring, to a pilular consistence." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

EXTRACTUM TARAXACI. U. S., Br. Extract of Taraxacum. 
[Extract of Dandelion]. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Taraxacum, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity. 

"Mix 125 Cc. of alcohol with 875 Cc. of water, and, having moist- 
ened the powder with 250 Cc. of the mixture, pack it in a cylindrical 
percolator ; then add enough menstruum to saturate the powder and 
leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the 
percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the 
percolator, macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to 
proceed gradually, adding menstruum, using the same proportions of 
alcohol and water as before, until the taraxacum is exhausted. Evap- 
orate the percolate, by means of a water-bath, to a pilular consis- 
tence."^. S. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

The Br. P. formula is : 

"Crush fresh taraxacum root; press out the juice; allow the fecu- 
lence to subside; heat the liquid to 2i2°F. (ioo°C), and maintain the 
temperature for ten minutes ; strain ; evaporate to the consistence of 
a soft extract." < Br. Dose, 5 to 15 grains. 

It will be noticed that the taraxacum extract of the U. S. P. is pre- 
pared from the dried root, while the Br. P. extract is prepared from 
the juice of the fresh root; they are, therefore, dissimilar. 

Extract of Dandelion or Taraxacum is more used than most of the 
extracts and is a favorite ingredient of laxative and liver pills. Its 
effectiveness in the quantities used for such combinations may be 
doubted, but it is nevertheless a good ingredient in a pill mass. 

FEL BOVIS. U. S. Oxgall. 

"The fresh bile of Bos taurus, Linne."<U. S. 

The natural bile obtained from the gall bladder of the ox. A brown- 
ish-green, or dark green, somewhat viscid liquid, having a peculiar, 



666 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

unpleasant odor, and a disagreeable taste. Sp. gr. 1.015 to 1.025 at 
25°C. (77°F.). It is neutral, or has a faint alkaline action. 

In its natural state this liquid soon decomposes, but may be kept 
by adding to it }i its volume of alcohol. 

FEL BOVIS PURIFICATUM. U. S. Purified Oxgall. 

Oxgall, 300 Cc. or 16 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 100 Cc. or 5^3 fl.ounces 

''Evaporate the oxgall, in a tared porcelain dish, on a water-bath, to 
about 100 grammes, then add to it the alcohol, mix the whole thor- 
oughly, and set it aside, well-covered, for 3 or 4 days. Then decant 
the clear solution, filter the remainder, and, having mixed the liquids 
and distilled off the alcohol, evaporate the residue to a pilular con- 
sistence. "<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm. = 5oo milligrammes (7^ grains). 

Fel Bovis Inspissatum. Inspissated oxgall or bile was formerly 
official in the U. S. P. It was prepared by heating fresh oxgall 100 
parts (or 10 ounces) to a temperature not exceeding 8o°C. (i76°F.) ; 
straining through muslin, evaporating the strained liquid on a water- 
bath to 15 parts (or \]/ 2 ounce). This was used like the above, chiefly 
as an ingredient of pills, the dose being 5 to 15 grains. 

FEL BOVINUM PURIFICATUM. Br. Purified Ox Bile. 

"Evaporate 20 fl.ounces (or 500 Cc.) of fresh ox bile to one-quarter 
of its volume; shake it with 10 fl.ounces (or 250 Cc.) of alcohol 
(90%,); set the mixture aside until the solid matter has subsided; 
decant the clear solution, and filter the remainder, washing the filter 
and contents with a little more alcohol (90%). Distil off most of the 
alcohol from the mixed liquids, and evaporate the residue in a por- 
celain dish, by the heat of a water-bath, until it acquires the consis- 
tence of a thick extract." < Br. Dose, 5 to 15 grains. 

FERRUM — IRON. 

Symbol, Fe ; Atomic weight (0=i6) 55.85; Sp. gr. 7.84. 

Iron is the most useful, abundant, and widely distributed of the 
metals, and in pharmacy, as well as in the arts, holds the first place 
for utility and value. 

It occurs in nature in the form of ores, and is only prepared in 
metallic form on a large scale. It melts at about 3300°F. Treated 
with carbon it forms steel. It combines chemically with all the non- 
metals except hydrogen and nitrogen, and with most of the metals 
and the acids, forming a great variety of important salts. 

In the metallic state iron is employed in pharmacy in the form of 
fine bright annealed iron wire, which is chosen on account of its purity 
and cheapness. Reduced iron in the form of powder is also employed 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 667 

for some purposes. In manufacturing chemicals in a large way 
coarser iron is used, and the salts obtained purified by various means. 
Iron is the base of two important series of salts, ferrous and ferric, in 
the former acting as a dyad and in the latter as a hexad. It is more 
fully noticed in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

Ferrum Pulveratum. Powdered Iron. This is official in some of 
the European pharmacopoeias, and is considerably used in European 
countries. It is made from good cast iron and contains some carbon. 
It is known as Limatura Martis Prseparata. 

FERRI ARSENAS. Br. Iron Arsenate. 

"Ferrous arsenate, Fe 3 (As0 4 ) 2 , 6H 2 0, with ferric arsenate and 
some iron oxide.'' < Br. 

The Br. P. formula is as follows : 

Ferrous Sulphate, 415 Gm. or 20^4 ounces av. 

Sodium Arsenate, 530 Gm. or 26^ ounces av. 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 90 Gm. or 4.JA ounces av. 

Distilled Boiling Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the sodium arsenate in about 100 ounces (or 2 liters) and 
the ferrous sulphate in about 120 ounces (or 2400 Cc.) of the distilled 
water ; mix the two solutions ; add the sodium bicarbonate dissolved 
in a little cold distilled water; stir thoroughly; collect the resulting 
precipitate on a calico filter ; wash until free from sulphates ; squeeze 
the washed precipitate between folds of strong linen in a screw-press ; 
dry it on porous bricks in a warm air-chamber, the temperature of 
which does not exceed ioo°F. (37.8°C.)."<Br. Dose, 1 / 16 to % grain. 

FERRI CARBONAS SACCHARATUS. U. S., Br. 

Saccharated Ferrous Carbonate or Saccharated 
Carbonate of Iron. 

"Saccharated Ferrous Carbonate should contain not less than 15 
percent, of Ferrous Carbonate [FeC0 3 =H5.05], and should be kept 
in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 
The U. S. formula is : 

Ferrous Sulphate, 50 Gm. or 10 ounces 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 35 Gm. or 7 ounces 

Sugar, in fine powder, 

Distilled Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
The ferrous sulphate is to be dissolved in 2000 Cc. (or 40 fl. ounces) 
of hot distilled water, and the sodium bicarbonate in 500 Cc. (or about 
6 pints) of warm distilled water. The solutions are to be filtered sep- 
arately while hot, and the iron solution gradually added to the solu- 
tion of the sodium salt, and the resultant precipitate washed with 
boiling distilled water until the washings give no reaction with test 
solution of barium chloride. The precipitate is then to be collected, 



668 The Fenner Formulary Fart II. 

drained quickly and pressed, and mixed with 80 Gm. (or 16 ounces) 
of sugar in a porcelain capsule, then evaporated by means of a water- 
bath to dryness, reduced to powder and enough powdered sugar 
mixed with it if necessary, to make the product weigh 160 Gm. (or 20 
ounces), and be kept in small, well-stoppered bottles. 

The Br. P. directs ammonium carbonate instead of sodium bicar- 
bonate, but the resulting preparation is the same. 

This should not be mistaken for the Iron Subcarbonate, also called 
Iron Carbonate, which was formerly official. 

Uses. This salt is used as an iron tonic, in doses of from 5 to 30 
grains. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). U. S. 

FERRI CHLORIDUM. U. S. Chloride of Iron. Ferric Chloride. 

"Ferric .Chloride should contain not less than 22 percent, of metallic 
iron in the form of chloride." <U. S. 

Solution of Ferric Chloride, 100 Gm. 

To make 40 Gm. 

"Evaporate the solution of ferric chloride on a water-bath until it 
weighs 40 grammes ; then set it aside in a glass-covered vessel, until 
it forms a crystalline mass. Lastly, break the salt into pieces, and 
keep it in glass-stoppered bottles, protected from light. "<U. S. 

Uses. This salt is used externally as a styptic and in solution as an 
application for sore throat, diphtheritic growths, ulcers etc. Also as 
a tonic, in doses of 3 to 5 grains. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

FERRI CITRAS. U. S. Iron Citrate. Ferric Citrate. 

Fe 3 (C 6 H 5 7 ) 2 -6H 2 0. 

"It should contain Ferric Citrate corresponding in amount to not 
less than 16 percent, of metallic iron, and should be kept in well-stop- 
pered bottles, protected from light." <U. S. 

The following formula was given in a former revision : 

Solution of citrate of iron, a convenient quantity. The solution is 
to be evaporated on a water-bath at a temperature not exceeding 
6o°C. (i40°F.), to the consistence of syrup and spread upon plates 
of glass so that, when dry, it may be obtained in scales. 

It is slowly soluble in cold water, readily soluble in hot water, but 
insoluble in alcohol. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm. 1=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

FERRI ET AMMONII CITRAS. U. S., Br. 
Iron and Ammonium Citrate. Soluble Citrate of Iron. 
"It should contain Iron and Ammonium Citrate corresponding in 
amount to not less than 16 percent, of metallic iron, and should be 
kept in well-stoppered bottles, protected from light." <U. S. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 669 

The U. S. P. directs this to be prepared from the U. S. official solu- 
tion of ferric citrate by mixing iooo Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces) with 40 Cc. 
(or 6.4 fl. ounces) of ammonia water and evaporating the mixture at a 
temperature not exceeding 6o°C. (i40°F.), to the consistence of a 
syrup, which is to be spread upon glass, so that, when dry, the salt 
may be obtained in scales. It is more commonly known as soluble 
iron citrate and should be used in making elixirs, syrups, and all pre- 
parations in which a soluble iron citrate salt is desired. 

Uses. This is the soluble iron salt which is employed for nearly 
all purposes, except making pills. The dose is from 5 to 20 grains. 

Average dose. — 250 Gm.^250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

The Br. P. formula, while it produces an identical preparation, is 
entirely different and is therefore given in full : 

"Solution of ferric sulphate, 10 fl. ounces (or 200 Cc.) ; solution of 
ammonia, 23 fl. ounces (or 400 Cc.) ; citric acid, 4 ounces (or 80 Gm.) ; 
distilled water, a sufficient quantity. 

Prepare ferric hydrate as follows : Mix 16 fl. ounces (or 320 Cc.) of 
the solution of ammonia with 40 ounces (or 800 Cc.) of distilled 
water ; gradually add to this the solution of ferric sulphate, previously 
diluted with 40 ounces (or 800 Cc.) of distilled water; stir constantly 
and briskly, taking care that the ammonia is finally in slight excess as 
indicated by the odor ; set aside the mixture for 2 hours, stirring it oc- 
casionally ; pour it on a calico filter; when the liquor has drained 
away, wash the precipitated ferric hydroxide with distilled water until 
free from sulphates. 

Dissolve the citric acid in its own weight of distilled water ; warm 
the mixture on a water-bath ; add the ferric hydroxide, previously 
well-drained ; stir them together until nearly the whole of the hydrox- 
ide has dissolved, or until the citric acid is saturated with ferric hy- 
droxide (prepared if necessary, from more of the solution of ferric sul- 
phate) ; let the solution cool; add 5J/2 fl. ounces (or no Cc.) of solution 
of ammonia ; filter through flannel, adding some distilled water if 
necessary ; evaporate to the consistence of syrup, the presence of a 
very slight excess of ammonia being maintained ; dry in thin layers on 
flat porcelain or glass plates at a temperature not exceeding ioo°F. 
(3/.8°C.) ; remove the dry flakes of iron and ammonium citrate. Dose, 
5 to 10 grains." < Br. 

Average dose. — 0.230 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

FERRI ET AMMONII SULPHAS. U. S. 

Ferric Ammonium Sulphate. Iron and Ammonium Sulphate. 

Ammonio-Ferric Sulphate. Ammonio-Ferric Alum. 

FeNH 4 ( SOJ 2 + I2H 2 0— 478.60. 

''It should contain, in the uneffloresced condition, 99.5 percent, of 

pure Ferric Ammonium Sulphate, and not less than 11.5 percent, of 



670 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

metallic iron. It should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, protected 
from light." <U. S. 

Xo process for making this salt is now official, but it may be pre- 
pared by heating a pint of solution of ferric sulphate to boiling and 
adding to it 2 l / 2 ounces av. of ammonium sulphate, stirring until dis- 
solved and setting aside to crystallize. This salt readily deliquesces in 
warm weather. It is used as a styptic, generally in solution. It is 
soluble in 3 parts of water at N. T., and in 0.8 part of boiling water. 
It is insoluble in alcohol. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes {y l / 2 grains). 

FERRI ET AMMONII TARTRAS. U. S. 
Iron and Ammonium Tartrate. Ammonio-Ferric Tartrate. 

"It should contain Iron and Ammonium Tartrate corresponding in 
amount to not less than 13 percent, of metallic iron, and should be kept 
in well-stoppered bottles, protected from light." <U. S. 

The following formula was given in a former revision : 

Solution of ferric sulphate, 100 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces) ; tartaric acid, 
29 Gm. (or 3 ounces av.) ; distilled water, 200 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) ; 
ammonia water, and water, of each, a sufficient quantity. Ammonia 
water, no Cc. (or n fl. ounces), is to be diluted with 250 Cc. (or 25 
fl. ounces) of cold water, and to the mixture is to be added slowly and 
with constant stirring, the solution of ferric sulphate, previously di- 
luted with 1300 Cc. (or 130 fl. ounces) of cold water. The precipitate 
is allowed to subside and the clear liquid drawn off with a siphon, and 
the precipitate washed repeatedly by pouring on fresh water and 
drawing off the clear liquid after the precipitate has subsided. The 
precipitate is then to be transferred to a muslin strainer and expressed 
as dry as possible. One-halt of the tartaric acid is then to be dissolved 
in the distilled water, the solution exactly neutralized with the am- 
monia, the remaining half of the tartaric acid added and dissolved 
with the aid of gentle heat. The moist ferric sulphate is then to be 
added in portions, stirring constantly and continuing the heat, which 
should not exceed 6o°C. (i40°F.), until the hydrate is dissolved. The 
solution is to be filtered while hot, and the filtrate evaporated to the 
consistence of syrup and spread upon plates of glass, so that, when 
dry, the salt may be obtained in scales. <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

FERRI ET POTASSII TARTRAS. U. S. 
Iron and Potassium Tartrate. Potassio-Ferric Tartrate. U. S. 

Ferrum Tartaratum. Br. Tartarated Iron. 
"It should contain Iron and Potassium Tartrate corresponding in 
amount to not less than 15 percent, of metallic iron, and should be 
kept in well-stoppered bottles, protected from light." <U. S, 
The following formula was given in a former revision : 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 671 

Solution of ferric sulphate, ioo Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces) ; potassium bi- 
tartrate, 38 Gm. (or 4 ounces av.) ; distilled water, 300 Cc. (or 30 fl- 
ounces) ; ammonia water, and water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
The ferric hydrate precipitate is formed and washed in the same gen- 
eral manner as in the preceding formula. The potassium tartrate is 
dissolved in the distilled water by the aid of heat, and the moist ferric 
hydrate dissolved in the solution as in the preceding formula. The 
solution is filtered and the filtrate allowed to stand in a cool place for 
24 hours, during which a precipitate forms. It is then stirred and 
enough ammonia water carefully added to just dissolve the precipitate. 
It is then evaporated and a scale salt prepared as directed in the fore- 
going formula. <U. S. 

This is a mild ferriginous tonic. Dose 10 to 30 grains. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

This is official in the Br. P. under the Latin title Ferrum Tartara- 
tum, common title, Tartarated Iron. It is prepared in a similar man- 
ner as the foregoing. 

FERRI ET QUININE CITRAS. U. S., Br. 
Iron and Quinine Citrate. 

"It should contain not less than 11.5 percent, of dried quinine, and 
ferric citrate corresponding to not less than 13.5 percent, of metallic 
iron. It should be kept in well-stoppered bottles/ protected from 
light."<U. S. 

A formula for this preparation was formerly official in the U. S. P. 
It was as follows : 

Ferric citrate, 85 Gm. (or Sy 2 ounces) ; quinine, dried at ioo°C. 
(2i2°F.), to a constant weight, 12 Gm. (or iy 2 ounces) ; citric acid, 
3 Gm. (or 0.3 ounce) ; distilled water, a sufficient quantity to make 100 
Gm. (or 10 ounces). The citrate of iron is to be dissolved on a water- 
bath at a heat not exceeding 6o°C. (i40°F.), in 160 Cc. (or 16 ounces) 
of distilled water. To this solution the quinine and citric acid, pre- 
viously triturated with 20 Cc. (or 2 ounces) of water, are to be added 
and stirred until they are dissolved. The solution is then to be evap- 
orated at the above mentioned temperature to the consistency of syrup 
and spread upon glass plates to dry, so that a scale salt may be pro- 
duced. <U. S. 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. but, as this salt is seldom 
prepared by retail druggists, it is not repeated here. The assay pro- 
cess provides for the test of the quinine and the iron contents and cor- 
responds to the general official tests for these constituents. The re- 
tail druggists generally depend upon a reliable manufacturer for their 
supply of this salt, therefore the assay tests are not repeated. 

Uses. This salt contains 12 percent, of quinine, is not very soluble, 
and is much used for making bitter wine of iron and other tonics, and 
for making pills. 



72 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The Br. P. directs ferric hydroxide to be prepared from 9 fl. ounces 
(or 200 Cc.) of solution of ferric sulphate as directed under Ferri et 
Ammonii Citras. 

Quinine sulphate, 2 ounces av., (or 40 Gm.) is then to be mixed with 
8 times its weight of distilled water and sufficient sulphuric acid added 
gradually to dissolve it. It is then to be precipitated by adding solu- 
tion of ammonia to slight excess, and the precipitate collected on a 
filter and washed with 60 ounces (or 1200 Cc.) of distilled water. This 
produces quinine (alkaloid). 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm.=:i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 

Citric acid, 6 ounces av.+6o grains (or 123 Gm.) is then to be dis- 
solved in its own weight of distilled water, and the solution warmed 
on a water-bath. The moist ferric hydroxide, well-drained, is then to 
be added to the warm solution, and when it has dissolved the quinine 
alkaloid is added and dissolved. The solution is then allowed to cool, 
and solution of ammonia, 3 fl. ounces (or 60 Cc), diluted with 4 fl- 
ounces (or 80 Cc.) of distilled water is added, a little at a time. The 
solution is then filtered and evaporated to the consistency of a thin 
syrup, which is poured upon porcelain or glass plates and dried at a 
temperature of ioo°F. (37.8°C.) ; the product being flakes or scales of 
iron and quinine citrate. 

FERRI BT QUININE CITRAS SOLUBILIS. U. S. 
Soluble Iron and Quinine Citrate. 

"It should contain not less than 11.5 percent, of dried quinine, and 
ferric citrate corresponding in amount to not less than 13.5 percent, of 
metallic iron. It should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, protected 
from light." <U. S. 

The ingredients directed in this formula are the same as in the pre- 
ceding, except that ammonia water, a sufficient quantity, is added and 
the manipulation the same until the quinine and citric acid are dis- 
solved. Then there is added, gradually, and with constant stirring, 50 
Cc. (or 5 fl. ounces) of ammonia water, or a sufficient quantity, so that 
after adding each portion of the latter the precipitated quinine will be 
redissolved, and the liquid acquire a greenish-yellow tint. This solu- 
tion is then evaporated to the consistence of a syrup and spread on 
plates of glass so as to make a scale salt when dry. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.^250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

Citrate of Iron, Quinine and Strychnine is not an official salt, but 
may be made by adding one part, or 44 grains, of strychnine (alka- 
loid) to the U. S. formula, at the same time the quinine is added. This 
contains 12 percent, of quinine and 1 percent, of strychnine. It is 
sometimes used for making elixirs or syrups of iron, quinine and 
strychnine, and in making pills. 

This scale salt and citrate of iron and quinine, as found in the mar- 
ket, contain generally only 10 percent, of quinine. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 673 

FERRI ET STRYCHNINE CITRAS. U. S. 
Citrate of Iron and Strychnine. 

"It should contain not less than 0.9, nor more than 1 percent, of 
strychnine, and ferric citrate corresponding in amount to not less than 
16 percent, of metallic iron. It should be kept in well-stoppered bot- 
tles, protected from light." <U. S. 

A formula for this preparation was formerly official in the U. S. P. 
It was as follows : 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 98 Gm. or 490 grains 
Strychnine, 1 Gm. or 5 grains 

Citric Acid, 1 Gm. or 5 grains 

Distilled Water, 120 Cc. or 11 fl. drachms 

The iron and ammonium citrate is to be dissolved in the water and 
the strychnine and citric acid rubbed together with 20 Cc. (or 2 Gm.) 
of distilled water. The two solutions are to be mixed and the solu- 
tions to be evaporated at a temperature not exceeding 6o°C. (i40°F.), 
to the consistency of a syrup and spread upon glass plates to make a 
scale salt when dry.<U. S. 

This salt is readily soluble in water but only partially soluble in 
alcohol. . 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm.=i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P., but, as this salt is seldom 
prepared by retail druggists, it is not repeated here. The assay 
process provides for the test of the strychnine and the iron contents, 
and corresponds to the general official tests for these constituents. 
The retail druggists generally depend upon reliable manufacturers for 
their supply of this salt, therefore the assay tests are not repeated. 

FERRI HYDROXIDUM. U. S. Ferric Hydroxide. 

Fe (OH) 3 =io6.i4. 
[Ferri Oxidum Hydratum, Pharm. 1890]. 

Solution of Feric Sulphate, 100 Cc. 

Ammonia Water, 138 Cc. 

W^ater, a sufficient quantity. 
"To the ammonia water, previously diluted with 500 Cc. of cold 
water, add, with constant stirring, the solution of ferric sulphate, 
previously diluted with 1000 Cc. of cold water. As soon as the pre- 
cipitate has subsided, draw off the clear liquid by means of a siphon, 
then mix the precipitate intimately with about 1000 Cc. of cold water, 
draw off again the clear liquid after subsidence of the precipitate and 
repeat this operation until a portion of the decanted liquid gives not 
more than a slight cloudiness with barium chloride test solution. 
Finally transfer the precipitate to a wet muslin strainer, and, after 
it has drained, mix it with sufficient cold water to make the mixture 
weigh 300 grammes." <U. S. 



674 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

This is what has been formerly known as Hydrated Oxide of Iron, 
a preparation formerly kept on hand by druggists as an antidote for 
arsenic poisoning, but now quite generally superseded by the follow- 
ing, which may be quickly prepared and is just as effective as an an- 
tidote. 

FERRI HYDROXIDUM CUM MAGNESII OXIDO. U. S. 

Ferric Hydroxide with Magnesium Oxide. Arsenic Antidote. 

Solution Ferric Sulphate, 

40 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce-}- 169 minims 
Magnesium Oxide, 10 Gm. or 154 grains 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the solution of ferric sulphate with 125 Cc. (or 4% fl. ounces) 
of water and keep the liquid in a large well-stoppered bottle." 

"Rub the magnesium oxide with cold water to a smooth and thin 
mixture, transfer this to a bottle capable of holding about 1000 Cc. 
and fill it with water to about three-fourths of its capacity. 

"When the preparation is wanted for use, shake the magnesium 
oxide mixture to a homogeneous, thin magma, add it gradually to 
the diluted solution of ferric sulphate, and shake them together until 
a uniform smooth mixture results. "<U. S. 

Note. "For the rapid preparation of this antidote to arsenical pois- 
oning, the diluted solution of ferric sulphate, and the mixture of mag- 
nesium oxide with water, should always be kept on hand, in separate 
bottles ready for immediate use. 

Average dose. — Arsenical antidote, 120 Cc. (4 fl. ounces). 

FERRI HYPOPHOSPHIS. U. S. 
Iron Hypophosphite. Ferric Hypophosphite. 

Fe (PH 2 2 ) 3=249.09. 

"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure Ferric Hypo- 
phosphite, [(PH 2 0*0) 3 Fe], and should be kept in well-stoppered 
bottles. "<U. S. 

No official process is given for making this salt ; but the most con- 
venient method is by the double decomposition of iron sulphate and 
calcium hypophosphite. 480 grains of pure ferrous sulphate in crys- 
tals is dissolved in a pint of hot water and the solution added to a 
solution of 326 grains of calcium hypophosphite in a pint of cold 
water. Calcium sulphate is precipitated and ferrous hypophosphite 
held in solution ; the solution is evaporated and the ferrous becomes a 
ferric salt, known as iron hypophosphite. 

Uses. This salt is given in the form of pills or powders, and is 
considerably used in making solutions and syrups of the hypophos- 
phites, but is not very soluble. The dose is 3 to 10 grains. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 675 

FERRI PHOSPHAS. Br. Iron Phosphate. 

"A powder containing not less than 47 percent, of hydrous ferrous 
phosphate, Fe(PO) 4 8H 2 0, with ferric phosphate and some iron ox- 
ide. "<Br. 

Sodium Bicarbonate, }i ounce av. or 15 Gm. 

Sodium Phosphate, 2^4 ounces av. or 55 Gm. 

Ferrous Sulphate, 3 ounces av. or 60 Gm. 

Distilled Water, boiling, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the ferrous sulphate in 30 fl. ounces (or 600 Cc.) of the 
distilled water and the sodium phosphate in an equal quantity of dis- 
tilled water ; when each of the solutions has cooled to between ioo° 
and I30°F. (37. 8° and 54.5°C), add the latter to the former, pouring 
in also a solution of the sodium bicarbonate in a little distilled water; 
mix thoroughly ; transfer the precipitate to a calico filter ; wash it 
with hot distilled water until the washings no longer afford any re- 
actions with the tests for sulphates ; finally dry the precipitate at a 
temperature not exceeding i2o°F. (48.9°C.)."<Br. 

Characteristics. This is a slate-blue amorphous powder, insoluble 
in water, soluble in hydrochloric and some other acids. It is the 
phosphate of iron which has long been official in the pharmacopoeias. 
In the U. S. P., 1880, a scale salt, soluble in water was introduced 
under the same name and confusion is liable to occur in working 
formulas in which this is directed, as it bears the same name as the 
insoluble preparation. In the 1890 U. S. P. the name of the scale or 
flake sa4t was changed to Ferri Phosphas Solubilis, which see. Dose, 
5 to 10 grains. 

FERRI PHOSPHAS SOLUBILIS. U. S. 

Soluble Ferric Phosphate. 

"It should contain Ferric Phosphate corresponding in amount to 
not less than 12 percent, of metallic iron, and should be kept in amber- 
colored bottles, protected from light." <U. S. 

No formula for the preparation of this salt is given in the present 
revision, but the following was given in the 7th revision : 

Ferric citrate, 50 Gm. (or 5 ounces) ; sodium phosphate, unefflor- 
esced, 55 Gm. (or 5.5 ounces) ; distilled water, 100 Cc. (or 10 ounces). 
The ferric citrate is to be dissolved in the distilled water, by heating 
on a water-bath ; the sodium phosphate is to be added to the solution 
and stirred constantly until it is dissolved. The solution is then to 
be evaporated on a water-bath; at a temperature not exceeding 6o°C. 
(i40°F.) to the consistence of a thick syrup, and spread upon glass 
plates so that when dry the salt may be obtained in scales. <U. S. 

The change of the name of this preparation will be noted. It was 
introduced in the sixth revision under the title Ferri Phosphas — 
Phosphate of Iron. The change in the seventh was probably made 



676 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

to distinguish it from the former official slate-blue powder known as 
Phosphate of Iron (Ferrous Phosphate). The proportion of sodium 
phosphate is slightly decreased in the present Pharm. This salt is 
freely soluble in water, but insoluble in alcohol. It is not, like pyro- 
phosphate of iron, deposited or gelatinized in the presence of quite 
dilute acids. 

Average dose, 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

FERRI PYROPHOSPHAS SOLUBILIS. U. S. 

Soluble Ferric Pyrophosphate. 

"It should contain Ferric Pyrophosphate corresponding in amount 
to not not less than 10 percent, of metallic iron, and should be kept 
in amber-colored, well-stoppered bottles, protected from light." <U. S. 

No formula for the preparation of this salt is given in the present 
revision, but the following was given in the 7th revision : 

Ferric citrate, 50 Gm. (or 5 ounces) ; sodium pyrophosphate, un- 
effloresced, 50 Gm. (or 5 ounces) ; distilled water, 100 Cc. (or 10 
ounces). The ferric citrate is to be dissolved in the distilled water 
by the heat of a water-bath. The sodium pyrophosphate is to be 
added to the solution and stirred until dissolved. The solution is 
then to be evaporated on a water-bath to the consistence of a thick 
syrup and spread upon glass plates to dry so that the salt may be 
obtained in scales. <U. S. 

This preparation was formerly known as Ferri Pyrophosphas, but 
the title was changed in the 1890 revision. It was formerly much 
used in making elixirs and syrups, but since the introduction of solu- 
ble ferric phosphate, that has been generally used instead. Dose, 
2 to 5 grains. Average dose, 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 
grains). 

FERRI SULPHAS. U. S., Br. Ferrous Sulphate. 
Iron Sulphate. Copperas. Green Vitriol. 

FeS0 4 +7H 2 0=276.oi. 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Ferrous Sul- 
phate [S0 2 *0 2 Fe+7H 2 0] ; the crystals should not be effloresced and 
should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

"Ferrous sulphate may be prepared by the interaction of diluted 
sulphuric acid and iron." < Br. 

In its impure condition, this is commonly called "copperas." It 
is prepared on a large scale by manufacturing chemists from scrap 
iron and oil of vitriol, and purified for phamaceutical uses. It may 
be made experimentally by dissolving 3 ounces av. of iron wire with 
4 fl. ounces pure sulphuric acid mixed with two pints of water. When 
the disengagement of hydrogen gas has nearly ceased, boil for 10 
minutes ; then cool, filter the solution and set aside to crystallize. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 677 

After 24 hours collect the crystals, drain on porous bricks, and when 
dry preserve in stoppered bottles. 

Uses. Iron sulphate is the basis of many of the other salts of iron, 
which are made by decomposing it. It is quite astringent, both ex- 
ternally and internally. The commercial sulphate of iron (copperas) 
is considerably used as a disinfectant and as a wash for trees to pre- 
vent worms and bugs. 

Average dose, 0.200 Gm.=200 milligrammes (3 grains). 

FERRI SULPHAS EXSICCATUS. U. S. Br. 

Exsiccated Ferrous Sulphate. 
[Approximately, 2FeS0 4 +3H 2 0. U. S.]. 

Ferrous sulphate in coarse powder, 100 Gm., or any convenient 
quantity. The salt is kept for some time at about 40°C. (io4°F.) in 
the air, allowing it to effloresce, and then heated in a porcelain dish 
on a water-bath, constantly stirring until the product weighs from 
64 to 65 Gm. or has slightly less than two-thirds its original weight. 
This then is reduced to a fine powder and kept in well-stoppered bot- 
tles. <U. S. Average dose, 0.125 Gm.= i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 

The Br. P. directs Ferrous Sulphate to be exposed in a porcelain or 
iron dish to a temperature of 2i2°F. (ioo°C.), stirring occasionally 
until aqueous vapor ceases to be given off ; the residue, which should 
be about 60 percent, of the original quantity taken, is then to be re- 
duced to a fine powder. < Br. Dose, ]/ 2 to 3 grains. 

It will be observed that the heat directed in the U. S. P. is only 
about half that directed in the Br. P. This produces a powder having 
a greater percentage of moisture, as shown in the difference stated in 
the percentage of residue. 

FERRI SULPHAS GRANULATUS. U. S. 

Granulated Ferrous Sulphate. 

FeS0 4 +7H 2 0— 276.01. 

Ferrous sulphate, 100 Gm. (or 10 ounces) ; distilled water, 100 
Gm. (or 10 ounces) ; diluted sulp.huric acid, 5 Cc. (or y 2 fl. ounce) ; 
alcohol, 25 Cc. (or 2^4 fl. ounces). The ferrous sulphate is to be dis- 
solved in the distilled water, previously heated to boiling, and the 
sulphuric acid added. The solution is then to be filtered while hot 
and immediately evaporated in a tared (weighed) porcelain capsule, 
on a sand-bath to 150 Gm. (or 15 ounces). It is then to be quickly 
cooled, stirring constantly, and then transferred to a glass funnel, 
stopped with a plug of absorbent cotton and allowed to drain. When 
thoroughly drained the alcohol is to be poured upon it, and when 
drained again the crystalline powder is to be spread upon biblulous 
paper and quickly dried at ordinary temperature, transferred to dry 
bottles, and closely stopped. <U. S. 



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Uses. This is the same as iron sulphate, but purified, and is more 
venient to use in making powders, pills etc. It is also much 
liable to change than the crystalline salt. 

Average dose. — 0.200 Gm.=200 milligrammes 13 grains 1. 

FERRUM. U. S.. Br. Iron. 

Fe=55.5. 

"Metallic Iron in the form of fine, bright and non-elastic wire." 
<U. S. 

"Annealed iron wire, having a diameter of about 0.005 mcn ' 0A 
millimeter 1 | about No. 35 wire gauge"), or wrought iron nails, free 
from oxide. "<Br. 

Iron and its various salts are more fully described under the head- 
ing Iron in the Chemical Section of this work. Part I. 

FERRUM REDUCTUM. U. S. FERRUM REDACTUM. Br. 

Reduced Iron. 

"Reduced Iron should contain not less than 90 percent, of pure 
metallic iron."<U. S. 

This is described in the Br. P. as '"a fine powder, containing at least 
75 percent, of metallic iron, with a variable amount of iron oxide : pre- 
pared by reducing ferric hydroxide, heated to a dull redness, by a 
stream of dry hydrogen." 

Iron subcarbonate is first thoroughly washed with water until freed 
m all traces of sodium sulphate, then calcined until free from 
moisture, and placed in a reduction tube heated to dull redness, 
through which a current of purified hydrogen gas is made to pass for 
from 5 to 8 hours, or until the oxygen of the iron salt has completely 
combined with the hydrogen and escaped in the form of steam, leav- 
ing the reduced metallic iron in the form of a fine. grayish powder. 

Uses. Reduced iron, or Quevenne's Iron by Hydrogen, as it is fre- 
quentlv called, is used in pharmacy for making pills, lozenges el 
and may be used instead of iron wire for making fine preparations, 
but it is too expensive for general use. 

Average dose. — 0.005 Gm.— 65 milligrammes 1 1 grain 1. 

FERRUM TARTARATUM. Br. Tartarated Iron. 

This scale salt of iron, which is official in the Br. P. under the above 
title is the same as the U. S. P. Ferri et Potassii Tartras. which see. 
>se, 5 tc 10 grains. 

Other Iron Compounds. 
Besides the foregoing official salts of iron and those described in 
Part I. under the title Iron, are a considerable number of organic 
combinations that have recently come into use. The more important 
are as follows : 



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Iron Albuminate. A neutral preparation is made by taking- dry egg 
albumen 480 grains, solution chloride of iron 100 grains. Dissolve the 
eo-£ albumen in sufficient water, dilute the iron solution with the 
water. Mix the two solutions and add a saturated solution of com- 
mon salt containing 2 tr. ounces of salt. A precipitate forms which 
must be well washed and dried. This is g-iven for anaemia, chlorosis 
and debilitated conditions of the blood. Dose 3 to 6 grains. 

Iron Albuminate Solution. Mix the moist magma that is precipi- 
tated and washed, as above, in cinnamon water 3^ ounces, glycerin, 
by weight, 6 ounces. To this mixture add solution of potassa suf- 
• ficient to make a clear and neutral solution. 

Iron Glycerinophosphate. Prepare a glycerinophosphate as di- 
rected under that heading and mix it with freshly precipitated ferric 
hydroxide until the latter is slightly in excess. After standing pour 
off the clear liquid and precipitate it by pouring into alcohol. Collect 
the precipitate and dry it with gentle heat. Dose 2 to 5 grains. 

Ferrotonol. A name applied by a European manufacturer to iron- 
tonol or iron glycerinophosphate. 

Iron Peptonate or Peptonized Iron. This may be prepared by mix- 
ing peptone, in scales, with soluble iron phosphate, in scales, equal 
parts, and rubbing them together to a fine powder ; or it may be pro- 
duced in scales by dissolving soluble iron phosphate in a solution of 
peptone and evaporating the solution to a thick liquid which is to be 
spread upon plates of glass to dry. 

Iron Succinate may be prepared by dissolving freshly precipitated 
ferric hydrate in succinic acid to saturation and evaporating to a 
brown powder. This is employed as a solvent for bilary calculi. 
Dose 60 grains after meals. 

Fareol. A preparation containing 7 percent, of iron, probably com- 
bined with albumen. It is soluble only in water which is slightly alka- 
line. It is used in anaemic conditions accompanied by gastric troubles 
and headache. Specially recommended in chlorosis. 

Ferratin. (Also called Ferralbumin). A tasteless powder com- 
posed of albuminous elements of meat with 6 percent, of iron. A fer- 
ruginous feed, tonic and reconstructive. Dose 5 to 15 grains. 

Ferratose. Liquor Ferratini. A solution of ferratin containing 
3 percent, or iron. Dose 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls daily. 

Ferrichtol. A compound of iron and ichthyol, iron sulphoichthyo- 
late. A brownish-black tasteless powder, quite insoluble in usual sol- 
vents, containing 2^4 percent, of iron. It is used as an iron tonic in 
anaemia and chlorosis. Dose 5 to 20 grains. 

Ferrinol. A nucleide of iron containing about 4^4 percent, each of 
iron and phosphorus. It is a brown powder soluble in hot water. 
Dose as a tonic and nutritive 3 to 5 grains on empty stomach. 



680 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

Ferripyrine or Ferropyrine. A compound of ferric chloride with 
antipyrine. An orange-colored powder containing 64 percent, anti- 
pyrine, 36 percent, iron chloride. Styptic, antineuralgic in anaemia, 
chlorosis, migraine, hemorrhages etc. Dose 5 to 15 grains. Applied 
as a styptic in 20 percent, solution and as an astringent in 1 to 2 per- 
cent, solution. • See also Antipyrine Ferrated. Page 434. 

Ferromangan. A solution of iron peptonate with manganese, con- 
taining 0.6 percent, of iron, 0.1 percent, of manganese and 1.5 percent, 
of peptone. Dose 1 to 4 fl. drachms. 

Ferro-Somatose. A brown, odorless, tasteless powder, used as a 
nutritive and tonic. It is readily soluble in water and is quite similar 
in action to iron albuminate and ferratin. It contains 2 percent, of 
iron organically combined. Dose 30 to 60 grains. 

Many other compounds of iron having similar names and properties 
are found in various forms on the market. 

FLUIDEXTRAGTA — FLUIDEXTRACTS. 

The important change made in the Latin titles of Fluid Extracts, in 
the 8th revision of the U. S. P. admits of their classification together 
instead of with Extracts as had heretofore been the custom. 

Fluidextracts aim to represent the entire soluble medicinal con- 
stituents of a certain weight of drug in an equivalent fluid measure. 
As such they are the most convenient of the galenicals, for they may 
be used in place of the drugs themselves in making many prepar- 
ations extemporaneously that would otherwise require considerable 
time to prepare. They are also very convenient to prescribe, as the 
dose is the same as of the powdered drug or substance from which 
they are prepared. 

Since the introduction of fluidextracts, about A. D. 1840, many 
methods for making them have been proposed, all having the same 
object, viz.: To represent the entire medicinal value of a specified 
weight of the drug in an equivalent quantity of fluidextract. While 
in the main, this may readily be done, yet it must be borne in mind 
that the entire medicinal value of some drugs cannot be held in solu- 
tion in an equivalent fluid measure of fluidextract, by the menstruums 
usually employed for making them. 

A brief description of the principal methods which have heretofore 
been employed for making fluidextracts, is given for the convenience 
of our readers, but the process of water-bath percolation presents 
great advantages over any other, and should therefore be employed in 
making these preparations. It is, in fact, the only process by which 
first-class fluidextracts can be made economically, in a small way, by 
druggists. 

The value of a fluidextract depends upon the amount of active 
medicinal agent that it contains, and the formulae given are designed 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 681 

to best secure that end, without producing preparations loaded with 
inert and worthless extractive matter as is often the case with those 
furnished by manufacturers. 

The formulas are each calculated to make iooo grammes of fluid- 
extract in accordance with the U. S. P., but larger quantities may be 
made somewhat more advantageously. 

In making larger quantities it may be unnecessary to continue the 
heat so long as is directed, as the water-bath will retain its heat for 
some time when once heated. 

When rluidextracts are used for making tinctures, infusions, syrups 
etc., fluid measure equivalent to the weight of the drug, or drugs 
directed may be used. Solid extracts may be made from nearly all the 
rluidextracts by evaporating them to the proper pilular consistence. 

The following are the principal popular methods which may be 
employed for making rluidextracts : 

U. S. P. Process. 

No general formula is given in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia for mak- 
ing rluidextracts, each drug having a detailed formula for itself ; but 
from them the following general formula may be deduced : 

iooo grammes of the powdered material directed to be used are 
moistened with from 300 to 500 cubic-centimeters of menstruum (ac- 
cording to the nature of the drug) and properly packed in a suitable 
percolator ; enough menstruum is then added to saturate the powder, 
and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from 
the percolator, the lower orifice is closed, the percolator covered, and 
the drug is allowed to macerate twenty-four to forty-eight hours. The 
stopper is then loosened, and the percolation allowed to proceed grad- 
ually, adding first the remainder of iooo grammes of the menstruum, 
then more menstruum as is directed, until the drug is exhausted. The 
first 700 to 900 Cc. of the percolate are reserved and the remainder 
evaporated to a soft extract ; this soft extract is then to be dissolved in 
the reserved portion and enough menstruum (as is directed in the 
formula) added to make the fluidextract measure iooo Cc. 

Fluidextracts made by this process represent the medicinal value of 
a gramme of a drug in a cubic-centimeter, therefore the weight of the 
drug and fluid measure of the fluidextract are equivalent. 

Repercolation Process. 

The following is an abstract of Squibb's method of fractional or re- 
percolation. The process is probably the best cold process in use, but 
it is too tedious to be generally employed by druggists ; some skill 
and experience are required to use it successfully: 
To make 3 pints of a fluidextract take of 

The required drug or drugs, in powder as directed, 50 ounces av. 
The required menstruum, as directed, a sufficient quantity. 



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Part II. 



First. — Take l / 3 of the powder (16^3 ounces av.) and three pints of 
the menstruum required. Moisten the powder with from 6 to 8 fl- 
ounces of the menstruum, pack it properly in a suitable percolator, 
pour upon it sufficient menstruum to saturate the drug and leave a 
stratum above it, and when the percolate begins to drop, close the 
lower orifice and allow to macerate from two to three days ; then 
begin to percolate, adding the remainder of the menstruum (and more 
if necessary) to the powder, continuing the percolation until the drug 
is exhausted, reserving the percolate as it passes in the following 
manner : 

Reserve the first 12 fl. ounces, mark a 

the next 6 fl. ounces, mark b 

the next 8 fl. ounces, mark c 

the remainder of the percolate, mark d 

The last portion, d, is a variable quantity, but should be from 16 
to 30 fl. ounces. With some drugs this may be forced through by add- 
ing water through the percolator, while with others the same men- 
struum must be used throughout. 

Second. — Take V3 more of the powder (167/3 ounces av.) as before, 
moisten it with the portion of the percolate marked b, pack as before, 
pour upon it the percolate marked c, and afterwards sufficient of the 
percolate, marked d and sufficient fresh menstruum to exhaust the 
drug, reserving the percolate as follows : 

Reserve the first 16 fl. ounces, mark e 

the next 6 fl. ounces, mark f 

the next 8 fl. ounces, mark g 

the remainder of the percolate, mark h 

The last portion, h, is a variable quantity, but should be from 16 
to 20 fl. ounces. With some drugs it may be forced out with water, 
while with others the same menstruum should be used throughout. 

Third. — Take the remaining y 3 {i6 2 /z ounces av.) of the powder, 
moisten it with the portion marked f, pack as before, pour upon it the 
portion marked g, and afterw r ards sufficient of the percolate marked 
h to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above ; allow to macer- 
ate and percolate as before, adding the remainder of the percolate 
marked h, and sufficient fresh menstruum to exhaust the drug, re- 
ceiving the percolate as follows : 

Reserve the first 20 fl. ounces, mark i 

the remainder of the percolate, mark j 

Lastly. — Mix the reserved portions, a, e and i, which constitute the 
fluidextract, and reserve the last portion j, to moisten and percolate 
the next batch of the drug of the same kind to be made into fluid- 
extract, marking it "repercolate" of the drug or drugs from which the 
fluidextract was prepared. 



Part II. Drugs. Chemicals and Preparations 683 

Pressure Process. 

The following' is an abstract of N. Spencer Thomas' method of ex- 
tracting the strength of drugs by maceration and pressure : 

Although this process does not entirely exhaust the medicinal 
strength of drugs, it produces better extracts than many that are on 
the market, and it is particularly suited to bulky drugs and those 
which soften when moistened with the menstruum. 

First. — Take 167^3 ounces av. of the drug of the proper fineness, 
and menstruum sufficient. Moisten the drug with from 8 to 12 
fl. ounces of the menstruum (according to the nature of the drug), 
and set aside in a wide-mouthed jar, or suitable vessel. Allow to 
stand four days, then press out as much as possible with a tincture 
press, and reserve the product. 

Second. — Break up and moisten the same drug as before, with from 
6 to 8 ounces of the menstruum. Allow to stand, and press out as 
before, adding the product to the portion before reserved. 

Third. — Repeat the second operation, adding the product to the 
portions before reserved. 

Fourth. — Repeat the second operation, but so regulate the last 
amount of menstruum added to make 1 pint of the fluid extract when 
added to the portions before reserved. Filter, if necessary. 

Y\ lien this process is employed, the drugs should be enclosed in a 
coarse canvas cloth or bag before putting in the press. The pressure 
should be gradual and long continued, that the moisture may be, as 
nearly as possible, extracted from the drugs. A i-gallon tincture 
press will answer very well for making from 1 to 3 pounds of fluid- 
extract. 

Combination Process — Repercolation anc\ Pressure. 

A combination of the repercolation and pressure process is used by 
some manufacturers. The percolation is conducted the same as is 
directed for repercolation, except that the last portions, d, h and j, are 
obtained bv pressure instead of by percolation. It is more economical 
than repercolation alone, as there is no loss of menstruum in the last 
part of the percolations, which is quite an important item of the ex- 
pense of the fluidextract. Many manufacturers prepare their fluid- 
extracts in this manner. 

Water-Bath Percolation Process. 

1000 grammes of the powdered drug or drugs directed to be used 
are moistened with from 300 to 500 Cc. of the menstruum required, 
and, after standing a few hours, properly packed in a suitable water- 
bath percolator. Enough of the menstruum is then poured on to sat- 
urate the drug and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins 
to drop the lower orifice is closed by means of the stop-cock, the per- 
colator covered and the contents allowed to macerate from 24 to 48 
hours. Water is then poured into the water-bath surrounding the per- 



684 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

colator to about one-half the height of the apparatus and heat ap- 
plied, moderately, for from i to 2 hours. Percolation is then begun 
and continued gradually, adding fresh menstruum from time to time 
through the percolator, until the drug is exhausted. The first 750 to 
900 Cc. of the percolate (according to the nature of the drug) is 
reserved, and the remainder evaporated to a soft extract which is to be 
dissolved in the reserved percolate and enough menstruum added, if 
required, to make the fluidextract measure 1000 Cc. 

GENERAL FORMULA FOR FLUIDEXTRACTS. 

To save needless repetition of the directions for making fluid- 
extracts similar to each other, the following classification has been 
adopted, and will be referred to by letter in the formulas. These 
directions conform to the U. S. P. using 1000 Gm. of the drug to make 
1000 Cc. of the fluidextract. 

General Formula A. 
Fluidextracts prepared with alcohol as the menstruum. 

Moisten the powder with from 200 to 350 Cc. (according to the 
nature of the drug) of alcohol, and pack firmly in the percolator; 
then add enough alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum 
above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close 
the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macerate 
for 24 to 48 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, 
gradually adding alcohol, until the drug is exhausted. Reserve the 
first 900 Cc. of the percolate, and evaporate the remainder, (or it may 
be distilled) to a soft extract ; dissolve this in the reserved portion and 
add enough alcohol (if required) to make the fluidextract measure 
1000 Cc. 

General Formula B. 
Fluidextracts prepared with alcohol 4 volumes and water 1 volume. 

Mix 800 Cc. of alcohol with 200 Cc. of water as a menstruum, and, 
having moistened the powder with from 300 to 400 Cc. of the mixture, 
pack it firmly in a percolator ; then add enough menstruum to sat- 
urate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid 
begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, hav- 
ing closely covered the percolator, macerate for from 24 to 48 hours. 
Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, gradually adding men- 
struum, until the drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 900 Cc. of the 
percolate, and evaporate the remainder to a soft extract ; dissolve this 
in the reserved portion, and add enough menstruum to make the fluid- 
extract measure 1000 Cc. 

General Formula C. 
Fluidextracts prepared with alcohol 3 volumes and water 1 volume. 

Mix 750 Cc. of alcohol with 2^0 Cc. of water as a menstruum, and, 
having moistened the powder with from 300 to 400 Cc. of the mixture, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 685 

pack it firmly in a percolator ; then add enough menstruum to sat- 
urate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid 
begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, hav- 
ing closely covered the percolator, macerate for from 24 to 48 hours. 
Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, gradually adding men- 
struum until the drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 800 to 900 Cc. 
of the percolate, and evaporate the remainder to a soft extract ; dis- 
solve this in the reserved portion and add (if necessary) enough 
menstruum to make the fluidextract measure 1000 Cc. 

General Formula D. 
Fluidextracts prepared with alcohol 6^2 volumes and water 3^ 

volumes. 

Mix 650 Cc. of alcohol with 350 Cc. of water as a menstruum, and, 
having moistened the powder with from 300 to 400 Cc. of the mixture, 
pack it firmly in a percolator ; then add enough menstruum to saturate 
the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to 
drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely 
covered the percolator, macerate for from 24 to 48 hours. Then allow 
the percolation to proceed slowly, gradually adding menstruum until 
the drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 800 to 850 Cc. of the perco- 
late, and evaporate the remainder to a soft extract ; dissolve this in 
the reserved portion and add enough menstruum to make the fluid- 
extract measure 1000 Cc. 

General Formula E. 
Fluidextracts prepared with alcohol 2 volumes and water 1 volume. 

Mix 600 Cc. of alcohol with 300 Cc. of water as a menstruum, and, 
having moistened the powder with from 300 to 400 Cc. of the mixture, 
pack it firmly in a percolator ; then add enough menstruum to saturate 
the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to 
drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely 
covered the percolator, macerate for from 24 to 48 hours. Then allow 
the percolation to proceed slowly, gradually adding menstruum until 
the drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 800 to 850 Cc. of the perco- 
late, and evaporate the remainder to a soft extract ; dissolve this in 
the reserved portion and add enough menstruum to make the fluid- 
extract measure 1000 Cc. 

General Formula F. 

Fluidextracts prepared with diluted alcohol as the menstruum. 

Moisten the powder with 400 Cc. (generally) of diluted alcohol and 
pack it firmly in a percolator ; then add enough diluted alcohol to sat- 
urate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid 
begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, hav- 
ing closely covered the percolator, macerate for 48 hours (generally). 
Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, gradually adding 



686 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

diluted alcohol until the drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 800 to 
850 Cc. of the percolate and evaporate the remainder to a soft ex- 
tract ; dissolve this in the reserved portion and add enough diluted 
alcohol to make the fluidextract measure 1000 Cc. 

General Formula G. 
Fluidextracts prepared with alcohol 2 volumes and water 3 volumes. 
Mix 400 Cc. of alcohol with C:oo Cc. of water as a menstruum, and, 
having- moistened the powder with 400 Cc. of the mixture, pack it 
firmly in a percolator ; then add enough menstruum to saturate the 
powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop 
from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely cov- 
ered the percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the percolation 
to proceed slowly, gradually adding menstruum until the drug is ex- 
hausted. Reserve the first 750 to 800 Cc. of the percolate and evap- 
orate the remainder to a soft extract ; dissolve this in the reserved por- 
tion and add enough menstruum to make the fluidextract measure 

1000 Cc - General Formula H. 

Fluidextracts prepared with alcohol 1 volume and water 2 volumes. 

Mix alcohol 500 Cc. with water 600 Cc. as a menstruum, and, having 
moistened the powder with 400 Cc. of the mixture, pack it firmly in a 
percolator ; then add enough menstruum to saturate the powder and 
leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the 
percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the per- 
colator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed 
slowly, gradually adding menstruum until the drug is exhausted. 
Reserve the first 750 to 800 Cc. of the percolate and evaporate the re- 
mainder to a soft extract ; dissolve this in the reserved portion and add 
enough menstruum to make the fluidextract measure iooo Cc. 
FLUIDEXTRACTUM ACONITI. U. S. Fluidextract of Aconite. 
Aconite, in Xo. 60 powder, T ooo Gm. 

Alcohol, 
Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 

An assay process is given for this fluidextract which corresponds to 
the assay process for aconite root and requires that each 100 Cc. of the 
finished fluidextract shall contain 0.4 Gm. of aconitine. 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM APOCYNI. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Apocynum. 
Apocynum, in Xo. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin. 100 Gm. 

Alcohol. 
Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 687 

The glycerin is to be mixed with 600 Cc. of alcohol and 300 Cc. of 
water and used as the first portion of the menstruum ; the percolation 
is then to be continued with a menstruum of alcohol 6 volumes and 
water 4 volumes until the drug is exhausted. The first 900 Cc. of the 
percolate is reserved, and the remaiiided condensed by evaporation to 
100 Cc. and added to the reserved portion, to make 1000 Cc. of the 
fiuidextract. 

Aveiage dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACIUM AROMATICUM. U. S. 

Aromatic Powder, . 1000 Gm. 

• Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fiuidextract with alcohol as the menstruum, according to 
the General Formula, A. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM AURANTII AMARI. U. S. 
Fiuidextract of Bitter Orange Peel. 

Bitter Orange Peel, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fiuidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 6 l / 2 volumes and 
water 3^ volumes, according to the General Formula, D. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM BELLADONNA RADICIS. U. S. 
Fiuidextract of Belladonna Root. 

Belladonna Root, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fiuidextract with a menstruum of 8 volumes of alcohol 
and 2 volumes of water, according to the General Formula, B. 

An assay process is given for this fiuidextract which corresponds to 
the assay process for belladonna root, and requires that each 100 Cc. 
of the finished fiuidextract shall contain 0.5 Gm. of mydriatic alkaloids 
from belladonna root. 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

Extractum Belladonnas Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Bella- 
donna. This preparation corresponds to the Fiuidextract of Bella- 
donna of the U. S. P., but represents 0.75 Gm. of the alkaloids of 
belladonna root in 100 Cc. and is, therefore, 50% stronger than the 
U. S. fiuidextract. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM BERBERIDIS. U. S. 
Fiuidextract of Berberis. 

Berberis, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient, quantity to make 1000 Cc. 



688 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Prepare a fluidextract with diluted alcohol according to the General 
Formula, F. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM BUCHU. U. S. Fluidextract of Buchu. 

Buchu, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CALAMI. U. S. Fluidextract of Calamus. 

[Sweet Flag]. 

Calamus, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CALUMBA. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Calumba. 

Calumba, in No. 20 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CANNABIS INDICT. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Indian Cannabis. [Indian Hemp]. 

Indian Cannabis, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with alcohol as a menstruum, according to 
the General Formula, A. 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CAPSICI. U. S. Fluidextract of Capsicum. 

Capsicum, in No. 50 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with alcohol as the menstruum, according to 
the General Formula, A. 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 



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FLUIDEXTRACTUM CHIMAPHILA. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Chimaphila. [Pipsissewa]. 

Chimaphila, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CHIRATA. U. S. Fluidextract of Chirata. 

Chirata, in Xo. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 
Prepare a fluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CIMICIFUGA. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Cimicifuga. [Black Cohosh]. 

Cimicifuga, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with alcohol as the menstrumm, according 
to the General Formula, A. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

Extractum Cimicifugae Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Cimicifuga. 

This liquid extract corresponds with the Fluidextract of Cimicifuga 
of the U. S. P. and is made in a similar manner, the only difference 
being that 90 percent, alcohol is used as a menstruum. Dose, 5 to 30 
minims. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CINCHONA. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Cinchona. 

Cinchona, in Xo. 60 pow r der, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

The glycerin is to be mixed with 800 Cc. of alcohol and 100 Cc. of 
water for the first menstruum ; the percolation is then to be continued 
with a menstruum of 800 Cc. of alcohol and 200 Cc. of water, until 
the drug is exhausted. The first 750 Cc. of percolate is reserved and 
the remainder condensed by evaporation to a soft extract, which is to 
be dissolved in the reserved portion to make 1000 Cc. of the fluid- 
extract. 

An assay process is given for this fluidextract which corresponds 
to the assay process for cinchona, and requires that each 100 Cc. of the 



690 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

finished fluidextract shall contain 4 Gm. of anhydrous, ether-soluble 
alkaloids from cinchona. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

Extractum Cinchonas Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Cinchona. 
This preparation corresponds to the Fluidextract of Cinchona of the 
U. S. P., but represents 5 Gm. of the alkaloids of the bark in ioo Cc. 
and is, therefore, about 25% stronger than the U. S. fluidextract. Dose, 
5 to 10 minims. 

This liquid extract is prepared by percolating 20 ounces of red cin- 
chona bark with 100 ounces of distilled water, mixed with 5 fl. drachms 
of hydrochloric acid and 2 l / 2 ounces of glycerin as the first menstruum, 
and then with water until exhausted ; then evaporating the percolate 
to 20 fl. ounces, assaying, evaporating and adding alcohol and water to 
make the completed liquid extract contain 5 Gm. of alkaloids in 100 
Cc, or 5 grains in no minims. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM COC^. U. S. Fluidextract of Coca. 

Coca, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 

An assay process is given for this fluidextract which corresponds to 
the assay process for Coca, and requires that each 100 Cc. of the fin- 
ished fluidextract shall contain 0.5 Gm. of the ether-soluble alkaloids 
from coca. 

Extractum Cocae Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Coca. This 
preparation corresponds to the Fluidextract of Coca of the U. S. P. 
except that it is made with 60% alcohol instead of diluted alcohol. 
Dose, J /2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM COLCHICI SEMINIS. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Colchicum Seed. 
Colchicum Seed, in Xo. 50 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 2 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, E. 

An assay process is given for this fluidextract which corresponds to 
the assay process for colchicum seed, and requires that each 100 Cc. of 
the finished fluidextract shall contain 0.5 Gm. of colchicine. 
Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CONII. U. S. Fluidextract of Conium. 

Conium, in Xo. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, 20 Cc. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 691 

The acetic acid is to be mixed with 980 Cc. of diluted alcohol, and 
used as the first portion of the menstruum ; the percolation is then to 
be continued with diluted alcohol until the drug is exhausted. The 
first 850 Cc. of the percolate is to be reserved and the remainder 
evaporated at a temperature not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.), to a soft 
extract, which is mixed with the reserved portion to make 1000 Cc. of 
the fluidextract. 

An assay process is given for this fluidextract which corresponds to 
the assay process for Conium, and requires that each 100 Cc. of the 
finished fluidextract shall contain 0.45 Gm. of coniine. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CONVALLARLffi. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Convallaria. [Lily of the Valley]. 

Convallaria, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 6y 2 volumes and 
water 3^2 volumes, according to the General Formula, D. 
Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CUBEB^. U. S. Fluidextract of Cubeb. 

Cubeb, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with alcohol as the menstruum, according to 
the General Formula, A. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM CYPRIPEDII. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Cypripedium. [Ladies' Slipper]. 

Cypripedium, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLIUDEXTRACTUM DIGITALIS. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Digitalis. [Foxglove]. 
Digitalis, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 
FLUIDEXTRACTUM ERGOTS. U. S. Fluidextract of Ergot. 
Ergot, recently ground and in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, 20 Cc. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 



692 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The acetic acid is to be mixed with 980 Cc. of diluted alcohol, and 
used as the first portion of the menstruum ; the percolation is then 
to be continued with diluted alcohol until the drug is exhausted. The 
first 850 Cc. of the percolate is to be reserved and the remainder evap- 
orated at a temperature not exceeding 50° C. (i22°F.), to a soft ex- 
tract, which is mixed with the reserved portion to make 1000 Cc. of 
the fluidextract. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Extractum Ergotae Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Ergot. This 
preparation is the Br. representative corresponding to the U. S. P. 
Fluidextract of Ergot, but is made in a different manner. The for- 
mula is : 

Ergot, crushed, 20 ounces av. or 400 Gm. 

Distilled Water, 150 fl. ounces or 3000 Cc. 

Alcohol, (90%), y]/ 2 fl. ounces or 150 Cc. 

"Digest the crushed ergot in 100 fl. ounces (or 2000 Cc.) of the 
distilled water for 12 hours ; draw off the infusion ; repeat the diges- 
tion with the remainder of the distilled water; press; strain; evapor- 
ate the liquid to 14 fl. ounces (or 280 Cc.) ; when cold add the alcohol 
and set aside for an hour ; filter. The product should measure 20 
fl. ounces (or 400 Cc). Dose, 10 to 30 minims. "<Br. 

It will be noted that, although this has the same drug percentage as 
the U. S. fluidextract, it does not contain acetic acid and has much 
less alcoholic strength. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM ERIODICTYI. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Eriodictyon. [Yerba Santa]. 
Eriodictyon, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 4 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, B. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM EUCALYPTI. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Eucalyptus. 
Eucalyptus, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM EUONYMI. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Euonymus. [Wahoo]. 

Euonymus, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 



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Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 4 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, B. 
Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM EUPATORIL U. S. 
Fluidextract of Eupatorium. [Boneset]. 

Eupatorium, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a rluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

EXTRACTUM FILICIS LIQUIDUM. Br. 

Liquid Extract of Male Fern. 

"Exhaust male fern rhizoma, in No. 20 powder, with ether, by per- 
colation ; evaporate the ether from the clear percolate on a water-bath 
or by distillation, until an oily extract remains. Dose, 45 to 90 
minims. "<Br. 

This liquid extract of the Br. P. corresponds to the Oleoresin of 
Aspidium of the U. S. P. which is known commercially as Extract of 
Male Fern, or Oil of Male Fern. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM FRANGULA. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Frangula. [Buckthorn]. 

Frangula, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Mix 5 volumes of alcohol with 8 volumes of water as a menstruum 
and prepare a fluidextract by percolation in the general manner di- 
rected, reserving the first 800 Cc. of the percolate and evaporating 
the remainder to a soft extract which is to be dissolved in the re- 
served portion and enough menstruum added, if required, to make 
the fluidextract measure 1000 Cc. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM GELSEMII. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Gelsemium. 
Gelsemium, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with alcohol as the menstruum, according to 
the General Formula, A. 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM GENTIANS. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Gentian. 

Gentian, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 



694 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Prepare a fiuidextract with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — I Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM GERANII. U. S. Fiuidextract of Geranium. 

Geranium, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fiuidextract by mixing the glycerin with 600 Cc. of alco- 
hol and 300 Cc. of water as the first menstruum, then continuing the 
percolation with alcohol 600 Cc. and water 400 Cc. until the drug is 
exhausted. Reserve the first 800 Cc. of the percolate ; evaporate the 
remainder to a soft extract ; dissolve this soft extract in the reserved 
portion to make the finished fiuidextract measure 1000 Cc. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM GLYCYRRHIZA. U. S. 
Fiuidextract of Glycyrrhiza. [Licorice]. 

Glycyrrhiza, in No. 20 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 250 Cc. 

Ammonia Water, 50 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

"Pour 400 Cc. of boiling water upon the glycyrrhiza, contained in a 
suitable vessel, and allow it to stand for one hour. Pack the moist- 
ened powder loosely in a metallic percolator, pour boiling water upon 
it, and allow the percolation to proceed, supplying boiling water until 
the glycyrrhiza is exhausted. Evaporate the percolate at a moderate 
heat, until it measures 450 Cc, and, when cool, add 450 Cc. of alco- 
hol. Mix well and set aside for three days. After filtering the liquid, 
distil it until 500 Cc. of distillate have been obtained ; transfer the 
liquid in the still to a suitable container, add the glycerin, ammonia 
water and 200 Cc. of alcohol. Finally add sufficient water to make the 
fiuidextract measure 1000 Cc."<U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Extractum Glycyrrhizae Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Liquor- 
ice. Liquorice root, in No. 20 powder, 20 ounces (or 1000 Gm.) ; dis- 
tilled water, 100 ounces (or 5 litres), alcohol (90%), a sufficient quan- 
tity. "Mix the liquorice root with half of the distilled water ; set aside 
for 24 hours ; strain, press ; to the pressed marc add the remainder of 
the distilled water and set aside for six hours ; strain ; press ; mix the 
strained liquids; heat to 2I2°F. (ioo°C); strain through flannel; 
evaporate until the fluid has acquired, when cold, a specific gravity of 
1.200. Add to this one-fourth its volume of the alcohol; let the mix- 
ture stand for 12 hours; filter. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. "<Br. 



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FLUIDEXTRACTUM GRANATI. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Pomegranate. 
Pomegranate, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum first of 900 Cc. of diluted 
alcohol mixed with glycerin, continue the percolation with diluted 
alcohol until the drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 850 Cc. of the 
percolate ; evaporate the remainder to a soft extract and add it to the 
reserved portion to make the product measure 1000 Cc. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM GRINDELLE. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Grindelia. 

Grindelia, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with alcohol 3 volumes and water 1 volume, 
as a menstruum, according to the General Formula, C. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM GUARANA. U. S. Fluidextract of Guarana. 

Guarana, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 
Prepare a fluidextract with diluted alcohol as a menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 

An assay process for this fluidextract is given in the U. S. P. which 
is the same as is employed for assaying the drug, and requires that 
each 100 Cc. of the finished fluidextract shall contain 3.5 Gm. of the 
alkaloids from Guarana. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM HAMAMELIDIS FOLIORUM. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Hamamelis Leaves. [Witchhazel]. 

Hamamelis Leaves, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum first of the glycerin, 
with alcohol 300 Cc. and water 600 Cc, and continue the percolation 
with a menstruum of 1 volume of alcohol and 2 volumes of water 
until the drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 850 Cc. of the percolate 
and evaporate the remainder to a soft extract, which dissolve in the 
reserved portion to make the fluidextract measure 1000 Cc. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 



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Extractum Hamamelidis Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Hamamelis. 
Hamamelis Leaves, in No. 40 powder, 20 ounces or 1000 Gm. 
Alcohol, (45%), a sufficient quantity. 
Prepare the same as a fluidextract, reserving the first 17 fl. ounces 
(or 850 Cc.) ; distil the alcohol from the remainder, evaporate the res- 
idue to a soft extract; dissorve this in the reserved portion to make the 
measure 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the liquid extract. 
Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM HYDRASTIS. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Hydrastis. 

Hydrastis, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum first of the glycerin with 
alcohol 600 Cc. and water 300 Cc, and continue the percolation with 
a menstruum of alcohol 2 volumes with water 1 volume, until the 
drug is exhausted; Reserve the first 750 Cc. of the percolate, evapor- 
ate the remainder to a soft extract, dissolve this in the reserved por- 
tion to make the measure 1000 Cc. 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. for this fluidextract, eon- 
forming with the assay process given for Hydrastis, and requiring 
that each 100 Cc. of the finished fluidextract shall contain 2 Gm. of 
hydrastine. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Extractum Hydrastis Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Hydrastis. 
Hydrastis Rhizome, in No. 60 powder, 20 ounces or 1000 Gm. 
Alcohol, (45%), a sufficient quantity. 
Prepare a liquid extract by percolating the drug with the men- 
struum. Reserve the first 17 fl. ounces (or 850 Cc.) of the percolate, 
distil the alcohol from the remainder, evaporate the residue to a soft 
extract and add to the reserved portion to make 100 Cc. of the fin- 
ished liquid extract. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM HYOSCYAMI. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Hyoscyamus. 

Hyoscyamus, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 2 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, E. 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. for this fluidextract, con- 
forming with the assay process given for Hyoscyamus, and requiring 
that each 100 Cc. of the finished fluidextract shall contain 0.075 Gm. 
of the alkaloids from hyoscyamus. 
Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 



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FLUIDEXTRACTUM IPECACUANHA. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Ipecac. 

Ipecac, in Xo. 80 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. for this fluidextract, con- 
forming to the assay process given for Ipecac, and requiring that each 
100 Cc. of the finished fluidextract shall contain 1.75 Gm. of the alka- 
loids from ipecac. 

Average dose. — Emetic, 1 Cc. (15 minims). Expectorant, 0.05 Cc. 
(1 minim). 

Extractum Ipecacuanhas Liquidum. Br. 
Liquid Extract of Ipecacuanha. 

"A liquid extract containing 2 to 2^ grains of the alkaloids of Ipe- 
cacuanha Root in no minims (2 to 2.25 Gm. in 100 Cc.)" 

This liquid extract is prepared by percolating ipecacuanha root 1 
pound (or 800 Gm.), with 90 percent, alcohol until 13J/2 fl. ounces (or 
675 Cc.) have been collected. This is reserved. The percolation is 
continued until nothing more is extracted. Then 700 grains (or 80 
Gm.) of calcium hydroxide are mixed with the marc and allowed to 
remain in contact for 24 hours ; the percolation is then continued until 
the drug is completely exhausted. The alcohol is recovered from the 
last two percolations by distillation ; and the residual extract dissolved 
in the portion first reserved. The liquid extract is then assayed and 
so prepared that it shall not contain less than 2 nor more than 2.25 
grammes of alkaloids in 100 Cc. (or from 2 to 2^4 grains in no min- 
ims. Dose, expectorant ^ to 2 minims, emetic 15 to 20 minims. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM KRAMERIA. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Krameria. [Rhatany]. 
Krameria, in Xo. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM LAPPA. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Lappa. [Burdock]. 
Lappa, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 



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FLUIDEXTRACTUM LEPTANDRA. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Leptandra. [Culver's Root]. 

Leptandra, in No. 60 powder, 100 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM LOBELIA. U. S. Fluidextract of Lobelia. 

Lobelia, in No. 50 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

"Mix 275 Cc. of acetic acid with 725 Cc. of water, and, having 
moistened the powder with 350 Cc. of the mixture, pack it firmly in a 
cylindrical glass percolator ; then add enough menstruum to saturate 
the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to 
drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely 
covered the percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the perco- 
lation to proceed slowly, gradually adding menstruum, using the same 
proportions of acetic acid and water as before, until the lobelia is ex- 
hausted. Reserve the first 900 Cc. of the percolate, and evaporate the 
remainder at a temperature not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.), to a soft 
extract ; dissolve this in the reserved portion, and add enough men- 
struum to make the fluidextract measure 1000 Cc."<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

This formula is a type of the formulas for Fluid-acet-extracts, of 
which manufacturing chemists furnish a considerable number. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM LUPULINI. U. S. Fluidextract of Lupulin. 

Lupulin, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with alcohol as the menstruum, according to 
the General Formula, A. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM MATICO. U. S. Fluidextract of Matico. 

Matico, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 






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FLUIDEXTRACTUM MEZEREI. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Mezereum. 
Mezereum, in No. 20 powder,* 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Frepare a fluidextract, with a menstruum of alcohol 4 volumes with 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, B. 

Dose, 5 to 15 minims, well-diluted. Dose not given in U. S. P. as 
it is rarely used internally except in combinations. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM NUCIS VOMICiE. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Nux Vomica. 

Nux Vomica, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, 50 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum first of the acetic acid, al- 
cohol 750 Cc. and water 250 Cc, and continue the percolation with 
alcohol 3 volumes and water 1 volume, as a menstruum, until the drug 
is practically exhausted. Reserve the first 900 Cc. of the percolate, 
distil the alcohol from the remainder, and evaporate the residue at a 
temperature not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.), to a soft extract; dissolve 
this in the reserved portion and mix thoroughly, making a finished 
fluidextract of 1000 Cc. 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. conforming to the assay 
process of Nux Vomica, and requiring that 100 Cc. of the finished 
fluidextract shall contain 1 Gm. of strychnine. 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

Extractum Nucis Vomicae Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Nux 
Vomica. "A liquid extract containing \y 2 grains of strychnine in no 
minims (1.5 grammes in 100 cubic centimeters). "<Br. 

A fluidextract is prepared with alcohol (70%), for the chief men- 
struum ; but adding to the soft extract obtained by evaporation a little 
alcohol to ensure its solution. The liquid extract is then assayed and 
the quantity so regulated that 100 Cc. shall contain 1.5 Gm., or no 
minims shall contain iy 2 grains of strychnine. 

Dose, 1 to 3 minims. 

It will be noted that the Br. liquid extract contains 50 percent, 
more of strychnine than the U. S. fluidextract. 

EXTRACTUM OPII LIQUIDUM. Br. Liquid Extract of Opium. 

There is no preparation corresponding to this in the U. S. P. 
"A Liquid Extract containing }i grain of morphine in no minims 
(0.75 Gm. in 100 Cc.)"<Br. 



700 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Extract of Opium, £4 ounce or 18.75 Gm. 

Distilled ^Yater, 16 fl. ounces or 400 Cc. 

Alcohol, (90%), 4 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 

"Mix the extract of opium with the distilled water; set aside for an 
hour, stirring frequently ; add the alcohol ; set aside in a cool place for 
24 hours; filter. The product should measure 20 fl. ounces (or 500 
Cc). Sp. gr. 0.985 to 0.995." < Br. 

By assay this extract should yield an amount of morphine reckoned 
as anhydrous, corresponding to not less than 0.7 Gm., nor more than 
0.8 Gm. in 100 Cc. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM PAREIRA. U. S. Fluidextract of Pareira. 

Pareira, in Xo. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum first of the glycerin with 
alcohol 600 Cc. and water 300 Cc. ; continuing the percolation with a 
menstruum of 3 volumes of alcohol and 2 volumes of water, until the 
drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 850 Cc. of percolate, evaporate 
the remainder to a soft extract and add to the reserved portion to 
make the finished fluidextract measure 1000 Cc. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Extractum Pareira Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Pareira. This 
liquid extract of Pareira is prepared by percolating the drug with boil- 
ing water with maceration, until the drug is exhausted, then con- 
centrating the percolate by evaporation and adding to this residual 
liquid enough 90% alcohol to produce a liquid extract equivalent to 
the weight of the drug taken. Filter or otherwise clarify, if necessary. 
Dose, y 2 to 2 fl. drachms. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM PHYTOLACCA. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Phytolacca. [Pokeroot]. 

Phytolacca, in Xo. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 

Average dose. — Emetic, 1 Cc. (15 minims) ; Alterative, 0.1 Cc. (if/2 
minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM PILOCARPI. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Pilocarpus. [Jaborandi]. 

Pilocarpus, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 



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An assay process is given in the U. S. P. for this fluidextract, cor- 
responding to the assay process for pilocarpus given in the U. S. P., 
and requiring that each 100 Cc. of the finished fluidextract shall con- 
tain 0.4 Gm. of the alkaloids from pilocarpus. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Extractum Jaborandi Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Jaborandi. 
This liquid extract, corresponding to the U. S. fluidextract of pilocar- 
pus, is prepared with alcohol (45%), as a menstruum, and does not 
differ materially from the U. S. fluidextract. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM PODOPHYLLI. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Podophyllum. [Mandrake]. 

Podophyllum, in Xo. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 4 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, B. 
Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM PRUNI VIRGINIANS. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Wild Cherry. 

Wild Cherry, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 200 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Mix the glycerin with alcohol 200 Cc. and water 600 Cc. as the first 
menstruum. Macerate for 48 hours, then begin the percolation and 
continue it very slowly with a menstruum of alcohol 1 volume and 
water 4 volumes, until 1000 Cc. of the fluidextract is obtained. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

It will be observed that no evaporation is used in preparing this 
fluidextract, it being completed when 1000 Cc. of percolate has passed. 
This is because the medicinal value of this preparation depends upon 
the hydrocyanic acid which is developed during the maceration and 
percolation, and this, being volatile, would be dissipated if heat was 
used. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM QUASSIA. U. S. Fluidextract of Quassia. 

Quassia, in Xo. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 1 volume and 
water 2 volumes, according to the General Formula, H. 
Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 



702 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM QUERCUS. U. S. Fluidextract of Quercus. 

[White Oak]. 
Quercus, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Mix the glycerin with diluted alcohol 900 Cc. as the first menstruum, 
continuing the percolation with diluted alcohol until the drug is ex- 
hausted. Reserve the first 750 Cc. of the percolate and evaporate the 
remainder to a soft extract ; dissolve this in the reserved portion to 
make the fluidextract measure 1000 Cc. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM QUILLAJA. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Quillaja. [Soap Bark]. 

Quillaja, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM RHAMNI PURSHIAN^. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Cascara Sagrada. 

Cascara Sagrada, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 2 volumes and 
water 3 volumes, according to the General Formula, G. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

Extractum Cascarae Sagradae Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of 
Cascara Sagarda. 

Cascara Sagrada, in No. 20 powder, 20 ounces or 1000 Gm. 
Alcohol, (90%), 4 fl. ounces or 200 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the cascara sagrada with 15 fl. ounces (or 750 Cc.) of the 
distilled water, and set the mixture aside for 6 hours ; then place it 
loosely in a percolator and percolate with more of the distilled water 
until the powder is exhausted; evaporate the percolate to 12 fl. ounces 
(or 600 Cc.) ; add the alcohol previously mixed with 4 fl. ounces (or 
200 Cc.) of distilled water, or with sufficient to make up the volume of 
the mixed liquids to 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the liquid extract." 
<Br. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 

It will be observed that alcohol is not used in this to extract the 
principles of the drug, but only as a preservative, 20% of 90 percent, 
alcohol being used for this purpose. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 703 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM RHAMNI PURSHIANiE 
AROMATICUM. U. S. 

Aromatic Fluidextract of Cascara Sagrada. 

Cascara Sagrada, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycyrrhiza, in Xo. 30 powder, 100 Gm. 

Magnesium Oxide, 125 Gm. 

Glycerin, 250 Cc. 

Compound Spirit of Orange, 

Alcohol, 

Diluted Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

"Mix the cascara saqrada, glycyrrhiza, and magnesium oxide 
thoroughly, and, having added 2000 Cc. of water, allow the mixture to 
macerate for 12 hours, and then dry it at a gentle heat. Mix the 
glycerin with 500 Cc. of alcohol and 250 Cc. of water, and, having 
moistened the powder with 400 Cc. of the mixture, pack it firmly in a 
cylindrical percolator ; then add enough menstruum to saturate the 
powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop 
from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely cov- 
ered the percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the percolation 
to proceed slowly, gradually adding, first, the remainder of the men- 
struum, and afterwards diluted alcohol, until the powder is exhausted. 
Reserve the first 800 Cc. of the percolate, and evaporate the remainder 
to a soft extract ; dissolve this in the reserved portion, add the com- 
pound spirit of orange and enough diluted alcohol to make the fluid- 
extract measure 1000 Cc."<U. S. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM RHEI. U. S. Fluidextract of Rhubarb. 

Rhubarb, in No. 30 powder, . 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 4 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, B. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM RHOIS GLABRA. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Rhus Glabra. [Sumach]. 
Rhus Glabra, in Xo. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quanfci^ to make 1000 Cc. 

Mix the glycerin with 900 Cc. of dilute*! alcohol for the first men- 
struum, and continue the percolation with diluted alcohol until the 
drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 800 Cc. of the percolate, evapor- 
ate the remainder to a soft extract; dissolve this in the reserved por- 



704 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Hon, and add enough diluted alcohol to make the fluidextract measure 
1000 Cc. 
Average dose. — i Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM ROS^. U. S. Fluidextract of Rose. 
Red Rose, in Xo. 20 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Mix the odveerin with 000 Cc. of diluted alcohol for the first men- 
struum, and continue the percolation with diluted alcohol until the 
drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 750 Cc. of the percolate and 
evaporate the remainder at a temperature not exceeding 50°C. (122 
F.), to a soft extract; dissolve this in the reserved portion, and add 
enough diluted alcohol to make the fluidextract measure 1000 Cc. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM RUBI. U. S. Fluidextract of Rubus, 

[Blackberry]. 
Rubus, in Xo. 40 powder, 100 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with diluted alcohol as the menstruum ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 
FLUIDEXTRACTUM SABINE. U. S. Fluidextract of Savin. 
Savin, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with alcohol as the menstruum, according to 
the General Formula, A. 

Average dose. — 0.3 Cc. (5 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM SANGUINARY. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Sanguinaria. [Bloodroot]. 
Sanguinaria, in Xo. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Mix 275 Cc. of acetic acid with 725 Cc. of water as a menstruum, and 
prepare a fluidextract, percolating the drug with menstruum mixed 
in the same proportions until exhausted. Reserve the first 850 Cc. of 
the percolate and evaporate the remainder to a soft extract ; dissolve 
this in the reserved portion, and add enough menstruum to make the 
fluidextract measure 1000 Cc. 

Average dose. — 0.1 Cc. (i^4 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM SARSAPARILLA. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Sarsaparilla. 

Sarsaparilla, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 705 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol i volume and 
water 2 volumes, according to the General Formula, H. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Extractum Sarsae Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Sarsaparilla. 
Sarsaparilla, in No. 30 powder, 20 ounces or 1000 Gm. 
Alcohol, (20%), a sufficient quantity, 

Glycerin, 2 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 

Prepare a liquid extract by the repercolation process, using alcohol 
(20%) as the menstruum and collecting from the third percolator 18 
fl. ounces (or 900 Cc). To this add the glycerin to produce 20 fl. ounces 
(or 1000 Cc.) of the liquid extract. Dose, 2 to 4 fl. drachms. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM SARSAPARILLA COMPOSITUM. U. S. 
Compound Fluidextract of Sarsaparilla. 

Sarsaparilla, in No. 30 powder, 750 Gm. 

Glycyrrhiza, in No. 30 powder, 120 Gm. 

Mezereum, in No. 30 powder, 30 Gm. 

Sassafras, in No. 30 powder, 100 Gm. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Mix the glycerin with diluted alcohol 900 Cc. for the first men- 
struum, and, having mixed the powders, prepare a fluidextract, using 
this menstruum first and continuing the percolation with diluted alco- 
hol until the drugs are exhausted. Reserve the first 800 Cc. of the 
percolate, and evaporate the remainder to a soft extract ; dissolve this 
in the reserved portion and add enough diluted alcohol to make the 
fluidextract measure 1000 Cc. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims); 

This is, probably, the most used of any of the fluidextracts, and may 
be advantageously prepared by druggists, larger quantities being more 
economically made than the quantities stated in the formula. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM SCILL-ffi. U. S. Fluidextract of Squill. 

Squill, in No. 20 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Mix 275 Cc. of acetic acid with 725 Cc. of water and prepare a fluid- 
extract, using this mixture as the first menstruum for macerating and 
percolation, and continuing the percolation slowly with menstruum of 
the same kind until 1000 Cc. of percolate has passed. 
Average dose. — 0.1 Cc. (iV 2 minims). 

It will be noted that no evaporation is directed in this, the fluid- 
extract being finished when the required quantity of percolate is re- 
ceived. This is one of the three official fluidextracts in which acetic 
acid and water only, is the menstruum. Manufacturers furnish a line 



706 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

of Fluid-acet-extracts prepared in a similar manner, Squibb's list in- 
cluding: about 7$ kinds. 



FLUIDEXTRACTUM SCOPOLA. U. S. Fluidextract of Scopola. 

Scopola, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 4 volumes and 
water 1 volume, acording to the General Formula, B. 

An assay process for this fluidextract is given in the U. S. P., the 
assay being identical with the assay for fluidextract of belladonna, 
and requiring that each 100 Cc. of the fluidextract shall contain 0.5 
Gm. of the mydriatic alkaloids of scopola. 
Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM SCUTELLARIAE. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Scutellaria. [Scullcap]. 
Scutellaria, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 
Prepare a fluidextract with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM SENEGA. U. S. Fluidextract of Senega. 

Senega, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Solution of Potassium Hydroxide, 30 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Mix the solution of potassium hydroxide with alcohol 600 Cc. and 
water 300 Cc. for the first menstruum and continue the percolation 
with a menstruum of alcohol 2 volumes and water 1 volume until the 
drug is exhausted. Reserve the first 850 Cc. of the percolate and evap- 
orate the remainder in a porcelain dish to a soft extract ; dissolve this 
in the reserved portion and add enough menstruum to make the fluid- 
extract measure 100 Cc. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM SENN^. U. S. Fluidextract of Senna. 

Senna, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Diluted Alcohol, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

"Moisten the powder with 350 Cc. of alcohol, pack it firmly in a 

cylindrical percolator, and percolate it with alcohol until the senna is 

exhausted. The alcoholic percolate thus obtained is to be rejected. 

Remove the powder from the percolator, dry it, and, having moistened 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 707 

it with 400 Cc. of diluted alcohol, pack it firmly in a cylindrical per- 
colator ; etc."<U. S. 

Proceed with the process of making a fluidextract with diluted al- 
cohol as the menstruum, according to the General Formula, F. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

In making this rluidextract the senna is first "alcoholized" as di- 
rected to remove from it the principle which causes griping. After 
this is done the rluidextract is prepared with diluted alcohol the same 
as any rluidextract. The alcohol first used may be recovered by dis- 
tillation. 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM SERPENTARLEi. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Serpentaria. 

Serpentaria, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 4 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, B. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM SPIGELLffi. U. S. Fluidextract of Spigelia. 

[Pink Root]. 

Spigelia, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract, with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM STAPHISAGRL3E. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Staphisagria. [Stavesacre]. 

Staphisagria, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 4 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, B. 
Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM STILLINGI^. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Stillingia. 

Stillingia, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with diluted alcohol as the menstruum, ac- 
cording to the General Formula, F. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 



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FLUIDEXTRACTUM STRAMONII. U S. 
Fluidextract of Stramonium. 
Stramonium, in No. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 2 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, E. 

An assay process for this fluidextract is given in the U. S. P. which 
is identical to the assay process given for fluidextract of belladonna 
root, and requires that 100 minims shall contain 0.35 Gm. of the my- 
driatic alkaloids from stramonium. 
Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM SUMBUL. U. S. Fluidextract of Sumbul. 

[Musk Root]. 

Sumbul, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM TARAXICI. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Taraxacum. [Dandelion]. 

Taraxacum, in No. 30 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Solution of Sodium Hydroxide, 50 Cc. 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with diluted alcohol as the menstruum in the 

usual way, acording to the General Formula, F. ; but, after dissolving 

the soft extract in the reserved portion add the solution of sodium 

hydroxide and enough diluted alcohol to make the fluidextract measure 

1000 Cc. 

Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

Extractum Taraxici Liquidum. Br. Liquid Extract of Taraxacum. 
Taraxacum Root, dried, in No. 20 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 60 percent.), 2000 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. . 
"Mix the powdered taraxacum root with the alcohol ; set aside in a 
closed vessel for 48 hours ; press out 10 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc.) of liquid ; 
set the latter aside; mix the pressed residue with 40 fl. ounces (or 2000 
Cc.) of the distilled water; set aside for 48 hours; press out and strain 
the liquid; evaporate to about 10 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc.) ; mix the two 
liquids; if necessary make up the volume to 20 fl.ounces (or 1000 Cc.) 
by the addition of distilled water; filter." < Br. 
Dose, y 2 to 2 fl. drachms. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 709 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM TRITICI. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Triticum. [Couch Grass]. 
Triticum, finely cut, iooo Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make iooo Cc. 

"Pack the triticum in a cylindrical metallic percolator, pour boiling 
water upon it, and allow the percolation to proceed, supplying boiling- 
water, as required, until the triticum is exhausted. Evaporate the per- 
colate to 750 Cc, and, having added to it the 250 Cc. of alcohol, mix 
well and set aside for 48 hours. Then filter the liquid and add to the 
filtrate enough of the mixture of alcohol and water made in the pro- 
portion of 1 volume of alcohol to 3 volumes of water to make the fluid- 
extract measure iooo Cc."<U. S. 

Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM UVA URSI. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Uva Ursi. 

Uva Ursi, in No. 30 powder, iooo Gm. 

Glycerin, 300 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make iooo Cc. 

Mix the glycerin with alcohol 200 Cc. and water 500 Cc. as the first 
menstruum, and continue the percolation with a menstruum of alcohol 
2 volumes and water 5 volumes until the drug is exhausted. Reserve 
the first 800 Cc. of the percolate and e\'aporate the remainder at a 
temperature not exceeding 50°C. (i22°F.) to a soft extract; dissolve 
this in the reserved portion and add enough of the mixture of alcohol 
and water to make the fluidextract measure iooo Cc. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM VALERIANAE. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Valerian. 
Valerian, in No. 40 powder, iooo Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make iooo Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM VERATRI. U. S. Fluidextract of Veratrum. 

Veratrum, in No. 60 powder, iooo Gm. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with alcohol as the menstruum, according to 
the General Formula, A. 

Average dose. — 0.1 Cc. (1^ minims). 



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FLUIDEXTRACTUM VIBURNI OPULI. U. S. 
Fluidextract of Viburnum Opulus. [Cramp Bark]. 
Viburnum Opulus, in Xo. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 2 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, E. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM VIBURNI PRUNIFOLII. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Viburnum Prunifolium. [Black Haw]. 
Viburnum Prunifolium, in Xo. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 2 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, E. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM XANTHOXYLI. U. S. 

Fluidextract of Xanthoxylum. [Prickly Ash]. 
Xanthoxylum, in X^o. 40 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 

W T ater, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with a menstruum of alcohol 3 volumes and 
water 1 volume, according to the General Formula, C. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

FLUIDEXTRACTUM ZINGIBERIS. U. S. Fluidextract of Ginger. 

Ginger, in X T o. 50 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

Prepare a fluidextract with alcohol as the menstruum, according to 
the General Formula, A. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

UNOFFICIAL FLUIDEXTRACTS. 

The foregoing official fluidextracts represent the greater part of 
those in active use by the medical profession ; but they are only a 
small part of the number prepared by manufacturers, for which there 
is more or less limited demand. Some druggists carry stocks of nearly 
all the fluidextracts listed by manufacturers, in order to have them, if 
called for, or to use them for preparing extemporaneously, various 
other preparations of the drugs which they represent, as infusions, 
tinctures, vinegars etc., or small quantities of solid extracts, thus 
saving the necessity and expense of keeping made up and on hand the 
large variety of preparations that they would, otherwise, be obliged to 



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carry. It is a good idea for druggists to have on hand, if only in small 
quantities, a very complete line of fluidextracts. They can be pur- 
chased in 4-ounce bottles of manufacturers and it is less expensive for 
druggists than to carry stock of the great variety of vegetable drugs, 
which deteriorate by keeping, and for which there is seldom call, 
except as represented in some fluid preparations. 

A\ nile it is not profitable for retail druggists to make the very small 
quantities of many of the unofficial rluidextracts which they may re- 
quire, they may make such as are needed in larger quantities with 
satisfaction and profit. 

While the process of water-bath percolation is recommended for 
preparing rluidextracts, the other processes which are noted in the 
beginning of the article on Fluidextracts give very satisfactory re- 
sults, and may, perhaps, be more conveniently used by retail drug- 
gists, unless they are equipped with an apparatus for water-bath per- 
colation. 

The method of classifying the official fluidextract formulas in this 
work saves a great amount of space which would otherwise be re- 
quired and which would, in itself, fill a large volume. In making un- 
official fluidextracts it is only necessary to understand the preliminary 
instructions and put the name of the drug into the formula for the 
class designated to have a complete working formula for any re- 
quired fluidextract. 

In the Organic Materia Medica section of this work — Part I., pages 
106 to 236 — most of the drugs from which fluidextracts are pre- 
pared are described, and their fluidextracts mentioned with dose and, 
generally, the menstruum that should be used in preparing them. It 
is only necessary to use the name of the drug and the menstruum re- 
quired — the same as in the official formulas — to make a complete for- 
mula for most of the unofficial fluidextracts, and in this way much 
valuable space is saved in this book. 

Aqueous Fluidextracts. 

In this class of fluidextracts are included all those in which water 
is mainly employed for extracting their medicinal virtues, and in 
which alcohol would be objectionable, either as a menstruum or for 
the uses required. In some, however, alcohol is added as a preserva- 
tive. 

But few aqueous fluidextracts are used, but it is evident that a 
larger variety might be employed with advantage by the profession. 
Any drug which yields its medicinal value to water may very prop- 
erly be exhibited in an aqueous fluidextract, and the formulae which 
follow will be sufficiently explicit for making any preparation of this 
kind that may be desired. 

Several aqueous fluidextracts are given in the U. S. P. and in the Br. 
P. under the name of liquid extracts. 



712 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Fluidextract Bael Fruit. Bengal Quince. Indian Bael. Bael fruit, cut in 
pieces, 16 ounces av.; water 15 pints, alcohol 3 fl. ounces. Put the bael fruit 
loosely in a water-bath percolator, pour upon it 5 pints of water and macerate 
in a warm place for 12 hours, then draw off the liquid by the stop-cock and 
reserve. Pour on the drug again 5 pints of water, macerate for 2 hours and 
draw off as before. Press the marc. Mix the liquids, evaporate them by gentle 
heat to 13 fl. ounces and after straining add 3 fl. ounces of alcohol to preserve 
the extract and complete the measure. This is an astringent aromatic de- 
mulcent, but is little used in this country. 

Fluidextract of Broom Tops, Aqueous. Sarothamnus Scoparius. Broom 
tops, in No. 20 powder, 16% ounces av.; glycerin 5 fl. ounces, water a sufficient 
quantity. Moisten the drug with 10 ounces of water and macerate for 24 hours 
in a warm place; then pack moderately in a water-bath percolator, pour upon 
it a pint of water, heat moderately, and after 1 hour begin to percolate, adding 
water to the drug and continuing the heat and percolation until the drug is 
exhausted. Evaporate the percolate to 10 fl. ounces, filter and add through the 
filter enough water to make 11 fl. ounces, then add the glycerin to make a pint 
of the fluidextract. 

Fluidextract Cascara Sagrada, Aqueous. Rhamnus Purshiana. Cascara 
sagrada bark, in No. 30 powder, 16% ounces av.; glycerin 5 fl. ounces, water, 
a sufficient quantity. Mix the glycerin with a pint of water and having 
moistened the powder with 10 ounces of the mixture, macerate for 24 hours 
in a warm place; then pack moderately in the water-bath percolator, pour 
upon it the remainder of the mixture, heat moderately, and after 1 hour, begin 
to percolate, adding water to the drug and continuing the heat and percola- 
tion until the drug is exhausted. Evaporate the percolate by means of a 
water-bath to a pint, and after standing a few days filter through muslin. 

The foregoing formula was published in the former editions of this work; 
but since then the fluidextract has been made official in several pharmacopoeias. 
As the aqueous fluidextract seems to contain all the desirable properties of 
this drug this formula is retained in this section. 

Fluidextract Golden Seal, Aqueous. Hydrastis without Alcohol. Fluid 
Hydrastis. Golden seal (hydrastis), in No. 30 powder, 16% ounces av. ; 
glycerin 6 fl. ounces, water, a sufficient quantity. Mix the glycerin with 10 
fl. ounces of water and macerate for 24 hours in a warm place; transfer to 
the water-bath percolator, pack moderately, pour the remainder of the liquid 
upon it and set in a warm place for 2 days, then heat moderately and after 1 
hour begin to percolate, adding water to the drug and continuing the heat and 
percolation until 13 fl. ounces have passed, which reserve. Turn off the heat, 
continue the percolation with water until the drug is exhausted. Evaporate 
this last portion to 3 fl. ounces, which add to the reserved portion to make a 
pint of the fluidextract, and after standing a few days filter through muslin. 

This formula was published in the former editions of this work; but since 
then several formulas for fluid hydrastis have been made official. They may 
be found elsewhere in this work. 

Fluidextract Ipecac, Aqueous. Ipecac, in No. 30 powder, 16% ounces av.; 
glycerin 6 fl. ounces, water, a sufficient quantity. Moisten the powder with 
12 ounces of water and macerate for 24 hours, then pack moderately in the 
water-bath percolator, pour upon it a pint of water and heat moderately at 
once. After 1 hour begin to percolate slowly and continue the heat and per- 
colation until the drug is exhausted. Evaporate the percolate to 10 fl. ounces, 
filter, and add enough water through the filter to make 10 fl. ounces; then add 
the glycerin to make a pint of the extract. To make syrup of ipecac, mix 1 
fl. ounce of this extract with 15 fl. ounces of syrup. 

This formula was published in the former editions of this work and has 
given excellent satisfacton, particularly as a fluidextract of ipecac for making 
syrup of ipecac or other preparations in which the resinous matter contained 
in the official formula is precipitated when an aqueous dilutent is added. It is 
therefore, retained in this work. 

Fluidextract Liquorice, Aqueous. For Quinine Mixtures etc. Liquorice 
root, in No. 20 powder, 16% ounces av.; glycerin 5 fl. ounces, ammonia water 



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3 fl. ounces, water, a sufficient quantity. Mix the ammonia water with 8 ounces 
of water, moisten the drug with the mixture and set in a warm place for 1 
day, then pack moderately in the water-bath percolator, pour upon it a pint of 
water, heat at once, and after 1 hour begin to percolate slowly, adding water 
and continuing the heat and percolation until the drug is exhausted. Reserve 
the first y 2 pint that passes, evaporate the remainder to 3 fl. ounces; mix it 
with the reserved portion and add the glyycerin to make a pint of fluid extract. 
After standing a few days, filter through muslin. This is an excellent adjuvant 
for quinine and other bitter medicines. 

To make elixir of liquorice for quinine mixtures, mix 2 fl. ounces of this fluid- 
extract with 6 fl. ounces of syrup of wild cherry and y 2 pint of simple elixir. To 
make syrup of liquorice mix 2 fl. ounces of the fluidextract with 1-4 fl. ounces 
of syrup. 

Fluidextract of Opium, Aqueous. Powdered opium 4 ounces av., glycerin 5 
fl. ounces, water, a sufficient quantity. Pour S ounces of boiling water upon 
the opium and, after macerating for 2 hours, having covered the perforated 
diaphragm of the water-bath percolator with a coarse piece of muslin, pour 
the mixture upon it, heat to about 185°F. and begin to percolate, adding water 
to the drug and continuing the heat and percolation until the drug is ex- 
hausted. Evaporate the percolate by means of a water-bath until it is re- 
duced to 10 fl. ounces, filter and add enough water through the filter to make 
the measure 11 fl. ounces, then add the glycerin to make a pint of the fluid- 
extract. Each minim of this extract represents about Y+ grain opium. Manu- 
facturers have no definite standard for fluidextract of opium, many of them 
making it only the same strength as the tincture. 

Compound Fluidextracts. 

Under this heading are included fluidextracts made from two or 
more powdered drugs combined. As only one compound fluidextract 
is official, the Latin names of the extracts are not given in this list, 
but only their ordinary commercial or trade names. 

Compound fluidextracts may be conveniently made by mixing the 
fluidextracts of the drugs which compose them in the same propor- 
tions as they are directed to be used in the formulas. The prescrib- 
ing and use of compound fluidextracts should be discouraged for the 
reason that there is no official standard for them, and, as made by 
different manufacturers, they represent varying proportions of the 
drugs composing them, and are therefore indefinite. 

The following formulae contain the essential directions for making 
these fluidextracts : 

Fluidextract Alterative Compound. Fluidextract Bamboo Brier Compound. 
Bamboo brier root 4 ounces, burdock root 4 ounces, stillingia 4 ounces, poke 
root 4 ounces, prickly ash 1 ounce, alcohol 2 parts, water 1 part. Make a pint 
of fluidextract as directed by General Formula E. 

Fluidextract Blackberry Compound. Blackberry root 12^ ounces av., 
cinnamon 2 ounces av., nutmeg, coriander, each, 1 ounce av. ; all in No. 40 
powder; glycerin 2 fl. ounces, alcohol 2, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a 
pint of fluidextract as directed by General Formula E. 

Fluidextract Black Cohosh Compound. Black cohosh, in No. 40 powder, 
6 ounces av.; wild cherry, in No. 20 powder, 4 ounces av.; licorice root, in 
No. 30 powder, 4 ounces av. ; ipecac, senega, each, in No. 40 powder, 1 ounce 
av.; alcohol 2, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as 
directed by General Formula E. 

Fluidextract Blue Cohosh Compound. Blue cohosh, in No. 40 powder, 8 2 / 3 
ounces av.; cramp bark, in No. 30 powder. 3 ounces av.; unicorn root, in No. 
40 powder, 3 ounces av.; celery root, in No. 40 powder, 2 ounces av.; alcohol 



714 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

2, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as directed by 
General Formula E. 

Fluidextract of Buchu and Juniper with Potassium Acetate. Buchu leaves, 
in No. 40 powder, 8 ounces aw; juniper berries, in No. 40 powder, 4 ounces 
av. ; potassium acetate 5 ounces av.; alcohol 2, water 1, a sufficient quantity. 
Make 13 ounces of fluidextract from the buchu and juniper as in class C, and 
add the potassium acetate. 

Fluidextract Buchu and Pareira Brava. Buchu leaves, in No. 40 powder, 
pareira bark, in No. 50 powder, each, 8 ounces av. ; alcohol 2, water 1, a 
sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as directed in General Formula 
E. 

Fluidextract Buchu Compound. Buchu leaves, juniper berries, cubebs, uva 
ursi, each, in No. 50 powder, 4 ounces av.; alcohol, a sufficient quantity. Make 
a pint of fluidextract as directed in General Formula A. 

Fluidextract of Cardamom Compound. Cardamom, cinnamon, each, Q l / 2 
ounces av. ; cochineal iy> ounces av.; all in No. 50 powder; alcohol 3, water 1, 
a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as directed in General For- 
mula C. 

Fluidextract Cinchona Compound. Red cinchona bark, in No. 50 powder, Sy 2 
ounces; bitter orange peel, in No. 20 powder, 6y ounces av.; serpentaria, in 
No. 50 powder, l l / 2 ounces av.; glycerin 2 fl. ounces; alcohol 3, water 1, a 
sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as directed in General For- 
mula C. 

Fluidextract Colocynth Compound. Purified aloes, colocynth pulp, each, in 
coarse powder, Q]/ 2 ounces av. ; liquorice root, in coarse powder, resin of 
scammony, cardamom seed, each, in fine powder, 1 ounce av.; potassium car- 
bonate x / 2 ounce av. ; alcohol 3, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of 
fluidextract as directed in General Formula C. 

Fluidextract Dandelion Compound. Dandelion, in No. 40 powder, 14^ 
ounces av.; mandrake, in No. 40 powder, conium leaves, in No. 30 powder, 
each, 1 ounce av.; diluted alcohol, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluid- 
extract as directed in General Formula F. 

Fluidextract Gentian Compound. Gentian, in No. 20 powder, 10 ounces av.; 
bitter orange peel, in No. 20 powder, 4 ounces av.; cardamom, in No. 50 pow- 
der, 2^3 ounces av. ; alcohol 3, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of 
fluidextract as directed in General Formula F. 

Fluidextract Helonias Compound. Helonias, in No. 40 powder, 9 ounces 
av. ; buchu, gentian, golden seal, each, in No. 30 powder, 2y 2 ounces av. ; alcohol 
2, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as directed in 
General Formula E. 

Fluidextract Hoarhound Compound. Hoarhound, in No. 20 powder; red 
root, elecampane, spikenard, comfrey, wild cherry, bloodroot, each, in No. 30 
powder, 2^ ounces av. ; alcohol 3, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a fluid- 
extract as directed in General Formula E. 

Fluidextract Ipecac and Senega. Ipecac, senega, each in No. 50 powder, 8^ 
ounces av. ; diluted alcohol, a sufficient quantity. Make a fluidextract as di- 
rected in General Formula F. 

Fluidextract of Liquorice Compound. For Quinine Mixtures. Liquorice 
root 7 ounces av., wild cherry 6 ounces av., anise, coriander, caraway, each, 1 
ounce av., all in No. 30 powder; alcohol 3 fl. ounces, water sufficient to make 
13 fl. ounces of aqueous fluidextract, and add the alcohol. 

Fluidextract of Mandrake Compound. Mandrake, in No. 50 powder, lep- 
tandra, in No. 40 powder, senna, in No. 30 powder, each, 5 ounces av. : canella, 
in No. 40 powder, 1^3 ounces av. ; alcohol 2, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make 
a pint of fluidextract as directed in General Formula E. 

Fluidextract of Matico Compound. Matico, buchu, cubeb, each, in No. 40 
powder, by 2 ounces av. ; alcohol, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluid- 
extract as directed in General Formula A. 

Fluidextract Mitchella Compound. Mitchella (squaw vine) 9y 2 ounces av., 
helonias root, blue cohosh, each, 2y> ounces av. ; cramp bark 2 ounces av.; 
all in No. 40 powder; alcohol 2, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint 
of fluidextract as directed in General Formula F. 



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Fluidextract Pink Root and Senna. Pink root, in No. 40 powder, 9^ ounces 
av.; senna, in No. 30 powder, b]/ 2 ounces av.; caraway, anise, each, in No. 30 
powder, 1 ounce av.; diluted alcohol, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of 
fluidextract as directed in General Formula F. 

Fluidextract Pinus Compound. For making Cough Syrup. White pine 
bark 43/£ ounces, wild cherry bark 4^ ounces, poplar buds 256 grains, spikenard 
256 grains, sanguinaria 244 grains, sassafras 12S grains, morphine acetate 12 
grains, alcohol and water, of each sufficient to make 1 pint. Make a fluid- 
extract by percolating the drugs with a menstruum of 3 parts alcohol with 2 
parts water, preferably by water-bath percolation. 

Fluidextract Poke Root Compound. Poke root (phytolacca), black cohosh 
(cimicifuga), each in No. 40 powder, 6% ounces av.; prickly ash berries, 
juniper berries, each in No. 30 powder, 2 ounces av.; alcohol a sufficient 
quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as directed in General Formula B. 

Fluidextract of Rhubarb and Senna. Rhubarb, in No. 20 powder, 10 ounces 
av.; senna, in No. 20 powder, 3 ounces av.; coriander, fennel and liquorice, 
each, in No. 50 powder, 1% ounces av. ; alcohol 2, water 1, a sufficient quantity. 
Make a pint of fluidextract as directed in General Formula F. 

Fluidextract of Rhubarb, Aromatic. Rhubarb, in No. 20 powder, 10^ 
ounces av. ; cloves, cinnamon, each in No. 30 powder, 2 ounces av.; nutmeg, in 
No. 50 powder, 1 ounce av.: potassium carbonate y 2 ounce av.; alcohol 3, water 
1, a sufficient quantity. Make a fluidextract as directed in General Formula C. 

Fluidextract of Rumex Compound. Compound Fluidextract of Yellow Dock. 
Yellow dock root, in No. 20 powder, 8V3 ounces av. : false bitter-sweet bark, in 
No. 30 powder, 4^ ounces av. ; American ivy bark, figwort, each in No. 30 
powder, 2 ounce av.; diluted alcohol a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of 
fluidextract as directed in General Formula F. 

Fluidextractum Sarsaparillae Compositum. U. S. This is the only com- 
pound fluidextract official in the U. S. P. The formula is on page 705. 

Fluidextract Sarsaparilla and Dandelion. Sarsaparilla, dandelion, each in 
No. 30 powder, 8^ ounces av. ; diluted alcohol a sufficient quantity. Make a 
pint of fluidextract as directed in General Formula F. 

Fluidextract Saw Palmetto Compound. Fresh saw palmetto berries 2 2 /^ 
ounces, kola nut 384 grains, parsley seed and coca, of each, 192 grains; cinna- 
mon % ounce, orange peel ]/ 2 ounce, cardamom seeds 60 grains, alcohol and 
water, of each, a sufficient quantity. Macerate the drugs in powder with 6 
ounces of alcohol, and after 24 hours pack in a percolator with a mixture of 
2 parts of alcohol with 1 part of water to produce a pint of fluidextract. 

Fluidextract Skullcap Compound. Skullcap, in No. 20 powder, 6^3 ounces 
av.; cypripedium, in No. 40 powder, 4 ounces av.; hops, wild lettuce, each, in 
No. 20 powder. 3 ounces av.; alcohol 2, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a 
pint of fluidextract as directed in General Formula F. 

Fluidextract Senna Compound. Senna, in No. 30 powder, 8^3 ounces av.; 
rhubarb, in No. 20 powder, 4 ounces av.; jalap, mandrake, each, in No. 50 
powder, 2 ounces av. ; alcohol 2, water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of 
fluidextract as directed in General Formula E. 

Fluidextract Spikenard Compound. Compound Fluidextract of Aralia. 
Spikenard root, yellow dock root, burdock root, guaiac wood, sassafras bark, 
each, in No. 20 powder, 2y 2 ounces av.; Southern prickly ash, elder flowers, 
blue flag root, each, in No. 30 powder, 2 ounces av.; diluted alcohol, a sufficient 
quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as directed in General Formula F. 

Fluidextfact Squill, or Scilla Compound. Squill, in No. 20 powder, senega, 
in No. 40 powder, each, 8^/3 ounces av.; ammonia water J / 2 fl. ounce, alcohol 2, 
water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as directed in Gen- 
eral Formula E. 

Fluidextract Stillingia Compound. Stillingia, turkey corn, each, 4 ounces 
av. ; elder flowers, blue flag, pipsissewa, each, 2 ounces av. ; coriander seed, 
prickly ash bark, each, 1 ounce av. ; all in No. 30 powder; alcohol 2, water 1, 
a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as directed in General For- 
mula E. 

Fluidextract Wild Cherry Compound. Wild cherry, in No. 20 powder, 8^ 
av.; ounces av.; hoarhound, wild lettuce, each, in No. 20 powder, 3 ounces av.; 



716 The Vomer Formulary Part II. 

American hellebore, bloodroot, each, in No. 40 powder, 1 ounce av.; alcohol 2, 
water 1, a sufficient quantity. Make a pint of fluidextract as directed in Gen- 
eral Formula E. 

Fluidextract Yerba Santa, Aromatic. This is prepared with the same drugs 
as are directed for making Elixir Yerba Santa Compound, and they are em- 
ployed in the same quantities, but a pint of fluidextract is made with a 
sufficient quantity of alcohol, glycerin and water mixed in the same propor- 
tion as directed in that formula. 

Other Compound Fluidextracts. The foregoing formuhe for compound 
fluidextracts represents nearly all that are at present quoted by manufacturers, 
but other combinations will, no doubt, be added, and it is only necessary for 
the intelligent druggist to follow the data given here to prepare any com- 
pound fluidextract that may be desired. 

For ordinary requirements of the retail business it will be much better to 
prepare these by mixing fluidextracts of the drugs directed, instead of from the 
crude drugs themselves, except it be those of which considerable quantities 
are used. 

Unofficial Fluidextracts Requiring Special Treatment. 

Official fluidextracts requiring special treatment are provided for in 
the official list of formulas ; the following are unofficial fluidextracts 
requiring special treatment, which cannot well be included under the 
General Formulas, pages 684 to 686: 

Fluidextract of Cinchona, Detannated. Mix 6 ounces of freshly precipitated, 
washed, moist hydrated iron peroxide (ferric hydrate) with a pint of fluid- 
extract of cinchona and allow to stand for four days, snaking frequently; then 
filter, adding through the filter enough diluted alcohol to make the measure 
a pint. If the filtered extract still shows traces of tannin when tested with 
tincture of iron chloride, add an ounce more of moist ferric hydrate, and 
proceed as before until it is detannated. 

Fluidextract of Hydrastis, Purified. Hydrastis, in No. 50 powder, 16^ 
ounces av., glycerin 5 ounces, alcohol, water, each, a sufficient quantity. 
Moisten the powder with 8 ounces of alcohol and pack firmly in the water- 
bath percolator, pour upon it a pint of alcohol and set in a warm place for 
two days; then heat very moderately and after one hour begin to percolate, 
adding alcohol to the drug and continuing the heat and percolation until it 
is exhausted. Distil the alcohol from the percolate until it is reduced to a 
soft extract. To this add the glycerin and 6 ounces of water, and agitate, then 
filter and add through the filter enough water to make a pint of the fluid- 
extract. The resinous matter remains on the filter. This makes a preparation 
similar to "fluid hydrastis," containing the valuable principles of the drug 
which are soluble in an aqueous menstruum and omitting the objectionable 
ones that are obtained when water or alcohol alone is used as a menstruum. 

Fluidextract Ignatia Bean. Ignatia bean in No. 60 powder, 16y 3 ounces av., 
alcohol, water, each, a sufficient quantity. This fluidextract is made with the 
same menstruum and in precisely the same manner as fluidextract of nux 
vomica, which see. 

Fluidextract Pinus Canadensis, Colorless. A fluidextract is prepared from 
hemlock bark, exhausting it by percolation with hot water, and evaporating 
the percolate until a pint contains the strength of a pound of the bark. This 
fluidextract is then treated with moist ferric hydrate, a sufficient quantity to 
detannate, and the filtered liquid is again filtered through animal charcoal 
to remove any color and afterwards evaporated and alcohol 25% added, so 
that the finished product shall make one pint for each pound of the bark taken. 

Fluidextract Vanilla (One-half strength). Vanilla, S ounces av.. alcohol, 
water, each, a sufficient quantity. Mix three measures of alcohol with two 
measures of water, and having cut the vanilla in fine pieces and reduced it to 
a coarse powder by thoroughly beating it in a mortar, moisten it with 6 ounces 
of the menstruum, pack firmly in the water-bath percolator, pour upon it 10 



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ounces of the menstruum and set in a warm place for seven days; then heat 
moderately and after one hour begin to percolate slowly, adding menstruum 
to the drug and continuing the heat and percolation until l±y 2 fl. ounces have 
passed, which reserve. Continue the percolation with the menstruum until 
the drug is exhausted, then distil the alcohol from the last portion, evaporate 
the residue to a soft extract, add to the reserved portion, and afterwards suffi- 
cient menstruum to make a pint of the fluidextract. After standing a few 
days, filter through muslin. 

It will be observed that this is but half the strength of ordinary fluidextracts. 
It is thus made because a fluidextract of full strength cannot be obtained 
without impairing the flavor of the preparation by the heat required to 
evaporate it. 

To make Flavoring Extract of Vanilla from this fluidextract use from 1 to 
2 ounces, with enough alcohol and water mixed in the proportion of three 
measures of alcohol to two of water to make a pint. 

To make Tincture of Vanilla, U. S., use 1?4 fl. ounces of this fluidextract 
with enough alcohol and water, mixed as above, to make a pint. 

Fluidextract Wild Cherry, Detannated. Mix 6 ounces freshly precipitated, 
moist hydrated iron peroxide (ferric hydrate) with a pint of fluidextract of 
wild cherry, and allow to stand for four days, shaking frequently; then filter, 
adding through the filter enough diluted alcohol to make the measure a pint. 

If the filtered extract still shows traces of tannin when tested with tincture 
of iron chloride, add an ounce more of the moist ferric hydrate and proceed 
as before until it is detannated. 

Acetic Fluidextracts. 

In the U. S. P. three formulas for fluidextracts are prepared with 
diluted acetic acid as the menstruum and several others contain acetic 
acid as a portion of the menstruum with which the drug is exhausted. 
Squibb lists about 75 Fluid-acet-extracts, in which diluted acetic acid 
is used as a menstruum and preservative in the same manner as alco- 
hol is used in fluidextracts generally. In these fluidextracts Squibb 
claims that acetic acid extracts "all the requisite principles of the 
drug and in some instances, like valerian and digitalis it leaves behind 
oils and fats, the presence of which, in a fluidextract is undesirable." 
There is no doubt that, in the fluidextracts where diluted acetic acid 
may be used it is of much value as a menstruum and produces a 
fluidextract of which the relative medicinal value and permanence 
cannot be questioned. 

General Formula for Acetic Fluidextracts. 

The formulae for preparing these fluidextracts may g-enerally be 
the same as the U. S. P. formula for Fluidextractum Digitalis, Fluid- 
extractum Sanguinariae or Fluidextractum Scillae, in the official list, 
which see. 

Etherial Fluidextracts. 

Among the first fluidextracts made official in the U. S. P. were a 
number of preparations made with ether as a menstruum, now classed 
as oleoresins. Manufacturers have furnished several etherial fluid- 
extracts which haVe had more or less reputation, but none are now 
official and they are but little used. As they are seldom prepared by 
druggists it is unnecessary to give formulas for them here. 



718 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Green Plant Fluidextracts. 

Fluidextracts prepared from recently gathered herbs, barks, flowers, 
roots etc., have been extensively advertised by manufacturing houses, 
and some of them are deservedly popular with physicians. Although 
they cannot have the same uniformity of strength as fluidextracts 
prepared from dry drugs ; yet many of them are stronger and better, 
especially such as depend for their medicinal value upon volatile prin- 
ciples, which would be lost by the process of drying. As there is no 
standard of strength established for green plant fluidextracts except 
that the liquid shall be saturated with the medicinal properties of the 
drug, the following general formula, which is adapted for making all 
of them, is given. These fluidextracts are called by some manufac- 
turers concentrated or specific tinctures: 

General Formula for Green Plant Fluidextracts. 

The fresh drug, cut, bruised, crushed, grated, chopped or otherwise 
reduced to proper fineness for macerating and percolating, a con- 
venient quantity ; alcohol, a sufficient quantity. Having reduced the 
drug to its proper fineness, pack it in the water-bath percolator, pour 
sufficient alcohol upon it to saturate and cover it, and set in a warm 
place for two days ; then heat very moderately and, after one hour, 
begin to percolate slowly, and continue until the liquid ceases to 
drop. Reserve this portion and continue the percolation with alcohol 
until the drug is exhausted. Distil the alcohol from this last portion 
until the residue is reduced to the consistence of thin syrup, which add 
to the reserved portion to complete the fltridextract. The alcohol re- 
maining in the drug after percolation may be recovered by distillation. 

Some drugs should be macerated as soon as gathered and some 
should be partly dried before maceration. Herbs should be gathered 
in their flowering season, roots should generally be gathered in 
autumn and barks in the early spring. 

Fluidextracts of Gums, Resins, Etc. 

This class of preparations (which are not, in fact, fluidextracts as 
the term is generally applied, but which might much more properly 
be called Fluids, as Fluid Aloes etc.) seem superfluous, and would 
not here be given but for the reason that they are quoted and supplied 
by many manufacturers and will therefore be demanded by druggists. 

They are seldom used except to prepare tinctures or other prepar- 
ations which would be much better made from the substances them- 
selves. They generally represent about 50 percent, of the drug from 
which they are prepared, although it cannot be said for all of them 
that they represent as much as is claimed for them. 

FOLIA — LEAVES. 

In botany leaves are the organs by which plants absorb gases which 
are converted into cellular tissue and other plant nourishment, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 719 

In pharmacy fresh or dried leaves are used for medicinal purposes, 
and the name is applied to all manner of leaves of plants, and some- 
times to the petals of flowers. 

In the U. S. and some of the European pharmacopoeias only the 
name of the plant from which leaves are obtained is given, as buchu, 
senna etc. In the Br. P. the Latin name of the plant is followed by 
the word "Folia," as Buchu Folia etc., and the common title has the 
name of the plant preceding- the word "leaves," as Buchu leaves etc. 
In some of the other pharmacopoeias the Latin word Folia precedes 
the name of the plant, as Folia Buchu etc. 

As all of the U. S. and Br. P. leaves are described in this work in the 
alphabetical order of subjects, and those not official are mostly noted 
elsewhere, they will not be further considered under this heading. 

FLUORINE. 

Symbol F; Atomic weight 19; Sp. gr. 1.26. 

This element completes (or may rather be said begins) the list of 
halogen elements. Until recently but little has been known of this 
element except from its compounds. Theoretically is has been as- 
signed a place with the halogens because of its general character- 
istics. It was isolated in November, 1886, by M. H. Moissan, of Paris, 
who obtained it as a yellowish-green inflammable gas from anhydrous 
fluoric acid, by electrolysis. This same gentleman improved the pro- 
cess of manufacture and obtained it in sufficient quantities to establish 
its characteristics as an element. Since then much has been learned 
about this element and many compounds of it have been investigated. 

Fluorine Compounds. Fluorine is the most energetic element 
known but it is chiefly used in its compound with hydrogen, as hydro- 
fluoric acid, for etching glass. Its compounds are similar to those of 
the other halogen elements. Its compound with hydrogen, hydro- 
fluoric acid, HF, reacts with metallic substances, forming fluorides. It 
also combines with boron and silicon forming gaseous compounds. 
Hydrofluoric acid is used for etching and corroding glass, it vaporizes 
at 59°F., and on account of its action upon glass must be kept in 
leaden, gutta-percha or wax-coated bottles. 

Fluorine and its compounds are more fully described in the Chem- 
ical Section, Part I. 

FORMALDEHYDUM — FORMALDEHYDE. 

HCOH-30. [+(x)H a O]. 

Formaldehyde gas was discovered in 1867 by von Hoffmann, who 
obtained it by passing vapor of wood alcohol mixed with air, over 
finely divided platinum, heated to redness. The chemical formula of 
the gas is HCOH. It was first known as Formol, but was brought 



720 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

into prominence as a germicide by the researches of Berlioz and 
Trillatin 1892. The solution of this gas in water is known as Form- 
aldehyde, or Formalin. A 10% solution was formerly furnished but at 
present the 40% solution is generally known in the market as Formal- 
dehyde. vSome manufacturing chemists also furnish a 40% solution 
for vaporizing which they call Formalin to distinguish it from other 
solutions of formaldehyde which might not be tJjat percentage. 

It is a powerful preservative and is much employed in dilute solu- 
tion for preserving anatomical specimens, and is reputed to be used as 
a preservative for milk and other articles of food, but should not be 
used for such purposes. It is also vaporized as a disinfectant and ger- 
micide to destroy germs of contagious diseases, and has been used in 
this manner for disinfecting books of public libraries, paper money 
in banks etc. 

It has also been used in very dilute solution as a wash or surgical 
application and may be made into the form of ointments with lanolin, 
or used in glycerin or other suitable vehicle as an application. Pastils 
of formaldehyde are also prepared and it is an ingredient in many 
catarrh inhalers. 

Liquor Formaldehydi. U. S. Solution of Formaldehyde. 

This is now official in the U. S. P. It is an aqueous solution of the 
gas containing not less than 37 percent., by weight, of absolute form- 
aldehyde. See the above title under Liquores. 

Formaldehydum Solutum, Formaldehydlosung, is official in the 
Ph. Ger. This solution contains 35% of the gas and has sp. gr. 1.079. 

This solution is used as a preservative for liquids, 1 : 5000 to 1 : 50000 
being required to preserve fruit juices, beer, wine, cider, etc., but its 
use for such purposes is now prohibited. 

A larger percentage, 1 : 100 to 1 : 5000, is used for preserving plants, 
vegetables and fruits, used as specimens, and for anatomical speci- 
mens ; in embalming fluids etc. Formaldehyde is also used for des- 
troying germs in an infected room, and in closed chambers, for ster- 
ilizing books in public libraries, currency in banks etc. It is vaporized 
by heating the solution in a basin or other vessel, the vapor acting as a 

te Formaldehyde Combinations. 

A great many combinations of formaldehyde with other substances 
are known under trade names ; the more important are 

Formalbumin. A combination of casein with formaldehyde. 

Formaldehyde-Gelatin. A combination of gelatin with form- 
aldehyde, known as Glutol. 

Formaldehyde-Tannin. A compound with tannin known as for- 
maton or tannoform. 

Formanilid. A combination of anilin and formic acid : phenyl-form- 
amide. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 721 

Formasal. A condensation product of formaldehyde and salicylic 
acid. 

Formatone. A liquid preparation holding in solution five formate 
salts, therefore known as solution of pentaformates. 

Formopyrine. A compound made by heating together for several 
hours at i2o°C. antipyrin 5 parts and solution of formaldehyde 4 parts. 

See also the titles Liquor Formaldehydi, and Hexamethylamina. 

FRUCTUS — FRUITS. 

In botany and pharmacy the term Fruit represents a great variety 
of the products of vegetation. In a botanical sense, fruit is the 
matured seed vessel and its contents and coverings. The peach and 
apple are examples of fleshy fruits ; berries of various kinds are ex- 
amples of other kind of fruits ; nuts, another kind of fruits ; the grains 
and a great variety of seeds are other kinds of fruit. 

In the U. S. P. fruit is generally given the name of the plant from 
which it is obtained, as Carum, Caraway, for Caraway fruit etc., but 
when leaves and seeds are both official they are designated — as 
Stramonii Semen for Stramonium Seed etc. In the Br. P. the name of 

I the plant is followed by the word "Fructus" or "Semina," as Carui 
Fructus, Caraway Fruit ; Stramonii Semina, Stramonium Seeds etc. 
As all of the U. S. and Br. fruits are described in this work in the 
alphabetical order of subjects, and those not official are mostly noted 
elsewhere, they will not be further considered under this heading. 
GAMBIR. U. S. Gambir. 
[To replace Catechu, Pharm. 1890]. 
"An extract prepared from the leaves and twigs of Ourouparia 
Gambir (Hunter) Baillou (Fam. Rubiaceae)."<U. S. 

This extract has formerly been called Catechu in the U. S. and is 
now known by that name in the Br. and most of the pharmacopoeias. 

This extract, which has formerly been known as catechu is, as now 
official in "irregular masses or cubes, externally reddish-brown, pale 
brownish gray or light brown ; fracture dull-earthy, friable, crystalline, 
inodorous, bitterish, very astringent, with a sweetish after taste; free 
from starch." Not less than 70 percent, should be soluble in alcohol. 
Catechu as it has been formerly known, in pharmacy, in its purified 
form, is an almost black mass, which may readily be broken, and in 
the market has been furnished in boxes, holding about 12 pounds, 
or in %, l / 2 or 1 pound card-board boxes. The crude extract is fur- 
nished in mats of about 112 pounds. In this form it is known com- 
mercially as cutch or terra japonica, and is used for dyeing and 
tanning. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 



722 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

GAUZES. 

The use of medicated gauze as antiseptic dressing for wounds, am- 
putations, surgical operations, ulcers etc., has come into prominence 
during the past few years. They are chiefly prepared by manufactur- 
ers who have facilities for making them. They are prepared in a gen- 
eral manner as follows : 

Prepared Gauze. 

Ordinary unbleached gauze is first boiled in a 2 percent, solution of 
sodium hydrate for several hours to saponify the natural oil in the 
fiber, remove wood, gum and other impurities. The operation is re- 
peated in a weaker solution, the gauze washed well, passed through a 
bath of a y 2 percent, hydrochloric or sulphuric acid solution, washed 
again and immersed in a solution of chlorinated lime (about i° 
Twaddle) and bleached perfectly white. Again wash and pass 
through the acid bath ; wash once more ; extract as much water as 
possible with wringer or centrifugal extractor, and dry. 

The strength of the medicating solution depends on the degree of 
pressure which it is practical to give the gauze after treatment, and 
the weight of material which will remain in the gauze after drying. 
With good calendars it can be pressed so that 100 parts of gauze will 
weigh 210 parts immediately after. 

The following formulas for solutions for medicating the gauze are 
recommended : 

Boric Acid Gauze. A solution is prepared with boric acid, in powder, 100 
parts; Venice turpentine 10 parts, alcohol (90%), 1S90 parts. Prepared gauze 
220 parts is moistened with 100 parts of the solution. 

Carbolized Gauze. The mixture originally employed by Dr. Lister in pre- 
paring carbolized gauze was carbolic acid 1 part, resin 5 parts, paraffin 7 parts. 
The formula was afterwards changed to crystallized carbolic acid 1 part, com- 
mon resin 4 parts, and paraffin 4 parts. The resin and paraffin should be 
melted and, when the temperature is reduced to about 60°C. the carbolic acid 
is incorporated. 

Corrosive Sublimate Gauze. The following is the formula used by the 
medical department of the German army: Mercuric chloride 50 parts, rectified 
spirits 5000 parts, distilled water 7500 parts, glycerin 2500 parts fuchsin 5 parts. 
Prepared gauze 150 parts is moistened with 100 parts of the solution. 

Iodoform Gauze. Iodoform gauze 10 parts, alcohol, (sp. gr. .820), 40 parts; 
strong ether, (sp. gr. .725), 40 parts; tincture of benzoin, (1 in 5), 3 parts; 
glycerin 5 parts, gauze muslin, sufficient to absorb the solution. The solution 
may be made of different percentages of iodoform. 

Salicylated Gauze. Salicylic acid 5.6 parts, glycerin 15.0 parts, rectified 
spiritSO.O parts, distilled water, to make 100 parts by weight. The pharmacist 
working in a small way may start with plain absorbent gauze and wring out 
with rubber gloves or small wringer the excess of solution used, or he may 
make a certain weight of gauze take up all the solution, the quantity of 
material and liquid being properly graduated. The product cannot be uniform 
in any way, as the folds cause unequal expression, and the result is variation 
in percentage strength. In case of salicylic acid, contact with iron should be 
avoided, as otherwise purple stains will result. 

Salol Gauze. Make a solution with salol 100 parts, Venice turpentine 50 
parts, alcohol (90%), 1350 parts. Prepared gauze 165 parts is moistened 
with 100 parts of the solution 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 723 

GELATINUM. U. S., Br. Gelatin. 

"The purified, air-dried product of the hydrolysis of certain animal 
tissues, as skin, ligaments and bones, by treatment with boiling 
water." <U. S. 

"The air-dried product of the action of boiling water on such animal 
tissues as skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones." < Br. 

When animal tissues, bones, tendons, ligaments etc., are boiled for 
some hours in water, and the liquid allowed to stand sometime after 
becoming sold, a mass resembling jelly is obtained. The finer var- 
ieties of this jelly thus prepared are purified, evaporated to the proper 
consistence, spread into sheets, dried on nets, and are known as 
Gelatin. The coarser varieties made from hoofs, hides, and other 
refuse animal substances, are made into glue of various grades. Isin- 
glass, or fish-glue, is a specie of gelatin prepared from the air-bladders 
of certain fish ; but common gelatin is often called Isinglass. 

Gelatin, prepared in various ways, is largely consumed as an article 
of food ; in the arts it is extensively used for adhesive purposes, for 
making gelatin plates for photography etc., in pharmacy it is em- 
ployed for coating pills, making capsules, suppositories etc., for fining 
wines and liquors, and for many other useful purposes. 

GELATINUM GLYCERINATUM. U. S. Glycerinated Gelatin. 

Gelatin, ioo Gm. or i ounce 

Glycerin, ioo Gm. or I ounce 

Water, a sufficient quantity to make 200 Gm. or 2 ounces 

"Pour upon the gelatin sufficient water, which has been previously 

boiled and cooled, to cover it ; allow it to stand 1 hour ; pour off the 

water and allow the gelatin to drain for a few minutes ; then transfer 

it to a tared dish, add the glycerin, and heat it on a water-bath until 

the gelatin is dissolved. Strain the solution while hot, and continue 

the heat on the water-bath until the product weighs 200 Gm. or 2 

ounces. When cold cut the mass into pieces and preserve these in 

suitable containers." <U. S. 

This is used for making gelatin suppositories, for which process 
see Suppositoria. 

GLUSIDUM. Br. Gluside. Saccharin. Glucusimide. 
Benzosulphinidum. U. S. Benzosulphinide. 

"Gluside, or benzol sulphonimide, is a sweet imide derivable from 
toluene. Its constitution is represented by the formula C 6 H 4 *COS 
2 -NH."<Br. 

This is a "light, white, minutely crystalline powder, having an in- 
tensely sweet taste in dilute solution. It is soluble in 400 parts of 
cold water, in 24 parts of boiling water, in 25 parts of alcohol, (90%), 
and but slightly soluble in ether or chloroform. It is very soluble in 



724 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

dilute solution of ammonia ; also in solution of sodium bicarbonate, 
with evolution of carbonic anhydride. A warm solution of sodium 
bicarbonate, when neutralized with gluside and evaporated to dry- 
ness, yields 'soluble gluside' or 'soluble saccharin,' which is very sol- 
uble in water, ioo parts of gluside yielding nearly 113 parts of neutral 
'soluble gluside.' " 

Preparation. According to the published patented process this is 
made by converting toluol into a sulphuric acid compound, and this 
into a sodium salt. By the action of phosphorous pentachloride, the 
sodium salt is then decomposed and a mixture of ortho- and para- 
toluol sulphochloride formed. The former isomeride is freed from the 
latter by cooling, (when a para modification crystallizes out), and by 
the action of ammonia is converted into orthotoluol-sulphamide. The 
next step is the oxidation of the sulphamide into ortho-sulphamin 
benzoic acid, which splits up into water and ortho-sulphamide ben- 
zoic anhydride or benzoyl-sulphonic imide. 

Uses. This preparation, which is also known by several proprietary 
names, as Dulcite, Granatose, Glycosine etc., is claimed to be 500 to 600 
times sweeter than cane sugar. It is also an antiseptic of considerable 
power. It is, therefore, used to sweeten and preserve many articles 
of food and in solutions and syrups. In medicine it is employed as a 
sweetening agent for diabetic food. In pharmacy it is used to sweeten 
spirits, oils, powders, solutions etc., where ordinary sugar would be 
insoluble or inadmissable. The soluble gluside, however, may be used 
to advantage in many pharmaceutical preparations, both as a sweet- 
ener and a preservative. Equal parts of saccharin and sodium bicar- 
bonate added to quinine or other bitter powders in small proportion 
overcomes their bitter taste. The proportion of 5 grains each of 
saccharin and sodium bicarbonate to one quart of any of the official 
syrups ensures their keeping and improves their taste. This combi- 
nation is also excellent as an addition to tooth powders and washes. 
It may be given in doses of 3 to 5 grains. 

GLUCOSE AND GRAPE SUGAR. 

Glucose, as it is known on the market, is a syrup prepared by the 
action of sulphuric acid on starch, aided by heat. The process by 
which the purified starch is transformed into glucose is called con- 
version, and the different grades of conversion produce quite different 
results. When the glucose syrup alone is wanted the process of con- 
version is stopped when the starch has disappeared, the product being 
a mixture of dextrin and glucose. This is often called dextrin syrup or 
starch syrup. When solid grape sugar is desired, the conversion is 
continued longer so as to convert the dextrin still further into dex- 
trose or starch sugar. This sugar is extensively used as an addition to 






Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 725 

grape juice, as by its fermentation more alcohol is produced, making 
a stronger wine. Many large manufacturing establishments in this 
country are now engaged in the manufacture of glucose and grape 
sugar, which are extensively sold as articles of food, and employed by 
confectioners for manufacturing candy. In pharmacy dextrine syrup, 
or glucose, is somewhat employed for sweetening preparations in 
place of cane syrup or sugar, as it is cheaper and less liable to fer- 
mentation. It is also fed to bees to make a greater percentage of 
honey. Grape sugar is used as an excipient for pills, for making 
masses etc., as it does not crystallize like cane sugar. Laevulose, 
Maltose, Mannitose, and Galactose are other glucoses derived from 
various substances. 

A syrup of glucose is official in the Br. P. See Syrupus Glucosi. 

Glucosides. 

A class of neutral principles found in plants, which 3 ield glucose, 
C 6 H 12 O e , when decomposed, are called Glucosides. They comprise a 
great variety of substances, varying greatly in characteristics, some of 
them being the active medicinal agents of the plants from which they 
are derived, and others being of no medicinal importance. They con- 
sist of glucosidal resins, glucosidal tannins, bitter principles, sweet 
principles etc., some being soluble in alcohol or ether, some in water, 
and some in other liquids. They are variously prepared, and may be 
decomposed into glucose and derivative products in several different 
ways, some by the action of dilute mineral acids, others by alkalies, 
and others by the action of ferments. A few of the more important 
ones, as salicin, santonin etc., are official, and are noted under other 
headings. Their names all terminate with in, although all principles 
which terminate with in are not glucosides. As they are so numerous, 
and present such varying characteristics, they cannot well be included 
in a class, but are described along with other general principles of 
plants. 

GLYCERINUM. U. S., Br. Glycerin. 

"A liquid obtained by the decomposition of vegetable or animal fats, 
or fixed oils, and containing not less than 95 percent, of absolute 
glycerol, a triatomic alcohol [CH,OH-CHOH-CH,OH= 9 i.37]." 

<u. s. 

"Glycerin, or glycerol, is a trihydric alcohol, associated with a small 
percentage of water; it is obtained by the interaction of alkalis, or of 
superheated steam, with fats and fixed oils." < Br. 

Glycerin, as found on the market, is a sweet, viscid, colorless liquid 
of about 1.250 sp. gr., and the consistence of thick syrup. It was first 
made known by Scheele, in 1779, and was formerly prepared as a by- 
product of the manufacture of lead plaster and soap, being now some- 
times called for as Oil of Soap. At present it is made commercially 



726 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

by distillation, the process consisting in decomposing fats by super- 
heated steam, under high pressure, the stearine of the fats (which is 
propenyl tristearate) uniting with the elements of water to form 
glycerin and stearic acid. 

Chemically, glycerin is the hydrate of the radical Glyceryl or Pro- 
penyl, C 3 H 5 , and is classed with the alcohols, being known as Glyceric 
Alcohol, Propenyl Alcohol, or Glycerol. 

Glycerin is extensively used in the arts for various purposes, and in 
pharmacy ranks next to alcohol as a preservative of medicinal solu- 
tions and a solvent for medicinal principles. It is employed in making 
many fluidextracts, both as a preservative and solvent ; it is used as 
an addition to solid extracts, keeping them soft and pliable, and in 
making many solutions, syrups, tinctures and like preparations. In 
medicine it is used to allay inflammation and irritation, both external 
and internal, and it is a familiar application for chaps, sunburn etc. 
It should be somewhat diluted before it is applied, because of its 
affinity for moisture. The dose internally is a teaspoonful or more. 

Combined with kaolin or other absorbent it has recently come into 
extensive use in the form of a cataplasm to allay inflammation by 
absorption from any inflammed part of the body. See Cataplasma 
Kaolini. 

Glycerin is now considerably used as an extractive and preservative 
in proprietary medicines instead of alcohol, against which there is a 
popular prejudice caused by the publication of articles in periodical 
journals, 
extensive use in the form of a cataplasm to allay inflammation by 

Nitroglycerin. C 3 H 3 (N0 2 ) 3 3 . This is made by mixing i part of 
nitric acid with 2 parts of sulphuric acid and adding to the mixture 
slowly and with constant stirring, keeping the mixture cooled arti- 
ficially, as low as 8o°F., one-seventh of its weight of glycerin. The 
mixture is then poured into a large quantity of water and the oily 
liquid, which settles at the bottom, washed with water containing an 
alkali. 

Uses. In mining operations nitroglycerin is extensively used for 
blasting, also for "shooting" oil and gas wells. Mixed with some inert 
absorbing substances, which makes it safer to handle, it is known as 
Dynamite, which is much used for blasting, and in fireworks etc. 

In medicine solution of nitroglycerin or tablets of nitroglycerin are 
considerably used for nervous disorders, and as a heart stimulant, in 
very small doses. 

Mineral Glycerin. 

Under this name a neutral, colorless, odorless oil is made from pet- 
rolatum. It is furnished under various proprietary names, such as 
Glycoleum, Abolene, Glymol etc., and is used for spraying in nebu- 
lizers and atomizers, and for mixing with other oils etc., in many 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 727 

preparations used as dressings and applications. Under the proprie- 
tary titles it is usually expensive, but it may be bought in bulk as 
"Mineral Glycerin" or "Paraffin Oil," at a reasonable price. It is much 
used by dentists and physicians in treatment of the teeth, throat and 
nasal cavities, and as an emollient dressing. 

GLYCERINOPHOSPHATES OR GLYCEROPHOSPHATES. 

These have recently come into use as nerve tonics, and have been 
very favorably received by the medical profession. They are masses 
or powders prepared by precipitating with alcohol a solution of 
gdycerinophosphates. They may all be made in the same manner as 
the following calcium glycerinophosphate : 

Calcium Glycerinophosphate. 

Put into a suitable flask ioo Gm. of 60 percent, phosphoric acid and 
150 Gm. of glycerin. Fix a double perforated cork into the flask, one 
hole with a thermometer in it, the other as a safety tube as a vent. 
Then heat with a Bunsen over gauze. The mixture begins to boil at 
120 C., and between that and 190 it becomes dark brown and syrupy, 
and gives off acrolein vapor. The heat is then removed and the mix- 
ture allowed to cool, when it becomes viscous. Next the mass is 
mixed, about 30 Gm. at a time, with a chalk mixture (50 Gm. of 
precipitated chalk to 250 Cc. of water), the mixture well stirred to 
promote effervescence, and at the end of 6 hours it is filtered. The 
filtrate is a solution of calcium glycerinophosphate, which is precipi- 
tated by the addition of alcohol. It is collected, dried partially with 
bibulous paper, and finally over sulphuric acid in a bell-jar. 

Other Glycerinophosphates. 

For preparing glycerinophosphate of lithium, iron, magnesium, 
manganese, potassium or sodium, use their carbonates instead of cal- 
cium carbonate, as in the above formula, The dose of iron glycerin- 
ophosphate is from 1 to 3 grains, and of all the others from 3 to 5 
grains. 

Solutions of Glycerinophosphates are prepared by dissolving the 
carbonates of these metals in glycerinophosphoric acid, and glycerin- 
ophosphate of quinine, strychnine or other alkaloids may be prepared 
by dissolving the required alkaloid with a small quantity of diluted 
glycerinophosphoric acid, concentrating the solution and crystallizing. 

Syrups of Glycerinophosphates may be made by first making the 
solution as above, and adding syrup to produce the required percent- 
age of the salts in the compound ; from 1 to 3 grains of the simple or 
mixed salts being represented in a fl. drachm. 

Elixirs of Glycerinophosphates may be prepared by dissolving the 
various glycerinophosphates in elixir ; a fl. drachm representing from 1 
to 3 grains of the simple or mixed salts. 



1/2 


drachms 


y 2 
V2 


drachm 
drachm 


45 

45 

3 


grains 
grains 
drachms 


6 


ounces 



728 The Fenner Formulary Fart II. 

Glycerinophosphate Mixtures. 

The following formulas make excellent preparations for those suf- 
fering from nervous troubles. 
Calcium Glycerinophosphate, 
Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium and Iron 

Glycerinophosphates, of each, 
Tincture Ignatia, 
Pepsin, 
Diastase, 

Tincture of Orange, 
Syrup of Cherries, 

Mix and filter. 

Dose, a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful twice daily at meal time. 

For a cachet the following is the formula : 

Lime Glycerinophosphate, 5 grains 

Magnesia Glycerinophosphate, i l / 2 grains 

Iron Glycerinophosphate, ^4 grain 

Powdered Nux Vomica, y 2 grain 

Pepsin, 2]/ 2 grains 

Diastase, y 2 grain 

This mixture is to fill one cachet. A cachet to be taken at meal time, 
twice daily. 

GLYCERITA. U. S. Glycerites. 

Glycerites or glycerines are preparations in which glycerin is used 
as the solvent of the medicinal agents, or the medium by which it is 
exhibited. Six glycerites are official in the U. S., and nine glycerines 
in the Br. P. Many more are supplied under various names, as Gly- 
erols etc., by manufacturing chemists. The following are official in 
the U. S. and Br. P. 

GLYCERINUM ACIDI BORICI. Br. Glycerin of Boric Acid. 

Boric Acid, in fine powder, 66 ounces av. or 300 Gm. 

Glycerin, a sufficient quantity. 
"Heat 9 ounces av. (or 450 Gm.) of glycerin in a weighed porcelain 
dish, to a temperature not exceeding 302 °F. (i5o°C), and add the 
boric acid in portions, constantly stirring. When all is dissolved 
maintain the temperature of the liquid, frequently stirring, and break- 
ing up the film which forms on the surface, until the mixture has been 
reduced to the weight of 10 ounces av. (or 500 Gm.) ; then add 10 
ounces av. (or 500 Gm.) of glycerin; mix thoroughly. The product 
should weigh 20 ounces (or 1000 Gm.)."<Br. 

This is almost identical with the U. S. Glyceritum Boroglycerin, 
which see. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 729 

GLYCERITUM ACIDI TANNICI. U. S. Glycerite of Tannic Acid. 

Tannic Acid, 20 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Glycerin, 80 Gm. or 8 ounces 

To make 100 Gm. or 10 ounces 

"Triturate the tannic acid with the glycerin to a smooth paste, 
transfer this to a porcelain dish, avoid contact with metallic utensils, 
and apply the heat of a water-bath until the tannic acid is completely 
dissolved. Then transfer the solution to a bottle.'' <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Glycerinum Acidi Tannici, Glycerin of Tannic Acid. Br. This is 
prepared by triturating tannic acid 1 ounce (or 20 Gm.) with glycerin 
sufficient to make 5 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc). 

GLYCERINUM ALUMINIS. Br. Glycerin of Alum. 

Alum, in powder, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Distilled Water, 3 fl. drachms or 7.5 Cc. 

Glycerin, sufficient to make 6 fl. ounces or 120 Cc. 

"Triturate until solution is effected, warming slightly if necessary; 
set aside ; pour off the clear liquid from any deposited matter that may 
be present. "<Br. 

GLYCERITUM AMYLI. U. S. Glycerite of Starch. 
Starch, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Water, 10 Cc. or 1 ounce 

Glycerin, 80 Gm. or 8 ounces 

"Triturate the starch with the water, until a homogeneous mixture 
is produced. Then gradually add this to the glycerin, contained in a 
porcelain dish, and heated to about I40°C. (284°F.). Continue the 
heat, with constant stirring, keeping it below I44°C. (2gi.2°F.), until 
a translucent jelly is formed. Transfer the product to suitable vessels, 
provided with well-fitting covers." <U. S. 
Glycerinum Amyli. Glycerin of Starch. Br. 

Starch, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Glycerin, 6 l / 2 fl. ounces or 130 Cc. 

Distilled Water, i 1 /* fl. ounces or 30 Cc. 

"Mix, heat them thoroughly, stirring constantly until a translucent 
jelly is formed. "<Br. 

GLYCERINUM BOROGLYCERINI. U. S. 

Glycerite of Boroglycerin. Glycerite of Glyceryl Borate. 
Solution of Boroglyceride. 

Boric Acid, in fine powder, 6^5 ounces or 310 Gm. 

Glycerin, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Gm. 

"Heat 460 Gm. (or 9^5 ounces) of glycerin in a tared porcelain dish 
to a temperature not exceeding I50°C. (302°F.), and add the boric 



730 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

acid in portions, constantly stirring. When all is added and dissolved, 
continue the heat at the same temperature, frequently stirring, and 
breaking up the film which forms on the surface. When the mixture 
has been reduced to the weight of 500 Gm. add to it 500 Gm. of 
glycerin, mix thoroughly and transfer it to suitable vessels." <U. S. 

GLYCERINUM BORACIS. Br. Glycerin of Borax. 

Borax, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Glycerin, 6 fl. ounces or 120 Cc. 

"Triturate the borax with the glvcerin until solution is effected. " 
<Br. 

GLYCERITUM FERRI, QUININE ET STRYCHNINE 

PHOSPHATUM. U. S. 
Glycerite of the Phosphates of Iron, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Soluble Ferric Phosphate, 

80.0 Gm. or 2 oz. av.-J-36o grains 
Quinine, 104.0 Gm. or 3 oz. av.-j-2C)i grains 

Strychnine, 0.8 Gm. or 123/3 grains 

Phosphoric Acid, 200.0 Cc. or 6^4 fl. ounces 

Glycerin, 500.0 Cc. or 16 fl.oz.+453 minims 

Water, q. s. to make 1000 Cc. or 33 fl.oz.4-390 minims 
"Heat the soluble ferric phosphate with 200 Cc. (or 6^ fl. ounces) 
of water in a porcelain dish, at a temperature not exceeding yo°C. 
(i58°F.), until it is dissolved. Then add the phosphoric acid, with 
the quinine and the strychnine and sufficient water to make the 
measure 500 Cc, and stir until solution is effected. Mix the solution 
with the glycerin and filter if necessary. "<U. S. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

GLYCERITUM HYDRASTIS. U. S. Glycerite of Hydrastis. 

Hydrastis, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. 

Glycerin, 500 Cc. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. 

"Moisten the hydrastis with 350 Cc. of alcohol, pack it firmly in a 
cylindrical percolator ; then add enough alcohol to saturate the powder 
and leave a stratum above it. W 7 hen the liquid begins to drop from 
the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the 
percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the percolation to pro- 
ceed slowly, gradually adding alcohol until the hydrastis is practically 
exhausted. Remove nearly all the alcohol by distillation or evapor- 
ation, pour the thick concentrated liquid into 500 Cc. of ice-cold 
water, and set it aside in a cold place, for 24 hours. Then filter, pass 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 731 

enough water through the filter to make the filtrate measure 500 
Cc, add the glycerin and mix thoroughly." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

This is intended to make a preparation similar to the proprietary 
Fluid Hydrastis which has been very popular. 

GLYCERITUM PHENOLIS. U. S. Glycerite of Phenol. 

Liquefied Phenol, 20 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Glycerin,. 80 Cc. or 8 fl. ounces 

To make 100 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

''Add the liquefied phenol to the glycerin and stir until thoroughly 
mixed."<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.3 Cc. (5 minims). 

Glycerinum Acidi Carbolici. Br. Glycerin of Phenol. 
Phenol, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Glycerin, sufficient to produce 5 ounces or 100 Cc. 

"Triturate the phenol with the glycerin until solution is effected." 
<Br. 

GLYCERINUM PEPSINI. Br. Glycerin of Pepsin. 

Pepsin, 800 grains or 80 Gm. 

Hydrochloric Acid, no minims or 10 Cc. 

Glycerin, 12 fl. ounces or 525 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the hydrochloric acid, glycerin, and 6 fl.ounces (or 260 Cc.) of 
the distilled water; then add the pepsin; after one week pour off the 
clear liquid to produce 20 fl.ounces (or 875 Cc.)"<Br. 

A fl. drachm represents 5 grains of pepsin. This may be generally 
used when Liquor Pepsin is prescribed. 

GLYCERINUM PLUMBI SUBACETATIS. Br. 
Glycerin of Lead Subacetate. 
Lead Acetate, 5 ounces or 100 Gm. 

Lead Oxide, in powder, 3^2 ounces or 70 Gm. 

Glycerin, 20 fl.ounces or 400 Cc. 

Distilled Water, 12 fl.ounces or 240 Cc. 

"Mix, boil for a quarter of an hour ; filter ; evaporate at a tempera- 
ture not exceeding 222°F. (io5.5°C), until the product weighs 32^4 
ounces (or 655 Gm.), and has a sp. gr. of i.48."<Br. 

GLYCERINUM TKAGACANTHiE. Br. 

Glycerin of Tragacanth. 

Tragacanth, in powder, y 2 ounce or 10 Gm. 

Glycerin, iy 2 fl.ounces or 30 Cc. 

Distilled Water, V 2 fl. ounce or 10 Cc. 



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"Mix the glycerin with the tragacanth ; add the distilled water; 
triturate until a homogeneous paste is produced." < Br. 

GLYCERITUM VITELLI. Glycerite of Yolk of Egg. 

Glyconin. 

Fresh Yolk of Egg, 45 Gm. or 4^ ounces 

Glycerin, 55 Gm. or 5^ rl. ounces 

Rub the yolk of egg in a mortar with the glycerin, gradually added, 
until they are thoroughly mixed. Then transfer the mixture to a 
bottle. This was official in the U. S. P., 7th revision, but has been 
dismissed. 

Other Glycerites, not Official. 

The following glycerites are not official in any pharmacopoeia, but 
some of them are considerably used. They are called glyceroles by 
manufacturers. 

Glycerite of Arnica. Fluidextract of arnica 2 fl. ounces, glycerin 6 
fl. ounces, alcohol 4 fl. ounces, water 4 fl. ounces. Mix the fluidextract, 
alcohol and water and filter the mixture clear, then add the glycerin. 

Glycerite of Bismuth. Tris-nitrate of bismuth 1 ounce av., glycerin 
4 flounces. Dissolve the nitrate of bismuth in the glycerin, without 
heat. It is the crystallized nitrate of bismuth, not the subnitrate, 
which is directed in this formula. 

Glycerite of Calendula. Calendula (marigold flowers) 3 ounces av., 
glycerin 8 fl. ounces, water, sufficient to make 1 pint. Mix the glycerin 
with 8 ounces of water, moisten the flowers with the mixture and 
make a tincture by water-bath percolation, adding water to the drug 
to make a pint of the percolate. 

Glycerite of Carbolate of Iodine. Carbolic acid 1 ounce av., iodine 
1 ounce av., alcohol 4 fl. ounces, water 5 fl. ounces, glycerin 5 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the carbolic acid in the glycerin and add the water, dissolve 
the iodine in the alcohol and mix the solutions. 

Glycerite of Iodine. Colorless Tincture or Solution of Iodine. 
Tincture of iodine 8 fl. ounces, glycerin 8 fl. ounces, sodium hypo- 
sulphite 1 ounce av. Rub the sodium salt to a fine powder and then 
with the glycerin until dissolved, and add the tincture to the solution, 
allow to stand, filter or decant. This is a glycerite of sodium iodide, 
but it is more familiarly known as Colorless Tincture of Iodine. 

Glycerite of Tar. Tar, (pine or birch), 1 ounce av., magnesium car- 
bonate 1 ounce av., glycerin 8 fl.ounces, alcohol 3 fl. ounces, water 8 
flounces. Rub the magnesium carbonate to a fine powder and in- 
corporate the tar with it. Mix the glycerin, alcohol and water and rub 
with the mixture in a mortar, then put in a quart jar, allow to stand 
a few days, and decant and filter the clear portion. This is given for 
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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 733 

Glycerite of Tar Compound. Fluidextract of wild cherry J / 2 fl. ounce, 
fluidextract of squill 80 minims, glycerite of tar 1 pint. Mix them and 
filter if necessary. The dose is a teaspoonful or more for coughs etc. 

Glycerite of Yerba Santa Compound. Fluidextract of verba santa 2 
fl. ounces, fluidextract of grindelia 1 fl. ounce, fluidextract of wild 
cherry 1 fl. ounce, fluidextract of liquorice 1 fl. ounce, potassium bro- 
mide 160 grains, salicylic acid 80 grains, tar 80 grains, glycerin 8 
fl. ounces, water 4 fl. ounces, magnesium carbonate 1 ounce av. Mix 
the fluidextracts and tar and rub with the magnesium carbonate in a 
mortar, mix the glycerin and water and rub with the mixture in the 
mortar, filter and dissolve the potassium bromide and salicylic acid in 
the filtrate. The dose is a teaspoonful or more for cough, asthma etc. 

GLYCYRRHIZINUM AMMONIATUM. U. S. 
Ammoniated Glycyrrhiza. 

Glycyrrhiza, in No. 20 powder, 500 Gm. or 167^3 ounces 

Water, Ammonia Water, Sulphuric Acid, 
Each, a sufficient quantity. 
Water 475 Cc. (or 7.6 fl. ounces) is mixed with 25 Cc. (or 0.4 fl.- 
ounces) of ammonia water, and the drug moistened. Macerate 24 
hours. Then pack in a conical glass percolator, and gradually pour 
water upon it until 500 Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces) of percolate are obtained. 
To this add sulphuric acid, slowly, and with constant stirring, so long 
as a precipitate is produced. Collect this on a strainer and wash it 
with cold water until the washings no longer have an acid reaction, 
then redissolve it in water with the aid of sufficient ammonia water; 
filter if necessary, add sulphuric acid again so long as a precipitate is 
produced. Collect, wash again with cold water, dissolve it in just a 
sufficient quantity of ammonia water diluted with an equal volume of 
water, and spread the solution upon plates of glass so that, when dry, 
the product may be obtained in scales. 

GOSSYPIUM PURIFICATUM. U. S. Purified Cotton. 
Gossypium. Br. Cotton. Cotton Wool. 

"The hairs of the seed of Gossypium herbaceum, Linne (Fam. Mal- 
vaceae), and of other species of Gossypium, freed from the adhering 
impurities, and deprived of fatty matter." <U. S. 

''The hairs of the seed of Gossypium barbadense, Linn., and of other 
species of Gossypium, freed from fatty matter." < Br. 

Cotton is used in pharmacy as a plug for filtering many liquids and 
has also been employed as a medium in making aromatic waters. In 
surgery absorbent cottons are extensively used in dressing sores, 
wounds etc. 

Absorbent Cotton. The published method of purifying cotton is to 
first boil selected cotton in a 5 percent, solution of caustic potassa or 



734 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

soda for half an hour, then press out and wash carefully to remove 
nearly all the alkali, then press out the water and put the cotton in 
a 5 percent, solution of chlorinated lime for' 15 or 20 minutes, then 
wash again with water and dip in water slightly acidulated with 
hydrochloric acid, then wash ag _ ain, and again boil for 15 or 20 min- 
utes in a 5 percent, solution of caustic potassa or soda ; again wash 
and dip in acidulated water and finally wash thoroughly with pure 
water, press and dry quickly. It may be questioned if the process, 
unless carefully conducted, would produce an article purer or better 
than the fine quality of untreated cotton that may be found in the 
market; and, in our opinion, that is generally about what druggists 
get when they buy absorbent cotton. 

Medicated Cottons. These are prepared by sprinkling medicinal 
solutions upon cotton until it is uniformly saturated with the medi- 
cament, then drying and keeping in closed vessels, or tight packages. 
The general method of preparing them is as follows : 

Spread out the cotton in a thin sheet and sprinkle it uniformly with 
the liquids, then pack in a closed vessel for a day or two until the sol- 
ution has become equally distributed throughout the cotton, and dry 
at a moderate temperature until the moisture has disappeared, and 
pack away in a closed package. 

In making these cottons, some require alcohol as a solvent of the 
medicinal ingredient, and some ether ; these may be recovered by 
drying the cotton in a drying chamber connected with a condenser. 
For making some of them petroleum ether (gasoline) may be used, 
which, as it is inexpensive, very much lessens the cost. 

Fenner's water-bath percolator and still may be used to recover the 
ether or alcohol used. The saturated cotton may be put in the perco- 
lator and heat applied by the water-bath to any degree required. The 
vapor rises and is condensed by the still. 

The formulas for making solutions used for medicated cottons are 
similar to those for making medicated gauzes, which see. They are 
seldom prepared, except by manufacturing chemists who have suitable 
conveniences for their production. 

GUAIACOL. U. S. 
Methyl-pyro-catechin. Monomethyl-catechin. 
C 7 H 8 2 =i23.i3. 
"One of the chief constituents [C H 4 (OH) (OCH 3 )i : 2] of creosote, 
the product from beechwood-tar, obtained by collecting and purify- 
ing the fraction of creosote boiling between 200 and 205 °Cc. (392 
and 401. F.) ; or prepared synthetically from either catechol by methy- 
lating, or from ortho-anisidin by diazotizing and boiling. Guaiacol 
should be preserved in amber-colored bottles, protected from light/' 

<u. s. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 735 

This is a liquid compound obtained commercially by fractional dis- 
tillation of beechwood-tar creosote, passing over between 200 and 
205°C, and purifying. It is also obtained by the dry distillation of 
guaiacum from which it derives its name. It is allied to creosote ; is 
soluble in water, i to 85, and readily soluble in alcohol and ether. It 
forms crystalline salts with the metals, but these compounds are not 
very stable. It is properly a substitute for creosote and should be 
given in the same doses and for the same conditions as creosote is 
employed. It is particularly recommended in the treatment of tuber- 
culosis. The dose is 2 to 15 minims, in glycerin. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Gm. (8 minims). 

GUAIACOLIS CARBON AS. U. S. Guaiacol Carbonate. [Duotal]. 

(C 7 H 7 0)_X0 3 =272.o5. 

"A guaiacol derivitive [(C 6 H 4 (OCH 3 0) 2 *CO], obtained by the ac- 
tion of carbonyl chloride upon sodium-guaiacolate."<U. S. 

This is a white, crystalline powder, produced by a complicated pro- 
cess. It is insoluble in water but soluble in 48 parts of alcohol, 1.5 
parts of chlororform and 13 parts of ether at 25°C. (y/°F.). 

Uses. It is employed as an antiseptic, and in the treatment of 
tuberculosis. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

Other Guaiacol Salts. 

The following unofficial salts of guaiacol are somewhat employed in 
medicine : 

Guaiacol Biniodide. A reddish-brown powder prepared by the in- 
teraction of guaiacol and iodine. Soluble in alcohol and fixed oils, in- 
soluble in water. It is recommended as a remedy for tuberculosis. 

Guaiacol Phosphite. Guaiacophosphal. White crystals, insoluble in 
water, made by the interaction of guaiacol with phosphorous acid. 
Uses and doses the same as guaiacol. 

Guaiacol Salicylate. Guaiacol Salol. A white, insoluble powder 
used as an anti-tubercular and intestinal antiseptic. Dose, 10 to 15 
grains. 

Styracol is a compound of guaiacol with cinnamyl chloride. It is 
used in catarrhal conditions and in gonorrhoea, also as a substitute for 
guaiacol in the treatment of phthisis. 

Guaiacol Valerate. Geosote. A yellow, oily liquid, prepared by the 
combination of guaiacol with valeric acid. Used in tuberculosis. 
Dose, 3 to 10 minims. 

GUARANA. U. S. Guarana. 

"A dried paste consisting chiefly of the crushed seeds of Paullinia 
Cupana, Knuth (Paullinia sorbilis, Martius) (Fam. Sapindaceae) ; 



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yielding, when assayed by the prosess given, not less than 3.5 percent, 
of its alkaloidal principles." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

The woody climber from the fruit of which this paste is made grows 
in Brazil. The paste is prepared by the native Indians of the country 
in which the plant is found. The seeds are first shelled and well 
washed, and then roasted for 5 or 6 hours. Their external shells are 
then removed by beating them in a sack with clubs, and the coarse 
powder of the interior is mashed in a mortar with a little water to a 
pasty mass which is kneaded and shaped into cylindrical masses like 
a small link of sausage. These are then dried in the sun or by a slow 
fire. Powdered guarana is used as a ingredient in headache powders, 
and the fluidextract is official in the U. S. P. The dose is 30 to 90 
minims. 

Guaranine. The chief medical constituent of guarana is claimed to 
be identical with caffeine and thein, and 5 percent, is obtained from an 
average quality of guarana. It may be prepared by mixing 1 part of 
calcined magnesia with 5 parts of powdered guarana, moistening with 
water and after standing 24 hours, percolating in a water-bath per- 
colator with hot chloroform until the drug is exhausted, then dis- 
tilling of! the chloroform, boiling the residue in water, filtering the 
decoction and evaporating it over sulphuric acid and crystallizing. 
This is used for the same purposes as caffeine. 

HEDONAL. 

This is, chemically, methylpropylcarbinol-urethane. A white pow- 
der, little soluble in Avater but readily soluble in alcohol. It is pres- 
cribed as a mild hypnotic. Dose 15 to 30 grains. 

HEMA- HEMI- HEMO-. 

These combining words all relate to blood or its constituent principles, 
united in some form with other substances. A great number of these combi- 
nations are listed by manufacturing chemists. 

Hematin-albumin. A ferruginous albumin preparation consisting of dried 
blood-fibrin. It is a fine brownish-red powder, and is used as a hematinic. 
Dose 1 or 2 teaspoonfuls in milk or water. 

Hemogallol. This is hemoglobin deoxidized by pyrogallol. A brown, in- 
soluble powder used as a hematinic. Dose 4 to 8 grains. 

Hemoglobin. This is the red coloring matter of blood. It is a brownish- 
red powder or scales, soluble in water, and is employed as a hematinic. Dose 
5 to 3P grains. 

Hemol. This is hemoglobin, deoxidized by zinc. It is a dark-brown in- 
soluble powder, recommended as a blood-builder. Dose 2 to S grains. Several 
compounds of hemol are listed by manufacturers and offered under pro- 
prietary names. 

Hemol, Arsenated, known as arsenhemol. 

Hemol Bromide, known as bromohemol. 

Hemol Cuprated, known as cuprohemol. 

Hemol Iodized, known as iodohemol. 



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herire: — herbs. 

The name "herbs" is given to small plants which are gathered when 
in flower and either the whole plant or the flowering tops used. A 
great number of plants are designated as herbs in foreign pharmaco- 
poeias, but in the U. S. and Br. P. they are only known by the name 
of the plant. 

As all which are official in the U. S. and Br. are noted in the alpha- 
betical order of subjects and most others are mentioned somewhere 
in this work, no further reference will be made to them under this 
heading. 

HEROIN. Diacetal-Morphine. 

This new compound is produced by heating morphine with an ex- 
cess of acetal, evaporating and crystallizing. It has come into rapid 
prominence as an antispasmodic and sedative, particularly for coughs. 
It is a white, bitter powder, insoluble in water, but freely soluble in 
alcohol. The dose is 1 / 24 to x / ]2 grain. 

Heroin Hydrochloride. This may be prepared by treating heroin 
with dilute hydrochloric acid, evaporating the solution and crystalliz- 
ing. This salt of diacetalmorphine is preferred because of its greater 
solubility — soluble in 2 parts of water. The dose is the same as above. 

Pure Food and Drugs Law. This law requires that all preparations or com- 
pounds intended for Interstate Commerce shall state upon the label the 
quantity of Heroin contained per ounce, in grains or grammes. 

HEXAMETHYLENAMINA. U. S. Hexamethylenamine. 

C 6 H 12 N 4 =i 39 .i8. 

"A condensation product [Hexamethylene-tetramine, (CH,) 6 N 4 ], 
obtained by the action of ammonia upon formaldehyde. It should be 
kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

This was formerly known as Urotropinum or Formium, under 
which names it has been considerably employed as a solvent for uric 
acid. It is in colorless, lustrous crystals, soluble in about 1.5 parts of 
water, and 10 parts of alcohol at 25 °C. (77° F.). 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

Formin. This is a brand name for hexamethylenamine, by which it 
is known commercially and this name is commonly applied to the solid 
formaldehyde above described. 

This is also known by several trade names; as Aminoform, Cistamine, 
Cystogen, Hexamine, Uritone, Urotropin etc. 

Hetralin. This is, chemically, dioxybenzene-hexamethylenetetramine, and 
and is composed of 56 parts of hexamethylenamine, with 44 parts resorcin. It 
is a white, odorless powder, soluble in 20 parts of water, and is recommended 
as a powerful urinary disinfectant. It yields resorcin and formaldehyde when 
decomposed in the body. Dose 8 to 15 grains. 

Helmitol. Urapurgol. This is, chemically, hexamethylenetetramine anhydro- 
methylencitrate. It is in small colorless crystals or white powder having an 
agreeable acidulous taste, soluble in about 10 parts of water. It is used as a 
urinary acidifier and disinfectant in bladder troubles. It is identical with 
new urotopin. 



738 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

HOLOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE. 

This is, chemically, phenetidylacet-phenetidin hydrochloride. A 
white, bitter powder, soluble in 50 parts of water and readily soluble 
in alcohol. It is employed as a local anesthetic, like cocaine, and is 
chiefly used in solution, 1 percent., for eye and ear operations. 

HOMATROPINE HYDROBROMIDUM. U. S., Br. 
Homatropine Hydrobromide. 

C 16 H 21 N0 3 -HBr— 353.49. 

"The hydrobromide [HBrC 16 H 2l X0 3 ] of an alkaloid obtained by 
condensation of tropine and mandelic acid. It should be kept in well- 
stoppered vials, protected from light." <U. S. 

"The hydrobromide of an alkaloid prepared from tropine." < Br. 

This is a crystalline powder, colorless and without odor, with a bit- 
ter taste, very soluble in water. It may be prepared by neutralizing 
diluted hydrobromic acid with homatropine, concentrating and crystal- 
lizing. 

Its properties are similar to those of the salts of atropine. It is 
used chiefly as a mydriatic, being less irritant than atropine. A 2% 
solution is usually employed. 

Average dose. — 0.0005 Gm.=o.5 milligramme ( 1 / 128 grain). 

Homatropine hydrochloride, homatropine salicylate, homatropine 
sulphate and other salts of homatropine may be made in the same 
manner as the foregoing by neutralizing the diluted acid with hom- 
atropine, evaporating and crystallizing. 

HYDRARGYRUM. U. S., Br. Mercury. 

Symbol Hg; Atomic weight 198.50; Sp. gr. 13.56 at N. T. 

"It should contain not less than 99.9 percent, of pure metallic mer- 
cury, and should be kept in strong, well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

"A metal obtained from native mercuric sulphide." < Br. 

Mercury, or Quicksilver, is a fluid metal, found chiefly associated 
with sulphur in the form of ore, called Cinnabar, in California and 
other parts of the world. It is obtained by roasting the ore in kilns 
through which flames are made to pass, which ignite the sulphur and 
vaporize the mercury, which is subsequently condensed. It con- 
geals into a solid at — 40°F. 

Mercury has been known and used since the earliest history of med- 
icine, wonderful virtues being ascribed to it by the earlier writers and 
practitioners. It is extensively used in mining operations to separate 
silver and gold from crushed quartz, sand etc., which it does by form- 
ing an amalgam with them. It is employed for making thermo- 
meters, barometers and other philosophical instruments, and with tin 
foil, making an amalgam for glass mirrors etc. Its salts are exten- 
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combines with most acids, forming two classes of salts, Mercurous 
and Mercuric. 

Mercury and its salts are further described in the Chemical Section, 
Part I. 

Uses. Mercury is used in pharmacy chiefly for making mercurial 
ointment, mercury with chalk and salts of mercury. 

The following are the combinations and salts of mercury official in 
the U. S. P. and Br. P. : 

HYDRARGYRUM AMMONIATUM. U. S., Br. 

Ammoniated Mercury. Mercuric Ammonium Chloride. 

White Precipitate. 

HgNHXl=249.6i. 
"It should contain not less than 78 percent., nor more than 80 per- 
cent, of metallic mercury." <U. S. 

Corrosive Mercuric Chloride, in powder, 100 Gm. or 1 ounce 
Ammonia Water, 

Distilled Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
The corrosive mercuric chloride is to be dissolved in 2000 Cc. (or 
20 ounces) of warm distilled water and the solution filtered. When 
cold the filtered liquid is to be poured gradually and with constant 
stirring into 150 Cc. (or i}4 ounces) of ammonia water, taking care 
that the latter shall remain in slight excess. The precipitate which 
forms is to be collected on a filter and washed with a mixture of 400 
Cc. (or 4 ounces) of distilled water, with 20 Cc. (or 2 fl. drachms) of 
ammonia water, and finally dried between sheets of bibulous paper in 
a dark place at a temperature not exceeding 30°C. (86°F.).<U. S. 
The Br. formula is 

Mercuric Chloride, 60 Gm. or 3 ounces 

Solution of Ammonia, - 80 Cc. or 4 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
The mercuric chloride is to be dissolved in 60 ounces (or 1200 Cc.) 
of distilled water, with the aid of heat ; this solution is then to be 
poured into the solution of ammonia diluted with 20 ounces (or 400 
Cc.) of distilled water, stirring constantly. The precipitate is to be 
collected on a filter and well washed with distilled water, then dried 
at a temperature not exceeding 2I2°F. (ioo°C). 
Uses. This is used chiefly for making ointment. 

HYDRARGYRUM CUM CRETA. U. S., Br. 

Mercury with Chalk. 
Mercury, 38 Gm. or 1 ounce av.4-148 grains 

Prepared Chalk, 57 Gm. or 2 ounces av.-f- 45 grains 

Clarified Honey, 10 Gm. or 154 grains 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 



740 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The mercury and honey are to be weighed into a strong bottle of 
ioo Cc. (or 4 ounces) capacity, and 2 Cc. (or y 2 fl. drachm) of water 
added. The bottle is to be firmly corked and shaken for about half an 
hour at a time, until it has had 10 hours shaking, or until the globules 
of mercury are no longer visible under a lens magnifying 4 diameters. 
The prepared chalk is to be rubbed in a mortar with water to a cream 
paste and the contents of the bottle added, washing out the bottle 
with a little water and adding, and triturating the contents of the 
mortar to a uniform mixture. The mixture is then to be dried, first by 
putting between folds of bibulous paper and then in a capsule, to 100 
Gm. (or 3 ounces av.+23i grains=nearly 3^2 ounces av.). It is then 
to be reduced to a uniform powder without trituration. <U. S. 

The Br. P. directs : 

Mercury, 20 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Prepared Chalk, 40 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Rub the mercury and prepared chalk in a porcelain mortar until 
metallic globules cease to be visible to the naked eye, and the mixture 
acquires a uniform gray color. 

Uses. This is a mild form of mercury considerably used for 
children. The dose is from 3 to 10 grains. Mercury and magnesia 
made in the same proportions and manner is used for the same pur- 
pose. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

HYDRARGYRI CHLORIDUM CORROSIVUM. U. S. 

Corrosive Mercuric Chloride. Corrosive Sublimate. 

HgCl 2 =268.86. 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Mercuric 
Chloride, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles. "<U. S. 

The present U. S. P. does not give the formula nor process for 
making this salt. 

Hydrargyri Perchloridum. Br. Mercuric Chloride. Syn. Bi- 
chloride of Mercury. Corrosive Sublimate. Perchloride of Mercury. 
The Br. P. describes it as : "A salt, HgCl 2 , obtained as a sublimate by 
heating a mixture of mercuric sulphate, sodium chloride and a little 
black oxide of manganese." < Br. 

The Br. P. 1885, directed this to be prepared by mixing 20 ounces 
persulphate of mercury with 16 ounces of sodium chloride and 1 
ounce of black oxide of manganese, and heating them together in an 
apparatus adapted for sublimation, by which the vapors which rise 
are condensed. 

This salt is soluble at N. T. in 15 parts of water, or in 3 parts of 
alcohol, or about 14 parts of glycerin. 

Uses. This salt is used for making several other preparations of 
mercury and in medicine as a mercuric alterative in doses of Vie to 






Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 741 

y$ grain. It is extensively employed in weak solution to destroy 
zymotic germs, and by surgeons as a germicide to prevent poisoning 
during operations. 

Average dose. — 0.003 Gm.=3 milligrammes ( 1 / 20 grain). 

Antidote. The best antidote for poisoning with corrosive sublimate 
is albumen (white of tgg) , with which it forms an insoluble com- 
pound. 

HYDRARGYRI CHLORIDUM MITE. U. S. 

Calomel. Mild Mercurous Chloride. 

HgCl=2 33 .68. 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Mercuric 
Chloride, and be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

No formula nor process for making this salt is given in the present 
U. S. P. 

Hydrargyri Subchloridum. Br. Mercurous Chloride. Syn. Calo- 
mel. Hydrargyri Chloridum. Subchloride of Mercury. 

"A salt, Hg 2 Cl 2 , obtained as a sublimate when a mixture of mer- 
curous sulphate and sodium chloride is heated." < Br. 

The Br. P. 1885 directs : Persulphate of mercury 10 ounces, mer- 
cury 7 ounces, sodium chloride 5 ounces, boiling distilled water a 
sufficiency. The persulphate of mercury is to be moistened with some 
of the water and rubbed with the mercury until globules are no longer 
visible. The sodium chloride is then to be added and thoroughly 
mixed by trituration. The mixture is then to be sublimed in a suitable 
apparatus of such size that the calomel shall fall in a fine powder on 
the floor instead of adhering to the sides of the vessel. The powder is 
then to be washed with boiling distilled water, and dried at a temper- 
ature not exceeding boiling water. 

Calomel is insoluble in water, ether, alcohol, and other ordinary 
mediums. 

Uses. Calomel is used in making several other preparations of 
mercury, and is the favorite mercurial salt for internal administration 
as an alterative or purgative. The dose is y> to 5 grains or more. 

Average dose. — Laxative, 0.125 Gm. = i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 
Alterative, 0.965 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

HYDRARGYRI CYANIDUM. Cyanide of Mercury. 

Hg(CN) 2 =2 5 i,76. 

This was official in the U. S. P. 7th revision, but was dismissed in 
the 8th. The following formula was formerly official : 

Dissolve 5 tr. ounces of ferrocyanide of potassium in 20 fl. ounces of 
water and add the solution to 4%. tr. ounces of sulphuric acid, diluted 
with 10 fl. ounces of water and contained in a glass retort. Distil th^ 
mixture nearly to dryness, conducting the vapor into a receiver con- 



742 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

taining 10 fl. ounces of water and 3 tr. ounces of red oxide of mercury. 
Set aside 2 fl. ounces of the distilled liquid and to the remainder, add 
with agitation, sufficient red oxide to destroy the odor of hydrocyanic 
acid, then filter the solution, and having added the reserved liquid 
evaporate the whole in a dark place, in order that crystals may form, 
which should be kept in well-stoppered bottles protected from light. 

Soluble at N. T. in 12.8 parts of water and in 15 parts of alcohol. 

Uses. This salt is used as an alterative in syphilis, in doses of 1 / 1<! 
to }i grain. 

HYDRARGYRI IODIDUM FLAVUM. U. S. 
Yellow Mercurouo Iodide. Green Iodide of Mercury. Protiodide 

of Mercury. 
Hgl=32440. 
"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Mercurous 
Iodide."<U. S. 

Mercury, 50 Gm. or 5 ounces 

Nitric Acid, 
Potassium Iodide, 

Distilled Water, each, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix 20 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) each, of nitric acid and distilled water, 
and when the liquid is cold, pour it upon the mercury contained in a 
glass beaker. Set the mixture aside in a dark place, and keep it at a 
temperature between 25 and 30°C. (jj° and 86°F.), with occasional 
agitation, until the reaction ceases and a little mercury still remains 
undissolved. Separate the crystals of mercurous nitrate which will 
have formed, from the mother-liquor, allow them to drain in a glass 
funnel and dry them on bibulous paper, in a dark place. When the salt 
is dry, dissolve 40 Gm. (or 4 ounces) of it in 650 Cc. (or 65 ounces) of 
distilled water to which 6 Cc. (or 288 minims) of nitric acid have pre- 
viously been added. Having prepared a solution of 16 Gm. (or 1 
ounce-f-264 grains) of potassium iodide in 32 Cc. (or 3*4 ounces) of 
distilled water, slowly pour the solution of potassium iodide into the 
solution of mercurous nitrate, with constant stirring, which should 
be continued for 15 minutes, allow the precipitate to subside, decant 
the supernatant liquid, and wash the precipitate with ten successive 
portions of 500 Cc. (or 50 ounces) each of distilled water. Finally 
transfer the precipitate to a filter, and dry it between sheets of bib- 
ulous paper, in a dark place, at a temperaure not exceeding 40°C. 
(io4°F.), and keep it in dark, amber-colored bottles." 

"Instead of weighing off 40 Gm. of the mercurous nitrate, as above 
directed, the whole of the crystallized salt may be taken and the 
amount of potassium iodide etc., adjusted to the proportions given 
above." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.010 Gm.=io milligrammes (^5 grain). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 743 

Uses. This salt is used as an alterative and absorbent ; being milder 
than red iodide, it is better adapted for internal use. 

KYDRARGYRI IODIDUM RUBRUM. U. S., Br. 

Red Mercuric Iodide. Red Iodide of Mercury. 

Mercuric Iodide. Br. Biniodide of Mercury. 

Hgi 2 =450-30. 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Mercuric 
Iodide."<U. S. 

"Precipitated Mercuric Iodide, Hgl 2 , formed by the interaction of 
mercuric chloride and potassium iodide." < Br. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Corrosive Mercuric Chloride, 40 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Potassium Iodide, 50 Gm. or 5 ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Dissolve the corrosive mercuric chloride and the potassium iodide, 
each, in 800 Cc. (or 8 ounces) of distilled water, and filter the solu- 
tions separately. Pour both solutions, simultaneously, and in a thin 
stream, with constant and very active stirring, into 2000 Cc. (or 200 
ounces) of distilled water. W nen the precipitate has subsided, decant 
the supernatant liquid, collect the precipitate on a filter, and wash it 
with cold distilled water, until the washings give not more than a 
faint opalescense with silver nitrate test solution. Finally, dry it in a 
dark place, between sheets of bibulous paper, at a temperature not ex- 
ceeding 40°C. (io4°F.), and keep it in well-stoppered bottles, pro- 
tected from light." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.003 Gm.=3 milligrammes (V 20 grain). 

Uses. This salt is given in doses of 1 / B2 to ^ of a grain for syphilis 
etc., and is used in making ointments and other absorbent applications. 

HYDRARGYRI OLEAS. Br. Mercuric Oleate. 

"Precipitated Mercuric Oleate, formed by the interaction of mer- 
curic chloride and sodium oleate." < Br. 

Mercuric Chloride, 1 ounce or 32 Gm. 

Hard Soap, powdered, . 2 ounces or 64 Gm. 

Oleic Acid, 1 fl. drachm or 4 Cc. 

Distilled Water, boiling, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the mercuric chloride in 10 fl. ounces (or 320 Cc.) of the 
distilled water. Triturate the oleic acid with the hard soap, and dis- 
solve the product in 11 fl. ounces (or 352 Cc.) of the distilled water. 
Mix the solutions; boil for 10 minutes; set aside for the mercuric 
oleate to deposit; decant the supernatant liquid; wash the precipitated 
oleate with hot distilled water until the decanted liquid affords little 
or no reaction for chloride, and then dry it on a water-bath." < Br. 
See also Oleatum Hydrargyri. U, S. 



744 The F oiner Formulary Part II. 

HYDRARGYRI OXIDUM FLAVUM. U. S., Br. 
Yellow Mercuric Oxide. Yellow Oxide of Mercury. 

HgO=2i 4 .38. 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Yellow Mer- 
curic Oxide."<U. S. 

"Precipitated Mercuric Oxide, HgO, obtained by the interaction of 
mercuric chloride and sodium hydroxide." < Br. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Corrosive Mercuric Chloride, 100 Gm. or 10 ounces 

Sodium Hydroxide, 40 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Dissolve the corrosive mercuric chloride in 1000 Cc. (or 100 
ounces) of warm distilled water, and filter the solution. Dissolve the 
sodium hydroxide, (which should contain at least 90 percent, of pure 
anhydrous sodium hydroxide) in 1000 Cc (or 100 ounces) of cold dis- 
tilled water, and into this solution pour gradually, and with constant 
stirring, the solution of corrosive mercuric chloride. Allow the mix- 
ture to stand for an hour at a temperature of about 30°C. (86°F.), 
stirring frequently. Then decant the supernatant, clear liquid from 
the precipitate, and wash the latter repeatedly by the addition and 
decantation of portions of distilled water, using 1000 Cc. (or 100 
ounces) of water each time. Collect the precipitate on a strainer and 
continue the washings with warm distilled water, until a small por- 
tion of the washings, when poured on a little mercuric chloride test 
solution, no longer produces a yellowish turbidity at the line of con- 
tact of the two liquids. Then allow the precipitate to drain, and dry 
it between sheets of bibulous paper, in a dark place, at a temperature 
not exceding 30°C. (86°F.), and keep it in well-stoppered bottles, 
protected from light. "<U. S. 

Almost insoluble in water, insoluble in alcohol, but soluble in dilute 
nitric or hydrochloric acid, forming colorless solutions. 

Uses. In pharmacy this salt is used for making oleate of mercury, 
and in making ointments etc. It is not administered internally. 

HYDRARGYRI OXIDUM RUBRUM. U. S., Br. 
Red Mercuric Oxide. Red Oxide of Mercury. Red Precipitate. 

HgO-214.38. 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Red Mercuric 
Oxide, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, protected from 
light." <U. S. 

Although this salt is chemically the same as the preceding one, it 
presents an entirely different appearance. The present U. S. P. gives 
no formula for preparing it. 

"Red Mercuric Oxide, HgO, is obtained by heating mercurous 
nitrate until vapors cease to be evolved." < Br. 






Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 74-5 

The Br. P. 1885, gave the following formula for preparing it: 
Mercury, by weight, 8 ounces av. 

Nitric Acid, 4^4 fl. ounces 

Water, 2 fl. ounces 

Dissolve half the mercury in the nitric acid, diluted with water, 
evaporate the solution to dryness and with the dry salt thus obtained 
triturate the remainder of the mercury until the two are uniformly 
blended together. Heat the mixture in a porcelain dish, with repeated 
stirring, until acid vapors cease to be evolved. 

Almost insoluble in water, insoluble in alcohol; but soluble in dilute 
nitric or hydrochloric acid, forming colorless solutions. 

Uses. Red precipitate, as it is most familiarly known, is used in 
pharmacy for preparing an ointment, and for other purposes. It is a 
favorite domestic application, in the form of ointment, for itch, body- 
vermin etc. It is not used internally. 

Other Mercury Combinations. 
The foregoing official combinations of mercury embrace "most that 
are used to any extent in pharmacy. Some other salts are sometimes 
used and are noticed under Mercury, in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

HYDRASTINA. U. S. Hydrastine. 
C 21 H 21 N0 6 = 3 8o. 3 2. 

"An alkaloid obtained from Hydrastis. It should be kept in well- 
stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

This may be prepared in the following manner : 

Hydrastis, (Golden Seal), 2 pounds av. 

Alcohol, 12 pints 

Moisten the powder with 4 pints of alcohol and allow to macerate 
during 24 hours, then transfer to a water-bath percolator, pour 
enough alcohol upon it to cover the drug and heat moderately for 1 
hour, then begin to percolate, adding alcohol to the drug through the 
percolator and continuing the heat and percolation until all the alco- 
hol has been used. Add to the percolate just enough sulphuric acid to 
give an acid reaction, and after 4 hours, separate the crystals of ber- 
berine which have formed, by nitration. To the filtered liquid add 
sufficient ammonia water to incompletely neutralize, and, after stand- 
ing, filter to remove the crystals of ammonium sulphate ; then distil 
the greater part of the alcohol, add the residue to 10 times its vol- 
ume of cold water and after standing 24 hours, filter to separate the 
resinous and fatty matter. The filtered liquid is an impure solution of 
hydrastine sulphate. Precipitate this solution with an excess of am- 
monia water and collect and drain the precipitate. Add to this pre- 
cipitate 10 times its weight of water acidulated with sulphuric acid, 
and after standing 24 hours, precipitate again with ammonia water. 
Dissolve this precipitate in boiling alcohol and, upon cooling, yellow 



746 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

crystals of impure hydrastine will be deposited. These may be pur- 
ified by repeated crystallizations from boiling alcohol, producing 
finally the white alkaloid, hydrastine, which forms in colorless, bril- 
liant prisms, insoluble in cold water. 

Average dose. — 0.060 Gm. = io milligrammes (y$ grain). 

Hydrastine Hydrochloride. C 2 H 2 -NO c -HCl. This may be prepared 
by dissolving the alkaloid hydrastine in diluted hydrochloric acid, 
evaporating the solution and crystallizing. This is readily soluble in 
water and may be used for injections and lotions. The dose is ]/ 2 
to 1 grain. 

Hydrastine Sulphate. This may be prepared by dissolving the alka- 
loid hydrastine in diluted sulphuric acid, concentrating the solution 
and crystallizing. Its uses and dose are the same as the hydrochloride. 

HYDRASTININiE HYDROCHLORIDUM. U. S. 
Hydrastinine Hydrochloride. 

"The hydrochloride of an artificial alkaloid derived from hydrastine. 
It should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

This is a yellowish, bitter powder, soluble in 1 part of water or 3 
parts of alcohol. It is used by hypodermic injection, 8 to 15 minims 
of a 10% solution, or is given in doses of J4 to V2 grain. It increases 
the blood pressure, acting as a contractile, and is used for uterine 
hemorrhage, menorrhagia etc. 

Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.=3o milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

HYDRASTIS. U. S. Golden Seal. 
Hydrastis Rhizoma. Br. Hydrastis Rhizome. 
"The dried rhizome and roots of Hydrastis Canadensis, Linne 
(Fam. Ranunculacese), yielding, when assayed by the process given, 
not less than 2.5 percent, of hydrastine." <U. S. 

"The dried rhizome and roots of Hydrastis Canadensis." < Br. 
This plant, commonly known as Golden Seal, is found chiefly in 
western and north-western United States, in woodlands. It was used 
by the Indians for staining yellow and for dyeing. It is a favorite 
remedy for catarrhal conditions of the mucous membrane and is used 
in dyspepsia, liver complaints, catarrh of the stomach and bowels, 
nasal catarrh, leucorrhcea, gonorrhoea etc. A variety of preparations 
of it are made both to take and use for injections, and the powdered 
root is often used in snuffs and douches for catarrh. 
Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

Hydrastin. The B. P. C. Formulary, 1901, gives the following for- 
mula for this preparation : 

Hydrastis Rhizome, in No. 60 powder, 1 pound 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 747 

Moisten the rhizome with 8 fl. ounces of the alcohol ; pack in a per- 
colator ; gradually pour on more alcohol until the hydrastis is ex- 
hausted ; collect the liquid and remove the alcohol by distillation ; 
evaporate the residue to dryness and reduce to a fine powder. Transfer 
immediately to a well-closed bottle. Dose, y 2 to 2 grains. 

This consists chiefly of berberine, hydrastine, and the resinous 
matter of the root. It will be seen that this is simply a dry alcoholic 
extract of the drug. 

HYDRAZINE. Diamine. 
N 2 H 4 . 

This is a general poison to animal and vegetable life. It kills the 
germs of mould, and 1 part in 1000 destroys bacteria. It is a valuable 
preservative for anatomical specimens and vegetable or animal sol- 
utions, but owing to its poisonous nature it cannot be used in articles 
intended to be used as food. 

Hydrazine Sulphate. This may be prepared by neutralizing diluted 
sulphuric acid with hydrazine, concentrating and crystallizing. It is 
much more soluble than the alkaloid. 

HYDROGENUM — HYDROGEN. 

Symbol H; Atomic Weight (0=i6) 1.008; Sp. gr. 1. 

The element Hydrogen is a colorless, odorless, inflammable gas, 
the lightest of all known substances. It rarely exists in nature in a 
free state, but combined with other substances in gases, liquids and 
solids, from which it may be obtained by chemical action. 

In chemistry it is one of the most important elements, being used as 
the standard of comparison for all others, its atomic weight being 
taken as unity. It unites with all the gaseous elements, and a few 
metals and not-metals, forming binary compounds called Hydrides. 
It is present in water, in all true acids, and in all organic radicals. Its 
affinity in the molecules of substances is less than that of most metals 
and other basic substances, and it is therefore replaced wholly or 
partly in the molecules by other bases when they are brought to- 
gether. It forms gaseous binary combinations with the haloid ele- 
ments, bromine, chlorine, iodine and fluorine, the solutions of which 
in water are called Hydroacids, as hydrobromic acid etc. It forms 
compounds with antimony, arsenic, copper, phosphorus, sulphur, sel- 
enium, silicon and tellurium. With oxygen it forms two oxides, 
water, H 2 0, and hydrogen dioxide, H 2 (X, and with nitrogen it unites, 
forming ammonia, H 3 N. Its compounds with carbon form an exten- 
sive series of radicals known as Hydrocarbons, among which are in- 
cluded the alcohol and benzene radicals ; and it is a constituent of all 
alkaloids and other principles of plants. 

Hydrogen Dioxide or Peroxide. H 2 2 . This is made by decom- 
posing barium dioxide by hydrochloric acid in the presence of ice- 



748 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

cold water, and the precipitation of the newly formed barium chloride 
by means of silver sulphate, hydrogen dioxide remaining in solution. 

It is liberated from barium dioxide by the action of phosphoric and 
sulphuric acids. (See Aqua Hydrogenii Dioxide). The solution of 
this gas in water has come into extensive use in the past few years for 
various purposes. It is used in surgery as an antiseptic and is much 
employed also as a bleaching agent, especially for hair, which it 
bleaches to a rich golden color. Blondine, a proprietary preparation 
for this purpose, is chiefly composed of this solution. 

Hydracids. The inorganic acids which are formed by the combina- 
tion of hydrogen with non-metallic elements, and do not contain 
oxygen, are known as Hydracids. They are hydrobromic acid, hydro- 
chloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrosulphuric acid, hydriodic acid and 
hydrocyanic acid. 

HYDROQUINONE. Quinol. 

Hydrochinonum. Paradioxybenzolum. 

C 6 H 4 (OH) 2 =no. 

This preparation is isomeric with resorcin, and is made by oxidizing 
aniline with chromic acid and reducing the quinone, C 6 H 4 2 , which 
is formed, with sulphurous acid. It is crystalline, antifermentative, 
antiseptic and antipyretic. Dose, 8 to 12 grains. Also used as a 
developer in photography. 

HYOSCINE. 

C 17 H 23 N0 3 . 
One of the alkaloids obtained from hyoscyamus. It is a liquid of 
the consistence of glycerin, and is obtained in a similar manner as 
atropine or other similar alkaloids. Its salts are generally used in med- 
icine, the hydrobromide being now official in the U. S. Besides this 
salt, hyoscine hydrochloride, hyoscine hydriodide, and hyoscine sul- 
phate are prepared in the same manner, and have the same proper- 
ties and dose as the hydrobromide. 

HYOSCINE HYDROBROMIDUM. U. S., Br. 
Hyoscine Hydrobromide. 

C 17 H 21 N0 4 -HBr+3H 2 0=434-92. 

"The hydrobromide [HBrC 17 H 21 N0 4 +3H 2 0] of an alkaloid, 
chemically identical with scopolamine, obtained from hyoscyamus 
and other plants of the Solanaceae. It should be kept in well-stop- 
pered, amber-colored vials. "<U. S. 

"The hydrochloride of an alkaloid contained in hyoscyamus leaves, 
different species of scopola, and possibly other solanaceous plants." 
<Br. Syn. Scopolamine Hydrobromide. 

This may be prepared by neutralizing hydrobromic acid with the 
liquid alkaloid hyoscine, and concentrating the solution to an amor- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 749 

phous powder. It is given in trituration or tablet triturates, the dose 
being 1 / 20 to 1 / 00 grain; also in solution by hypodermic injection, 
Vioo to V 100 grain. 

Average dose. — 0.0005 Gm.=o.5 milligramme ( 1 / 12S grain). 

HYOSCYAMINE. 

C 1T H 23 N0 3 =289. 

This alkaloid is obtained chiefly from hyoscyamus, but is also found 
in belladonna and other species of solanace?e. It may be prepared 
from hyoscyamus in the same manner as is directed for making 
atropine from belladonna, or by precipitating a solution of hyoscy- 
amine sulphate with ammonia water. It is in the form of white silky 
crystals. The soluble salts are generally used in practice. Hyoscy- 
amine hydrobromide and sulphate are official in the U. S. P. 
Hyoscyamine hydrochloride and hyoscyamine hydriodide are also 
made and sometimes used, the dose being the same as the sulphate. 

HYOSCYAMINE HYDROBROMIDUM. U. S. 
Hyoscyamine Hydrobromide. 

C 1T H 23 N0 3 -HBr=367.40. 

"The hydrobromide [HBrC 17 H 23 N0 3 ] of an alkaloid obtained from 
hyoscyamus, and other plants of the Solanaceae. It should be kept in 
small, well-stoppered vials." <U. S. 

This may be prepared by neutralizing hydrobromic acid with 
hyoscyamine alkaloid, and concentrating by evaporation at a low 
degree of heat to an amorphous powder. 

It is anodyne, hypnotic and antispasmodic, used chiefly by hypo- 
dermic injection. Dose, 1 / 120 to 1 / fi0 grain. 

Average dose. — 0.0005 Gm.=o.5 milligramme ( 1 / 128 grain). 

HYOSCYAMINiE SULPHAS. U. S., Br. 

Hyoscyamine Sulphate. 
(C 17 H 23 N0 3 ) 2 H 2 SO 4 =67i.43. 

"The neutral sulphate [S0 2 (OH) 2 *(C 17 H 23 N0 3 ) 2 ] of an alkaloid 
obtained from hyoscyamus and other plants of the Solanaceae. It 
should be kept in small, well-stoppered vials." <U. S. 

"The sulphate of an alkaloid contained in hyoscyamus leaves, and 
possibly other Solanaceous plants." < Br. 

This may be prepared by neutralizing diluted sulphuric acid with 
the alkaloid hyoscyamine, and concentrating by a low degree of heat 
to an amorphous powder. It is used for the same purposes and in the 
same dose as the hydrobromide. 

Average dose. — 0.0005 Gm.=o.5 milligramme (V123 grain). 



750 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

HYOSCYAMUS. U. S. Hyoscyamus. 
Hyoscyami Folia. Br. Hyoscyamus Leaves. Henbane Leaves. 

''The dried leaves and flowering tops of Hyoscyamus Niger, Linne 
(Fam. Solanacese), collected from plants of the second year's growth; 
and yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 0.08 
percent, of mydriatic alkaloids." <U. S. 

''The fresh leaves and flowers, with the branches to which they are 
attached, of Hyoscyamus niger, Linn. ; also the leaves and the flower- 
ing tops, separated from the branches and carefully dried. Col- 
lected from the flowering biennial plants." < Br. 

This plant, which is commonly called "henbane," is a large herb 
having an offensive odor, which grows as a weed on waste ground 
throughout the northern and western United States, and throughout 
northern and central Europe. Its tinctures and fluidextracts are con- 
siderably used in medicine ; also the solid extract prepared from the 
fresh or dried tops, and hyoscyamus oil, which is an infusion of the 
fresh plant in olive oil. The root and seeds are also used in medicine. 
The dose of the powdered leaves is from 5 to 10 grains, but the fluid 
preparations or the solid extract are generally given. Its properties 
are similar to belladonna. Two alkaloids, which will be found under 
other titles, are obtained from the plant. ' 

Average dose of powdered leaves. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes 
(4 grains). 

HYPERIDAL 606. 

This is a name given to Prof. Ehrlick's latest syphilis remedy — a 
later combination than Salversan, "606." It is said to be only one-third 
as toxic as the latter. It is put up in tubes and labeled "Hy." Little 
is yet known of it except as stated by its manufacturers. 

ICHTHYOL. Ammonium Ichthyol Sulphonate. 

C 28 H 3C S 3 6 (NH 4 ), 
This substance is prepared by the dry distillation of a certain bitum- 
inous mineral containing fossil fish. The portion passing over be- 
tween 200 and 225 °C. is collected, treated with an excess of concen- 
trated sulphuric acid, then with ammonium carbonate or other alkali, 
to free it from excess of acid. It is a thick, tarry, brownish liquid, 
containing from 10 to 15 percent, of sulphur combined in a form not 
easily separated, nor yet well understood. It is freely soluble in 
water and in a mixture of alcohol and glycerin, but only sparingly sol- 
uble in alcohol alone. It mixes freely with oils. Ichthyol is used as an 
application in cutaneous affections and for inflammatory conditions, 
gonorrhoea etc. It is made into an ointment with petrolatum from 5 
to 50 percent, strength. It may be used as an injection, 1 to 2 per- 
cent., with olive oil or mineral glycerin. It* is sometimes given in- 
ternally in emulsion in doses of from 3 to 10 minims, also in pills or 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 751 

capsules. Ichthyol ammonium and ichthyol sodium are similar, vary- 
ing only in the alkali used in neutralizing excess of acid. 

INFUSA — INFUSIONS. 

Infusions are preparations in which the medicinal strength of the 
drug is obtained by infusing or steeping it in hot water without boil- 
ing. They were formerly much used, but, on account of the superior 
convenience and greater reliability of fluidextracts and other modern 
galenicals, are now but little employed except by the "old time" phy- 
sicians. The present U. S. P. contains 3 of the 31 infusions that were 
formerly official. The Br. P. contains 22. 

As infusions (with the exception of Infusion Digitalis of the U. S. 
P.), contain no alcohol or other preservative, they will keep only for 
a short time and must be freshly made when wanted. 

It has become the custom in this country when infusions are 
wanted for prescriptions, to mix the fluidextract of the drug directed, 
an equivalent quantity, with the water directed to be used. 

This practice, although very convenient, is not to be commended. 

The following are the infusions official in the U. S. P. : 
General Formula for Infusions. 

The U. S. P. gives a general formula for infusions not specified in 
the pharmacopoeia, from which they may be prepared, as follows: 
The substance, coarsely comminuted, 50 Gm. (or ]/ 2 ounce av.). 
Boiling Water, 1000 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces). 
Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Introduce the substance into a suitable vessel provided with a 
cover, pour upon it the boiling water, cover the vessel tightly and let 
it stand for half an hour in a warm place. Then strain, with ex- 
pression, and pass enough water through the strainer to make the 
infusion measure 1000 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces). "<U. S. 
By Water-Bath Percolation. 

It is evident from the nature of infusions that the water-bath perco- 
lator is the most convenient vessel in which to make them. 

This formula may be used for making all infusions which may be 
prescribed or directed, except those for which formulae are given : 
The substance, coarsely ground, 1 part or 1 ounce 

Water, sufficient to make 20 parts or 20 ounces 

Having adjusted the perforated diaphragm or strainer in the bottom 
of a small-sized percolator, put the substance in the percolator and 
pour boiling water upon it. Cover the percolator closely with the 
cover, and having filled the vessel surrounding the percolator two- 
thirds full of hot water, heat nearly to boiling, continue the heat mod- 
erately for half an hour and draw off the liquid by means of the stop- 
cock, adding enough water through the percolator to make 20 parts of 
the preparation. 



Formulary 


Part 


S. Infusion 


of Digitalis. 


15 Gm. or 


200 grains 


100 Cc. or 


3 ti. ounces 


150 Cc. or 


4.y 2 fl. ounces 


500 Cc. or 


15 fl. ounces 



752 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

INFUSUM DIGITALIS. U. 

Digitalis, bruised, 

Alcohol, 

Cinnamon Water, 

Boiling Water, 

Cold Water, a sufficient quantity 

To make tooo Cc. or 30 fl. ounces 

"'Upon the digitalis, contained in a suitable vessel, pour the boiling 
water, and allow it to macerate for 1 hour. Then strain, add the al- 
cohol and cinnamon water to the strained liquid, and pass enough 
cold water through the residue on the strainer to make the product 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 30 fl. ounces). "<U. S. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 



INFUSUM PRUNI VIRGINIANS. 

Infusion of Wild Cherry. 

Wild Cherry, in No. 20 powder, 40 Gm. or 
Glycerin, 50 Cc. or 

Water, q. s. to make 1000 Cc. or 



U. S. 



1 



ounce 
ounce 
fl. ounces 



"Moisten the powder with 60 Cc. (or \]/ 2 fl. ounces) of water, and 
allow it to macerate for 1 hour ; then pack it firmly in a conical glass 
percolator, and, having placed the glycerin in the receiving bottle, 
gradually pour water upon the powder and continue the percolation 
until the infusion measures 1000 Cc. (or 25 fl. ounces). Mix well." 
<U. S. 

Average dose. — 60 Cc. (2 fl. ounces). 

It will be observed that cold water, instead of boiling water is used 
in making this infusion. 

INFUSUM SENNiE COMPOSITUM. U. S. 

Compound Infusion of Senna. 

Senna, 60 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Manna, 120 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Magnesium Sulphate, 120 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Fennel, bruised, 20 Gm. or 146 grains 

Boiling Water, 800 Cc. or 14 fl. ounces 

Cold Water, q. s. to make 1000 Cc. or 16 fl. ounces 

"Upon the senna, manna, and fennel, contained in a suitable vessel, 
pour the boiling water, and allow it to macerate for half an hour. 
Then strain, with expression ; dissolve the magnesium sulphate in the 
infusion and again strain. Lastly add enough cold water through 
the strainer to make the infusion measure 1000 Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces)." 
<U. S. 
Average dose. — 120 Cc. (4 fl. ounces). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 753 

This infusion was formerly a very popular cathartic, and was 
known as Black Draught. 

Infusions of the Br. P. 

The following are the infusions now official in the Br. P., most of 
them were formerly official in the U. S. P. 

Infusum Aurantii. Infusion of Orange Peel. Dried bitter orange 
peel, cut small, I ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; distilled water, boiling, 20 fl.- 
ounces (or 1000 Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel for 15 minutes, 
strain. Dose, / 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Aurantii Compositum. Compound Infusion of Orange 
Peel. Dried bitter orange peel, cut small, y 2 ounce (or 25 Gm.) ; 
fresh lemon peel, cut small, y ounce (or 12.5 Gm.) ; cloves, bruised, 
55 grains (or 6.25 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water, 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 
Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel for 15 minutes, strain. Dose, / 2 to 1 
fl. ounce. 

Infusum Buchu. Infusion of Buchu. Buchu leaves, freshly broken, 
1 ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water, 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 
Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel for 15 minutes, strain. Dose 1 to 2 
fl. ounces. 

Infusum Calumbae. Infusion of Columba, Columba root, thinly 
sliced, 1 ounces (or 50 Gm.) ; distilled water, 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 
Cc). Infuse for half an hour, strain. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Carophylli. Infusion of Cloves. Cloves, bruised, y 2 ounce 
(or 25 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). Infuse 
in a covered vessel for 15 minutes, strain. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Cascarillas. Infusion of Cascarilla. Cascarilla, in No. 10 
powder, 1 ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 fl. ounces (or 
1000 Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel for 15 minutes, strain. Dose, 
y 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Chiratae. Infusion of Chiretta. Chiretta, 1 ounce (or 50 
Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). Infuse in a 
covered vessel 15 minutes, strain. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Cinchonae Acidum. Acid Infusion of Cinchona. Red cin- 
chona bark, in No. 40 powder, 1 ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; aromatic sul- 
phuric acid 2 fl. drachms (or 12^ Cc) ; boiling distilled water 20 fl.- 
ounces (or 1000 Cc). Mix the red cinchona bark with the distilled 
water in a covered vessel, add the aromatic sulphuric acid, infuse for 
t hour, strain. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Cuspariae. Infusion of Cusparia. Cusparia bark, in No. 20 
powder, 1 ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; distilled water, boiling, 20 fl. ounces (or 
1000 Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel for 15 minutes, strain. Dose, 1 
to 2 fl. ounces. 

Infusum Digitalis. Infusion of Digitalis. Digitalis leaves, in No. 
20 powder, 60 grains (or 6.8 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 fl. ounces 
(or 1000 Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel for 15 minutes, strain. 
Dose, 2 to 4 fl. drachms. 



754 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Infusum Ergotae. Infusion of Ergot. Ergot, freshly crushed, I 
ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). 
Infuse in a covered vessel for 15 minutes, strain. Dose, 1 to 2 fl. ounces. 

Infusum Gentianae Compositum. Compound Infusion of Gentian. 
Gentian root, thinly sliced, y ounce (or 12.5 Gm.) ; dried bitter orange 
peel, cut small, y ounce (or 25 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 fl.- 
ounces (or 1000 Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel 15 minutes, strain. 
Dose y 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Krameriae. Infusion of Krameria. Krameria root, bruised, 
1 ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc). 
Infuse in a covered vessel 15 minutes, strain. Dose, ]/ 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Lupuli. Infusion of Hops. Hops, freshly broken, 1 ounce 
(or 50 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc). Infuse 
in a covered vessel 15 minutes, strain. Dose, 1 to 2 fl. ounces. 

Infusum Quassiae. Infusion of Quassia. Quassia wood, rasped, 88 
grains (or 10 Gm.) ; distilled water 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc). Infuse 
in a covered vessel 15 minutes, strain. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Rhei. Infusion of Rhubarb. Rhubarb root, in thin slices, 1 
ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc). 
Infuse in a closed vessel 15 minutes, strain. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Rosae Acidum. Acid Infusion of Roses. Red rose petals, 
dried and broken, y 2 ounce (or 25 Gm.) ; diluted sulphuric acid 2 fl.- 
drachms (or 12.5 Cc.) ; boiling distilled water 20 ounces (or 100 Cc). 
Add the diluted sulphuric acid to the distilled water, infuse the red 
rose petals in the mixture in a covered vessel for 15 minutes, strain. 
Dose, '^2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

■Infusum Scoparii. Infusion of Broom. Broom tops, dried and bruis- 
ed, 2 ounces (or 100 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 ounces (or 1000 
Cc). Infuse in a closed vessel 15 minutes, strain. Dose, 1 to 2 
fl. ounces. 

Infusum Senegae. Infusion of Senega. Senega root, in No. 40 pow- 
der, 1 ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 ounces (or 1000 
Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel half an hour, strain. Dose, )/ 2 to 1 
fl. ounce. 

Infusum Sennae. Infusion of Senna. Senna, 2 ounces (or 100 Gm.) ; 
ginger, sliced, 55 grains (or 6.25 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 
ounces (or 1000 Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel 15 minutes, strain. 
Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. ounce ; as a draught, 2 fl. ounces. 

Infusum Serpentariae. Infusion of Serpentary. Serpentary rhizome, 
in No. 10 powder, 1 ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 
ounces (or 1000 Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel 15 minutes, strain. 
Dose, T / 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

Infusum Uvae Ursi. Infusion of Bearberry. Bearberry leaves, 
bruised, 1 ounce (or 50 Gm.) ; boiling distilled water 20 ounces (or 
1000 Cc). Infuse in a covered vessel 15 minutes, strain. Dose, y 2 
to 1 fl.ounce. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 755 

INFUSA CONCENTRATA. Concentrated Infusions. 

The B. P. C. Formulary gives two formulas for concentrated in- 
fusions that will be recognized as useful preparations to keep on hand 
for the preparation of the regular infusions of digitalis and gentian 
compound. The formulas are : 

Infusum Digitalis Concentratum. Concentrated Infusion of Digitalis. 
Digitalis Leaves, in No. 20 powder, 480 grains 

Alcohol, (90%), 5 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

Macerate the digitalis with 15 fl. ounces of water for 24 hours, strain, 
and to 10 rl. ounces of the strained liquor add the alcohol. Again 
macerate the leaves with a second 15 fl. ounces of distilled water for 6 
hours and strain; macerate with a third 15 fl. ounces of distilled water 
for 6 hours, then strain. Mix the residue of the first with the second 
and third liquors, and evaporate at a low temperature to 5 fl. ounces, 
and add it to the portion set aside to make 20 fl. ounces. 

This is eight times the strength of the Br. P. Infusum Digitalis. 

Dose, 15 to 30 minims. 

Infusum Gentianae Compositum Concentratum. 
Concentrated Compound Infusion of Gentian. 

Gentian Root, in No. 20 powder, 2 ounces 

Dried Bitter Orange Peel, 2 ounces 

Dried Lemon Peel, 1 ounce 

Tincture of Fresh Lemon Peel, 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, (90%), 4 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Mix the gentian, bitter orange and dried lemon peel, and pour over 
them 20 fl. ounces of distilled water ; macerate 24 hours and press off 
the liquor. Reserve 10 fl. ounces, and add to it the tincture of lemon 
peel and alcohol. Treat the marc with two further macerations of 20 
fl. ounces of distilled water for 6 hours each, press off, and mix the 
liquors, adding any left from the first maceration. Evaporate to 5 
fl. ounces, and add it to the first portion to make 20 fl. ounces. 

This is eight times the strength of the B. P. Infusum Gentianae 
Compositum. 

Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

INJECTIO HYPODERMICA — HYPODERMIC INJECTIONS. 

Hypodermic Injections of the Br. P. 

Injectio Apomorphinae Hypodermica. Hypodermic Injection of 
Apomorphine. Apomorphine hydrochloride 1 grain (or 0.1 Gm.), di- 
luted hydrochloric acid 1 minim (or 0.1 Cc), distilled water no 



756 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

minims (or 10 Cc), or a sufficient quantity. Boil the distilled water 
for a few minutes; cool; add the diluted hydrochloric acid; dissolve 
the apomorphine hydrochloride in the resulting liquid ; add, if neces- 
sary, sufficient recently boiled and cooled distilled water to produce 
no minims (or 10 Cc.) of the injection. 

Dose, by subcutaneous injection, 5 to 19 minims. This injection 
should be recently prepared, no minims contain 1 grain of the salt; 
100 Cc. contain 1 gramme. 

Injectio Cocainae Hypodermica. Hypodermic Injection of Cocaine. 
Cocaine hydrochloride 33 grains (or 1 Gm.). salicylic acid l / 2 grain 
(or 0.015 Gm.), distilled water 6 fl. drachms (or 10 Cc), or a sufficient 
quantity. Boil the distilled water ; add the salicylic acid ; dissolve the 
cocaine hydrochloride in the solution when cool ; add, if necessary, 
sufficient recently boiled and cooled distilled water to produce 6 fl.- 
drachms (or 10 Cc.) of the injection. 

Dose, by subcutaneous injection, 5 to 10 minims, no minims con- 
tain about 10 grains of cocaine hydrochloride ; 100 Cc. contain 10 Gm. 

Injectio Curare Hypodermica. Hypodermic Injection of Curare. 
Curare (the South American Indian arrow poison), 5 grains, distilled 
water a sufficient quantity. Reduce the curare to powder in such a 
way as to prevent its coming in contact with the naked hand, and 
add distilled water to form a thin paste. Transfer to a small funnel 
plugged with cotton-wool, and gradually pour upon it distilled water 
until 1 fl. drachm is obtained. If the injection be required in haste, 
proceed in the following manner: — To the 5 grains of curare reduced 
to powder, add 1 fl. drachm of distilled water, throw on a filter, and 
when the liquid ceases to drop pour over the contents of the filter dis- 
tilled water sufficient to produce 1 fl. drachm. Dose, by subcutaneous 
injection, 1 to 6 minims. B. P. C. 

Injectio Ergotae Hypodermica. Hypodermic Injection of Ergot. 
Extract of ergot 100 grains (or 10 Gm.), phenol 3 grains (or 0.3 Gm.), 
distilled water 220 minims (or a sufficient quantity). Mix the phenol 
with the distilled water; boil for a few minutes, cool; add the extract 
of ergot, and, if necessary, sufficient recently boiled and cooled dis- 
tilled water to produce 330 minims (or 30 Cc.) of the injection. 

Dose, by subcutaneous injection, 3 to 10 minims. This injection 
should be recently prepared, no minims contain about 33 grains of 
extract of ergot ; 100 Cc. contain about 33 Gm. 

Injectio Morphinae Hypodermica. Hypodermic Injection of Mor- 
phine. Morphine tartrate 50 grains (or 5 Gm.), distilled water, a 
sufficient quantity. Dissolve the morphine tartrate in sufficient re- 
cently boiled and cooled distilled water to produce 1100 minims (or 
100 Cc.) of the injection. 

Dose, by subcutaneous injection, 2 to 5 minims, no minims con- 
tain 5 grain of morphine tartrate ; 100 Cc. contain 5 Gm. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 757 

IODOFORMUM. U. S., Br. Iodoform. 
CHI 3 =390.6i. 

"Triiodomethane, usually obtained by the action of iodine upon al- 
cohol, in the presence of an alkali or alkaline carbonate. Iodoform 
should be kept in well-stoppered bottles in a cool and dark place.'" 
<U. S. 

"Iodoform, or tri-iodomethane, CHI 3 , is a product of the action of 
iodine on ethylic alcohol in the presence of solution of potassium car- 
bonate."<Br. 

This was first prepared by Serullas in 1822, but was not known in 
medicine for some time afterwards. It was first made official in the 
1870 U. S. P. 

To prepare iodoform, Felhol's process is usually chosen as being 
most economical. Two parts of crystallized sodium carbonate are 
dissolved in 10 parts of water and 1 part of alcohol, by the aid of 
gentle heat ; 1 part of iodine is then added to the solution in small 
portions, and, after cooling, the crystals are collected, and the solu- 
tion, or mother liquor, filtered. This is warmed, 2 parts of sodium 
carbonate are again added, and a current of chlorine passed rapidly 
through the mixture as long as iodoform is separated. The crystals 
are then washed with a little cold water and carefully dried. 

Iodoform is nearly insoluble in water, but soluble in ether, alcohol, 
chloroform, benzin and oils. It has a peculiar, disagreeable odor, 
which makes it objectionable in medicines, but this may be in a 
measure overcome by the addition of oil of peppermint or other 
strongly flavored oils. 

Uses. Iodoform is given internally as an alterative, in doses of 1 to 
3 grains, but is chiefly used in the form of ointment, in suppositories, 
and as a dusting for sores, ulcers, syphilitic growths and diseased 
surfaces. It is also largely used as a surgical dressing in the form of 
iodoform cotton and gauze, which is made by dissolving 24 grains 
of iodoform in a mixture of 4 fl. drachms of alcohol with 2 drachms of 
ether, and adding 2 drachms of glycerin, saturating 360 grains of 
purified cotton or gauze with the liquid, and drying by exposure to 
the air. 

Average dose, internally. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

Iodoform Substitutes. 

Many preparations of iodoform have been introduced, and, owing to 
its disagreeable odor, many devices for disguising its odor, and many 
substitutes have been proposed. The following are mentioned: 

Iodol Caffeine is a combination of iodol and caffeine. Uses similar 
to iodol. 

Iodo-Casein. A yellowish, odorless powder, recommended as a sub- 
stitute for iodoform. 



758 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Iodoform Substitute. Acetanilid 4 ounces, boric acid 4 ounces. Re- 
duce them to impalpable powder and pass through a fine sieve. 

Iodol. Tetraiodopyrrol. Produced by the interaction of iodine and 
pyrrol in alcoholic solutions. The solutions are mixed, allowed to 
stand for 24 hours with frequent agitation, the mixture is then diluted 
with water and iodol separates. Iodol is a pale-yellow, crystalline, 
bulky powder without taste or odor, insoluble in water and only 
slightly soluble in alcohol. It is recommended as a substitute for 
iodoform for dusting, and may be given internally in doses of from 8 to 
15 grains. 

Iodomuth. A mixture of iodoform 20 parts, with bismuth subcar- 
bonate 80 parts. Used as a dusting for sores and ulcers, or may be 
administered internally in doses of 3 to 10 grains. 

Itrol. A fine, dry, odorless powder, used as a dusting for surgical 
dressing, also in ointment, 1 to 2 percent. A solution 1 : 4000 is used 
for disinfecting hands and instruments. 

IODUM. U. S., Br. Iodine. 

Symbol I; Atomic weight (0=i6) 126.92; Sp. gr. 4.95. 

Iodine is a non-metallic element, first discovered by De Courtois, 
in 1812, examined and described in 1813, by M. Clements, and as- 
signed a place as an element soon afterward by Sir H. Davy and M. 
Gay-Lussac. 

It is chiefly obtained from kelp, the ashes of sea-weeds gathered off 
the coast of Scotland, by percolating the ashes with water, filtering 
the percolate, concentrating it by evaporation to a small volume, re- 
moving the crystalline salts as they form in the liquid during evapor- 
ation, and adding finally to the dark-brown liquid residue, which is 
called iodine lye, sulphuric acid in excess. After standing, the liquid 
is decanted, heated to about I40°F., and mixed with manganese di- 
oxide, as much as was used of acid. The whole is then introduced 
into a cylindrical leaden still, heat is applied and the vapor of. iodine 
which rises is condensed in glass receivers. It is then "resublimed," 
and in this form is furnished to the trade. 

Iodine, Bromine, Chlorine and Fluorine are classed in chemistry as 
halogens (salt producers). Their characteristics and properties are 
similar. 

Iodides. Iodine unites with most of the metallic bases forming a 
class of salts called Iodides ; with hydrogen it forms hydriodic acid 
which also combines with bases to form iodides, the hydrogen being 
displaced. 

Iodates. With oxygen it forms iodic and periodic anhydrides, 
which unite with bases in the presence of water, forming iodates. 

In pharmacy iodine is used in the form of tincture, solutions and 
ointments, and for making hydriodic acid, iodoform and many well 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 759 

known salts etc. Medicinally, it is seldom used in solution or admix- 
ture with other substances. The combinations of iodine with bases 
are noticed under the basic substances. The following are the com- 
binations of iodine with hydrogen and oxygen, called acids : 

Acids of Iodine. 

Hydriodic Acid. HI. A solution of this gas in water is made by 
passing a current of hydrosulphuric acid gas through a solution of 
iodine until it acquires a pure yellowish-color and ceases to turn 
brown on shaking. A simple process for preparing this acid is now 
official in the. U. S. P. under the title Acidum Hydriodicum, which 
see. This contains 10 percent, of real hydriodic acid in solution. 

The syrup of hydriodic acid, which is official, contains i percent, of 
the real acid. 

Iodic Acid or Anhydride. HIO a . This is made by heating i part of 
iodine with 10 parts of nitric acid in a retort until the iodine is dis- 
solved and fumes cease to be evolved. The solution is then evaporated 
and the residue heated to 20O°F., until all traces of nitric acid are re- 
moved. The white powder is Iodic Anhydride. 

Periodic Acid or Anhydride. HI0 4 . By adding I part of iodine to 7 
parts of sodium carbonate dissolved in 100 parts of water, and passing 
chlorine into the heated liquid until a precipitate ceases to form. Col- 
lect this precipitate, dissolve it in pure nitric acid then add silver 
nitrate, and dissolve the precipitate which forms in hot diluted nitric 
acid. Concentrate the solution and crystallize, then re-dissolve the 
crystals in water and re-crystallize. 

Iodine Compounds. 

Iodine and its compounds are more fully considered in the Chemical 
Section, Part I. 

Iodine Bromide, Iodine Chloride, Iodine Cyanide, Iodine Tri- 
chloride have recently been introduced. The latter is attracting some 
attention as an antiseptic and antizymotic in the treatment of cutan- 
eous diseases, gonorrhoea etc., and for internal administration for fer- 
mentive- dyspepsia etc. A solution is made for external use, 1 : 1000, 
and the dose internally is y% grain. 

Iodantipyrine or Iodopyrine is, as the name suggests, a compound of 
iodine and antipyrine, one atom of hydrogen in the benzene nucleus 
being replaced by iodine. It is a white, crystalline substance, having 
similar properties as antipyrine, and is given for the same conditions 
and in the same doses, 8 to 15 grains. 

Iodalbin. A combination of iodine with albumin. A reddish-brown 
powder soluble in alkali solutions. Dose 5 to 15 grains. 

Iodipin. A 10 percent, solution of iodine in sesame oil. Prepared 
by heating them together at a moderate heat until solution is effected. 
A yellowish, oily fluid having the properties of iodine and used as an 
alterative in doses of 1 to 4 drachms. 



760 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Iodo-Caffeine. A combination of iodine and caffeine, in colorless 
crystals, recommended in heart and liver troubles. Dose, 5 to 7 grains. 

Iodo-Phenine. Iodophenacetine. In fine crystals resembling potas- 
sium permanganate. It is antiseptic and irritant, and may be used in 
antiseptic ointments. 

Iodothyrine. Thyroidin. A thyroid combination forming a nearly 
white powder which does not decompose. It is an alterative and dis- 
cutient. Dose 5 to 10 grains. 

IODOLUM. U. S. Iodol. 
C 4 I 4 -NH=566.i7. 

"Tetraiodopyrrol, a derivative of the base pyrrol, obtained by the 
direct action of iodine upon the base in the presence of alcohol. Iodol 
should be preserved in amber-colored bottles, protected from light." 
<U. S. 

This is a light grayish-brown crystalline powder, without odor or 
taste. It is soluble in about 4900 parts of water, 9 parts of alcohol, 
1.5 parts of ether, 105 parts of chloroform, at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Uses. This is intended as an odorless substitute for iodoform, hav- 
ing the same properties and action. Used as a dressing and dusting 
for wounds and sores and internally as an antiseptic and absorbent. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

IPECACUANHA. U. S. Ipecac. 
Ipecacuanhae Radix. Br. Ipecacuanha Root. 

"The dried root, to which may be attached a portion of the stem 
not exceeding 7 Cm. in length, of Cephaelis Ipecacuanha (Brotero) 
A. Richard (Fam. Rubiacese), known commercially as Rio, Brazilian 
or Para ipecac, or the corresponding portion of C. acuminata, Karsten, 
known commercially as Carthegena ipecac, yielding, when assayed by 
the process given, not less than 2 percent, of ipecac alkaloids." <U. S. 

"The dried root of Psychotria Ipecacuanha, Stokes." < Br. 

The plant is a native of Brazil, but is found in other South American 
states. It is gathered and chiefly exported from Rio Janiero and ad- 
jacent ports. 

The root is extensively used in medicine as an expectorant and 
emetic, a fluidextract being official in the U. S. P., a liquid extract in 
the Br. P., and several othei preparations in which it is the important 
medicament. The powdered root is an ingredient of Dover's Powder, 
and is used in many forms as an ingredient of powders, pills, troches 
etc. The dose of the powder as an expectorant and diaphoretic is 
from y A to 2 grains, and as an emetic from 15 to 30 grains. (Br.). 

Average dose. — (U. S.). Expectorant, 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes 
(1 grain). Emetic, 1 Gm. (15 grains). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 761 

Emetine. This alkaloid was isolated by Pelletier in 1817, and may 
be prepared in a similar manner as other alkaloids from roots and 
barks. It is a very powerful emetic, the dose being ]/% grain, repeated 
every 15 minutes until emesis occurs. 

Emetin. This is a principle obtained from ipecac, having the nature 
of a glucoside, and from it, by the action of an acid, ipecacuanhic acid 
may be obtained. 

It does not, like emetine, represent the active principles of the root. 

ISOPRAL. 

Trichlorisopropyl alcohol. A crystalline volatile substance, having 
a camphorous odor and taste. Soluble in 30 parts of water and freely 
soluble in alcohol and ether. It is used as a hypnotic. Dose 10 to 30 
grains. 

Izal. A liquid resembling creolin and containing varying pro- 
portions of cresols, hydrocarbons and water. Used for the same pur- 
pose and in the same manner as creolin. 

JALAPA. U. S. Jalap. 

"The dried tuberous root of Exoyonium Purga (Wenderoth) Ben- 
than (Fam. Convolvulaceae) ; yielding, when assayed by the process 
given, not less than 8 percent, of total resin, but not more than 1.5 
percent, of resin soluble in ether." <U. S. 

"The dried tubercules of Ipomcea Purga, Hayne."<Br. 

This tuber is official in all pharmacopoeias, different varieties being 
recognized in different countries, that used in this country being 
mostly obtained from Mexico. It is a purgative, pure and simple, and 
has been more used in the past than almost any other medicine. An 
extract and resin are official in the U. S., but the powdered tuber is 
more generally used than any other form. The dose of the powder, as 
a purgative, is from 10 to 30 grains, of the extract, from 4 to 7 grains. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

Convulvin. C 31 H 50 O 16 . This name is given to a glucosidal principle 
obtained from jalap, which represents in a high degree, the activity of 
the tuber. It is also called rhodeoretin. 

Jalapin. C 34 H 50 O 18 . This is another principle obtained from jalap 
which differs from cpnvulvin in being soluble in ether, while convulvin 
is not. 

From both of these glucosides acids are produced, the former 
known as convulvic acid, and the latter as jalapic acid. 
Resinae Jalapa. U. S. Jalapae Resina. Br. 
Resin of Jalap. Jalap Resin. 

The U. S. P. directs jalap in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. (or 1 pound), 
to be moistened with alcohol, packed firmly in a percolator, covered 
with alcohol and allowed to stand 48 hours, then percolated, adding 



762 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

alcohol through the percolator until 2500 Cc. (or 2 l / 2 pints) of tinc- 
ture have been obtained. The alcohol is then to be distilled off until 
the tincture is reduced to 400 Gm. (or 6y 2 ounces), and this is to be 
added, with constant stirring, to 9000 Cc. (or 9 pints) of cold water. 
The precipitate is collected, washed twice with cold water, pressed 
and dried with gentle heat ; stirring occasionally until the moisture 
has evaporated. The Br. formula is about the same. 
Dose, 5 to 20 grains. 

KAOLINUM. U. S., Br. Kaolin. 

"A native aluminum silicate, chiefly of the pure Silicate [H 2 Al 2 Si z 8 
-j-H 2 0— 257.12], powdered and freed from gritty particles by elutria- 
tion."<U. S. 

"A native aluminum silicate, powdered and freed from gritty par- 
ticles by elutriation."<Br. 

This is commonly known as ''China Clay," and is now official in sev- 
eral pharmacopoeias. It may be employed in pharmacy for clearing 
liquids, by precipitation, or for filtering liquids clear, but its most 
important use is as the basis of Cataplasms similar to Antiphlogis- 
tine, which are how" so extensively used. See Cataplasma Kaolini. 

KERATIN. 

This substance is prepared from horn scrapings or from quills of 
bird feathers, by first treating them with pepsin combined with di- 
luted acid for some time, and afterwards dissolving the residue in 
ammonia water by macerating for several weeks, then evaporating 
to a fine mass which is afterwards powdered. By this treatment a 
substance is produced which is insoluble in the juices of the stomach, 
but dissolves readily in the pancreatic juice. It is therefore, used as 
a coating for pills, which are designed to pass unchanged through 
the stomach and be acted upon by the pancreatic juice, which, being 
alkaline, dissolves the keratin coating. 

KINO. U. S., Br. Kino. 

"The inspissated juice of Pterocarpus Marsupium, Roxburg (Fam. 
Leguminosae)."<U. S. 

"The juice obtained from incisions in the trunk of Pterocarpus Mar- 
supium, Roxby., evaporated to dryness." < Br. 

Kino is used in medicine chiefly as an astringent. A tincture is 
official in the U. S., Br., and several other pharmacopoeias. It is sol- 
uble in alcohol, but only slightly soiuble in cold w r ater. It is used in 
diarrhoeas, leucorrhcea and diabetes, or whenever a strong non-irritant 
astringent is indicated. It may be used in powder or combined with 
aromatics, or in tincture. Its solution in hot water may be used as an 
astringent lotion or injection. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 763 

It is also used as an addition to some kinds of wines that are de- 
ficient in astringency. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm. = 5oo milligrammes {jy 2 grains). 

LAC — MILK. 

Milk is obtained from the mammary glands of the cow, goat, sheep 
or mare, and is the source of many important articles employed in 
pharmacy and medicine. It consists of about 85 percent, of water and 
15 percent, of solid constituents, the most important of which are but- 
ter; casein, of which cheese is made; and milk-sugar. The following 
are the preparations used in pharmacy which are derived from milk : 

Koumiss. 

This is milk prepared as a beverage or nutritive drink for invalids. 
It was first introduced by the Russians, who made it by fermenting 
mare's milk, but it is now quite extensively made in this country from 
cow's milk, by adding to 1 gallon of sweet skimmed milk 4 ounces of 
white sugar and one-fourth cake of Vienna yeast. This is allowed to 
stand in a warm" place for a few hours and is then transferred to pint 
or quart bottles, which are tightly stopped and set in a w^arm place 
for a few hours to ferment and then put on their sides in a cool cellar. 
In about three days it is ready for use. Koumiss does not keep a 
great while, and when opened, like champagne, loses its gas and be- 
comes worthless. Small quantities, as wanted for use, may be drawn 
from the bottles by a champagne tap. 

The following formula appeared in The Formulary, Nov. 1892: 

Fresh milk 12 ounces, water 4 ounces, brown sugar 2]/ 2 drachms, 
compressed yeast 14 grains, milk sugar 1 ounce. Dissolve the milk 
sugar in the water and add to the milk, rub the yeast and brown 
sugar down in a mortar with a little of the mixture, then strain into 
the other portion. Strong bottles are very essential, champagne bot- 
tles being frequently used, and the corks should fit very tightly and be 
well driven in, and when fixed, should be wired down. Many failures 
result because the corks do not fit properly and allow the carbonic 
acid gas to escape as formed, leaving a worthless preparation. It is 
further necessary to keep the preparation at a moderate temperature, 
and to insure the article being properly finished the bottles are to be 
gently shaken each day for about ten minutes to prevent the clotting 
of caseine. It is well to take the precaution of rolling a cloth around 
the bottle during the shaking process, as the amount of gas generated 
is great, and should the bottle be of thin glass or contain a flaw, it 
might give away. Some few days elapse before the fermentation 
passes into the acid stage, and when this has taken place the prepar- 
ation is much thicker. It is then in the proper condition for use in 
sickness, being retained by the stomach when almost everything else 
is rejected. 



764 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Coca Koumiss may be made by the addition of fluidextract of coca 
or cocaine hydrochloride to the milk, and would be specially adapt- 
able in cancer of the stomach. 

Euonymized Koumiss is a suitable preparation for use in some cases 
of derangement of the liver in which food is rejected and a hepatic 
stimulant is required, combined with a slight sedative. To prepare 
this add fluidextract of euonymus 3 drachms to every 16 ounces of the 
diluted milk, then proceed as with ordinary koumiss. 

Malted Koumiss may be made as follows: Extract of malt i]/ 2 
ounces, compressed yeast 20 grains, brown sugar 10 grains, milk, to 
nearly fill a champagne pint bottle. 

Peptonized Koumiss. The easiest way of making a satisfactory 
preparation is by the following formula : 

Papaine 6 grains, milk, to nearly fill a champagne pint bottle, com- 
pressed yeast 20 grains, brown sugar 3 drachms. This does not keep 
very long. 

Meat and malt koumiss would constitute a serviceable preparation 
in consumption. 

Lacto-Somatose. A white, tasteless and odorless pow T der repre- 
senting the albuminous principle of milk, combined with 5 percent, of 
tannin. Used as a food for children w r ith intestinal troubles. Dose 
for children 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls daily. 

Condensed Milk. 

This is made by evaporating fresh milk in vacuo at a low temper- 
ature until the greater part of its water has been vaporized, and it is 
reduced to the consistence of a soft extract. It is only made in large 
establishments, and is usually put up in sealed cans. It is diluted with 
water and used as milk and may be used advantageously without di- 
lution for making emulsions. 

Powdered Milk. Milk is now prepared in the form of powder, by 
certain secret or patented processes. It is only necessary to t dissolve 
a little of this powder in water to produce a very good imitation of 
milk. 

Condensed Cream. This is prepared by vacuum evaporation in the 
same manner as condensed milk, and may be had put up in cans. 
This is, necessarily, evaporated at a lower temperature than milk, 
and when used, is diluted with water to the proper consistence. 

Casein, a constituent of milk, which, in the presence of an acid, 
curdles or separates from the liquid portion into "curd," the fluid por- 
tion remaining being called "whey." The curd is gathered and pressed 
into cheese, a well-known article of food. Casein has been proposed 
for emulsifying oils in making medicinal emulsions, (as it emulsifies 
the fatty constituent of milk). Milk contains an average of about 2^2 
percent, of dry casein. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 765 

Saccharated Casein containing 10 percent, of casein may be kept on 
hand for making emulsions. It may be prepared in this manner: To 
I gallon of milk, after standing for 10 to 12 hours, and removing the 
cream, add 1V2 fl. ounces of ammonia water and let stand 24 hours; re- 
move all the scum from the top and add to the milk, acetic or other 
acids, to separate the casein from the whey. Then collect the casein, 
press it strongly, wash it with a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate 
to neutralize acid, press as dry as possible, add 1 ounce of powdered 
borax and mix with sufficient sugar to make the finished preparation 
contain one-tenth of its weight of dry casein ; dry and reduce to pow- 
der. This may be used alone or mixed with an equal weight of gum 
arabic and used as an emulsifying agent. 

Saccharum Lactis. Milk Sugar. C 12 H 22 11 *H 2 0. When the 
casein and albuminous matter has been separated from milk, as in the 
process of making cheese, there remains a liquid called whey, which 
contains milk sugar in solution. This may be obtained by evaporating 
the whey, purifying the syrup obtained, and allowing the milk sugar 
to crystallize. The best milk sugar is obtained from goat's milk, but 
cow's milk yields a good quality when properly treated. (See Sacchar- 
um Lactis). 

Uses. Milk sugar is used in pharmacy as a dilutent to powerful al- 
kaloids and other medicines which are triturated with it to a very fine 
powder. It is used in making abstracts, powdered extracts, triturates, 
saccharated pepsins, and many other similar preparations. It is much 
harder and less soluble than other sugars. 

Acidum Lacticum. Lactic Acid. HC 3 H 3 3 . By standing, milk 
becomes sour, or rather, its milk sugar is converted by oxidation into 
lactic acid, which may be obtained from it by various processes. It 
is made, however, by manufacturing chemists from cane sugar by 
treating it with sulphuric acid until ''inverted,'' then adding caustic 
soda and heating the mixture until it ceases to precipitate Fehling's 
solution, showing the absence of sugar. To this sulphuric acid is ad- 
ded, which crystallizes out. The liquid is then mixed with alcohol, 
allowed to precipitate, and one-half the alcoholic solution heated with 
zinc carbonate until effervescence ceases ; the other half is then added, 
and, when cool, zinc lactate crystallizes out, which, when treated with 
hydrosulphuric acid yields zinc sulphide in crystals. Lactic acid 
remaining in solution. (See Acidum Lacticum). 

Uses. The salts of lactic acid, with bases, are called lactates, for 
making which it is chiefly employed. It is also used in making some 
solutions, syrups, elixirs etc., and in medicine to aid digestion. 
LACTOPHENIN. Lactyl-phenetidine. 

This is a derivative phenacetine combined with lactic acid. It is a 
readily soluble, crystalline, bitter powder, having properties similar to 
phenacetine for which it is used as a substitute. Dose 8 to 15 grains. 



766 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

LACTUCARIUM. U. S. 

"The concrete milk-juice of Lactuca virosa, Linne (Fam. Compos- 
itse)."<U. S. 

This is obtained from the plants of several varieties of lettuce, and 
gathered while the plants are still in flower, by making incisions in 
the flowering stem and scraping off the thick juice that collects, mass- 
ing it together and drying it to a mass of the consistence of a hard 
extract. It somewhat resembles opium in its effects and has been 
called lettuce opium. The dose is from 10 to 20 grains as an anodyne 
or hypnotic. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

Lactucin. This principle has been isolated from lactucarium and is 
supposed to be the active constituent of the drug. It is a sedative 
hypnotic, soluble in 70 parts of water and in alcohol. The dose is 
from 1 to 5 grains. 

LAMELLAE — DISCS. 

These are official in the Br. P. as follows: 

Lamellae Atropinae. Discs of Atropine. Discs of gelatin, with 
some glycerin, each weighing about ' 1 / po grain (or 1.3 milligramme), 
and containing Vsooo ( or °- OI 3 milligramme) of atropine sulphate. 

Lamellae Cocainae. Discs of Cocaine. Discs of gelatin with some 
glycerin, each weighing about 1 / 30 grain (or 2.17 milligrammes), and 
containing 1 / 50 grain (or 1.3 milligrammes) of cocaine hydrochloride. 

Lamellae Homatropinae. Discs of Homatropine. Discs of gelatin 
with some glycerin, each weighing about 1 / f)0 grain (or 1.3 milli- 
grammes), and containing 1 / 100 grain (or 0.65 milligramme) of hom- 
atropine hydrobromide. 

Lamellae Physostigminae. Discs of Physostigmine. Discs of gel- 
atin with some glycerin, each weighing about 1 / f)0 grain (or 1.3 milli- 
grammes), and containing V1000 grain (or 0.065 milligramme) of phy- 
sostigmine sulphate. 

LINIMENTA— LINIMENTS. 

Liniments in pharmacy are solutions or liquid mixtures intended for 
external application, and generally applied by rubbing on the skin 
with friction, for reducing swellings, relieving pain etc. A great num- 
ber of proprietary liniments are also recommended for internal use, 
as well as application. Under this heading only, the liniments which 
are official in the principal pharmacopoeias will be noticed. Those 
popular as proprietary or semi-proprietary remedies will be found 
under other headings. 

LINIMENTUM ACONITI. Br. Liniment of Aconite. 

Aconite Root, in No. 40 powder, 20 ounces or 500 Gm. 

Camphor, 1 ounce or 25 Gm, 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 



350 


Cc. 


or 7 


ounces 


6oo 


Cc. 


or 12 


ounces 


50 


Cc. 


or 1 


ounce 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 767 

"Mix the powdered aconite root with 20 ti. ounces (or 500 Cc.) of 
the alcohol ; set aside in a closed vessel for three days, agitating occas- 
sionally ; transfer to a percolator ; when the liquid ceases to pass con- 
tinue the percolation with more of the alcohol, allowing the liquid to 
drop into a receiver containing the camphor, until 30 fl. ounces (or 750 
Cc.) of the liniment are produced."' < Br. 

LINIMENTUM AMMONIA. U. S., Br. 
& 4 Ammonia Liniment. Volatile Liniment. 
The U. S. formula is : 
Ammonia Water, 
Cottonseed Oil, 
Alcohol, 

Shake them well together in a bottle. This should be freshly made 
when wanted for use. If drachms are substituted for ounces in the 
above, the product is 2y 2 ounces. <U. S. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Solution of Ammonia, 1 fl. ounce or 25 Cc. 

Almond Oil, 1 fl. ounce or 25 Cc. 

Olive Oil, 2 fl. ounces or 50 Cc. 

Shake them well together. 

LINIMENTUM BELLADONNA. U. S., Br. 
Belladonna Liniment. 
The U. S. formula is : 

Camphor, 50 Gm. or J / 2 ounce 

Fluidextract of Belladonna, a sufficient quantity 

to make 1000 Cc. or 10 ounces 

The camphor is to be dissolved in the fluidextract, 200 Cc. (or 2 
ounces), and enough of the fluidextract added to make 1000 Cc. (or 
10 ounces). <U. S. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Liquid Extract of Belladonna, 
Camphor, 
Distilled Water, 
Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
Dissolve the camphor in 6 fl. ounces (or 150 Cc.) of the alcohol, add 
the liquid extract of belladonna, the distilled water and sufficient of 
the alcohol to produce 20 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc.) of the liniment. Set 
aside for 24 hours, filter. < Br. 

LINIMENTUM CALCIS. U. S., Br. 
Lime Liniment. (Carron Oil). 
The U. S. formula is : 

Lime Water, 500 Cc. or 4 fl. ounces 

Linseed Oil, 500 Cc. or 4 fl. ounces 

Mix them by agitation, 






fl. ounces or 250 


Cc. 


I 


ounce or 25 


Gm 


2 


fl. ounces or 50 


Cc. 



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2 fl. ounces or 50 Cc. 
2 fl. ounces or qo Cc. 



The Br. P. formula is : 
Solution of Lime, 
Olive Oil, 
Shake them together. 

This is the well known "Carron Oil," thus named from the Carron 
Iron Works in Scotland, where it was much used for burns. 
LINIMENTUM CAMPHORS. U. S., Br. 
Camphor Liniment. Camphorated Oil. 
The U. S. formula is : 

Camphor, in coarse powder, 200 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Cotton Seed Oil, 800 Gm. or 8 ounces 

"Introduce the camphor and cotton seed oil into a suitable flask, 

and apply gentle heat by means of a water-bath, loosely-stoppering 

the flask during the operation. Agitate from time to time until the 

camphor is dissolved. "<U. S. 

The 6r. formula directs olive oil instead of cotton seed oil, but is 
otherwise the same. 

LINIMENTUM CAMPHORS AMMONIATUM. Br. 
Ammoniated Liniment of Camphor. Compound Liniment of Camphor. 



: ,o 



Gm. 



Camphor, 2% ounces or 

Oil of Lavender, 1 fl. drachm or 2.5 Cc. 

Strong Solution of Ammonia, 5 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the camphor and oil of lavender in 12 fl. ounces (or 240 
Cc.) of the alcohol ; add the -strong solution of ammonia gradually, 
shaking them well together until, after adding sufficient of the alcohol 
to produce 20 fl. ounces (or 400 Cc.) of the liniment, a clear solution is 
formed." < Br. 

It will be observed that this is quite different from the Liniment of 
Ammonia Compound of other pharmacopoeias. 

LINIMENTUM CANTHARIDIS. Cantharides Liniment. 
This was formerly official in the U. S. P. but has been dismissed. 
The formula was : 

Cantharides, in No. 60 powder, 15 parts or 2 ounces av. 

Oil of Turpentine, to make 100 parts or 1 pint 

^ Digest the cantharides with 100 parts (or 1 pint) of oil of turpen- 
tine in a closed vessel, by means of a water-bath, for three hours ; then 
strain and add enough oil of turpentine through the strainer to make 
100 parts (or 1 pint). 

LINIMENTUM CHLOROFORMI. U. S., Br. Chloroform Liniment. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Chloroform, 300 Cc. or 3 fl.ounces 

Soap Liniment, 700 Cc. or 7 fl.ounces 

Mix them by agitation. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 769 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Chloroform, 2 fl. ounces or 50 Cc. 

Liniment of Camphor, 2 fl. ounces or 50 Cc. 
Mix them. 
LINIMENTUM CROTONIS. Br. Liniment of Croton Oil. 

Croton Oil, 1 fl. ounce or 20 Cc. 

Oil of Cajuput, 3*4 fl. ounces or 70 Cc. 

Alcohol, (90%), y/ 2 fl. ounces or 70 Cc. 
Mix them. 

LINIMENTUM HYDRARGYRI. Br. Liniment of Mercury. 

Ointment of Mercury, 1 ounce or 30 Gm. 

Strong Solution of Ammonia, 160 minims or 10 Cc. 

Liniment of Camphor, a sufficient quantity. 
"Add the strong solution of ammonia to sufficient of the liniment of 
camphor to produce 1^2 fl. ounce (or 45 Cc.) ; triturate the ointment of 
mercury with sufficient of the liniment of camphor to produce i l / 2 fl- 
ounces (or 45 Cc.) ; mix the two liquids." < Br. 

LINIMENTUM OPIL Br. Liniment of Opium. 
Tincture of Opium, 2 fl. ounces or 50 Cc. 

Liniment of Soap, 2 fl. ounces or 50 Cc. 

Mix; set aside for a few days; filter. < Br. 

LINIMENTUM OPII AMMONIATUM. 
Ammoniated Liniment of Opium. 

Liniment of Soap, 6 fl. ounces 

Ammoniated Liniment of Camphor, 6 fl. ounces 

Tincture of Opium, 6 fl. ounces 

Liniment of Belladonna, 1 fl. ounce 

Strong Solution of Ammonia, 1 fl. ounce 

Mix, and after standing a week, filter quickly. <B. P. C. 

LINIMENTUM PLUMBI SUBACETATIS. 
Liniment of Subacetate of Lead. 
This was formerly official but has been dismissed. j\s it may be 
called for the formula is given. 

Solution Subacetate of Lead, 2 ounces av. 

Cotton Seed Oil, ' 3 ounces av. 

Mix them well together. 
LINIMENTUM POTASH IODIDI CUM SAPONE. Br. 
Liniment of Potassium Iodide with Soap. 
"Curd soap, recently prepared and in shavings, 2 ounces (or 40 
Gm.) ; potassium iodide 1% ounces (or 30 Gm,), glycerin 1 fl. ounce 
(or 2.5 Cc), distilled water 10 fl. ounces (or 200 Cc). 

Reduce the curd soap to fine shreds, mix it with the distilled water 
and glycerin in a porcelain dish on a water-bath ; when the soap is 



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dissolved pour the liquid into a mortar in which the potassium iodide 
has previously been powdered ; mix briskly by trituration ; continue 
the trituration until the mixture is cold ; set aside an hour ; then rub 
well the oil of lemon into the cream-like product." < Br. 

LINIMENTUM SAPONIS. U. S., Br. 
Soap Liniment. Liniment of Soap. Liquid Opodeldoc. 

The U. S. formula is : 



Soap, dried and granulated, 


60 Gm. 


or 


i l / 2 ounces 


Camphor, 


45 Gm. 


or 


1^8 ounces 


Oil of Rosemary, 


10 Cc. 


or 


yl ounce 


Alcohol, 


725 Cc. 


or 


i8y$ ounces 


Water, a sufficient quantity 








to make 


1000 Cc. 


or 


25 fl. ounces 



"Add the soap to 200 Cc. (or 5 ounces) of boiling water, heat the 
mixture on a water-bath until a clear gelatinous mass results. Mix 
this, while yet warm, with 500 Cc. (or 12^ fl. ounces) of alcohol and 
stir until the solution is effected. Dissolve the camphor and oil of 
rosemary in 225 Cc. (or 5^ fl. ounces) of the alcohol, by agitation in a 
bottle ; add this solution to the warm soap mixture ; mix thoroughly, 
and, if necessary, add enough water to make the product measure 
1000 Cc. (or 25 fl. ounces). Set it aside in a cool place for 24 hours, 
then filter." <U. S. 
The Br. P. formula is: 

Soft Soap, 2 ounces or 40 Gm. 

Camphor, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Oil of Rosemary, 3 fl. ounces or 7.5 Cc. 

Alcohol, (90%), 16 fl. ounces or 320 Cc. 

Distilled Water, 4 fl. ounces or 80 Cc. 

Dissolve the soap in the distilled water ; dissolve the camphor and 
oil of rosemary in the alcohol ; mix the solutions ; set aside for one 
week; filter." < Br. 

The Br. Linimentum Saponis is quite like the U. S. 
with soft soap instead. 

LINIMENTUM SAPONIS MOLLIS. U. 
Liniment of Soft Soap. 

Soft Soap, 650 Gm. 

Oil of Lavender Flowers, 20 Cc. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity 

to make 1000 Cc. 

"Mix the oil of lavender flowers with 300 Cc. 
cohol, dissolve in this the soft soap by stirring or agitation, and set 
the solution aside for 24 hours. Then filter it through paper, adding 
sufficient alcohol to make the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 10 fl,- 
ounces)."<U. S. 



but is made 



or 6 l / 2 


ounces 


or 90 


minims 


or 10 


fl. ounces 


(or 3 fl. 


Dunces) of al 



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//. Drugs, Chemicals 


and Preparations 




LINIMENTUM SINAPIS. 


Br. Liniment of 


Mustard. 


Volatile Oil of Mustard, 


iy 2 fl. drachms 


or 2 Cc. 


Castor Oil, 


5 fl. drachms 


or 7 Cc. 


Camphor, 


120 grains 


or 3 Gm. 


Alcohol, (90%), 


4 fl. ounces 


or 43 Cc. 



J. 


S. P. 


but dismiss* 


or 


130 


minims 


or 


273 


grains 


or 


2 


fl. ounces 


or 


1/2 


fl. ounces 


or 


10 


fl. ounces 



"Dissolve the camphor in the alcohol; add the oil of mustard and 
castor oil; mix." < Br. 

LINIMENTUM SINAPIS COMPOSITUM. 
Compound Liniment of Mustard. 
This was official in the 7th revision of the U. S. 
in the 8th. 

Volatile Oil of Mustard, 30 Cc. 

Camphor, 60 Gm 

Fluidextract Mezereum, 200 Cc. 

Castor Oil, 150 Cc. 

Alcohol, to make 1000 Cc. 

The camphor is to be dissolved in 500 Cc. (or 5 ounces) of alcohol 
and the fluidextract added, then the oil of mustard- and castor oil and 
enough alcohol to make the measure 1000 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces). 

LINIMENTUM TEREBINTHIN^. U. S., Br. 
Turpentine Liniment. U. S. Liniment of Turpentine. Br. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Rosin Cerate, 650 Gm. or 6 T / 2 ounces 

Oil of Turpentine, 350 Gm. 01* y/ 2 ounces 

"Melt the rosin cerate in a capsule, on a water-bath, then add the 
oil of turpentine, and mix them thoroughly." <U. S. 
The Br. formula is : 

Soft Soap, iy 2 ounces or 

Distilled Water, q. s., or 5 fl. ounces or 

Camphor, 1 ounce or 

Oil of Turpentine, 13 fl. ounces or 

"Melt the soft soap with 2 fl. ounces (or 5 Cc.) of the distilled water; 

dissolve the camphor in the oil of turpentine ; gradually add the latter 

solution to the former, triturating until the mixture becomes a thick, 

creamy emulsion ; lastly, mix with sufficient distilled water to produce 

20 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc.)."<Br. 

LINIMENTUM TEREBINTHIN^ ACETICUM. Br. 

Liniment of Turpentine and Acetic Acid. 

Oil of Turpentine, 4 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 

Glacial Acetic Acid, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Liniment of Camphor, (Br.), 4 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 

Mix them. <Br. 



37-5 


Gm. 


125 


Cc. 


25 


Gm. 


325 


Cc. 



772 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

LIQUORES — SOLUTIONS. 

Under this general classification a great variety of liquid prepara- 
tions, widely dissimilar in class of substance, methods of making, 
characteristics, properties and strength are included. 

The Liquores of the U. S. P. are chiefly aqueous solutions of chem- 
ical salts, while in other pharmacopoeias many solutions of an entirely 
different nature are included. 

A considerable number of solutions that are specially designed to 
be used in the formulas for elixirs and syrups in this work, will be 
found under the heading Solutions, which see. 

LIQUOR ACIDI ARSENOSI. U. S. 
Solution of Arsenous Acid. 

"An aqueous solution, which should contain Arsenous Acid corres- 
ponding in amount to I percent, of arsenic trioxide [As 2 O s = 196.44]." 
<U. S. 

Arsenic Trioxide, 10 Gm. or j4 ounce 

Diluted Hydrochloric Acid, 50 Gm. or 1% ounces 

Distilled Water, sufficient to make 1000 Gm. or 25 ounces 

"Mix the diluted hydrochloric acid with 250 Gm. (or 6^4 ounces) 
of distilled water, in a tared porcelain dish, add the arsenic trioxide 
and boil the mixture until the arsenic trioxide is dissolved. Then add 
enough distilled water to make the product weight 1000 Gm. (or 25 
ounces). Filter through paper." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

Liquor Arsenici Hydrochloricus. Hydrochloric Solution of Arsenic. 
Br. Arsenious anhydride, in powder, Syy 2 grains (or 10 Gm.) ; hy- 
drochloric acid, 2 fl. drachms (or 12.5 Cc.) ; distilled water, a sufficient 
quantity. Make in the same manner as the U. S. to produce 20 fl- 
ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the solution. < Br. 

LIQUOR ACIDI CHROMICI. Br. Solution of Chromic Acid. 

"An aqueous solution containing the equivalent of 25% of chromic 
anhydride, Cr0 3 ; or 29.5% of chromic acid regarded as H 2 Cr0 4 ."<Br. 
Chromic Anhydride, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Distilled Water, 3 fl. ounces or 75 Cc. 

Dissolve. Used as a caustic. 

LIQUOR AMMONIA. Br. Solution of Ammonia. 
Aqua Ammonia. U. S. Ammonia Water. 
"An aqueous solution containing 10% by weight of ammonia, NH 3 ." 
<Br. 

Strong Solution of Ammonia, 20 fl. ounces or 500 Cc. 

Distilled Water, 40 fl. ounces or 1000 Cc. 

Mix. Sp. gr. 0.959. It represents 10% of ammonia gas. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 773 

LIQUOR AMMONLffi FORTIS. Br. 

Strong Solution of Ammonia. 

Aqua Ammonias Fortior. Stronger Ammonia Water. U. S. 

"An aqueous solution containing 32.5 percent., by weight, of am- 
monia, NH 3 . It may be obtained by heating a mixture of ammonium 
chloride and slaked lime, and passing the resulting ammonia into dis- 
tilled water." < Br. 

The U. S. preparation is only 28 percent, of ammonia. 

LIQUOR AMMONII ACETATIS. U. S., Br. 

Solution of Ammonium Acetate. 

"An aqueous solution, which should contain not less than 7 percent, 
of Ammonium Acetate [CH 3 -COONH 4 =76.5i], with small amounts 
of acetic and carbonic acids."' <U. S. 

Ammonium Carbonate, 5 Gm. or l / 2 ounce 

Diluted Acetic Acid, 100 Cc. or 10 rl. ounces 

"Add the ammonium carbonate (which should be in translucent 
pieces, free from white pulverent bicarbonate) gradually to the cold 
diluted acetic aci'd, and stir until dissolved. This preparation should 
be freshly made when wanted." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 
Ihe Br. formula is: 

Ammonium Carbonate, 1 ounce or 50 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, 

Distilled Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the ammonium carbonate in 10 times its weight of distilled 
water; neutralize with acetic acid; add sufficient distilled water to 
produce 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the solution." < Br. 
Dose, 2 to 6 fl. drachms. 

LIQUOR AMMONII CITRATIS. Br. 

Solution of Ammonium Citrate. 

Ammonium Carbonate, i^4 ounces or 87.5 Gm. 

Citric Acid, 2^ ounces or 125 Gm. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the citric acid in 5 times its weight of distilled water, 
neutralize with ammonium carbonate, add sufficient distilled water to 
produce 20 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc). Dose, 2 to 6 fl.drachms."<Br. 

LIQUOR ANTISEPTICUS. U. S. Antiseptic Solution. 

This formula is doubtless intended to make a standard antiseptic 
solution similar to "Listerine" or other preparations of that class that 
have been widely used and for which no official formula has hereto- 
fore been given. 



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20.00 


Gm. 


or 


310 


grains 


1. 00 


Gm. 


or 


16 


grains 


1. 00 


Gm. 


or 


16 


grains 


0.25 


Cc. 


or 


4 


minims 


0.50 


Cc. 


or 


9 


minims 


0.25 


Cc. 


or 


4 


minims 


0.10 


Cc. 


or 


1/2 


minims 


250.00 


Cc. 


or 


sy 2 


fl. ounces 


20.00 


Gm. 


or 


310 


grains 


1000 


Cc. 


or 


34 


fl. ounces 



774 The Fen 

Boric Acid, 

Benzoic Acid, 

Thymol, 

Eucalyptol, 

Oil of Peppermint, 

Oil of Gaultheria, 

Oil of Thyme, 

Alcohol, 

Purified Talc, 

Water, sufficient to make 
The boric acid is to be dissolved in 750 Cc. (or 25 fl. ounces) of water 
and the benzoic acid in 150 Cc. (or 5 flounces) of alcohol, and the 
solution of boric acid poured into the solution of benzoic acid. The 
thymol is to be rubbed in a mortar with the eucalyptol and oils and 
the purified talc is to be thoroughly incorporated with them ; then 
the mixture of the solutions is to be gradually added to the ingredients 
in the mortar, with constant trituration, and the mixture allow r ed to 
stand for 48 hours, with occarional agitation. It is then to be filtered 
and 100 Cc. (or 3^ fl. ounces) of alcohol added to the filtered liquid, 
with enough water to make the measure of the finished product 1000 
Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces). 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

LIQUOR ARSENICALIS. Br. 

Arsenical Solution. Fowler's Solution. 
The Br. P. preparation is : 
Arsenious Anhydride, 

in powder, 87^ grains or 10 Gm. 

Potassium Carbonate, 87^ grains or 10 Gm. 

Comp. Tinct. Lavender, 5 fl. drachms or 3134 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Heat the arsenious anhydride and potassium carbonate with 10 
fl. ounces (or 500 Cc.) of distilled water in a 20 ounce (or 1 litre) 
flask until a clear solution is obtained ; cool ; add the compound tinc- 
ture of lavender and sufficient distilled w T ater to produce 20 ounces (or 
1000 Cc.) of the solution. Dose, 2 to 8 minims."< Br. 

no minims contain 1 grain of arsenic anhydride; 100 Cc. contain 
1 Gm. 

LIQUOR ARSENI ET HYDRARGYRI IODIDI. U. S., Br. 
Solution of Arsenous and Mercuric Iodides. [Donovan's Solution]. 
Solution of Arsenious and Mercuric Iodides. Br. 
The U. S. P. formula is : 
Arsenous Iodide, 
Red Mercuric Iodide, 
Distilled Water, to make 



10 


Gm. 


or 


9iM 


grains 


10 


Gm. 


or 


9iM 


grains 


IOOO 


Gm. 


or 


20 


fl. ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 775 

"Rub the arsenous iodide and red mercuric iodide together in a 
mortar, add 150 Cc. (or 3 ounces) of distilled water and continue the 
trituration until solution is effected. Filter the solution and pass suf- 
ficient distilled water through the filter to make the product weight 
1000 Gm. (or 20 ounces). "<U. S. 

The Br. formula is : 

Arsenfous Iodide, 87^ grains or 10 Gm. 

Mercuric Iodide, 87^ grains or 10 Gm. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Triturate the arsenious iodide and the mercuric iodide with 3 or 4 
fl. ounces (or 150 Cc.) of the distilled water until nearly all is dis- 
solved ; pass through a filter ; wash the latter with sufficient distilled 
water to produce 1 Imp. pint (or 1000 Cc.) of the solution." < Br. 

Under the title Donovan's Solution this has been extensively used 
as an alterative. Dose, 5 to 20 minims. 

LIQUOR ATROPINE SULPHATIS. Br. 

Solution of Atropine Sulphate. 
Atropine sulphate, 1 Gm. or 17^2 grains 

Salicylic Acid, 0.12 Gm. or 2 grains 

Distilled Water, 100 Cc. or 4 fl. ounces 

"Dissolve the atropine sulphate and salicylic acid in sufficient 
recently boiled and cooled distilled water to produce 4 fl. ounces (or 
100 Cc.) of the solution." < Br. Dose, ^ to 1 minim. 

no minims contain 1 grain of atropine sulphate, 100 Cc. contain 1 
Gm. 

LIQUOR BISMUTHI ET AMMONII CITRATIS. Br. 

Solution of Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate. [Liquor Bismuthi]. 

In the Br. P. a formula is given by which a solution of bismuth and 
ammonium citrate is prepared. The process involves considerable 
manipulation and as the chemical salt may be purchased, and is con- 
siderably used in the U. S. in making elixirs in which a soluble bis- 
muth salt is required, the formula is not repeated here. A formula is 
given under "Solutions" which v#ill answer the purpose and is much 
more readily prepared than the Br. P. formula. 

A fl. drachm of this Br. P. solution contains an amount of bismuth 
equivalent to about 3 grains, or 1 Cc, the equivalent of 0.05 Gm. of 
bismuth oxide. 

LIQUOR CALCIS. U. S., Br. Solution of Lime. 
Solution of Calcium Hydroxide. Lime Water. 
"A saturated solution, which should contain not less than 0.14 per- 
cent, of pure Calcium Hydroxide [Ca( OH) 2=73.56]. The percentage 
of Calcium Hydroxide varies with the temperature at which the sat- 



776 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

urated solution is prepared, being about 0.17 percent, at I5°C. (59°F.J, 
the percentage diminishes as the temperature rises. "<U. S. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Lime, 12 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Slake the lime by the very gradual addition of 400 Cc. (or 34 fl- 
ounces) of distilled water, and agitate occasionally during half an 
hour. Allow the suspended particles to subside, decant the supernatant 
liquid and reject it. Then add to the residue 3600 Cc. (or 300 ounces) 
of distilled water and agitate thoroughly, let the mixture stand for 24 
hours, agitate again, then let the coarser particles of solid matter sub- 
side, and pour the liquid, holding the undissolved calcium hydroxide 
in suspension, into a glass-stoppered bottle. From time to time shake 
the bottle, so as to keep the solution saturated. 

Pour off the clear liquid when required for use."<U. S. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl.drachms). 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Calcium Hydroxide, 50 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Wash the calcium hydroxide with distilled water until free from 
chloride; then shake it with 1 gallon (or 4 liters) of distilled water, in 
a stoppered green-glass bottle for two or three minutes ; set aside for 
12 hours. The clear solution may be drawn off with a siphon as is re- 
quired for use, and should then be transferred to a green-glass bottle." 
<Br. 

Dose, 1 to 4 fl. ounces. 

LIQUOR CALCIS CHLORINATE. Br. 
Solution of Chlorinated Lime. 

Chlorinated Lime, 500 Gm. or 1 pound 

Distilled Water, 5 liters or 1 gallon 

"Mix; transfer the mixture to a stoppered bottle; set aside for 3 
hours, shaking occasionally ; filter through calico. Reserve the filtrate 
in a stoppered bottle in a cool, dark place." < Br. 

The solution should yield, when fresh, about 3 percent, of available 
chlorine. 

LIQUOR CALCIS SACCHARATUS. Br. 
Saccharated Solution of Lime. 

Calcium Hydroxide, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Refined Sugar, in powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Distilled Water, 1000 Cc. or 20 ounces 

"Mix the calcium hydroxide with a solution of the refined sugar in 

the distilled water. Set aside in a stoppered green-glass bottle for a 

few hours, shaking occasionally; separate the clear solution with a 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 777 

siphon, avoiding unnecessary exposure to air. Dose, 20 to 60 min- 
ims."Br. 

This solution contains nearly 2 percent., by weight, of lime, CaO, or 
about 8 grains in 1 fl. ounce. 

LIQUOR CALUMBA CONCENTRATUS. Br. 

Concentrated Solution of Calumba. 

Calumba Root, in No. 50 powder, 500 Gm. or 10 ounces 
Alcohol, (90%), 225 Cc. or 4^ fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

"Macerate the calumba for 24 hours with 10 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc.) of 
distilled water; press strongly; again macerate the residue for 24 
hours with 10 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc.) of distilled water; press strongly. 
Mix the expressed liquids, and heat for five minutes to i89°F. 
(82.2°C). When cold add the alcohol; set aside; decant or filter, add- 
ing sufficient distilled water to produce 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the 
concentrated solution. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 

LIQUOR CAOUTCHOUC. Br. Solution of India Rubber. 

India Rubber, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Benzol, 500 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

Carbon Bisulphide, 500 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

"Cut the India-rubber into fine shreds, and place it in a well-stop- 
pered bottle containing the previously mixed benzol and carbon bi- 
sulphide. Set aside in a cool place, and agitate occasionally until sol- 
ution is effected." < Br. 

LIQUOR CHIRAT^E CONCENTRATUS. Br. 
Concentrated Solution of Chiretta. 

Chiretta, in No. 40 powder, 500 Gm. or 10 ounces ' 

Alcohol, (20%), 1250 Cc. or 25 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the chiretta with 5 fl. ounces (or 250 Cc.) of the alcohol; 
pack in a closed percolator ; set aside for 3 days ; percolate with the re- 
maining alcohol, added in 10 equal portions at intervals of 12 hours; 
continue percolation with more alcohol until the product measures 20 
ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, J^ to 1 fl. drachm. "<Br. 

LIQUOR CHLORI COMPOSITUS. U. S. 
Compound Solution of Chlorine. Chlorine Water. 

[To replace Aqua Chlori, Pharm. 1890]. 
"An aqueous solution containing, when freshly prepared, about 0.4 
percent, of chlorine [0=35.18], with some oxides of chlorine and pot- 
assium chloride." <U. S. 

The formula is entirely changed and much simplified. It is now : 
Potassium Chlorate, granulated, 5 Cm. or 77 grains 
Hydrochloric Acid, 18 Cc. or 292 minims 

Distilled Water to make 1000 Cc. or 33^ fl. ounces 



77S The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The hydrochloric Ljid is to be diluted with 20 Cc. (or 325 minims) 

of distilled water and added to the potassium chlorate contained in a 
Mask of the capacity of about 2000 Cc. (or 68 fl.ounces). A stopper, 
perforated to admit a funnel of the capacity of about 100 Cc. (or $}/ 2 
ounces), and containing about 10 Gm. (or 154 grains) of purified cot- 
ton, well-wetted with cold water, is to be inserted in the flask. The 
flask is then to be placed on a water-bath, containing boiling water for 
a period of from 2 to 3 minutes; when the flask is completely filled 
with a greenish-yellow gas, remove it from the bath and add cold dis- 
tilled water through the cotton in the funnel, in two separate portions 
of 500 Cc. (or ly il. ounces) each. After the addition of each separate 
portion of cold distilled water, stopper the flask securely, invert and 
thoroughly agitate the contents. The solution should be freshly made 
when wanted. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). U. S. 

LIQUOR CRESOLIS COMPOSITUS. U. S. 

Compound Solution of Cresol. 
This is doubtless designed to furnish a standard official preparation 
similar to "Creolin" which has been extensively used. 

Cresol, 500 Gm. or ijy 2 oz. av.+ 40 grains 

Linseed Oil, 350 Gm. or 12 oz. aw+151 grains 

Potassium Hydroxide, 80 Gm. or 2 oz. a v. +360 grains 
Water, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Gm. or 35^4 ounces 

The potassium hydroxide is to be dissolved in 50 Gm. (or i^J fl.- 
ounces of water, in a tared dish, the linseed oil added and mixed 
thoroughly ; the cresol is then to be added and tl±e mixture stirred 
until a clear solution is produced, and finally sufficient water added to 
make the finished product weigh 1000 Gm. (or 35^ fl.ounces). 

LIQUOR CUSPARLflE CONCENTRATUS. Br. 
Concentrated Solution of Cusparia. 

Cusparia Bark, in Xo. 40 powder, 500 Gm. or 10 ounces 
Alcohol, (20%), 1250 Cc. or 25 fl.ounces 

'"Moisten the cusparia with 5 fl.ounces (or 250 Cc.) of the alcohol; 
pack in a closed percolator ; set aside for 3 days ; percolate with the re- 
maining alcohol, added in ten equal portions at intervals of 12 hours; 
continue the percolation with more alcohol until the product measures 
20 ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. "<Br. 

LIQUOR EPISPASTICUS. Br. Blistering Liquid. 

Cantharides, in Xo. 40 powder, 500 Gm. or 10 ounces 

Acetic Ether, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the cantharides with 5 fl.ounces (or 250 Cc.) of acetic ether; 
pack in a percolator; at the expiration of 24 hours pour acetic ether 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 779 

over the contents of the percolator; allow the solution to pass slowly 
through until 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the liquid is obtained." <1 Jr. 

LIQUOR ETHYL NITRITIS. Br. Solution of Ethyl Nitrite. 

"A mixture of 95 parts by volume of absolute alcohol with 5 parts 
by volume of glycerin, containing, when freshly made, 3 percent., by 
weight, and even when long kept, not less than 2 T / 2 percent, of ethyl 
nitrite. The ethyl nitrite is obtained by the interaction of alcohol, 
(90%), sodium nitrite, and diluted sulphuric acid, at a low tempera- 
ture. Dose, 20 to 60 minims." < Br. 

The above formula implies, but does not direct, the addition of 3 
percent. Ethyl Nitrite to the mixture of absolute alcohol and glycerin. 
This may be most conveniently done by using ethyl nitrite, as it 
comes in sealed tubes — (now quite generally used for making Spirit 
of Nitrous Ether). As this contains 10 percent, of alcohol, about y 2 
ounce of the ether would be required, with enough of the mixture of 
absolute alcohol and glycerin to make 16 fl. ounces. 

LIQUOR FERRI ACETATIS. Br. Solution of Ferric Acetate. 

Solution of Ferric Sulphate, 125 Cc. or 2^ fl. ounces 

Solution of Ammonia, 200 Cc. or 4 fl. ounces 

Glacial Acetic Acid, 75 Cc. or iV 2 fl. ounces 

"Mix the solution of ammonia with 1 pint (or 1 litre) of distilled 
water ; gradually add to this the solution of ferric sulphate diluted 
with 1 pint (or 1 litre) of distilled water; stir well together, taking- 
care that ammonia is, even finally, in slight excess, as indicated by the 
odor of the mixture ; let the whole stand for 2 hours, stirring occasion- 
ally ; transfer it to a calico filter ; wash the precipitated ferric hydrox- 
ide with distilled water until free from sulphates ; let drain ; squeeze it 
to remove superflous moisture ; dissolve it in the glacial acetic acid ; 
make the volume up to 1 pint (or 1 litre) with distilled water; allow 
any insoluble matter to subside; pour off the clear solution." < Br. 

Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 

The pint referred to in this formula is the Br. Imperial pint of 20 
Imperial fl. ounces. 

LIQUOR FERRI CHLORIDI. U. S. Solution of Ferric Chloride. 

''An aqueous solution of ferric chloride, which should contain not 
less than 29 percent, of the anhydrous salt [FeCl 3 = 161.04], corres- 
ponding to 10 percent, of metallic iron."<U. S. 
Iron, in the form of wire etc., 

125 Gm. or 4 oz. av.+ i8o grains 
Hydrochloric Acid, 680 Gm. or 23 oz. av.4-431 grains 
Nitric Acid, 
Distilled Water, each, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 353^4 oz. av. 



780 The Fenner Formulary Fart II. 

The iron wire is to be introduced into a flask having a capacity of 
about 2000 Cc. and a mixture of hydrochloric acid 420 Gm. (or 14 oz. 
av.+36o grains) with distilled water 250 Cc. (or 8V 2 fi. ounces) poured 
upon it, and heated upon a water-bath for not less than one hour and 
fifteen minutes, or until effervescence has ceased. The liquid is then 
to be boiled, filtered through paper and the rinsings of the iron wire 
and flask, with a little hot distilled water, passed through the filter. 
Hydrochloric acid, 220 Gm. (or 7 oz. av.4-232 grains) is then to be 
added to the filtered liquid, and this mixture is to be slowly and grad- 
ually added in a stream, to nitric acid 64 Gm. (or 2 oz. av.+ i28 
grains), contained in a capacious porcelain vessel, and the liquid 
gently warmed. After effervescence has ceased heat is to be applied 
by means of a sand-bath, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is free 
from nitric acid. If the solution has acquired a black color continue 
the addition of nitric acid, drop by drop, until red fumes are no longer 
evolved and the solution assumes a clear reddish-brown. Finally 
add the remaining 40 Gm. (or 1 oz. av.-(-i8o grains) of hydrochloric 
acid and enough distilled water to make the solution weigh 1000 Gm. 
(or ss T A ° z - av.). 

Average dose.— 0.1 Cc. (iy 2 minims). 

LIQUOR FERRI CITRATIS. 

Solution of Ferric Citrate. 

An aqueous solution of ferric citrate corresponding to about 7.5 
percent, of metallic iron.<U. S. 7th revision, now dismissed. 

Solution of Ferric Sulphate, 105 Gm. or ioj^ ounces av. 

Ammonia Water, 880 Cc. or 8^4 fl. ounces 

Citric Acid, 300 Gm. or 3 ounces av. 

Water, to make 1000 Gm. or 10 ounces av. 

The ammonia water is to be mixed with 3000 Cc. (or 30 ounces) of 
cold water and the solution of ferric sulphate with 10000 Cc. (or 100 
ounces) of cold water. The solutions are to be mixed and the precip- 
itate washed and drained as directed in the formula for solution ferric 
acetate (ante). It is then to be transferred to a capsule, the citric 
acid added and the mixture heated on a water-bath to 6o°C. (i40°F.), 
stirring constantly until dissolved. The solution is then to be filtered 
and evaporated at the above mentioned temperature until it weighs 
1000 Cc. (or 10 ounces). 

This solution contains about 35.5 percent, of the anhydrous salt, 
equivalent to about 50 percent, of the scaled salt. 

Uses. In pharmacy this solution is used for making several other 
scale salts and solutions of iron, and it is very convenient to use in sol- 
utions in place of the scale salt when directed, double the quantity by 
weight being required. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 781 

LIQUOR FERRI ET AMMONII ACETATIS. U. S. 

Solution of Iron and Ammonium Acetate. 



The U. S. formula is : 








Tincture of Ferric Chloride, 


40 Cc. 


or 


y 2 fl. ounce 


Diluted Acetic Acid, 


60 Cc. 


or 


24 fl. ounce 


Solution Ammonium Acetate, 


500 Cc. 


or 


6% fl.ounces 


Aromatic Elixir, 


120 Cc. 


or 


i l / 2 fl.ounces 


Glycerin, 


120 Cc. 


or 


iy 2 fl.ounces 


Water, a sufficient quantity 








To make 


1000 Cc. 


or 


1 2 V2 fl.ounces 



490 grains 
12 fl. drachms 
8 ounces av. 
in 200 parts (or 8 



Add to the solution of ammonium acetate (which should not be 
alkaline), the diluted acetic acid, the tincture of ferric chloride, the 
aromatic elixir and the glycerin, successively, in the order named, and 
lastly enough water to make the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 12^ 
fl.ounces). This preparation should be freshly made when wanted. 

Average dose. — 6 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

LIQUOR FERRI ET QUININE CITRATIS. 

This solution was formerly official in the U. S. P. but has been dis- 
missed. 

Citrate of Iron and Ammonium, 6 parts or 1136 grains 

Quinine, (alkaloid), 12 parts or 210 grains 

Citric Acid, 28 parts or 

x\lcohol, 30 parts or 

Distilled Water, to make 200 parts or 

Dissolve the citrate of iron and ammonium 
ounces) of distilled water contained in a weighed capsule, heat the sol- 
ution to 6o°C. (i40°F.), on a water-bath, add the citric acid, and, 
when dissolved, add the quinine, stirring the mixture until a perfect 
solution has been obtained. Evaporate this to 160 parts (or 6 ounces 
av.), allow it to cool, add the alcohol, and finally, enough distilled 
water to make 200 parts (or 8 ounces av.). 

Uses. This solution is just half the strength of the scaled salt and is 
very convenient to use in solutions instead of it when required. 
Double the quantity by weight must be used as is directed of the 
scaled salt. It may be used instead of the salt in making elixirs, 
syrups, wines etc. The dose is from 10 to 20 minims. 

LIQUOR FERRI PERCHLORIDI. Br. 

Solution of Ferric Chloride. 

This preparation of the Br. P. is of the same strength of ferric 
chloride as the tincture of ferric chloride, but an aqueous instead of an 
alcoholic menstruum is used. 



782 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Strong Solution of Ferric Chloride (Br. P.), 

5 fl. ounces or 250 Cc. 
Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Mix the strong solution with sufficient distilled water to produce 20 
fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of this solution of ferric chloride. 
Sp. gr. I.I I. Dose, 5 to 10 minims. 

LIQUOR FERRI PERCHLORIDI FORTIS. Br. 

Strong Solution of Ferric Chloride. 

Iron, 4 ounces or 80 Gm. 

Hydrochloric Acid, 20^4 fl. ounces or 410 Cc. 

Nitric Acid, i l / 2 fl. ounces or 30 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
This is prepared in the same manner as the U. S. P. Liquor Ferri 
Chloridi, but the product is ijy 2 fl. ounces (or 350 Cc.) of solution, 
making it stronger than the U. S. Sp. gr. about 1.42. 

no minims contain 22^2 grains of iron; 100 Cc. contain 22.5 Gm. 
Uses. This strong solution is used for preparing the Solution of 
Ferric Chloride, and the Tincture of Ferric Chloride of the Br, P. 

LIQUOR FERRI PERNITRATIS. Br. 

Iron, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Nitric Acid, 4^ fl.ounces or 90 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Make by dissolving the iron with the nitric acid diluted with 4 
volumes of distilled water, and diluting the solution to produce 30 
fl.ounces (or 600 Cc). Sp. gr. 1.107. II0 minims c6ntain y/ 2 grains 
of iron; 100 Cc. contain 3.3 Gm. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. This contains 
double the quantity of iron of the former U. S. preparation. 

Liquor Ferri Nitratis. Solution of Ferric Nitrate. This was official 
in the U. S. P. 7th revision, but was dismissed from the 8th. It was 
described as "An aqueous solution of ferric nitrate, Fe 2 (N0 2 ) (; , con- 
taining about 6.2 percent, of the anhydrous salt, and corresponding to 
about 1.4 percent, of metallic iron." Sp. gr. about 1.050 at N. T. 

LIQUOR FERRI PERSULPHATIS. Br. 

Solution of Ferric Sulphate. 

Ferrous Sulphate, 8 ounces or 400 Gm. 

Sulphuric Acid, 6 fl. drachms or 37.5 Cc. 

Nitric Acid, 6 fl. drachms or 37.5 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
This is prepared in about the same manner as the U. S. Liquor 
Ferri Subsulphatis following. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 783 

LIQUOR FERRI SUBSULPHATIS. U. S. 

Solution of Ferric Subsulphate. 

"An aqueous solution of variable composition, containing- an 
amount of basic ferric sulphate corresponding to not less than 13.57 
percent, of metallic iron."<U. S. 

Ferrous Sulphate, (crystals), 675 Gm. or 13.5 ounces 

Sulphuric Acid, 65 Gm. or 1.3 ounces 

Nitric Acid and Distilled Water, each, 

sufficient to make 1000 Gm. or 20 ounces 

The sulphuric acid is to be added to 500 Cc. (or 10 ounces) of dis- 
tilled water in a capacious porcelain dish, and the mixture heated by 
water-bath to nearly ioo°C. (2I2°F.), and then 70 Gm. (or 1.25 
ounces) of nitric acid added and well mixed with a glass rod. The 
ferrous sulphate, reduced to a coarse powder, is then to be added in 4 
equal portions, one at a time, to the liquid, stirring after each addition 
until effervescence ceases. When all is dissolved nitric acid is to be 
added, a few drops at a time, until red fumes no longer rise when it is 
added. The solution is then to be boiled until it acquires a ruby-red 
color and is free from nitrous odors, and lastly, enough distilled water 
is to be added to make the weight 1000 Gm. (or 20 ounces). The 
product should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, in a moderately 
warm place, not under 22°C. (7i.6°F.), protected from light. 

This is also known as Solution Persulphate of Iron, but is stronger 
than the Br. preparation by that name. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

LIQUOR FERRI TERSULPHATIS. U. S. 

Solution of Ferric Sulphate. 

"An aqueous solution, which should contain about 36 percent, of 
normal ferric sulphate [Fe 2 (S0 2 *0 2 ) .,=397.05], corresponding to 
not less than 10 percent, of metallic iron."<U. S. 

Ferrous Sulphate, clear crystals, 500, Gm. or 10 ounces 

Sulphuric Acid, 96 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Nitric Acid and Distilled Water, 

of each, sufficient to make 1000 Gm. or 20 ounces 

The sulphuric acid is to be added to 500 Cc. (or 10 ounces) of dis- 
tilled water, in a capacious porcelain dish, and the mixture heated to 
nearly ioo°C. (2I2°F.). Nitric acid, 56 Gm. (or i J / 8 ounces) is then 
to be added and well mixed, and the ferrous sulphate, coarsely pow- 
dered and divided into 4 portions, is then to be added to the mixture, 
a portion at a time, stirring with a glass rod after the addition of each 
portion, until effervescence ceases. After the iron salt is all dissolved, 
nitric acid, a few drops at a time, is to be added until red fumes are no 
longer evolved, and the solution is then to be boiled until it becomes 



784 The Fenner Formulary Fart II. 

a reddish-brown color and is free from nitrous odor, and finally 
enough distilled water added to make the product weigh iooo Gm. (or 
20 ounces). Filter if necessary. Its sp. gr. is about 1.432 at 25°C. 
(77°F.). 

Uses. In pharmacy this solution is used in making many other 
iron preparations, ferric hydrate being precipitated from it by am- 
monia. For medicinal use the subsulphate of iron is preferred. 

LIQUOR FORMALDEHYDI. U. S. Solution of Formaldehyde. 

"An aqueous solution, containing not less than 37 percent., by 
weight, of absolute Formaldehyde [H'COOH=29.79], an oxidation 
product of methyl alcohol. It should be kept in well-stoppered bot- 
tles, in a cool place, protected from light." <U. S. 

Formaldehyde is described under the title Formaldehydum, in 
alphabetical arrangement of subjects. The solution, as above, is what 
is generally known as Formaldehyde, (the real formaldehyde being 
a gas). 

The solution is a clear, colorless liquid having a pungent odor and 
being irritant to the mucuos membrane. Sp. gr. 1.075 to 1-078 at 
25°C. (77°F). Miscible in all proportions with water, alcohol and 
glycerin. 

An assay process for Formaldehyde is given in the U. S. P. 

Solution of Formaldehyde is used in liquid preparations, generally 
much diluted, for preserving vegetable and animal specimens, and in 
embalming compounds. It may also be vaporized by boiling, the 
liberated gas acting as a germicide in a closed room or cabinet, but for 
this purpose the solid, paraformaldehyde is generally employed. This 
is described under Formaldehydum, which see. 

LIQUOR GUTTA-PERCHA. Solution of Gutta-Peroha. 

This was formerly official in the U. S. and Br. Pharmacopoeias, but 
has now been dismissed from both. It is still used occasionally. 
Gutta-Percha, in thin slices, 9 parts 

Commercial Chloroform, by weight, 91 parts 

Lead Carbonate, 10 parts 

Add the gutta-percha to 70 parts of chloroform contained in a bottle, 
cork it well, and shake it occasionally until the gutta-percha is dis- 
solved. Then add the lead carbonate, previously mixed with the re- 
mainder of the chloroform, and having several times shaken the whole 
together at intervals of half an hour, set the mixture aside until the 
insoluble matters have subsided and the solution has become perfectly 
clear. Lastly decant the liquid and preserve it in small cork-stop- 
pered vials. 

Uses. This solution is used in pharmacy for mixing with mustard 
to make mustard paper, and may be used for other adhesive purposes, 
and as a cement or glue for rubber etc. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 785 

LIQUOR HAMAMELIDIS. Br. Solution of Hamamelis. 

Fresh Hamamelis Leaves, 50 ounces or 1000 Gm. 

Water, 100 ounces or 2000 Gm. 

Alcohol, (90%), 10 rl. ounces or 200 Cc. 

"Macerate in a still for 24 hours; then distil one half."<Br. 
This is a distilled witch hazel, intended, evidently, to be similar to 
the distilled witch hazel or hamamelis of the market ; but as that is 
prepared from the twigs and flower-buds of the hamamelis the flavor 
is quite different from the leaves only. We see no reason why this 
should be classed with the liquores, and refer readers to the formula 
for distilled extract of hamamelis among the Distillates. 

LIQUOR HYDRARGYRI NITRATIS. U. S. 
Solution of Mercuric Nitrate. 

"A liquid which should contain about 60 percent, of Mercuric Ni- 
trate [Hg(NO,*0), =321.64], and about 11 percent, of free nitric 
acid."<U. S. 

Red Mercuric Oxide, 40 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Nitric Acid, 45 Gm. or 4^ ounces 

Distilled Water, 15 Gm. or i 1 /? ounces 

The nitric acid is to be mixed with the distilled water and the red 

mercuric oxide dissolved in the mixture. The sp. gr. of this salt is 

about 2.086 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

LIQUOR HYDRARGYRI NITRATIS ACIDUS. Br. 
Acid Solution of Mercuric Nitrate. 
Nitric Acid, 5 fl. ounces or 150 Cc. 

Mercury, 4 ounces or 120 Gm. 

Distilled Water, 1^2 fl. ounces or 45 Cc. 

"Mix the nitric acid with the distilled water in a flask, dissolve the 
mercury in the mixture without the application of heat, then boil 
gently for fifteen minutes; cool, and preserve the solution, which 
should weigh about three times the quantity of the mercury employed, 
in a stoppered bottle not exposed to the light." < Br. 

LIQUOR HYDRARGYRI PERCHLORIDI. Br. 

Solution of Mercuric Chloride. 
Mercuric Chloride, 10 grains or 1 Gm. 

Distilled Water, 20 fl. ounces or 875 Cc. 

Dissolve. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. This solution contains 1 / 16 grain 
mercuric chloride in 1 fl. drachm, or 0.114 Gm. in 100 Cc.<Br. 

LIQUOR HYDROGENII PEROXIDI. Br. 

Solution of Hydrogen Peroxide. 

"An aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide, H 2 2 , prepared by the 
interaction of water, barium peroxide, and a dilute mineral acid, at a 
temperature below 50°F. (io°C.)."<Br. 



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Part II. 



This is known in the U. S. P. as Aqua Hydrogenii Dioxidi, Solution 
of Hydrogen Dioxide, and is fully described and the formula for pre- 
paring it given under that title, which see. It is, however, more com- 
monly known as "Hydrogen Peroxide" or "Peroxide of Hydrogen," 
and is generally furnished under that label in drug stores. 

LIQUOR HYPOPHOSPHITUM COMPOSITUS. 

Compound Solution of Hypophosphites. 
Calcium Hypophosphite, 320 grains 

Sodium Hypophosphite, 320 grains 

Magnesium Hypophosphite, 160 grains 

Strong Solution of Ferric Hypophosphite, 6 fl. ounces 

"Exhaust the calcium, sodium and magnesium hypophosphites in 
12 ounces of distilled water; add the solution of ferric hypophosphite. 
Filter, and make up to 20 fl. ounces by addition of distilled water. 

Each fl. drachm contains about 2 grains each of sodium and calcium 
hypophosphite, 1 grain of magnesium hypophosphite, and \ Y / 2 grains 
of ferric hypophosphite. Dose, l / 2 to 2 fl.drachms."<B. P. C. 

LIQUOR IODI COMPOSITUS. U. S. 

Compound Solution of Iodine. [Lugol's Solution]. 

Iodine, 5 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Potassium Iodide, 10 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Distilled Water, to make 100 Gm. or 20 ounces 

The iodine and potassium iodide are to be dissolved in sufficient 

distilled water to make the weight 100 Gm. (or 20 ounces). <U. S. 

Observe that this solution contains no alcohol, while the Br. and 
Fr. are saturated alcoholic solutions. 



LIQUOR IODI FORTIS. Br. 

Iodine, 

Potassium Iodide, 
Distilled Water, 
Alcohol, (90%), 

Dissolve the potassium iodide and the iodine in the distilled water 
in a bottle ; add the alcohol and shake. 



Strong Solution of Iodine. 

1% ounces or 50 Gm. 
Y\ ounce or 30 Gm. 
134 fl. ounces or 50 Cc. 
9 fl. ounces or 360 Cc. 



LIQUOR KRAMERIA CONCENTRATUS. Br. 

Concentrated Solution of Krameria. 

Krameria Root, in Xo. 40 powder, 10 ounces or 500 Gm. 

Alcohol, (20%), 25 fl. ounces or 1250 Cc. 

"Moisten the krameria with 5 fl. ounces (or 250 Cc.) of the alcohol; 

pack in a closed percolator ; set aside for 3 days ; percolate w r ith the 

remaining alcohol, added in 10 equal portions at intervals of 12 hours ; 

continue percolation with more alcohol until the product measures 20 

ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, y 2 to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 787 

LIQUOR MAGNESII CARBONATIS. Br. 
Solution of Magnesium Carbonate. [Fluid Magnesia]. 

Magnesium Sulphate, 2 ounces or 40 Gm. 

Sodium Carbonate, 2^ ounces or 50 Gm. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the two salts separately, each in 10 fl. ounces (or 200 Cc.) 
of the distilled water ; heat the solution of magnesium sulphate to the 
boiling point ; add to it the solution of sodium carbonate ; boil them 
together until carbonic anhydride ceases to be evolved ; collect the 
precipitated magnesium carbonate on a calico filter ; wash it with dis- 
tilled water until the filtrate is free from sulphate. Mix the washed 
precipitate with 20 fl. ounces (or 400 Cc.) of distilled water; place the 
mixture in a suitable apparatus ; force into it pure washed carbonic 
anhydride, retained under a pressure of about 3 atmospheres for 
about 24 hours or longer ; decant the solution, into which again pass 
carbonic anhydride. Keep the solution in bottles of convenient size, 
securely closed to prevent the escape of carbonic anhydride. Dose, 
1 to 2 fl. ounces. This solution contains nearly 10 grains of the official 
magnesium carbonate in 1 fl. ounce, or about 2 Gm. in 100 Cc."<Br. 

LIQUOR MAGNESII CITRATIS. U. S. 

Solution of Magnesium Citrate. 

Magnesium Carbonate, 15.0 Gm. or 230 grains 

Citric Acid, 33.0 Gm. or 506 grains 

Syrup of Citric Acid, 60.0 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 2.5 Gm. or 38 grains 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
The citric acid is to be dissolved in 120 Cc. (or 4 fl. ounces) of 
water, and the magnesium carbonate, made fine by rubbing through a 
sieve, added and the mixture stirred until the magnesium carbonate 
is dissolved. The solution is then to be filtered into a strong bottle 
of the capacity of about 360 Cc. (or 12 fl. ounces) containing the syrup 
of citric acid ; water is then to be added to .nearly fill the bottle ; and 
the potassium bicarbonate (in crystals) dropped in, and the bottle im- 
mediately corked and the cork secured with twine. It is then to be 
agitated occasionally until the potassium bicarbonate is dissolved. 
<U. S. 

Prof. A. B. Stevens of the University of Michigan, and T. Palmer, 
a graduate of that institution, after a long series of experiments, re- 
commended, and have published, the following formula as giving sat- 
isfactory results, and possessing indefinite keeping qualities : 

Magnesium Carbonate, 200 grains or 13 Gm. 

Sugar, 960 grains or 62 Gm. 

Citric Acid, 415 grains or 26.5 Gm. 



grains 


or i 


Gm. 


minims 


or 2 


Cc. 


fl. ounce 


or 25 


Cc. 



788 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Oil of Lemon, 2 grains or .128 Gm. 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 30 grains or 2 Gm. 

Dissolve the acid in 240 Cc. (or 8 rl. ounces) of water, add the mag- 
nesium carbonate, and when dissolved add the sugar which has pre- 
viously been triturated with the oil of lemon. When dissolved, filter 
into a 335 Cc. (or 12 ounce) bottle and add water through the filter 
to make 335 Cc. (or 12 fl. ounces), then add the bicarbonate of potas- 
sium, cork and tie. This preparation is clear and sparkling, it is 
easily made, pleasant to the taste, and keeps well. Bottles opened 
three months after being made are just as good as when freshly made. 

LIQUOR MORPHINiE ACETATIS. Br. 
Solution of Morphine Acetate. 

Morphine Acetate, ijy 2 

Diluted Acetic Acid, 38 

Alcohol, (90%), 1 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the alcohol with an equal volume of distilled water, adding 
the diluted acetic acid ; dissolve the morphine acetate in the mixture ; 
dilute with sufficient distilled water to produce 4 fl. ounces (or 100 
Cc.) of the solution of morphine acetate. Dose, 10 to 60 minims. 

no minims contain 1 grain of morphine acetate. 100 Cc. contain 
1 gramme." < Br. 

LIQUOR MORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDI. Br. 

Solution of Morphine Hydrochloride. 

Diluted Hydrochloric Acid, 38 minims or 2 Cc. 

Morphine Hydrochloride, iyy 2 grains or 1 Gm. 

Alcohol, (90%), 1 fl. ounce or 25 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the alcohol with an equal volume of distilled water, adding 
the diluted hydrochloric acid; dilute with sufficient distilled water to 
produce 4 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc.) of the solution of morphine hydro- 
chloride. Dose, 10 to 60 minims. 

no minims contain 1 grain of morphine hydrochloride; 100 Cc. 
contain 1 Gin." < Br. 

LIQUOR MORPHINE TARTRATIS. Br. 

Solution of Morphine Tartrate. 

Alcohol, ((90%), 1 fl. ounce or 25 Cc. 

Morphine Tartrate, l 7 Y A grains or 1 Gm. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the alcohol with an equal volume of distilled water; dissolve 
the morphine tartrate in the mixture ; add sufficient distilled water to 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 789 

produce 4 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc.) of the solution. Dose, 10 to 60 min- 
ims. "<Br. 

no minims of this solution contain 1 grain of morphine tartrate; 
100 Cc. contain 1 Gm. 

LIQUOR PANCREATIS. Br. Pancreatic Solution. 

"A liquid preparation containing the digestive principles of the 
fresh pancreas of the pig. The preparation is most active when the 
animal from which it is obtained has been fed shortly before being 
killed." 

"Five ounces (or 250 Gm.) of the pancreas, freed from fat and ex- 
ternal membrane, and finely divided by trituration with washed sand 
or powdered pumice stone, should be digested in a closed vessel, in 20 
fLounces (or 1000 Cc.) of alcohol (20%), for seven days, and then 
filtered." < Br. 

The test for this solution is as follows : "If 2 Cc. of the solution, 
together with 0.2 Gm. of sodium bicarbonate and 20 Cc. of water, be 
added to 80 Cc. of milk, and the mixture kept at a temperature of 
of H3°F. (45°C.) for one hour, coagulation should not longer occur on 
the addition of nitric acid." 

LIQUOR PICIS CARBONIS. Br. Solution of Coal Tar. 

Prepared Coal Tar, 4 ounces or 200 Gm. 

Quillaia Bark, in No. 20 powder, 2 ounces or 100 Gm. 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powdered quillaia bark with 1 fl. ounce (or 50 Cc.) of 
the alcohol, and complete the percolation process with the remainder 
of the alcohol as for tinctures, 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) being pro- 
duced. To the resulting percolate add the prepared coal tar, and 
digest the mixture at I20°F. (48.9^.) for two days, occasionally stir- 
ring. Cool and decant, or filter. "< Br. 

This makes a preparation similar to Emulsion of Coal-Tar official in 
the Fr. P. 

LIQUOR PLUMBI SUBACETATIS. U. S. 
Solution of Lead Subacetate. Goulard's Extract. 

"An aqueous liquid, which should contain in solution not less than 
25 percent, of Lead Subacetate (approximately Pb 2 0(CH 3 -COO)o= 
543.74)."<U. S. 

Lead Acetate, 180 Gm. or 6 oz. av.-(-i52 gr. 

Lead Oxide, . no Gm. or 3 oz. av.+385 gr. 

Distilled Water, sufficient 

to make 1000 Gm. or 35^4 oz. av. 

"To the finely powdered lead oxide contained in a porcelain dish of 
about 1 liter capacity, add slowly and in portions, with constant stir- 



790 



The Tenner Formulary 



Part II. 



ring, the lead acetate which has been previously dissolved in 700 Cc. 
(or 24 fl. ounces) of boiling distilled water, and boil the liquid for half 
an hour, with occasional stirring. Finally, when cool, filter the solu- 
tion, and add enough distilled water, which has been previously 
boiled and cooled, to make the finished product weigh 1000 Gm. (or 
3534 ounces av.). Keep the solution in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 
Sp. gr. about 1.235 at 25°C. (jj°F.). Care should be used in dis- 
pensing, to distinguish this strong solution from the diluted solution 
following. 

LIQUOR PLUMBI SUBACETATIS DILUTUS. U. S., Br. 

Diluted Solution of Lead Subacetate. 
Goulard's Solution. Goulard's Water. (Br.). 

"An aqueous liquid which should contain about 1 percent, of lead 
subacetate."<U. S. 

Solution of Lead Subacetate, 40 Gm. or 1 oz. av.-f-i8o gr. 
Distilled Water, sufficient 

to make 1000 Gm. or 35^ ounces av. 

The solution of lead subacetate is to be mixed with enough distilled 
water, previously boiled and cooled, to make the product weigh 1000 
Gm. (or 35% ounces av.). The solution should be kept in well-stop- 
pered bottles. 

The Br. formula is : 

Strong Solution of Lead Subacetate, 2 fl. drachms or 5 Cc. 
Alcohol, (90%), 2 fl. drachms or 5 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the alcohol with 19^ fl. ounces (or 390 Cc.) of recently boiled 
and cooled distilled water; add the strong solution of lead subacetate 
and shake." < Br. 



LIQUOR PLUMBI SUBACETATIS FORTIS. Br. 
Strong Solution of Lead Subacetate. Syn. Goulard's Extract. 

Lead Acetate, 5 ounces or 250 Gm. 

Lead Oxide, in powder, $y 2 ounces or 175 Gm. 

Distilled Water,* a sufficient quantity. 
Boil the lead acetate and the lead oxide in 1 pint (or 1000 Cc.) of 
distilled water for half an hour, constantly stirring, and maintaining 
the volume of the liquid by occasional additions of distilled water; 
filter; when the liquid is cold add sufficient distilled water to produce 
20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the strong solution." < Br. 

The proportions of the ingredients in this formula are somewhat 
different, and it is considerable stronger than the U. S. Liquor Plumbi 
Subacetatis. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 791 

LIQUOR POTASS^. Br. Solution of Potash. 

"An aqueous solution containing in no minims 6.2 grains, or in 1 
rl. ounce 2j grains of potassium hydroxide, KUH. Dose 10 to 30 
minims, freely diluted.'' < Br. 

In the U. S. P. this solution is now known as Liquor Potassii 
Hydroxidi, which see. 

LIQUOR POTASSII ARSENITIS. U. S. 

Solution of Potassium Arsenite. 

The supplementary title, Fowler's Solution, which this preparation 
has always borne is dismissed from the present revision. 

"An aqueous solution, which should contain potassium arsenite cor- 
responding in amount to 1 percent, of arsenic trioxide."<U. S. 
Arsenic Trioxide, in fine powder, 10 Gm. or 154 grains 
Potassium Bicarbonate, 20 Gm. or 303 grains 

Compound Tincture of Lavender, 30 Gm. or 462 grains 
Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity 

to make 1000 Gm. or 3534 ounces av. 

The arsenic trioxide and potassium bicarbonate are to be boiled 
together in a tared dish, with 100 Gm. (or 3^ fl. ounce) of distilled 
water until solution has been effected. Distilled water is then to be 
added to make the product weigh 970 Gm. (or 34 fl. ounces av.+95 
grains) and, lastly, the compound tincture of lavender is to be added 
and the liquid filtered. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

The corresponding Br. P. preparation is now known under the title 
Liquor Arsenicalis, which see 

LIQUOR POTASSII CITRATIS. U. S. 

Solution of Potassium Citrate. [Mistura Potassii Citratis]. 

"An aqueous liquid containing in solution not less than 8 percent, of 
anhydrous potassium citrate, [C 3 H 4 (OH) ( COOK) 3=304.2], with 
small amounts of citric and carbonic acids." <U. S. 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 8 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Citric Acid, 6 Gm. or y± ounce 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity 

to make 100 Cc. or i2]/ 2 fl. ounces 

The salts are each to be separately dissolved in 40 Cc. (or 6 ounces) 
of distilled water and the solutions separately filtered, washing the 
filters with enough distilled water to obtain, in each case, 50 Cc. or 
(6^4 fl. ounces). When ready the solutions are to be mixed and when 
effervescence has nearly ceased, transferred to a bottle. This prepara- 
tion should be freshly made when wanted for use. <U. S. 



792 The Fenner Formulary Fart II. 

LIQUOR POTASSII HYDROXIDI. U. S. 
Solution of Potassium Hydroxide. [Liquor Potassae, Pharm. 1890]. 

"An aqueous solution containing about 5 percent, of potassium 
hydroxide [_KOH=5574]."<U. S. 

Note the change in both the Latin and English titles. The formula 
is entirely changed and is now : 

Potassium Hydroxide, 60 Gm. or 2 oz. av.+ 51 gr- 

Distilled Water, 940 Gm. or 33 oz. av.+378 gr. 

To make 1000 Gm. or 35^ ounces av. 

The potassium hydroxide is to be dissolved in the distilled water. 

The Pharmacopoeia directs that the potassium hydroxide used shall 
be of full strength and quality directed by the U. S. P., 85 percent. 

The change in title adopted in the present revision from Liquor 
Potassa of the former revision may cause some confusion until it is 
well understood. The sp. gr. should be about 7.046 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

The corresponding Br. P. preparation is known by the old title, 
Liquor Potassae, which see. 

LIQUOR POTASSII PERMANGANATIS. Br. 
Solution of Potassium Permanganate. 

Potassium Permanganate, 87J/2 grains or 10 Gm. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
''Dissolve the potassium permanganate in sufficient distilled water 
to produce 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the solution. Dose, 2 to 4 
grammes." < Br. 

no minims contain 1 grain of potassium permanganate; 100 Cc. 
contain 1 Gm. 

LIQUOR QUASSLflE CONCENTRATUS. Br. 

Concentrated Solution of Quassia. 

Quassia Wood, in No. 40 powder, 2 ounces or 100 Gm. 

Alcohol, (20%), 22 fl.ounce or 1100 Cc. 

"Mix the quassia with 2 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc.) of the alcohol; pack 
in a closed percolator ; set aside for 3 days ; percolate with the remain- 
ing alcohol added in 10 equal parts at intervals of 12 hours; continue 
percolation with more alcohol until the product measures 20 ounces 
(or 1000 Cc). Dose, y 2 to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 

LIQUOR RHEI CONCENTRATUS. Br. 

Concentrated Solution of Rhubarb. 

Rhubarb Root, in No. 5 powder, 10 ounces or 500 Gm. 
Alcohol, (20%), 25 fl. ounces or 1250 Cc. 

Moisten the rhubarb with 5 fl. ounces (or 250 Cc.) of alcohol, and 
make as the preceding. < Br. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 793 

LIQUOR SARS^ COMPOSITUS CONCENTRATUS. Br. 

Concentrated Compound Solution of Sarsaparilla. 

Sarsaparilla, cut transversely 

and bruised, 20 ounces or 1000 Gm. 

Sassafras Root, in shavings, 2 ounces or 100 Gm. 

Guaiacum Wood, in shavings, 2 ounces or 100 Gm. 

Dried Liquorice Root, bruised, 2 ounces or 100 Gm. 

Mezereon Bark, cut small, 1 ounce or 50 Gm. 

Alcohol, (90%), 4y 2 fl. ounces or 225 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Infuse the sarsaparilla in three successive portions of 100 ounces 
(or 5 liters) of distilled water for 1 hour each, at i6o°F. (7i.i°C.). 
Boil the other solid ingredients with distilled water until exhausted. 
Rapidly concentrate the mixed infusion and decoction until, when 
cold, the liquid measures 16 fl. ounces (or 800 Cc.) ; add the alcohol; 
set aside for at least 14 days ; filter. The product should measure 
20 ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, 2 to 8 fl.drachms."<Br. 

LIQUOR SENEGA CONCENTRATUS. Br. 

Concentrated Solution of Senega. 
Senega Root, in No. 20 powder, 10 ounces or 500 Gm. 
A mixture of 2 parts of Alcohol, (20%;), and 

1 part of Alcohol, (45%), 25 fl. ounces or 1250 Cc. 
Moisten the senega with 4 fl. ounces (or 200 Cc.) of the menstruum, 
and proceed as directed for Liquor Quassia to obtain 20 ounces (or 
1000 Cc). Dose, y 2 to 1 fl.drachm.<Br. 

LIQUOR SENN^ CONCENTRATUS. Br. 
Concentrated Solution of Senna, 

Senna, in No. 50 powder, - 20 ounces or 1000 Gm. 

Tincture of Ginger, 2^ fl. ounces or 125 Cc. 

Alcohol, (90%), 2 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Divide the senna into 3 equal portions, slightly moisten 1 portion 
with distilled water; pack in a percolator; set aside for 24 hours; pass 
distilled water through it until 5 fl. ounces (or 250 Cc.) are obtained. 
Slightly moisten the second portion of the senna with this liquid ; 
pack in the percolator ; set aside for 24 hours ; percolate with the re- 
mainder of the liquid obtained from the first portion, and last with an 
additional 5 fl. ounces (or 250 Cc.) obtained by passing more distilled 
water through the first portion. Repeat the process with the third 
portion of the senna, arid continue successive percolation through the 
three portions, until a quantity of 16 fl. ounces (or 800 Cc.) has been 
collected from the third percolator. Heat the liquid to i8o°F. 
(82.2°C.) for five minutes; cool; add the alcohol and tincture of gin- 



794 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

ger previously mixed ; set aside for 7 days ; filter. The product should 
measure 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, ^ to 1 fl.drachm."<I>r. 

LIQUOR SERPENTARLffi CONCENTRATUS. Br. 

Concentrated Solution of Serpentary. 

Serpentary rhizome, in No. 

40 powder, 10 ounces or 500 Gm. 

Alcohol, (20%), 25 fl. ounces or 1250 Cc. 

Moisten the serpentary with 5 fl. ounces (or 250 Cc.) of the alcohol, 
and proceed the same as directed for Liquor Quassia to obtain 20 
ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, ^ to 1 fl.drachm.<Br. 

LIQUOR SOD^ CHLORINATE. U. S., Br. 

Solution of Chlorinated Soda. [Liquor Sodae Chloratae, Pharm. 1890]. 

Note the change in the Latin title, and that the supplementary title 
"Labarraque's Solution" is ommitted from the present revision. 

"An aqueous solution of several chlorine compounds of sodium, 
containing at least 2.4 percent., by weight, of available chlorine." 
<U. S. 

Monohydrated Sodium Carbonate, 

65 Gm. or 2 oz. av.-(-i62 gr. 
Chlorinated Lime, 90 Gm. or 3 oz. av.-f- 77 gr. 

Water, a sufficient quantity 

to make 1000 Gm. or 3534 ounces av. 

The chlorinated lime (which should contain not less than 30 per- 
cent, of available chlorine) is to be triturated with 200 Cc. (or 6^4 
fl. ounces) of water, the heavier particles allowed to subside and the 
chinner supernatant portion poured upon a filter. The residue is again 
triturated with 200 Cc. (or 6^4 fl. ounces) of water and the whole mix- 
ture poured upon the filter. When the liquid has drained off the filter 
its contents are to be washed with 100 Cc. (or 3^ fl. ounces) of 
water. The monohydrated sodium carbonate is to be dissolved in 
300 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces) of hot water and this solution is to be added 
to the filtered liquid and thoroughly shaken. If it should become gel- 
atinous, warm the vessel gently until the precipitate subsides ; then 
transfer the mixture to a new filter and when the liquid has drained 
off wash the contents of the filter with enough water to make the 
product weigh 1000 Cc. (or 35^4 ounces av.). Keep the solution in 
well-stoppered bottles, protected from light, and in a cool place. Sp. 
gr. about 1.050 at 25°C. (77°F.). <U. S. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Chlorinated Lime, 16 ounces or 400 Gm. 

Sodium Carbonate, 25 ounces or 600 Gm. 

Distilled Water, 1 gallon or 4 liters 



Part If. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 795 

"Dissolve the sodium carbonate in one-quarter of the distilled 
water ; thoroughly triturate the chlorinated lime with the remainder of 
the distilled water; mix the two liquids; filter. "<Br. 

LIQUOR SODII ARSENATIS. U. S., Br. 
Solution of Sodium Arsenate. 
"An aqueous solution, which should contain Sodium Arsenate cor- 
responding in amount to not less than i percent, of exsiccated sodium 
arsenate." <U. S. 

Exsiccated Sodium Arsenate, i Gm. or 15 grains 

Distilled Water, sufficient to make 100 Gm. or ?>H A. ounces 
''Dissolve the exsiccated sodium arsenate in a sufficient quantity of 
distilled water to make the product weigh 100 Gm. (or 3^ fl. ounces)." 
<U. S. 
Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Sodium Arsenate, recently rendered anhydrous, 

1/^4 grains or 1 Gm. 
Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the anhydrous sodium arsenate in sufficient distilled 
water to produce 4 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc.) of the solution of sodium 
arsenate. Dose, 2 to 8 minims. "<Br. 

no minims contain 1.77 grains of crystallized sodium arsenate, 
equivalent to 1 grain of the anhydrous salt; 100 Cc. contain 1.77 Gr. 
of the crystallized salt, equivalent to 1 Gm. of the anhydrous salt. 

LIQUOR SODII ETHYLATIS. Br. Solution of Sodium Ethylate. 

Sodium, clean and bright, 22 grains or 1 Gm. 

Absolute Alcohol, 1 fl. ounce pr 20 Cc. 

"Cautiously dissolve the sodium in the absolute alcohol contained 
in a flask, the latter being kept cool' by a stream of cold water. 

This solution should be recently prepared. It contains 18 percent, 
of the solid substance, C 2 H 5 ONa."<Br. 

LIQUOR SODII HYDROXIDI. U. S. 
Solution of Sodium Hydroxide. 

"An aqueous solution containing about 5 percent, of Sodium 
Hydroxide [XaOH= 39 .76]."<U. S. 

Sodium Hydroxide, 56 Gm. or 1 ounce av. 

Distilled Water, 944 Gm. or 16% ounces av. 

Dissolve the hydroxide in the distilled water. 

The Pharmacopoeia directs that the sodium hydroxide used shall be 
of full strength and quality directed by the U. S. P., (90%). 

This preparation should be kept in bottles made of green glass and 
provided with glass stoppers coated with paraffin or petrolatum. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 



796 The Fenner formulary Part II. 

LIQUOR SODII PHOSPHATIS COMPOSITUS. U. S. 

Compound Solution of Sodium Phosphate. 
Sodium Phosphate, uneffloresced crystals, 

iooo Gm. or 10 ounces aw 
Sodium Nitrate, 40 Gm. or 175 grains 

Citric Acid, 130 Gm. or 569 grains 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity 

to make 1000 Cc. or 9^ fl. ounces 

The sodium phosphate and sodium nitrate are to be triturated in a 
mortar with the citric acid, until completely liquified, then sufficient 
distilled water is to be added to make the product measure 1000 Cc. 
(or gy$ fl. ounces). The liquid is to be filtered and the solution kept in 
well-stoppered bottles, in a moderately warm place. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

LIQUOR SODII SILICATIS. Solution of Sodium Silicate. 

This is commonly called "Soluble Glass," or "Water Glass." It is 
prepared by fusing together 1 part of fine sand (silica), with 2 parts 
of dried sodium carbonate, in an earthenware crucible, and when 
fused pouring upon a slab to cool. This is then to be powdered and 
boiled with water, which dissolves out the soluble portion. The liquid 
is then to be concentrated by evaporation and the crystals which are 
formed purified by dissolving them in water heated to 37-7°C. 
(ioo°F.), filtering, recrystallizing, and then again dissolving in hot 
water and concentrating until the liquid has sp. gr. 1.300 to 1.400 at 
N. T. 

LQUOR STRYCHNINE HYDROCHLORIDI. Br. 
Solution of Strychnine Hydrochloride. 
Strychnine Hydrochloride, 17^2 grains or 1 Gm. 

Alcohol, (90%), I fl. ounce or 25 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the strychnine hydrochloride in the alcohol mixed with 
distilled water to produce 4 flounces (or 1 Cc.) of the solution of 
strychnine hydrochloride. Dose, 2 to 8 minims, no minims contain 
1 grain of strychnine hydrochloride; 100 Cc. contain 1 Gm."<Br. 

LIQUOR THYROIDEI. Br. Thyroid Solution. 

"A liquid prepared from the fresh and healthy thyroid gland of the 
sheep." < Br. 

"Remove the external fat and connective tissue from the thyroid 
glands taken from sheep immediately after killing"; cut the glands 
across, and reject any that contain cysts, are hypertrophied, or other- 
wise abnormal. Count the healthy glands that remain ; slice them and 
bruise them thoroughly in a mortar; for each entire gland (consisting 
of two lobes), add 34 minims (or 2 Cc.) of glycerin, and 34 minims 



Part If. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 797 

(or 2 Cc.) of a 0.5 percent, solution of phenol in distilled water; trans- 
fer the mixture, well stirred, to a flask and close the neck with a plug 
of cotton-wool ; allow it to stand for 24 hours ; then strain through 
linen, with strong pressure ; add to the strained liquid sufficient of the 
0.5 solution of phenol to make 100 minims (or 6 Cc.) of the solution 
for each gland used. Dose, 5 to 15 minims." < Br. 

It must be freshly prepared and kept in well-stoppered, sterilized 
bottles. 100 minims (or 6 Cc.) represent one entire thyroid gland. 

LIQUOR TRINITRINI. Br. Solution of Trinitrin. 
Synonym — Solution of Nitroglycerin. 
Trinitroglycerin of Commerce, 17^2 grains or 1 Gm. 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
''Dissolve the trinitroglycerin in sufficient of the alcohol to produce 
4 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc.) of the solution of trinitrin. Dose, ^ to 2 
minims, no minims contain 1 grain of the trinitroglycerin; 100 Cc. 
contain 1 Gm."<Br. 

Spiritus Glycerylis Nitratis, U. S. P., corresponds with this preparation. 

LIQUOR ZINCI CHLORIDI. U. S., Br. 

Solution of Zinc Chloride. 

"An aqueous solution, containing about 50 percent., by weight, of 
Zinc Chloride, [ZnCl 2 =i35.26]."<U. S. 

Zinc, granulated, 

Hydrochloric Acid, 

Nitric Acid, 

Precipitated Zinc Carbonate, 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
The zinc is to be put into a glass or porcelain vessel and 150 Cc. (or 
1^4 ounces) of distilled water added. Hydrochloric acid is to be grad- 
ually added and the mixture digested, until the acid is saturated; the 
solution is then to be poured off, the nitric acid added, and the solution 
evaporated to dryness, heating the mass to fusion at a temperature 
not exceeding H5°C. (239°F.). Let it cool and dissolve the solidified 
mass in a sufficient amount of distilled water to make the product 
weigh 100 Gm. (or 8)4 ounces). To this solution add the precipi- 
tated zinc carbonate, and let it set for 24 hours with occasional agita- 
tion, then set it aside until the precipitate has subsided, and finally 
separate the clear solution by decantation. The sp. gr. of this solution 
is 1.548 at 2 5 °C. (77°F.). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Granulated Zinc, 1 pound or 400 Gm. 

Hydrochloric Acid, 44 fl. ounces or 1100 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Make in the same manner as the U. S. formula, to produce 40 
fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). 



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LITHIUM. 

Symbol Li; Atomic weight (0 = i6) 6.94; Sp. gr. 0.589. 

Lithium is the lightest of all the solid metals, and belongs to the 
alkaline group, being similar to potassium and sodium, although not 
so ready as they are to combine with oxygen. It was first obtained by 
Sir H. Davy, by exposing lithium hydrate in contact with mercury to 
galvanic action, and decomposing the amalgam thus formed by dis- 
tilling off the mercury, leaving the metallic lithium. It is white and 
fuses at i8o°C. (356°R). 

Lithium forms chemical combinations with the acids and the haloid 
elements, several of which are official, the salts being chiefly used to 
eliminate uric acid in kidney troubles and rheumatism. 

Lithium and its salts are further described in the Chemical Section 
of this work, Part I. 

The following are the official salts of lithium : 

LITHII BENZOAS. U. S. Lithium Benzoate. 

LiC T H 5 2 =i27.ii. 

"It should contain not less than 98.5 percent, of pure Lithium Ben- 
zoate [C 6 H 5 *COOLi], and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." 
<U. S. 

The L T . S. P. does not give a formula for this salt, but it may be 
made conveniently by Shuttleworth's process : Lithium carbonate, 1 
ounce av., is mixed in a capsule with 9 fl. ounces of water and heated, 
then 3% ounces of benzoic acid is added in small portions and the 
heat continued until the lithium carbonate is decomposed and effer- 
vescence has ceased. The solution is then filtered, concentrated by 
evaporation, and crystallized, or evaporated to dryness on a water 
bath. Soluble in 3 parts of water or in 13 parts of alcohol at 25 °C. 

(77°F.)- 

Uses. This salt is a favorite remedy with physicians for gout and 
rheumatism. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

LITHII BROMIDUM. U. S. Lithium Bromide. 

LiBr=86.34. 

'Tt should contain, when well dried, not less than 97 percent, of 
pure Lithium Bromide, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." 
<U. S. 

This is official in the U. S. and Fr. P., and may be made by dissolving 
lithium carbonate in hydrobromic acid, or by decomposing a solution 
of potassium bromide with a solution of lithium sulphate. It is also 
prepared in other ways, but is seldom made except by manufacturing 
chemists. 

This is soluble in 0.6 part of water; freely soluble in alcohol. It 
is the most soluble of the lithium salts. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 799 

Uses. Lithium bromide is employed as a hypnotic, especially in 
rheumatic affections. It is one of the most efficient of the bromides. 
Average dose. — I Gm. (15 grains). 

LITHII CARBONAS. U. S., Br. Lithium Carbonate. 

Li 2 C0 8 =73.5i. 

"It should contain not less than 98.5 percent, of pure Lithium Car- 
bonate [CO(OLi) ], and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." 
<U. S. 

"Lithium Carbonate, L1CO3, is obtained from native silicates of 
lithium."<Br. 

This may be most readily prepared by decomposing a strong solu- 
tion of lithium sulphate with a strong solution of ammonium carbon- 
ate, lithium carbonate being precipitated, which is washed with a 
little alcohol and dried. It resembles magnesium carbonate. In a 
commercial way it is prepared by fusing the mineral lepidolite with 
barium carbonate, barium sulphate and potassium sulphate, and then 
separating the potassium and lithium sulphates which rise as above. 

Soluble in 75 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and in 140 parts of 
boiling water, but insoluble in alcohol. Soluble in dilute acids with 
active effervescence. 

Uses. This is used as a basis for preparing most of the lithium 
salts, and is given in doses of 2 to 8 grains, and used as an injection, 
suspended in mucilage water, for urinary calculi. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm. = 500 milligrammes 7^2 grains). 

LITHII CITRAS. U. S., Br. Lithium Citrate. 
Li 3 C 6 H 5 7 +4H 2 0=28o.o8. 

"It should, when carefully dried, contain not less than 98.5 percent, 
of pure Lithium Citrate [C s H 4 (OH) (COOLi),], and should be kept 
in well-stoppered bottles." < Br. 

"Lithium citrate is prepared by saturating citric acid with lithium 
carbonate. "<Br. 

Lithium Carbonate, 50 grains 

Citric Acid, 90 grains 

Warm Distilled Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Dissolve the citric acid in the water and add the lithium carbonate in 
successive portions, applying heat until effervescence ceases and a per- 
fect solution is obtained. Evaporate by a steam or sand-bath until the 
product has a specific gravity of about 1.230, and set aside for crystals 
to form. Dry the crystals and preserve them in a stoppered bottle. 

This is soluble in 2 parts of water, but nearly insoluble in alcohol. 

Uses. Lithium citrate is a soluble salt, convenient for using in solu- 
tions etc. This salt has been extensively used during the past few 
years in the treatment of uric acid diathesis. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.:=500 milligrammes (7^ grains). 



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LITHII CITRAS EFFERVESCENS. U. S., Br. 
Effervescent Lithium Citrate. 
Lithium Citrate, 50 Cm. or 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 

dried and powdered, 570 Gm. or 

Tartaric Acid, dried and powdered, 300 Gm. or 
Citric Acid, 

uneffloresced crystals, 195 Gm. or 

To make 1000 Gm. or 

The citric acid is to be powdered and mixed intimately with the lith- 
ium citrate and tartaric acid ; then the sodium bicarbonate is to be 
thoroughly incorporated with the mixture and the mixed powders are 
to be placed upon a plate of glass or in a suitable dish, in an oven 
heated between 93°C. and io4°C. (199.4^. and 219. 2°F.), and when 
the mixture by the aid of careful manipulation with a wooden spatula, 
has acquired a moist consistence, it is to be rubbed through a Xo. 6 
tinned iron sieve, and the granules dried at a temperature not exceed- 
ing 54°C. (i29.2°F.). The product should be kept in well-stoppered 
bottles.<U. S. 

Average dose. — 8 Gm. (120 grains). 

The Br. P. formula is : Sodium bicarbonate, in powder, 58 ounces 
(or 580 Gm.) ; tartaric acid, in powder, 31 ounces (or 310 Gm.) ; citric 
acid, in powder, 21 ounces (or 210 Gm.) ; lithium citrate, 5 ounces (or 
50 Gm.). Mix the lithium citrate with the citric acid, then add the 
tartaric acid, and, lastly, the sodium bicarbonate, triturating 
thoroughly. Place the whole in a dish or pan of suitable form and 
heat to between 200 and 22o°F. (93.3 ° and io44°C.). When the 
mixture by the aid of careful manipulation has assumed a granular 
character, separate it by means of suitable sieves, into granules of 
uniform and convenient size. Dry the granules at a temperature not 
exceeding I30°F. (544°C). The product should weigh about too 
ounces (or 1000 Gm.). The dose is 60 to 120 grains. 

The required quantity of this granular preparation is put into a 
part of a glass of water and drunk during effervescence. 

LITHII SALICYLAS. U. S. Lithium Salicylate. 

LiC 7 H 5 3 =i42.99. 

"It should contain not less than 98.5 percent, of pure Lithium Sali- 
cylate [C 6 H 4 (OH)COOLij, and should be kept in well-stoppered 
bottles."<U. S. 

This may be conveniently prepared by adding to 1 fl. ounce of 
water 60 grains of lithium carbonate, and then heating to boiling, and 
gradually adding 220 grains of salicylic acid, and continuing the heat 
until effervescence ceases. This deliquesces when exposed to moist 
air, and is very soluble in water and alcohol. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 801 

Uses. This is used for gout, rheumatism etc., in doses of 20 to 40 
grains. It seems to be more effective than other salicylates for this 
use. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

Other Lithium Salts. 

The foregoing official lithium salts are all that are used to any ex- 
tent in medicine, but many more are known and sometimes called for. 
They are described in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

LOTIONES — LOTIONS. 

Lotions are preparations intended to be applied externally for var- 
ious purposes, and consist of medicinal substances mixed with, dis- 
solved or suspended in water, or other vehicles. A great number of 
lotions were formerly known and used in medicine, but since the 
introduction of the oleates and other like preparations, by which the 
medicinal ingredients are more effectively applied, they have mostly 
gone out of use. The two formulas given are official in the Br. P. 
Many others will be found in other departments in this work. 

LOTIO HYDRARGYRI FLAVA. Br. 
Yellow Mercurial Lotion. Yellow Wash. [Aqua Phagendica]. 

Mercuric Chloride, 20 grains or 0.46 Gm. 

Solution of Lime, 10 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 

Mix them. This is used as a wash for syphilitic sores, ulcers etc. 

LOTIO HYDRARGYRI NIGRA. Br. 
Black Mercurial Lotion. Black Wash. [Lotio Nigra]. 

Mercurous Chloride, 30 grains or 0.685 Gm. 

Glycerin, y 2 fl. ounce or 5 Cc. 

Mucilage of Tragacanth, i 1 /^ fl. ounces or 12.5 Cc. 

Solution of Lime, a sufficient quantity. 
"Triturate the mercurous chloride with the glycerin and mucilage 
of tragacanth ; transfer it to a bottle ; add 2 fl. ounces (or 20 Cc.) of the 
solution of lime ; shake well ; add sufficient solution of lime to produce 
10 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc.) of the lotion. "<Br. 

This wash is applied on lint to syphilitic sores, ulcers etc., and is 
used as an injection for venerial diseases. 

LYSOL. Mex. Lisol. 

This is one of the newly invented germicides, obtained, by saponi- 
fying cresols or tar. It is official only in the Mex. P., in which it is 
described as a liquid of the consistence of syrup, of a reddish-brown 
color, and having the odor of tar. When dissolved in water it pro- 
duces a transparent liquid, and in this respect differs from creolin, 
which is a preparation of a similar nature. The following formulas 
are given for its preparation: 



802 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Linseed Oil, ioo parts 

Oil of Tar, ioo parts 

Solution of Potassa, (50%), 75 parts 

Alcohol, (90%), 65 parts 

Put all the substances into a retort and heat them together until the 
mass is of a homogeneous color and consistence. 

For preparing lysol with resin the formula is as follows : 

Rosin, in powder, 100 parts 

Oil of Tar, 40 parts 

Solution of Potassa, (36 Baume), 70 parts 

Alcohol, 70 parts 

Liquify the rosin and the tar by the aid of heat, in a retort, and 
add the solution of potassa and alcohol, previously mixed. 

A solution of 0.50 to 3% of lysol in water is used as a bactericide 
and germicide, also as a disinfectant. 

MAGNESIUM. 

Symbol Mg; Atomic weight (0=16) 24.32; Sp. gr. 1.743. 

The metallic element magnesium was discovered by Sir H. Davy 
in 1808, but was not isolated in a sufficient quantity for examination 
until 1830, when Bussy examined it and established its characteristics. 
It resembles zinc in its general properties, but is classed with earthy 
metals, calcium, barium, strontium etc. 

It may be obtained commercially by heating to redness a mixture of 
magnesium chloride, 6 parts, with fused sodium chloride, 1 part, cal- 
cium fluoride, 1 part and sodium, in slices, 1 part. 

To prepare it commercially pure, requires particular manipulation, 
It is furnished for laboratory use in the form of ribbon, also in coarse 
or fine powder. 

Magnesium in metallic form is used for producing the brilliant 
magnesium light, when acted upon by the oxy-hydrogen jet. It is 
the basis of all the magnesium salts, which resemble those of calcium 
and barium, and form an important portion of the crust of the earth. 

Magnesium and its salts are more fully described in the Chemical 
Section of this work, Part I. 

The salts of magnesium are considerably used in pharmacy and 
medicine. The following are the official salts of the U. S. and Br. P. 

MAGNESIA LEVIS. Br. Light Magnesia. 
Syn. Light Calcined Magnesia. Light Magnesium Oxide. 

"Light Magnesium Oxide, MgO, is prepared by exposing light 
magnesium carbonate to a dull red heat." 

"Characters. — A bulky white powder, differing from heavy mag- 
nesia only in its greater lightness, the volume corresponding to the 
same weight being to each other in the ratio of three and a half to 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 803 

one."<Br. 

Dose, 5 to 30 grains, for repeated administration ; for a single ad- 
ministration, 30 to 60 grains. 

In the U. S. P. this is now known as "Magnesii Oxidum," which see. 

MAGNESIA PONDEROSA. Br. Heavy Magnesia. 
Syn. Heavy Calcined Magnesia. Heavy Magnesium Oxide. 

"Heavy Magnesium Oxide, MgO, is prepared by exposing heavy 
magnesium carbonate to a dull red heat." 

"Characters and tests. — A white powder, insoluble in water, but 
readily dissolved by acids, the solution affording the reactions char- 
acteristic of magnesium. It should yield no characteristic reaction 
with the tests for iron, aluminum, calcium or carbonates, and only 
the slightest reactions with the tests for chlorides or sulphates. When 
heated to dull redness it should lose little or no weight." < Br. 

Dose, 5 to 30 grains for repeated administration ; for a single ad- 
ministration, 30 to 60 grains. 

Husband's Magnesia and Henry's Magnesia are simply heavy mag- 
nesia put up in proprietary form and sold at a fancy price. 

In the U. S. P. this is now known as "Magnesii Oxidum Pondero- 
sum," which see. 

MAGNESII CARBONAS. U. S., Br. Magnesium Carbonate. 

Approximately (MgC0 3 ) 4 'Mg(OH) 9 -f 5^0=482.26. U. S. 
3(MgCO 3 )-Mg(H0) 2 , 4 H 2 0. Br. 
The U. S. P. gives no formula for this preparation, but the Br. P. 
gives two processes, one for making Magnesii Carbonas Levis, or 
light magnesium carbonate, and the other for making Magnesii Car- 
bonas Ponderosa, or heavy magnesium carbonate ; the latter being 
generally used in pharmacy. 

The proportions of both are the same, varying only in the manner 
of making. 

Average dose. — 3 Gm. (45 grains). 

Light Magnesium Carbonate. Br. 
Magnesium Sulphate, 10 ounces or 125 Gm. 

Sodium Carbonate, 12 ounces or 150 Gm. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Dissolve the magnesium sulphate and sodium carbonate each in 
half a gallon (or 1 liter) of cold distilled water ; mix the two solutions; 
boil the mixture for 15 minutes; transfer the precipitate to a calico 
filter ; pour upon it boiling distilled water until the washings are free 
from sulphates; dry at a temperature not exceeding 2I2°F. (ioo°C). 
Heavy Magnesium Carbonate. 
Magnesium Sulphate, 10 ounces or 125 Gm. 

Sodium Carbonate, 12 ounces or 150 Gm, 

Distilled Water, boiling, a sufficient quantity. 



804 The Tenner Formulary Fart II. 

Dissolve the magnesium sulphate and the sodium carbonate each in 
a pint (or 250 Cc.) of the distilled water; mix the solutions, and 
evaporate to dryness ; digest the residue for half an hour with 2 
pints (or 500 Cc.) of the distilled water, and having collected the in- 
soluble matter on a calico filter, wash it repeatedly with distilled 
water, until the washings are free from sulphates ; dry the product 
at a temperature not exceeding 2I2°F. (ioo°C). 

Uses. [Magnesium carbonate is extensively used in pharmacy for 
various purposes, and in medicine is employed as an antacid and lax- 
ative, in doses of 20 to 60 grains or more. It is a familiar household 
remedy for "heart-burn," and is considerably used as a toilet powder, 
and in tooth powders etc. 

Milk of Magnesia. By omitting to dry the precipitate as above pre- 
pared, and suspending it instead in as little water as will answer the 
purpose, milk of magnesia is produced. A proprietary article by this 
name has had a popular sale. 

MAGNESII OXIDUM. U. S. Magnesium Oxide. 
Magnesia. Calcined Magnesia. 

MgO=40.o6. 

"It should contain, after ignition, not less than 96 percent, of pure 
[Magnesium Oxide. It should be kept in well-closed vessels.'' <U. S. 

The same as [Magnesia Levis of the Br. P. 

This is a very light, white, bulky powder, without odor and but 
little taste. It is nearly insoluble in water, insoluble in alcohol, but 
soluble with dilute acids, forming magnesium salts. 

Commercially it is known as "Calcined [Magnesia," and in pharmacy 
it is used for making some preparations. In medicine it is given as 
an antacid and laxative. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

MAGNESII OXIDUM PONDEROSUM. U. S. 
Heavy Magnesium Oxide. Heavy Magnesia. 

MgO =40.06. 

Chemically this is the same as [Magnesia Oxidum of the U. S. P., 
or [Magnesia Levis of the Br. P., but by its method of preparation the 
same bulk is about 3^ times heavier. It differs from the light mag- 
nesium oxide in not readily uniting with water to form a gelatinous 
hydroxide. 

The uses of this preparation are the same as of the light magnesia, 
but being less bulky it is more convenient for medicinal use. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 805 

MAGNESII SULPHAS. U. S., Br. Magnesium Sulphate. 

Epsom Salt. 
MgS0 4 +7H 2 0— 244.69. 

"It should contain not less than 99.7 percent, of pure Magnesium 
Sulphate [S0 2 *0 2 Mg+7H 2 0], and should be kept in well-closed ves- 
sels."<U. S. 

"Magnesium Sulphate may be prepared by the interaction of the 
native magnesium carbonates and diluted sulphuric acid ; or by puri- 
fying the native sulphate.'' < Br. 

This is prepared commercially by treating the earthy silicious mag- 
nesium hydrate with sulphuric acid. The mass is then dried and cal- 
cined at a red heat, to convert ferrous sulphate into red oxide of iron. 
It is then dissolved in water and calcium sulphide added to separate 
any portion of iron remaining, and at last dissolved again and crystal- 
lized to make the Epsom salt of commerce. For laboratory experi- 
ments magnesium carbonate may be dissolved to saturation in sul- 
phuric acid, the solution concentrated by evaporation and crystallized. 
It is very soluble in water, but insoluble in alcohol. 

Uses. Magnesium sulphate is the commercial basis of most of the 
magnesium salts. It is extensively used as a medicine, being fam- 
iliarly known as "Salts."' It acts as a cathartic in doses of 1 ounce, 
and is used in smaller doses as a laxative and refrigerant. 

Average dose. — 16 Gm. (240 grains). 

MAGNESII SULPHAS EFFERVESCENS. U. S., Br. 

Effervescent Magnesium Sulphate. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Magnesium Sulphate, uneffloresced 

crystals, 500 Gm. or 50 ounces 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 

dried and powdered, 403 Gm. or 40 OZ.+ 131 grains 
Tartaric Acid, 

dried and powdered, 211 Gm. or 21 oz.-j- 44 grains 
Citric Acid, uneffloresced 

crystals, 136 Gm. or 13 OZ.+262 grains 

To make about 1000 Gm. or 100 ounces 

The magnesium sulphate is to be dried on a water-bath until it 
ceases to lose weight, then, after powdering the dry salt it is to be 
mixed intimately with the citric and tartaric acids and incorporated 
thoroughly with the sodium bicarbonate. The mixed powders are 
then to be placed on a glass plate or in a suitable dish, in an oven 
heated to between 93 and io4°C. (199.4° and 2ig.2°F.), and when 
the mixture has acquired a moist consistence by the aid of manipula- 
tion with a wooden spatula, rub it through a No. 6 tinned-iron sieve, 



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50 


ounces 


or 


500 


Gm. 


36 


ounces 


or 


360 


Gm. 


19 


ounces 


or 


190 


Gm. 


i2y 2 


ounces 


or 


125 


Gm. 


ioy 2 


ounces 


or 


105 


Gm. 



and dry the granules at a temperature not exceeding 54°C. (I2C).2 F.). 
Keep the product in well-stoppered bottles. 
Average dose. — 16 Gm. (240 grains). 
The Br. formula is : 

Magnesium Sulphate, crystals, 
Sodium Bicarbonate, powder, 
Tartaric Acid, in powder, 
Citric Acid, in powder, 
Refined Sugar, powder, 
"Dry the magnesium sulphate at about I30°F. (544°C), until it 
has lost 23 percent, of its weight ; powder the product ; mix it with the 
fine sugar and then with the other ingredients. Place the mixture in 
a dish or pan of suitable form heated to between 200 ° and 220°F. 
(93.3 °C. and io44°C.). When the mixture, by aid of careful manipula- 
tion, has assumed a granular character, separate it into granules of 
uniform and convenient size by means of suitable sieves. Dry the 
granules at a temperature not exceding I30°F. (544°C). The pro- 
duct should weigh about 100 ounces (or 1000 Gm.). Dose, 60 to 240 
grains for repeated administration ; for a single administration, ^ 
to 1 ounce." < Br. 

The required quantity of this granular preparation is put into part of 
a glass of water and drunk during effervescence. 
Other Magnesium Salts. 
The foregoing official salts of magnesium are all that are much 
used in pharmacy or medicine, but as it combines with most of the 
acids and non-metals, a great number of other preparations are known 
and are described in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

MANGANESE. 

Symbol Mn ; Atomic weight (0=i6) 54.93; Sp. gr. 7.13. 

Manganese is a very hard, brittle metal, quite abundant in nature 
in the form of its black oxide. It is classed chemically with iron and 
chromium, its salts very much resembling those of iron. Metallic 
manganese is seldom seen except in the chemist's laboratory ; its 
affinity for oxygen is so great that when powdered it decomposes 
water without the aid of heat, and it must be preserved in naphtha. 

It forms compounds with the non-metallic elements, and unites 
with hydrogen and oxygen, forming manganic acid (H 2 Mn0 4 ), which 
is only known in its combinations with bases called Manganates. 
With oxygen it forms definitely five compounds, and two more are 
supposed to exist. The binoxide of manganese is much employed as a 
source of oxygen for manufacturing purposes, as in the production of 
chlorine for bleaching purposes, the melting of glass with the oxy- 
hydrogen jet etc. In pharmacy it is employed for the production of 
chlorine, potassium permanganate, and hydrogen peroxide. A few of 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 807 

the manganese salts are employed in medicine as alteratives and 
tonics. 

.Manganese and its salts are more fully noticed in the Chemical 
Section, Part I. 

The following are the official salts of manganese : 

MANGANI DIOXIDUM PRiECIPITATUM. U. S. 

Precipitated Manganese Dioxide. 

[To replace Mangani Dioxidum, Pharm. 1890]. 

"Chiefly Manganese Dioxide [MnO a =86.36], with small amounts of 

other oxides of manganese, corresponding to not less than 80 percent. 

of manganese dioxide." <U. S. 

Manganese Sulphate, 50 Gm. or 5^ ounces av. 

Ammonia Water, . 250 Cc. or 25 fl. ounces 

Solution Hydrogen Dioxide, 250 Cc. or 25 fl. ounces 
Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"The manganese sulphate is to be dissolved in distilled water 1000 
Cc. (or 100 fl. ounces). The ammonia water is to be diluted with an 
equal volume of distilled water and mixed with the solution of hydro- 
gen dioxide, which has also been diluted with an equal volume of 
distilled water. The mixture of the two solutions is to be poured 
slowly and with constant stirring into the solution of manganese sul- 
phate and the mixture allowed to stand for 1 hour, stirring frequently. 
Then the supernatant clear liquid is to be decanted from the precipi- 
tate and the latter repeatedly washed by affusion with hot water, 
using 1000 Cc. (or about 100 fl. ounces) each time. Collect the pre- 
cipitate on a plain filter, and continue the washing with hot distilled 
water until the washings no longer have an alkaline reaction upon 
red litmus paper, and produce no turbidity when mixed with barium 
chloride test solution. Allow the precipitate to drain, then dry it at 
i 5 o°C. ( 3 o2°F.)."<U. S. 

It is insoluble in water or alcohol, but is acted upon by some acids 
when heated with them. When heated to a red heat it parts with a 
portion of its oxygen and is sometimes employed as a source of oxy- 
gen for laboratory experiments. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 
This is intended for medicinal use. In the 7th revision of the U. S. 
P. commercial Manganese Dioxide, containing at least 66 percent, of 
the pure dioxide, was official. This is commonly known as "Black 
Oxide of Manganese,'' and is sufficiently pure for most purposes. 
MANGANI HYPOPHOSPHIS. U. S. 
Mn(Ph 2 2 ) 2 +H 2 0=20i.54. 
"It should contain not less than 97 percent, of pure Manganous 
Hypophosphite [CPh 2 00) 2 Mn-f H 2 0], and should be kept in well- 
stoppered vials." <U, S, 



808 The Fenner Formulary Part 11. 

This is a pink, crystalline powder, odorless and nearly tasteless, per- 
manent in the air; soluble in 6.6 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and 
in 6 parts of boiling water; almost insoluble in alcohol. 

This salt is chiefly used as an ingredient of solutions or syrups of 
hypophosphites compound, in which it is represented about 8 grains 
in a fl. ounce. Being official in the U. S. P., it is considerably used in 
hypophosphite combinations. 

Average dose. — 0.200 Gm.=200 milligrammes (3 grains). 

MANGANI SULPHAS. U. S. Manganese Sulphate. 
MnS0 4 +4H 2 0=22i.47. 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Manganous 
Sulphate [S0 2 *0 2 Mn-}-4H 2 0], and should be kept in well-stoppered 
bottles." <U. S. 

This salt is in colorless or pale rose-colored crystals containing 4 
molecules or 32.29 percent, of water of crystallization. When ex- 
posed to the air it is slightly efflorescent. It is soluble in about 0.7 
part of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and in 0.53 part of boiling water; 
insoluble in alcohol. 

Uses. This salt is generally used in making decomposition com- 
pounds of chemicals with manganese, and in medicine has similar 
uses as iron sulphate. In medicine it is given as a tonic and alterative, 
also is employed in the form of ointment, glycerite etc. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.^250 milligrammes (4 grains). 
Other Manganese Salts. 

The foregoing are the U. S. official salts of manganese. Many 

other manganese salts are prepared and sometimes used in pharmacy 

and medicine. They are more fully described in the Chemical Section, 

Part T 

MASS^ — MASSES. 

Under this title the U. S. P. gives the formula for two preparations 
which are made and kept in the form of a pilular mass, and are fre- 
quently sold and dispensed in this form, but are also designed to be 
made up into pills or mixed with other substances for making pills. 
Under the title Pilulse in the Br. P. quite a number of masses are in- 
cluded, see Pilulse. The U. S. official formulae are as follows : 

MASSA FERRI CARBONATIS. U. S. 
Mass of Ferrous Carbonate. [Vallet's Mass]. 

Ferrous Sulphate, 
Monohydrated Sodium 

Carbonate, 
Clarified Honey, 
Sugar, in coarse powder, 
Distilled Water, 
Syrup, of each, a sufficient quantity. 



100 


Gm. 


or 


2 


ounces av. 


46 


Gm. 


or 


402 


grains 


38 


Gm. 


or 


Va 


ounce av. 


25 


Gm. 


or 


V* 


ounce av. 



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Dissolve the iron salt and sodium salt separately, each in 200 Cc. (or 
1 pint) of boiling distilled water, and, having added 25 Cc. (or 3 
fl. drachms) of syrup to the solution of iron salt, filter both solutions. 
Mix them when cold in a bottle just large enough to hold both sol- 
utions, and stop the bottle tightly and set aside so that the ferrous 
carbonate may subside. Pour off the supernatant liquid, and having 
mixed the syrup and distilled water in the proportion of 1 volume or 
Ij4 fl. drachms of syrup to 19 A^olumes (or 5 fl. ounces) of water, wash 
the precipitate until washings no longer have a saline taste. Drain 
the precipitate on a flannel cloth and express as much of the water as 
possible. Lastly, mix the precipitate immediately with the honey and 
sugar, and by means of a water-bath evaporate the mixture, stirring 
constantly until it is reduced to 100 Gm. (or 2 ounces av.).<U. S. 

MASSA HYDRARGYRI. U. S. Mass of Mercury. 
Blue Pill. Blue Mass. 

Mercury, 33 Gm. or 510 grains 

Glycyrrhiza, in No. 60 powder, 10 Gm. or 154 grains 

Althaea, in No. 60 powder, 15 Gm. or 231 grains 

Glycerin, 9 Gm. or 140 grains 

Honey of Rose, 33 Gm. or 510 grains 

The mercury is to be triturated with the honey of rose until it is 

extinguished and globules of mercury are no longer visible under a 

lens magnifying at least 10 diameters. The glycerin is then to be 

added, then the powders, gradually and the trituration continued until 

the mass is homogeneous. <U. S. 

The extinguishment of the mercury may be hastened by adding a 
few drops of tincture of tolu or benzin occasionally. 

The Br. formula, under the title Pilula Hydrargyri, or Mercury 
Pill ; is mercury 2 ounces av., confection of rose 3 ounces av., liquorice 
root, in fine powder, 1 ounce av. The mercury is first rubbed with the 
confection, then with the liquorice. 

Blue mass is one of the articles most frequently called for, but it 
is seldom made by druggists, being supplied by manufacturing pharm- 
acists, who have better facilities for preparing it. 

MEL. U. S. Honey. 

A saccharine secretion deposited in the honey-comb by the bee, 
Apis mellifera, Linne."<U. S. 

In pharmacy strained or drawn honey only is employed as a basis 
of honey preparations and sold or dispensed in medicine. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

Melites or Honeys. These are compounds of honey with medicines 
used chiefly for their local effects, the honey being merely a vehicle 
for the medicinal substances. A number of honeys are official in the 



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European Pharmacopoeias. The following are official in the U. S. and 
Br. Pharmacopoeias : 

MEL DEPURATUM. U. S., Br. Clarified Honey. 

[Mel Despumatum, Pharm. 1890]. 

Honey, a convenient quantity. 
Distilled Water, 

Glycerin, each, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the honey intimately with 2 percent, of its weight of 
paper-pulp, which has been previously reduced to shreds, thoroughly 
washed and soaked in water, and then strongly expressed and again 
shredded. Then apply the heat of a water-bath, and, as long as any 
scum rises to the surface, carefully remove this. Finally, add enough 
distilled water to make up the* loss incurred by evaporation, strain, 
and mix the strained liquid with 5 percent, of its weight of glvcerin." 
<U. S. 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

"Honey of commerce, melted in a water-bath, and strained, while 
hot, through flannel previously moistened with warm water." < Br. 

MEL BORACIS. Br. Borax Honey. 



Borax, in fine powder, 
Glycerin, 
Clarified Honey, 
Mix. 

MEL ROS^. U. S. Honey of Rose. 



ounce or 50 Gm. 

2 ounce or 25 Gm. 

ounces or 400 Gm. 



Fluidextract of Rose, 120 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Clarified Honey, a sufficient quantity 

to make 1000 Cc. or S]/ 2 ounces av. 

"Into a tared vessel introduce the fluidextract of rose, then add 
enough clarified honey to make the contents weigh 1000 Gm., and 
mix thoroughly." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

MENTHOL. U. S., Br. Menthol. 

C 10 H 19 OH=i 54 . 9 8. 

"A secondary alcohol [C 6 H 9 (CHJ ( OH) (C 3 H 7 ) 1 : 3 : 4], obtained 
from the oil from Mentha piperita, Linne ; or other peppermint oils. 
Menthol should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, in a cool place.'' 
<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

"A crystalline substance, C 6 H 9 *OH-CH 3 C 3 H 7J obtained by. cooling 
the oil distilled from the fresh herb of Mentha arvensis, DC, vars. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 811 

piperascens et glabrata, Holmes; and of Mentha piperita, Sm."<-Br. 

Dose, y 2 to 2 grains. 

To obtain Menthol, peppermint oil is chilled by surrounding it with 
ice, or by placing it in a refrigerating chamber, and after standing, 
pouring off the liquid oil from the crystals of menthol which have 
formed. They are then to be drained and should be dissolved in al- 
cohol and recrystallized to free from oil. 

The menthol used in this country is mostly obtained from the or- 
dinary peppermint oil and is sometimes called "Pip or Pep Menthol" 
to distinguish it from the foreign menthol which is chiefly made from 
the Japanese peppermint. 

It dissolves readily in alcohol, ether or chloroform, but only slightly 
in water. It melts at 43°C. (io94°F.), and boils at 2I2°C, (413.6^.). 

Uses. In the form of Menthol Cones, this was at one time very pop- 
ular as an application for pain, neuralgia etc. It is now extensively 
used as an ingredient in spraying devices, nebulizers, inhalers, lin- 
iments, ointments etc., and in many preparations for internal use. 

METHYL. 

CH,=i S . 

Methyl is the radical of the Methyl series of compounds of which 
methylic or wood alcohol is the hydrate. It forms with other bodies 
a large number of compounds highly important in chemistry, and in 
pharmacy, similar in characteristics to the compounds of Amyl, 
Ethyl and other radicals of the Alcohol series; (see Alcohol). 

Many methyl salts are now prepared by manufacturing chemists 
as methyl is the basis of a considerable number of the newer remedies, 
and is also extensively used in the production of aniline dyes, form- 
ing some of the most brilliant colors. 

The most important combination of methyl is its hydrate, methylic 
or wood alcohol, which is obtained by distillation from carbonaceous 
substances and is hence called Carbonol. It is the commercial basis 
of the methyl products, and has already been described under alcohol. 

Methylis salicylate, or artificial oil of wintergreen, is the only official 
salt of methyl. 

METHYLIS SALICYLAS. U. S. Methyl Salicylate 
[Artificial Oil of Wintergreen]. 
CH 8 C 7 H 5 3 = 150.92. 
"An ester [C 6 H 4 (OH)COOCH 3 1 : 2], produced synthetically. It 
is the principle constituent of oil of gaultheria and oil of betula,. For 
flavoring purposes oil of gaultheria, oil of betula, and methyl salicy- 
late may be regarded as identical products." <U. S. 

This "artificial oil of wintergreen" is now extensively used in place 
of the natural oil, and is almost identical with it in composition and 



812 The Fcuncr Formulary Part II. 

characteristics. It is wholly identical with volatile oil of betula 
(birch), which is also sold as oil of wintergreen. Its sp. gr. is 1.183 
at N. T. It is soluble in all proportions in alcohol and glacial acetic 
acid, but only slightly soluble in water. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

METHYLTHIONINiE HYDROCHLORICUM. U. S. 

Methylthionine Hydrochloride. Methylene Blue. 

"Tetramethylthionine hydrochloride, obtained by the action of 
hydrogen sulphide upon an oxidation product of para-amido-dimethyl 
aniline. "<U. S. 

Readily soluble in water, making a deep blue solution ; less soluble 
in alcohol. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.— 250 milligrammes (4 grains).. 

MISTURA — MIXTURES. 

In pharmacy, Mixtures, as they are generally considered, are pre- 
parations which contain insoluble substances suspended or precipi- 
tated, and are intended for internal use or administration. In a pop- 
ular sense the name "mixture" is applied to a great variety of prep- 
arations, many of which are emulsions, solutions, syrups, tinctures etc. 
Under this heading the mixtures official in the U. S. and Br. Phar- 
macopoeias will first be given, and then the more important unofficial 
mixtures which are not more naturally included under other headings. 
See also Proprietary Medicines, the Standard Remedies etc. 

MISTURA AMMONIACI. Br. 

Emulsum Ammoniaci. U. S. Ammoniacum Mixture. Br. 

Ammoniacum, coarse powder, 34 ounce or 5 Gm. 

Syrup of Tolu, 4 fl. drachms or 10 Cc. 

Distilled Water, yy 2 fl. ounces or 150 Cc. 

Triturate the ammoniacum thoroughly with a little distilled water 
so as to form a thin paste, gradually add the remainder of the distilled 
water and the syrup of tolu, triturating until the mixture assumes a 
uniformly milky appearance, strain through muslin. 
Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

MISTURA AMYGDALA. Br. 

Almond Mixture. Br. Emulsum Amygdalae. U. S. 

Compound Powder Almonds, 2 ounces or 20 Gm. 

Distilled Water, 16 fl. ounces or 160 Cc. 

Triturate the powder with a little of the distilled water so as to 
form a thin paste, gradually adding the remainder of the distilled 
water ; strain through fine muslin. 
Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 



8 
4 


grains 

fi. drachms 


3 


fl.ounces 


70 


minims 


135 


minims 


320 


minims 


i5 


fl.ounces 


20 


fl.ounces 



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MISTURA BISMUTHI COMPOSITA. 
Compound Mixture of Bismuth. 

Morphine Hydrochloride, 

Distilled Water, 
Dissolve and add 

Compound Tincture of Cardamoms, 

Chloroform, 

Liquid Extract of Nux Vomica, 

Diluted Hydrocyanic Acid, 
Mix, add 

Concentrated Solution of Bismuth, 

Distilled Water, sufficient to make 
Each fl. drachm contains 2 minims of diluted hydrocyanic acid, -/ 20 
grain of morphine hydrochloride, and the equivalent of 5 minims of 
tincture of nux vomica. Dose, 20 to 30 minims. <B. P. C. 

MISTURA CREOSOTE Br. Creosote Mixture. 

Creosote, 16 minims or 1 Cc. 

Syrup, 1 fl. ounce or 30 Cc. 

Spirit of Juniper, 16 minims or 1 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Shake the creosote with 14 fl.ounces (or 420 Cc.) of the distilled 
water; add the syrup and the spirit of juniper, and sufficient distilled 
water to produce 16 fl.ounces (or 480 Cc.) of the mixture." < Br. 
Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

MISTURA CRET^. U. S., Br. Chalk Mixture. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Compound Chalk Powder, 20 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Cinnamon Water, 40 Cc. or 2 ounces 

Water, a sufficient quantity to make 100 Gm. or 5 ounces 
The compound chalk powder is to be rubbed in a mortar with the 
cinnamon water, and about 20 Cc.(or 1 ounce) of water gradually 
added, until a uniform mixture results. This is then to be trans- 
ferred to a graduated vessel, the mortar rinsed with water, and 
sufficient water added to make the product measure 100 Cc. (or 5 
ounces). The preparation should be freshly made for use, hence the 
small quantities directed. <U. S. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 
The Br. formula is: 
Prepared Chalk, 

Tragacanth, in powder, 15 

Refined Sugar, 
Cinnamon Water, a sufficient quantity. 



Va 


ounce 


or 


5 


Gm 




grains 


or 


0.7 


Gm 


V* 


ounce 


or 


10 


Gm 



6 


Gm. 


or 


24 


grains 


i8 


Gm. 


or 


/2 


grains 


18 


Gm. 


or 


72 


grains 


8 


Gm. 


or 


32 


grains 


60 


Cc. 


or 


y 2 


fl. ounce 


00 


Cc. 


or 


ioy 2 


fl. ounces 



814 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

''Triturate the prepared chalk with the tragacanth and refined 
sugar, and gradually add sufficient cinnamon water to produce 8 
fl. ounces (or 160 Cc.) of the mixture." < Br. Dose, / 2 to 1 fl. ounce. 

MISTURA FERRI COMPOSITA. U. S., Br. 

Compound Iron Mixture. [Griffith's Mixture]. 
Ferrous Sulphate, clear crystals, 
Myrrh, in small pieces, 
Sugar, 

Potassium Carbonate, 
Spirit of Lavender, 

Rose Water, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. 
Rub the myrrh, sugar and potassium carbonate with 700 Cc. (or 8 
ounces) of rose water, gradually added, then with the lavender, and 
lastly, with the iron sulphate and enough rose water to make the 
measure 1000 Cc.(or io l / 2 fl. ounces) of the mixture. Pour the mix- 
ture immediately into a bottle which should be well-stoppered. <U. S. 
The Br. formula is : 

Ferrous sulphate 25 grains (or 2 1 /?, Gm.), potassium carbonate 30 
grains (or 3 Gm.), myrrh 60 grains (or 6 Gm.), refined sugar 60 
grains (or 6 Gm.), spirit of lavender 50 minims (or 4.5 Cc), rose 
water 10 fl. ounces (or 437.5 Cc). Make in the same manner as the 
U. S. <Br. Dose, y 2 to 1 flounce. 

MISTURA FERRI ET AMMONII ACETATIS. 

This is now official in the U. S. P. under the title Liquor Ferri et 
Ammonii Acetatis, but has heretofore been known as a mixture. See 
the title mentioned. 

MISTURA GLYCYRRHIZA COMPOSITA. U. S. 
Compound Mixture of Glycyrrhiza. [Brown Mixture]. 



Pure Extract of Glycyrrhiza, 


30 Gm. 


or 


1 


ounce av 


Syrup, 


50 Cc. 


or 


1/2 


fl. ounces 


Acacia, granulated, 


30 Cc. 


or 


1 


ounce av 


Camphorated Tinct. Opium, 


120 Cc. 


or 


4 


fl. ounces 


Wine of Antimony, 


60 Cc. 


or 


2 


fl. ounces 


Spirit of Nitrous Ether, 


30 Cc 


or 


1 


fl. ounce 


Water, sufficient to make 


1000 Cc. 


or 


T^Vz 


fl. ounces 



The extract and acacia are to be rubbed in a mortar with 500 Cc. 
(or 16 fl. ounces) of water until they are dissolved, and the solution 
transferred to a graduated vessel containing the other ingredients. 
The mortar is to be rinsed with water and the rinsings added, then 
enough water added to make the measure 1000 Cc. (or 331/3 fl.ounces). 
<U. S. 

Brown Mixture Improved. As made by the foregoing formula this 
preparation always has quite a precipitate or sediment, and, although 



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815 



this corresponds to the pharmaceutical idea of a mixture, it is quite 
undesirable for dispensing in this form. The following formula does 
away with this objection chiefly: 

Glycyrrhizin, ammoniated, 160 grains; acacia, in fine powder, y 2 
ounce av. ; tincture of opium, camphorated, 2 ounces ; wine of anti- 
mony, 1 fl. ounce; spirit of nitrous ether, y 2 fl. ounce; alcohol, 2 fl.- 
ounces ; warm water, sufficient to make a pint. Mix and dissolve. 

MISTURA GUAIACI. Br. Guaiacum Mixture. 

Guaiacum Resin, 
Refined Sugar, 
Tragacanth, in powder, 
Cinnamon Water, 
"Triturate the guaiacum resin with the refined sugar and the trag- 
acanth ; add gradually the cinnamon water." < Br. 



V* 


ounce or 


10 


Gm. 


V2 


ounce or 


10 


Gm. 


35. 


grains or 


1.6 


Gm. 


20 


ounces or 


400 


Cc. 



Dose, V2 to 1 fl. ounce. 



Br. Castor Oil Mixture. 

3 fl. ounces or 75 Cc. 



1 y 2 fl. ounces or 37.5 Cc. 
1 fl. ounce or 25 Cc. 
2y 2 fl. ounces or 62.5 Cc. 



[Dewee's Carminative]. 

P., and is yet considerably 



MISTURA OLEI RICINI. 

Castor Oil, 

Mucilage of Gum Acacia, 

Orange Flower Water, 

Cinnamon Water, 
"Mix the undiluted orange-flower water and the cinnamon water; 
place the mucilage of gum acacia in a mortar and to it add, alternately, 
in portions, the castor oil and the mixed waters, with constant trit- 
urtion."<Br. Dose, as a draught, 1 to 2 fl. ounces. 

MISTURiA MAGNESII ET ASAFCETID^. 
Mixture of Magnesia and Asafetida. 

This was formerly official in the U. S. 
called for. 

Magnesium Carbonate, 
Tincture of Asafetida, 
Tincture of Opium, 
Sugar, 

Distilled Water, to make 
Rub the magnesium carbonat 
tinctures, then add gradually enough distilled water to make 100 
parts, or a pint. 

This favorite remedy is much used for children, in doses of a tea- 
spoonful to a tablespoonful. 

MISTURA RHEI ET SODiE. U. S. 

Mixture of Rhubarb and Soda. 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 35 Gm. or 1 ounce av. 

Fluidextract of Rhubarb, 15 Cc. or 3^ fl.drachms 



5 parts or 
7 parts or 


260 

10 


grains 
fl.drachms 


1 part or 

10 parts or 

100 parts or 


75 
1/2 
1 


minims 
ounces av. 
pint 



and sugar in a mortar with the 



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Fluidextract of Ipecac, 3 Cc. or 20 minims 

Glycerin, 350 Cc. or 10 'fl. ounces 

Spirit of Peppermint, 35 Cc. or 1 fl.ounce 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 28^ fl. ounces 

The sodium bicarbonate is to be dissolved in about 400 Cc. (or 
ny 2 fl. ounces) of water, the other ingredients added to the solution, 
and then enough water to make 1000 Cc. (or 28^ fl. ounces). <U. S. 

MISTURA SENNiE COMPOSITA. Br. 
Compound Mixture of Senna. [Black Draught]. 

Magnesium Sulphate, 5 ounces or 250 Gm. 

Liquid Extract of Liquorice, 1 fl. ounce or 50 Cc. 

Compound Tincture of Cardamoms, 2 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 

Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia, 1 fl. ounce or 50 Cc. 

Infusion of Senna, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the magnesium sulphate in 10 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc.) of 
the infusion of senna ; add the mixed liquid extract and compound 
tincture and aromatic spirit and enough infusion of senna to produce 
20 ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the compound mixture.'' < Br. 
Dose, as a draught, 1 to 2 fl. ounces. 

MISTURA SPIRITUS VINI GALLICI. Br. 
Mixture of Brandy. 
Brandy, 4 fl. ounces or 113 Cc. 

Cinnamon Water, 4 fl. ounces or 113 Cc. 

Refined Sugar, J / 2 ounce or 14 Gm. 

Two Yolks of Eggs. 
"Rub the yolks of eggs and the refined sugar together ; add the 
cinnamon water and brandy; mix." < Br. 
Dose, as a draught, 1 to 2 fl. ounces. 
This is more familiarly known as Egg-Xog in this country. 

Other Mixtures. 
The foregoing mixtures are all that are recognized in the U. S. and 
Br. Pharmacopoeias, but a great many have been introduced by pop- 
ular physicians as their favorite mixtures, and their formulas have 
been preserved, and are here repeated. Other formulas for mixtures 
will be found under other headings. 

MORPHINA. U. S. Morphine. 

C 17 H 10 XO 3 J-H 2 O=3oo.92. 

"An alkaloid obtained from opium." <U. S. 

Morphine and its salts are among the most important and most 
frequently used remedies. Morphine has the distinction of being the 
first alkaloid discovered. It was isolated in 1817 by a German apoth- 
ecary named Sertiirner, who named it Morphium. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 817 

Preparation. The process for making Morphine was formerly 
official, but is not repeated in the present pharmacopoeia. The U. S. 
P., 1870 formula, with slight changes, was: 

Opium, sliced, 13^ ounces av. 

Ammonia Water, 6 fl. ounces 

Animal Charcoal, in fine powder, 

Alcohol, 

Distilled Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
Pour upon the sliced opium 4 pints of boiling water and work 
with a pestle in a mortar to a smooth paste. After standing a few 
hours, strain through a coarse sieve, and work what remains in the 
sieve again with boiling water until it all passes through the meshes ; 
transfer the whole to a water-bath percolator, having first covered 
the diaphragm with burlap or other coarse cloth, and heat for 1 hour ; 
then begin to percolate, adding water and continuing the heat and 
percolation until the drug is exhausted. Allow the liquid to settle, 
strain through muslin, evaporate to 6 pints and filter. To the filtrate 
add 5 pints of alcohol and afterwards 3 fl. ounces of the ammonia 
water, mixed with 8 fl. ounces of alcohol. After 24 hours pour in 
the remaining ammonia water, and set the liquid aside to crys- 
tallize. The alcohol retains the coloring matters, resins, caoutchouc 
etc., in solution. The ammonia combines with the natural acids con- 
taining morphine, and the alkaloid morphine is precipitated and may 
be collected and purified by dissolving the precipitate in 2 pints of 
boiling alcohol, filtering while hot through animal charcoal and re- 
crystallizing. 

Morphine is quite insoluble, requiring 3330 parts of cold, or 500 
parts of boiling water, 168 parts of cold, or 36 parts of boiling alcohol 
to dissolve it ; it is therefore but little used in medicine, its soluble 
salts being used instead. In pharmacy it is used as the basis of the 
morphine salts, and for making oleate of morphine. 

Many salts of morphine are known, but only the three U. S. official 
salts, the acetate, hydrochloride and sulphate are much used. They 
are anodyne, narcotic and sedative. 

Average dose. — 0.010 Gm. = io milligrammes (J/5 grain). 

Pure Food and Drugs Law. Morphine, all of its salts and derivatives, and all 
preparations containing them are subject to the regulations of the U. S. Pure 
Food and Drugs Law. The quantity contained in each ounce of any preparation 
must be stated on the label, if intended for inter-state commerce. The der- 
ivatives of morphine mentioned in this law are apomorphine, dionine, per- 
onine, morphine acetate, hydrochloride, sulphate and other salts of morphine. 
Also all preparations containing it or the derivatives mentioned. 

MORPHINE ACETAS. U. S., Br. Morphine Acetate. 

C 1T H 19 NOvC 2 H 4 2 + 3 H 2 0=3 9 6.26. 
"The acetate [CH 3 COOH*C 17 H 19 N0 3 +3H 2 0] of the alkaloid Mor- 
phine should be kept in well-stoppered, dark amber-colored, vials ; a 



818 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

minute quantity of free acetic acid should be present to prevent de- 
composition.'' <L\ S. 

"The carefully dried salt obtained by neutralizing- morphine with 
acetic acid."<Br. 

Preparation. This is prepared according to the process formerly 
official as follows : 

Morphine, in fine powder, 480 grains 

Distilled Water, 8 fl. ounces 

Acetic Acid, a sufficient quantity. 

Mix the morphine with the distilled water and carefully add acetic 
acid, drop by drop, to the mixture, stirring constantly, until the mor- 
phine is neutralized and dissolved. Evaporate the solution by means 
of a water-bath to the consistence of syrup, and set aside until it con- 
cretes. Lastly, dry the salt with a very gentle heat, and rub it to a 
powder. 

Soluble in 2.25 parts of water, 21.6 parts of alcohol, 5.2 parts of 
glycerin at 25°C. {jj°¥.). This is the most soluble morphine salt. 

Average dose. — 0.015 Gm. = i5 milligrammes (y± grain). 

MORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDUM. U. S., Br. 

Morphine Hydrochloride. 

C 17 H 19 N0 3 -HC1+ 3 H 2 0=372.86. 

"The hydrochloride [HC1-C 17 H 19 N0 3 +3H 2 0] of the alkaloid Mor- 
phine. It should be kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored vials.'' 
<U. S. 

"The hydrochloride of an alkaloid obtained from opium." < Br. 

Preparation. The process formerly official in the U. S. P. is as fol- 
lows : 

Morphine, in fine powder, 480 grains 

Distilled Water, 4 fl. ounces 

Diluted Hydrochloric Acid, a sufficient quantity. 

Mix the morphine with the distilled water and carefully add hydro- 
chloric acid to the mixture, drop by drop, stirring constantly until 
the morphine is neutralized and dissolved. Evaporate the solution by 
means of a water-bath, so that on cooling it may crystallize. Lastly, 
drain the crystals and dry them on bibulous paper. 

This is the salt of morphine principally used in Great Britain. 

Average dose. — 0.015 Gm.=i5 milligrammes (14 grain). 

MORPHINE SULPHAS. U. S. Morphine Sulphate. 

(C 1T H 19 N0 3 ) 2 -H 2 S0 4 + 5 H 2 0=752.8 3 . 
"The sulphate [SO' 2 (OH) 2 -(C 17 H 19 N0 3 ) 2 +5H 2 0] of the alkaloid 
morphine should be kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored vials." 
<U. S. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 819 

Preparation. The process formerly official in the U. S. P. is as fol- 
lows : 

Morphine, in fine powder, 489 grains 

Distilled Water, 8 fl. ounces 

Diluted Sulphuric Acid, a sufficient quantity. 

Mix the morphine with the distilled water, then carefully add di- 
luted sulphuric acid, drop by drop, constantly stirring until the mor- 
phine is neutralized and dissolved. Evaporate the solution by means 
of a water-bath, so that on cooling it may crystallize. Lastly, drain 
the crystals and dry them on bibulous paper. 

Morphine sulphate is employed in the U. S. much more than any 
other salt of morphine, in fact, the other salts are but little used. 

Fatal mistakes sometimes occur by dispensing it for quinine, as it 
so much resembles it in general appearance. It should never be 
transferred to a shelf or dispensing bottle, but should always be kept 
in an original % ounce bottle, and distant from the package contain- 
ing quinine ; all danger will thus be avoided. 

Average dose. — 0.015 Gm.= i5 milligrammes (% grain). 

MORPHINE TARTRAS. Br. Morphine Tartrate. 
(C 17 H 19 N0 3 ) 2 C 4 H 6 6 ,3H 2 0. 

"Morphine Tartrate may be prepared by the combination of mor- 
phine and tartaric acid in molecular proportions." < Br. 

This salt may be prepared in the same general manner as the fore- 
going, by neutralizing a solution of tartaric acid with morphine, and 
crystallizing. It was first made official in the 1898 Br. P. 

Dose, yi to y 2 grain. 

Antidote for Morphine. 

Potassium permanganate has proven to be the most reliable antidote 
to morphine poisoning. If the morphine is taken by the stomach, the 
permanganate should be taken in solution, at least as much again of 
the permanganate salt being used as was taken of the morphine. It the 
morphine was administered hypodermically, so should be the per- 
manganate solution. Paraldehyde with small doses of picrotoxin has 
also been recommended. 

Other Salts of Morphine. 

Other salts of morphine are sometimes prescribed; as the meconate and bi- 
meconate of morphine, which are combinations of meconic acid with mor- 
phine; the bromide or hydrobromide of morphine, being morphine combined 
with hydrobromic acid; the nitrate, hydriodate, valerianate etc., being combina- 
tions of morphine with these acids; but there is little use for any except the 
official salts. 

Morphine Borate has been introduced for hypodermic use, as its solution is 
always antiseptic. Dose J /s grain. 

Morphine Diacetyl. This -is the chemical name for the salt of morphine pop- 
ularly known as Heroin. See that tilte. The hydrochloride of this salt, which 
is more soluble, is generally used. 

Morphine Phtalate is a new salt of morphine recommended for hypodermic 
use, on account of its antiseptic qualities. Dose y$ grain. 



820 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

MORRHUOLUM. Morrhuol. Gaduol. 

Official in the Xedl. S. 

An alcoholic extract of cod liver oil prepared by shaking the oil 
with successive portions of hot alcohol and evaporating the alcoholic 
extract thus obtained so than one volume of the finished extract shall 
represent four volumes of the oil treated. (1=34). 

It is an oily, brownish-yellow liquid, having a bitter, acrid taste, and 
is used in capsules, or made into an elixir or wine of Cod Liver Oil. 

Dose, 5 to 15 minims. See Elixir and Wine of Cod Liver Oil. 

MUCILAGINES — MUCILAGES. 

Mucilages, as they are understood in pharmacy, are thick, viscid 
liquids, prepared by dissolving gums or other vegetable substances 
containing mucilaginous properties, in water, either cold or by the aid 
of heat. They are used in medicine chiefly for suspending more 
active medicinal substances, for soothing irritated internal or ex- 
ternal surfaces, and for their local action as palliatives. 

In pharmacy they are used for making pill masses, troches, 
emulsions, mixtures etc. 

The gum mucilages are also extensively used as adhesives for 
labels, papers etc., and some of the other mucilages are employed as 
bases for toilet preparations, such as bandoline, fragrant cream etc. 

The mucilages official in the U. S. and Br. Pharmacopoeias are as 
follows : 

MUCILAGO ACACIA. U. S., Br. Mucilage of Acacia. 
Mucilage of Gum Acacia. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Acacia, in small fragments, 340 Gm. or 3.4 ounces 

Lime AVater, 330 Gm. or 3.3 ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Gm. or 10 ounces 

The acacia is to be washed with cold water and drained, then 
the lime water added to" it, and enough water to make the mixture 
weigh 1000 Gm. (or 10 ounces) ; agitate or stir occasionally until 
the acacia is dissolved, and strain. It is to be kept in well-stoppered 
bottles, completely filled, in a cool place. <U. S. 

The Br. P. directs gum acacia in small pieces 4 ounces (or 100 
Gm.), distilled water, a sufficient quantity. Rapidly rinse the gum 
acacia with a little distilled water; then dissolve it in 6 fl. ounces (or 
150 Cc.) of distilled water in a closed vessel and strain. 

In making mucilage of acacia for medicinal use the best quality 
of gum acacia should be used ; for making "mucilage' for adhesive 
purposes inferior gum is selected. 

Uses. In pharmacy acacia mucilage is used for making emulsions, 
and in masses, mixtures, tinctures and compounds. In medicine it is 



6 


Gm. 


or 


216 


grains 


i8 


Gm. 


or 


1 


fl. ounce 


oo 


Gm. 


or 


8 


fi. ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 821 

employed as a vehicle for suspending- powders and other kinds of 
medicine. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

MUCILAGO SASSAFRAS MEDULLA. U. S. 

Mucilage of Sassafras Pith. 

Sassafras Pith, 2 Gm. or 72 grains 

Water, 100 Cc. or 8 fl. ounces 

Macerate for 3 hours and strain without expression. This prepar- 
ation should be freshly made when wanted. 

Uses. This mucilage has the flavor of sassafras, and is chiefly used 
in cough mixtures. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

MUCILAGO TRAGACANTHiE. U. S., Br. 
Mucilage of Tragacanth. 
The U. S. formula is : 
Tragacanth, 
Glycerin, 
Water, to make 

"Mix the glycerin with 75 Cc. (or 5^ fl. ounces) of water, heat the 
mixture to boiling, add the tragacanth, and macerate during 24 hours, 
stirring occasionally; then add enough water to make 100 Gm. (or 8 
fl.ounces) ; beat it to a uniform consistence and strain forcibly through 
muslin." <U. S. 

The Br. formula is : Tragacanth, in powder, 60 grains (or 5.5 Gm.) ; 
alcohol, (90%), 2 fl. drachms (or 10 Cc.) ; distilled water, a sufficient 
quantity. Mix the tragacanth with the alcohol in a bottle, then pour 
in water enough to make 10 fl.ounces (or 400 Cc), with constant 
agitation. 

Uses. Tragacanth mucilage is used chiefly as an excipient for pills 
and to mix with troches and other substances required to be made 
into a mass. It is employed also as an adhesive for labels etc. 
Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

MUCILAGO ULMI. U. S. Mucilage of Elm. 

Elm, sliced and dried, 6 Gm. or 216 grains 

Boiling Water, 100 Cc. or 8 fl.ounces 

"Digest the elm with the water on a water-bath, in a covered ves- 
sel, during one hour, then strain. This preparation should be freshly 
made when wanted." <U. S. 

MYRRHA. U. S., Br. Myrrh. 

"A gum-resin obtained from Commiphora Myrrha (Nees) Engler 
(Fam. Burseraceae)."<U. S. 



822 The Tenner I 7 or miliary Part IT 

"A gum-resin obtained from the stem of Balsamodendron Myrrha, 
Nees, and probably other species."<Br. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=500 milligrammes (y l / 2 grains). 
This is more fully described in the Organic Materia Medica Section, 
Part I. 

NAPHTHALENUM. U. S. Naphthalene. 
C 10 H s =i2/.io. 

"A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar, and purified by crystalliza- 
tion. It should be kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored bottles." 
<U. S. 

When coal-tar is distilled, naphtha first passes over, after that 
naphthalene, which is volatilized with vapor of water, distils over and 
is collected in the form of shining transparent laminae. It is insoluble 
in water, but soluble in 15 parts of alcohol at N. T., and in ether, 
chloroform and oils. It volatilizes slowly at ordinary temperature 
and rapidly when heated; it melts at 8o°C. (i76°F.), and boils at 
2i8°C. (4244°F.) ; its vapor is inflammable. 

It is commonly known as coal-oil camphor, or moth camphor. It 
is made in flakes and in cakes and balls, the latter being known as 
"moth balls." It is much used as a disinfectant, also in ointments and 
lotions for parasitic diseases. 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm.^125 milligrammes (2 grains). 

NAPHTHOL. Br. Naphthol. [Beta-Naphthol]. 

C 10 H 7 OH= 143.66. 

"Beta-naphthol or beta-mono-hydroxy-naphthalene, C 10 H 7 OH. is 
usually prepared from naphthalene-sulphonic acid." < Br. 

This may be prepared by digesting naphthalene with three parts of 
sulphuric acid. Heat the mixture to 8o°C. when a- and /?- naphtha- 
lene-sulphonic acids are formed, and may be separated from the acid, 
the a- acid passes into the f3- variety, therefore the latter acid is 
always produced at a higher temperature (up to i6o°C). Both of 
the naphthalene-sulphonic acids may be fused with sodium or potas- 
sium hydroxide, and yield the corresponding naphthols which are 
known as a- and ^-naphthols, the latter being the official naphthol as 
above. 

It is in colorless or amber-colored, shining crvstalline laminae, 
or in powder, having a faint, phenol-like odor and a sharp and pun- 
gent but not persistent taste. It is soluble in about 1000 parts of 
water and in 0.75 part of alcohol at X. T.. ; also very soluble in ether, 
chloroform or solutions of the caustic alkalies. It readily sublimes 
when heated; it melts at I22°C. (25i.6°F.), and boils at i86°C. 
(546.8°F.). This is used for similar purposes as naphthalene in the 
form of ointments, solutions etc. It has also been given internally in 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 823 

doses of 5 to 8 grains in typhus fever and obstinate diarrhoea. 
Dose, 3 to io grains. Br. 

NICCOLUM — NICKEL. 

Symbol Ni ; Atomic weight (0 = i6) 58.68; Sp. gr. 8.8. 

Nickel is a metal classed chemically with manganese, cobalt, zinc 
etc. It was first made known by Cronstedt in 175 1. It is obtained 
from ores found in different parts of the world, by fusing them and 
separating the nickel by various means. It is hard, white, malleable 
and magnetic, resembling silver, but harder, being therefore better 
adapted for plating, for which it is extensively used. It forms alloys 
with copper and zinc, known as German silver, albata etc., which are 
much employed as a basis for silver-plated ware. It is also used as 
a coin of small denomination in the United States. Its salts are not 
used in medicine, but some of them are extensively used in electro- 
plating solutions. 

Nickel and its compounds are more fully described in the Chemical 
Section of this work, Part I. 

NITROGENIUM — NITROGEN. 

Symbol N; Atomic weight (0=i6) 14.01 ; Sp. gr. 0.97. 

Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gaseous element, 
discovered in 1772 by Rutherford, and found to be a constituent of 
the atmosphere (of which it forms about four-fifths), by Lavoisier, 
in 1777. It is also called Azote. It is an essential constituent of 
animal matter, and enters largely into the composition of all veg- 
etable substances, and, in the form of salts, forms an important por- 
tion of the alluvial soils. In the atmosphere it serves the purpose of 
diluting the oxygen. In a free gaseous state its qualities are neutral 
and negative, but combined with other elements it forms very ener- 
getic compounds. Its principle combination with hydrogen is 
Ammonia, NH 3 — from which is derived a great number of valuable 
substances ; with carbon it forms Cyanogen, CN, the basis of a class 
of poisonous salts. Its combinations with oxygen are of the greatest 
importance, forming acids which unite with the bases to produce 
Nitrites and Nitrates. It is also an essential constituent of all the 
alkaloids, and many other principles of plants. 

Nitrogen is most readily obtained by boiling a solution of Nitrate 
of Ammonium and collecting the vapor, which consists of water and 
nitrogen gas. It is now obtained commercially from the atmosphere 
by separation, the air being passed over some heated metal that ab- 
sorbs the oxygen, leaving the nitrogen free to be collected in a 
receiving tank. 

Nitrogen and its compounds are more fully noticed in the Chemical 
Section of this work, Part I. 



824 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

NUCLEIN. 

A preparation by this name is prepared from the spleen of domestic 
animals. It is in the form of a yellowish-white powder, soluble in al- 
kaline solutions. It is given in 40 to 100 grain doses for tuberculosis. 
A nuclein solution is made by Parke, Davis & Co. containing- 5 per- 
cent, nucleinic acid from yeast. It can be used either internally or 
hypodermically. Nuclein is soluble in dilute alkaline solutions, but 
little soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol. The nucleinic acid 
derived from yeast is generally used for combining with metallic sub- 
stances ; as with copper, forming cuprol ; with mercury, forming mer- 
curol ; with silver, forming nargol, etc. 

NUX VOMICA. U. S., Br. Nux Vomica. 

"The dried, ripe seed of Strychnos Nux-vomica, Linne (Fam. 
Loganiaceae), yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less 
than 1.25 percent, of strychnine." <U. S. 

"The dried, ripe seeds of Strychnos Nux-vomica, Linn." < Br. 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. by which the percentage 
of strychnine in determined and it is required that this drug shall con- 
tain 1.25 percent, of this alkaloid. Nux-vomica is further described in 
the Organic Materia Section in Part I. 

Average dose of powdered nux vomica. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligram- 
mes (1 grain). 

OLEA — OILS. 

Under this heading are classed a great variety of substances ranging 
from liquids to solids, and obtained from the mineral, animal and veg- 
etable kingdoms. They are very properly divided pharmaceutical^ 
into Fixed Oils, which are obtained by expression from fatty bodies, 
and Volatile Oils, which are mainly obtained by distillation, and these 
again may be arranged in several groups according to their character- 
istics, manner of making etc. To these classes may be added the 
Mineral Oils, which, though not officially recognized, are consider- 
ably used in pharmacy ; and many mixed and Medicated Oils, which 
have their uses in medicine and the arts. 

FIXED OILS. 

Fixed oils are fatty bodies, either liquid or semi-solid or solid, ob- 
tained usually by expression from vegetable or animal substances of 
a fatty nature. They differ from volatile oils by having a greasy 
feeling to the touch, while volatile oils do not, and by leaving a per- 
manent oily spot on paper, while volatile oils do not. Volatile oils 
are also vaporized by a degree of heat which will boil water, while 
the fixed oils remain unchanged at that temperature. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 825 

In the arts, the fixed oils, both of vegetable and animal origin, 
are extensively used for many industrial purposes, but in pharmacy 
no animal oils, except lard and cod liver oil, are officially recognized. 

The fixed oils and fats are, chemically, glyceryl oxides or compound 
ethers, produced by the union of the fatty acids peculiar to each sub- 
stance with glycerin (glyceric alcohol). They consist generally of 
the neutral principles, Olein, C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 33 2 ) 3 , which is a liquid, 
combined with Palmitin or Stearin, which, when separate, usually are 
solid at ordinary temperatures but when combined with olein may be 
soluble in it at ordinary temperatures, making many of the fixed oils 
solid in winter and fluid in summer. Margarin is considered a mix- 
ture of stearin with other like principles. The neutral principles may 
be decomposed into glycerin and Oleic Acid, C 18 H 34 2 , Stearic Acid, 
C 18 H 36 2 , and Palmitic Acid, C 1C H 32 2 ." 

Fixed oils are usually obtained by pressing the fatty substances, 
either with or without the aid of heat, in strong layer presses, by 
which the oily liquids are separated from the more solid fatty mat- 
ters, or from the solid constituents of seeds etc. Because of the 
method usually used in obtaining the fixed oils they are frequently 
called "expressed oils." Some of the fixed oils, however, (especially 
flaxseed oil), are obtained by solution in naphtha, which is afterwards 
distilled off or evaporated, leaving the fixed oil. 

The following are the fixed or expressed oils official in the leading 
pharmacopoeias. The processes for making them are not generally 
given, as they are not usually prepared except in a large way, by 
the aid of expensive machinery. 

OLEUM ADIPIS. U. S. Lard Oil. 

A fixed oil obtained by expression from lard at a low temperature. 
This is known on the market as summer-strained and winter-strained 
lard oil, the winter-strained being pressed at a much lower tempera- 
ture than the former. Sp. gr. 0.905 to 0.915 at 25°C. (y/°F.). Lard 
oil is used as a lubricant and for burning in lanterns and signal lamps 
and in pharmacy for making citrine ointment, hair oil etc. 

OLEUM AMYGDALA EXPRESSUM. U. S. 

Expressed Almond Oil. 

Oleum Amygdalae. Br. Almond Oil. 

A fixed oil obtained from bitter or sweet almond. The almonds are 
deprived of the colored powder adhering to them by rubbing together, 
or are blanched, then ground in a mill and the meal enclosed in strong 
linen bags and pressed between warmed iron plates. The yield is 35 
to 40 percent. The sp, gr. is 0.910 to 0.915 at 25°C. (jy°F.). Used for 
making rose-water ointment and whenever a fine bland oil is required. 

Average dose. — 30 Cc. (1 fl. ounce). 



826 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

OLEUM COCOS. Coconut Oil. 

A fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Cocos nucifera, having a 
white color and the consistence of butter. This is considerably used 
as a lubricant and emollient. It has the odor of coconut. 

OLEUM GOSSYPII SEMINIS. U. S. Cotton Seed Oil. 

A fixed oil expressed from the seed of Gossypium herbaceum and 
subsequently purified. The kernels of cotton seed are separated from 
their testa, ground, and the oil expressed by powerful pressure. It is 
then purified by treating and filtering, and put upon the market under 
various names, and for various purposes, Sp. gr. 0.915 to 0.921 at 
25°C. (77°F.). The ordinary cotton seed oil is largely used to adulter- 
ate linseed and olive oil, and is sold as cheap paint oil and sweet oil. 
The finer grades are known as "Salad Oil" etc. Although directed for 
making several linimems etc., in the U. S. P., it has not proven very 
satisfactory. It is considerably used as a base for hair oil. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

OLEUM LAURI. Expressed Oil of Laurel. 

An oil expressed from the fruit of Laurus Nobilis, of the consistence 
of lard and consisting both of fixed and volatile oils. It is dark-green 
and aromatic. Chiefly used for its coloring properties. 

OLEUM. LINI. U. S., Br. Flaxseed Oil. Linseed Oil. 

A fixed oil expressed from flaxseed without the use of heat. This 
oil is now mostly made by treating or percolating the ground flaxseed 
with petroleum naphtha, and then distilling of! the naphtha, the 
linseed oil being left in the boiler of the still and subsequently pur- 
ified. Linseed oil is extensively used for painting and other industrial 
purposes, and in pharmacy for making liniments, soft soap etc., and 
internally as a laxative. 

Average dose. — 30 Cc. (1 fl. ounce). 

OLEUM MORRHU^. U. S., Br. Cod Liver Oil. 

A fixed oil obtained from the fresh livers of Gadus Morrhua, Linne ; 
or other species of Gadus. This oil is prepared in the cod-fishing 
districts by heating the fresh livers in a wooden tank by means of 
steam. The oils and other matters are drained off and separated by 
standing, and the oil filtered, then cooled or frozen that it may 
deposit the heavier fats, then pressed in linen bags to obtain the pure 
light oil. Cod liver oil is extensively used in medicine, plain and com- 
bined in many ways. It is often prescribed by the name Oleum 
Jecoris Aselli, its German-Latin title. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

Morrhuolines, or Alkaloids of Cod Liver Oil. Morrhuol and Gaduol 
are names of an alcoholic extract from which elixir, glycerite and wine 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 827 

of cod liver oil are prepared. The most important active principles 
of the oils are the alkaloids, discovered in 1889 by M. Armand 
Grautier, (Professeur a la Faculte de Medecine de Paris), and one of 
his students, M.L. Mourgues, (Professor a Santiago de Chili). 

Further investigations made by Air. Grautier in 1891 and 1892, on 
chemical and physiological lines, show that the principal bases of Cod 
Liver Oil are : 

Amylamine, C 5 H 13 N ; Dihydrolutidine, QH-^N ; Oxycollidine, 
C 8 H 11 XO ; Morrhuine, C 19 H 27 N 3 ; Nicomorrhuine, Co H o ,N 4 ; Asseline, 
C 25 H 32 N 4 ; Morrhuic Acid, C 9 H 13 N 3 0. 

The last of these, while having the properties of an acid, is at the 
same time slightly basic. 

The most abundant and most active of these principles are amyl- 
amine, oxycollidine, morrhuine and nicomorrhuine. 

These alkaloids have all a somewhat similar action ; in small doses 
they excite the activity of the nervous system and the intraoxidization 
processes, they assist the digestive functions, stimulate assimilation 
and circulation, and purify the whole system of its impurities, as is 
indicated by the enormous quantity of urine secreted under their 
influence, the acceleration of the sudoral secretions and the increased 
appetite. 

Cod liver oil has always been known to produce these phenomena, 
but the experiments of M. Grautier and Mourgues, Laborde, Boillot 
etc., on animals and man, have established without doubt that these 
effects are especially due to the presence of the alkaloids of this oil. 
The value of this popular drug as a medicament therefore is fully con- 
firmed and scientifically explained. 

OLEUM MYRISTIOffi EXPRESSUM. Expressed Oil of Nutmeg. 

A concrete oil obtained by means of expression and heat from nut- 
meg. This is of the consistence of lard and is called Myristicse 
Adeps, also Butter of Nutmeg. It is used as a vehicle for other med- 
icines, usually employed externally. 

OLEUM OLIVE. U. S., Br. Olive Oil. 

A fixed oil expressed from the ripe fruit of Olea Europcea. This 
oil has been extensively used in pharmacy in all countries, and is an 
important article of commerce. The finer grades, which are obtained 
from the first expression of choice fruit, are called Virgin Oil ; the 
cheaper grades are made after the virgin oil has been expressed by 
heating the cake with boiling water and strong expression. Imported 
Salad Oil is a fine quality of olive oil. In pharmacy it is used in lin- 
iments, plasters and ointments, and for many other purposes. The 
color of olive oil is from a light straw to a greenish color. Its sp. gr. 
is 0.910 to 0.915 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Average dose. — 30 Cc. (1 fl.ounce). 



828 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

OLEUM PAluMJE. Palm Oil. 
This is a semi-solid oil obtained from the fruit of several species of 
Palmse, found in Guinea and South America. It is seldom employed 
in medicine but is extensively used in making soap. It is of the con- 
sistency of butter and has an orange color. 

OLEUM PAPAVERIS. Poppy Oil. 

A fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Papaver Somniferum. This 
is a very bland oil, free from irritating qualities and albuminous 
matter. It is sometimes employed in medicine and is sold for fine 
painting and to oil watches etc. It is frequently sold as "Watch- 
maker's Oil." 

OLEUM RAP^. Oil of Rape Seeds. 

A fixed oil obtained by expression from the seeds of the cultivated 
varities of Brassica or Rape. This is a bland oil, used for the same 
purposes as oil of cotton seed or mustard. 

OLEUM RICINI. U. S., Br. Castor Oil. 

A fixed oil expressed from the seed of Ricinus Communis. The 
seeds or beans of the castor oil plant are crushed and subjected to 
powerful pressure, and the oil then purified by heating with water to 
remove the albuminous matter. The clear oil is then filtered and con- 
stitutes the cold-pressed castor oil of commerce. An inferior quality 
is made by pressing- the cake between heated plates. Castor oil is a 
well-known cathartic in doses of a teaspoonful to a fl. ounce. It is 
much more effective in the form of an emulsion. Sp. gr. 0.945 to 
0.965 at 25°C. (77°F.). It mixes with alcohol in all proportions and 
is considerably used as a base for hair oil, mixed 2 parts of oil with 
1 part of alcohol. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

OLEUM SESAMI. Oil of Sesamum. Oil of Benne. 

A fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Sesamum Indicum. This is 
a bland, odorless oil, similar to oil of almonds or olive oil, and may be 
used for similar purposes. It is used in making a number of med- 
icines and as a base for hair oil and for other similar purposes. 

OLEUM SINAPIS EXPRESSUM. Expressed Oil of Mustard. 

A fixed oil obtained by expression from the seeds of Sinapis alba 
or nigra. This oil very much resembles cotton seed oil. It is made 
chiefly in California, and is used as a base for hair oil and for other 
similar purposes. 

OLEUM THEOBROMATIS. U. S. Oil of Theobroma. 
Butter of Cacao. Cacao Butter. 
A fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Theobroma Cacao. This 
oil resembles tallow, and is made by pressing the kernels or nibs of 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 829 

the chocolate nut between hot iron plates and running' the oil into 
moulds. It is used in pharmacy for making suppositories, for which 
it is best adapted of any substance, having a low melting point (86° 
to 95 °F.), and a firm consistence when cold. It is sometimes used in 
making ointments, and is a favorite requisite for the toilet for rubbing 
over the face, hands, lips etc. 

OLEUM TIGLII. U. S. Croton Oil. 
Oleum Crotonis. Br. Croton Oil. 

A fixed oil expressed from the seed of Croton Tiglium. Sp. gr. 
0.935 to 0.950 at 25°C. (77°F.). This oil is employed externally as a 
rubefacient and vesicant. Internally it is a powerful purgative in 
doses of 1 drop. It is sometimes combined in pills, but seldom given 
in any other form on account of its irritating effect. 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

Other Animal Oils. 

Oleum Animale iEthereum. Dippel's Animal Oil. This is obtained 
by dry distillation from bones and animal substances, and is known 
as bone oil. It has a very fetid odor, which is removed by rectifying, 
the purified oil being used in smelling salts etc. 

Bear's Oil or Bear's Grease. This is obtained by "trying out" the 
internal fat of the bear. It resembles lard and is much esteemed as a 
'base for hair pomade, a popular article of this kind being known. 

Goose Oil, Hen's Oil, Rattlesnake Oil, Skunk's Oil and Woodchuck 
Oil are all made in a similar manner and are used in domestic med- 
icines externally for swellings, rheumatism etc., and sometimes in- 
ternally for croup etc. 

Angleworm Oil. This may be made by putting a quantity of angle- 
worms in a bottle, covering them with olive oil and keeping them ex- 
posed to sunshine for several days until a sediment has separated. 
The oil is then decanted, filtered or strained. This may also be made 
by ''trying out" the oil by heat. It is a domestic remedy for rheuma- 
tism, stiff joints etc. 

Oleum Lanae. Lanolin. This is a fatty oil obtained from the wash- 
ings of wool, and now considerably used as an ointment base. It is 
more readiiy absorbed than any other fats. It is also known by other 
names, as Wool Fat, Agnine etc. See Adeps Lanae. 

Neatsfoot Oil. This is made by boiling the feet of cattle, deprived 
of their hoofs, in water and removing the oil which rises to the sur- 
face, and after it has stood sometime in warm water, straining it. 
This is used for softening leather, for stiff joints etc., and in some 
liniments. 

Sperm Oil. This is obtained from the cavities in the head of the 
Sperm Whale, and is the source of Spermaceti. Sperm oil, when pur- 



830 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

ified, is extensively used as a lubricating oil for fine machiners, it is 
considered the best Sewing Machine Oil. It is best purified by heating 
to coagulate any albuminous matter, then filtering, and then chilling 
with ice and pressing out in linen bags. 

Tanner's Oil and Train Oil are obtained from various kinds of fish, 
generally of the larger species, the whale, walrus, shark, porpoise 
etc., but also from the refuse of smaller fish which are dressed for 
marketing. Tanner's oil, which is made chiefly of the smaller fish and 
refuse, is used for dressing leather. Train oil is generally used for 
lamps and lanterns, and is chiefly prepared from whale and walrus 
blubber. 

Oleum Vitelli Ovi. This is prepared by heating the yolks of eggs 
by a salt water bath in a porcelain capsule, stirring the contents but 
lightly until a portion pressed between the fingers lets the oil flow 
freely ; then it is to be introduced into a cotton sack and pressed 
between plates to force out the oil. Filter the oil obtained at a tem- 
perature of 30°C. Seal in small bottles. 

Whale Oil. An oil obtained by "trying out'' the blubber of the 
whale. It is chiefly used for dressing leather and making whale oil 
soap. Many other fish oils are used for similar purposes, as [Men- 
haden Oil, Porpoise Oil, Seal Oil, Shark Oil, Walrus Oil etc. Dugong 
Oil and Eulachon Oil have been proposed as substitutes for Cod Liver 
Oil, but are not used in this country. 

Other Vegetable Fixed Oils. 

Nut Oils. These are prepared as a rule by grinding the kernel or 
"meat'' of the nuts to a coarse meal and expressing the oil, either by 
cold expression, or between heated iron plates. The oils from nuts 
are generally bland and have an odor somewhat resembling the nuts 
from which they are obtained. 

Beech-nut oil, Brazil-nut oil, ground-nut oil, hazel-nut, hickory- 
nut oil, walnut oil, peach-pit or Persico oil and other similar oils are 
obtained in this manner. Coco-nut oil, candle-nut oil, bayberry oil 
and other solid oils are obtained by boiling the nuts or fruit in water, 
expressing while hot, and collecting the oil when cold from the sur- 
face. 

Oils from Seeds. The oils from seeds are prepared either by expres- 
sion or by percolating the ground seeds with naphtha, ether, or some 
other solvent of the oils, then evaporating the light substance by dis- 
tillation, leaving the oil in the boiler of the still, the latter process 
being generally preferred as it insures a larger yield of oil at less ex- 
pense. The following unofficial oils are made in this manner : 

Oils of burdock, cardamom, chaulmoogra, cucumber seed, ergot, 
hemp, hyoscyamus seed, larkspur seed, melon seed niker seed, pump- 
kin seed, stramonium seed, sunflower seed and tonka. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 831 

Oils from Fruits. The oils from fruit are usually obtained by mak- 
ing the fruit into a pulp and steeping in water, then pressing and col- 
lecting the oil which rises to the surface. Falm oil is the most used 
of any unofficial oil of this kind, large quantities being consumed in 
the manufacture of soap. Mangosteen oil, behn oil, and tucum oil are 
sometimes used. Olive oil is the most familiar of the fixed oils ob- 
tained from fruit ; the virgin oil is obtained by pressing the fresh 
fruit and the common oil by macerating the pressed cake in water and 
again pressing. 

VOLATILE OILS. 

Volatile oils are obtained from plants mainly by the process of dis- 
tillation. They consist generally of the odorous principles of the 
plants from which they are obtained and are therefore called Essen- 
tial Oils. The term Otto instead of oil is used in perfumery to des- 
ignate the essential oils, as being less liable to mislead when there are 
fixed and essential oils from the same substance. 

The volatile oils are divided chemically into several classes. 

Hydrocarbons or Terpenes, which consist of carbon and hydrogen 
(usually C 10 H 16 ), of which oil of turpentine is the type. 

Oxygenated Oils, which contain oxygen combined with the hydro- 
carbon radical, and of which cinnamon oil is an example. 

Sulphurated Oils, which contain sulphur combined with a hydro- 
carbon radical, of which volatile oil of mustard is an example. 

Nitrogenized Oils, which contain hydrocyanic acid, or nitrogen 
combined with a hydrocarbon radical, of which essential oil of almond 
and its associates are all that are known. 

Many of the volatile oils which have chemically the same com- 
position are entirely different in odor and other characteristics. For 
example, oil of turpentine, oil of orange, oil of lemon and oil of berga- 
mot are all terpenes, having the chemical formula C 10 H 1G , their dif- 
ference consisting only in the arrangement of the carbon and hydro- 
gen atoms in the molecule. 

Volatile oils consist generally of two or more parts, which vola- 
tilize or congeal at different temperatures, as would a mixture of 
alcohol and water. The lighter or more etherial portion may be sep- 
arated by distillation at a moderate temperature, and is generally 
much more soluble than the heavier portion that remains behind. By 
congealing or freezing many of the oils a solid matter is obtained 
which is called Stearopten. This may be collected and separated from 
the oil by pressure. 

The terpenes are designated by the termination ene, as thymene, 
and the stearoptens by the termination ol, as menthol, thymol etc. 

The methods employed for obtaining the essential oils of plants are 
such as experience has shown to be best suited to the nature of the 



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832 The Vomer Formulary Part II. 

substance from which the oil is obtained and the character of the pro- 
duct required. They are described generally as follows : 

Distillation by Steam is the most approved method for obtaining 
the volatile oils of most plants. It consists in forcing steam through 
the mass of green or partly dried plants contained in a suitable 
chamber with a perforated bottom to properly distribute and admit 
the steam, and collecting the vapor which rises in a suitable con- 
denser, and afterward separating the oil from the surface of the water 
by means of woolen blankets, or by dipping off into a separating fun- 
nel, or by a pipette. 

Distillation with Water. Some oils are volatilized at a temperature 
lower than that of boiling water, and may be obtained by heating in 
water to nearly its boiling point, and condensing the vapor which 
rises. Most of the volatile oils may be obtained by distilling the 
plants with water, but the yield is not so large as by steam distilla- 
tion. In distilling many of the oils with water, salt should be added 
to produce a higher degree of heat, and thereby more completely vol- 
atilize the heavier portions of the oil. Sufficient water should be 
added, as a rule, to cover or nearly cover the substances from which 
the oil is to be distilled, and a false bottom or rack should be used to 
keep the plants from burning on the bottom of the boilers. 

Distillation from Substances. Pitch, tar, resins, the balsams, gum- 
resins and other substances are distilled without the aid of water or 
steam by simply heating them in the boiler and condensing the vapor 
which rises. Oil of turpentine, oil of copaiba and oil of tar are ex- 
amples of this class. Petroleum oils are refined in this manner, and 
the volatile products of coal and other substances are obtained by dry 
or destructive distillation of the crude substances. 

Mechanical Means. The citrine oils,, orange, lemon and bergamot, 
are best obtained by pricking the rinds of the fruit and thus liberating 
the oil contained in the oil cells. This is most conveniently done by 
means of the Ecuelle, which consists of a large number of sharp- 
pointed nails or needles, arranged in a shallow disc or cup. The fruit 
is rotated over these points, thereby rupturing the oil cells and liber- 
ating the oil, which is collected in the ecuelle. These oils, and also the 
volatile oils of some other fruits and seeds, are also obtained by 
grinding and expressing and subsequently separating the oils from 
the other liquid matter. These oils may also be obtained by distilla- 
tion, but their flavor is thereby impaired. 

Other methods. The foregoing methods of obtaining the essential 
oil of plants are generally employed, but some odorous principles of 
substances are so volatile, or so prone to decomposition, that they 
cannot be obtained by the processes described. The fresh flowers are 
therefore macerated in some bland oil, as almond or benne oil or 
purified mineral oil, or digested by the aid of gentle heat in the same ; 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 833 

imparting to the bland oil their odorous principles. These are known 
as Fatty Oils as, fatty oil of jasmine, tuberose, valley lily etc. When 
digested in deodorized alcohol or cologne spirit in the same manner, 
or when the fixed oils thus perfumed are digested with cologne spirit, 
the product is known as spiritous oil. The process of Enfieurage is 
also extensively employed for obtaining the odorous principles of del- 
icate flowers. It consists of spreading fresh flowers on thin layers of 
purified fatty bodies and changing them as frequently as their odor 
has been absorbed for fresh flowers of the same kind. The products 
are called flower pomades, and are known as No. 24 or No. 30, accord- 
ing to the number of times the flowers have been changed. These 
pomades are used for making the Extracts or Extraits which are em- 
ployed in perfumes, their spiritous solutions being sometimes called 
spiritous oils. 

The odors of flowers are sometimes obtained by percolating or 
macerating with carbon disulphide or ether, and afterwards dis- 
tilling the percolate, leaving the heavier odorous substances in the 
boiler. Manufacturers now have special odorless solvents for extract- 
ing the essences of flowers by percolation. 

Official Volatile Oils. 

Huiles Volatiles, (Essences), Fr. ; Olea Aetherea, Atherische Ole, 
G. ; Essenze, It. ; Aceites Volatiles, Mex., Sp. ; Aetherolea, ^Eteriske 
Oljer, Nor.; TEtherolea, Flygtiga Oljor, Swed. 

The following are the volatile oils official in the leading pharmaco- 
poeias. They are but a small portion of the essential oils that are used, 
but all that are employed to any extent in medicine. 

OLEUM ^ETHEREUM. U. S. Etherial Oil. 

"A volatile liquid consisting of equal volumes of heavy oil of wine 
and ether."<U. S. 

Alcohol, 1000 Cc. 

Sulphuric Acid, 1000 Cc. 

Distilled Water, 25 Cc. 

Ether, a sufficient quantity. 
The sulphuric acid is to be slowly added to the alcohol and mixed 
thoroughly, allowing the mixture to stand in a closed flask for 24 
hours, or until the liquid is clear. The clear liquid is then to be poured 
into a tubulated retort of such capacity that the mixture shall nearly 
fill it. A thermometer is to be inserted through the tubulure, so that 
the bulb shall be deeply immersed in the liquid, and, having con- 
nected the retort with a well-cooled condenser,- and also having con- 
nected with the receiver a bent glass tube for conducting the un- 
condensed gases into water, heat is to be applied by means of a sand- 
bath, at a temperature between 150 and i6o°C. (302 and 32Q°F.) ? 



834 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

and the liquid distilled until oily drops cease to come over or until a 
black froth, which forms on the surface, begins to rise in the retort. 
The yellow etherial liquid of the distillate is to be separated from it 
and exposed to the air in a shallow dish for 24 hours. It is then to be 
transferred to a wet filter, and, when the aqueous portion has drained 
off, the oil remaining in the filter is to be transferred to a graduated 
vessel and an equal volume of ether added to it. Keep the product 
in small glass-stoppered vials in a cool place. <U. S. 

This is used in the preparation of Spiritus TEtheris Compositus. Its 
sp. gr. is 0.905 at 25°C. (yy°F.). The preparation as made before 
adding the ether is known as "Heavy Oil of Wine." 

OLEUM BERGAMOTT^E. Oil of Bergamot. 

This oil is prepared from the fresh rind of the fruit of citrus Ber- 
gamia, in the same manner as oil of orange previously described. It 
is, like it, a terpene, C 10 H 16 , and develops a terebinthine odor when ex- 
posed. It is. used extensively in cologne and perfumery, and is a pop- 
ular flavor for hair oils etc. 

OLEUM AMYGDALA AMAR^. U. S. Oil of Bitter Almond. 

"A volatile oil obtained from Bitter Almond and other seeds con- 
taining amygdalin, yielding, when assayed as directed, not less than 85 
percent, of benzaldehyde, and not less than 2 percent, nor more than 
4 percent, of hydrocyanic acid. It should be kept in small, well-stop- 
pered, completely filled, amber-colored bottles, protected from light 
and air."<U. S. 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. by which the percentage of 
benzaldehyde may be determined. It is the same as is directed under 
the title Benzaldehydum, which see. 

This is a nitrogenized volatile oil obtained from bitter almond by 
moistening with water the cake left after expressing the fixed oil, and, 
after standing, distilling by means of steam. The substance obtained 
is benzyl-aldehyde, which is formed by the action of Emulsin on 
Amygdalin in the presence of water. Sp. gr. 1.045 to i-o6o at 25 °C. 

(77°F-). 

Nitrobenzol, or Oil of Mirbane, has been extensively manufactured 
as an artificial Oil of Bitter Almond, but only used for flavoring cheap 
soaps and coarse products, but now an artificial benzyl-aldehyde, 
which is identical with oil of bitter almonds is official in the U. S. P. 
It is made by the action of chlorine upon toluol (C 7 H 8 ), the benzyl- 
chloride which is formed is distilled with lead nitrate and water in an 
atmosphere of carbonic acid gas, and benzyl-aldehyde results. 

Uses. This oil is used chiefly as a flavoring. It is sedative and 
poisonous, except in very small quantities. The true oil of almond 
usually contains hydrocyanic acid. 

Average dose. — 0.03 Cc. {J/2 minim). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 835 

OLEUM ANETHI. Br. Oil of Dill. 

An oil distilled from dill fruit and used for flavoring. It contains a 
terpine, Anethene, C 10 H 10 , having a lemon flavor and an oxygenated 
substance similar to carvol. 

OLEUM ANISI. U. S., Br. Oil of Anise. 

This oil is distilled in Europe from aniseed, Pimpinella Anisum, the 
Russian oil being most esteemed, and in China from star anise, 
Illicium Anisatum, the great majority of the commercial being from 
the later. It consists mainly of Anethol, C 10 H 12 O, of which one por- 
tion, Anise Camphor, congeals at ordinary temperature and is heavier 
than water, and the other, liquid Anethol, is lighter than water and 
remains liquid at a much lower temperature than the former. It also 
contains a small percentage of hydrocarbon, C 10 H 1G . Sp. gr. 0.975 to 
0.985 at 25°C. (/7°F.). Anise is used as a flavoring, sedative and car- 
minative. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM ANTHEMIDIS. Br. Oil of Chamomile. 

This oil is distilled from chamomile flowers, and has their character- 
istic odor. Sp. gr. 0.905 to 0.915. It is stimulating and antispasmodic. 
The dose is 1 to 3 minims. 

OLEUM AURANTII CORTICIS. U. S. Oil of Orange Peel. 

Several varieties of orange yield a volatile oil from their peel, which 
is generally obtained by puncturing it with the ecuelle. The most 
common variety is obtained from the sweet orange and known as Oil 
of Orange or Oil of Sweet Orange. . Sp. gr. 0.842 to 0.846 at 25 °C. 
(77°F.). The common varieties of bitter orange yield an Oil of Bitter 
Orange, and a choice variety yields "the Oil of Curagoa. These oils 
have the same composition as terpene, C 10 H 10 , and are prone to change 
when exposed to light and air, acquiring a terebinthine odor. Oils 
that have developed this odor should not be dispensed or used. Orange 
oils are extensively used for flavoring and in making elixirs, colognes 
etc. 

Average dose.— 2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM AURANTII FLORUM. Oil of Orange Flowers. 
Oil of Neroli. 
This is a volatile oil distilled from orange flowers, and containing a 
fragrant terpene, C 10 H 16 . The choicest variety is distilled from the 
flowers of the sweet orange, and is known commercially as Oil of 
Xeroli, Petale. The next best is obtained from the blossoms of the 
bitter orange, and known as Oil of Xeroli, Bigarde ; and an inferior 



836 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

kind is made from the leaves and unripe fruit, known as Oil of Neroli, 
Petit grain. 

Oil of neroli is obtained by distillation, and is taken from the sur- 
face of the distillate with a pippette, the aqueous residue being the 
orange flower water of commerce. Oil or otto of neroli is used in 
cologne and other perfumes. 

OLEUM BETULA. U. S. Oil of Betula. 
Volatile Oil of Sweet Birch. 

A volatile oil obtained by maceration and distillation from the bark 
of the sweet birch, Betula Lenta, and nearly identical with oil of 
gaultheria. It is identical with Methyl Salicylate. Nearly all of the 
so called oil of wintergreen now sold is distilled from birch bark or 
made artificially 

Average dose. — i Cc. (15 minims). 

OLEUM CADINUM. U. S., Br. Oil of Cade. Juniper Tar Oil. 

"A product of the dry distillation of the wood of Juniperus Oxy- 
cedrus, Linne (Fam. Conifer8e)."<U. S. 

"An empyreumatic oily liquid obtained by the destructive distilla- 
tion of the woody portions of Juniperus Oxycedrus."<Br. 

Sp. gr. about 0.990. 

OLEUM CAJUPUTI. U. S., Br. Oil of Cajuput. 

"A volatile oil distilled from the leaves of Melaleuca Leucadendron, 
Linne (Fam. Myrtacese) ; yielding, when assayed by the process 
given not less than 5.5 percent., by volume, of cineol."<U. S. 

In composition it is a hydrate of the terpene Cajuputene, its formula 
being C 10 H 3t .H 2 O. It is a warm aromatic having an odor like camphor, 
and is used internally in cholera mixtures and externally in liniments. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

OLEUM CARL U. S. Oleum Carui. Br. 

A volatile oil distilled from caraway, consisting of a terpene, carvene, 
C 10 H 10 , and carvol, C 10 H tl . In the market are two kinds; Oil of Cara- 
way Seed and Oil of Caraway Chaff; the former being of much finer 
flavor and more expensive than the latter ; it should always be used for 
flavoring. It is an aromatic oil used for flavoring and in making 
elixirs and some syrups, liquors etc. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM CAROPHYLLI. U. S., Br. Oil of Cloves. 

"A volatile oil distilled from cloves, yielding, when assayed by the 
process given, not less than 80 percent., by volume, of Eugenol."<U. S. 



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This oil consists of a light oil or terpene, C 10 H 16 , and Eugenol, 
C 10 H 12 O 2 , in which the odor and taste of cloves is concentrated. It is 
a warm aromatic and antiseptic, much used for toothache and neu- 
ralgic pain, and is given internally in painkillers etc. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM CHENOPODII. U. S. Oil of Chenopodium. 
Oil of American Wormseed. 

A volatile oil distilled from chenopodium anthelminticum, consist- 
ing of a terpene, C 10 H 10 , and an oxidized terpene, C 10 H lc O. It is a 
peculiar, very disagreeably flavored oil, used as an anthelmintic. 
Some of the popular vermifuges are made chiefly of this oil, mixed 
with some bland oil and aromatics. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM CINNAMOMI. U. S., Br. Oil of Cinnamon. 

"A volatile oil distilled from Cassia Cinnamon (Fam. Lauracese), 
yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 75 percent, 
by volume, of cinnamic aldehyde.'' <U. S. 

"The oil distilled from Cinnamon bark.'' < Br. 

Cinnamon oil contains cinnamic aldehyde, C 9 H S . When old this is 
converted by oxidation into cinnamic acid, C 9 H s 2 , and it may be still 
further oxidized by the addition of nitric acid, yielding benzyl alde- 
hyde (oil of bitter almonds) and benzoic acid, C 7 H 6 2 . Oil of cin- 
namon is extensively used as a flavoring, and in medicine as a quick 
stimulant. Sp. gr. 1.045 t0 I -°55 at 2 5°C. (77°F.). 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

OLEUM COPAIBA. U. S., Br. Oil of Copaiba. 

A volatile oil distilled from copaiba, and consisting of hydrocarbons, 
C 10 H 16 and C 15 H 24 . It is used for the same purposes as copaiba, but 
has no advantages over it. Sp. gr. 0.895 to 0.905 at 25°C. (77°F.), in- 
creasing with age. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

OLEUM CORIANDRI. U. S., Br. Oil of Coriander. 

A volatile oil distilled from coriander, containing an oxygenated 
terpene, C 10 H 10 O. It is an agreeable aromatic and is considerably 
used in elixirs, svrups and carminative preparations. Sp.. gr. 0.863 to 
0.878 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM CUBEBiE. U. S., Br. Oil of Cubeb. 

A volatile oil distilled from cubeb and consisting mainly of two oils, 
with different characteristics. Sp. gr. 0.905 to 0.925 at 25°C. (77°F.). 
It is a warm aromatic and stimulant, especially for the mucous mem- 



838 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

brane, and is much used in medicines for catarrh and bronchitis, and 
in catarrh of the bladder. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

OLEUM ERIGERONTIS. U. S. Oil of Erigeron. 

A volatile oil distilled from the fresh flowering herb of Erigeron 
Canadense, and consisting of a terpene and an oxygenated portion. 
Sp. gr. 0.845 to 0.865 at 2 5°C. (77°F.). It has a peculiar disagreeable 
odor, and is used in gonorrhoea and in the form of ointment or lotion, 
for piles etc. 

OLEUM EUCALYPTI. U. S., Br. Oil of Eucalyptus. 

"A volatile oil distilled from the fresh leaves of Eucalyptus, recti- 
fied by steam distillation, and yielding, when assayed by the process 
given, not less than 50 percent., by volume, of cineol (eucalyptol.)." 
<U. S. 

"The oil distilled from the fresh leaves of Eucalyptus globulus, 
Labill. and other species of Eucalyptus." < Br. 

It consists chiefly of eucalyptol, C 10 H 18 O, and is an aromatic stimu- 
lant, having a camphoraceous spicy taste. Sp. gr. 0.905 to 0.925 at 
25°C. (77°F.). It is used both internally and by inhalation for catarrh 
and bronchitis, and as an ingredient of liniments and ointments. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

OLEUM FCENICULI. U. S. Oil of Fennel. 

A volatile oil distilled from fennel and having much the same prop- 
erties and composition as oil of anise. Sp. gr. 0.953 to °-973 at 2 5°C. 
(77°F.). Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM GAULTHERLflS. U. S. Oil of Wintergreen. 

A volatile oil, heavier than water, distilled from the leaves of Gaul- 
theria procumbens, Linne (Fam. Ericaceae), and rectified by steam 
distillation ; containing about 90 percent, of methyl salicylate and 10 
percent, of the terpene gaultherilene. Sp. gr. 1.172 to 1.180 at 25°C. 
(77°F.). A great portion of the oil of wintergreen found in the market 
is distilled from birch twigs and is, properly, Oil of Betula, which see. 
It is also artificially prepared from methyl alcohol and salicylic acid. 
A gaultherio-salicylic acid is prepared from oil of wintergreen which 
is much different in appearance from the commercial salicylic acid pre- 
pared from phenol. Oil of wintergreen is used for the preparation of 
true salicylic acid and is much employed as flavoring, which is also 
known as "chickerberry." 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

OLEUM HEDEOM^. U. S. Oil of Pennyroyal. 
A volatile oil distilled from pennyroyal herb, similar in composition 
to the other mint oils. Sp. gr. 0.920 to 0.935 at 2 5°C. (77°F.). It is 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 839 

used as a stimulant and flavoring, and in mixtures for preventing the 
bite of the fly, mosquito etc., and as an ingredient of liniments and 
ointments. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM JUNIPERI. U. S., Br. Oil of Juniper. 

The official oil of juniper should be distilled from full-grown, unripe 
fruit or berries, and consists mainly of a terpene, C 10 H 16 . Sp. gr. 0.860 
to 0.880 at 25°C. (77°F.). It is used as a flavoring for some prepar- 
ations and in medicine as a diuretic and stimulant. It is much used in 
the manufacture of cheap gin. Oil of Juniper Wood has more of a 
terebinthine odor, and is inferior. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

Empyreumatic Oil of Juniper or Oil of Cade is a tar-like liquid ob- 
tained from juniper by destructive distillation. It is frequently di- 
rected as "juniper tar." 

OLEUM LAVENDUL^ FLORUM. U. S. 
Oil of Lavender Flowers. 

A volatile oil distilled from the flowering tops or whole herb of 
Lavendula officinalis (or vera, Br.), and consisting of terpene and 
oxygenated compounds. Sp. gr. 0.880 to 0.892 at 25°C. (yy°F.). A 
great difference exists in the lavender oil found in the market, its frag- 
rance varying with the part of the plant used, the oil of lavender 
flowers being the finest. It is much used in perfumery and somewhat 
employed in medicine. Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

The best Oil of Lavender Flowers produced is from the lavender 
cultivated at Mitcham, Eng. 

OLEUM LIMONIS. U. S., Br. Oil of Lemon. 

"A volatile oil obtained by expression from fresh Lemon Peel, 
yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 4 percent, 
of aldehyde, calculated as citral."<L T . S. 

This oil is obtained from fresh lemon peel, usually by means of the 
ecuelle. Sp. gr. 0.851 to 0.855 at 2 5°C- (77°F-)- I* * s extensively used 
as a flavoring and in cologne etc. This oil is composed chiefly of ter- 
pene and soon develops a terebinthine odor when exposed to the light 
and air. It, as well as oils of orange and bergamot, should be kept in 
a cool, dark place, closely stoppered in full bottles or cans. They may 
be somewhat restored when changed by washing repeatedly with hot 
water in which a few grains of permanganate of potassium are dis- 
solved. When freshly received, if practicable, these oils should be put 
up in small bottles, full, and put away, or be mixed with one-fourth 
their weight of alcohol. Oil of lemon is seldom used in medicine ex- 
cept for flavoring. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 



840 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Oleum Limettae. Oil of Limes. This is prepared from limes and is 
similar to oil of lemon. It is used in flavoring confectionery, syrups 
etc. 

Oleum Linaloae. Oil of Linaloa. This oil is distilled from a resin- 
ous exudate caused by the stings of insects on Amyris Linaloae, found 
in Mexico. The odor of the oil somewhat resembles a mixture of 
lemon and lavender. It is used in perfumery and for scenting soaps. 

OLEUM MACIDIS. Oil of Mace. 

A volatile oil distilled from mace, and having the same properties as 
oil of nutmeg, which see. 

OLEUM MENTHA PIPERITA. U. S., Br. Oil of Peppermint. 

"A volatile oil distilled from the fresh or partly dried leaves and 
flowering tops of Peppermint, rectified by steam distillation, and 
yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 8 percent, 
of ester, calculated as Menthyl acetate, and not less than 50 percent, 
of total menthol (free and as ester). "<U. S. 

"The oil distilled from the fresh flowering peppermint, Mentha 
piperita. "<Br. 

This oil consists of a light hydrocarbon, or ester, and Menthol, 
C 10 H 20 O, to which it owes its odor and medicinal properties. Sp. gr. 
0.894 to 0.914 at 25 °C. (77°F.). It is extensively used in medicine for 
flatulence and as a refrigerant, and for flavoring medicinal prepara- 
tions. It is a favorite flavoring for confections, lozenges, candies, 
gums etc. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

Menthol. Peppermint Camphor. Q H 20 O. A stearopton obtained 
from peppermint oil by chilling it with ice, separating the solid por- 
tion, pressing, purifying and crystallizing. (See Menthol). 

OLEUM MENTHA VIRIDIS. U. S., Br. Oil of Spearmint. 

"A volatile oil distilled from fresh or partly dried leaves and flower- 
ing tops of spearmint, rectified by steam distillation." <U. S. 

"The oil distilled from fresh flowering spearmint, Mentha viridis, 
Linn." < Br. 

This oil consists of a terpene, C 10 H 1G , and an oxygenated portion, 
C 10 H 14 O, in which the characteristic odor resides. Sp. gr. 0.914 to 
0.934 at 25°C. (77°F.). It was formerly much employed as a perfume 
for soaps but recently it has come to be a great favorite as a flavoring 
for lozenges and chewing gum. In medicine it is sometimes used as a 
flavoring for compounds and is considerably used in liniments and 
ointments. Internally it is useful as an ingredient of carminative and 
stimulating compounds. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 841 

OLEUM MYRCLffi. Oil of Bay. Bay Oil. 

A volatile oil distilled from the leaves of Myrcia Acris, and consist- 
ing of a terpene, C 10 H 1G , and Eugenol, C 10 H 12 O 2 . 

It is chiefly used for making "bay rum," and in perfumery. 

OLEUM MYRISTIOflE. U. S., Br. Oil of Nutmeg. 

A volatile oil distilled from nutmeg, consisting of a terpene and oxy- 
genated portion, which represents the flavor of the nutmeg. Sp. gr. 
0.862 to 0.910 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

It is used chiefly for flavoring and in some elixirs. It is carminative 
and stimulating and is similar to Oil of Mace. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM PICIS LIQUIDS. U. S. Oil of Tar. 

A volatile oil distilled from tar, containing a variety of constituents. 
When first distilled this oil is nearly colorless but is soon acquires a 
reddish-brown color. It has a strong tarry odor and taste, and has sp. 
gr. about 0.965 at 25°C. (77°F.). It is preferable for many medicinal 
purposes to tar and is used in making several official syrups etc., and 
in cough remedies. It is also used in liniments and ointments as an 
antiseptic and stimulant. 

This official Oil of Tar is entirely unlike the commercial compound 
formerly sold as "oil of tar," but which under the new government 
pure food and drugs law is labeled "Cable Oil." 

An Oil of Birch Tar is made from birch tar by distillation. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM PIMENTO. U. S., Br. 
Oil of Pimenta. U. S. Oil of Pimento. Br. 

"A volatile oil distilled from Pimenta, yielding, when assayed by 
the process given, not less than 65 percent., by volume, of eugenol." 
<U. S. Sp. gr. 1.033 to 1.048 at 2 5 °C. (77°R). 

It is similar in characteristics to oil of cloves, and is considerably 
used in flavoring. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM PINI. Br. Oil of Pine. 

An oil distilled from the fresh leaves of Pinus Pumilio, having the 
characteristic odor of pine leaves and consisting mainly of terpenes. 
Sp. gr. 0.865 to 0.870 at X. T. It may be used in making cough prep- 
arations etc. 

This oil is generally labeled Oil Pinus Pumilio, to distinguish it 
from ordinary Oil of Pine Needles, which is also found on the market. 



842 The Fen iter Formulary Part II. 

OLEUM ROSJE. U. S., Br. Oil of Rose. Otto of Rose. 

"A volatile oil distilled from the fresh flowers of Rosa damascena, 
Mueller (Fam. Rosaceae) ; having-, when assayed by the process given, 
a saponification value of not less than 10 nor more than 17. It should 
be kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored vials, in a cool place, pro- 
tected from light. When dispensed it should be completely liquified 
by warming, if necessary, and well mixed by agitation.'' <U. S. 

"An oil distilled from the fresh flowers of Rosa damascena." < Br. 

This oil consists of a liquid portion and a stearopten and is solid or 
semi-solid at ordinary temperatures. Sp. gr. 0.855 to 0.865 at 25 °C. 
(77°F.). The best otto of rose is obtained from Turkey, Kizanlic 
being the chief collecting center. Oil of rose is used in pharmacy for 
many purposes and is extensively employed in perfumes. 

OLEUM ROSMARINI. U. S., Br. Oil of Rosemary. 

"A volatile oil distilled from the fresh flowering tops of Rosmar- 
inus officinalis, Linne (Fam. Labiatse) ; yielding, when assayed by the 
process given, not less than 5 percent, of ester, calculated as bornyl 
acetate, and not less than 15 percent, of total borneol.''<U. S. 

"An oil distilled from the flowering tops of Rosmarinus officinalis.'' 
<Br. 

This oil consists of a terpene and oxygenated compounds. Sp. gr. 
0.984 to 0.912 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

It is used in liniments and ointments as as aromatic and stimulant, 
and is somewhat employed as an antiseptic and stimulant. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM RUSCI. Empyreumatic Oil of Birch. 

This is properly Oil of Birch Tar, obtained by distilling the tar from 
the birch. It gives the peculiar flavor to Russian leather, and is some- 
what used in perfumery. 

OLEUM RUT^. Oil of Rue. 

A volatile oil distilled from Ruta Graveolens ; the most soluble in 
water of official oils. It is given for colic, female disorders etc., in 
doses of 2 to 5 minims. 

OLEUM SABINE. U. S. Oil of Savin. 

A volatile oil distilled from the fresh tops of savine. Sp. gr. 0.903 
to 0.923 at 25°C. (77°F.). It is a terpene and has the same general 
properties as savine ; acting as a stimulant to the organs of generation. 
It is sometimes given as an abortive. 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 843 

OLEUM SANTALI. U. S. Oil of Santal. 
Oil of Sandal Wood. Br. 

"A volatile oil distilled from the wood of Santalum album, Linne 
(Fam. Santalacea?) ; yielding, when assayed by the process given, not 
less than 90 percent, of alcohols calculated as santalol."<U. S. 

"An oil distilled from the wood of Santalum album. ''< Br. 

Sp.gr. 0.965 to 0.975 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

This oil consists of several oxyg'enated compounds of hydro-carbons. 
It is similar in its medicinal action to copaiba and is employed as a 
stimulant for the mucous membrane for gonorrhoea and catarrhal con- 
ditions of the bladder and urinary tract. It has also been used in 
perfumery to give permanence to odors. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

OLEUM SASSAFRAS. U. S. Oil of Sassafras. 

A volatile oil distilled from the bark of sassafras root, and consisting 
of a terpene, safrene, C 10 H 16 ; and an oxygenated portion, safrol, 
C 10 H 10 O 2 ; which constitutes about 90 percent, of the oil. Sp. gr. 1.065 
to 1.075 at 2 5°C. (77°F.). This oil is an agreeable aromatic, largely 
used in liniments and pain-killers, also as a flavoring. When com- 
pounded with wintergreen and anise it makes the sarsaparilla flavoring 
so much used. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

OLEUM SINAPIS VOLATILE. U. S., Br. 
Volatile Oil of Mustard. 

"A volatile oil obtained from Black Mustard (freed from fatty oils) 
by maceration with water and subsequent distillation, yielding, when 
assayed by the process given, not less than 92 percent, of allyl iso-thio- 
cyanate. It should be carefully kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored 
bottles in a cool place protected from light.'' <U. S. 

"Distilled from Black Mustard Seeds after maceration with water." 
<Br. 

This is a sulphurated oil, known chemically as Allyl Sulphocyanide. 
Sp. gr. 1.013 to 1.020 at 25°C. (77°F.). It is heavier than water and 
has a very pungent, acrid odor. Mixed with alcohol or oils in liniment 
it is used as a counter-irritant and rubefacient and inhalent. 

Average dose. — 0.008 Cc. (}i minim). 

OLEUM SUCCINI. Oil of Amber. 

A volatile oil obtained by the destructive distillation of amber, and 
subsequently purified by rectification. This is called rectified oil of 
amber, the unpurified oil being the crude. It is considerably used in 
liniments as an irritant and stimulant, and has the same composition 
as oil of turpentine. Not used internally. 



844 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

OLEUM TEREBINTHIN^. U. S., Br. Oil of Turpentine. 

A volatile oil recently distilled from turpentine, and having the com- 
position C 10 H 1G . It is a type of the terpenes. It is familiarly known as 
"turpentine'' or "Spirits of Turpentine," and is extensively used in the 
arts and medicine. It is an ingredient of most of the proprietary lin- 
iments and is a valuable stimulant and rubefacient. It is much em- 
ployed as a solvent for resins etc. In medicine only the purified oil is 
directed for internal administration. 

Terebene is a light hydrocarbon obtained from oil of turpentine by 
mixing it with 1 / 20 its weight of sulphuric acid, and distilling over at 
i6o°F. It is used for coughs etc. 

An oil is distilled from Strassburg Turpentine and also from Venice 
Turpentine. 

OLEUM TEREBINTHIN^ RECTIFICATUM. U. S. 

Rectified Oil of Turpentine. 
Oil of Turpentine, a convenient quantity, 
Solution of Sodium Hydroxide, a sufficient quantity. 
"Shake the oil of turpentine thoroughly with an equal volume of 
solution of sodium hydroxide, and introduce the mixture into a copper 
still connected with a well-cooled condenser. Recover about three- 
fourths of the oil by distillation, separate the clear oil from the water, 
and filter. 

Rectified oil of turpentine should always be dispensed when oil of 
turpentine is required for internal use."<U. S. . 
Sp. gr. 0.860 to 0.865 at 25°C. (77°F.). 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

OLEUM THYMI. U. S. Oil of Thyme. 

"A volatile oil distilled from the leaves and the flowering tops of 
Thymus vulgaris, Liune (Fam. Labiatce), and containing, when as- 
sayed by the process given, not less than 20 percent., by volume, of 
phenols. "<U. S. 

Oleum Serpylli, distilled from Thymus Serpyllum, is official in sev- 
eral of the European pharmacopoeias. 

Oil of thyme is composed of cymene, C 10 H 14 ; thymene, C 10 H 26 ; and 
thymol, C 10 H 14 O ; a stearopten, which crystallizes. This oil is ex- 
tensively used in liniments and as a stimulant and rubefacient. As 
found in the market it is frequently adulterated with oil of turpentine 
or other dilutents. Red oil of thyme is known as Pure Origanum Oil, 
and white oil of thyme is used in perfumery. 

Average dose. — 0.2 Cc. (3 minims). 

Oil of Origanum, Commercial. This is a mixture of red oil of thyme 
with oil of turpentine, equal parts, for a good quality ; or 1 part of the 
former with 2 parts of the latter for a common oil of origanum, such 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 845 

as is used in liniments. Druggists can buy the pure red oil of thyme 
and dilute it as they please for the cheaper grades. 

Thymol. C 10 H 13 HO. A stearopten obtained from various species 
of oil of thyme by saponifying with caustic soda, separating the 
saponaceous substance and decomposing with hydrochloric acid, 
washing the crystalline mass with water, dissolving in hot alcohol 
and recrystallizing. It is used as an antiseptic and also for neuralgia, 
toothache etc. It is official in the U. S. P. and Br. P. 

OLEUM VALERIANA. Oil of Valerian. 

A volatile oil distilled from valerian, consisting of a terpene and an 
oxygenated compound, having the characteristic odor and taste of 
valerian. It is employed for making valerianic acid and is sometimes 
used in medicine. 

Other Volatile Oils. 

Besides the foregoing volatile oils, which are mostly official, many others 
are used in pharmacy. They are generally described in the Materia Medica 
section, Part I., under the name of the drug from which they are obtained, 
and are also listed in the index. 

MINERAL OILS. 

The name "mineral oils" is intended to apply to the hydrocarbon 
oils which are obtained from the distillation of coal, and the oils ob- 
tained from the earth by drilling or otherwise. The mineral oil for- 
merly used for illuminating, and obtained by distillation from coal 
and other bituminous substances was known as coal oil or kerosene, 
but the discovery of petroleum oil revolutionized that industry, and 
our illuminating oils are now almost entirely obtained by distillation 
from crude petroleum, or "crude oil," which is obtained from wells in 
different parts of the world. The illuminating oil is obtained by 
fractional distillation, and is familiarly known as "carbon oil/' or "ker- 
osene oil." The crude oil is used in liniments, and as an application 
for rheumatism etc. (See Petroleum). 

Lubricating oils are also made from the heavier portions of petrol- 
eum, and are frequently mixed for that purpose with animal or veg- 
etable oils. 

Paraffin oils are obtained from petroleum, after distilling the illumi- 
nating oil, by chilling the residue and pressing the solid paraffines 
obtained. They are used extensively for lubricating, and, when puri- 
fied, for various pharmaceutical purposes, make a good body for an 
oil liniment, for hair oil etc. 

Seneka Oil. This is a variety of crude petroleum oil which was 
formerly obtained from the surface of some streams by the Seneka 
Indians, who absorbed it with woolen blankets and then obtained it by 
wringing them out. Crude petroleum oil, which has stood exposed in 
shallow vessels for some time, is very similar to it and is now used 
altogether when Seneka oil is required. 



846 The Fenner formulary Part II. 

Rock Oil and Oil of Stone arc very similar, and old crude petroleum 
is altogether sold for them now. 

Barbados Tar is a thick petroleum, resembling thin tar, exuding 
from the earth, and obtained from Barbados and other countries. Its 
properties are similar to other heavy petroleums. It is used as an ap- 
plication for rheumatism and in liniments etc. 



MIXED OILS. 

Under this heading are included such preparations of oils as cannot well be 
classified elsewhere, but for which there is a demand and use: 

Acoustic Oil. Oil of almonds 6 parts, oil of turpentine 1 part. Mix. Used 
for deafness etc. 

British Oil. Oil of origanum 1 drachm, oil of rosemary 1 drachm, Barbados 
tar 2 fl. ounces, oil of turpentine 5 fl. ounces. Mix them. Used as an application 
and also internally. 

Harlem Oil. Oil of amber, crude, IY2 drachms; crude petroleum 1 drachm, 
sulphurated oil, balsam of sulphur, each, 3 drachms; linseed oil 4 drachms, oil 
of turpentine 1 ounce. Mix them. This celebrated oil is used internally and 
externally for everything. 

Oil of Spike. The oil of spike which is usually sold and dispensed for lini- 
ments is a mixture composed of Barbados tar and oil of turpentine, and may 
have mixed with it a little oil of thyme. The proportions vary somewhat as 
produced by various houses. Oil of turpentine 3 pints, Barbados tar 1 pint, 
makes about the average mixture. This mixed oil should not be confounded 
with the oil distilled from Lavendula Spica, which is sold as oil of origanum. 

Oil of Rhodium, factitious. The true oil of rhodium is distilled from rhodium 
wood, but what appears in the market is generally made by mixing otto of 
rose with oil of santal wood or balsam of copaiba, about 1 part of the former 
to 20 of the latter. It is considerably sold as a scent for hunting bees, and is 
used in perfumes. 

Oil of Ambergris and Oil of Musk are made by digesting 2 drachms of am- 
bergris or musk for some time in 20 fl. ounces of purified almond oil. 

Oil of Benzoin and Oil of Styrax and other oils of gums, balsams or resins, 
are made by digesting 1 ounce of the substance with a pint of purified oil, 
either almond, benne or olive. 

Fatty Oils. Oil of jasmine, hyacinth, jonquil, tuberose, violet and of many 
other delicate flowers may be made by digesting the fresh flowers with the 
purified oil, and changing the flowers several times for fresh ones, until the 
oil is highly perfumed with the odors of the flowers. 

Macerated Oils. Medicinal oils are prepared by macerating fresh herbs, as 
belladonna, bittersweet, conium, hyoscyamus, stramonium, hamamelis etc., 1 
part, in olive oil 2 parts, with heat, then expressing. 

A macerated oil prepared in this manner is called Oleum Coctum — followed 
by the name of the drug from which it is prepared. 



OLEATA — OLEATES. 

Oleates are liquid, semi-solid, or solid preparations, made by com- 
bining basic substances with oleic acid. The official oleates are liquid, 
but the name oleate is used in pharmacy to designate a salt, which 
may be either liquid or solid, produced by the combination of oleic 
acid with metals or alkaloids. 



Oleate of 


3i 


grains 


33 


minims 


772 


grains 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 847 

The oleates are employed in medicine as a means of applying 
medicinal agents externally, as they are thought to be more readily 
absorbed than ointments. The following are those official in the U. 
S. and Br. P. 

ACIDUM OLEICUM. U. S., Br. Oleic Acid. 
HC 18 H 33 2 =28o.i4. 
Oleic acid, which is the acid base of the oleates, is obtained from 
fats. Crude oleic acid is called "red oil," the refined is a light amber 
color. This acid combines with metallic bases and alkaloids in the 
same manner as other acids, forming the salts called oleates. The 
liquid oleates, which are used as applications, are solutions containing 
oleic acid in large excess, but the solid and dry oleates which have 
been precipitated from solutions of metals by soluble oleates, are satis- 
fied chemical combinations. They may be mixed with oleic acid to 
form liquid oleates. 

OLEATUM ATROPINE. U. S. Oleate of Atropine. 

Atropine, 2 Gm. or 

Alcohol, 2 Cc. or 

Oleic Acid, 50 Gm. or 

Olive Oil, sufficient, 

To make 100 Gm. or 3 oz. av.+230 grains 

The atropine is to be placed in a tared mortar with the alcohol and an 
equal volume of oleic acid added, and, after warming the mortar, stir- 
red until the alcohol has evaporated ; the remainder of the oleic acid is 
then to be added with continued stirring until the atropine is dis- 
solved ; and then sufficient olive oil added to make the product weigh 
too Gm. (or 3 ounces av.-f-230 grains). 

This is used for neuralgia to allay pain, and may be employed in 
treatment of the eyes for certain purposes. 

OLEATUM COCAINE. U. S. Oleate of Cocaine. 

Cocaine, 
Alcohol, 
Oleic Acid, 
Olive Oil, sufficient, 
To make 

The cocaine is to be triturated in a tared mortar with the alcohol, 
and an equal volume of oleic acid added ; after warming the mortar 
the mixture is to be stirred until the alcohol has evaporated, then the 
remainder of the oleic acid is added with continued stirring, and 
enough olive oil to make the product weigh 100 Gm. (or 3 oz. av.-f- 
230 grains). 

This oleate may be employed to allay pain and in some cases, where 
slow and prolonged action is required, as a local anaesthetic. 



5 


Gm. 


or 


77 grams 


5 


Cc. 


or 


8; minims 


50 


Gm. 


or 


772 grains 


00 


Gm. 


or 


3 oz. av.+230 grains 



848 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

OLEATUM HYDRARGYRI. U. S., Oleate of Mercury. 

The U. S. formula is : 
Yellow Mercuric Oxide, 

in very fine powder, 25 Gm. or 386 grains 
Distilled "Water, 25 Cc. or 406 minims 

Oleic Acid, sufficient 

To make 100 Gm. or 3 oz. aw-l-230 grains 

The yellow mercuric oxide is to be triturated with the distilled 
water in a tared mortar; oleic acid 70 Gm. (or 2 oz. aw-j-205 grains) 
is to be added and thoroughly mixed. The mortar is then to be 
warmed to a temperature not exceeding 50. C. (I22°F.), and the mix- 
ture stirred occasionally until the water is evaporated ; sufficient oleic 
acid is then to be added, if necessary, to make the product weigh 
100 Gm. (or 3 ounces aw+230 grains). Avoid contact with metallic 
utensils ; preserve the oleate in tightly stoppered bottles. 

This oleate has met with considerable favor as an application, be- 
cause of its ready absorption, and is now much used where mercurial 
ointment was formerly employed. 
See also Hydrargyri Oleas, Br. 

OLEATUM QUININE. U. S. Oleate of Quinine. 

Quinine, 25 Gm. or ]/+ ounce 

Oleic Acid, 75 Gm. or Y\ ounce 

To make 100 Gm. or 1 ounce 

The quinine is to be triturated in a warm mortar with a small 
quantity of the oleic acid, to a smooth paste. The remainder of the 
oleic acid, previously warmed, is then to be added, and the mixture 
stirred until the quinine is dissolved. 

This preparation is desirable where an outward application of 
quinine is of advantage, in neuralgias, sciatica etc. It is readily ab- 
sorbed. 

OLEATUM VERATRINE. U. S. Oleate of Veratrine. 

Veratrine, 2 Gm. or 31 grains 

Oleic Acid, 50 Gm. or ^^2 grains 

Olive Oil, sufficient, 

To make 10 Gm. or 3 oz. av.4-230 grains 

The veratrine is to be triturated in a tared mortar with about 5 Cc. 
(or 80 minims) of olive oil, and, after warming the mortar, the oleic 
acid is to be added, with continued stirring, until the veratrine is dis- 
solved. Sufficient olive oil is then to be added to make the product 
weigh 100 Gm. (or 3 oz. aw-f-230 grains). 

This oleate is employed as an application for neuralgia and rheu- 
matic pain. It is readily absorbed and quite effective. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 849 

Other Oleates. 

Aconitine Oleate. This is prepared with aconitine 2 parts rubbed with 98 
parts of warm oleic acid, making a 2 percent, oleate. Used locally as an 
anodyne for neuralgia, pain etc. 

Copper Oleate. This is prepared by rubbing copper oxide 5 parts with warm 
oleic acid 95 parts. It should be warmed when used. 

Oleate of Morphine. This oleate is official in the Mex. Ph. and may be made 
either 2, 5, or 10 percent, strength of morphine alkaloid in oleic acid. 

Oleates of Metals. A number of oleates of metals are prepared and used in 
pharmacy. They may be made in a similar manner as the Oleate of Zinc which 
is official in the U. S. P. 

Most of the oleates of metals are prepared by precipitating a solution of 
some soluble salt of the metal with a solution of sodium oleate prepared by 
dissolving 1 ounce of castile soap in 16 ounces of water. A number of such 
oleates are official in the Mex. Ph. and may be advantageously used in med- 
icine. 

Oleate of Strychnine. This oleate is official in the Mex. Ph. and is usually 
made 2 percent, of strychnine alkaloid with oleic acid. 

OLEORESINS — OLEORESINS. 

Considered as galenicals, oleoresins are preparations made from veg- 
etable drugs, containing oleo-resinous principles, by exhausting the 
drug of these principles with some etherial solvent, and then concen- 
trating by distillation or evaporation until only the oleoresin remains. 
There are also natural oleoresins, exudates from trees, which are known 
as turpentines, balsams and gums. In the earlier pharmacopoeias of 
this country some of the preparations now known as oleoresins were 
called fluid extracts, and some of them are now classed with the ex- 
tracts and liquid extracts in other countries. The prepared oleoresins 
are used in pharmacy in pills, tablets, capsules and other forms .when 
concentrated principles of the kind are desired. 

In the present revision of the U. S. P. an important change has been 
made in all of the oleoresins. In all but one acetone is now directed to 
be used as the extractive menstruum instead of ether, as in the former 
revision, and in the one (Oleoresina Cubebae), alcohol is used in- 
stead of ether. The use of acetone is advantageous in the way of 
economy, and it is an excellent solvent for oleoresinous constituents 
of the drugs from which the oleoresins are prepared. It is also much 
less volatile than ether and percolation may be conducted with it in the 
ordinary way with but little loss of menstruum. 

The following are the formulas of the U. S. P. : 

OLEORESINA ASPIDII. U. S. Oleoresin of Aspidium. 

(Commonly called Extract of Male Fern). 
The U. S. formula is now : 
Aspidium, recently reduced 

to Xo. 40 powder, 500 Gm. or 16 ounces 

Acetone, a sufficient quantity. 
The aspidium is to be packed in a glass cylindrical percolator, pro- 
vided with a stop-cock and arranged with a cover and a receptical suit- 



850 The Fcnucr Formulary Part II. 

able for volatile liquids, and acetone added in successive portions, per- 
colating slowly until the drug is exhausted. The greater part of the 
acetone is then to be removed from the percolate by distillation on 
a water-bath, and the residue transferred to a shallow vessel and set 
aside in a warm place where the remaining acetone may evaporate 
spontaneously. The oleoresin is to be kept in a well-stoppered bottle. 

"Note. — The oleoresin of aspidium deposits on standing, a granular 
crystalline substance. This should be thoroughly mixed with the 
liquid substance before dispensing. 

Average- dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

In the Br. P. this is known as Extractum Filicis Liquidum, Liquid 
Extract of Male Fern. It is prepared with ether as a menstruum in 
the same manner as was formerly official in the U. S. P. 

"Exhaust Male Fern Rhizome, in No. 20 powder, with ether, by per- 
colation ; evaporate the ether from the clear percolate on a water-bath 
or by distillation, until an oily extract remains." < Br. 

In other foreign pharmacopoeias the method and formula for making 
are similar to the Br., and the preparations are mostly known as Ex- 
tract of Male Fern, or Oil of Male Fern, 

OLEORESINA CAPSICI. U. S. Oleoresin of Capsicum. 

Capsicum, in No. 40 powder, 550 Gm. or 16 ounces 

Acetone, a sufficient quantity. 
The capsicum is to be percolated with the acetone and the oleo- 
resin made in the same manner as is directed for the foregoing. 
When the acetone has entirely evaporated, the liquid part of the oleo- 
resin is to be poured off, and the residue transferred to a glass funnel, 
provided with a pledget of cotton, and when the separated fatty mat- 
ter (which is to be rejected) has been completely drained, the liquid 
portions are to be mixed together. Keep the oleoresin in a well-stop- 
pered bottle. This is sometimes called Oil of Capsicum. 
Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.=3o milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

OLEORESINA CUBEBA. U. S. Oleoresin of Cubeb. 

Cubeb, in No. 30 powder, 500 Gm. or 16 ounces 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity. 

The cubeb is to be percolated slowly with alcohol. added in succes- 
sive portions, until the drug is exhausted. The greater part of the al- 
cohol may be recovered by distillation on a water-bath ; the residue 
is to be evaporated with constant stirring, in a warm place, until the 
alcohol is all vaporized. Keep the oleoresin in a well-stoppered bottle. 

"Note. Oleoresin of Cubeb deposits, after standing for some time, a 
waxy and crystalline matter, which should be rejected, the liquid por- 
tion only being used." 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm. =500 milligrammes (7 J/2 grains). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 851 

OLEORESINA LUPULINI. U. S. Oleoresin of Lupulin. 

Lupulin, . 500 Gm. or 16 ounces av. 

Acetone, a sufficient quantity. 
An oleoresin is to be made in the same manner as oleoresin of 
aspidium. 

Average dose. — 0.200 Gm.=200 milligrammes (3 grains). 

OLEORESINA PIPERIS. Oleoresin of Pepper. 

Pepper, in Xo. 40 powder, 500 Gm. or 16 ounces av. 

Acetone, a sufficient quantity. 
An oleoresin is to be made in the same manner as oleoresin of as- 
pidium ; and lastly the oleoresin is to be separated from the crystals 
of piperin in the same manner as is directed in the formula for oleo- 
resin of capsicum. This is commonly called Oil of Black Pepper. 
Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.=30 milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

OLEORESINA ZINGIBERIS. U. S. Oleoresin of Ginger. 

Ginger, in Xo. 60 powder, 500 Gm. or 16 ounces av. 

Acetone, a sufficient quantity. 

An oleoresin is to be made in the same manner as oleoresin of as- 
pidium. 

Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.^30 milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

Other Oleo-Resins. 

Besides the foregoing oleo-resins, many others may be obtained from plants 
containing oleo-resinous principles, as allspice, Canada snake root, horse 
chestnut, lobelia, savin etc., but they are seldom used. They are generally 
mentioned in the Organic Materia Medica section, Part I., and are referred to 
in the index. They may be made in the same manner as the official prepara- 
tions. Asclepidin, cypripedin, iridin, senecin and xanthoxylin are oleo-resins 
prepared by eclectic manufacturing pharmacists. 

Natural Oleo-Resins. 

The natural oleo-resins are not included in a class in the pharmacopoeias, 
but are described under their trade name or title. In the U. S. P. three only 
are official and they will be further considered in their alphabetical order. 
Official Natural Oleo-Resins. 

Copaiba. Balsam of Copaiba. Two varieties of balsam of copaiba are found 
in the market; the Para, which is thin, and contains a larger portion of oil; 
and the Angostura, which is thicker, and contains more resin. The former is 
generally preferred. (See Copaiba). 

Terebinthina. Turpentine. Gum Turpentine. A concrete oleo-resin ob- 
tained from several species of pine, and when freshly gathered, commonly 
called pine pitch. It is the source of oil of turpentine ("spirits of turpentine"), 
of which it contains about 25 percent., and of resin or "rosin," which is the 
residue Jeft < after distillation. (See Terebinthina). 

Terebinthina Canadensis. Canada Turpentine. Balsam of Fir. A liquid 
oleo-resin obtained from the Canada balsam tree, by puncturing the vesicles in 
the bark. It is commonly called "balsam fir," and is much employed in the 
arts and in pharmacy. (See Terebinthina Canadensis). 
Other Oleo-Resinous Substances. 

Besides the foregoing official natural oleo-resins, a few others, which are 
known commercially as balsams, gums and turpentines, are mentioned, 



852 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

China Turpentine. An oleo-resin or turpentine obtained from incisions made 
in the bark of Pictacia Terebinthinus, and recently considerably used in med- 
icine. 

Elemi. A concrete oleo-resin obtained from Canarium Commune, and con- 
taining about 10 percent, of a volatile oil and 25 percent, of resin. 

Gurjun Balsam. An oleo-resin consisting of volatile oil and resin, obtained 
from Dipterocarpus Turbinatus, somewhat similar to cobaiba, and used for 
similar purposes. It is also called Wood Oil. 

Hungarian Turpentine or Balsam. An oleo-resinous exudation from the 
branches of Pinus Pumilia. Its composition and uses are similar to balsam 
of fir. 

Oregon Balsam Fir. An oleo-resin obtained from Oregon balsam pine, 
Abies Menziessi, Linne. This closely resembles balsam fir and is used as a 
substitute for it for many purposes. It contains a larger proportion of resin, 
and does not remain fluid so long as the Canada balsam. 

Strassburg Turpentine. An oleo-resin obtained, like balsam of fir, by 
puncturing the ducts of the bark of Abies pectinata. Its composition and 
uses are similar to balsam or fir. 

Venice Turpentine. An oleo-resinous exudation from the heart-wood of 
Larix Europcea. Its composition and uses are similar to balsam of fir. 

OPII PULVIS. U. S. Powdered Opium. 

"Opium dried at a temperature not exceeding 85°C. (i85°F.), and 
reduced to a very fine powder. Powdered opium for pharmaceutical 
purposes, when assayed by the process given under opium, should not 
yield less than 12 percent., nor more than i2 l / 2 percent, of crystal- 
lized morphine. Powdered opium of a higher percentage may be 
brought within these limits by admixture with powdered opium of a 
lower percentage or powdered sugar of milk, in proper proportions." 
<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

OPIUM. U. S., Br. 

"The concrete milky exudation obtained by incising the unripe cap- 
sules of Papaver Somniferum, Linne (Fam. Papaveracise), and yield- 
ing, in its moist condition, not less than 9 percent, of crystallized mor- 
phine, when assayed by the process given.'' <U. S. 

This is obtained from the opium poppy, grown in Asia Minor. A few 
days after the petals have fallen incisions are made in the capsule, and 
in 12 to 15 hours the milky exudation which has collected is scraped 
off and collected and afterwards formed into masses as it appears on 
the market. The present U. S. P. specifies that in its normal moist 
condition it should yield at least 9 percent, of morphine when assayed 
by the official process. The best grades of opium frequently contain 
as high as 20 percent, or even more of morphine, and a good average 
quality should yield when dried, 15 to 17 percent. In pharmacy opium 
is used for making many preparations, and is the source of many alka- 
loids and alkaloidal salts, which are extensively used. In medicine 
opium and its preparations are more frequently employed than any 
other drug except, perhaps, the preparations of cinchona. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 853 

Opium and its preparations are mostly sedative and anodyne, and 
are used to allay pain, quiet exeited nervous action, induce sleep etc. 
The use of opium and morphine — although almost indispensible in 
medicine — is attended with great risk of forming the opium habit, 
and physicians cannot be too cautious in employing them. They are 
good servants, but bad masters. 

Average close. — o.ioo Gm.= ioo milligrammes (iy 2 grains). 

Pure Food and Drugs Law. All forms of opium and all preparations con- 
taining it are subject to the U. S. Pure Food and Drug Law and their labels 
must state the quantity of opium contained in each ounce of any preparation 
intended for inter-state commerce. This also applies to its derivative, Codeine, 
all of its salts, and preparations containing them. 

OPIUM DEODORATUM. U. S. Deodorized Opium. 

Powdered Opium, 500 Gm. 

Purified Petroleum Benzin, a sufficient quantity. 

The opium is to be macerated for 24 hours in a wide-mouthed, well- 
closed bottle, with sufficient purified benzin to completely cover it, 
shaking occasionally. The liquid is then to be decanted as closely as 
possible and another portion of purified petroleum benzin poured upon 
it and the treatment repeated in the same manner. After 24 hours the 
liquid is to be decanted as before and the remaining contents of the 
bottle poured upon a plaited filter, contained in a glass funnel, which 
should be well covered. Allow this to drain and percolate with pur- 
ified petroleum ether until the percolate passes without color. Finally 
the filter containing the depurated opium is to be removed from the 
funnel and the powder exposed to the open air until it is thoroughly 
dried. 

"Deodorized opium should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, and, 
when assayed by the process given under opium, should yield not less 
than 12 percent., nor more than 12^2 percent, of crystallized morphine. 
Opium in coarser powder may be deodorized in the same manner." 
<U. S. 

Uses. This may be used in powder the same as opium or for mak- 
ing deodorized tincture of opium, the same quantity as is directed of 
granulated opium, and in the same manner as ordinary tincture of 
opium is made. Being already deodorized it does not require treat- 
ment with petroleum benzin in making the tincture. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

OPIUM GRANULATUM. U. S. Granulated Opium. 

"Opium dried at a temperature not exceeding 85°C. (i85°F.), and 
reduced to a coarse (Xo. 20) powder." 

"Granulated opium, when assayed by the process given under 
opium, should yield not less than 12 percent., nor more than \2.y 2 per- 
cent., of crystallized morphine. Granulated opium of a higher per- 



854 The Fenner Formulary Part If. 

centage may be brought within these limits by admixture with gran- 
ulated opium of a lower percentage in proper proportions." <U. S. 
Average dose.— 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 
ALKALOIDS AND PRINCIPLES OF OPIUM. 

Apomorphine. Emetic. From morphine. 

Apocodeine. Sedative. From codeine. 

Codeine. Sedative. 0.67S% in opium. 

Codamine. Sedative. 

Cotarine. From narcotine. 

Cryptopine. Narcotic. 

Deuterotine. Narcotic. 

Dionine. Ethyl-morphine. Analgesic from morphine. 

Gnoscopine. 

Heroin. Diacetyl-morphine. Anodyne from morphine. 

Hydrocotarine. 

Lanthropine. 

Laudanine. 

Laudanosine. 

Meconidine. 0.804% in opium. 

Morphine. Anodyne. 10.842% in opium. 

Narceine. Narcotic. 0.662% in opium. 

Narcotine. Narcotic. 6.808% in opium. 

Oxynarcotine. Narcotic. From narcotine. 

Papaverine. Narcotic. 

Paramorphine. Sedative. From morphine. 

Peronine. Benzyl-morphine. Sedative from morphine. 

Protopine. 

Pseudomorphine. Sedative. From morphine. 

Rhceadine. 

Thebaine. 

Meconic Acid. 5.154% in opium. 

Meconin. 

Meconoisin. 

In addition to the foregoing constituents of opium it contains in 100 parts; 
resin, 3.5S2; gummy matter, 26.242; mucus, 19.0S6; fatty matter, 2.166; 
caoutchouc, 6.012 and water, 9.846. 

The principal alkaloids of opium and their salts which are used in medicine 
are noted under other headings, as Morphina, Codeina etc. The following are 
also somewhat used: 

Meconidina. Meconidine. This alkaloid found in opium is readily obtained 
by precipitating a solution of meconic acid with an alkali, washing and drying 
the precipitate. It is not used in medicine, but is of interest as the base of the 
meconic principle in opium. 

Narceina. Narceine. Another alkaloid of opium much resembling morphine, 
but more soluble, is obtained from the mother liquid after the crystallization 
of morphine. It is narcotic and may be given in doses of Y\ to Yi grain. 

Papaverine. An alkaloid obtained from the aqueous infusion of opium, and 
having sedative, without narcotic properties. Dose V12 to 54 grain. 

ORTHOFORM. 

This name is given to the methyl ester of metaamidoparaoxyben- 
zoic acid. It is a bulky, white, tasteless powder, slightly soluble in 
water, soluble in 6 parts of alcohol and in collodion. Its solution in 
collodion is used as a paint for wounds, ulcers and affected surfaces. 
It is anesthetic and antiseptic. In the form of ointment and dusting 
powder, 5 to 20 percent., it is used for irritated surfaces, wounds, 
sores etc. Internally the dose is 5 to 15 grains. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 855 

OXYGENIUM — OXYGEN. 

Symbol O; Atomic weight 16 (H=i. 15.96); Sp. gr. 1.10. 

Oxygen is a gaseous element, transparent, colorless, odorless, and 
tasteless, about 16 times the weight of hydrogen. In a free state it 
constitutes about one-fifth of the volume of the atmosphere. Com- 
bined with hydrogen it forms about eight-ninths of the weight of 
water, and in this combination and union with other elements it con- 
stitutes a large proportion of all animal and vegetable, as well as 
mineral matter, forming, it is estimated, fully one-half the solid crust 
of the earth. 

It supports combustion and unites with all other elements except 
fluorine (with which it is not known to combine), forming oxides. 
With many of the elements it unites in more than one proportion, its 
combinations being then known as moxoxides, di- deut or binoxides, 
ter- or trioxides, tetroxides and pentoxides, as they combine with 1, 
2, 3, 4 or 5 volumes of oxygen. 

Oxides which, are reduced from hydrates by depriving them of the 
elements of water, without otherwise changing their composition, are 
frequently called anhydrides. In combination with hydrogen oxygen 
unites with many positive bases, forming hydrates or hydroxides. 

Oxygen is most readily obtained for experimental purposes by heat- 
ing potassium chlorate with about one-eighth its weight of black oxide 
of manganese in a flask, and collecting the gas. 

The combinations of oxygen with bases are noted under the basic 
substance with which it combines. 

Oxidation is the operation by which oxyg-en combines with other 
substances,, forming oxides. The term "oxygenation'' is sometimes 
used to describe the same process. 

Ozone is an allotropic form of oxygen, produced by the union of 
three atoms of oxygen in one molecule, while the oxygen molecule is 
composed of but two atoms. It is a colorless gas, having a peculiar 
unpleasant odor, and rapidly changing to normal oxygen. It is a 
wonderful bleaching and deodorizing agent. It is produced by the 
action of electricity on oxygen, and by other methods, and was for- 
merly called "electrified air." 

Oxygen and its compounds are further described in the Chemical 
Section, Part I. 

OXYMEL. Br. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Clarified Honey, 40 ounces or 800 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, 5 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 

Distilled Water, 5 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 



850 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

"Mix the clarified honey with the acetic acid and about 5 fl. ounces 
(or 100 Cc.) of distilled water, or sufficient to produce ( hcymel hav- 
ing the specific gravity i.320."<Br. 

The dose is 1 to 2 rl. drachms for coughs etc. 

OXYMEL SCILLiE. Br. Oxymel of Squill. 

Squill, bruised, 2 Y / 2 ounces or 75 Gm. 

Acetic Acid, 2.y 2 rl. ounces or 75 Cc. 

Distilled Water, 8 rl. ounces or 240 Cc. 

Clarified Honey, liquified, a sufficient quantity. 
"Digest the squill for 7 days in a mixture of the acetic acid and dis- 
tilled water. Press strongly; filter. Mix the product, which should 
measure approximately 10 rl. ounces (or 300 Cc), with about 2j rl.- 
ounces (or 810 Cc.) of the clarified honey, or sufficient to produce 
Oxymel of Squill having the specific gravity i.320."<Br. 
Dose, y 2 to 1 rl. drachm. 

This was formerly made with vinegar of squill 5 parts, clarified 
honey 8 parts, both by weight. 

PANCREATINUM. U. S. Pancreatin. 

The U. S. P. describes pancreatin as "A mixture of the enzymes 
naturally existing in the pancreas of warm-blooded animals, usually 
obtained from the fresh pancreas of the hog (Sus scrofa) Linne, or 
the ox (Bos taurus) Linne, and consisting principally of amylopsin, 
myopsin, trypsin and steapsin, and proved to be capable, when as- 
sayed by the process given, of converting not less than 25 times its 
own weight of starch into substances soluble in water. "<U. S. 

Pancreatin is a ferment, the agent by which fats are converted into 
emulsions before entering the circulation. It is obtained for medicinal 
use from the pancreas of the hog, or other domestic animals, by chop- 
ping them fine, macerating with successive small portions of water, 
pressing, straining the liquids, then filtering through, flannel, adding 
to the filtrate an equal bulk of alcohol, and after standing gathering 
the precipitate, pressing it between bibulous paper and drying. The 
product is a transparent, brittle, yellow mass, which might properly be 
called Crystal Pancreatin. This is supplied as it is, or in powder, and 
is used in pharmacy in making emulsions and elixirs, and in medicine 
to aid in the assimilation of fats. 

Pancreatin is given in the form of powder, and in solution in elixirs 
etc., and is used in making emulsions of cod liver oil. It is also em- 
ployed for peptonizing milk ; 5 grains of the powder, 30 grains sodium 
bicarbonate, dissolved in 4 ounces of warm water, added to a pint of 
milk and heated to 38°C. (ioo.4 c F.) for 30 minutes. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (7^ grains). 



Part II. Drugs. Chemicals and Preparations 857 

Pancreatinum Saccharatum. Saccharated Pancreatin. This may be 
prepared by mixing i part of the pancreatin in powder with 9 part- of 
powdered milk sugar. The dose is from 20 to 60 grains. 

PAPAIN. Papagostin. Papoid. 

A digestive ferment is piepared from the juice of the ripe fruit of 
Carica papaya, a tropical pawpaw. It is an amorphous, whitish pow- 
der, liable to change when exposed to the air. It is used externally 
for the removal of false membranes of croup or diphtheria, and for 
epithelioma, cancer, warts etc. It is given internally as an aid to di- 
gestion in doses of i~- 2 to 8 grains, in the form of wine or syrup, also 
in tablets and pills. 

PAPINE. 

A proprietary anodyne prepared from opium by Battle & Co., of 
St. Louis, claimed to represent the anodyne power of y§ grain of 
morphine in a li. drachm. A similar preparation may be made with 
Deodorized Tincture of Opium, 2^A fl. ounces 

Elixir, 13^ fl. ounces 

Mix them. Dose, 1 teaspoonful. 
This preparation must not be mistaken for the foregoing powder. 

PARACOTOIN. 

A yellowish, crystalline powder, prepared from coto or paracote 
bark from Bolivia. It is used for catarrhal, tuberculous and typhoid 
diarrhoeas, and for sweating of phthisis. Dose, 2 to 3 grains. 

PARAFFINUM. U. S. Paraffin. 

"A mixture of solid hydrocarbons", chiefly of the methane series; 
usually obtained by chilling and pressing the distillates from petrol- 
eum having high boiling points, and purifying the solid press-cake 
so obtained." <U. S. 

This is commonly known in the U. S. as Paraffin or Paraffin Wax. 
Its sp. gr. is from 0.890 to 0.905 at 2^C. < "''¥.). It is insoluble in 
water or alcohol, but readily soluble in ether, petroleum benzin, ben- 
zene, carbon disulphide and oils when warm. 

It melts at from 51.6" to ?J.2 Z C. 125° to I35°F.). 

After distilling the lighter hydrocarbons, as naphtha and illuminat- 
ing oils, from petroleum, the distillation is continued until only coke 
remains as a residue. A portion of this latter distillate consists of 
paraffin oils which hold paraffin in solution while hot, but when chilled 
by ice or other means of refrigeration the paraffin is separated and 
may be collected and pressed in strong linen bags to remove the oil 
and afterwards purined, melted and run into cake-. 



858 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

As prepared for the market it is of several degrees of hardness and 
melting- points, and is used in the arts and pharmacy for various pur- 
poses. It is extensively used by bottlers for paraffining corks and for 
sealing corks which sink just a little below the rim of the neck of the 
bottle, and for covering jellies and preserved fruits, and for making 
waxed paper. In pharmacy it is often used instead of beeswax for 
making cerates and ointments. 

Paraffinum Durum. Br. Hard Paraffin. "A mixture of several of 
the harder members of the paraffin series of hydrocarbons ; usually ob- 
tained by distillation from shale, separation of the liquid oils by re- 
frigeration, and purification of the solid product.'' < Br. 

Sp. gr. 0.82 to 0.94. Melts at 130° to I35°F. (544° to 57.2°C). In- 
soluble in water or alcohol. 

Although this is obtained from a different source, it is, for all pur- 
poses, the same as the paraffin of the U. S. P. 

Paraffinum Liquidum. Br. Liquid Paraffin. "A clear oily liquid 
obtained from petroleum after the more volatile portions have been re- 
moved by distillation." < Br. 

Sp. gr. 0.885 to 0-890. Insoluble in water or alcohol ; soluble in 
ether, chloroform and petroleum benzin. 

Paraffinum Molle. Br. Soft Paraffin. "A semi-solid mixture con- 
taining soft members of the paraffin series of hydrocarbons ; usually 
obtained by purifying the less volatile portions of petroleum. ''< Br. 

Sp. gr. at melting point 0.840 to 0.870. Melts at 96 to I02°F. 

This is the same, for all purposes, as Petrolatum of the U. S. P. 

Its melting point is lower than the U. S., corresponding more nearly 
to what is known as "Vaseline,'' or "Petroleum Jelly." 

PARAFORMALDEHYDE. Paraform. 

This is chemically, trioxymethylene, a white powder insoluble in 
alcohol or ether ; but giving off, when heated, vapor of formaldehyde. 
It is extensively used for disinfecting articles and rooms which have 
been exposed to infection. The cabinet or room containing the in- 
fected articles is tightly closed and heat applied to the paraform, 
which liberates formaldehyde gas. 

PARALDEHYDUM. U. S., Br. Paraldehyde. 
C 6 H 12 O s — 131.10. 

"A polymer of acetaldehyde [CH 3 , COOH=43.7o]. Paraldehyde 
should be kept in well-stoppered, dark amber-colored bottles in a 
cool place. ''<U. S. 

"Paraldehyde, C 6 H 12 3 , is a product of the polymerization of alde- 
hyde by various acids and salts.'' < Br. 

Soluble in 8 parts of water at 25 °C. (77°F.), and in 16.5 parts of 
boiling water ; miscible in all proportions with alcohol, ether and oils. 



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At about o°C. (32°F.) it solidifies to a crystalline mass which be- 
comes liquid again at io.5°C. (5i°F.). It boils at 123 to I25°C. 
(2534°F.). Sp. gr. 0.990 at 25°C. (77°?.). 

Paraldehyde has been considerably used as a hypnotic, and is also 
useful as a diuretic. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Metaldehyde. This, like paraldehyde is a polymer of aldehyde, but 
as it is rather uncertain it is not so generally used. It is in colorless, 
acicular crystals, insoluble in water and but little soluble in alcohol 
and ether. Its action is hypnotic, similar to paraldehyde. Dose, 1 
Gm. (15 minims). 

Pure Food and Drugs Law. Paraldehyde and its compounds, 
being derivatives of alcohol, are subject to the Pure Food and Drugs 
Law. 

PELLETIERINA. Pelletierine. 

An alkaloid obtained from Punica Granatum, Pomengranate 
Bark. Salts of this alkaloid are prepared and are reputed to be very 
effective for the removal of tape-worm. 

The sulphate or the tannate of this alkaloid are usually employed 
for this purpose. 

Pelletierinae Sulphas. Pelletierine Sulphate. This may be prepared 
by saturating diluted sulphuric acid with pelletierine alkaloid, con- 
centrating the solution by evaporation and crystallizing. This is 
official in the Fr. Ph. Dose, 4 grains. 

PELLETIERINiE TANNAS. U. S. Pelletierine Tannate. 

"A mixture of varying proportions of the tannates of the four alka- 
loids (punicine, iso-punicine, methyl-punicine, and pseudo : punicine), 
obtained from Punica Granatum, Linne (Fam. Punicaceae). It should 
be kept in small, well-stoppered, dark amber-colored vials." <U. S. 

This is the combination of pelletierine generally used as a remedy 
for tape-worm. It is a light yellow, odorless, amorphous powder, hav- 
ing an astringent taste, and a weak acid reaction. 

Soluble in 225 parts of water, 12.6 parts of alcohol and in 300 parts 
of ether at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

PEPSINUM. U. S., Br. Pepsin. 

"A proteolytic ferment or enzyme obtained from the glandular 
layer of the fresh stomachs of the hog (Sus scrofa, var. domesticus, 
Gray), and proved to be capable, when assayed by the process given, 
of digesting not less than 3000 times its own weight of freshly coagu- 
lated and disintegrated egg albumen." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm. =250 milligrammes (4 grains). 



860 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

"An enzyme obtained from the mucous lining of the fresh and 
healthy stomach of the pig-, sheep or calf. Tested as described in the 
Br. P. it should dissolve 2500 times its weight of hard-boiled white 
of eggs."<Br. Dose, 5 to 10 grains. 

Pepsin is a ferment, an agent by which a portion of the food which 
is taken into the stomach is dissolved and fitted for assimilation. It 
is obtained from the mucous membrane of the stomachs of various 
animals, that from the stomach of the hog being preferred for most 
purposes. Prof. Scheffer's method is now quite generally employed. 
It is as follows : The fresh stomachs are deprived of their fat and 
divested of their outer coating, cut open, gently washed with cold 
water, and macerated for several days, with frequent stirring, in a 
"pickle'' composed of water 30 parts, and hydrochloric acid 1 part. 
The liquid is then strained and filtered through coarse paper, or al- 
lowed to stand 24 hours, and then poured off. Common salt is then 
added and thoroughly mixed with the liquid. The pepsin rises to the 
top, and after standing is skimmed off and drained in a strainer, then 
subjected to strong pressure to force out all that is possible of the 
saline solution, and carefully dried in warm air without heat. This 
constitutes the crude pepsin which is used for making purified pep- 
sin, saccharated pepsin etc. 

Purified Pepsin or Scale Pepsin. This is prepared by redissoiving 
the crude pepsin, before drying, in water acidulated with hydrochloric 
acid, then adding just sufficient salt to separate it from its solution, 
washing it gently with cold water and draining, pressing, and drying 
rapidly on glass with gentle heat. 

Crystal Pepsin. A pepsin bearing this brand is prepared by Dr. 
Carl L. Jensen, of Philadelphia. The process by which it is prepared 
is said to be by subjecting the stomachs to the action of heat and 
dilute acid, whereby a gastric digestion takes place and a peptone con- 
taining their digestive ferments is produced. It is then purified and 
dried in the manner above described. 

Many rival manufacturers of pepsin under different names urge the 
superiority of their product, but the process as given is believed, if 
properly conducted, to produce the most reliable of any. 

PEPSINUM SACCHARATUM. Saccharated Pepsin. 

This was formerly official in the U. S. P. but has been dismissed. It 
may be prepared as follows : 

Pepsin, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Sugar of Milk, in powder, 90 Gm. or 9 ounces 

Triturate the pepsin with sugar of milk to a fine uniform powder. 

The value of this preparation must, of course, depend upon the scale 

or crude pepsin that is employed. One part of the finished product 

dissolved in 500 parts of water and acidulated with 7.5 parts of hydro- 



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chloric acid should digest at least 300 parts of hard-boiled egg al- 
bumen, in 5 or 6 hours, at a temperature of 38 to 40°C. (ioo° to 
I04°F.). Unless saccharated pepsin will stand this test it should not 
be used. Dose, 1 to 2 Gm. (15 to 30 grains). 

PEPSIN COMPOUND. Compound Powder of Pepsin. 

Scale or Purified Pepsin, 10 parts 

Pancreatin, pure, 10 parts 

Lactic Acid, 1 part 

- Diastase, (Vegetable Ptyalin), 1 part 

Hydrochloric Acid, 3 parts 

Sugar of Milk, 75 parts 

Powder the pepsin and pancreatin by rubbing with the sugar of 
milk, add the diastase and, when they are all reduced to a fine powder 
and intimately mixed, add the acids first to a small portion by rubbing 
them well together and then add the remainder and mix. 

If saccharated pancreatin and pepsin are used, 47^ parts of each 
should be used and sugar of milk omitted. 

Under the name "Lactopeptine," a preparation put up by the New 
York Pharmacal Association has had an extensive sale. Its compo- 
sition is similar to the foregoing. (See also Pulvis Pepsini Composi- 
tus). 

PEPTONES. 

Peptones are formed by the action of pesin or pancreatin etc., on 
lean beef or albuminous substances.. They are, in fact, partially di- 
gested foods, fitted for assimilation. Manufacturers have introduced 
preparations containing peptones, to aid disordered peptic digestion 
etc. They are usually made by chopping lean beef very fine and 
macerating it for about 6 hours in a solution of pepsin with water and 
hydrochloric acid, at a temperature of about I04°F. The beef is thus 
mostly dissolved, the mixture strained, and the solution may be com- 
bined with various medicines as may be required. Excess of pepsin 
and pancreatin are sometimes added to wines, elixirs, emulsions etc. 
The liquid peptone is also evaporated and furnished in the form of 
scale salt, as beef peptone, or any meat peptone — one part repre- 
senting ten parts of lean beef. Combinations of peptone with iron and 
manganese, and various medicinal substances are considerably used 
in medicine. They are usually in liquid form, as elixirs, wines etc. 

PETROLATUM. U. S. Petrolatum. 

Cosmoline. Vaseline. Petroleum Ointment, Etc. 

"A mixture of hydrocarbons, chiefly of the methane series, obtained 
by distilling off the lighter and more volatile portions from petroleum, 
and purifying the residue. '<U\ S. 



862 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Petrolatum is the commercial name by which this substance is gen- 
erally known. Its melting point is from 104 to I25°F. This sub- 
stance is mostly prepared from the residium which collects in storage 
tanks, oil wells etc., which is familiarly known as "B. S. oil." From 
this the lighter portions are distilled and the residue transferred to 
large percolators or cylinders, partly filled with freshly prepared 
animal charcoal (bone black) and kept heated by proper appliances 
to a proper degree which will liquify the oil. As it comes through the 
percolator it is deodorized and decolorized, the first portions being 
white when cold and the latter runs being from a light amber to a dark 
color. It is then brought up to the proper melting point, which is 
usually 45 to 48°C. (113 to n8.4°F.), by adding paraffin and mixing 
them thoroughly. 

Uses. The value of this product as an ointment base caused it to 
be almost universally adopted for that purpose in advance of official 
recognition. It does not become rancid with age. It is claimed that it 
is not so readily absorbed as lard, and that some desired chemical 
changes in some of the ointments do not take place when this is used. 
These objections are noted under the proper formulas. 

PETROLATUM ALBUM. U. S. White Petrolatum. 

"A colorless mixture of hydrocarbons, chiefly of the methane series, 
obtained by distilling off the lighter and more volatile portions from 
petroleum, and purifying the residue." <U. S. 

This is simply petrolatum corresponding with the foregoing, except 
that it is more thoroughly deodorized and decolorized by filtering 
through a larger quantity of animal charcoal. 

PETROLATUM LIQUIDUM. U. S. Liquid Petrolatum. 
Paraffinum Liquidum. Br. Liquid Paraffin. 

"A mixture of hydrocarbons, chiefly of the methane series, obtained 
by distilling off the lighter and more volatile portions from petroleum, 
and purifying the residue." <U. S. 

"A clear oily liquid obtained from petroleum after the more vol- 
atile portions have been removed by distillation." <U. S. 

This is known commercially as white paraffin oil or mineral glycerin, 
and is put up under various proprietary names, as Albolene, Glymol, 
Glycoleum etc. It is much used in oil sprayers, nebulizers etc. 

It is a colorless oil without taste or odor, making a good base for 
oil liniment. Its sp. gr. is about 0.875 at N. T. It is insoluble in 
alcohol or water, but readily soluble in ether, oil of turpentine, benzin, 
benzol, and oils generally. 

PETROLEUM. 

This important hydrocarbon, which is obtained from the earth by 
drilling "oil wells," is the source of many valuable substances em- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 863 

ployed in pharmacy and medicine. As obtained from the earth it is 
called "crude oil," or "crude petroleum." By fractional distillation sev- 
eral light etherial products are first obtained, then the illuminating 
oils, and after these the heavier products, among which are petrolatum 
and paraffin. Crude petroleum is considerably used in liniments for 
rheumatism, swellings etc. 

Petroleum is a natural mixture of hydrocarbons belonging to sev- 
eral of the homologous series classified in organic chemistry as the 
paraffin series, C n H 2n+2 , beginning at methane, and including in 
several members of the series, the greater part of the liquid por- 
tion of the oil ; the olefin series, C n H 2n , and also the benzin series, 
C n H 2n _ 6 . 

The lighter products of fractional distillation of petroleum are : 

Cymogene. Sp. gr. 0.550, which boils at 32 °F., the freezing point of 
water, and is only obtained by condensing the vapors which first pass 
over, by a specially constructed pump. It has no practical use. 

Rhigolene. Sp. gr. 0.625, boils at 65 °F., and is condensed by ice and 
salt from the first vapors that come over. It is used for freezing mix- 
tures, and as a spray for local freezing in surgical operations. It must 
be handled with great caution. 

Gasoline, Petroleum Ether or Benzin. Sp. gr. 0.665 to 0.675. 
Condensed in a worm by cold water. It is extensively used for vapor- 
izing in gas machines for burning in properly constructed stoves, as 
a source of power in internal combustion engines, also for removing 
grease and as a solvent for fixed oils. This is the official benzin. (See 
Benzin). 

Naphtha. Sp. gr. 0.695 to °-7°5- This is a heavier form of gasoline, 
used for burning and as a solvent for oils etc. (See Benzin). 

Benzine. Sp. gr. 0.725 to 0.737. This was formerly extensively 
used as a substitute for turpentine, but is now but little employed 
except as a solvent for gums in making some kinds of varnish and rub- 
ber cements. It is mostly worked in with the illuminating oils. 

Carbon Oil or Refined Petroleum. Sp. gr. 0.800 to 0.815. This is 
the illuminating oil which \aries considerably in sp. gr. etc., as made 
for different purposes and by different firms. The standard test at 
which carbon oil will flash or explode when heated is regulated by 
legislation in different States from ioo°F. to i5o°F. The New York 
state test being I38°F. Signal oil, which is burned in lanterns and 
headlights is a still higher test oil, usually mixed with sperm oil. 
After the illuminating oils are obtained, lubricating oils are separated, 
then the heavier products, petrolatum, paraffin, tar, coke and 
other derivatives which correspond to the products obtained from 
coal-tar. 

The flashing point test of illuminating oil varies in different States 
from iio° to i50°F. 



864 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

'PHENACETINUM. Br. Phenacetin. 
C 2 H 5 0-C 6 H 4 -NHCOCH 2 . 

"Para-acet-phenetidin or Phenacetin is produced by the interaction 
of glacial acetic acid and para-phenetidin, a body obtained from para- 
nitro-phenol." < Br. 

Phenol is first converted into nitro-phenol by treating with an 
equivalent quantity of nitric acid. . The para-nitro-phenol of the com- 
pound is separated by distilling off the ortho-nitro-phenol by steam, 
leaving it as a residue. Sodium carbonate is added to this and it is 
treated with ethyl iodide, producing para-nitro-phenol. This is re- 
duced with sodium amalgam to paraphenetidin, C 6 H 4 (NH)OC 2 H 5 , 
which is the base of phenacetidin. This is then acted upon by glacial 
acetic acid and para-acetamidophenol, or phenacetin is produced. 

This has been one of the most popular antipyretics, and has been 
the cause of much contest in this country owing to the fact that a 
certain firm obtained rights from the German manufacturers for its 
exclusive sale in this country, and they obtained trade-mark protection 
for it here and sold it at an extravagant price. Other foreign manu- 
facturers made it and it has been extensively smuggled through Can- 
ada and Mexico and sold to retail druggists here at about half the 
price of the trade-mark preparation. 

Uses. It is used as an antipyretic and for neuralgia, hysteria, epi- 
lepsy and spasmodic cough, especially whooping cough and the cough 
following la grippe. Dose, 5 to 10 grains. 

Many combinations of phenacetin with other substances are known 
and used in medicine. 

PHENAZONUM. Br. Phenazone. Antipyrine. 

C H 5 (CH 3 ) 2 C 3 HN 2 O. 

"A crystalline substance obtained from phenyl-hydrazine." < Br. 

This is fully described under the heading Antipyrinum, which see. 

Phenolid. A preparation sold by this name as a competitor of anti- 
rheumatine is said to be made by mixing intimately acetanilid 5 
drachms, with sodium salicylate 4 drachms. Dose, 10 to 15 grains. 

PHENOL. U. S. Phenol. [Carbolic Acid]. 
C 6 H 5 OH= 93 .34. 

"Hydroxbenzene, obtained either from coal-tar by fractional dis- 
tillation and subsequent purification, or made synthetically. It should 
contain, when assayed by the process given, not less than 96 percent, 
of absolute Phenol. It should be kept in dark amber-colored, well- 
stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

This is known commercially as carbolic acid and in the U. S. and 
Great Britain is generally called for and dispensed under that name. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 865 

In most of the European pharmacopoeias it is known as Phenol or by 
some similar title. See Acidum Carbolicum. 

It is soluble in 19.6 parts of water at 25°C. (jj°F.), the solubility 
varying somewhat, according to the degree of hydration of the phenol. 
It is very soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform, benzene, glycerin and 
the oils ; but almost insoluble in petroleum benzin. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

Phenolphtalein is prepared from phenol and phtalic anhydride. It 
is used as a test solution. It is also used in medicine under the name 
Purgen, as a purgative. It is also known by several other names in- 
dicating its laxative qualities. 

Phenopyrin. A liquid prepared from equal parts, by weight, of car- 
bolic acid (crystals) and antipyrin. 

Phenosalyl. A clear liquid used as an antiseptic in surgery in solu- 
tion 1 to 2 percent., also in ointment 1 percent., and for medicating 
gauze. It is a mixture of carbolic, salicylic, benzoic and lactic acids ; 
glycerin is sometimes used as a solvent. 

PHENOL LIQUEFACTUM. U. S. Liquefied Phenol. 

"A liquid composed of not less than 86.4 percent., by weight, of ab- 
solute Phenol [C (i H-OH==93.34], and about 13.6 percent., by weight, 
of water." <U. S. 

Phenol, a convenient quantity, 
Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Liquify the phenol by placing the unstoppered container in a 
water-bath, and apply heat gradually until the crystals have melted ; 
transfer the liquid to a tared vessel and weigh ; then add for each nine 
grammes of phenol one gramme of distilled water and mix thoroughly. 
It should be kept in dark, amber-colored, well-stoppered bottles." 
<U. S. 

This is generally known in the U. S. and Great Britain as Liquefied 
Carbolic Acid. 

It is more fully described under the title Acidum Carbolicum Lique- 
factum, which see. Its sp. gr. is about 1.065 at 25°C. (jj°¥.). It is 
soluble in 12 parts of water at 25°C. (jj°¥.), miscible with alcohol 
ether and glycerin in all proportions. 

Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 

The same remarks as apply to the title of Phenol apply also to the 
Liquefied Phenol. Its uses are generally the same, but in some chem- 
ical combinations the water is undesirable. 

PHENETIDIN. 

This is the basis of a number of chemical compounds, of which 
phenacetin is best known. The process of making it before it is com- 
bined with acetic acid is the preparation which is described under 



866 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Phenacetin. The following- compounds of Phenetidin are known and 
are somewhat used in medicine : 

Phenetidin Amygdalate or Mandelate. This is better known by its 
trade name Amygdophenin. It is a grayish-white powder readily 
soluble in alcohol, but little soluble in water. An analgesic and anti- 
rheumatic. Dose 15 grains. 

Phenetidin Amido-aceto-hydrochloride. This is an antipyretic 
compound in white crystals, soluble in 16 parts of water. Dose 5 to 
15 grains. 

Phenetidin Citrate. Commonly known as Citrophen. A com- 
bination of phenetidin with citric acid. Soluble in 40 parts of water. 
Uses the same as phenacetin. Dose 5 to 15 grains. 

Phenetidin Quinine-carbonic-ester. Commonly known as China- 
phenine. A combination of phenetidin with quinine. Uses and doses 
the same as the quinine salts, in fevers, malaria etc. 

Phenetidin Tartrate. A tartrate combination of phenetidin known 
as Vinopyrine or Tartrophen. A white crystalline powder soluble 
in 25 parts of water. Antipyretic and analgesic. Dose 12 to 15 grains. 

Phenocoll Hydrochloride. This is designed as a soluble antipyretic 
like antipyrine. It is prepared by the interaction of phenetidine and 
glycoll. It is given in doses of 8 grains, dissolved in hot sweetened 
water, or as a powder on the tongue, followed by a drink of water. 
The acetate, carbonate and salicylate of phenocoll are used. 

PHENYL. 

C 6 H 5 . 

Phenyl is the hypothetical radical of the phenyl series of com- 
pounds, of which phenol and phenylalanine are derivations. 

Phenol or Carbolic Acid. C 5 H 5 HO. A product of the distillation of 
coal-tar between the temperatures of 180 and I90°C. (356 and 

374°F.). 

Carbolic acid, or phenol, is the hydrate of phenyl, or phenylic alco- 
hol. Crude carbolic acid is a liquid distilled from coal-tar, containing 
many empyreumatic products. Pure crystallized carbolic acid is 
made by distilling crude carbolic acid and purifying the crystallized 
product obtained by repeated distillations. See Phenol. 

Cresylic Acid or Cresol. C 7 H s O. This is a homologue of carbolic 
acid, very similar to it but less soluble. 

Phenylamine or Aniline. C 6 H>H 2 N. This is the base of the aniline 
salts so extensively used for dyeing. (See Aniline). It is prepared by 
treating an alcoholic solution of nitrobenzol with ammonia and hydro- 
gen sulphide until sulphur is precipitated. The liquid portion is again 
treated with hydrogen sulphide until no more sulphur can be pre- 
cipitated. The liquid is then mixed with an excess of acid, filtered, 
boiled and distilled with an excess of caustic potassa. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 867 

Phenyl-Hydrazin Hydrochloride. This is a chemical compound rec- 
ommended as a reliable test for glucose in urine. It is soluble in alco- 
hol. 

PHENYLIS SALICYLAS. U. S. Phenyl Salicylate. [Salol]. 

C 13 H 10 O 3 =2i247. 

"The salicylic ester [C G H 4 (OH)COOC H-i : 2] of phenyl."<U. S. 

This compound commonly known as Salol, is considerably used as 
a remedy for rheumatism. 

It is a white, crystalline powder, prepared by the interaction of 
phenol and salicylic acid in presence of a chloride of phosphorus, and 
by the aid of heat. 

It is soluble in 2333 parts of water and in 5 parts of alcohol at 25 °C. 
(77°F.). Used as medicine it passes unchanged into the small in- 
testines, when it is broken up by the action of the pancreatic juice 
liberating salicylic acid and phenol. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (yy 2 grains). 

PHOSPHORUS. U. S., Br. Phosphorus. 

Symbol P; Atomic weight 30.77; Sp. gr. 1.830 at io°C. (50°F.). 

Phosphorus is a non-metallic element existing in nature mainly in 
the form of salts, and obtained for use by decomposing its compounds. 
It is mostly prepared from acid calcium phosphate by heating with 
charcoal and collecting the distillate under warm water, afterwards 
filtering by squeezing through chamois leather under warm water, 
then moulding it in sticks, in which form it comes into the market. 

Phosphorus assumes several allotropic forms under different treat- 
ment. In its normal condition, as above described, it is the ordinary 
phosphorus of the market ; pale-yellow, semi-transparent ; soft and 
waxy when warmed to about 75 °F., melting at iii°F., taking fire in 
the air at 165 °F., and slowly oxidizing in the air at all temperatures 
above 6o°F. It must be preserved under water. It is more fully des- 
cribed in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

Uses. Phosphorus is extensively used in making matches, and in 
the form of pills and solutions is considerably employed in medicine 
as a nerve tonic and vitalizer. Its acids and salts are important phar- 
maceuticals extensively used both in medicine and pharmacy and in 
the industrial arts. 

Average dose. — 0.0005 Gm.=o.5 milligramme (Vi2s grain). 
Allotropic Forms of Phosphorus. 

Phosphorus assumes under different treatment several allotropic 
forms, which, although different in physical characteristics, are the 
same chemically. 

Red or Amorphous Phosphorus is prepared by exposing ordinary 
phosphorus to an atmosphere of carbonic acid gas at 225 to 250 C. 



868 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

for several days, when it is converted into a red, amorphous mass, 
having entirely different properties than ordinary phosphorus, being 
non-luminous, non-combustible at ordinary temperatures, and non- 
poisonous. When heated to 28o°C. it is converted into ordinary phos- 
phorus. 

White Phosphorus, Black Phosphorus and Liquid Phosphorus are 
other allotropic forms obtained by various treatments, but not used 
in pharmacy. 

Combinations of Phosphorus. 

4 , 

Phosphorus combines with metallic bases, forming phosphides, the 
more important ones being noticed under the metal with which it 
combines. It also unites with not-metals, forming compounds, the 
more important of which are here noticed. 

Chloride of Phosphorus. PCI-;. By the spontaneous combustion of 
phosphorus in an excess of dry chlorine, or by passing dry chlorine 
into liquid terchloride of phosphorus ; an oxychloride of phosphorus, 
PCI3O, is made by heating chloride of phosphorus with a quantity of 
water insufficient to convert it into phosphoric acid. 

Hydride of Phosphorus. PH.,, or Phosphoretted Hydrogen, is an 
explosive gas made by boiling phosphorus with milk of lime, as in 
making hypophosphorous acid. It has a very disagreeable odor. 

Oxides of Phosphorus. With oxygen phosphorus forms three 
oxides, phosphoric oxide, P 2 0- ; phosphorus dioxide, P 2 3 ; and 
hypophosphorous oxide, P 2 0. 

Acids of Phosphorus. The more important of these acids already 
have been described under the heading Acids, which see. 

Orthophosphoric Acid, H 3 P0 4 (tribasic), is made by dissolving 
phosphoric oxide in water, or by the action of nitric acid on phos- 
phorus. The 85 percent, solution is the U. S. official phosphoric acid. 
The salts made by combining this acid with bases are called Phos- 
phates. 

Pyrophosphoric Acid, H 4 P 9 0, by heating orthophosphoric acid to 
2i 3 °C. (4i54°R). 

Metaphosphoric Acid, by igniting tribasic phosphoric acid, or by 
dissolving P 2 0- in cold water. These three acids correspond to the 
oxides above mentioned. 

Phosphorous Acid, H 3 P0 3 , cannot be formed directly from phos- 
phorous oxide, but is a dibasic acid, containing one hydrogen atom 
that cannot be replaced by a metal. The salts of this acid are called 
Phosphites. 

Hypophosphorous Acid, H 3 P0 2 , cannot be made directly from hy- 
pophosphorous oxide. It contains two hydrogen atoms not replace- 
able by a metal. It is the acid base of the hypophosphite salts. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 869 

PHYSOSTIGMA. U. S. Physostigma. 
Physostigmatis Semina. Br. Calabar Bean. 

"The ripe seed of Physostigma Yenenosum, Balfour (Fam. Leg- 
uminosae), yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 
0.15 percent, of alkaloids soluble in ether.'' <U. S. 

The assay process is given in full in the U. S. P. Retail druggists 
seldom assay this drug but depend upon reliable dealers for their 
supply, and their label should state that it conforms to the U. S. P. 
requirements. 

An extract and a tincture of physostigma are official in the U. S. 
P. The powdered beans are also administered. 

Average dose. — 0.100 Gm. = ioo milligrammes (iy 2 grains). 

This is more fully described in the Organic Materia Medica Section, 
Part I. 

PHYSOSTIGMINA. Physostigmine. [Eserine] . 
C 15 H 21 N 3 2 . 

The active principle of calabai bean (physostigma) is obtained by 
exhausting finely powdered calabar bean with alcohol by means of a 
water-bath percolator, distilling oft most of the alcohol of the perco- 
late, adding water to the residue and shaking with ether, which dis- 
solves the alkaloid. The ether is allowed to evaporate and the alka- 
loid is obtained in crystals. 

Uses. Physostigmine, which is more frequently called Eserine, is a 
powerful sedative poison, the dose being 1 / 2(J0 to 1 / 60 grain. 

PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLAS. U. S. 

Physostigmine Salicylate. [Eserine Salicylate]. 

C 15 H 21 N 3 2 -C T H 6 3 =4io.2i. 
"The Salicylate [C 6 H 4 (OH)COOH-C 15 H 21 N 3 2 ] of an alkaloid ob- 
tained from Physostigmina. It should be kept in small, dark amber- 
colored, well-stoppered vials. "<U. S. 

It is soluble in 72.5 parts of water, 12.7 parts of alcohol, 175 parts of 
ether and 8.6 parts of chloroform at 25°C. (77°F.). 

This official salt may be prepared by adding 2 parts of physostig- 
mine to a solution of 1 part of salicylic acid in 35 parts of boiling- 
water, and allowing to crystallize on cooling. 

Uses. This salt is used in solution to contract the pupil of the eye, 
and internally as a sedative in doses of from V120 to V20 grain. 
Average dose. — 0.001 Gm. = i milligramme (V G4 grain). 
PHYSOSTIGMINE SULPHAS. U. S., Br. 
Physostigmine or Eserine Sulphate. 

(C 15 H 21 N 3 2 ) 2 -H 2 S0 4 =6 4 375. 
"The sulphate [S0 2 (OH)y(C 15 H 21 N 8 2 ) 2 ] of an alkaloid obtained 
from Physostigma. It should be kept in small, dark amber-colored, 
well-stoppered vials." <U. S. 



870 The Pcnner Formulary Part IP 

This may be produced by neutralizing diluted sulphuric acid with 
physostigmine (alkaloid), concentrating and crystallizing. As this 
is the most soluble salt of physostigmine it is preferred for hypoder- 
mic solutions. 

Average dose. — o.ooi Gm.= i milligramme ( 1 / 04 grain). 

PICROTOXINUM. Br. Picrotoxin. 
C 30 H 34 O 13 ==6oo.58. 

A neutral principle obtained from the fruits of Anamirta paniculata 
— the kernel of Cocculus Indicus — by exhausting with hot water, 
evaporating to an extract, mixing the extract with magnesia, then 
treating with hot alcohol, filtering through animal charcoal, con- 
centrating by evaporation and crystallizing. 

Uses. This is used as an antispasmodic and nerve tonic, like strych- 
nine, in doses of 1 / 300 to 1 / 25 grain. 

PILOCARPINA. Pilocarpine. 

C n H 16 N 2 0, 

This is the chief medicinal constituent of the leaves of Pilocarpus 
jaborandi. It may be obtained by exhausting the drug with alcohol by 
the water-bath percolator, distilling off most of the alcohol from the 
percolate, adding water and soda or potassa alkali, collecting the pre- 
cipitate, washing with chloroform and evaporating the solution. This 
produces pilocarpine, an uncrystallizable alkaloid. 

Uses. Pilocarpine is a diaphoretic and sialogogue. Dose, 1 / 1G to 
Va grain. 

PILOCARPINE HYDROCHLORIDUM. U. S. 

Pilocarpine Hydrochloride. 

C 11 H 16 N 2 2 .HCl=242.8i. 

"The hydrochloride [HCl.CuH^NoOo] of an alkaloid obtained from 
Pilocarpus. It should be kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored vials." 

<U. S. 

This may be prepared by adding the alkaloid pilocarpine to dilute 
hydrochloric acid until it is neutralized or until no more w r ill dissolve. 
The solution is then concentrated by evaporation and allowed to 
crystallize. Lastly, the crystals are drained and dried on bibulous 
paper. 

Uses. This salt is used for the same purposes as the alkaloid, and 
its solution is often employed hypodermically. It is especially useful 
in treatment of the liquor habit. 

Average dose. — o.oio Gm.= io milligrammes (}i grain). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 871 

PILOCARPINE NITRAS. U. S. Br. Pilocarpine Nitrate. 

C 11 H 16 N 2 2 HN0 3 =269.2o. 

"The nitrate [NOoOH-C^H^N.O,] of an alkaloid obtained from 
Pilocarpus. It should be kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored vials." 

<u. s. 

"The nitrate of an alkaloid obtained from jaborandi leaves." < Br. 

This may be prepared by neutralizing- diluted nitric acid with pilo- 
carpine, evaporating the solution and crystallizing. 

It is used for the same purposes as other pilocarpine salts, usually 
by hypodermic injection, the dose being 1 / 20 to J / 2 grain. 

Average dose. — o.oio Gm. — 10 milligrammes (}i grain). 

It is soluble in 4 parts of water and in 60 parts of alcohol at 25 °C. 
(77°F.). It contains no water of crystallization and, therefore, more 
nearly represents the alkaloid than some other salts that contain a 
considerable proportion of water. 

PILOCARPUS. U. S. Jaborandi. 
Jaborandi Folia. Br. Jaborandi Leaves. 

"The leaflets of Pilocarus Jaborandi, Holmes ; or of Pilocarpus 
microphyllus, Stapf (Fam. Rutaceae), yielding, when assayed by the 
process given, not less than 0.5 percent, of alkaloids." <U. S. 

"The dried leaflets of Pilocarpus Jaborandi, Holmes." < Br. 

The plant from which these leaves are obtained is a species of rue 
grown in Brazil. 

The preparations of this drug produce profuse perspiration and act 
upon other glands of the body as an active stimulant increasing the 
salivary secretion and the elimination of urea to a marked degree. It 
is, therefore, the best remedy known for uremia, and for other con- 
ditions in which it is desirable to cause glandular organs to discharge 
their secretions freely. It is used in influenza, catarrh, rheumatism, 
Bright's disease, synovitis etc. A. fluidextract is official in the U. S. P. 

The principal alkaloid is Pilocarpine. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

PILULE — PILLS. 

Since the general introduction of sugar and gelatin-coated pills, 
their manufacture has been almost entirely monopolized by the man- 
ufacturing houses. The pill business has come to be a great nuisance 
to the druggist, for the reason that so many manufacturers urge their 
claims for superiority upon the physicians that a large stock of many 
different makes must be kept on hand in order to supply the demand. 

It is not only unprofitable, but very annoying, to be obliged to keep 
so many manufacturers' pills on hand, but as yet there seems to be no 
way of avoiding it. 



872 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The pills that are included in the pharmacopoeia constitute but a 
very small portion of those now in use, and as manufacturers' pills 
are nearly always coated with sugar or gelatine, it may be said that 
scarcely any pills made by the pharmacopoeia formulas are dispensed 
by druggists. 

The making and coating of pills to any great extent is impracticable 
for the mass of druggists, because it requires considerable apparatus 
and some experience and skill ; and further, because there are so few 
of any but the leading or special pills used that it does not pay to make 
the small quantity required for the retail trade. Many druggists, how- 
ever, may prefer to make some of their own pills as a matter of re- 
liability or convenience. .The general process therefore for making 
and coating pills, and such formulas as may seem expedient are given. 

The recent introduction of reliable powdered extracts of American 
manufacture has very much simplified the making of pills, as the 
ing'redients may be readily and accurately mixed before combining 
into a pill mass. 

Many of the old solid extracts were very difficult to work evenly 
into a pill mass, and required much preparation before they were 
ready for use. 

This is now happily done away with by the introduction of pow- 
dered extracts of all dangerous drugs, and by the use of which a 
thorough distribution of the medicinal agents may be secured. 

Not only are the pow r dered extracts better on this account, but the 
mass can be much more readily prepared ; as, with the old solid ex- 
tracts it was often necessary to soften them, so that an extra amount 
of drier had afterwards to be used, which increased the bulk of the 
pill. Small pills are now the fashion in medicine, and a pill without 
some kind of coating is looked upon with great disgust by the great 
American stomach. Upon the nicety of the pill depends the nicety 
with which it can be coated, so the pill itself will first be considered, 
and afterwards its outer covering. This is the reverse of the view 
taken by the pill-taker, as he is usually more concerned as to the 
character of the covering than the character of the pill ; but the pill- 
maker and the pill-taker can hardly be expected to take the same view 
of the subject. 

The directions which follow are intended for the use of the ordinary 
druggists, with such conveniences as they all have, to make and coat 
pills in small quantities, suitable for the retail trade, and for ex- 
temporaneous and prescription business. 

CONVENIENCES FOR PILL MAKING. 

Pill machines are only adapted to making certain sizes of pills. 
For the manufacturer who is making a large quantity of certain sizes 
of pills they are a great assistance, but for the retail druggist but 
little use can be made of them. Those who have them can use them 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 873 

for such sizes as their material will properly make, but it is hardly 
advisable for those who do not have them to buy them, as there are 
so few pills for which the}" can be used. 

Materials vary so much that it is almost impossible for the drug- 
gist to so regulate the mass as to get the desired amount of material 
in each pill, when working with a machine. Take for instance calomel 
or quinine, a two-grain pill of one would be much smaller than a two- 
grain pill of the other, but the pill machine would make them both of 
the same size. 

They are very convenient for marking and dividing the pill, and 
those who have them can use them for that purpose, but a simple, 
inexpensive pill marker is more servicable. The ordinary pill tile 
will answer every purpose. This with a pill roller, a pill rounder, 
and the ordinary mortars and pestles completes the necessary outfit 
for ordinary pill making, and experience does the rest. 

The Excipients. 

Many excipients have been proposed for making pills, with which 
druggists are already familiar, as mucilage, syrup, glucose, honey, 
soap, glycerin etc., and all of them have their uses, but nothing has 
been found so good for general purposes as the Starch Plasma, or, as 
we shall call it here, Excipient. 

It is tenacious without being elastic, readily mixable, free from 
odor or objectionable taste, does not mould or spoil, keeps without 
change, keeps the pills soft and pliable, is inexpensive and readily 
made as follows : 

Excipient. 

Starch, in fine powder, I drachm 

Glycerin, by weight, I ounce 

Mix and heat, with constant stirring, to boiling (240°F.), or until 
it has assumed a uniform gelatinous mass. Too high a degree of 
heat must not be used, as it will burn the starch on the bottom, and it 
must be constantly stirred to prevent this result. It can best be made 
on a sand-bath. 

In making pills with this excipient, use only a small quantity, well 
worked in with the pestle, and then, if more is required, it may be 
added. 

The Driers. 

The chief use of the drier is to dust the tile and roller and the pills 
after they are made, to prevent them sticking together. 

It is sometimes necessary to use it with the mass when the extracts 
are too soft, or when oils or other liquids enter into the composition. 

A great many substances are used for driers ; as powdered licorice 
root, lycopodium, flour, starch etc., but the best drier to meet all the 
requirements for which it is needed is made thus: 



874 The Faincr Formulary Part II. 

Drier. 

Starch, in very fine powder, 

Elm Bark, in very fine powder, — equal parts, mixed. 

This will be found much better than powdered licorice, lycopodium, 
or other substances usually used for this purpose. 

Finely powdered starch or wheat flour alone is better for white 
pills than the above drier, as it does not color them. Dextrine also 
makes a good drier for colored pills. 

They are best applied as a dusting with an ordinary sprinkler or 
pepper-box, such as are used on the dining table. 

This completes the list of requisites for making pills, except, of 
course, the drugs that enter into their composition. 

Making Pills. 

The mass should always be made in a mortar proportionate to the 
amount required, and with a long-handled pestle, not too large. It 
is best to observe the following order in making the mass so as to 
secure the best results in the least time. 

First. — Reduce all crystals or pulverizable masses to a very fine 
powder by rubbing in the mortar. Powerful drugs like strychnine, 
atropine, morphine etc., should be mixed with a small quantity of 
sugar of milk in powdering, so as to secure a thorough distribution 
of their particles. When the crystals or other drugs are thoroughly 
powdered, add any powdered extracts, resinoicls or other powdered 
drugs that may be directed, and mix thoroughly and intimately in 
the mortar. 

Second. — Add any solid extracts, confections or other masses that 
may be directed, taking great care to have them in such condition that 
they may be readily worked up with the other ingredients. Most 
extracts can be softened by warming a little ; some require a little 
water or alcohol. Mix these thoroughly with the powders in the 
mortar by working them in with the pestle. 

When this is done if it requires to be softened (which is generally 
the case), add enough of the excipient to make into a pilular mass, or 
if too soft, add enough of the drier to harden it. 

In using the excipient, but a small amount is necessary, but it must 
be well worked in. 

Never add alcohol, water or syrup to a pill mass if it can be avoided. 

If any oils are directed in the formula, they should be mixed in 
the mortar with the excipient before it is added to the mass. They 
are thus emulsified and the oily particles broken up, so that a thorough 
distribution is effected. Do not add oils to the powders in the mor- 
tar, as a portion of the powder absorbs the oil and the distribution is 
much retarded. It is also much more difficult to work the mass than 
when the oils are first combined w T ith the excipient. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 875 

If too much excipient has been used, drier may be added to bring 
it to the requisite temper, but it is better to be careful and not add 
too much, as the drier increases the bulk and size of the pill. 

The Pill. Having now prepared the mass, the pill is next in order. 

First. — Weigh the mass carefully and then (if for more than 24 
pills) divide it into two portions that will make as many pills as the 
pill machine, tile, or divider indicates — 12, 18 or 24 is the usual 
number. For instance, if 100 pills are to be made, and the whole 
mass weighs 316 grains, each pill will be 3.16 grains. If the pill tile, 
divider or machine is marked for 18 pills, 3.16x18=56.88, or 57 grains, 
which should be the weight of each portion, and you will have as 
many portions as 18 is contained in 100, or §y 2 portions. 

Second. — Dust the tile or machine with the drier and roll each 
portion out to the length indicated for the number of pills. Several 
portions may be rolled out together at the same time, side by side, if 
the mass is of proper consistence, and drier is properly used. They 
should be rolled evenly from end to end, with a slanting motion of the 
roller. 

When rolled to the proper length, divide as indicated by the tile, 
divider or machine, and roll into pills. Complete the rolling at last 
by rolling the rounded pills gently with a circular motion of the roller 
on the slab. Put in a shallow tin, or other convenient dish, in a cool 
place to harden. 

A jelly-cake tin is very convenient for this purpose. A scale pan 
may also be used. The pills, thus prepared, are ready for coating. 

Coating Pills. 

Pills are coated chiefly to render them tasteless while being taken, 
but the coating serves the further important office of protecting them 
from the atmosphere. 

Sugar Coating. The apparatus for coating pills advantageously 
with sugar is quite expensive, and the experience required to coat 
them artistically is considerable. They may, however, be coated in 
a small way by revolving the pills after they are made in a little 
albumen or mucilage to give them a thin coating, then transferring 
to another dish, dusting them well with finely powdered sugar, and 
rolling them in a shallow evaporating dish, thus giving them an even 
coating. This method is used only for extemporaneous work. To 
coat pills with sugar, as they are found in the market, requires a 
large copper globe, of which the upper third is cut off, and which is re- 
volved at an angle (the same as are used by confectioners). The 
best apparatus of this sort is also arranged for an oscillating motion, 
which prevents the pills from adhering to the side. They are also 
arranged with heating apparatus, so that the heat may be maintained 
to any desired degree. 



876 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The pills are first partially dried, then coated over with tincture of 
tolu or a solution ot shellac. Then put into the coating- apparatus, 
add a little syrup of white sugar and a sprinkling of starcn from time 
to time, while the globe is slowly revolved, a very moderate heat 
being applied at the same time, until the coating is of sufficient thick- 
ness. To give a finish or polish to the pills after they are coated, they 
are agitated in the coater with a few small lumps of paraffin or wax. 
It is obvious that small quantities of pills cannot be conveniently 
sugar-coated in this way. 

It will thus be seen that sugar-coating pills, as they are found in 
the market, requires expensive machinery, experience and time, which 
are not at the disposal of the ordinary druggist in his business. 

Gelatin Coating. Pills may be coated with gelatin by sticking 
them on pins and dipping them in a solution of gelatin etc., heated 
sufficient to keep it liquid, then revolving them in the air until the 
coating is sufficiently set so that the pills will not adhere when put 
together. The solution for gelatine or soluble coating may be made 
as follows : 

Gelatin Coating. 

Best White Gelatin, Cooper's, Cox's or French, i ounce av. 
Water, 4 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the gelatin in the water by the aid of a water-bath, and 
strain through a tin strainer or sieve into a water-bath, which must 
be kept warm, adding a trifle of warm water occasionally to make up 
for the evaporation. Dip the pills in the solution quickly, and revolve 
in the air until dry. 

Gelacia, or Soluble Coating. 

Gelatin, best white, 1 ounce av. 

Gum Arabic, select, j/ 2 ounce av. 

Glycerin, j4 ounce av. 

Water, ^V 2 ounces av. 

Dissolve the gum arabic in 2 ounce of water by allowing to stand 

over night, add this to the glycerin and the balance of water and 

gelatin and heat to dissolve the gelatin. When dissolved strain and 

keep warm with a water-bath while using. 

The pills, stuck on pins or needles, are to be dipped into the solu- 
tion and dried by revolving in the air, 

This makes the best and smoothest coating for pills. It mav with 
propriety be called gelatin coating. Apparatus of various kinds may 
be obtained for gelatin-coating pills, but without experience it proves 
generally unsatisfactory in the hands of druggists. 

Silvering and Gilding Pills. 

Pills are sometimes coated with silver or gold leaf. This is done 
simply by moistening the pills with a thin coating of albumen or 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 877 

acacia solution and then revolving in a small globe in which leaves 
of silver or gold have been placed. The process is familiar to most 
druggists. • 

Besides the substances already mentioned for coating pills, French 
chalk or starch are sometimes used, the pills being first rolled in a 
solution of acacia, and then transferred to another dish containing 
the coating substance, which adheres sufficiently for the purpose. 
Paraffin or cacao butter are also used for coating pills. Paraffin coat- 
ing is, perhaps, the best for small quantities of pills ; the melted 
paraffin may be applied with a small brush to the pills rotated on a 
warm plate on in a shallow evaporating dish. 

OFFICIAL PILLS. 

The following are the pills official in the U. S. and Br. pharmaco- 
poeias : 

In the U. S. and most other pharmacopoeias the plural, Pilulae or 
Pills of — is used as the title, and the number of pills which the for- 
mula is intended to make is specified, but in the Br. P. the title 
Pilula, or Pill of — in the singular, indicates a mass, the dose of which 
is specified. 

PILULE ALOES. U. S. Pills of Aloes. 

Purified Aloes, in fine powder, 13 Gm. or 200 grains 

Soap, in fine powder, 13 Gm. or 200 grains 

Water, a sufficient quantity to make 100 pills. 

"Mix the powders intimately, then incorporate sufficient water to 
form a mass, and divide it into 100 pills." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 2 pills. 

Pilula Aloes Barbadensis. Br. Pill of Barbados Aloes. Barbados 
aloes, in powder, 2 ounces (or 40 Gm. ) ; hard soap, in powder, 1 
ounce (or 20 Gm.) ; oil of caraway 1 fl. drachm (or 2.5 Cc.) ; confection 
of roses 1 ounce (or 20 Gm.), or a sufficient quantity. Mix to form a 
mass. Dose, 4 to 8 grains. 

Pilula Aloes Socotrinae. Br. Pill of Socotrine Aloes. Socotrine 
aloes, in powder, 2 ounces (or 40 Gm.) ; hard soap, in powder, 1 ounce 
(or 20 Gm.) ; oil of nutmeg 1 fl. drachm (or 2.5 Cc.) ; confection of 
roses 1 ounce (or 20 Gm.), or a sufficient quantity. Mix to form a 
mass. Dose, 4 to 8 grains. 

PILULA ALOES ET ASAFETIDA. Br. 

Pill of Aloes and Asafetida. 

Socotrine Aloes, in powder, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Asafetida, in powder, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Hard Soap, in powder, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Confection of Roses, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 
or a sufficient quantity. 



878 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

Mix to form a mass. Dose, 4 to 8 grains. 

This was official in the U. S. P. 7th revision, but has been dismissed. 

PILULE ALOES ET FERRI. U. S., Br. 

Pills of Aloes and Iron. 

Purified Aloes, in fine powder, 7 Gm. or 108 grains 

Exsiccated Ferrous Sulphate, 7 Gm. or 108 grains 

Aromatic Powder, 7 Gm. or io3 grains 

Confection of Rose, a sufficient quantity to make 100 pills. 
"Mix the powders intimately, then incorporate sufficient confection 
of rose to form a mass, and divide it into 100 pills." <U. S. 

Pilula Aloes et Ferri. Br. "Exsiccated ferrous sulphate 1 ounce (or 
20 Gm.), Barbados aloes, in fine powder, 2 ounces (or 40 Gm.), com- 
pound powder of cinnamon 3 ounces (or 60 Gm.), syrup of glucose 3 
ounces (or 60 Gm.), or a sufficient quantity. Mix to form a mass. 
Dose, 4 to 8 grains." < Br. 

PILULE ALOES ET MASTICHES. U. S. 
Pills of Aloes and Mastic. 
Purified Aloes, in fine powder, 
Mastic, in fine powder, 
Red Rose, in fine powder, 
Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 100 pills. 
"Mix the powders intimately, then incorporate sufficient diluted 
alcohol to form a mass and divide into 100 pills." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 pills. 
This is popularly known as Lady Webster's Dinner Pill. 

PILULE ALOES ET MYRRHS. U. S., Br. 

Pills of Aloes and Myrrh. 

Purified Aloes, in fine powder, 13 Gm. or 200 grains 

Myrrh, in fine powder, 6 Gm. or 92 grains 

Aromatic Powder, 4 Gm. or 62 grains 

Syrup, a sufficient quantity to make 100 pills. 
"Mix the powders intimately, then incorporate sufficient syrup to 
form a mass, and divide it into 100 pills." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 pills. 

Pilula Aloes et Myrrhae. Br. Socotrine aloes, in powder, 2 ounces 
(or 40 Gm.), myrrh, in powder, 1 ounce (or 30 Gm.), syrup of glucose 
iy 2 ounces (or. 30 Gm.). Mix to form a mass. Dose, 4 to 8 grains. 

PILULE ASAFCETID^. U. *S. Pills of Asafetida. 

Asafetida, 20 Gm. or 308 grains 

Soap, in fine powder, 6 Gm. or 

Water,, sufficient to make 100 pills. 



3 


Gm. 


or 


200 


grains 


4 


Gm. 


or 


62 


grains 


3 


Gm. 


or 


46 


grains 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 879 

"Beat the solids together with water so as to form a mass, and 
divide it into ioo pills." <U. S. Average dose, 2 pills. 

PILULA CAMBOGIS COMPOSITA. Br. 

Compound Pill of Gamboge. 

Gamboge, in powder, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Barbados Aloes, in powder, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Compound Powder of Cinnamon, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Hard Soap, in powder, - 2 ounces or 50 Gm. 

Syrup of Glucose, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

or a sufficient quantity to form a mass. Dose, 4 to 8 grains. < Br. 

PILULE CATHARTICS COMPOSITE. U. S. 

Compound Cathartic Pills. 

Compound Extract of Colocynth, 80 Gm. or 1235 grains 
Mild Mercurous Chloride, 60 Gm. or 926 grains 

Resin of Jalap, in fine powder, 20 Gm. or 308 grains 

Gamboge, in fine powder, 15 Gm. or 231 grains 

Diluted Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 pills. 
"Mix the powders intimately, then incorporate a sufficient quantity 
of diluted alcohol to form a mass, and divide into 1000 pills." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 pills. 

Pills Cathartic Compound, Improved. Ext. colocynth 100 grains, 
ext. jalap, ext. gentian, each, 50 grains; podophyllum resin, leptandrin, 
ext. hyoscyamus, each, 25 grains ; oil of peppermint q. s. M ake 100 
pills. 

PILULE CATHARTICS VEGETABILES. U. S. 

Vegetable Cathartic Pills. 

Compound Extract of Colocynth, 60 Gm. or 925 grains 
Extract of Hyoscyamus, 30 Gm. or 463 grains 

Resin of Jalap, 20 Gm. or 308 grains 

Extract of Leptandra, 15 Gm. or 231 grains 

Resin of Podophyllum, 15 Gm. or 231 grains 

Oil of Peppermint, 8 Cc. or 2 fl. drachms 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 pills. 
"Mix the compound extract of colocynth intimately with the resin 
of podophyllum, resin of jalap, and extract of leptandra, and then add 
the oil of peppermint. Rub the extract of hyoscyamus with enough 
diluted alcohol to render it plastic, then incorporate it with the mix- 
ture first prepared, using a sufficient quantity of diluted alcohol to 
form a mass, and divide it into 1000 pills." <U. S, 
Average dose. — 2 pills, 



880 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

PILULA COLOCYNTHIDIS COMPOSITA. Br. 

Compound Pill of Colocynth. 

Colocynth pulp, in powder, i ounce or 20 Gm. 

Barbados Aloes, in powder, 2 ounces or 40 Gm. 

Scammony Resin, in powder, 2 ounces or 40 Gm. 

Potassium Sulphate, in powder, J4 ounce or 5 Gm. 

Oil of Cloves, 2 fl. drachms or 5 Cc. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Triturate the oil of cloves with the potassium sulphate, add the col- 
ocynth pulp, mix, add the Barbados aloes and the scammony resin ; 
after mixing intimately add the distilled water and beat to form a 
mass. Dose, 4 to 8 grains. <Br. 

PILULA COLOCYNTHIDIS ET HYOSCYAMI. Br. 

Pill of Colocynth and Hyoscyamus. 

Compound Fill of Colocynth, 2 ounces or 50 Gm. 

Extract of Hyoscyamus, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Mix to form a pill. Dose, 4 to 8 grains. <Br. 

PILULA FERRI. Br. 

Exsiccated Ferrous Sulphate, in 

fine powder, ' 
Exsiccated Sodium Carbonate, in 

fine powder, 
Gum Acacia, in powder, 
Tragacanth, in powder, 
Syrup, 
Glycerin, 
Distilled Water, 

or a sufficient quantity. 
To the liquids, previously mixed, add the ferrous sulphate ; mix ; 
add quickly the sodium carbonate; mix; set aside for 15 minutes, or 
until the reaction is complete ; add the gums and incorporate 
thoroughly. <Br. 

If divided into 5 grain pills each pill will contain about 1 grain fer- 
rous carbonate. Dose, 5 to 15 grains. 

Although this formula is not designated in the Br. P. as Blaud's 
Pills, it is similar to the pills familiarly known by that name. 

PILUL^E FERRI CARBONATIS. U. S. 

Pills of Ferrous Carbonate. Blaud's Pills. Chalybeate Pills. 

Granulated Ferrous Sulphate, 16 Gm. or 247 grains 

Potassium Carbonate, 8 Gm. or 123 grains 

Sugar, 4 Gm. or 62 grains 



Iron Pill. 








150 grains 


or 


15 


Gm. 


95 grains 


or 


9-5 


Gm. 


50 grains 


or 


5 


Gm. 


15 grains 


or 


i-5 


Gm. 


150 grains 


or 


15 


Gm. 


10 grains 


or 


1 


Gm. 


20 grains 


or 


2 


Gm. 



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Althaea, in Xo. 60 powder, 1 Gm. or 15 grains 

Tragacanth, in fine powder, 1 Gm. or 15 grains 

Glycerin, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity. 
"Rub the potassium carbonate in a mortar with a sufficient quantity 
(about 10 drops each) of glycerin and water, then add the ferrous sul- 
phate and sugar, previously triturated together to a uniform powder 
and rub the mass thoroughly until is assumes a greenish color. When 
the reaction has terminated, incorporate the tragacanth and althaea, 
and, if necessary, add a little more water so as to obtain a mass of 
pilular consistence. Divide this into 100 pills. These pills should be 
freshly prepared when wanted." <U. S. Average dose. — 2 pills. 

Blaud's Pills, as found on the market, are made in 1, 2, 3 and 5 
grain sizes. They are generally either polished as directed in the 
following formula, or silver-coated, in 3 and 5 grain sizes. Many 
combinations, also, of Blaud's Pills with other medicaments are fur- 
nished by manufacturers. 

PILULE FERRI IODIDI. U. S. 
Pills of Ferrous Iodide. Blancard's Pills. 

Reduced Iron, 

Iodine, 

Glycyrrhiza, in No. 60 powder, 

Sugar, 

Extract of Glycyrrhiza, in pow r der, 

Acacia, I Gm. or 15 grains 

Water, Balsam of Tolu and Ether, of each, a sufficient quantity, 
to make 100 pills. 
"To the reduced iron contained in a small mortar, add 6 Cc. (or 2 
fl. drachms) of water, and then, gradually, the iodine, with constant 
stirring, until the mixture ceases to have a reddish tint. Then add the 
remaining powders, previously well mixed together, and mix the 
whole thoroughly. Transfer the mass to a porcelain dish and evapor- 
ate the excess of moisture on a water-bath, with constant stirring, 
until the mass has acquired a pilular consistence. Then divide it into 
100 pills." <U. S. 

For coating the pills to preserve them and give a polish: "Dissolve 
10 gm. (or 150 grains) of balsam of tolu in 15 Cc. (or ij^ fl. ounces) of 
ether, and shake the pills with a sufficient quantity of the solution 
until they are uniformly coated, then put them on a plate to dry, 
occasionally rolling about until the drying is completed. Keep the 
pills in a well-stoppered bottle." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 pills. 



4 


Gm. 


or 


62 


grains 


5 


Gm. 


or 


77 


grains 


4 


Gm. 


or 


62 


grains 


4 


Gm. 


or 


62 


grains 


1 


Gm. 


or 


15 


grains 



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PILULA GALBANI COMPOSITA. Br. 
Compound Pill of Galbanum. Compound Pill of Asafetida. 
Asafetida, 2 ounces or 50 Gm. 

Galbanum, 2 ounces or 50 Gm. 

Myrrh, 2 ounces or 50 Gm. 

Syrup of Glucose, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

or a sufficient quantity. 
"Heat all together on a water-bath, stirring until the mass is uni- 
form in consistence. Dose, 4 to 8 grains." < Br. 

PILULA HYDRARGYRI. Br. Mercury Pill. 

Blue Pill. [Massa Hydrargyri. U. S.]. 

Mercury, 2 ounces or 40 Gm. 

Confection of Rose, 3 ounces or 60 Gm. 

Licorice Root, in fine powder, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Rub the mercury with the confection of rose until metallic globules 

are no longer visible ; add the licorice root ; beat together until 

thoroughly mixed. Dose, 4 to 8 grains. < Br. 

PILULA HYDRARGYRI SUBCHLORIDI COMPOSITA. Br. 
Compound Pill of Mercurous Chloride. 
Compound Calomel Pill. Plummer's Pill. 
Mercurous Chloride, 
Sulphurated Antimony, 
Guaiacum Resin, in powder, 
Castor Oil, 
Alcohol, (90%), 

or a sufficient quantity. 
Mix to form a mass. Dose, 4 to 8 

PILULA IPECACUANHA CUM SCILLA. Br. 
Pill of Ipecacuanha with Squill. 

Compound Powder of Ipecacuanha, 3 ounces or 30 Gm. 

Squill, in powder, 1 ounce or 10 Gm. 

Ammoniacum, in powder, 1 ounce or 10 Gm. 

Syrup of Glucose, a sufficient quantity. 
Mix to form a mass. Dose, 4 to 8 grains. This pill contains about 
5 percent, of opium. <Br. 

PILULA LAXATIVA COMPOSITA. U. S. 
Compound Laxative Pills. 
Aloin, 1.30 Gm. or 20 grains 

Strychnine, 0.05 Gm. or j4 grain 

Extract of Belladonna Leaves, 0.80 Gm. or 12^ grains 

Ipecac, in fine powder, 0.40 Gm. or 6 grains 



1 ounce 


or 


25 


Gm, 


1 ounce 


or 


25 


Gm 


2 ounces 


or 


50 


Gm 


180 grains 


or 


10.3 


Gm 


1 fl. drachm 


or 


3 


Cc. 


grains. 









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Glycyrrhiza, in fine powder, 4.60 Gm. or 71 grains 

Syrup, a sufficient quantity 

To make 100 pills 

The ingredients (except the syrup) are to be triturated together, so 
as to produce a uniform powder, and with the syrup made into a mass 
which is to be made into 100 pills. 

These pills are similar to those furnished by the leading manufac- 
turers of pills, and sold under similar titles. 
Average dose. — 2 pills. 

PILULiE OPII. U. S. Pills of Opium. 

Powdered Opium, 6.5 Gm. or 100 grains 

Soap, in fine powder, 2.0 Gm. or 31 grains 

Water, a sufficient quantit}^ to make 100 pills. 

"Mix the powders intimately, then incorporate sufficient water to 
form a mass and divide it into 100 pills." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 1 pill. 

PILULE PHOSPHORI. U. S., Br. Pills of Phosphorus. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Phosphorus, 0.06 Gm. or 1 grain 

Althaea, in No. 60 powder, 6.00 Gm. or 93 grains 

Acacia, in fine pow r der, 3.00 Gm. or 47 grains 

Water, Glycerin, Chloroform, Balsam 
of Tolu and Ether, of each, 
a sufficient quantity to make 100 pills. 
Dissolve the phosphorus in a test tube, in 5 Cc. (or 81 minims) of 
chloroform with the aid of a very gentle heat, replacing from time to 
time any of the chloroform which may have been lost by evaporation. 
Mix the acacia and althaea in a mortar ; next add the solution of phos- 
phorus, then immediately afterwards, a sufficient quantity, about 4 
Cc. (or 65 minims) of a mixture of 2 volumes of glycerin, with 1 vol- 
ume of w^ater, and quickly form a mass which is to be divided into 
100 pills. The pills are then to be coated or varnished with a solution 
of 10 Gm. (or 150 grains) of balsam of tolu in 15 Cc. (or y$ fi. ounce) 
of ether and dried. <U. S. Average dose, 1 pill. 

Pilula Phosphori. Br. Phosphorus Pill. Phosphorus 10 grains (or 
1 Gm.), white beeswax, melted, 125 grains (or 12.5 Gm.) ; lard, 
melted, 125 grains (or 12.5 Gm.) ; kaolin 115 grains (or 11.5 Gm.) ; car- 
bon bisulphide ^ minims (or 3 Cc), or a sufficient quantity. 

"Place the melted wax and lard in a warmed mortar and stir until 
the mixture has the consistence of cream. Dissolve the phosphorus in 
the carbon bisulphide and carefully mix the "solution with the melted 
fats ; add the kaolin ; mix well together. Keep the mixture immersed 
in cold water in a bottle from which the light is excluded. When dis- 



884 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

pensed, every 3 grains of the mixture is to be incorporated with 1 
grain of gum acacia in powder, and the resulting pills should be var- 
nished. Phosphorus pill, including the gum acacia, contains 2 per- 
cent, of phosphorus. Dose, 1 to 2 grains." < Br. 

PILULA PLUMBI CUM OPIO. Br. Pill of Lead with Opium. 

Lead Acetate, in fine powder, 36 grains or 6 Gm. 

Opium, in powder, 6 grains or 1 Gm. 

Syrup of Glucose, 4 grains or 0.7 Gm. 

or a sufficient quantity. 

Mix to form a pill mass. Dose, 2 to 4 grains. This pill contains 
about 12J/2 percent, of opium. 

PILULE PODOPHYLLI, BELLADONNA ET CAPSICI. U. S. 

Pills of Podophyllum, Belladonna and Capsicum. 
Resin of Podophyllum, 1.6 Gm. or 25 grains 

Extract of Belladonna Leaves, 0.8 Gm. or 12^ grains 

Capsicum, moderately fine powder, 3.2 Gm. or 50 grains 
Sugar of Milk, in fine powder, 6.5 Gm. or 100 grains 

Acacia, in fine powder, 1.6 Gm. or 25 grains 

Glycerin, 

Syrup, each, a sufficient quantity to make 100 pills 
The resin of podophyllum, capsicum, sugar of milk and acacia are to 
be triturated together to a uniform powder which is to be incorporated 
with the extract of belladonna leaves and a sufficient quantity of 
glycerin and syrup mixed in equal parts to form a mass which is to be 
divided into 100 pills. 
Average dose. — 1 pill. 

PILULA QUININE SULPHATIS. Br. 

Quinine Sulphate, 

Tartaric Acid, in powder, 

Glycerin, 

Tragacanth, in powder, 
"Triturate the quinine sulphate with the tartaric acid; add the 
product to the previously mixed glycerin and tragacanth ; make a 
mass. Dose, 2 to 8 grains." < Br. 

PILULA RHEI COMPOSITE. U. S., Br. 
Compound Pills of Rhubarb. 

Rhubarb, in No. 60 powder, 13 Gm. or 200 grains 

Purified Aloes, in fine pow r der, 10 Gm. or 154 grains 

Myrrh, in fine powder, 6 Gm. or 93 grains 

Oil of Peppermint, 0.5 Cc. or 8 minims 

Water, a sufficient quantity to make 100 pills. 



Pill of Q 


uinine 


Sulphate. 


30 


grains 


or 


3 


Gm. 


1 


grain 


or 


O.I 


Gm. 


4 


grains 


or 


0.4 


Gm. 


1 


grain 


or 


O.I 


Gm. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 885 

"Mix the oil of peppermint intimately with the powders, then in- 
corporate sufficient water to form a mass; divide it into ioo pills." 
<U. S. Average dose, 2 pills. 

Pilula Rhei Composita. Br. Compound Rhubarb Fill. Rhubarb 

root, in powder, 3 ounces (or 60 Gm.) ; Socotrine aloes, in powder, 2 '4 
ounces (or 45 Gm.) ; myrrh, in powder, \ l / 2 ounces (or 30 Gm.) ; hard 
soap, in powder, iy 2 ounces (or 30 Gm.) ; oil of peppermint V/ 2 
fl.drachms (or 3.75 Cc.) ; syrup of glucose 2^4 ounces (or 55 Gm.), jr 
sufficient. Mix to form a mass. Dose, 2 to 8 grains. <Br. 

PILULA SAPONIS COMPOSITA. Br. 
Compound Pill of Soap. 

Opium, in powder, y 2 ounce or 10 Gm. 

Hard Soap, in powder, i l / 2 ounces or 30 Gm. 

Syrup of Glucose, y 2 ounce or 10 Gm. 

"Mix to form a mass. Dose, 2 to 4 grains. This pill contains 20 
percent, of opium." < Br. This should more properly be entitled 
"Pilula Opii," as that is the only active ing : redient. See Pilulse Opii. 

PILULA SCAMMONII COMPOSITA. Br. 
Compound Scammony Pill. 
Scammony Resin, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Jalap Resin, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Curd Soap, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Tincture of Ginger, 3 fl. ounces or 75 Cc. 

"Add the tincture of ginger to the soap and resins ; dissolve with the 
aid of slight heat ; evaporate on a water-bath until the mass has ac- 
quired a suitable consistence for forming pills. Dose, 4 to 8 grains." 
<Br. 

PILULA SCILL.SE COMPOSITA. Br. 

Compound Squill Pill. 

Squill, in powder, i}i ounces or 25 Gm. 

Ginger, in powder, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Ammoniacum, in powder, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Hard Soap, in powder, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Syrup of Glucose, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

or a sufficient quantity. 

"Mix to form a mass. Dose, 4 to 8 grains." < Br. 

PIPERAZINUM. Piperazine. 
Piperazidine. Diethelen-diamine. 

C 2 H 4 (NH) 2 C 2 H 4 =86. 
This is a synthetic alkaloid produced by the action of ammonia upon 
Ethylene chloride. It is in colorless hygroscopic lustrous crystals, 
very freely soluble in water, in which it makes a strongly alkaline 



886 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

but almost tasteless solution. It is employed as an antilithic in rheu- 
matism, gout etc., and is highly recommended as a solvent for uric 
acid. It is official in the Ger. S. and a number of compounds some- 
what used in medicine are prepared. 

Dose, 15 to 30 grains daily in carbonated or lithiated water. 

Piperazine Quinate. This is a compound of piperazine with quinine, readily 
soluble in water. It is recommended for gout, renal calculi and other uric 
acid complications. Dose 15 to 20 grains. It is known in the market as 
Sidonal. 

Piperazine Salicylate. A chemical compound of piperazin 1 molecule with 
salicylic acid 2 molecules. Soluble in water, alcohol or ether and recommended 
as a rheumatic remedy. Dose 5 to 10 grains. 

Piperazine Sulphoichthyolate. A combination of piperazin with ichthyol. It 
is recommended as a remedy for gout. Dose 15 grains, preferably in sugar- 
coated tablets, because of its disagreeable taste. This compound is better 
known as Ichthyolidin. 

PIPERINA. U. S. Piperine. 

C 17 H 19 N0 3 =283.04. 

"A feebly basic substance [CH 2 2 *C 6 H 3 CH :CH'CH :CH>CON 
•C 5 H 10 ] obtained from pepper and other plants of the Piperaceae.'' 

<U. S. 

It is insoluble in water; soluble in 15 parts alcohol, 36 parts of 
ether, and in 1.7 parts of chloroform at 25°C. (7/ c F.). 

It may be used internally in pills or solution or externally in alco- 
holic solution as a stimulating application. A few drops of solution in 
water makes an excellent gargle for diphtheria or catarrhal sore throat. 

Average dose. — 0.200 Gm.=200 milligrammes (3 grains). 

Piperidine Bitartrate. This is a bitartrate of piperidin recommended as a 
uric acid solvent. Dose 10 to 15 grains. 

Piperidine Guaiacolate, better known by its trade name Guaiaperol. It is a 
chemical compound of piperidine with guaiacol, recommended in the treat- 
ment of phthisis. Dose 2 to 5 grains. 

PIX — PITCH. 

Under the generic title Pix a number of preparations are official in 
the pharmacopoeias. They consist of resinouus or bituminous sub- 
stances, prepared in various ways, and are similar to, but more plastic 
than resins, some of them being semi-liquid. The following are 
official: 

PIX BURGUNDICA. Br. Burgundy Pitch. 

"The resinous exudation obtained from the stem of Picea Excelsa, 
melted and strained. "<Br. 

The Burgundy Pitch of commerce varies considerably according to 
its source. The Br. Burgundy pitch is obtained from the Xorway 
spruce, while much that is in the market is obtained in countries 
further south, from Abies picea, the European silver fir tree. It is 
called Pix Alba in some countries. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 887 

It contains a small quantity of terpene, C 10 H 16 , and a little water, 
but is chiefly composed or resin. It is used in making plasters and 
sealing wax, grafting wax etc. True Burgundy pitch is almost en- 
tirely soluble in double its weight of glacial acetic acid. 

PIX CARBONIS PRiEPARATA. Br. Prepared Coal Tar. 

"Prepared by placing commercial coal tar in a shallow vessel and 
maintaining it at a temperature of I20°F. (48.9°C), for I hour, 
stirring constantly." < Br. 

Whenever coal tar is directed to be used in medicine the prepared, 
as above, should be used. 

PIX CANADENSIS. Canada Pitch. Hemlock Pitch. 

The prepared resinous exudation of Abies Canadensis, consisting 
mainly of resins, with a little terpene and water. The resinous exu- 
date from hemlock trees is collected and boiled in water, and the mass 
which rises to the surface strained while hot, the strained product 
being hemlock pitch or hemlock gum which is used chiefly for mak- 
ing plasters. 

PIX PINI. White Pine Pitch. 

The pitchy substance which exudes from pine trees when cut or tap- 
ped. When first obtained it is soft and semi-liquid, and is commonly 
known as "pitch." When exposed it hardens and is known in phar- 
macy as turpentine, or white pine turpentine or gum. The soft pitch 
is frequently used in making plasters and ointments. 

PIX JUNIPERI. Juniper Tar. 

This is produced by the dry distillation of the stems and roots of 
Juniperus Communis. It is official in the Port. Pharm. 

It differs somewhat from Oil of Cade, which is prepared from the 
heart-wood of juniper by a similar process, and is known as Juniper 
Tar Oil. See Oleum Cadinum. 

PIX LIQUIDA. U. S., Br. Tar. 

"A product obtained by the destructive distillation of the wood of 
Pinus palustris, Miller; or of other species of Pinus (Fam. Pinacese)." 
<U. S. 

"A bituminous liquid obtained from the wood of Pinus Sylvestris, 
and other species of Pinus, by destructive distillation. Known in com- 
merce as Stockholm tar." < Br. 

It will be seen that U. S. and Br. tars are somewhat different, cor- 
responding with the difference in the woods from which they are pro- 
duced. Several other varieties of tar are obtained from other woods, 
as birch tar, juniper tar etc. Tar is also obtained as a by-product of 
charcoal manufacture, or the manufacture of acetic acid from wood. 



888 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

It consists of volatile products, as oil of tar, creosote etc., which may 
be vaporized by heat, and a black mass, solid when cool, known as 
black pitch. Sometimes used as an ingredient in plasters and in 
shoemaker's wax etc. 

Among the many substances which have been isolated from tar may 
be mentioned toluene, xylene, cresol, guaiacol and naphthalene, 
pyrene, metol, chrysene, pyrocatechin etc. 

Pixol. . Resol. This is a preparation of wood-tar, resembling lysol, 
which is from coal-tar. 

PIX LITHANTHRACIS. Pyroleum Lithanthracis. Coal Tar. 

Coal-tar is a residue left after the dry distillation of coal, in the 
manufacture of illuminating gas. It is extensively used in the arts and 
for building purposes, and in chemistry is the source of a great number 
of chemical products. The more important of these are mentioned 
under other headings, as phenol, benzol, aniline etc. 

When coal-tar is distilled and the product rectified, the lighter pro- 
ducts which come over are separated as a brown, oily liquid, known as 
light oil, and consisting of benzol, C 6 H 6 ; toluol, C 7 H ; xylol, C 8 H 10 ; 
and several other similar substances. Then a black liquid which is 
called "dead oil" is distilled. This contains aniline, naphthaline, 
C 10 H 6 ; phenol, anthracen and some other substances. 

The residue which is not volatilized is a pitch known as Asphalt, 
which comprises about two-thirds of the original volume of coal-tar. 

PIX NAVALIS. Pix Nigra. Black Pitch. 

This is the residue left after distilling off the volatile portions from 
tar. It is official under various names in most of the European phar- 
macopoeias. In pharmacy it is frequently used in making plasters and 
sticking applications. 

PLATINUM. 

Symbol PI; Atomic weight (0=i6) 195.2; Sp. gr. 21.5. 

Platinum was discovered by Wood, of Jamaica, in 1741. It more 
nearly resembles gold in its characteristics than any of the other 
metals, and is sometimes called "white gold." It is a grayish-white 
metal, one of the heaviest substances known, and is chiefly obtained 
from sand or alluvial soils, the debris of volcanic rocks, in the form of 
small grains or small rolled masses associated with other metals. Its 
rarity makes it as expensive as gold, and it is used only to a limited 
extent in the arts, and scarcely at all in pharmacy or medicine, but in 
chemistry its uses are important, and some of its salts are useful in 
photography. It is further described in the Chemical Section of this 
work, Part I. 

Platinum Black is platinum in a very fine state of division, and is 
used for electrical and chemical tests, it having the power of absorbing 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 889 

oxygen and then imparting- it to other combustible substances, thus 
causing their oxidation. 

Platini Chloridum. Platinum Chloride. This was formerly an 
official salt of platinum, used only in test solution. It is made by dis- 
solving platinum in nitro-hydrochloric acid to saturation, and then 
evaporating the solution to dryness. 

Like gold, platinum forms double salts with ammonium, sodium 
and potassium chlorides. They may be made in the same manner as 
gold and sodium chloride, which see. 

Spongy Platinum or Platinum Sponge. This is made by heating 
ammonio-chloride of platinum to redness, by which ammonia and 
chlorine are volatilized, leaving platinum metal in spongy form, suited 
for' the absorption of oxygen. 

Oxides of Platinum. With oxygen platinum forms two oxides ; 
platinous oxide, PIO ; and platinic oxide, P10 2 . 

PLUMBUM — LEAD. 

Symbol Pb ; Atomic weight (0=i6) 207.10; Sp. gr. 11.45. 

Lead is a soft, bluish, elementary metal, similar in chemical char- 
acteristics to copper, silver and mercury, but widely differing from 
them in physical properties. It is obtained chiefly from the native 
sulphide, galena, or lead ore, in which it is often associated with 
silver and other metals in small proportion. The galena is roasted in 
reverbatory furnaces to drive off the sulphur, and the residue smelted 
with coal and lime, the lead being drawn off and cast into "pigs." 

Lead and its compounds are further described in the Chemical Sec- 
tion, Part I. 

Metallic lead is largely employed for industrial purposes, but its 
salts only are used in pharmacy and medicine. 

The following salts of lead are official in the U. S. and Br. phar- 
macopoeias: 

PLUMBI ACETAS. U. S., Br. Lead Acetate. Sugar of Lead. 

Pb(C 2 H 3 2 ) 2 +3H 2 0=376.i5. 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Lead Acetate 
[(CH 3 -COO) Pb+3H o O], and should be kept in well-stoppered bot- 
tles."<U. S. 

"A salt, Pb(C 2 H 3 CX) 2 -3H 2 0, obtained by dissolving lead oxide or 
lead carbonate in acetic acid." < Br. 

No formula is given for the preparation of this salt in the present 
U. S. or Br. P. The following formula was official in the Br. P. : 
Lead Oxide, in fine powder, 24 ounces av. 

Acetic Acid, a sufficiency, about 38 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, 20'fl.ounces 



890 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

Mix the acetic acid and water, add the lead oxide and dissolve with 
the aid of a little heat, filter, evaporate till a pellicle forms, and set 
aside to crystallize, first adding- a little acetic acid should the fluid 
not. have a distinctly acid reaction. Drain and dry the crystals on 
filtering paper, without heat. 

This salt is soluble in 2 parts of water and in 30 parts of alcohol at 
25°C. (77°F.) ; in 0.5 part of boiling water and in 1 part of boiling al- 
cohol. When heated to 40°C. (i04°F.), rs loses its water of crystal- 
lization (14.25 percent.). It fuses at 200°C. (392 F.), with loss of 
acetic acid. 

Uses. The commercial salt is impure and should not be used med- 
icinally, but is extensively employed in the arts, especially as a mor- 
dant for dyeing. The pure salt is a sedative and astringent. It is 
used internally in the form of pills and powders, and externally in sol- 
utions and other forms of application. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

PLUMBI CARBONAS. Br. Lead Carbonate. White Lead. 

"Lead carbonate, or hydroxy-carbonate, 2PbC0 3 ,Pb(OH) 2 , may be 
prepared by the interaction of lead carbonate and carbonic anhydride, 
in the presence of vapors of acetic acid." < Br. 

This salt is manufactured on a large scale for paint and other pur- 
poses by exposing lead in thin discs to the action of acetic acid, car- 
bon dioxide and the atmosphere. For medicinal use it should be 
purified. 

It is insoluble in water or alcohol, but soluble in dilute nitric acid 
or acetic acid, with evolution of C0 2 . 

Uses. Commercial white lead is extensively used in the arts for 
painting and other purposes. In medicine it is used in the form of 
an ointment and suspended in water for external application. 

PLUMBI IODIDUM. U. S., Br. Lead Iodide. 

Pbl 2 =457.i5. 
"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Lead Iodide, 
and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, protected from light." 
<U. S. 

"Precipitated Lead Iodide, Pbl 2 , is obtained by the interaction of 
lead nitrate or acetate and potassium iodide." < Br. 

No formula for this salt is at present official in the U. S. or Br. P., 
but the 1885 Br. P. directed it to be made as follows : 

Lead Nitrate, 4 ounces av. 

Potassium Iodide, 4 ounces av. 

Distilled Water, a sufficiency. 
Dissolve the lead nitrate by the aid of heat in 30 ounces of water, 
and the potassium iodide in 10 ounces of water and mix the solutions. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations ( S91 

Collect the precipitate on a filter, wash it with distilled water, and dry 
in a warm place. 

Soluble in about 1300 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and in about 
200 parts of boiling water ; almost insoluble in alcohol. 

Uses. This salt is used in pharmacy for preparing ointment and 
plasters, and sometimes suspended in water as an application. 

PLUMBI NITRAS. U. S. Lead Nitrate. 

Pb(XO,) ,=328.49- 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Lead Nitrate, 
[(X0 2 -0) 2 Pb], and should be kept in well-closed bottles." <U. S. 

Xo formula for this preparation is official, but it may be made by 
adding lead oxide to nitric acid, diluted with an equal quantity of 
water, heating and dissolving the oxide to saturation in the liquid, 
then filtering and concentrating by evaporation and crystallizing. 

Soluble in 1.85 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), almost insoluble 
in alcohol. In boiling water it is soluble in 0.75 part. <U. S. 

Uses. This salt is used in solution as an external application, and 
for making hair restoratives is preferable to the acetate, as it has a 
less disagreeable odor. 

PLUMBI OXIDUM. U. S., Br. Lead Oxide. Litharge. 

PbO=22I.23. 

"It should contain hot less than 96 percent, of pure Lead Oxide, 
and should be kept in well-closed vessels." <U. S. 

"Lead Oxide, PbO, is prepared by the action of air on melted lead." 
<Br. 

This is oxide of lead which has been rendered semi-crystalline by 
incomplete fusion, and is hence called semi-vitrous lead oxide. 

It may be prepared in a small way. by heating lead nitrate in a plat- 
inum crucible until all its acid has been driven oft, but, commercially, 
it is a by-product of extracting silver from lead ore. 

Uses. Lead oxide is a working basis for many of the lead salts, 
and is used in making plasters and solutions for external use. 

Other Salts of Lead. 

Besides the official salts of lead which have been described, sev- 
eral others are occasionally used in pharmacy. They are noted in the 
Chemical Section, Part I. 

POTASSIUM OR KALIUM. 

Symbol K; Atomic weight 39.10; Sp. gr. 0.865. 

Xotice that the chemical symbol for Potassium is K. (Kalium). 

Potassium is one of the group of three elementary substances 
(potassium, sodium, lithium), which, on account of their marked, 
positive characteristics are called alkali-metals. It was first isolated 



892 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

and described by Sir II. Davy, in 1807, anc ^ 1S now chiefly obtained 
from its carbonate by heating it to a high degree with charcoal in a 
retort, when it distils over and is condensed in naphtha, cooled by ice. 
It is so readily oxidized that it must be preserved under naphtha or 
some other hydrocarbon. In water it burns violently, and in air is 
soon converted into an oxide. Its other properties and characteristics 
are similar to the alkali metals in general. It is more fully des- 
cribed in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

Potassium is the basis of a great number of salts which are formed 
by its union with acids and negative elements. They are, as a class, 
very soluble, and are of great value in the industrial arts and in phar- 
macy and in medicine. Potassium derives its name from Potash, the 
chief source of the potassium salts. Potash was formerly made by 
evaporating the lye which is obtained by percolating or lixiviating 
wood ashes, but is now chiefly obtained by decomposing the native 
pure potassium chloride, obtained from mines in Germany. The 
salts of potassium are either alkaline, neutral or acid, according to 
the proportions in which they are combined. In German pharmacv 
they are called kalium salts. The salts of potassium official in the 
U. S. and Br. pharmacopceias constitute a large class, and are as fol- 
lows : 

POTASSA CAUSTICA. Br. Potassium Hydroxide. 
Caustic Potash or Potassa. Potassium Hydrate. 
[Potassii Hydroxidum. U. S.]. 
This is prepared by evaporating solution of potassa rapidly in a 
clean iron vessel until an oily fluid remains which will solidify on cool- 
ing. It is then poured into cylindrical molds to form "sticks." which, 
while still warm, are put into dry bottles and tightly sealed. It is 
sometimes made in the form of powder by stirring while cooling. 

This is soluble in about 0.5 part of water and in 2 parts of alcohol 
at X. T. Very soluble in boiling water and in boiling "alcohol. 

Uses. This is used chiefly as a caustic for morbid growths, ex- 
crescences, warts etc., and in pharmacy may be used for preparing 
liquor potassa 1 which see), and many salts and preparations of potas- 
sium. 

POTASSA CUM CALCE. Potassa with Lime. 

Potassa, 500 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Lime, 500 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Rub them well together in a mortar so as to form a powder and keep 
in a well-stoppered bottle. 

This powder is deliquescent when exposed to moist air; it is very 
strongly alkaline and is used as a caustic. It was formerly official in 
the U. S. P. but was dismissed in the 8th revision. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 893 

Uses. This is used as a caustic the same as potassa, but is milder 
and slower in its action. Being in powder it is sometimes more con- 
venient. 

POTASSA SULPHURATA. Br. Sulphurated Potassa. 

Liver of Sulphur. 

Sublimed Sulphur, 100 Gm. or i ounce 

Potassium Carbonate, 200 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Rub the potassium carbonate, previously dried, with the sulphur, 

and heat the mixture gradually in a covered crucible until it ceases to 

swell and is completely melted. Then pour the liquid on a marble 

slab, cover with an inverted basin, and when solidified and cold put 

into well-stoppered bottles. This is also known as liver of sulphur, 

and possesses a very disagreeable odor like rotten eggs. 

This is soluble in 2 parts of water at N. T., but in alcohol only the 
potassium sulphide dissolves out. The aqueous solution is strongly 
alkaline. 

Uses. It is sometimes given internally as an alterative and used ex- 
ternally in solutions for skin diseases and parasites. It is used by 
barbers for removing nitrate of silver stains. 

POTASSII ACETAS. U. S., Br. Potassium Acetate. 

KC 2 H 3 2 =97.44; 

"It should contain, when thoroughly dried, not less than 98 per- 
cent, of pure Potassium Acetate [CH 3 'COOK], and should be kept in 
well-stoppered bottles. "<L T . S. 

"Potassium acetate, CH 3 -COOK, is prepared by fusing the product 
of the interaction of acetic acid and potassium carbonate." < Br. 

This may be made more conveniently by adding to pure acetic acid, 
crystals of potassium bicarbonate as long as effervescence ensues, 
then adding a very small quantity of acid and cautiously evaporating 
to dryness in a porcelain dish by means of a sand-bath. 

This salt rapidly deliquesces when exposed to air. Soluble in 0.4 
part of water and in 2 parts of alcohol at 25 °C (77°F.). 

Uses. In medicine potassium acetate is employed as a diuretic and 
in larger doses as a laxative. It has proven effective in rheumatism, 
acting as a solvent to decompose uric acid ; it is also given in certain 
forms of skin diseases. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

POTASSII BICARBONAS. U. S., Br. 
Potassium Bicarbonate. Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate. 

KHC0 8 =994i- 
"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium Bi- 
carbonate [CO(OH)(OK)], and should be kept in well-stoppered 
bottles." <U. S. 



894 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

"Potassium bicarbonate may be obtained by saturating a strong 
aqueous solution of potassium carbonate with carbonic anhydride." 
<Br. 

This salt may be made by passing a current of carbonic acid gas 
through a strong solution of potassium carbonate until it is entirely 
saturated, then filtering the liquid and evaporating at a temperature 
below 71 °C. (i6o°F.), that it may not be decomposed, and crystalliz- 
ing when sufficiently concentrated. 

Commercially, crude potassium bicarbonate, which is called Salaer- 
atus, is prepared by suspending a solution of potassium carbonate 
contained in an open vessel in the fermenting tuns of a brewery, 
thus utilizing the carbonic acid gas produced. When the solution is 
saturated it is evaporated to dryness. 

It is soluble in 3 parts of water at 25 °C. (yy°F.), nearly insoluble 
in alcohol. Twenty parts, by weight, of potassium bicarbonate are 
neutralized by 14 parts of citric acid, and by 15 parts of tartaric acid. 

Uses. Potassium bicarbonate in crystals is largely used in phar- 
macy as a source of other potassium salts. It is less irritating than 
the carbonate, and is therefore administered internally when an alka- 
line salt of potassium is desired, as an antacid etc. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (3 grains). 

POTASSII BICHROMAS. Br. Potassium Bichromate. 
[Potassium Dichromate. U. S.]. Red Chromate of Potassium. 

K 2 Cr 2 7 =2 93 .78. 

"Potassium bichromate, K 2 Cr0 4 .Cr0 3 , is obtained by roasting 
chrome iron-stone with lime in the presence of air, and by treating the 
resulting chromate with a potassium salt, and subsequently with an 
acid." < Br. (See Potassii Dichromas). 

This is obtained from chrome iron ore by first roasting the ore, 
then powdering, mixing with potassium carbonate and chalk, and 
heating the mixture to a high temperature in the air. Ferric oxide and 
chromic acid are produced, the latter combining with the potassium 
carbonate and forming neutral potassium chromate with evolution of 
carbonic dioxide. 

The solution of neutral potassium chromate which is obtained by 
lixiviation with water, is then treated w r ith sulphuric or nitric acid, 
and the salt crystallized from the solution. 

Soluble in 10 parts of water at X. T., insoluble in alcohol. In 
boiling water it is soluble in 1.5 parts. 

Uses. This salt, which is also known as Red Chromate of Potas- 
sium, is used in pharmacy for making several preparations, and as a 
test-solution. The dose internally is 1 / 10 to y 5 grain in solution. It 
is also extensively used in dyeing. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 895 

POTASSII BITARTRAS. U. S. Potassium Bitartrate. 
Potassii Tartras Acidus. Br. Acid Potassium Tartrate. 

[Cream of Tartar]. 

KHC 4 H 4 6 = 186.78. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium Bi- 
tartrate [CJi 2 (OH) 2 (COOH)(COOK)], and should be kept in well- 
stoppered bottles. "<U. S. 

This is an acid salt of potassium prepared from Crude Tartar or 
Argols, which is deposited in wine casks during and after the fermen- 
tation of grape juice. It is purified and decolorized by dissolving in 
hot water and filtering the solution through animal charcoal, then con- 
centrating and crystallizing. 

Soluble in about 200 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and in 16.7 
parts of boiling water, only slightly soluble in alcohol. 

Uses. Cream of tartar is extensively used as the acid basis of 
baking powder and for other culinary purposes. In medicine it is con- 
siderably employed as a mild acid, laxative and blood purifier. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

POTASSII BROMIDUM. U. S., Br. Potassium Bromide. 

KBr=n8.22. 

"It should contain not less than 97 percent, of pure Potassium 
Bromide, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

"Potassium Bromide, KBr, may be obtained by adding a slight ex- 
cess of bromine to a strong solution of potassium hydroxide, evaporat- 
ing the solution of potassium bromide and bromate to dryness, de- 
composing the mixture with charcoal, and purifying by crystalliza- 
tion. "<Br. 

Another process is to decompose a solution of iron bromide with 
potassium carbonate, iron carbonate being precipitated, and the solu- 
tion, which contains potassium bromide, filtered, concentrated and 
crystallized. 

Soluble in about 1.5 parts of water and in 180 parts of alcohol at 
25°C. (77°F.), and in about 1 part of boiling water, and in 4 parts of 
glycerin at N. T. 

Uses. Potassium bromide is one of the most valuable salts used in 
medicine. It is much employed as a nervine and sedative. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

POTASSII CARBONAS. U. S., Br. Potassium Carbonate. 
[Sal Tartar. Salt of Tartar]. 
K 2 CCL= 137.27. 
"It should contain, when thoroughly dried, not less than 98 percent, 
of pure Potassium Carbonate [CQ(OK) 2 ], and should be kept in well- 
stoppered bottles." <U. S, 



896 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

"Potassium Carbonate, K 2 C0 3 , associated with either one or two 
molecules of water. It may be obtained from the ashes of wood, or by 
the interaction of crude potassium sulphate and crude calcium carbon- 
ate and carbon. "< Br. 

This salt is obtained from commercial Pearlash (impure carbonate 
of potash) by dissolving it in an equal weight of cold water, allowing 
to stand a day or two, filtering the solution and evaporating the fil- 
trate by gentle heat until it thickens, then removing it from the fire 
and stirring it constantly with an iron spatula until it is in the form 
of a granular salt, which is known familiarly as "Salt of Tartar." 

It deliquesces rapidly when exposed to air. Soluble in 0.91 part 
of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and in about 0.65 part of boiling water; in- 
soluble in alcohol. It is strongly alkaline and combines with acids 
with evolution of C0 2 . 

Uses. This is considerably used as a basis of other potassium salts 
and, in solution, 1 ounce in 1 gallon of water, makes the Liquid 
Shampoo commonly used by barbers. As a medicine it is employed 
internally as an antacid in solution, and externally in some ointments 
and lotions. Average dose, internally, largely diluted, 1 Gm. (15 
grains). 

POTASSII CHLORAS. U. S., Br. Potassium Chlorate. 
KC10 3 =i2i.68. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium 
Chlorate [ClO./OK], and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." 
<U. S. 

"Potassium Chlorate, KC1CX, is obtained by passing chlorine into 
water holding lime or magnesia in suspension, treating the clarified 
liquid with potassium chloride, and subsequently crystallizing the 
potassium chlorate." < Br. 

The Pharmacopoeia directs caution in handling and mixing potas- 
sium chlorate on account of the liability of explosions when mixed 
with certain organic matter, as cork, tannic acid, sugar etc., or with 
sulphur, antimony sulphide, phosphorus or other easily oxidizable 
substances, care should also be taken in heating it, or in pounding in 
a mortar with other substances. 

Soluble in 16 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and in 1.7 parts of boil- 
ing water, insoluble in alcohol. It fuses at 334°C. (633 °F.), and above 
352°C. (665 °F.), it is decomposed into oxygen and potassium per- 
chlorate, about 400°C. (752°F.), it parts with all its oxygen, amount- 
ing to nearly 40 percent. 

Uses. Potassium chlorate is extensively used as a source of oxy- 
gen and in pyrotechnics. In medicine it is used for sore throat, scarlet 
fever etc., in doses of 2 to 20 grains. It is quite popular in the form 
of tablets and lozenges. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 897 

POTASSII CITRAS. U. S., Br. Potassium Citrate. 
K 3 C 6 H 5 +Hp= 3 22.o8. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium 
Citrate [QH 4 (OH) (COOK) 3 +H 2 0], and should be kept in well- 
stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

"Potassium Citrate, C 3 H 4 -OH-(COOK) 3 , is prepared by the inter- 
action of citric acid and potassium carbonate." < Br. 

This salt is conveniently made by adding potassium bicarbonate to 
a strong solution of citric acid until it no longer effervesces, then fil- 
tering the solution and evaporating to dryness. 

The 1885 Br. P. directed 8 ounces, or a sufficiency of carbonate of 
potassium, 6 ounces, or a sufficiency of citric acid, and 40 fl. ounces of 
water.' The acid is to be dissolved in the water and enough car- 
bonate of potassium added to make the solution neutral, then filtered 
and evaporated to dryness. 

Soluble in 0.5 part of water at 25 °C. (77°F.), and very soluble in 
boiling water, but slightly soluble in alcohol. 

Uses. This salt is considerably used in elixirs and other prepar- 
ations, and in medicines as a diaphoretic and refrigerant. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

POTASSII CITRAS EFFERVESCENS. U. S. 

Effervescent Potassium Citrate. 

Potassium Citrate, 200 Gm. or 7 oz. av.-f- 24 gr. 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 477 Gm. or 16 oz. av.+36i gr. 

Tartaric Acid,. 252 Gm. or 8 oz. av.+38o, gr. 

Citric Acid, V 162 Gm. or 5 oz. aw+312 gr. 

To make about 1000 Gm. or 35J4 ounces av. 

The potassium citrate is to be dried on a water-bath until it ceases 

to lose weight, the sodium bicarbonate and tartaric acid are to be 

dried and powdered and the citric acid in uneffloresced crystals, is to 

be powdered. The powders are to be thoroughly mixed and placed on 

a plate of glass or in a suitable dish in an oven heated between 

93 and 104° C. (199.4 and 2ig.2°F.). When the mixture, by the aid 

of careful manipulation with a wooden spatula, has acquired a moist 

consistence, it is to be rubbed through a Xo. 6 tinned-iron sieve, and 

the granules dried at a temperature not exceeding 54°C. (i2g.2°F.). 

Keep the product in well-stoppered bottles. 

This is to be drunk in a third of a glass of cold water, during effer- 
vescence. Average dose, 4 Gm. (60 grains). 

POTASSII CYANIDUM. U. S. Potassium Cyanide. 

KCX=64.7o. 
"It should contain not less than 95 percent, of pure Potassium 
Cyanide, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U, S. 



898 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

This may be prepared according' to the former Br. P. process by 
heating potassium ferrocyanide at a red heat until the gas ceases to 
be evolved, allowing the sediment to subside in the still molten mass, 
and pouring- off the clear liquid. This is called fused Cyanide of 
Potassium. If desired to be purified, it may be dissolved in spirit, the 
solution filtered and concentrated by evaporation, and then crystal- 
lized. 

Soluble in about 2 parts of water at 25°C. (jj°F.), and in about its 
own weight of boiling water, almost insoluble in alcohol. It is 
strongly alkaline. 

Uses. In pharmacy this is used in making several preparations and 
in medicine it is employed as a sedative the same as hydrocyanic acid. 

Average dose. — 0.010 Gm.= io milligrammes (^ grain). 

This is now extensively used in extracting gold and silver from low 
grade ores. 

POTASSII DICHROMAS. U. S. Potassium Dichromate. 

J£ 2 Cr 2 7 =292.28. 
[Potassii Bichromas. Pharm. 1890]. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium Di- 
chromate [Cr 2 5 (OK) 2 ], and should be kept in well-stoppered bot- 
tles. "<U. S. (See Potassii Bichromas). 

Soluble in about 9 parts of water at 25°C. (yy°F.), and in 1.5 parts 
of boiling water, insoluble in alcohol. 

Average dose. — 0.010 Gm.=io milligrammes (}i grain). 

t! 

POTASSII ET SODII TARTRAS. U. S. 

Potassium and Sodium Tartrate. U. S. [Rochelle Salt]. 

Soda Tartarata. Br. Tartarated Soda. 

Sodium Potassium Tartrate. 

KNaC 4 H 4 6 +4H 2 0=28o.i8. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium and 
Sodium Tartrate [ C 2 H 2 ( OH) 2 ( COOK) (COONa)+4H 2 0], and should 
be kept in well-stoppered bottles. "<U. S. 

This may be made by dissolving 12 ounces av. of sodium carbon- 
ate in 5 pints of boiling water, adding 16 ounces av. of potassium bi- 
tartrate (cream of tartar) to the solution, boiling for a few moments 
and then testing to see if the solution is neutral, and adding a little of 
either of the salts to make it so if it is not. It is then evaporated until 
a pellicle begins to form, and set aside to crystallize. 

Soluble in 1.2 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and in less than its 
own weight of boiling water, nearly insoluble in alcohol. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 899 

Uses. Rochelle salt is usually powdered for convenient use, and is 
employed in pharmacy for making seidlitz powders, and in medicine 
is much used as a laxative and cathartic. Average dose. — 8 Gm. 

POTASSII FERROCYANIDUM. U. S. 

Potassium Ferrocyanide. Yellow Prussiate of Potash. 

K 4 Fe(CN).+3H t O=4i9.62. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium 
Ferrocyanide, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

This is obtained by heating refuse animal substances, such as horns, 
hoofs, skins etc., with crude potash in an iron kettle, then lixiviating 
or percolating the mass with hot water, treating with freshly precipi- 
tated iron carbonate, filtering the solution, concentrating and crystal- 
lizing. 

Soluble in about 4 parts of water at 25 °C. (y/°¥.) s and in 2 parts of 
boiling water ; insoluble in alcohol. 

Uses. This salt is considerably used for dyeing, and as a test for 
ferric salts, with which it forms a blue color (Ferrocyanide of Iron). 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (7^2 grains). 

POTASSII HYDROXIDUM. U. S. Potassium Hydroxide. 
Potassa. Potassium Hydrate. 

KOH=5 5 .74. 

"It should contain not less than 85 percent, of pure anhydrous 
Potassium Hydroxide, and not more than 2 percent, of other inorganic 
substances, with the exception of water. It should be kept in well- 
stoppered bottles made of hard glass." <U. S. 

This is known commercially as "Caustic Potash" and, as found in 
the market, contains a variable quantity of potassium hydroxide. 
Manufacturers and large users usually buy it upon assay as to the 
percentage of anhydrous potassium hydroxide it contains. For 
chemical and pharmaceutical use it is generally made up into sticks 
and kept in glass bottles. It is also made into smaller pencils and 
cones for surgical use. It rapidly destroys organic tissue and great 
care must be used in handling it. When exposed to the air it absorbs 
moisture and deliquesces, and it also absorbs carbon dioxide and is 
converted into potassium carbonate. 

It is soluble in about 0.4 part of water and in 2 parts of alcohol at 
25 °C. (77°F.), and is very soluble in boiling water or alcohol. 

Uses. It is the positive base of a great number of chemical com- 
binations with acids and negative bases, and is extensively used in 
the manufacture of chemical potassium salts. In medicine it is a 
powerful escharotic, acting quickly upon living tissue. Largely di- 
luted its solution is given as an antacid and neutralizer of acid secre- 
tions, Average dose, see Liquor Potassii Hydroxidi. 



900 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

POTASSII HYPOPHOSPHIS. U. S. Potassium Hypophosphite. 

KPH 2 2 = 103.39. 

"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure Potassium Hy- 
pophosphite '[POH 2 OK], and should be kept in well-stoppered bot- 
tles. Caution should be observed in dispensing Potassium Hypophos- 
phite, as explosion is liable to occur when it is triturated or heated 
with nitrates, chlorates, or other oxidizing agents." <U. S. 

This salt may be prepared by boiling a solution of potassa and phos- 
phorus together, then treating with carbon dioxide gas to neutralize 
the excess of potassa, evaporating to dryness, dissolving out the potas- 
sium hypophosphite with alcohol, and evaporating to a granular pow- 
der. It may also be made by the double decomposition between 
calcium hypophosphite and potassium carbonate in solution. 

This salt is very deliquescent. It is soluble in 0.5 part of water, and 
in 7 parts of alcohol at 25°C. (jj°¥.). 

Uses. It is chiefly used combined with other hypophosphites in 
solutions and syrups. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (7^2 grains). 



POTASSII IODIDUM. U. S., Br. Potassium Iodide. 

0=164.76. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium 
Iodide, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles.'' <U. S. 

"Potassium Iodide, KI, may be prepared in the same manner as 
potassium bromide, iodine being used in place of bromine. "< Br. 

For convenience a formula corresponding to the Br. P. formula is 
given. 

Solution of Potash, Br., (Imperial measure), 1 gallon 
Iodine, a sufficiency, about 21 ounces av. 

Wood Charcoal, in fine powder, 3 ounces av. 

Boiling Distilled Water, a sufficiency. 

Put the solution of potash into a glass or porcelain vessel and add 
iodine in small quantities at a time, with constant agitation, until the 
solution acquires a permanent brown tint. Evaporate the whole to 
dryness in a porcelain dish, pulverize the residue and mix it intimately 
with the charcoal, throw the mixture, a small quantity at a time, into 
a red-hot crucible and when all has been brought to a state of fusion, 
pour out the contents. When cooled dissolve it in 2 pints of boiling 
water, filter the liquid through paper, add a little boiling distilled 
water through the filter, evaporate the liquid until a film forms on the 
surface, and set aside to crystallize, drain and dry the crystals in a 
warm place. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 901 

In a commercial way other methods are employed which are more 
economical. 

In moist air this salt is slightly deliquescent. It is soluble in 0.7 
part of water and in about 12 parts of alcohol at 25 °C. (jj°Y.), also in 
2.5 parts of glycerin. It is incompatible with cinchona alkaloids and 
their salts. 

Uses. Potassium iodide is one of the most valuable of the medici- 
nal salts. It is employed as the source of other iodides by double de- 
composition, and in medicine as an alterative and absorbent in 
scrofula, syphilis, rheumatism, dropsy etc., and externally in lotions, 
ointments and other forms. The dose of this salt is from 2 to 20 
qrains, or much more in solution. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (7^2 grains). 

POTASSII NITRAS. U. S., Br. Potassium Nitrate. 
Sal Nitre. Nitre. [Saltpetre]. 

KN0 3 = 100.43. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium 
Nitrate [N0 2 *OK], and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." 
<U. S. 

"Potassium Nitrate, KNO s , may be obtained by purifying crude 
nitre, or by the interaction of sodium nitrate and potassium chloride." 
<Br. 

This salt is obtained in some parts of the world as a natural product, 
but is chiefly made by the process of nitrification. Earth, wood-ashes, 
animal and vegetable refuse, sewage etc., are mixed together in what 
are called "nitre beds," and by the action of the ferment which causes 
nitrification, potassium nitrate is produced. It is now a well estab- 
lished fact that nitre is the product of living organisms acting on ap- 
propriate materials. The mixed soils etc., of the nitre beds, after 
standing for a long time, are lixiviated with water, and the crude nitre 
which is obtained by evaporating the liquid, is purified and crystal- 
lized, in which form it appears on the market. 

It is soluble in 3.6 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and in 0.4 part 
of boiling water; but slightly soluble in alcohol. "When heated to 
353°C. (6674°F.), it melts, and may be cast into balls known as sal 
prunelle. 

Uses. In the arts nitre is used extensively as an ingredient of gun- 
powder and pyrotechnics. In medicine it is used as a diuretic and 
diaphoretic in doses of 5 to 20 grains, and is also used externally in 
solution. It is used in powder as an ingredient of condition powders, 
and a solution is used for saturating paper upon which, when dry, 
asthma powders are burned. It is also an ingredient of pastilles. 

Average dose.— 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (7J/2 grains). 



902 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

POTASSII PERMANGANAS. U. S., Br. Potassium Permanganate. 

KMn0 4 =i 56.98. 
"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium Per- 
manganate [MnO s 'OK], and should be kept in glass-stoppered bot- 
tles, protected from light." 

"Potassium Permanganate, when in concentrated solution or in the 
dry condition, should not be brought in contact with organic or other 
readily oxidizable substances." <U. S. 

"Potassium Permanganate, K 2 Mn 2 8 , may be obtained by the in- 
teraction of potassium chlorate, potassium hydroxide and manganese 
dioxide." < Br. 

The U. S. and Br. give no process for making this salt, but the 1885 
Br. P. directed: 

Caustic Potash, 5 ounces av. 

Black Oxide of Manganese, 4 ounces av. 

Chlorate of Potassium, 3J/2 ounces av. 

Distilled Water, 43 fl. ounces 

Carbonic Acid, a sufficiency. 
Reduce the potassium chlorate to a fine powder and mix it with 
the manganese oxide ; put the mixture in a porcelain basin and add to 
it the caustic potash previously dissolved in 4 fl. ounces of water ; 
evaporate to dryness on a sand-bath, stirring well to prevent spurting. 
Powder the product and place the powder in a covered crucible, ex- 
posing it to a dull-red heat for an hour, or until it has assumed a semi- 
fluid condition. Let cool, powder it, and boil with 30 fl. ounces of 
water, let the insoluble matter decant, pour off the liquid, boil the sed- 
ment again with 10 fl. ounces of water, pour off the liquid and add 
that to the portion previously reserved, saturate with carbonic acid 
gas and evaporate until a pellicle forms on the surface, then set aside 
to cool and crystallize ; drain the crystalline mass, boil it in 6 ounces 
of water, strain through a little asbestos in a funnel, again crystallize, 
drain the crystals and dry them under a bell jar over a vessel contain- 
ing sulphuric acid. 

This salt should be kept in glass-stoppered bottles protected from 
the light, and should not be brought in contact with organic or readily 
oxidizable substances. 

It is soluble in about 15 parts of water at 25°C. (/7°F.), and in 3 
parts of boiling water. It is decomposed by alcohol. When heated to 
240°C. (464°F.) it is decomposed with evolution of oxygen. It is 
usually prescribed internally in the form of pills, and externally its 
solution is a valuable antiseptic. 

Uses. It is used as an antiseptic, disinfectant and oxidizing agent. 
It is given internally in small doses in solution and applied externally 
to putrescent or gangrenous wounds, sores, ulcers etc. 
Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 903 

POTASSII SULPHAS. U. S., Br. Potassium Sulphate. 

K 2 S0 4 =i73.o;. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Potassium Sul- 
phate [S0 2 (OK) 2 ]."<U. S. 

"Potassium Sulphate, K 2 S0 4 , may be obtained by purifying- the 
crude salt, or by the interaction of sulphuric acid and potassium 
chloride or certain other potassium salts." < Br. 

Sulphate of potassium is produced as a by-product of the manu- 
facture of several other more important salts. It may be made by 
decomposing potassium nitrate or chloride with sulphuric acid. 

Soluble in about 9 parts of water at 25°C. (77°?°.), and in 4 parts 
of boiling water ; insoluble in alcohol. 

Uses. In chemistry this is employed as the basis of several of the 
potassium compounds, acting by interaction in solution. In pharmacy 
it has been mainly used in making powder of ipecac and opium, in 
which it acts as a dilutent. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

POTASSII TARTRAS. Br. 

Potassium Tartrate, Normal. Neutral Potassium Tartrate. 

(K 2 QHA),H 2 Q. 
"Normal Potassium Tartrate, ( CHOH) 2 (COOK) 2 ,HX>, is ob- 
tained by neutralizing acid potassium tartrate with potassium car- 
bonate.'^ Br. 

The 1885 Br. P. gave the following formula : 
Acid Tartrate of Potassium, 

(Cream of Tartar), 20 ounces, or a sufficiency 

Carbonate of Potassium, 9 ounces, or a sufficiency 

Boiling Distilled Water, 50 ounces, or a sufficiency 

Dissolve the carbonate of potassium in the water, add the cream 
of tartar, a little at a time, and, if after a few minutes' boiling, the 
liquid is not neutral to test paper, make it so by the careful addition of 
more of the carbonate or cream of tartar ; then filter, evaporate until a 
pellicle forms and set aside to crystallize. This is known as neutral 
potassium tartrate, and cream of tartar is known as acid potassium 
tartrate. 

Uses. It is used in making Fehling's Solution, and also as a laxa- 
tive in small doses and as a purgative in doses of 30 to 240 grains. 

POTASSII TARTRAS ACIDUS. Br. 

Acid Potassium Tartrate. Purified Cream of Tartar. 

Bitartrate of Potassium. 

"Acid Potassium Tartrate, (CHOH)XOOH-COOK, is obtained 

from the crude cream of tartar which is deposited during fermentation 

of grape juice, and from the lees of wine." < Br. See Potassii Bitar- 

tras. Dose, 20 to 60 grains. 



904 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Other Potassium Salts. 
The foregoing official salts of potassium are all that are used to any 
extent in pharmacy and medicine, but a number of others are prepared 
and sometimes called for, the more important being noticed under the 
heading Potassium, in the Chemical Section, Part I. 

PROPYL OR TRITYL. 

C 3 H 7 . 

The hypothetical radical of which propylic alcohol, C 3 H 7 OH, is the 
hydrate, is known as Propyl or Trityl. Propylic alcohol is a fusel oil 
obtained from the fermented residium of expressed grapes after the 
marc-brandy has passed over. It is also called fusel oil of marc- 
brandy. 

It combines with ammonia, forming Propylamine; with phenol, 
forming Phenol-propyl-alcohols etc. 

PULVERES — POWDERS. 

Aside from the general meaning of the word powder or powders, 
as describing any finely comminuted substance, the term is applied in 
U. S. and Br. pharmacy to a class of compound powders which have 
been adopted as convenient or efficient preparations to be dispensed 
in this form. Other powders, as tooth powders, toilet powders etc., 
will be found under their proper headings, only the official compound 
powders, intended to be used as medicine, being included here. 

PULVIS ACETANILIDI COMPOSITUS. U. S. 
Compound Acetanilide Powder. 

Acetanilide, 70 Gm. or 7 ounces 

Caffeine, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 20 Gm. or 2 ounces 

To make 100 Gm. or 10 ounces 

The ingredients are separately to be reduced to a fine powder and 
mixed thoroughly. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (73^ grains). 

PULVIS AMYGDALA COMPOSITUS. Br. 
Compound Powder of Almonds. 

Sweet Almonds, 8 ounces or 200 Gm. 

Refined Sugar, 4 ounces or 100 Gm. 

Gum Acacia, • 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Blanch the almonds, dry them thoroughly and powder, then mix 

with the gum and sugar. This is used for making mixture of almond. 

PULVIS ANTIMONIALIS. Br. 
Antimonial Powder. James' Powder. 

Oxide of Antimony, 25 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Precipitated Calcium Phosphate, 50 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Mix them intimately. Dose, 3 to 6 grains. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 905 

PULVIS AROMATICUS. U. S. Aromatic Powder. 

Cinnamon, No. 60 powder, 35 Gm. or 7 drachms 

Ginger, No. 60 powder, 35 Gm. or 7 drachms 

Cardamom, No. 60 powder, 15 Gm. or 3 drachms 

Nutmeg, No. 60 powder, 15 Gm. or 3 drachms 

Mix them intimately. 

Under the title Pulvis Cinnamomi Compositus, Compound Powder 
of Cinnamon, the Br. P. directs cinnamon, cardamom seeds and gin- 
ger, each in fine powder, 1 ounce (or 25 Gm.). 

Aromatic powder is used for making several preparations, and as an 
addition to other powders. Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

PULVIS CATECHU COMPOSITUS. Br. 

Compound Powder of Catechu. 

Catechu, in powder, 4 ounces or 100 Gm. 

Kino, in powder, 2 ounces or 50 Gm. 

Rhatany, in powder, 2 ounces or 50 Gm. 

Cinnamon, in powder, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Nutmeg, in powder, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Mix them thoroughly, pass the powder through a fine sieve and rub 

it lightly in a mortar. Dose, 10 to 40 grains as an astringent. 

PULVIS CINNAMOMI COMPOSITUS. Br. 

Compound Powder of Cinnamon. Pulvis Aromaticus. 

Cinnamon Bark, in powder, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Cardamom Seeds, in powder, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Ginger, in powder, 1 ounce or 25 Gm. 

Mix. Dose, 10 to 40 grains. 

This corresponds with the U. S. Pulvis Aromaticus, which see. 

PULVIS CRET^ AROMATICUS. Br. 
Aromatic Powder of Chalk. 
Cinnamon Bark, in powder, 
Nutmeg, in powder, 
Cloves, in powder, 
Cardamom Seeds, in powder, 
Refined Sugar, in powder, 
Prepared Chalk, 
Mix. Dose, 10 to 60 grains. . 

PULVIS CRET^ AROMATICUS CUM OPIO. Br. 

Aromatic Powder of Chalk and Opium. 

Aromatic Powder of Chalk, Br., 9% ounces or 39 Gm. 

Opium, in powder, T 4 ounce or 1 Gm. 

Mix them thoroughly, pass the powder through a fine sieve and 

finally rub it lightly in a mortar. The dose is 10 to 40 grains, for 

looseness of the bowels. This powder contains 2V2 percent, of opium. 



4 


ounces 


or 


80 


Gm. 


3 


ounces 


or 


60 


Gm. 


1/2 


ounces 


or 


30 


Gm. 


1 


ounce 


or 


20 


Gm. 


25 


ounces 


or 


500 


Gm. 


11 


ounces 


or 


220 


Gm. 



906 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

PULVIS CRET^ COMPOSITUS. U. S. 

Compound Chalk Powder. 

Prepared Chalk, 3° Gm. or 3 ounces 

Acacia, in fine powder, 20 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Sugar, in fine powder, 50 Gm. or 5 ounces 

Mix them intimately. 

This powder is used for making chalk mixture and is given in pow- 
der for summer complaints and teething, in doses of 10 to 60 grains. 
Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

PULVIS EFFERVESCENS COMPOSITUS. U. S. 

Seidlitz Powders. Compound Effervescing Powder. 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 31 Gm. or 480 grains 

Potassium and Sodium Tartrate, 93 Gm. or 1440 grains 

Mix them intimately together and divide into 12 powders, which are 

to be put up in blue papers. 

Tartaric Acid, in fine powder, 27 Gm. or 420 grains 

Divide into 12 powders, which are to be put up in white papers. 
When taken the contents of one of the blue papers is to be dis- 
solved in about i l / 2 ounces of water, and the contents of one white 
paper in about 1 ounce of water. The solutions are then to be mixed 
and immediately drunk during effervescence. 

Seidlitz powder measures made of boxwood may be had by which 
a sufficient quantity of the mixture is taken for each powder. 

Seidlitz Mixture is prepared with 1 part of sodium bicarbonate and 
3 parts of potassium tartrate (Rochelle Salt) intimately mixed. 

PULVIS ELATERINI COMPOSITUS. Br. 
Compound Powder of Elaterin. 

Elaterin, 5 grains or 1 Gm. 

Sugar of Milk, 195 grains or 39 Gm. 

Rub them together in a mortar until they are reduced to a fine 
powder and intimately mixed. Dose, y 2 to 5 grains. 

This contains only 2.y 2 percent, of elaterin. The U. S. trituration of 
elaterin contains 10 percent. 

Other triturations are sometimes included among the powders. 

PULVIS GLYCYRRHIZ^ COMPOSITUS. U. S., Br. 

Compound Powder of Glycyrrhiza, (U. S.), or Liquorice, (Br.). 

The U. S. formula is : 

Senna, in powder, 180 Gm. or 234 ounces 

Licorice Root, in powder, 236 Gm. or 3 ounces 

Washed Sulphur, 80 Gm. or" 1 ounce 

Oil of Fennel, 4 Gm. or 12 minims 

Sugar, in fine powder, 500 Gm. or 6^4 ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 907 

The oil of fennel is to be thoroughly mixed with about one-half the 
sugar, the remainder of the sugar added and then the other powders, 
all to be thoroughly mixed and passed through a No. 60 sieve. 

This is extensively used as a mild laxative, the dose being from 60 
to 120 grains, mixed with hot water and taken as a draught. 

Average dose. — 4 Gm. (60 grains). 

PULVIS IPECACUANHA ET OPII. U. S. 

Pulvis Ipecacuanhae Compositus. Br. Dover's Powder. 

Powder of Ipecac and Opium. Compound Powder of Ipecacuanha. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Ipecac, in powder, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Opium, in powder, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Sugar of Milk, in No. 30 powder, 80 Gm. or 8 ounces 

Rub them together to a very fine powder. 

This powder is extensively used as a sudorific, the dose being from 
5 to 15 grains. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (jy 2 grains). 
. The Br. P. formula is : 

Ipecacuanha Root, in powder, y 2 ounce or 10 Gm. 

Opium, in powder, y 2 ounce or 10 Gm. 

Potassium Sulphate, in powder, 4 ounces or 80 Gm. 

Mix. Dose, 5 to 15 grains. This powder contains 10 percent, of 
opium. <Br. 

PULVIS JALAPA COMPOSITUS. U. S., Br. 
Compound Powder of Jalap. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Jalap, in powder, 35 Gm. or 3^ ounces 

Potassium Bitartrate, in fine powder, 65 Gm. or 6y 2 ounces 
Rub them together until they are thoroughly mixed. 
Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

The Br. formula is jalap, in powder, 5 ounces (or 100 Gm.), acid 
tartrate of potassium (cream of tartar) 9 ounces (or 180 Gm.), gin- 
ger, in fine powder, 1 ounce (or 20 Gm.). Mix. 

The dose of this powder is 20 to 60 grains, usually given in syrup. 

PULVIS KINO COMPOSITUS. Br. 
Compound Powder of Kino. 

Kino, in powder, 3% ounces or 75 Gm. 

Opium, in powder, K ounce or 5 Gm. 

Cinnamon, in powder, 1 ounce or 20 Gm. 

Mix them intimately. The dose is 5 to 20 grains for looseness of 
the bowels etc. 

This powder contains 5 percent, of opium. 



i-5 


Gm. 


or 


23 grains 


32.0 


Gm. 


or 


494 grains 


33-o 


Gm. 


or 


509 grains 


33-5 


Gm. 


or 


517 grains 


IOO 


Gm. 


or 


!543 grains 



908 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

PULVIS MORPHINE COMPOSITUS. U. S. 

Compound Powder of Morphine. [Tully's Powder]. 

This preparation was introduced by Dr. Tully, and has been quite 
popular with physicians as a substitute for Dover's Powder. 
Morphine Sulphate, 
Camphor, 

Glycyrrhiza, in No. 80 powder, 
Precipitated Calcium Carbonate, 
Alcohol, a sufficient quantity 
io make 

The morphine sulphate is to be rubbed in a mortar with the pre- 
cipitated calcium carbonate, added in portions of about 5 Gm. (or 77 
grains) each, until it is thoroughly mixed. The camphor rubbed with 
enough alcohol to reduce it to a powder, is then to be added to the 
mixture and mixed intimately with it and the glycyrrhiza. Finally the 
powder is to be passed through, a Xo. 40 sieve, and the residue, if any, 
should be left on the sieve, added to the sifted powder and mixed 
thoroughly. It is then to be transferred 'to well-stoppered bottles. 
<U. S. 
Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.^500 milligrammes (y% grains). 
Another form of Tully's Powder is made with opium 60 grains, 
camphor, licorice and precipitated chalk, each, 180 grains, powdered 
and thoroughly mixed. 

PULVIS OPII COMPOSITUS. Br. 
Compound Powder of Opium. 

Opium, in powder, i 1 /? ounces or 30 Gm. 

Black Pepper, in powder, 2 ounces or 40 Gm. 

Ginger, in powder, 5 ounces or 100 Gm. 

Caraway Fruit, in powder, 6 ounces or 120 Gm. 

Tragacanth, in powder, ]/ 2 ounce or 10 Gm. 

Mix them thoroughly. The dose is 2 to 10 grains for bowel trouble 
etc. This powder is used for making confection of opium. It contains 
10 percent, of opium. 

PULVIS RHEI COMPOSITUS. U. S., Br. 
Compound Powder of Rhubarb. Gregory's Powder. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Rhubarb, in powder, 25 Gm. or 23/2 ounces 

Magnesia, calcined, 65 Gm. or 6]/ 2 ounces 

Ginger, in powder, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Rub them thoroughly together. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 909 

The Br. formula is : 

Rhubarb, 50 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Light Magnesia, 150 Gm. or 6 ounces 

Ginger, 25 Gm. or 1 ounce 

If a less bulky powder is desired heavy magnesia may be used in- 
stead of light. 

The dose of this powder is from 20 to 60 grains as a laxative and 
antacid stomachic. 

PULVIS SALICYLICUS CUM TALCO. P. G. 

Salicylatrenpulver. Powder of Salicylic Acid and Talc. 

Salicylic Acid, 3 parts 

Wheat Starch, 10 parts 

Talc, 87 parts 

Mix them thoroughly. This powder is used as a dusting for 

chapped or inflamed surfaces, or as a Baby powder. 

PULVIS SCAMMONII COMPOSITUS. Br. 

Compound Powder of Scammony. 

Scammony Resin, in powder, 100 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Jalap, in powder, 75 Gm. or 3 ounces 

Ginger, in powder, 25 Gm. or 3 ounces 

Mix them thoroughly. This is used as a cathartic in doses of 10 to 

20 grains. 

PULVIS SOD^ TARTARAT^E EFFERVESCENS. Br. 
Effervescent Tartarated Soda Powder. Seidlitz Powders. 

Sodium Potassium Tartrate, dry powder, 

120 grains or y.yy Gm. 
Sodium Bicarbonate, dry powder, 40 grains or 2.59 Gm. 
Mix them for one blue powder. 

Tartaric Acid, - 38 grains or 2.46 Gm. 

For one white powder. 
See also Pulvis Effervescens Compositus. 

PULVIS TRAGACANTH^ COMPOSITUS. Br. 
Compound Powder of Tragacanth. 

Tragacanth, in powder, 
Gum Acacia, in powder, 
Starch, in powder, 
Refined Sugar, in powder, 
Rub them well together. Dos« 

PYRAMIDON. 

This is, chemically, dimethyl-amido phenyl-dimethyl pyrazolon. 
C 13 H 17 N 3 0. A complex chemical compound similar to phenacetine. 



25 Gm. 


or 


1 


ounce 


25 Gm. 


or 


1 


ounce 


25 Gm. 


or 


1 


ounce 


75 Gm. 


or 


3 


ounces 


20 to 60 grains. 









910 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

An anodyne, analgesic and antipyretic, recommended for hectic fever. 
Dose 4 to 10 grains. It may be given in powder or in solution. 

Pyramidon Camphorate, Neutral, is a mixture of pyramidon 69 
percent, with camphoric acid 31 percent. 

Pyramidon Camphorate, Acid, has 47 percent, of pyramidon with 
32 percent, camphoric acid. 

Pyramidon Salicylate is used in neuralgia and rheumatism. 

PYRIDINA. Pyridine. 
C 5 H 5 N. 

This is a liquid alkaloid formerly obtained from Dipple's Animal 
Oil or bone-oil, which is produced by the distillation of bones and 
other animal matter ; but is now obtained from coal-tar naphtha or 
peat-tar. It is the first member of the pyridine series and, conse- 
quently is the basis of many important compounds that have recently 
been introduced. It has been suggested by a distinguished scientist 
that all alkaloids have been built up by derivation from pyridine 
hydrides. It is a colorless liquid of strong odor, sp. gr. 0.9858 at o°C, 
and boils at H5°C. It has been used, largely diluted, in atomizers for 
asthma and may be given internally in doses of 3 drops. 

Pyridine Tannate. This is a compound of pyridine with tannin, in 
the form of a white powder, recommended as a solvent for uric acid 
and as an intestinal astringent. It may also be used externally as a 
wound antiseptic. 

PYRODINE. Hydracetin. 

This is a white, odorless, crystalline compound, chiefly acetyl 
phenyl hydrazin. It is a powerful antipyretic and antirheumatic, sol- 
uble in 50 parts of water, and may be given in J / 2 to 1 grain dose. It 
is also used in the form of an ointment for obstinate skin diseases. 

PYROGALLOL. U. S. Pyrogallic Acid. 

C 6 H 6 3 =i25.io. 

"A triatomic phenol [C e H 3 (OH) 3 i : 2: 3], obtained chiefly by care- 
fully heating gallic acid. Pyrogallic acid should be kept in dark, 
amber-colored bottles." <U. S. 

Soluble in 1.6 parts of water, 1 part of alcohol, and in 1.1 parts of 
ether at 25°C. (77°F.). 

This may be prepared by heating gallic acid, previously well-dried, 
on a water-bath at the temperature of boiling water, in a glass retort 
by means of a zinc-chloride bath to 2i2°C. (4io°F.), at which temper- 
ature the pure acid sublimes and may be gathered in a glass receiver. 
It is chiefly used in dyeing and is an important requisite with the 
silver nitrate dyes used for dyeing the hair and whiskers. It is some- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 911 

what employed in medicine, particularly in the form of ointment for 
psoriasis, lupus and similar skin affections, also in solution for some 
forms of rash. 

Pyrogallol Monacetate. This is a combination of pyrogallol with 
acetic acid. Its solution in acetone, containing 66 percent, of the drug, 
is known as Eugallol. It is chiefly marketed in this form, and is used 
for the same purposes as pyrogallol in psorasis. 

Pyrogallol Diacetate .This is a resinous solid prepared by the action 
of acetic acid upon pyrog-allol. A solution of this in acetone is 
marketed under the trade name Saligallol. It is used as an astringent 
skin varnish and is compounded with other dermic medicaments. 

Pyrogallol Triacetate. A compound of pyrogallic acid with acetic 
acid used as a substitute for gallic acid and more commonly known as 
Lemigallol. It is non-poisonous and does not stain. Usually used 
in the form of ointment or paste, I : 10. 

Pyrogallol Oxidized. This is more commonly known as Pyraloxin. 
It is prepared by oxidizing pyrogallol, and is used for the same pur- 
poses as pyrogallol but does not stain the skin. 

PYROXYLINUM. U. S., Br. Pyroxylin. Soluble Gun Cotton. 

"A product obtained by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids on 
cotton, and consisting chiefly of cellulose tetranitrate 
[C 12 H 16 (ONO 2 ) 4 O ]. It should be kept in cartons, protected from 
the"light."<U. S. 

This formula was official in the /th revision of the U. S. P. : 

Purified cotton ioo Gm. (or 3 ounces av.4-230 grains), nitric acid 
1400 Cc. (01-47.24 fl. ounces), sulphuric acid 2200 Cc. (or 74.30 
fl. ounces), alcohol, ether and water, each, a sufficient quantity. The 
acids are to be mixed gradually in a glass or porcelain vessel and 
when the temperature has fallen to 32 °C. (90°F.), the purified cotton 
is to be added. The cotton is to be placed in the mixture and stirred 
with a glass rod until it is thoroughly saturated, and then allowed to 
macerate until, when a sample is taken out and thoroughly washed 
with a large quantity of water and then with alcohol and pressed, it is 
found to be soluble in a mixture of 1 volume of alcohol with 3 vol- 
umes of ether. The cotton is then to be removed from the acid mix- 
ture and washed, first with cold water until the washings no longer 
have an acid taste, and then with boiling water until the washings 
cease to redden blue litmus paper. The pyroxylin is then to be 
drained on filtering paper and dried in small detached pellets, by 
means of a water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 6o°C. (i40°F.). 
It should be kept loosely packed in tin cans of small capacity, remote 
from lights or fire. <U. S. 7th revision. 

Soluble gun cotton, as thus prepared, is chemically Dinitro Cellulin, 
and is soluble in a mixture of alcohol and ether, making the Collodion 



912 The Fenner Formulary Fart II. 

of pharmacy. It combines with camphor, making Celluloid, which 
by pressure, is made into a hard flexible substance used for making- 
toilet and other fancy articles, imitating ivory, tortoise shell and 
other substances by adding coloring to the ingredients. It is ex- 
tensively manufactured from wood-paper pulp for this purpose. 

By varying the strength of the nitric acid used three kinds of gun 
cotton may be prepared, varying in soluble properties — Mononitro- 
Cellulin being but slightly explosive and insoluble, Dinitro-Cellulin 
(the official pyroxylin) being more explosive and soluble in a mix- 
ture of alcohol and ether, and Trinitro-Cellulin, which is made with 
the strongest acids, being very explosive but insoluble. This is the 
gun cotton chiefly used in mining operations. 

Photoxylin. Similar to gun cotton, but prepared from wood in- 
stead of cotton. It is soluble in a mixture of equal parts of alcohol 
and ether and forms a collodion, leaving a much stronger film than 
gun cotton. It is used in plastic surgery. 

QUINIDINA. Quinidine. Quinidia. 

C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 . 
This alkaloid may be obtained by decomposing its sulphate (which 
is recovered from the mother liquors after the crystallization of 
quinine sulphate) with ammonia water or other alkaline solution, 
washing the precipitate on a filter and drying. The alkaloid is sel- 
dom used except for making elixirs. It is isomeric with quinine. 

QUINIDINA SULPHAS. Quinidine Sulphate. 

(C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 ) 2 H 2 SO 4 -2H 2 O=78o.42. 

This salt is obtained from the mother liquors from which sulphate 
of quinine has been removed by crystallization. It differs from 
quinine sulphate by being much more soluble, containing a smaller 
percentage of water, and by being dextrogyre while quinine is 
lsevogyre. It is sometimes called "dextro-quinine." 

Medicinally, it is equal to quinine as an antiperiodic and anti- 
pyretic, but hot as a tonic. The dose' is from i to 20 grains. 

It was official in the 7th revision of the U. S. P. 

QUININA. Quinine. (Quinia). 

C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 + 3 H 2 O= 3 7546. 

"An alkaloid obtained from the bark of various species of Cinchona 
(Fam. Rubiaceae). Quinine should be kept in well-stoppered/ amber- 
colored bottles."<U. S. 

The alkaloid quinine is but little used in medicine on account of its 
insolubilty as compared with its salts. In pharmacy it is frequently 
directed for making preparations in which the salts are objectionable, 
as some of the elixirs, syrups etc., and for making oleate of quinine. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 913 

It may readily be prepared from the sulphate or other salts of 
quinine by adding to their acid solution ammonia water or other 
alkaline solution just sufficient to decompose the salt and precipitate 
the alkaloid. The precipitate is then washed on a filter with cold 
water and carefully dried. 

It is soluble in 1750 parts of water, 0.6 part of alcohol, 4.5 parts of 
ether at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Uses. Quinine and its salts are tonic, antiperiodic and antipyretic. 
The dose of the alkaloid and most of its salts is from 1 to 20 grains, 
according to circumstances. It is needless to remark that prepara- 
tions of quinine are the most valuable and the most generally used of 
any medicines. The alkaloid is seldom prescribed, its more soluble 
salts being generally directed in prescriptions. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.^250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

QUININE BISULPHAS. U. S. Quinine Bisulphate. 

C 20 H 24 N 2 H 2 SO 4 +7H 2 O=544-33- 

"The acid sulphate [SO 2 (OH) 2 -C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 +7H 2 O] of the alkaloid 
quinine. It should be kept in well-stoppered, dark amber-colored 
vials."<U. S. 

This salt may be prepared by adding to quinine sulphate mixed with 
eight times its weight of water, sufficient sulphuric acid to dissolve 
it ; concentrating the solution by evaporation and allowing to crystal- 
lize ; then draining and drying the crystals on bibulous .paper. 

Soluble in 8.5 parts of water, 18 parts of alcohol at 25°C. (77°F.). 

It is much more soluble and contains about one-eighth less of the 
alkaloid than quinine sulphate, but otherwise it does not differ from 
it in general use, properties and dose. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

QUININE HYDROBROMIDUM. U. S. Quinine Hydrobromide. 
C 20 H 24 N 2 O' 2 -HBr+H 2 O=42O.o6. 

"The hydrobromide [HBrC 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 +H 2 O] of the alkaloid 
quinine. It should be kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored vials." 
<U. S. 

This may be most readily made by decomposing 40 parts of quinine 
sulphate dissolved in 10 times its weight of hot alcohol, with 11 parts 
of potassium bromide dissolved in 3 times its weight of water. The 
sulphuric acid combined with the quinine unites with the potassium, 
forming potassium sulphate, which crystallizes and the bromine 
unites with the quinine in the remaining solution, which is con- 
centrated until crystals of quinine hydrobromate are formed. It is sol- 
uble in 40 parts of water, 0.67 part of alcohol, 16 parts of ether, and 
3 parts of glycerin at 25°C. (77°F.). 

The uses and doses are similar to those of other quinine salts. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains), 



914 The Fenncr Formulary Fart IF 

QUININE HYDROCHLORIDUM. U. S., Br. 

Quinine Hydrochloride. 

C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 HCl+2H 2 O=393.76. 

"The hydrochloride [H€l-C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 +2H 2 O] of the alkaloid 
quinine. It should be kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored vials." 
<U. S. 

"The hydrochloride, C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 ,HCl,2H 2 O, of an alkaloid obtained 
from the bark of various species of Cinchona and Remijia."<Br. 

This may be made in the same manner as quinine sulphate, using 
hydrochloric acid instead of sulphuric acid, or by decomposing quinine 
sulphate with barium chloride in the same manner as is directed for 
preparing quinine hydrobromate ; or by dissolving the alkaloid quin- 
ine with diluted hydrochloric acid, concentrating the solution and 
crystallizing. It is soluble in 18 parts of water, 0.6 part of alcohol, 
0.8 part of chloroform and in 8 parts of glycerin at 25°C. {yy°¥.). 

The uses and dose are similar to those of quinine sulphate, but it 
is much more soluble, making it more desirable for many purposes. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm. =250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

QUININE HYDROCHLORIDUM ACIDUM. Br. 
Acid Quinine Hydrochloride. 

C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 -2HCL3H 2 O. 

"The acid hydrochloride of an alkaloid obtained from the bark of 
various species of Cinchona and Remijia."<Br. 

This may be prepared by adding to quinine hydrochloride mixed 
with 8 times its weight of water sufficient hydrochloric acid to dissolve 
it ; then concentrating the solution by evaporation, allowing to 
crystallize and then draining and drying the crystals. This is the 
most soluble salt of quinine, being soluble in less its own weight of 
water. Dose, 1 to 10 grains. 

QUININE SALICYLAS. U. S. Quinine Salicylate. 

2C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 -C T H 6 O 3 +H 2 O=93 5 .54. 

"The salicylate [2C 6 H 4 (OH)COOH-C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 +H 2 O] of the al- 
kaloid quinine. It should be kept in amber-colored, well-stoppered 
vials."<U. S. 

This salt of quinine may be prepared by neutralizing a hot solution 
of salicylic acid with the alkaloid quinine, and allowing it to crystal- 
lize. It is soluble in Jj parts of water, 11 parts of alcohol and in 16 
parts of glycerin at 25°C. (77°F.). 

It may be advantageously used in neuralgia and rheumatism ac- 
companied by neuralgic pain. It is decomposed in the intestines and 
the action of each of its constituents becomes effective. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 



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QUININE SULPHAS. U. S., Br. Quinine Sulphate. 

(C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 ) 2 -H 2 SO 4 +7H 2 O=866.i5. 

"The sulphate [(SO 2 OH) 2 -(C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 ) 2 +7H 2 O] of the alkaloid 
quinine. It should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, preferably of 
amber color, and in a dark place." <U. S. 

"The sulphate [(C 20 H 2t (N 2 O 2 ,H 2 SOJ 2 ,isH 2 O, of an alkaloid ob- 
tained from the bark of various species of Cinchona and Remijia." 
<Br. 

This is the best known and most extensively used of any of the 
salts of quinine. It is popularly known and called for as "quinine," 
and may generally be dispensed when quinine is called for. It is less 
desirable in many respects than the hydrochloride or bisulphate of 
quinine, but has the advantage of being well known, and therefore 
stands at the head of the quinine salts. 

It is made from cinchona bark on a large scale by the manufacturers 
of chemicals in this country and in Europe, and forms a very im- 
portant article of commerce. 

Manufacturing chemists who prepare it have, each, their special 
processes which produce it. The products vary slightly in general 
appearance ; but medicinally and chemically they are the same. 

Quinine sulphate is soluble in 720 parts of water, 86 parts of alco- 
hol, 400 parts of chloroform, and in 36 parts of glycerin at 25 °C. 
(77°F.). It is precipitated by soluble alkalies but redissolves in ex- 
cess of alkali. 

Uses. Quinine sulphate is a tonic, antiperiodic and antipyretic; 
its uses are too well known to require further mention. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

Other Salts of Quinine. 

The foregoing are the salts of quinine official in the U. S. P. and Br. 
P., but many other salts are made and sold by manufacturing chem- 
ists ; they are, however, but little used, and the processes for making 
are not different from those already given ; being chiefly made by de- 
composing a solution of the sulphate, and recombining with the acid 
desired. 

"Hospital Quinine" is a mixture of the sulphates of cinchonidine, 
quinidine and quinine, generally containing about 50 percent, of quin- 
ine in combination. 

"Dextro-Quinine" and "Cincho-Quinine" are preparations contain- 
ing quinidine mixed with cheaper salts of cinchona. 

"Sweet Quinine," which had at one time a great run, proved to be a 
mixture of the cheaper salts of cinchona with powdered glycyrrhizin. 

Several other preparations claiming' to be substitutes for quinine 
are made up of the cheaper salts of cinchona bark combined with other 



916 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

substances ; but since low prices have ruled for quinine sulphate, there 
is little demand for them. 

A great number of salts and compounds of quinine have been added 
to the foregoing official list during the past few years, but they are 
mostly unimportant in medicine and will seldom be employed except 
by experimental practitioners. 

Many of these compounds are known by trade names having 
quinine or quin-, chinine or chin- as a part of the title. 

QUINOLINE. Chinoline. 

This liquid alkaloid is fully described under the title Chinolina, its 
European name. In this country it is called Quinoline and several 
compounds are named Quin- which in European countries are Chin-, 
as quinacetin, quinalgen (analgen), quinaphtol, quinaseptol, etc. See 
page 499. 

RADICES — ROOTS. 

In botany the root is the descending axis of the plant ; in commerce 
roots are the parts of plants that grow in the ground ; but in pharmacy 
they are separated into classes according to their characteristics, and 
are designated as root, rhizome, rootlets, bulb, corm and tuber, the 
root being the part of the descending axis of the plant through which 
it obtains certain portions of its nourishment. 

In the U. S. and some of the European pharmacopceias only the 
name of the plant from which the root is obtained is given, as Gly- 
cyrrhiza, but in case the root and some other part are official, the title 
is followed with the word Radix or "root." In the Br. P. the Latin 
name of the plant is followed by the word "Radix" as Glycyrrhizge 
Radix, and the common title has the name of the plant preceding the 
word "root," as "Liquorice root." 

As all of the U. S. and Br. P. Roots are described in the Organic 
Materia Medica part of this work in the alphabetical order of subjects, 
and those not official are mostly noted, they will not be further con- 
sidered under this heading. 

RESINS — RESINS. 

Resins, as understood in pharmacy, are substances obtained from 
vegetable matters, insoluble in water, but soluble in oils, alcohol or 
ether, and obtained as natural exudates, or as residues by distillation 
from oleo-resins or turpentines, or by precipitation from alcoholic fluid 
extracts of drugs in which they naturally exist as active principles. 

The following Resins are official in the U. S. and Br. P. 

RESINA. U. S., Br. Rosin. U. S. Resin. Br. Colophony. 

"The residue left after distilling off the volatile oil from turpen- 
tine."<U. S. 



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"The residue left after the distillation of the oil of turpentine from 
the crude oleo-resin (turpentine) of various species of Pinus."<Br. 

A hard, brittle, transparent or translucent substance, from a very 
pale to a dark amber color. It consists of abietic anhydride, which, 
when treated with dilute alcohol is converted into abietic acid. 

Specific gravity from 1.070 to 1.080, readily fusible, and burns with 
a dense yellowish smoke, leaving no ash. 

Uses. Rosin is extensively used in the industrial arts for various 
purposes and in pharmacy is employed to impart adhesiveness to 
ointments, cerates and plasters, and internally in powder is consider- 
ably used in veterinary medicines. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

Retinol. A product of the destructive distillation of resin. It is an 
oily liquid of a yellowish color, and is useful as a solvent of many of 
the newer remedies, as aristol, iodol etc., many of the alkaloids, car- 
bolic acid, creosote, phosphorus etc. 

Rosin Oil is obtained by the dry distillation of rosin. It is used for 
lubricating etc., being first made into a soap with slaked lime. It is an 
ingredient of axle-grease. 

RESINA COPAIBA. Resin of Copaiba. 

Official in the 7th but dismissed in the 8th revision of the U. S. P. 

The residue left after distilling off the volatile oils from copaiba. 
It is a yellowish, brittle resin of a weak odor and taste of copaiba, and 
an acid reaction. It is used to combine with copaiba and oil of cubebs 
making "Extract of Cubebs and Copaiba," a paste or soft mass used 
for gonorrhoea. 

RESINA JALAPiE. U. S. Resin of Jalap. 
Jalapae Resina. Br; Jalap Resin. 

Jalap, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. or 16 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 

Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
Preparation. The powder is to be moistened with 300 Cc. (or 5 
flounces) of alcohol, and packed firmly in a cylindrical percolator; 
enough alcohol is to be poured upon it to saturate the powder and 
leave a stratum above, and after 48 hours it is to be percolated, grad- 
ually, adding alcohol until 2500 Cc. (or 2]/ 2 pints) of tincture are ob- 
tained. The alcohol is then to be distilled off until the tincture is 
reduced to 250 Cc. (or 4 ounces), and this residue is to be slowly 
added, with constant stirring, to 3000 Cc. (or 3 pints) of water. The 
precipitate is then allowed to subside, the supernatant liquid drawn 
off, and the precipitate washed twice with fresh portions of water. 
It is then to be placed upon a strainer, drained and pressed, and the 



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918 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

resin dried with gentle heat, stirring occasionally until the moisture 
has evaporated. <U. S. The Br. formula is practically the same. 

Soluble in all proportions in alcohol, but insoluble in most other 
media, and not more than 10 percent, soluble in ether. This is used 
as a cathartic, usually in pills or powder. 

Uses. This resin has been extensively used in the past as a purga- 
tive and is still employed as an ingredient of the official cathartic pills. 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm.= i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 

RESINA PODOPHYLLI. U. S. Resin of Podophyllum. 
Podophylli Resina. Br. Podophyllum Resin. 
[Podophyllin]. 
Podophyllum, Xo. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. or 1 pound 

Hydrochloric Acid, 10 Cc. or 75 minims 

Alcohol, 

Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
Preparation. The powder is to be percolated in the usual manner 
with alcohol until the drug is exhausted. The alcohol is then to be 
distilled oft until the residue is reduced to a syrupy consistence, and 
this is to be poured slowly, and with constant stirring, into 1000 Cc. 
(or 1 pint) of cold water, to which the hydrochloric acid has been 
previously added. The supernatant liquid is then to be poured of! 
from the precipitate, after it has subsided, and it is to be washed twice 
with portions of fresh water. The precipitate is then to be spread in 
a thin layer on a strainer, drained and dried by exposure to air, oc- 
casionally breaking up the cake while it is drying and finally powder- 
ing it in a mortar. <U. S. The Br. formula is practically the same. 
Soluble in alcohol in all proportions and in ether to the extent of 75 
percent. It is soluble in boiling water to the extent of 80 percent., but 
most of it is again deposited on cooling. Xot less than 99 percent, of 
resin should be soluble in alcohol. 

Uses. This resin, which has been more commonly known as "pod- 
ophyllin," is an alterative, chologogue, laxative and cathartic. It was 
first introduced by the Eclectics but was soon adopted by the Regular 
practitioners. It is an ingredient in several official pills and is gen- 
erally used in unofficial laxative and liver pills. 

Average dose. — Purgative, 0.015 Gm.= i5 milligrammes (J4 grain). 
Laxative, 0.005 Gm. = 5 milligrammes (Y 10 grain). 

RESINA SCAMMONII. U. S. Resin of Scammony. 
Scammoniae Resina. Br. Scammony Resin. 
Scammony, in No. 60 powder, 1000 Gm. or 1 pound 

Alcohol, 

Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
Preparation. The scammony is to be digested with successive por- 
tions of boiling alcohol until it is exhausted. The tinctures are then 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 919 

to be mixed and evaporated to a syrupy consistence by distilling off 
the alcohol. The residue is then to be added in a thin stream, with 
constant stirring, to 2500 Cc. (or 2 J / 2 pints) of water, and the precipi- 
tate which forms washed thoroughly and dried at a gentle heat. <U. S. 
The Br. formula is practically the same. 

Soluble in alcohol in all proportions, also wholly soluble in ether 
and oil of turpentine. It is also soluble in solutions of the alkalies by 
the aid of heat. 

Uses. Resin of scammony has been much employed in the past as a 
purgative and is still directed as an ingredient in compound pills and 
powders of the Br. P. but is, otherwise, now seldom used. 

Average dose. — 0.200 Gm.=200 milligrammes (3 grains). 

GUAIACI RESINA. Br. Guaiacum Resin. 
Guaiacum. U. S. Guaiac. 

This resin is obtained by various means from Guaiacum Officinale, 
and contains Guaiacic Acid, C 12 H 16 6 , and several other similar com- 
pounds. By dry distillation an oil is obtained containing Guaiacol, 
C 7 H 3 2 ; Guaiacene, C s H s O, and other compounds. 

Uses. Guaiac resin is employed in making several preparations, and 
in medicine it is employed for gout, rheumatism etc., either in solution 
or in powder. Dose, 5 to 15 grains. 

MASTICHE. U. S. Mastic. Gum Mastic. 

"A concrete resinous exudation from Pistacia Lentiscus, Linne 
(Fam. Anacardiaceae)."<U. S. 

It is obtained by incising the bark and collecting the exudate. It 
occurs in tears, is soluble in alcohol and in oil of turpentine, and is 
used for making a varnish for pictures and for making cements, also 
used as a dusting for gilding on leather, cloth etc., for bookbinders' use. 

RESORCINOL. U. S. Resorcinol. Resorcin. 

C 6 H 6 2 = 109.22. 

"A diatomic phenol [Metadihydroxybenzene, C G H 4 (OH) 2 i : 3] ob- 
tained usually by the reaction of fused sodium hydroxide upon sodium 
metabenzenedisulphonate. Resorcinol should be kept in dark amber- 
colored vials.'' <U. S. 

Preparation. This is prepared by converting benzene into ben- 
zene-disulphonic acid, neutralizing with milk of lime, decomposing 
with soda, filtering out the chalk formed and evaporating the filtered 
liquid to dryness. The product is then fused with caustic soda for 8 
or 9 hours, the mixture allowed to cool, then it is dissolved in boiling 
water, hydrochloric acid added, and the boiling continued until all the 
sulphurous anhydride has escaped in fumes. The residue is then fil- 
tered and shaken frequently during several hours with portions of 



920 The Fe nner Formulary Part II. 

ether. The etherial solution is then evaporated and the residue heated 
to 275 °C. to remove all traces of ether and water. The commercial 
product thus obtained is purified by distillation. Such is the compli- 
cated process of making resorcin. 

It is colorless or slightly yellowish, crystalline, with a sweetly pun- 
gent taste and a very slight urinous odor. It is soluble in 0.5 part of 
water at 25 °C. (77°F.). Very soluble in alcohol. 

Uses. It is extensively used externally and internally as an antisep- 
tic and antipyretic. It is applied like carbolic acid, but is non-toxic 
and less irritant. It is given internally as a sedative for asthma, and 
for gastro-intestinal disturbance, cholera morbus etc. 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm.=i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 

Picrol. A resorcinol compound known chemically as potassium diiodore- 
sorcin monosulphonate. A white, odorless powder, soluble in water and 
glycerin, and containing 52 percent, of iodine. It is an external antiseptic. 

Resopyrin. A compound of resorcin and antipyrine in aqueous solution, 
mixed in molecular proportions. An abundant white precipitate is formed with 
some included oily drops; on violent agitation the oily mass increases and then 
solidifies to a hard, white, opaque body, which is resopyrin. Its use is not yet 
well determined. 

Resorcin-Camphor. This is an fluid prepared by melting together equal 
parts of resorcinol and camphor. It is recommended for pruritus and for par- 
asitic skin diseases. 

Resorcin-phtalein. Fluorescein. This is a combination used for coloring 
tissues, especially for the detection of minute foreign bodies imbedded in the 
cornea. 

RESINOIDS OR CONCENTRATES. 

Eclectic Extracts, Powders, or Active Principles. 

A class of preparations first introduced by the Eclectics and known 
as concentrated medicines or resinoids, of which Resin of Podo- 
phyllum ("Podophyllin") may be taken as a type, are considerably 
used; many of them possessing great merit as representing the prin- 
ciples of the drug from which they are derived, in concentrated form. 
These preparations are, generally, precipitated alcoholic extracts of 
the drugs, some being resins, some oleo-resins, and others mixed prin- 
ciples, which may or may not represent the true active medicinal value 
of the drug, depending upon its solubility in alcohol. They must not, 
therefore, be confounded with true active principles of definite chem- 
ical composition bearing the same names, as they sometimes widely 
differ. 

General Formula for Resinoids or Concentrates. 

Take of the required drug in moderately fine powder any convenient 
quantity and alcohol sufficient. Exhaust the drug by water-bath per- 
colation with the alcoholic menstruum and concentrate the percolate 
by distillation until it is reduced to the consistence of a thin syrup, 
which pour gradually, and with constant stirring, into a sufficient 
quantity of cold water. After standing, collect the precipitate, wash it 
with a little cold water, spread it upon plates, and carefully dry it by 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 921 

means of a current of warm air, or in the case of oleo-resins, or very 
soft extracts which are precipitated, mix them with a sufficient 
quantity of the powdered drug from which they were derived or with 
sugar of milk or rice Hour, to make them into the form of powder. 

The consistence of the residue after concentration hy distillation 
or evaporation depends much upon the constituents of the drug, but 
as a rule, the liquid should be no more than one-fourth the quantity 
(usually less), of the powdered drug which was taken, and the 
quantity of cold water into which it is to be poured should be from 10 
to 30 times as much as that of the concentrated liquid. Some extracts 
deposit tarry matter, which is undesirable, and should be removed by 
allowing them to stand, decanting the clear solution before adding to 
water. Alum is sometimes added to the water to facilitate the precip- 
itation. 

Asclepidin, Cypripedin, Ptelein, Senecin, Xanthoxylin and some 
other preparations are mostly oleo-resins, and must be mixed with the 
powdered substance in order to make them into powder. Some, like 
Leptandrin and Ergotin, are soft resinous substances and are much 
improved by the addition of a portion of the powdered substance. 

As the resinous principles and concentrates, as above described, 
have mostly been mentioned in Part I. under the names of the plants 
from which they are obtained it is unnecessary to list them here. They 
are referred to in the index in alphabetical order. 

RHIZOMA —RHIZOME. 

This name is given in botany to the subterranean stem from which 
the real roots extend below, and from which the shoots or leaves ex- 
tend above. The rhizome is the rootstalk from which the plant puts 
forth shoots or leaves annually. 

The same remarks apply to the use of this term in pharmacy as 
noted under Radices, which see. 

SACCHARA— SUGARS. 

Sugars are substances composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, 
of a sweet taste, crystallizable, and mostly of vegetable origin. The 
most important sugars are Saccharose, the ordinary sugar of com- 
merce, prepared from sugar-cane, sorghum, beets etc., glucose and 
milk sugar which have been previously described in this work. 

The glucoses have the composition C 6 H 12 6 , and are directly sub- 
ject to vinous fermentation. The saccharoses have the composition 
C^H^O^, and are fermentable only after being converted into a sugar 
of the glucose type. 

There are also a number of non-fermentable sugars termed Sacch- 
aroids, some of them having the same composition as glucose, and 
others varying somewhat. 



922 The Fcimcr Formulary Part II. 

Among the other products that are derived from the oxidation of 
saccharine fluids, alcohol, aldehyde, acetic acid and oxalic acid may be 
mentioned as most valuable. 

SACCHARUM. U. S. Sugar. 
Saccharum Purificatum. Br. Refined Sugar. [Syn. Sucrose]. 

C 11 H M 11 =339.6. 

"The refined sugar obtained from Saccharum officinarum, Linne; 
and from various species or varieties of Sorghum (Fam. Gramineae) ; 
also from one or more varieties of Beta vulgaris, Linne (Fam. Chen- 
opodiaceae)."<U. S. 

"A crystallized sugar, C 12 H 22 llf obtained from the juice of the 
sugar-cane." < Br. 

Preparation. The greater part of the sugar found in the market is 
prepared from the expressed juice of the sugar-cane, grown in the 
Southern States, the West Indies, the Hawaiian Islands, and Central 
America, or from beets grown for this purpose in the United States and 
Germany. The sugar-cane is crushed in mills, and the juice, which is 
about 80 percent, of the whole, is expressed ; a little lime and calcium 
bisulphide added, then strained and evaporated to a thick syrup, 
which is placed in casks, allowed to crystallize and drain. In the 
larger manufacturing establishments the process employed is some- 
what different, the vacuum pan being used instead of open evapor- 
ation, the draining being accomplished by "centrifugals,'' which by 
rapid motion separates the fluid from the solid portions. The process 
for making sugar from sorghum is the same, and beet-root sugar is 
made in the same manner, after obtaining the syrup, but the methods 
of exhaustion are quite different and it is not so readily purified. 

The crude or "raw", sugars prepared as described are purified and 
decolorized by filtering their solutions through powdered animal char- 
coal, or bone-black. When allowed to crystallize from the solution 
thus purified the crystals obtained are called rock candy, but if evap- 
orated to a solid mass with continual agitation, it is granulated. 

Uses. Granulated sugar, on account of its purity and convenience, 
is generally chosen for making syrups and liquid preparations, and 
powdered sugar for making troches, powders, triturations etc. Some- 
times cane-sugar is adulterated or mixed with grape sugar, which may 
be discovered by Trommer's test, which is as follows : 

Trommer's Test. To a solution of the sugar or saccharine liquid 
desired to be tested, add a little solution of copper sulphate and then 
solution of potassa in excess; heat the mixture to boiling. When cool, 
if the saccharine solution contained only saccharose or cane-sugar, 
there will be but a small deposit of red powder; but if it contained 
grape sugar or glucose, there will be a copious greenish precipitate, 
which changes to scarlet and afterwards, to a dark brownish-red. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 923 

SACCHARATUM LACTIS. U. S., Br. 
Sugar of Milk. U.S. Milk Sugar. Br. [Syn. lactose]. 

C 12 H 22 11 +H 2 0=357. 4 8. 

"A peculiar crystalline sugar, obtained from the whey of cow's milk 
by evaporation, and purified by recrystallization."<U. S. 

"A crystalline sugar obtained from the whey of milk." < Br. 

Preparation. This may be prepared from the whey' which remains 
in the vats after the curd has. been removed, in the process of making 
cheese, by allowing it to settle, siphoning or.draining off the clear liquid 
and evaporating it to about 1 / 15 of its weight, or to the consistence of 
syrup. This is set aside to crystallize, and after 24 to 48 hours the 
mother liquor is poured off and the crystals, which form as a bright- 
yellow, granular mass, are drained, dissolved in boiling water, the 
solution filtered through animal charcoal until free from color, then 
concentrated and again crystallized. 

Uses. It is very hard and gritty, making it an excellent vehicle for 
triturates and other preparations in which it is desirable to reduce the 
medicinal substance to a fine powder and have it thoroughly distri- 
buted. It is soluble in 4.78 parts of water at 25 °C. (/7°F.), and in 1 
part of boiling water, insoluble in alcohol, ether or chloroform. 

SACCHARINE SUBSTANCES. 

The following substances having similar composition and characteristics are 
known as saccharine substances: 

Saccharoses. G2H22O11. 
Cane-Sugar. (Saccharose). From sugar-cane, beets and sorghum. 
Parasaccharose. Produced by spontaneous fermentation of cane-sugar. 
Milk Sugar. (Lactose. Lactin). Obtained from milk. 
Mycose. Obtained from ergot, identical with trehalose. 
Melezitose. Obtained from manna found in Tasmania and Persia. 
Melitose. Obtained from various species of eucalyptus. 
Trehalose. Obtained from cocoons of Larinus Maculatus. 

Glucoses. CeHioOe. 

Glucose. (Dextrose or Dextro-Glucose). From starch etc. Rotates the 
plane of polarization strongly to the right. Also called Corn Syrup. 

Grape-Sugar. By crystallizing glucose. 

Laevulose. (Lsevo-Glucose). From sugar-cane and molasses. Rotates the 
plane of polarization to the left. 

Maltose. (Barley Sugar). By the action of diastase on starch. 

Dulcitose. By oxidizing dulcit with nitric acid. 

Mannitose. Found in muscular flesh. 

Galactose. By treating sugar of milk with dilute sulphuric acid. 
Non-Fermentable Sugars. 

Mannit. C 6 Hi 4 6 . From manna and other similar substances. 

Dulcit. CeHnOe. From melampyrum nemorosum. 

Eucalyn. CoHi 2 Og. From the fermentation of melitose. 

Inosit. C 6 Hi20 6 . From muscular flesh. 

Quercitrose. C0H12O0. From quercitrine. 

Sorbit. CoHi 2 6 . From "mountain ash berries. 

Erythromannit. G2H30O12. From protococcus vulgaris. 

Isodulcit. CeHi-tOe. From quercitrine. 

Pinit. CgHioOs. From pinus lambertiana. 

Quercit. CgH^Oo. From acorns. 



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Saccharates are prepared by saturating sugar with tinctures, drying it, then 
powdering. Homoeopathic pellets are prepared in a similar manner by sat- 
urating them with a tincture strongly alcoholic and allowing them to dry. 

Oleo-Saccharates — Eheo-Sacchara — are prepared by rubbing 1 drop of any 
volatile oil with 30 grains of powdered sugar until they are thoroughly mixed. 

Saccharine. This is prepared by a complicated process from toluene, by 
treating with acids and ammonia. It is official in the U. S. P. under the title 
Benzosulphinidum, and in the Br. P. under the title Glusidum. See these titles. 

SAFROLUM. U. S. Safrol. 

C 10 H 10 O 2 = 160.86. 

"The methylene ether of allyl pyrocatechol [C 6 H 3 -C 3 H 5 -(OOCH 2 ) 
1:3:4], found in oil of sassafras, camphor oil, and other volatile oils, 
purified, if necessary, by repeated chilling and crystallization.'' <U. S. 

This is a colorless or faintly yellow liquid having a sassafras-like 
odor. Sp. gr. 1.105 to 1.106 at 25°C. (77°F.). It is soluble in all pro- 
portions with ether and chloroform. In 70 percent, alcohol about 30 
percent, is soluble. 

It is used for the same purposes as sassafras oil, although it 
differs from it in flavor. It is chiefly used for flavoring soaps and dis- 
infecting solutions. 

Average dose. — 0.3 Cc. (5 minims). 



SALICINUM. U. S., Br. Salicin. 

C 13 H 18 7 =283.99. 

"A glucoside obtained from several species of Salix and Populus 
(Fam. Salicace3e)."<U. S. 

"A crystalline glucoside, C 6 lI 11 5 m O , C 6 lI 4 ;C'H. 2 011, obtained from 
the bark of various species of Salix and of Populus." < Br. 

A neutral principle prepared from the bark of Salix of different 
species, by treating a boiling concentrated decoction of the bark with 
lead oxide until it becomes nearly colorless, the lead combining with 
the gum, tannin and extractive matter which is removed by filtration. 
The filtered liquid is then treated with sulphuric acid to convert the 
dissolved lead oxide into a sulphate, and then with barium sulphide to 
remove sulphates etc. The liquor is then filtered, evaporated and 
crystallized. Salicin being obtained. 

Salicin is a glucoside which yields Saligenin and grape sugar when 
heated with dilute acids. 

Uses. It is used as a febrifuge and tonic in doses of 5 to 30 grains. 
Some practitioners prefer it to quinine, especially in rheumatic fever. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

SALICYL. 

C 7 H 4 0. 
This is a hypothetical compound radical of the salicyl series of 
compounds. It is not known as a free radical, but only in compounds. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 925 

The volatile oil of meadow sweet, Spiraea Ulmaria, is a natural 
hydride of salicyl. Oil of wintergreen and oil of birch are also com- 
pounds of salicyl. 

Salicylic Acid and its anhydride, salicylous acid, are compounds of 
the radical salicyl with oxygen and hydrogen. They are fully des- 
cribed under the title Acidum Salicylicum, which see. 

Salicylous Acid. C T H r ,0 2 . Salicylol. This is an oily liquid, ob- 
tained from volatile oil of meadow sweet, which, when pure, consists 
entirely of it. It is also obtained from salicin. It is not employed in 
medicine. 

The salicylic acid generally known in commerce is prepared syn- 
thetically, and may properly be termed phenol-salicylic acid. A sali- 
cylic acid may be prepared from oil of wintergreen, and is consider- 
ably used, but is much more expensive than the synthetic, and its 
crystals are much larger and more dense. This is known as gaulthero- 
salicylic acid. 

A considerable number of preparations of which the radical salicyl 
is the basis are used as medicine, most of them being noticed under 
other heading-s. The following are trade names of some of the com- 
pounds. 

Salacetol. Salicyl Acetol. In white, lustrous crystals. An intestinal anti- 
septic and antirheumatic. Dose 30 to -10 grains. 

Salicylamide. An ammonia derivative of salicylic acid. Used as a substitute 
for salicylic acid. Dose from 3 to 5 grains. 

Saliformin. A white salicylate salt recommended as a uric acid solvent and 
as a urinary antiseptic. Dose 5 to 10 grains. 

Salocoll. Phenocoll salicylate. A white, crystalline powder soluble in water. 
Antiseptic, antirheumatic and antipyretic. Dose 15 to 30 grains. 

Salophen. Acetylpara-amidophenol salicylate. In small, white crystalline 
scales. Antirheumatic and antineuralgic. Dose 10 to 20 grains. 

Saloquinine. Quinine ester of salicylic acid. A white, tasteless powder used 
as an antiperiodic and antineuralgic. Dose 15 to 30 grains. Also known as 
Salochinin and Rheumatin. 

Salumin. Aluminum salicylate. A reddish-white powder used as an anti- 
septic, astringent and disinfectant, or may be made into an ointment. 

SALOL. Br. Salol. 
Phenylis Salicylas. U. S. Phenyl Salicylate. 

"The salicylic ester of phenol." <U. S. See Phenylis Salicylas. 

"Salol, or phenyl salicylate, C H 4 -OH-COO'C C H 5 , is prepared by the 
interaction of salicylic acid and phenol, or of their sodium salts with 
phosphoryl chloride or carbonyl chloride." < Br. 

This is almost insoluble in water ; soluble in io parts of cold alcohol ; 
very soluble in boiling alcohol, also in ether, chloroform and fixed oils. 
It melts at 42 to 43°C. (107.6 to 109.4^.). 

Salol is employed as antiseptic and antipyretic, and it is claimed 
that it possesses all the valuable medicinal properties of salicylic acid 
without its disagreeable effects. It is given particularly in rheumatic 



926 The Fenner Formulary Fart It. 

affections accompanied with inflammation or fever, in doses of 5 to 15 
grains, and is employed externally as an ingredient of dusting powder 
or ointment for eruptions, sores etc. 

Salol Camphor. Salol 3 parts, camphor 2 parts, when rubbed to- 
gether in a mortar and heated form a liquid of the consistence of 
glycerin, which is used as an application for neuralgia, inflamed joints, 
chilblains etc., also for tooth ache. 

SALVERSAN. "606." 

This is the trade name for dioxydiamino-arsenobenzol, the new 
specific for syphilis, introduced by Prof. Ehrlich, of the Royal Insti- 
tute. It is an arsenical compound of complex composition, used by 
injection into the gluteal muscles or intraveneously, the average dose 
being 5 grains, in solution, injected once or twice a week. It is a yel- 
low powder, insoluble in water, but is chiefly marketed in solution, in 
0.3 Gm. (5 grain) ampules, the contents of one being the required 
dose. Remarkable results are said to be produced by its use. 

SANTONINUM. U. _S., Br. Santonin. 

C 15 H 18 3 =:244.29. 

"The inner anhydride or lactone of santonic acid, obtained from 
Santonica. It should be kept in dark amber-colored vials and in a dark 
place."<U. S. 

"A crystalline principle, C 15 H 18 O s , prepared from Santonica, the 
dried unexpanded flower-heads or capitula of Artemisia maritima, var. 
Stechmanniana, Besser."<Br. 

No process is now official for making this preparation, which is 
chiefly made in factories nearby where the plant is grown. It is in 
colorless, shining, flattened, rhombic prisms ; odorless and nearly taste- 
less. Upon exposure to air and light it becomes yellow. It is soluble 
in 5300 parts of water, 34 parts of alcohol, 78 parts of ether and 2.5 
oarts of chloroform at 25°C. (jy°¥.). 

Uses. Santonin is employed in medicine as an anthelmintic in 
doses of 1 or 2 grains. It is best given in the form of powder or sus- 
pended in syrup or emulsion, or in the form of troches. The popular 
worm confections and lozenges contain santonin. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.=65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

SAPOES — SOAPS. 

Soaps are compounds of fatty acids with alkalies, and are prepared 
by mixing fats or oils with a caustic alkali in solution, and either 
boiling until a thick mass is formed or combining cold, and allowing 
to stand until the combination is effected. The use of soap in the arts 
and industries is well known. In pharmacy and medicine they are 
considerably employed. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 927 

Soaps are naturally divided into hard soaps, which are made with 
soda alkali, and soft soaps, which are made with potassa alkali. As 
different fats vary in proportion of their fatty acids, and the caustic 
soda and potassa of commerce vary in caustic strength, definite for- 
mulas for the soap bases cannot well be given, but the following gen- 
eral formulas and processes adapted from an article by W. J. Menjies 
in the Manufacturers' Review for November 15, 1880, will be satis- 
factory. The first can be used either for making Castile soap or curd 
soap : 

General Formula for Hard Soaps. 

Take exactly 2 pounds of Greenbank's or any other good brand of 
double refined 98 percent, powdered caustic soda ; put it into any suit- 
able iron or metal vessel with 9 pounds of soft water, stir it once or 
twice with a stirrer ; it will dissolve immediately and become quite 
hot ; let it stand until the lye thus made is cold. Weigh out and place 
in any convenient vessel for mixing and melting exactly 14^ pounds 
of clean tallow, grease or oil (where oil is used no heating is required). 
Melt it slowly either with steam or fire until it is liquid and feels warm 
to the hand — that is to say, not exceeding ioo°F. Pour the lye slowly 
into the melted tallow in a small stream continuously, at the same 
time stirring with a flat wooden stirrer about three inches broad, con- 
tinue gently stirring until the lye and melted tallow or oil are 
thoroughly combined and the mixture appears like honey. Do not 
stir too long or the mixture is liable to separate again. The time re- 
quired varies somewhat with the weather and kind of tallow, grease 
or oil used ; from fifteen to twenty minutes will be quite enough. 
When the mixture is complete, pour it off into an ordinary soap frame ; 
or this may be dispensed with and an old square wooden box may be 
used for a mould, previously damping the sides with whitewash or 
water so as to prevent the soap sticking. Put the frame or box in a 
warm place until the next day, covering it up well with blankets ; it 
will then be found to contain about 25^2 pounds of fine hard soap, 
which can be cut up with a wire into bars for the convenience of 
weighing etc. Remember the chief points in the above directions, 
which must be exactly followed. The lye must be allowed to cool. 
The heated tallow or grease used must not be over a temperature of 
about ioo°F. The lye must be thoroughly stirred into the melted 
tallow, not tallow or oil into the lye. The exact weight of double re- 
fined powdered 98 percent, caustic soda and tallow, grease or oil, must 
be taken. If the tallow or grease is not clean or contains any salt, it 
must be ''rendered'' or purified previous to use, that is to say, boiled 
with water and allowed to cool, as any salt present spoils the whole 
operation entirely. Discolored or rancid grease or tallow, however is 
just as good for common soap-making purposes. If the soap turns out 



928 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

streaky or uneven, it has not been thoroughly mixed. If very sharp 
to the taste, too much caustic soda has been used. If soft, mild and 
greasy, too much tallow has been taken. In either case it should now 
be thrown into a kettle with a little water and cut into cubes, 
shavings or very small pieces. In the first case boiling is all that is 
necessary — in the other instance a very little more oil or a very little 
more of the double refined 98 percent, caustic soda must be added to 
the water previous to boiling. Xone of these things will happen, how- 
ever, if the above directions are exactly followed, and with the exper- 
ience gained after making a few batches of soap the whole process 
is an exceedingly easy one. 

Any multiple of the quantities directed in the formula may be 
taken and manipulated in the same manner. 

General Formula for Soft Soap. 

Take 5 pounds of Greenbank's or other good brand of pure caustic 
potash ; put it in an iron or earthenware vessel with 9 pounds of 
water. Stir it once or twice ; it will dissolve immediately and be- 
come quite hot. Let it stand until the lye thus made is cold. Place 
in any convenient vessel for mixing i&y 2 pounds of cottonseed oil and 
2 pounds of clean melted tallow. Pour the lye into the oil in a small 
stream, at the same time stirring with a flat wooden stirrer about 
three inches broad. Continue gently stirring until the lye and oil 
are thoroughly combined, and in appearance like honey. Xow cover 
up the vessel and put in a warm place until the next day. The oil 
and lye will then be found nearly all combined. Stir up well again 
and leave for a few days, when the mixture will become quite even 
and saponification complete ; the result being the production of about 
35 pounds of very stiff potash soap, costing for materials about 3^ 
cents per pound. If made for use by an actual consumer nothing 
more need be done ; the requisite quantity can be thrown into the 
scouring vat, either with or without the addition of a small quantity 
of carbonate of potash to increase the alkali present, and depending 
on the purpose for which the soap is used. 

The potash soap produced in this way is very much more concen- 
trated than the ordinary "fig" soap hitherto sold. If it is desired to 
make an ordinary soft soap, it can be produced in the following man- 
ner: Take 20 pounds of the stiff potash soap and add to it about 7 
pounds of water. Put it into a boiling pan and gently heat and stir 
it so as to mix well together; at the same time adding about 12^3 
ounces of crystalline carbonate of potash, which will remove all 
"stringyness" and produce a clear homogeneous soap. It will im- 
prove in appearance by keeping for a short time. 

The above cold process is simple and effective, and a few pounds of 
soft soap can advantageously be made by it. With mechanical mixing 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 929 

apparatus and large pans, soft soap can easily be produced on a large 
scale by this process. 

The following- are the soaps of the U. S., and Br. pharmacopoeias: 

SAPO. U. S. Soap. 
Sapo Durus. Br. Hard Soap. [White Castile Soap]. 

''Soap prepared from sodium hydroxide and olive oil."<U. S. 

"Soap made with sodium hydroxide and olive oil ; containing about 
30 percent, of water." < Br. 

The common varieties made from inferior oil and mottled by the 
addition of an iron salt are extensively sold as ordinary Castile soap, 
but in medicine and pharmacy only that made with fine olive oil and 
pure soda should be used. 

Uses. It is employed for making oleates, liniments and pills, and is 
extensively used, mixed with other kinds of soap, for making per- 
fumed and toilet soaps and in powder for making tooth powders etc. 

SAPO ANIMALIS. Br. Curd Soap. 

"Soap made with sodium hydroxide and a purified animal fat, con- 
sisting principally of stearin ; containing about 30 percent, of water." 
<Br. 

This is a nearly neutral white soap, generally made with fine 
tallow and pure soda alkali or caustic soda. It is known as Tallow 
Soap, and is used as the basis of most of the perfumed toilet soaps. 
For making fine toilet soaps, curd soap is reduced to shavings by 
passing it over a plane and then, being moistened, it is combined with 
the perfuming oils desired, by working them well in with it in a mor- 
tar until the mass is of uniform consistence without streaks. For 
larger manufacturing the soap is "milled" with the oils, and then 
pressed into cakes. If desired to be colored the coloring matter is 
well worked in. 

In pharmacy it is used for making several plasters, liniments, pills 
and suppositories. 

SAPO MOLLIS. U. S., Br. Soft Soap. 
[Sapo Viridis. U. S. P. 1880. Green Soap]. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Linseed Oil, 400 Gm. or 40 ounces av. 

Potassium Hydroxide, 95 Gm. or gV 2 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 40 Cc. or 4 flounces 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
The linseed oil is to be heated on a water-bath or steam-bath, in a 
'deep, capacious vessel, to a temperature of about 70°C. (is8°F.). The 
potassium hydroxide is to be dissolved in water 450 Cc. (or 45 
rl. ounces) and the solution warmed to about /0°C. (i58°F.). The 



930 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

warmed solution is then to be added to the linseed oil and mixed 
thoroughly ; the alcohol is then to be incorporated and the heat con- 
tinued (without stirring) until a small portion of the mixture is found 
to be soluble in boiling water without the separation of oily drops. 
It is then allowed to cool and transferred to suitable vessels. 

The potassium hydroxide vised in this process should be of the full 
strength directed by the pharmacopceia (85 percent.). 

The Br. Sapo Mollis is "Soap made with potassium hydroxide and 
olive oil." Xo formula given. 

Uses. Besides its use medicinally in the treatment of eczema and 
some other skin diseases, soft soap may be used advantageously in 
making tooth washes, shampoo liquids and other toilet requisites in 
which a liquid soap may be desirable. 

Soft soap is soluble in hot water to a nearly clear liquid ; and in hot 
alcohol, without leaving mere than 3 percent, of insoluble residue. 

Other Soaps. 

The foreg'oing which represent the basic soaps used in pharmacy 
are all that are official in the U. S. and Br. P. A considerable number 
of medicated soaps are official in other authorities but their formulas 
wil lappear under Medicated and Toilet Soaps in another department 
of this work. 

SCOPOLA. U. S. Scopola. 

''The dried rhizome of Scopola Carniolica, Jacquin (Fam. Solan- 
acse), yielding, when assayed as directed, not less than 0.5 percent, 
of mydriatic, alkaloids. "<U. S. 

This drug seems to be a connecting link between Atropa and Hyos- 
cyamus, having the characteristics of both. 

An assay process for this drug is given in the U. S. P., the method 
to be employed is identical with that given for Belladonna Leaves, 
using 10 Gm. of Scopola in No. 60 powder. 

Uses. The uses of this drug are similar to belladonna. A fluid- 
extract is official. 

Average dose of powdered scopola. — 0.045 Gm.=45 milligrammes 
(24 grain). 

SCOPOLAMINA. Scopolamine. 
C 1T H 21 NO,. 

An amorphous alkaloid obtained from several species of Scopola, 
identical with hyoscine, obtained from belladonna and hyoscyamus. 
Its salts only are used in medicine. 

Scopolamine Hydrobromide. U. S. This is official in the U. S. 
and Germ .pharmacopoeias and is further described below. 

Scopolamine Hydrochloride. C 17 H 21 N0 4 HC1=339.5. This salt of 
the alkaloid scopolamine may be prepared by saturating diluted 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 931 

hydrochloric acid with scopolamine, concentrating the solution and 
crystallizing. It is identical with hyoscine hydrochloride. 

Dose, 0.0005 Gm.. (V128 grain). 

Scopolamine Hydriodide. C 17 H 21 N0 4 HI+^H 2 0=r440. This may 
be prepared by saturating diluted hydriodic acid with scopolamine 
alkaloid, concentrating the solution and crystallizing. It is identical 
with hyoscine hydriodide. Dose, 1 / 128 grain. 

Scopolamine Sulphate. This may be prepared by saturating dilute 
sulphuric acid with scopolamine alkaloid, concentrating the solution 
and crystallizing. It is identical with hyoscine sulphate. 

Dose, 1 / 128 grain. 

SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDUM. U. S. 
Scopolamine Hydrobromide. 

C 17 H 21 N0 4 -HBr+ 3 H 2 0=434-92. 

"The hydrobromide [HBrC 17 H 21 N0 4 +3H 2 0] of an alkaloid ob- 
tained from plants of the Solanacese ; chemically identical with 
hyoscine hydrobromide." <U. S. 

This may be prepared by saturating diluted hydrobromic acid with 
scopolamine alkaloid, concentrating the solution and crystallizing. 
Its uses are the same as hyoscine hydrobromide, which see. 

Average dose. — 0.005 Gm.=05 milligramme (V 128 grain). 

SEMINA — SEEDS. 

In botany the seed is the fertilized ovule, having the embryo 
formed within it, which, under favorable conditions will germinate 
and produce a new plant like the parent from which it came. In 
commerce the name is frequently applied to something entirely 
different, as wormseed, which is the unexpanded flower-heads of san- 
tonica, seed-lac, which is the granular lac removed from twigs etc. 
In pharmacy fruits are often called seeds, as caraway seeds (meaning 
caraway fruit), coriander seeds (meaning coriander fruit), etc. 

In the U. S. pharmacopoeia the names of seeds are not followed by 
the Latin or English word meaning seed, unless some other part of 
the plant named is official, but in the Br. P. the name of the plant is 
followed by the Latin name for seeds, and the English name of the 
plant by the word seeds. 

In this work the official seeds are noted in the alphabetical order of 
subjects, and most of the unofficial seeds are otherwise noted, so 
they will not be further considered under this heading. 

SERUM ANTIDIPHTHERITICUM. U. S. 
Antidiphtheric Serum. Diphtheria Antitoxin. 

"A fluid separated from the coagulated blood of a horse, Equus cab- 
allus, Linne, immunized through the inoculation of diphtheric toxin, 



932 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

It should be kept in sealed glass containers in a dark place at tem- 
peratures between 4.5 and I5°C. (40 and 59°F.)."<U. S. 

A yellowish or yellowish-brown transparent or slightly turbid 
liquid. Sp. gr. 1.025 to 1.040 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

This serum gradually loses power by keeping, the loss in a year 
varying from 10 to 30 percent. Each container should have on it a 
label stating its antitoxic strength in units, the name and percentage 
of the antiseptic used for its preservation (if such be used), the date 
when the serum was last tested, and the date beyond which it will 
not have the strength indicated on the label. 

The standard of strength, expressed in units of antitoxic power, 
should be that approved or established by the U. S. Public Health and 
Marine Hospital Service. 

Average dose. — 3000 units. 

Immunizing dose for well persons. — 500 units. 

Other Serums. 

The foregoing is the only serum official in the U. S. and Germ, phar- 
macopoeias. Several serums are prepared from animal fluids in a sim- 
ilar manner and are known as Antitoxins or Biologicals. These are, 
chiefly : Antidiphtheria serum or Antitoxin ; Antitetanic serum or 
Tetanus Antitoxin; Antirabies treatment, (Pasteur's); Tuberculin, 
(Koch's); Antimeningitis serum; Antipneumonic serum; Vaccine 
Lymph, and many others as remedies for or preventive of certain in- 
fectious diseases. There are also many artificial Blood Serums, bear- 
ing the names of their originators, which cannot be named in the 
limits of this article. 

SEVUM PR^PARATUM. U. S., Br. Prepared Suet. 

"The intestinal fat of the abdomen of the sheep, Ovis aries, Linne, 
purified by melting and straining." <U. S., Br. 

"Prepared Suet should be kept in well-closed vessels impervious to 
fat. It should not be used after it has become rancid." <U. S. 

The fat commonly known as mutton suet is purified by melting and 
straining. It is insoluble in water or cold alcohol ; soluble in 44 parts 
of boiling alcohol and in about 60 parts of ether. Prepared suet 
melts between 45 and 50°C. (113 and I22°F.), and congeals between 
37 and 40°C. (98.6 and io4°R). 

It consists of stearin, palmitin and olein ; and is used in making 
cerates and ointments and as an application to irritated surfaces, 
ulcers etc. It is a common domestic remedy for all kinds of sores. 

SODIUM OR NATRIUM. 

Symbol Na ; Atomic weight (0=i6) 23; Sp. gr. 0.972. 
Sodium is one of the alkali metals, discovered by Davy in 1807, 
having the same general characteristics as potassium. It is silver- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 933 

white, fuses at I94°F., is volatilized at a red heat and oxidizes rapidly 
in contact with air, having to be preserved in some hydrocarbon, as 
mineral naphtha. Thrown upon water it decomposes it with great 
violence but without flame, differing in this respect from potassium. 

The metal sodium is official only in the Br. P. Its symbol, Na, is 
for Natrium, the name by which it is known in many of the European 
pharmacopoeias, and by which it is universally symbolized in chem- 
istry. 

It is prepared in the same manner as potassium (which see), and 
is the basis of the sodium salts, combining with all acids and negative 
elements to form them. The salts of sodium are all white, crystal- 
lizable, readily soluble, and are of great importance in the arts and in 
medicine. Sodium and its compounds are more fully described in 
the Chemical Section, Part I. 

The following are the salts of sodium official in the U. S. and Br. 
pharmacopoeias : 

SODA TARTARATA. Br. 
Sodium Potassium Tartrate. Tartarated Soda. Rochelle Salt. 

NaKC 4 H 4 O 4H 2 O. 

This is the British title for Potassii et Sodii Tartras, U. S., or 
Rochelle Salt, the process for making it being given under the U. S. 
title, (which see). Dose, 120 to 240 grains. 

SODII ACETAS. U. S. Sodium Acetate. Natrium Aceticum. 
NaQH 3 2 +3H 2 0=i35.io. 

"It should contain in an uneffloresced condition not less than 99.5 
percent, of pure Sodium Acetate [CH 3 *COONa+3H 2 0], and should 
be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

This salt may be prepared by neutralizing acetic acid with sodium 
carbonate, filtering the solution, concentrating by evaporation, and 
crystallizing. By continuing the evaporation, with stirring, it may 
be obtained granulated, in which form it is more convenient for phar- 
maceutical use. It is very soluble in water. 

Uses. Sodium acetate is used in pharmacy for making many 
other salts by double decomposition, and in medicine is much es- 
teemed as a diuretic. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

SODII ARSENAS. U. S. Sodium Arsenate. 

Na 2 HAs0 4 +7H 2 0=309.94. 

"It should contain in an uneffloresced condition not less than 98 per- 
cent, of pure Di-sodium-ortho-arsenate [AsO(OH) (ONa) 2 -f 7H 2 0], 
and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 



934 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

It is employed as an alterative and for the same purposes as other 
salts of arsenic; being soluble in 1.2 parts of water it is readily made 
into solution. 

Average dose. — 0.005 Gm.=5 milligrammes (V10 grain). 

Sodii Arsenas, Br., is the anhydrous salt which in the U. S. P. is 
Sodii Arsenas Exsiccatus, the formula for which follows : 

SODII ARSENAS EXSICCATUS. U. S. 

Exsiccated Sodium Arsenate. 
Xa 2 HAs0 4 = 184.68. 

"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure anhydrous 
Di-sodium-ortho-arsenate [AsO(OH) (OXa) 2 ]."<U. S. 

The formula is : 

Sodium Arsenate Crystals, a sufficient quantity. 

"Break the crystals into small fragments and allow them to 
effloresce at a temperature between 40° and 50°C. (104 and 122 "F.)> 
until they are completely disintegrated ; then gradually increase the 
temperature to I50°C. (302°F.), and continue the drying until the 
product ceases to lose weight. Reduce it to a fine powder, and trans- 
fer it to dry, well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

An amorphous white powder soluble in 3 parts of water at 25 °C. 
(77°F.), and very soluble in boiling water. 

Sodii Arsenas. Br. Sodium Arsenate. In the Br. P. the salt bear- 
ing the title Sodii Arsenas is the same as is known in the U. S. P. as 
Sodii Arsenas Exsiccatus. The Br. formula is : 

"The anhydrous salt di-sodium hydrogen arsenate, Na 2 HAs0 4 , ob- 
tained by exposing to a temperature of 300°F. (i48.9°C.) crystal- 
lized sodium arsenate, which may be prepared by treating with water 
the product of the fusion of arsenious anhydride with sodium nitrate 
and sodium carbonate." < Br. 

Uses. It is used for the same purposes as Sodium Arsenate, but 
being deprived of the water of crystallization it is about double its 
strength. In pharmacy it is used for making Liquor Sodii Arsenatis, 
Fowler's Solution, and in some other preparations. 

Average dose. — 0.003 Gm.=33 milligrammes (V20 grain). 

SODII BENZOAS. U. S., Br. 
Sodium Benzoate. Natrium Benzoicum. 
NaC 7 H 5 2 = 143.01. 
"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Sodium Ben- 
zoate [C 6 H 5 -COOXa], and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." 
<U. S. 

This salt may be prepared by adding benzoic acid to a hot con- 
centrated solution of pure sodium carbonate as long as effervescence 
occurs, then evaporating to dryness and granulating by stirring, or 
by crystallizing from the solution. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 935 

Uses. This salt is used in the treatment of rheumatism and some 
kidney diseases. Also in septic diseases, in doses of 20 to 60 grains. 

The recent use of Sodium Benzoate as a food preservative has 
brought it into considerable prominence. It is allowed under the 
national and most of the state laws, and is extensively used in food 
products as a preservative, 3 / 10 °f 1 percent, being the amount usually 
used. 

SODII BICARBONAS. U. S., Br. Sodium Bicarbonate. 
Natrium Bicarbonicum. "Baking Soda." 

NaHC0 3 =8 3 .43. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Sodium Bi- 
carbonate [CO (OH) (ONa)], and should be kept in well-closed ves- 
sels, in a cool place. "<U. S. 

"Sodium Bicarbonate, NaHCO a , may be obtained by exposing 
crystals of sodium carbonate to carbonic anhydride, or by the inter- 
action of sodium chloride and ammonium bicarbonate." < Br. 

Commercial sodium bicarbonate is prepared by saturating sodium 
carbonate with carbon dioxide gas. As thus prepared it contains 
some impurities which are not desirable for medicinal use., the U. S. 
P. directing that the official salt shall contain 99 percent, of sodium 
bicarbonate. This may be made from the commercial salt by per- 
colating 2 pounds av., with 3 pints of water, which dissolves out the 
impurities ; the residue left in the percolator is then dried on blotting 
paper. For most purposes, however, the commercial salt is employed. 
Soluble in 12 parts of water at N. T. 

Uses. Sodium bicarbonate is used for making many pharmaceutical 
preparations, and in medicine as an anti-acid. In making aerated 
waters it is a covenient source of carbonic acid gas, which is liberated 
when it is decomposed with an acid. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains'). 

SODII BISULPHIS. U. S. Sodium Bisulphite. 
NaHSO s = 103.35. 

"It should contain not less than 90 percent, of pure Sodium Bi- 
sulphite, and should be kept in a cool place, in small, completely 
filled, well-stoppered bottles. "<U. S. 

SODII BORAS. U. S. Sodium Borate. 
Borax. Br. Biborate of Sodium. 

Na 2 B 4 7 +ioH 2 0=379.32. 

"It should contain in the unefrloresced condition not less than 99 
percent, of pure Sodium tetraborate, and should be kept in well- 
stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

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936 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Soluble in 20.4 parts of water at 25°C. (yy°¥.), and in 0.5 part of 
boiling water; soluble in 1 part of glycerin at 8o°C, but insoluble in 
alcohol. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes {j l / 2 grains). 

As this is commonly known as Borax it is more fully described 
under that title, which see. 

SODII BROMIDUM. U. S., Br. Sodium Bromide. 
NaBr=i02.24. 

"It should contain, when dried, not less than 97 percent, of pure 
Sodium Bromide, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles. "<U. S. 

This salt may be prepared according to the Br. P. in the same 
manner is is directed for making potassium bromide, sodium 
hydroxide being used in place of potassium hydroxide. It may also be 
prepared by decomposing ferrous bromide with sodium carbonate, 
iron carbonate precipitating, and leaving sodium bromide in solution 
which may be obtained by evaporating and crystallizing. It is sol- 
uble in 1.7 parts of water and in 12.5 parts of alcohol at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Uses. This salt is used for the same purposes as potassium bro- 
mide, but is thought to be less irritating to the stomach. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

SODII CARiBONAS. Br. Sodium Carbonate. 

"Sodium Carbonate, Na 2 C0 3 -ioH 2 0, may be obtained from sodium 
chloride, either by interaction with ammonium bicarbonate and sub- 
sequent ignition, or by its conversion into sodium sulphate and the 
action of heat on a mixture of the sulphate with carbon and calcium 
carbonate." < Br. 

Soda Ash is an impure sodium carbonate prepared by first con- 
verting common salt into sodium sulphate by treating it with sul- 
phuric acid, and then by heating the sodium sulphate with calcium 
carbonate (limestone), and fine coal, which decomposes the sodium 
sulphate, forming insoluble calcium sulphate and soluble sodium 
carbonate, which is dissolved out, evaporated to dryness and further 
carbonated by calcining with one-fourth its weight of sawdust. This 
mass is then redissolved in water and the solution evaporated to dry- 
ness, forming the soda ash of commerce, an article of great com- 
mercial importance in the manufacture of paper, glass etc. 

Sodium Carbonate is prepared from soda ash' by lixiviation and 
crystallization — soda ash containing about 50 percent, of commercial 
sodium carbonate. It is also prepared by the ammonia process, and 
by the Cryolite process, the resultant product being the same. 

Uses. It is extensively employed in the industrial arts, and is the 
source of most of the sodium salts. It is seldom given in medicine 
except in combination. The dose is 5 to 20 grains. 



Part If. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 937 

SODII CARBONAS EXSICCATUS. Br. 
Exsiccated Sodium Carbonate. Dried Sodium Carbonate. 

"Nearly anhydrous Sodium Carbonate, Na 2 C0 2 , which is obtained 
by heating sodium carbonate until it loses nearly 63 percent, of its 
weight. "<Br. 

This is prepared by breaking sodium carbonate into small frag- 
ments and allowing it to effloresce by exposure to warm air for sev- 
eral days, then heating it to 45°C. (ii3°F.), until it has been .con- 
verted into a white powder weighing one one-half as much as the 
quantity taken, it is then passed through a fine sieve. The Br. P. 
directs sodium carbonate in crystals to be dried until vapors cease to 
be evolved, leaving a residue entirely deprived of water, Na 2 C0 3 . 

Uses. This is better for some uses in pharmacy than the crystal- 
lized salt, as its water of crystallization is driven off. It is used for 
making pills and powders. 

SODII CARBONAS MONOHYDRATUS. U. S. 
Monohydrated Sodium Carbonate. 

Na 2 C0 3 +H 2 0=i23.i9. 

"It should contain not less than 85 percent, of pure anhydrous 
Sodium Carbonate [CO(ONa) 2 ], corresponding to not less than 99.5 
percent, of the crystallized monohydrated salt."<U. S. 

This salt takes the place in U. S. official combinations of sodium 
carbonate which was official in the former revision. Sodium carbonate 
contains 10 parts of H 2 in its molecule, as water of crystallization, 
while monohydrated sodium carbonate contains but 1 part of water. 

It is a white, crystalline powder, odorless and having a strongly 
alkaline taste. It is soluble in 2.9 parts of water at 25 °C. (77°F.), and 
in 1.8 parts of boiling water; insoluble in alcohol and ether, but sol- 
uble in 8 parts of glycerin. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

SODII CHLORAS. U. S. Sodium Chlorate. 

NaC10 3 = 105.70. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Sodium Chlorate 
[CICVONa]." 

"This salt should be kept in well— stoppered bottles, and great 
caution should be observed in handling it, as dangerous explosions 
are liable to occur when it is heated or subjected to concussion or 
trituration with organic substances (cork, tannic acid, sugar etc.), or 
other easily oxidizable substances. "<U. S. 

It may be prepared by decomposition between acid sodium tartrate, 
in solution, and potassium chlorate in solution. Acid potassium 
tartrate is precipitated and sodium chlorate remains in solution. The 
filtered solution is evaporated and crystallized. 



938 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

This salt is analagous to potassium chlorate and may be used in- 
stead of it for medicinal purposes, being much more soluble it is 
preferable for solutions etc. 

It is soluble in I part of water and in about 100 parts of alcohol at 
25°C. (77°F.) ; in 0.5 part of boiling water, in about 40 parts of boil- 
ing alcohol ; also in about 5 parts of glycerin. 

Uses. This may be used for the same purpose as potassium chlorate 
and is preferable for solutions, being more soluble. Dose 10 to 20 
grains. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=250 milligrammes (4 grains). 

SODII CHLORIDUM. U. S. Br. Sodium Chloride. 

-NaCl=58.o6. 

"It should contain, when dried, not less than 99 percent, of pure 
Sodium Chloride." <U. S. 

"Sodium Chloride, NaCl, is common salt, purified." < Br. 

Commonly known as Salt. It has not until recently been much used 
in medicine, but the introduction of normal salt solution for intra- 
venous injection has of late, brought it into prominence as a remedial 
agent. 

It is soluble in 2.8 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and in 2.5 parts 
of boiling water ; almost insoluble in alcohol. 

This is one of the most abundant and widely distributed of natural 
salts. It is found in beds and mines as rock salt, and in solution in 
sea water, and salt springs and wells obtained by drilling, from which 
it is separated in crystalline form by evaporation. It is extensively 
used for various industrial purposes and as a seasoning and preserva- 
tive of food. In pharmacy it is employed as a source of chlorine, and 
in medicine is used as a styptic and for intravenous injection and 
some other purposes. 

Average dose. — Emetic, 16 Gm. (240 grains). 

SODII CITRAS. U. S. Sodium Citrate. 

2Na 3 C 6 H 5 7 +nH 2 0=709.2o. 

"It should contain not less than 97 percent, of pure sodium citrate 
[2C 3 H 4 (OH)(COONa) 3 -f nH 2 0], and should be kept in well-stop- 
pered bottles."<U. S. 

It may be readily prepared by neutralizing a solution of citric 
acid with sodium bicarbonate, concentrating the solution and re- 
ducing by very moderate heat to a granular powder. 

This newly official sodium salt is used for similar purposes as potas- 
sium citrate. It is soluble in 1.1 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.), and 
in 0.4 part of boiling water. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 939 

SODII CITRO-TARTRAS EFFERVESCENS. Br. 

Effervescent Sodium Citro-Tartrate. 
This is adapted to the Br. formula as follows : 

Sodium Bicarbonate, in powder, 170 Gm. or 17 ounces 

Tartaric Acid, in powder, 90 Gm. or 9 ounces 

Citric Acid, in powder, 60 Gm. or 6 ounces 

Refined Sugar, in powder, 50 Gm. or 5 ounces 

Mix the powders thoroughly and place them in a dish or pan of 
suitable form, heated to between 200 and~22o°F. (93. 3 and io44°C.), 
and when the particles of powder begin to agregate, stir them assidu- 
ously until they assume a granular form, then, by means of suitable 
sieves, separate the granules of uniform and most convenient size, 
dry them at a temperature not exceeding i30°F. (544°C), and pre- 
serve then in well-stopped bottles. 

Uses. This is an effervescent salt when added to water, and is used 
as a refrigerant. It is given 60 to 120 grains, in part of a glass of 
water. 

SODII HYPOPHOSPHIS. U. S., Br. 
Sodium Hypophosphite. 
NaPH 2 2 +H 2 0=io5.29. 
"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure Sodium Hypo- 
phosphite [POH 2 ONa+H 2 0], and should be kept in well-stoppered 
bottles. Caution should be observed in dispensing sodium hypophos- 
phite as explosion is liable to occur when it is triturated or heated 
with nitrates, chlorates, or other oxidizing agents." <U. S. 

Soluble in about 1 part of water and in about 25 parts of alcohol at 
2 5 °C. ( 77 °F.). 

This salt may be most conveniently prepared by adding sodium 
carbonate to solution of calcium hypophosphite as long as a pre- 
cipitate of calcium carbonate is formed, then filtering and evaporating 
to dryness by heat on a steam-bath, stirring occasionally to granulate 
the salt. 

Uses. It is similar in medicinal properties to other hypopohosphite 
salts, and is much used in making syrups and solutions of hypophos- 
phites compound, the dose being 5 to 10 grains. 
Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

SODII HYDROXIDUM. U. S. Sodium Hydroxide. 
Natrium Causticum. Soda. Caustic Soda. 

NaOH=3976. 
"It should contain not less than 90 percent, of pure anhydrous 
Sodium Hydroxide, and not more than 2 percent, of other inorganic 
substances, with the exception of water. It should be kept in well- 
stoppered bottles made of hard glass." <U. S. 



940 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Note the change of title in the present revision, corresponding' with 
its chemical composition. It is commercially known as Caustic Soda or 
Concentrated Lye. It is soluble in about i part of water at 25 °C. 
(77°F.), and in 0.8 part of boiling water. Very soluble in alcohol. 

SODII IODIDUM. U. S., Br. Sodium Iodide. 
Nal=i48.78. 

"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure. Sodium Iodide, 
and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

"Sodium Iodide, Nal, may be prepared from iodine and sodium 
hydroxide. It may also be made by decomposing a solution of ferrous 
bromide; the salt being crystallized at a temperature less than 68° F. 
(20°C.)."<Br. 

This may be made in exactly the same manner as potassium iodide, 
except that sodium hydroxide must be used instead of potassium 
hydroxide. It may also be made by decomposig a solution of ferrous 
iodide with sodium carbonate, the solution being filtered, evaporated 
and crystallized. 

Soluble in about 0.5 part of water and in 3 parts of alcohol at 25°C. 
(77°F.) ; in about 0.33 part of boiling water and in 1.4 parts of boiling 
alcohol. 

Uses. Its uses are similar to potassium iodide. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (7J/2 grains). 

SODII NITRAS. U. S. Sodium Nitrate. 

NaN0 3 =8 4 .45- 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Sodium Nitrate 
[N0 2 *ONa], and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

This is a native salt obtained from Chili and Peru, and quite exten- 
sively sold as "Chili saltpetre." Being the cheapest source of nitrates, 
it is extensively used for making nitric acid and other preparations. 

This is similar in its properties and action to potassium nitrate 
(saltpetre), and is sometimes substituted for it commercially on 
account of its lower price. It is soluble in about 1.1 parts of water and 
in about 100 parts of alcohol at 25°C. (77°F.) ; and in 0.6 part of boil- 
ing water and in 40 parts of boiling alcohol. 

Uses. Its medicinal uses are similar to those of potassium nitrate, 
but it is not considered so effective. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

SODII NITRIS. U. S., Br. Sodium Nitrite. 

NaN0 2 =68.57. 
"It should contain not less than 90 percent, of pure Sodium Nitrite 
[NOONa], and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles. "<U. S. 
"A salt obtained by fusing sodium nitrate with metallic lead."<Br. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 941 

Soluble in 1.4 parts of water at 25 °C. (yy°F.), and very soluble in 
boiling water; but slightly soluble in alcohol. 

Uses. This salt is used in pharmacy in the preparation of spirit of 
nitrous ether. In medicine it is used as a diuretic and refrigerant. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.^65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

SODII PHENOLSULPHONAS. U. S. Sodium Phenolsulphonate. 

NaC 6 H E 4 S4-2H 2 0=230.45. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Sodium Phenol- 
sulphonate [C H 4 (OH)SO 3 Na 1 : 4], and should be kept in well- 
stoppered bottles. "<U. S. 

Soluble in 4.8 parts of water, and in about 130 parts of alcohol at 
25°C. (77°F.) ; in 0.7 part of boiling water, and in 10 parts of boiling 
alcohol. 

This is official in the Br. P. as Sodii Sulphocarbolas, which see. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes (4 grains). 

SODII PHOSPHAS. U. S., Br. Sodium Phosphate. 

Na 2 HPO,+ i2H 2 0=355.6i. 

"It. should contain in an uneffloresced condition, not less than 99 
percent, of pure Di-sodium-ortho-phosphate [PO(OH) (ONa) 2 + 
i2H„OJ, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles in a cool place." 
<U. S. 

"This salt, di-sodium hydrogen phosphate, Na 2 HPO l +i2H 2 0, may 
be obtained by the interaction of sodium carbonate and the solution 
of acid calcium phosphate produced on mixing bone-ash and sulphuric 
acid."<Br. 

It is soluble in about 5.5 parts of water at 25°C. (77°F.) ; but is in- 
soluble in alcohol. 

Uses. Sodium phosphate is considerably used in pharmacy to pre- 
pare other phosphates, by double decomposition, and is given as a 
cathartic in doses of from % to 1 ounce. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

SODII PHOSPHAS EFFERVESCENS. U. S., Br. 

Effervescent Sodium Phosphate. 
Exsiccated Sodium Phosphate, in fine powder, 

200 Gm. or 7 oz. av.+ 24 grains 
Sodium Bicarbonate, dried and powdered, 

477 Gm. or 16 oz. av.-f- 361 grains 
Tartaric Acid, dried and powdered, 

252 Gm. or 8 oz. av.-\-^Sg grains 
Citric Acid, uneffloresced crystals, 

162 Gm. or 5 oz. av.4-312 grains 
To make about 1000 Gm. or 35 oz. av.+ 2 drachms 



942 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

The citric acid is to be powdered and mixed intimately with the 
exsiccated sodium phosphate and tartaric acid and then the sodium 
bicarbonate is to be thoroughly incorporated with the mixture. 

The mixed powders are to be placed on a plate of glass or in a suit- 
able dish, in an oven heated to between 93 and io4°C. (1994° an d 
2ig.2°F.). When the mixture has acquired a moist consistence, by the 
aid of careful manipulation with a wooden spatula, it is to be rubbed 
through a No. 6 tinned-iron sieve and the granules dried at a tempera- 
ture not exceeding 54°C. (i2g.2°F.). The product is to be kept in 
well-stoppered bottles. 

Average dose. — 8 Gm. (120 grains). 

The Br. formula is : 

Sodium Phosphate, in crystals, 50 ounces or 500 Gm. 

Sodium Bicarbonate, in powder,, 50 ounces or 500 Gm. 

Tartaric Acid, in powder, 27 ounces or 270 Gm. 

Citric Acid, in powder, 18 ounces or 180 Gm. 

Dry the sodium phosphate until it has lost 50 percent, of its weight ; 
powder the product and mix it with the other ingredients. Place 
the whole in a dish or pan of suitable form, heating to between 200 and 
220°F. (93. 3 and io44°C.). When the mixture, by the aid of careful 
manipulation, has assumed a granular character, separate it into 
granules of uniform and convenient size by means of suitable sieves. 
Dry the granules at a temperature not exceeding I30°F. (544°C.). 
The product should weigh about 100 ounces (1000 Gm.). <Br. 

SODII PHOSPHAS EXSICCATUS. U. S. 
Exsiccated Sodium Phosphate. 

"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure anhydrous 
Sodium Phosphate [PO(OH) (ONa)j, and should be kept in well- 
stoppered bottles."<U. S. 

Sodium phosphate, any convenient quantity, is allowed to effloresce 
for several days in warm air at a temperature of from 25 ° to 30°C. 
(yy° to 86°F.), the drying is to be continued in an oven and the 
temperature is to be maintained until the salt ceases to lose weight. 
The residue is then to be powdered and sifted and preserved in well- 
stoppered bottles. 

This powder has the properties of sodium phosphate but in a much 
more concentrated form, being about twelve times stronger than the 
crystalline salt. It absorbs moisture readily. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

SODII PYROPHOSPHAS. U.S. Sodium Pyrophosphate. 

Na 4 P 2 7 -fioH 2 0=443.o2. 
"It should contain, in a uneffloresced condition, not less than 99 per- 
cent, of pure Sodium Pyrophosphate [(PO) 2 0-(ONa) 4 +ioH 2 0], and 
should be kept in well-stoppered bottles."<U. S. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 943 

This is prepared by heating sodium phosphate in a suitable vessel to 
redness. It first melts, losing water of crystallization by evaporation, 
only 40 percent, of the salt remaining. The heat is then increased to 
30O°C. (572°F.), at which temperature it is converted into a tribasic 
phosphate, or pyrophosphate. This residue is then dissolved in water, 
the solution filtered, and the salt crystallized, making sodium pyro- 
phosphate. 

Soluble in about 11.5 parts of water at 25°C. (jj°F.) ; and in about 
1.1 parts of boiling water; insoluble in alcohol. 

Average dose. — 2 Gm. (30 grains). 

SODII SALICYLAS. U. S., Br. Sodium Salicylate. 

NaC 7 H,0 3 = 158.89. 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Sodium Sal- 
icylate [C 6 H 4 (OH)COONa], and should be kept in well-stoppered 
bottles, protected from heat and light." <U. S. 

"Sodium Salicylate, (C 6 H 4 -OH-COONa) 2 , H 2 0, may be obtained 
by the interaction of salicylic acid and sodium carbonate or sodium 
hydroxide." < Br. 

This is most conveniently prepared from salicylic acid by mixing 
10 parts with water to form a paste ; then adding 104 parts of pure 
crystallized sodium carbonate reduced to a moderately fine powder. 
The reaction proceeds with effervescence caused by escaping carbonic 
acid gas. The solution is then strained, heated in a porcelain capsule 
until all gas is expelled, made neutral by the addition of either salicylic 
acid or sodium carbonate, and evaporated at a low heat to dryness. 

The method of preparing this from phenol is described under sali- 
cylic acid, which see. 

This is a favorite remedy for rheumatism. It is soluble in 0.8 part 
of water and in 5.5 parts of alcohol at 25°C. (jy°¥.). It is also soluble 
in glycerin and very soluble in boiling water or boiling alcohol. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

SODII SULPHAS. U. S., Br. Sodium Sulphate. 

Glauber's Salt. 

Na 2 S0 4 +ioH 2 0=3 19.91. 

"It should contain, in an uneffloresced condition, not less than 99 
percent, of pure Sodium Sulphate [S0 2 (ONa) 2 +ioH 2 0], and should 
be kept in well-stoppered vessels in a cool place." <U. S. 

"Sodium Sulphate, Na 2 S0 4 ,ioH 2 0, may be obtained by the inter- 
action of sodium chloride and other sodium salts with sulphuric acid." 
<Br. 

This salt is more familiarly known as Glauber's Salt, and is chiefly 
obtained as a by-product of the manufacture of other chemicals. It 



944 The Fenner Fur miliary Part II. 

may be readily made by adding sulphuric acid to a solution of sodium 
carbonate until it is neutralized, evaporating and crystallizing. 

This salt effloresces when exposed to air, and finally loses all its 
water of crystallization. It fuses at 33°C. (ii4°F.), and when heated 
to ioo°C. (2I2°F.), parts with all its water of crystallization (59.9 
per cent. It is soluble in 2.8 parts of water at i5°C. (59°F.), and 
much more soluble in warm water. 

Uses. It is used in making other preparation, and as a "physic" for 
horses and cattle. It is also preferred by some to Epsom salts as a 
cathartic, in doses of half to one ounce. 

Average dose. — 16 Gm. (240 grains). 

SODII SULPHAS EFFERVESCENS. Br. 
Effervescent Sodium Sulphate. 

Sodium Sulphate, in crystals, 50 ounces or 500 Gm. 

Sodium Bicarbonate, in powder, 50 ounces or 500 Gm. 

Tartaric Acid, in powder, 27 ounces or 270 Gm. 

Citric Acid, in powder, 18 ounces or 180 Gm. 

Dry the sodium sulphate until it has lost 50 percent, of its weight ; 
powder the product and mix it with the other ingredients. Place 
the whole in a dish or pan of suitable form, heated between 200 and 
220 F. (93.3 ° and io44°C.). When the mixture, by careful manipu- 
lation of the powder, begins to aggregate, stir continuously until it 
has assumed a granular character ; then separate into granules of uni- 
form and convenient size, by means of suitable sieves. Dry the gran- 
ules at a temperature not exceeding I30°F. (544°C). The product 
should weigh about 100 ounces (or 1000 Gm.). 

Dose, 60 to 120 grains for repeated administration, and ^ to J / 2 
ounce for a single administration. <Br. 

SODII SULPHIS. U. S., Br. Sodium Sulphite. 

Na 2 S0 3 +7H 2 0=25o.39. 

"It should contain, in the uneffloresced and air-dried condition, not 
less that 96 percent, of pure Sodium Sulphite, and should be kept in 
well-stoppered bottles in a cool place." <U. S. 

"Sodium Sulphite, Na 2 S0 3 ,7H 2 0, may be obtained by interaction of 
sulphurous acid and sodium carbonate." < Br. 

This may be most conveniently prepared by passing sulphurous 
acid gas through a concentrated solution of sodium carbonate until it 
is completely saturated and the Acid Sodium Sulphite is formed. To 
this an equal weight of sodium carbonate is then added, making a 
solution of neutral Sodium Sulphite, which, when evaporated, with 
constant stirring, to dryness, yields sodium sulphite as a granular salt, 
which is preferred for medicinal use. A crystallized salt is also ob- 
tained by crystallizing from the solution. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 945 

Soluble in 2 parts of water at 25 °C. (y/°F.), and in 1.4 parts of 
boiling water ; only slightly soluble in alcohol. 

Uses. This salt is used in the preparation of some pharmaceuticals, 
and in solution as an anti-ferment. It is also given in doses of from 
10 to 30 grains. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

SODII SULPHOCARBOLAS. Br. Sodium Sulphocarbolate. 
Sodium Paraphenolsulphonate. 

"Sodium Sulphocarbolate may be obtained by dissolving phenol in 
excess of sulphuric acid and converting the phenolsulphuric acid so 
obtained into a sodium salt." < Br. 

This may be prepared by mixing equal parts by weight of C. P. 
sulphuric acid and pure carbolic acid. The mixture must then be 
heated to a temperature of 55 °C. (i55°F.) for several days, and after 
that 20 parts of water added. Two parts of barium carbonate are 
then mixed, a little at a time, with the solution to remove excess of 
acid. The solution is then filtered and the barium sulphocarbolate re- 
maining in solution is decomposed by adding sodium carbonate as 
long as a precipitate is formed. The liquid is then filtered, concent- 
rated and crystallized. 

This is soluble in 4.8 parts of water and in 132 parts of alcohol at N. 
T. ; in 0.7 part of boiling water and in 10 parts of boiling alcohol. At 
a little above ioo°C. (2i2°F.) it loses all its water of crystallization 
(15.5 percent.) and becomes white. 

SODII THIOSULPHAS. U. S. Sodium Thiosulphate. 

Na 2 S 2 3 +5H 2 0=246.46. 
[Sodii Hyposulphis, Pharm. 1890]. 

"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure Sodium Thio- 
sulphate, and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

Xote the change in the Latin and English title which was in the 
former revision Sodium Hyposulphite. 

Soluble in about 0.35 part of water at 25°C. (yj°F.), but insoluble in 
alcohol. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

Other Sodium Salts. 

The foregoing are the salts of sodium official in the U. S. and Br. 
pharmacopoeias, but some other salts are known and have their uses 
in pharmacy and medicine. They are mostly noted in the Chemical 
Section of the work, Part I., under the title Sodium. 



946 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

SPARTEINE SULPHAS. U. S. Sparteine Sulphate. 
C 15 H 26 N 2 -H 2 S0 4 +5H 2 0=4i9-26. 

"The sulphate [S0 2 {OH) 2 -C 15 H 26 N 2 +5H 2 0] of an alkaloid ob- 
tained from scoparius. Sparteine sulphate should be kept in well- 
stoppered amber-colored vials." <U. S. 

It may be prepared by percolating* scoparius with water acidulated 
with sulphuric acid, concentrating the percolate, crystallizing and pur- 
ifying in the same manner as other alkaloidal salts. It is soluble in 
i.i parts of water and 2.4 parts of alcohol at 25°C. (jj°¥.). 

Average dose. — 0.010 Gm.= io milligrammes ( l /$ grain). 

SOLUTIONS. 

Most of the solutions official in the pharmacopoeias are included 
under the heading Liquores, but a considerable number, not official, 
are used for various purposes ; the formulas for those most import- 
ant are given under this heading. 

SOLUTIONS FOR COMBINING WITH ELIXIRS, 
SYRUPS AND OTHER PREPARATIONS. 

The preparations included under this heading are mostly strong 
solutions of chemical salts, convenient for combining with elixirs, 
emulsions, syrups etc. A few, however, are intended to be used or 
prescribed as they are. Several other solutions useful for similar pur- 
poses will be found under other headings, as coloring solutions, 
dialysates, official solutions etc. These are the solutions referred to 
in the various elixirs, syrups, emulsions etc., when it is noted that "an 
equivalent quantity of the solution of the specified salt may be used." 
Solution Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate. 
For combining with elixirs etc., a strong solution of bismuth and 
ammonium citrate is desirable to use instead of the salt, as an equi- 
valent quantity may be added to any preparation and thus save the 
time and trouble of dissolving the salt. It may be made as follows : 
Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate, Sys ounces av. 

Ammonia Water, q. s'., about iy 2 fl. ounces 

Warm Water, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

To 8 ounces of warm water contained in a mortar add the bismuth 
salt in small portions at a time, and ammonia water, a little at a 
time, rubbing them well together until the salt is all dissolved, taking 
care that ammonia shall not be in excess enough for its odor to be 
noticeable, then add sufficient water to make a pint and filter. 

This solution contains 50 percent, of the bismuth salt, therefore in 
using it in elixirs etc., where bismuth and ammonium citrate is 
directed, twice the quantity stated of the salt, or 2 minims for each 
grain should be used. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 947 

Concentrated Solution of Bismuth. B. P. C. Bismuth subnitrate 
7 ounces, nitric acid 5 fl.ounces, distilled water 5 fl. ounces ; dissolve by 
the aid of a little heat, and add after cooling citric acid 5 ounces, pre- 
viously dissolved in distilled water 7 fl.ounces. Add gradually, with 
stirring, sodium bicarbonate 8^4 fl.ounces, previously dissolved in dis- 
tilled water 7 fl.ounces. Wash the precipitate by decantation with 
successive portions of distilled water until the washings are free from 
nitrates. Collect the precipitate and after draining dissolve it in 
solution of ammonia 6 fl.ounces, or a sufficiency; then add solution 
of ammonium citrate 12 fl.ounces and distilled water sufficient to 
produce 50 fl.ounces. 

This solution contains about 25 percent, of bismuth and ammon- 
ium citrate. If used when solution of bismuth is directed in formulas 
for elixirs etc., take double the quantity that is directed of the fore- 
going formula. 

Solution of Calcium (Lime) Lactophosphate. 

Solution of Calcium Phosphate, 8 fl.ounces 

Concentrated Lactic Acid, 1 fl. ounce 

Evaporate the solution of calcium phosphate by the heat of a water- 
bath to 7 fl.ounces, and w r hen cool add the concentrated lactic acid. 

This solution may also be made by dissolving 1 ounce of soluble 
lime lactophosphate in sufficient water to make 4 fl.ounces. 

Four minims of this solution represent 1 grain of calcium lacto- 
phosphate. 

Solution of Calcium (Lime) Phosphate. 
Precipitated Calcium Phosphate, 2 ounces av. 

Phosphoric Acid, 50 percent., 6 fl.ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

Put the phosphoric acid in a porcelain evaporating dish and add the 
calcium phosphate in small portions, stirring it well with the acid. 
When all is added heat moderately by a water-bath, stirring occasion- 
ally for several hours, then heat on a sand-bath to about 240°F., 
stirring occasionally for several hours, until the liquid is reduced to a 
granular crystalline mass. Allow this to cool and add sufficient dis- 
tilled water that when dissolved the liquid shall measure 10 fl.ounces, 
and filter. As this is a saturated solution it may happen that it may 
solidify or become gelatinous, but it is only necessary to add a small 
quantity of water and dissolve by the heat of a water-bath before 
using. 

Four minims of this solution represent about 1 grain of the salt, 
which, in this solution, is converted from the phosphate into the 
biphosphate of calcium. 

This solution is used for making several elixirs, syrups etc., and 
as the basis of solution of calcium lactophosphate. A soluble salt, 



948 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

biphosphate of calcium, may be prepared by concentrating this solu- 
tion and crystallizing. 

A solution of phosphate of lime or calcium has formerly been pre- 
pared by dissolving precipitated phosphate of calcium in sufficient 
hydrochloric acid, diluted with water, filtering the solution, pre- 
cipitating it with ammonia or solutions of the alkaline carbonates, 
washing the precipitate, draining and pressing it, and dissolving it in 
phosphoric acid ; but it is believed the method above described will 
be more satisfactory. 

Solution of Carbolic Acid. 

Although a standard solution of carbolic acid is not official, such a 
preparation is furnished by manufacturers, and by common consent 
is made to contain 5 grains of carbolic acid in each fluid drachm. 
Carbolic Acid, (crystals), 640 grains 

Glycerin and Water, each, a sufficient quantity. 

Liquify the acid by the aid of heat and add 2 ounces of glycerin to 
the solution, then add enough water to make the measure 14 fl. ounces. 
If the solution is then clear, add enough water to make 16 fl. ounces, 
but if it should be milky, add enough glycerin to make clear, then 
sufficient water to make the measure a pint, and filter. 

Solutions of carbolic acid of other strengths may be made in the 
same manner. The Liquified Phenol is generally used. 

Solution of Citric Acid. 

A convenient solution of citric acid for combining may be made as 
follows : 

Citric Acid, 8^ ounces av. 

Water, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the acid in half a pint of hot water and when cool make up 
the measure with water to a pint. 

This is a 50 percent, solution and will keep without change. L'se 2 
minims of this solution for each grain of citric acid directed in the 
formula. 

Solution of Hypophosphites Compound. 

Calcium Hypophosphite, 256 grains 

Sodium Hypophosphite, 128 grains 

Potassium Hypophosphite, 64 grains 

Iron Hypophosphite Solution, 4 fl. drachms 

Hypophosphorus Acid, diluted, 4 fl. drachms 

Water, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Rub the hypophosphite salts to a fine powder and then with water 

in portions of 4 ounces each until they are dissolved ; add the solution 

and acid and then filter. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 949 

This solution is not intended to combine with other preparations 
but to be used as it is. It is similar to a preparation which was once 
extensively sold as a proprietary medicine — " Churchill's Solution of 
Hypophosphites Compound," but it has been mostly superseded by 
various syrups of hypophosphites. 

A fl. drachm contains about 4 grains of hypophosphites. The dose 
is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Liquor Hypophosphitum Compositus of the B. P. C. for which the 
formula is given is similar to the above, ~ but contains about 50 per- 
cent, more of the hypophosphite salts. 

Solution of Iron and Ammonium Citrate: 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 8^3 ounces av. 

Water, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in half a pint of hot water, and when cool add 
enough water to make 16 fl. ounces. 

This is a fifty percent, solution convenient for using in elixirs, 
syrups etc., when the scale salt is directed. Use 2 minims for each 
grain of the salt directed in the formula. 

Solution of Ferric Citrate, U. S. P., may be used in many prepara- 
tions instead of this, but is not so readily held in solution. 

Solution Iron Chloride. ( Citro-chloride) 
(Tasteless Tincture Iron Chloride). 

Solution Iron Chloride, 4 fl. ounces 

Sodium Carbonate, 10 ounces av. 

Citric Acid, 6 ounces av. 

Water, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the citric acid in 4 fl. ounces of boiling water, and add the 
sodium carbonate, in crystals, gradually, until all is added and effer- 
vescence has ceased ; then add the solution of iron chloride and enough 
water to make 16 fl. ounces. This is a solution of Citro-Chloride of 
Iron and Sodium. 

It may also be made by dissolving 6 ounces av. of potassium or 
sodium citrate in half a pint of water and adding the solution of iron 
and then enough water to make the measure a pint. 

Uses. This solution is the same strength of iron chloride as the 
official tincture iron chloride, and may be used for the same purposes 
and in the same dose. It is somewhat acid, but the styptic taste of 
the iron is avoided. It is used in making several elixirs and syrups, 
as Elixir Gentian with Tincture Iron Chloride etc., and is employed 
in the same quantity as the official tincture. It may also be used as an 
iron tonic in place of the ordinary tincture of iron chloride and has the 
advantage of being comparatively tasteless. 



950 The Tenner Formulary Part 11. 

Solution of Iron Hypophosphite. 

Solution of Iron Phosphate, 2 fl. ounces 

Hypophosphorous Acid, diluted, 1 fl. ounce 

Glycerin, 1 fl. ounce 

Mix them. Although this is not, chemically, a true solution of iron 

hypophosphite, it is, in effect, the same for all pharmaceutical and 

medicinal use, and is readily made and permanent. 

Four minims of this solution represent 1 grain of the iron salt. 
Liquor Ferri Hypophosphitis Fortis, of the B. P. C, which is a true 
solution of ferric hypophosphite, 40 grains to a fl. ounce, may be used 
instead of tke above, but three times the measure is required as it 
represents only one-third the quantity of the iron salt. 

Solution of Iron Lactophosphate. 

Solution of Iron Phosphate, 2 fl. ounces 

Glycerin, 1 fl. ounce 

Concentrated Lactic Acid, 1 fl. ounce 

Mix them. Four minims of this solution represent 1 grain of the 
iron salt. It is not, strictly speaking, a solution of iron lactophos- 
phate, but of the compound iron phosphate with lactic acid. It is 
conveniently made and may be used for all pharmaceutical and med- 
icinal purposes where iron lactophosphate is desired in solution. 

Solution of Iron Phosphate. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, in scales, 4^ ounces av. 

Glycerin, 2 fl. ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 8 fl. ounces 

Pleat 6 fl. ounces of water to boiling in an evaporating dish and add 
the iron salt in small portions at a time, stirring constantly, and con- 
tinuing the heat until all has been added and dissolved, then add 
the glycerin and evaporate the liquid carefully until it measures 8 
fl. ounces. This solution contains 50 percent, of the iron salt, there- 
fore double the quantity of minims as is directed of grains in the for- 
mula may be used. It is very convenient to keep prepared in this 
form for general dispensing purposes, as well as for making elixirs, 
syrups etc. 

A solution of phosphate of iron was formerly made by precipitating 
a solution of phosphate of sodium with a solution of sulphate of iron, 
washing the precipitate, draining and pressing it and dissolving it in 
phosphoric acid, using the same proportions and method as is directed 
for making solution of manganese phosphate ; but the introduction of 
the scale salt phosphate of iron gives a much better preparation with 
much less trouble. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 951 

Solution Iron Pyrophosphate. 

Iron Pyrophosphate, 4^3 ounces av. 

• Glycerin, 4 fl. ounces 

Ammonia Water, 10 percent., y 2 fl. ounce 

Water, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

In 8 fl. ounces of water heated nearly to boiling dissolve the iron 
pyrophosphate by adding it in small portions and stirring until dis- 
solved, then, while cooling, add the ammonia water and the glycerin, 
and lastly, sufficient water to make the measure 16 fl. ounces. 

This solution is very convenient to use in place of the salt, 4 min- 
ims being equivalent to 1 grain of iron pyrophosphate. Since the in- 
tioduction of the soluble iron phosphate (scale salt) iron pyrophos- 
phate is much less used than formerly. 

Solution of Lactophosphates Compound. 

Solution of Calcium Lactophosphate, 2 fl. ounces 

Solution of Iron Lactophosphate, 1 fl. ounce 

Mix them. This solution may be used in making some elixirs, 
syrups etc., or may be diluted with 10 parts of water and employed 
as a medicine, in doses of a teaspoonful or more. 

Four minims of this solution represent 1 grain of the lactophos- 
phates combined in the proportion of 2 /z gr. calcium lactophosphate 
and y$ iron lactophosphate. 

Solution of Manganese Hypophosphite. 

Manganese Hypophosphite, 480 grains 

Hypophosphorus Acid, diluted, 3 fl. ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 4 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the manganese salt in the acid by the aid of gentle heat 
and add water sufficient to make the measure 4 fl.ounces. 

Four minims of this solution represent 1 grain of the manganese 
salt. 

Solution of Manganese Lactophosphate. 

Solution of Manganese Phosphate, 8 fl.ounces 

Concentrated Lactic Acid, 1 fl. ounce 

Evaporate the solution of manganese phosphate by the aid of heat 
of a water-bath to 7 fl.ounces, and when cool add the lactic acid. 

Four minims of this solution represent 1 grain of manganese lacto- 
phosphate. 

Solution of Manganese Phosphate. 

Manganese Sulphate, 5 ounces av. 

Sodium Phosphate, 7 ounces av. 

Phosphoric Acid, 50 percent., 8 fl.ounces 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 
Water, a sufficient quantity. 



952 The Faincr Formulary Part II. 

Dissolve the manganese and sodium salts separately, each in 4 
pints of warm water, and add the solution of manganese sulphate to 
the solution of sodium phosphate. Wash the precipitate, collect, 
drain and press out the water as much as possible, then dissolve the 
moist precipitate in the phosphoric acid, add the sugar to the solution 
and sufficient water to make the measure 20 fl. ounces, and filter. Use 
4 minims of this solution as an equivalent of 1 grain of the salt when 
directed in liquid preparations. 

Solution of Phosphates Compound. 

"Acid Phosphate." 

Solution Phosphates Compound, concentrated, 1 pint 

Water, 4 pints 

Mix them, and after standing filter. 

This solution is similar in composition to a popular proprietary 
preparation known as "Acid Phosphate." Solution of phosphates 
compound is considerably used at the soda-water counter as an ad- 
dition to beverages etc., and is a popular nerve tonic and vitalizer. 

Solution of Phosphates Compound, Concentrated. 

Solution of Calcium Phosphate, 12 fl. ounces 

Solution of Iron Phosphate, 1 fl. ounce 

Sodium Phosphate, 320 grains 

Potassium Carbonate, 128 grains 

Magnesium Carbonate, 128 grains 

Phosphoric Acid, 50 percent., 1 fl. ounce 

Water, sufficient to make 16 fl.ounces 

Mix the solution of calcium and iron phosphate, add the magnesium 
carbonate and potassium to the phosphoric acid, and when efferves- 
cence has ceased, add the sodium phosphate, in fine powder, and 1 
ounce of warm water. Mix the two solutions and add enough water 
to make the measure 16 fl.ounces. 

A fl. drachm of this solution contains about 12 grains calcium phos- 
phate, 2 grains iron phosphate, 2}4 grains sodium phosphate, and 1 
grain each potassium and magnesium phosphate, with excess of phos- 
phoric acid. It is similar in composition to most of the compound 
elixirs, syrups and solutions of phosphates compound, and may be 
used for making them by diluting with elixir, syrup, water or other 
liquids. It is also used for making "acid phosphate" and "fruit phos- 
phates" for soda water etc. 

Solution of Potassium Citrate. 

Potassium Carbonate, 8 ounces av. 

Citric Acid, 6 ounces av. 

Water, sufficient to make 20 fl.ounces 



Part If. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 953 

Dissolve the potassium carbonate in 10 fl. ounces of water and add 
the citric acid, a little at a time. When all has been added and effer- 
vescence ceases, add enough water to make 20 fi. ounces of the solution 
and filter. Use double the quantity of this solution that is directed 
of the salt in the formula. 

Solution "Protoxide" of Iron. 

A solution of iron protocitrate, which is the same as is generally 
furnished as "protoxide" of iron, may be made as follows : 

Iron Sulphate, pure crystals, 3 ounces av. 

Sodium Carbonate, 4 ounces av. 

Citric Acid, 2 ounces av. 

Sugar, 4 ounces av. 

Warm Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Dissolve the iron salt in half a gallon of warm water, and the 
sodium salt in half a gallon of warm water ; then add the iron solution 
to the sodium solution. W 7 hen the precipitate has subsided, wash it 
as directed for washing precipitates until the washings are tasteless, 
then add the sugar, drain the precipitate quickly, press it and dissolve 
it in 8 fl. ounces of water in which the citric acid has previously been 
dissolved ; add enough water, if necessary, to make the measure 16 
fl. ounces, and filter. 

Four minims of this solution contain about 1 grain iron protocit- 
rate. It is used for making several elixirs, syrups, solutions etc. 

Solution of Saccharin. Solution of Gluside. 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 256 grains 

Saccharin or Gluside, 256 grains 

Alcohol, 2 fl.ounces 

Water, (boiling), . 14 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the sodium bicarbonate in 14 fl.ounces of boiling water and 
add the saccharin in portions. When effervescence ceases add the 
alcohol. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of saccharin. This is a con- 
venient solution to add to any liquid preparation or medicine as a 
sweetening ingredient. 

Solution of Strychnine Sulphate. 

For combining with elixirs, syrups, solutions, wines and like prep- 
arations, as well for general dispensing, a solution of strychnine is a 
great convenience, if not a necessity. The following solution is well 
adapted for this purpose : 

Strychnine Sulphate, powdered, 32 grains 

Citric Acid, 8 grains 

Alcohol, 2 fl.ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 4 fl.ounces 



954 The Tenner Tor miliary Part II. 

Dissolve the citric acid in 2 fl. ounces of hot water and add the 
strychnine salt ; when nearly cool add the alcohol and filter the solu- 
tion; then add sufficient water to make the measure 4 fl. ounces. 

A fl. drachm of this solution contains 1 grain strychnine sulphate, 
therefore a fluid drachm may be used for each grain of strychnine 
directed in the formulae. 

Caution. This solution must only be used for combining with 
preparations or dispensing in place of strychnine directed in liquid 
preparations. Several other solutions of strychnine, containing only 
1 grain in a fl. ounce, or the Br. Liquor Strychninse, containing 1 part 
in 100, are known, and care must be exercised that this solution is not 
used instead of them. 

Other Solutions. 

The foregoing official solutions include most that are in general use 
in pharmacy, but there are many others considerably used that will 
appear elsewhere in this work. The following are for general use in 
preparing solutions of drugs for which specific formulas are not given : 

Percentage Solutions. 

It is often required to make solutions containing a certain percent- 
age of the salt or medicament. The following table will be found con- 
venient for this purpose : 

To prepare a pint (16 fl. ounces) of the solution, take the designated 
quantity of the medicament and water sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces ; 
smaller quantities in the same proportion. 

5000 use of medicament 



For 1-50 p.c. 


or 


1 in 


5000 


For 1-20 


p.c. 


or 


1 in 


2000 


For 1-10 


p.c. 


or 


1 in 


1000 


For 1-4 


p.c. 


or 


1 in 


400 


For 1-2 


p.c. 


or 


1 in 


200 


For 1 


p.c. 


or 


1 in 


100 


For 2 


p.c. 


or 


1 in 


50 


For 4 


p.c. 


or 


1 in 


25 


For 5 


p.c. 


or 


1 in 


20 


For 10 


p.c. 


or 


1 in 


10 



1/2 


grains 


3 2 A 


grains 


7Vs 


grains 


iSV 4 


grains 


36/2 


grains 


73 


grains 


146 


grains 


292 


grains 


365 


grains 


73o 


grains 



Solution of Cocaine. 

For immediate use it is only required to dissolve the specified 
quantity of the cocaine salt in distilled water ; but it is often desirable 
to keep the solution on hand or for filling prescriptions. Permanent 
solutions may be made as follows : 

Cocaine Hydrochlorate, 10 grains 20 grains 

Alcohol, 60 minims 60 minims 

Glycerin, 60 minims 60 minims 

Distilled Water, 365 minims 365 minims 



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Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 



955 



The preceding formula may be taken as a sample to follow in mak- 
ing other percentage solutions required to be kept on hand. 

These solutions may be used externally or by hypodermic injection. 

Saturated Solutions. 

In making saturated solutions of most salts it is best to dissolve a 
little more of the salt than is soluble in cold water, by using hot water 
to make the solution. There will be then, when the solution is cool, a 
precipitate, more or less, of the salt, and the saturated solution may be 
poured off or filtered. 

Solution Boric Acid. (Saturated). 

Boric Acid, in powder, 4^ ounces 

Distilled Water, sufficient to make 1 pint or 16 fl. ounces 
Heat 13 fl. ounces of the water nearly to boiling and dissolve the 
borax in it ; while cooling but still warm, add enough water to make 
the measure 16 fl.ounces. After standing a few hours, filter and add 
through the filter enough distilled water to make 16 fl.ounces. 

This is a sample formula for a saturated solution that may be ap- 
plied to any salt. The solubility of most salts is noted under their des- 
cription throughout this work, and to make a saturated solution a little 
more of the salt should be taken than the percentage that will dissolve 
in cold water. 

Solutions Hypodermic. 

A general formula for hypodermic solutions is to so prepare them 
that the required dose of the medicament may be represented in 10 
minims of the solution ; for example : 

Morphine Sulphate, 6 grains 

Boric Acid, 5 grains 

Boiling Distilled Water, t 1 fl. ounce 

Dissolve the salts in the boiling water and filter the solution ; 10 
minims represent y% grain of the morphine salt. The boric acid is 
added as a preservative when the solution is intended to keep for some 
time. It may be used with any solution with which a weak acid is not 
incompatible. Chloroform water is also a good preservative, or a few 
drops of formaldehyde added to a solution is effective. The following 
table shows the quantity of medicament to be added for making the 
solution of which 10 minims is to be injected: 



For V200 g r - 


dose, 


med. 


Ya gr. 


in water q.s. 


to make 


500 min. 


For y i00 gr. 


>> 


" 


Y2 gr. 


>> 


" 




500 min. 


For Vso gr. 


>> 


)f 


1 gr. 


>> 


>> 




500 min. 


For V 40 gr. 


)> 


" . 


i>4 gr. 


>j 


>> 




500 min. 


For y 30 gr. 


" 


>) 


i 2 A gr- 


>i 


>> 




500 min. 


For 1 / 25 gr. 


?) 


" 


2 gr. 


11 


>» 




500 min. 


For y 20 gr. 


" 


)> 


2 l A gr- 


>> 


5> 




500 min. 



956 



The Fenner Formulary 



Part II. 



For Vto 


gr. 


dose, 


med. 


5 


gr. in water q.s. to mat 


:e 500 min. 


For y s 


g r - 


>) 




> 


6 


gr. 


480 min. 


For y 6 


g r - 


?> 




' 


8 


gr- 


480 min. 


For / 5 


g r - 


>> 




' 


io 


gr- 


500 min. 


For y 4 


g r - 


5> 




' 


12 


gr- 


480 min. 


For J^ 


g r - 


" 




' 


16 


gr- 


480 min. 


For >4 


gr. 


JJ 




' 


24 


gr- 


480 min. 


For i 


g r - 


)) 


" 


48 


gr- 


480 min. 


Tables 


of medicam 


ent 


s most used are furnished by 


manufacturers 



for convenient extemporaneous use. 

A few formulas for solutions for hypodermic injections are official 
in the Br. and Mex. pharmacopoeias under the heading Injectio 
Hypodermica, (which see), and several in the French Codex under the 
heading Solutes pour Injections Hypodermique, but as Hypodermic 
Tablets are generally used they are not given here. 

SOLUTOL AND SOLVEOL. 

These are neutral solutions prepared by adding solution of soda or 
potassa to crude cresol. They are blackish-brown fluids similar to 
creolin, and contain from 25 to 50 percent, of cresol. 

SOMATOSE. 

This is a semi-proprietary name for a preparation, in powder form, 
consisting of the nutrient properties of meat which has been converted 
into soluble albuminoses. It is given in weakened digestion and de- 
bility, y 2 to 1 ounce, daily, in milk or soup. 

SOMNOFORM. 

This is a mixture of ethyl chloride 60 parts, methyl chloride 35 parts 
and ethyl bromide 5 parts. It is used chiefly as a local anesthetic in 
dentistry. 

SPECIES --TEAS. 

Under this heading the German and some other pharmacopoeias 
direct a variety of mixtures of cut drugs, such as herbs, flowers, barks, 
roots, woods, leaves etc., which are designed to be steeped in water 
and the liquid given as a drink, or used dry as pillows, or moistened 
as cataplasms etc. Several similar preparations have been put upon 
the market as proprietary remedies and have been quite popular as 
laxatives, worm teas etc. The following are official in the leading 
pharmacopoeias, others will be found among the Standard Remedies. 

Species Amarae. Bitter Tea. This is official in several foreign pharmaco- 
poeias, the formulas varying somewhat; the following formula may be con- 
sidered typical: Italian. — Orange peel, blessed thistle, centaury, each 2 parts; 
buckbean leaves, gentian, each 1 part. 

Species Aromaticae. P. G. Peppermint, wild thyme, garden thyme, lavender 
flowers, each 2 ounces or parts; cloves, cubebs, each 1 part. Cut and mix them. 
This is used dry for filling pillows and scent bags, or may be steeped if desired. 



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957 



Species Carminativae. Fr. Anise fruit, coriander fruit, bruised; fennel fruit, 
of each, equal parts. 

Species Diureticae. P. G. This is official in several foreign pharmacopoeias. 
The German formula is as follows: Juniper berries, liquorice root, angelica 
root, radix ononidis, each 1 part. 

Species Emollientes. Emollient Cataplasm. Altha?a leaves, mallow leaves, 
melliot, matricaria, flaxseed, each, equal parts. This is made into a poultice 
for pains, sores, swellings etc. 

Species Laxantes. Laxative Tea. St. Germain Tea. Senna leaves, cut mod- 
erately fine, 160 parts; elder flowers 100 parts, fennel, crushed, 50 parts; anise, 
crushed, 50 parts; potassium tartrate 25 parts, alcohol 15 parts. The fennel 
and anise are first intimately mixed with the potassium tartrate dissolved in 
50 parts of water, and, after standing half an hour, with the alcohol mixed with 
15 parts of water, for the purpose of uniform saturation. The mixture is then 
dried by moderate heat with the remaining ingredients. 

Species Ligorum. Wood Tea. Guaiacum wood 5 parts, rest-harrow root 3 
parts, Russian liquorice root, sassafras wood, each 1 part. Cut them and mix. 

Species Pectorales. Pectoral Tea. Althaea, (flowers), 8 parts; Russian 
liquorice root 3 parts, orris root 1 part, coltsfoot 4 parts, mullein flowers 2 
parts, anise 2 parts. Cut and mix them. This is the most popular of the teas, 
being much used by the Germans for colds, influenzas and other similar indis- 
positions. A cup of boiling water is poured upon a tablespoonful of the tea 
and the infusion drunk while warm. This is commonly known as Brustthee 
or Breast tea. 

SPIRITI — SPIRITUOSA — SPIRITS. 

As understood in pharmacy, spirits are solutions of volatile sub- 
stances in alcoholic, or hydro-alcoholic liquids, made either by distil- 
lation or solution. They include solutions of volatile oils, ethers, 
gases and other substances. Commercially spirits are understood to 
be alcohol, or alcoholic spirits, made by distillation and known as 
liquors or spiritous liquors. 

Many liquors familiarly known as "spirits" are classed in pharmacy 
under other headings, and many of the spiritous liquors are included 
among the spirits in pharmacy ; some of the spirits are also familiarly 
known as essences, extracts etc. 

The following are the spirits official in the U. S. and Br. phar- 
macopoeias : 



SPIRITUS ^ETHERIS. U. S., Br. Spirit of Ether. 

The U. S. preparation is made by mixing 

Stronger Ether, 325 Cc. or n fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 675 Cc. or 22]/% fl. ounces 

To make 1000 Cc. or 33% fl. ounces 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

The Br. preparation is : 

Ether, 500 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

Mix. Sp. gr. 0.806 to 0.81 1. 

Dose, 20 to 40 minims for repeated administration ; for a single ad- 
ministration 60 to 90 minims, 



Gm. 


or 


io 


ounces av. 


Cc. 


or 


4 


fl. ounces 


Gm. 


or 


27 


grains 


Gm. 


oi- 


I3 1 


grains 



958 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

SPIRITUS ^THERIS NITROSI. U. S., Br. 

Spirit of Nitrous Ether. Sweet Spirit of Nitre. 

"An alcoholic solution of Ethyl Nitrite [NCK>C 2 H 5 =74.5i], yield- 
ing, when freshly prepared and tested by the process given, not less 
than 4 percent, of ethyl nitrite." <U. S. 
The U. S. P. formula is : 

Sodium Nitrite, 100 

Sulphuric Acid, 40 

Monohydrated Sodium Carbonate, o.( 

Potassium Carbonate, dried, 3 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the sulphuric acid with 120 Cc. (or 12 fl. ounces) of water, cool 
the liquid, add 85 Cc. (or 8*4 fl. ounces) of alcohol previously diluted 
with an equal volume of water, and introduce the solution into a 
1000 Cc. flask, surrounded by a mixture of ice and water. Dissolve 
the sodium nitrite in 280 Cc. (or 28 fl. ounces) of water, filter, and 
having poured the filtrate into a separatory funnel, allow the liquid 
to slowly drop into the flask containing the acid mixture. When all 
has been added and the reaction is complete, allow any crystals which 
may have formed to settle at the bottom of the flask, and decant the 
cold mixture of ethyl nitrite and aqueous solution quickly to the 
previously cleaned separatory funnel and draw off and discard the 
aqueous liquid. Wash the separated ethyl nitrite, first with 20 Cc. (or 
2 ounces) of ice-cold water and then remove any traces of acid by 
washing it with 15 Cc. (or \y 2 ounces) of ice-cold water in which 
the monohydrated sodium carbonate has previously been dissolved. 
Carefully separate the ethyl nitrite from the aqueous liquid, and agitate 
it in a well-stoppered vial with the potassium carbonate to remove 
traces of water. Then cool the liquid, decant and pour the ethyl 
nitrite immediately into a tared bottle containing 500 Gm. (or 50 
ounces av.) of alcohol. Ascertain the weight of the ethyl nitrite 
poured into the alcohol by noting the increase of weight of the tared 
bottle and contents, and then* add enough alcohol to make the mix- 
ture weigh 22 times the weight of the ethyl nitrite added. Lastly, 
transfer the product to small, well-stoppered, dark amber-colored 
vials, and keep these in a cool place, remote from lights or fire."<U. S. 
The Br. P. process for preparing this spirit is entirely different. 
Nitric acid, sulphuric acid, copper, and alcohol, 90 percent., being 
used, and the mixture distilled and the product so adjusted that it 
will contain 2]/ 2 percent, of ethyl nitrite when tested by the Br. 
method, while the U. S. preparation contains 4 percent. 

This spirit is now seldom prepared except by manufacturing- 
chemists, although the present U. S. P. formula is not difficult to 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 959 

manipulate. The sp. gr. of the U. S. spirit is about 0.823 at 25°C. 

(77°F.). 

Uses. Spirit of nitrous ether is much used as a diuretic and dia- 
phoretic combined with other remedies. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

CONCENTRATED NITROUS ETHER. 

This preparation is now almost altogether used by druggists for 
preparing Spirit of Nitrous Ether. It is put up by manufacturing 
chemists. 

Ethyl Nitrite, 90 parts or 432 minims 

Alcohol, 10 parts or 48 minims 

This preparation as furnished to the trade is in sealed glass tubes, 
one of which, when added to 16 fl. ounces of alcohol will produce a little 
more than a pint of Spirit of Nitrous Ether, containing 4 percent, of 
Ethyl Nitrite. 

One of the great advantages of this preparation is that only a small 
quantity of Spirit of Nitrous Ether need be made at a time, and this 
does not get acid, as was frequently the case when large quantities 
were bought as was formerly the custom. 

SPIRITUS ^THERIS COMPOSITUS. U. S., Br. 

Compound Spirit of Ether. Hoffmann's Anodyne. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Ether, 325 Cc. or 11 flounces 

Alcohol, 650 Cc. or 22 fl. ounces 

Etherial Oil, 25 Cc. or 7 fl.drachms 

Mix them. 

The Br. formula amounts to the same, the etherial oil being pre- 
pared as it is directed to be made in the formula, as it is not official in 
the Br. P. 

This is used as an anodyne and hypnotic, being generally called for 
as Hoffmann's Anodyne, or Hoffmann's Drops. 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

SPIRITUS AMMONIA. U. S. Spirit of Ammonia. 

"An alcoholic solution of Ammonia [NH ;! = 16.93] containing 10 per- 
cent., by weight, of the gas. This solution deteriorates on keeping, 
and should be tested frequently. It must not be dispensed for med- 
icinal purposes if it contains less than 10 percent, of gaseous am- 
monia." <U. S. 

Stronger Ammonia Water, 250 Cc. or 8 flounces 

Alcohol, recently distilled, and after distillation 
kept in glass, a sufficient quantity. 



960 The F ouicr Formulary Part II. 

"Pour the stronger ammonia water into a flask provided with a 
safety funnel, and connected by means of a glass condenser, with a 
well-cooled receiver containing 500 Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces) of alcohol, 
the delivery tube of the condenser reaching nearly to the bottom of 
the receiver. Heat the flask carefully, and very gradually, to a tem- 
perature not exceeding 6o°C. (i40°F.), and maintain it at that 
temperature until ammonia ceases to be evolved. Then disconnect 
the receiver, and, having ascertained the strength of a portion of the 
contents by the method of assay given, add enough alcohol to make 
the product contains ten percent., by weight, of ammonia gas. Keep 
the spirit in glass-stoppered bottles, in a cool place." <U. S. 

This is a colorless liquid having a strong odor of ammonia and a 
sp. gr. of about 0.808 at 25 °C. (77°F.). 

Uses. This spirit was formerly considerably used as a stimulant 
and antacid but is now seldom prescribed. It has no special ad- 
vantages over ammonia water, except as a quick stimulant, and when 
that is required aromatic spirit of ammonia is generally prescribed. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

SPIRITUS AMMONII ANISATUS. 
Anisated Spirit of Ammonia. 

This is official in most all of the European pharmacopoeias under 
different titles. Liquor Ammonii Anisatus, P. G., is : 

Oil of Anise, 1 part 

Alcohol, 24 parts 

Ammonia Water, 5 parts 

Dissolve the oil of anise in the alcohol and add the ammonia water. 
Solutio Ammonias Spirituosa Anisata of the Nedl. P. is alcohol 76 
parts, ammonia water 20 parts, oil of anise 4 parts. 

Spiritus Ammonii Anisatus of the Swiss P. is oil of anise 3 parts, 
alcohol yy parts, ammonia water 20 parts. 

The formulas in other pharmacopoeias are similar, varying only 
slightly in proportion of the ingredients. This is used for the same 
purposes and in the same manner as Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia of 
the U.S. P. 

SPIRITUS AMMONIA AROMATICUS. U. S., Br. 
Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia. 

The U. S. formula is: 
Ammonium Carbonate, 
Ammonia Water, 
Oil of Lemon, 
Oil of Lavender Flowers, 
Oil of Myristica, 
Alcohol, 
Distilled Water, to make 



34 Gm. 


or 


1 J* 


ounces av. 


90 Cc. 


or 


3 


fl. ounces 


10 Cc. 


or 


160 


minims 


1 Cc. 


or 


16 


minims 


1 Cc. 


or 


16 


minims 


700 Cc. 


or 


23^ 


fl. ounces 


000 Cc. 


or 


33 7 /s 


fl.ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 961 

"To the ammonia water contained in a flask add 140 Cc. (or 4^ 
fl. ounces) of distilled water, and afterwards the ammonium carbonate 
reduced to a moderately line powder. Close the flask and agitate the 
contents until the carbonate is dissolved, and allow to stand for 12 
hours. Introduce the alcohol into a graduated bottle of suitable cap- 
acity, add first the oils, then gradually enough distilled water to make 
the product measure 1000 Cc. I or 33^ fl. ounces). Set the liquid aside 
during 24 hours in a cool place, filter through paper in a well-covered 
funnel. "<U. S. 

The Br. P. directs this to be made by distillation of the oils with 
rectified spirit and water, and then adding the carbonate and am- 
monia solution. The formula is as follows : 



Ammonium Carbonate, 


100 


Gm. 


or 


4 


ounces av 


Strong Ammonia 


Solution, 


200 


Cc. 


or 


8 


rl. ounces 


Oil of Xutmeg, 




14.1 


Cc. 


or 


4/2 


fl. drachms 


Oil of Lemon, 




20.3 


Cc. 


or 


6/2 


fl. drachms 


Alcohol, (90%), 




3000 


Cc. 


or 


120 


fl. ounces 


Distilled Water, 




1500 


Cc. 


or 


60 


fl. ounces 



"Place the oils of lemon and nutmeg and alcohol with the water in 
a retort; distil 7 Imp. pints (140 fl. ounces, or 3500 Cc), and then 
distil and separately collect an additional 9 fl. ounces (or 225 Cc). 
Place the latter together with the ammonium carbonate and the 
strong solution of ammonia in a bottle holding rather more than a 
pint (20 fl. ounces), or rather more than half a litre. Securely cork 
the bottle and gently warm it in a water-bath to 140° F. (6o°C), 
shaking it from time to time until all the salt is dissolved. Filter 
when cold through cotton-wool, and gradually mix with it the portion 
first distilled. "<Br. 

This is nearly colorless when first prepared, but gradually acquires 
a somewhat darker tint. Its sp. gr. is 0.900 at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Uses. Aromatic spirit of ammonia is used as a quick stimulant and 
diaphoretic in doses of 20 to 60 minims. It is given for syncope, head- 
ache and prostration from any cause, and is a valuable addition to 
cough remedies. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc(30 minims). 

SPIRITUS AMMONIA FCETIDUS. Br. 
Fetid Spirit of Ammonia. 
Asafetida, ~? Gm. or i J / 2 ounces av. 

Strong Ammonia Solution, 100 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficiency. 
"Break the asafetida into small pieces and macerate it in a closed 
vessel in 15 fl. ounces (or 750 Cc.) of the alcohol for 24 hours; then 
distil oft the spirit, mix the distillate with strong solution of ammonia 
and add sufficient spirit to make 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc).''<Br. 



962 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Uses. This is given as an antispasmodic and stimulant in doses of 
60 to 90 minims. 

SPIRITUS AMYGDALA AMAR^. U. S. 
Spirit of Bitter Almond. 

Oil of Bitter Almond, 10 Cc. or 1 fl. drachm 

Alcohol, 8op Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
The oil is to be dissolved in the alcohol and enough distilled water 
added to make 1000 Cc. (or 12^ fl. ounces). It contains 1 percent., by 
volume, of the essential oil. <U. S. 
Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

SPIRITUS ANISI. U. S., Br. Spirit of Anise. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Oil of Anise, 100 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, 900 Cc. or 9 fl. ounces 

Mix them. Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 
The Br. formula is : 

Oil of Anise, 50 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
To the oil of anise add sufficient alcohol to make 500 Cc. (or 10 
fl.ounces). 

Uses. This is familiarly known as Essence of Anise, and is con- 
siderably used as an addition to carminative mixtures, as an aromatic. 
The dose is 5 to 20 minims or more. 

SPIRITUS ARMORACLSE COMPOSITUS. Br. 
Compound Spirit of Horseradish. 

Horseradish Root, scraped, 125 Gm. or 5 ounces av. 

Bitter Orange Peel, bruised, 125 Gm. or 5 ounces av. 
Nutmeg, bruised, 3.15 Gm. or 55 grains 

Alcohol, (90%), 625 Cc. or 25 fl.ounces 

Water, 750 Cc. or 30 fl.ounces 

Mix them and distil 40 fl.ounces (or 1000 Cc). 

This is used as an aromatic stomachic. Dose, 1 to 2 fl. drachms. 

SPIRITUS AURANTII COMPOSITUS. U. S. 

Compound Spirit of Orange. 

Oil of Orange Peel, 200 Cc. or 4 fl.ounces 

Oil of Lemon, 50 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Oil of Coriander, 20 Cc. or 96 minims 

Oil of Anise, 5 Cc. or 24 minims 

Deodorized Alcohol, to make 1000 Cc. or 20 fl.ounces 

Mix and keep the mixture in small, well-stoppered bottles, in a cool 

place. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 963 

Care must be taken to use fresh oil of orange and lemon which has 
no odor of turpentine. 

Uses. This is used chiefly as a flavoring for elixirs and aromatic 
syrups. 

SPIRITUS CAJUPUTI. Br. Spirit of Cajuput. 

Oil of Cajuput, 50 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
To the oil of cajuput add sufficient alcohol to form 500 Cc. (or 10 
fl. ounces). 

This is given as a stimulant in doses of 5 to 20 minims. 

SPIRITUS CAMPHORS. U. S., Br. Spirit of Camphor. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Camphor, 100 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 33 fl. ounces 
Dissolve the camphor in 800 Cc. (or 25 fl. ounces) of the alcohol and 
filter, then add enough alcohol to make the measure 1000 Cc. (or 
33 fl. ounces). 

The Br. formula is : 

Camphor, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce av. 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
To the camphor add enough alcohol to form 10 fl. ounces (or 500 
Cc.) of the spirit of camphor. 

Uses. Spirit of camphor is extensively used in liniments and other 
similar preparations in which it is obvious that the addition of water 
in the formula is inexpedient. In medicine it is used for pain, swell- 
ings, rheumatic affections and in fact for nearly everything, both ex- 
ternally and internally. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

SPIRITUS CHLOROFORMI. U. S., Br. 
Spirit of Chloroform. Chloric Ether. Spirit of Chloric Ether. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Chloroform, 60 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 940 Cc. or 31^ fl. ounces 

Mix them. It contains 6 percent., by measure, or nearly 10 per- 
cent., by weight, of chloroform. Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Chloroform, 1 fl. ounce or 50 Cc. 

Alcohol, (90%), a Sufficient quantity. 
To the chloroform add enough of the alcohol to form 20 fl. ounces 
(or 1000 Cc.) of the spirit of chloroform. Dose, 30 to 40 minims. 

Uses. Spirit of chloroform is often prescribed and dispensed as 
Chloric Ether. It is used externally and internally as an anodyne and 
relaxative. 



964 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

SPIRITUS CINNAMOMI. U. S., Br. Spirit of Cinnamon. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Oil of Cinnamon, ioo Cc. or I fl.ounce 

Alcohol, 900 Cc. or 9 fl. ounces 

Mix them. Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Oil of Cinnamon, 50 Cc. or 1 fl.ounce 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
To the oil of cinnamon add enough of the alcohol to form 20 fl.- 
ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the spirit of cinnamon. Dose, 5 to 20 minims. 
Uses. Spirit of cinnamon is used as a flavoring ingredient for many 
preparations, and is given as a quick stimulant in doses of 20 to 60 
minims. It is familiarly known as essence of cinnamon. 

SPIRITUS FRUMENTI. U. S. Whisky. 

"An alcoholic liquid obtained by the distillation of the mash of 
fermented grain — such as Indian corn, rye, wheat and barley, or 
their mixtures." <U. S. 

The whisky designated in the U. S. P. should be at least four years 
old. Its sp. gr. should not be more than 0.945 nor less than 0.924 at 
I5.6°C. (6o°F.), corresponding approximately to an alcoholic per- 
centage of 37 to 47.5 percent., by weight, or 44 to 55 percent., by vol- 
ume, of absolute alcohol. 

SPIRITUS GAULTHERIiE. U. S. 
Spirit of Gaultheria. Essence of Wintergreen. 

Oil of Gaultheria, (Wintergreen), 50 Cc. or 1 fl.ounce 
Alcohol, 950 Cc. or 19 fl. ounces 

Mix them. Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 
This is a weak solution of the oil corresponding with the strength 
of similar British spirits. To make essence of wintergreen 1 ounce 
of the oil should be dissolved in 15 ounces of alcohol. See Essences. 

SPIRITUS GLYCERYLIS NITRATIS. U. S. 

Spirit of Glyceryl Trinitrate. Spirit of Nitroglycerin. 

[Spiritus Glonoini, Pharm. 1890]. 

"An alcoholic solution containing 1 percent., by weight, of Glyceryl 
Trinitrate [C 3 H 5 (O.N0 2 ) 3=225.44]. Spirit of nitroglycerin should 
be kept and transported in well-stoppered tin cans, and should be 
stored in a cool place, remote from lights or fire."<U. S. 

Caution in handling this spirit should be observed. 

"Sp. gr. 0.814 to 0.820 at 25 °C. (77°F.). If the sp. gr. of the spirit is 
higher than 0.830 at 25 °C. (77°F.), or if 10 Cc. of it be rendered turbid 
by less than 10 Cc. of water, the spirit should be rejected." <U. S. 

Used as a heart stimulant. Average dose. — 0.05 Cc. (1 minim). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 965 

SPIRITUS JUNIPERI. U. S. Spirit of Juniper. 

The U. S. formula is: 

Oil of Juniper, 50 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, 950 Cc. or 19 fl. ounces 

Mix them. Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

The liquor called gin is often prescribed under the name "spiritus 
iuniperi," but is entirely unlike this preparation. 

The Br. formula directs oil of juniper 1 fl. ounce (or 50 Cc), alco- 
hol, (90%), a sufficient quantity to make 10 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc). 

Uses. Spirit of juniper is used as a stimulating diuretic, and for 
mixtures. 

SPIRITUS JUNIPERI COMPOSITUS. U. S. 
Compound Spirit of Juniper. 
Oil of Juniper, 8 Cc. or 16 minims 

Oil of Caraway, 1 Cc. or 2 minims 

Oil of Fennel, 1 Cc. or 2 minims 

Alcohol, 1400 Cc. or 6 fl. ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 2000 Cc. or Sy 2 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, add the water, mix and filter. 
This is given as a stimulant and diuretic. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

SPIRITUS LAVENDUL^. U. S., Br. Spirit of Lavender. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Oil of Lavender Flowers, 50 Cc. or 1 ounce 

Alcohol, 950 Cc or 19 fl. ounces 

Mix them. Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 
The Br. P. formula directs 1 fl. ounce (or 50 Cc.) of oil of lavender 
to be dissolved in sufficient alcohol to form 10 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc) 
of spirit of lavender. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 

Uses. Spirit of lavender is given as an aromatic stimulant and 
stomachic in doses of 20 to 60 minims. 

SPIRITUS MENTHA PIPERITA. U. S., Br. 
Spirit of Peppermint. Essence of Peppermint. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Oil of Peppermint, 100 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Peppermint, bruised, 10 Gm. or 93 grains 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

"Dissolve the oil of peppermint in 900 Cc. (or 18 ounces) of the 
alcohol, add the peppermint and allow it to macerate for 24 hours. 
Then filter through paper and add through the filter enough alcohol to 
make the spirit measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). "<U. S. 

The Br. P. directs 1 fl. ounce (or 50 Cc.) of oil of peppermint to be 
dissolved in a sufficient quantity of alcohol (90%), to form 10 fl,- 



966 The Fenner f annulary Part II. 

ounces (or 500 Cc.) of spirit of peppermint. Dose, 5 to 20 minims. 

Essence of Peppermint is usually made with oil of peppermint 1 
ounce, alcohol 15 ounces. (See Essences). 

Uses. This essence is extensively used as a household remedy for 
flatulence, colic etc. The dose is 10 to 60 drops. 

SPIRITUS MENTHA VIRIDIS. U. S. 

Spirit of Spearmint. Essence of Spearmint. 

Oil of Spearmint, 100 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Spearmint, bruised, 10 Gm. or 93 grains 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 20 li. ounces 

[Make in the same manner as the foregoing. 

Uses. This is used for similar purposes as essence of peppermint. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

SPIRIT OF MYRCLffi. Spirit of Myrcia. Bay Rum. 

This was official in the 7th revision of the U. S. P. but has been 
dismissed. 

Oil of Myrcia, 

Oil of Orange Peel, 

Oil of Pimenta, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Mix the oils with the alcohol and gradually add the water to the 
solution until it measures 2000 Cc. (or 125 fl. ounces). Set the mix- 
ture aside in a well-stoppered bottle for 8 days, then filter through 
paper in a well-wetted funnel. Other formulas for Bay Rum which 
may be preferred to this will be found among Toilet Preparations. 

SPIRITUS MYRISTICffi. Br. Spirit of Nutmeg. 

This was official in the U. S. P. 7th revision, but has been dismissed. 
The Br. formula is : 

Oil of Xutmeg, 1 fl. ounce or 50 Cc. 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
To the oil of nutmeg add sufficient of the alcohol to make 10 fl.- 
ounces (or 500 Cc.) of the spirit of nutmeg. If the solution be not 
clear agitate with a little powdered talc and filter. Dose, 5 to 10 
minims. 

As Essence of Nutmeg this spirit is considerably used for flavoring. 

SPIRITUS RECTIFICATUS. Br. Alcohol (90 percent). 
Rectified Spirit. 

"A liquid containing 90 parts by, volume of ethyl hydroxide 
C 2 H 5 OH, and 10 parts by volume of water; obtained by the distilla- 
tion of fermented saccharine liquids." < Br. 



16 


Cc. 


or 1 


fl. ounce 


I 


Cc. 


or 30 


minims 


I 


Cc. 


or 30 


minims 


1220 


Cc. 


or 81 


fl. ounces 


2000 


Cc. 


or 125 


fl. ounces 



Part 11. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 967 

Previous to the 1898 Br. pharmacopoeia, alcohol commonly used in 
pharmacy was known as rectified spirit, and diluted alcohol as proof 
spirit; but now this classification is done away with and rectified 
spirit is designated in formulas as alcohol (90%), and diluted alcohol 
is of four different percentages which are designated in formulas as 
as alcohol (70%'), alcohol (60%), alcohol (45%), alcohol (20%). 

By referring to the article on alcohol, a table will be found which 
shows at a glance the quantity of alcohol of the U. S. standard, and 
the quantity of water required to be mixed to produce the Br. P. al- 
cohols of the percentages named. 

SPIRITUS RCSMARINI. Br. Spirit of Rosemary. 

Oil of Rosemary, 50 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, (90%), 500 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

To the oil of rosemary add enough of the alcohol to form 10 fl.- 
ounces (or 500 Cc.) of spirit of rosemary. 

An aromatic stimulant. Dose, 20 to 60 minims. 

SPIRITUS VINI GALLACI. U. S., Br. Brandy. 

"An alcoholic liquid obtained by the distillation of fermented, un- 
modified juice of fresh grapes, and at least four years old."<U. S. 

"A spiritous liquid distilled from wine and matured by age, and 
containing not less than 36^ percent., by weight, or 43^2 percent., 
by volume, of ethyl hydroxide." < Br. 

Other Spirits. 

Besides the official spirits named, Alcohol, Diluted Alcohol, and spirits of 
various strengths are noted under the heading 'Alcohol." The Alcoolats of 
French pharmacy, the Alcoholatos of Mexican pharmacy and the Alcohols of 
Spanish pharmacy, which correspond with the spirits are noticed elsewhere in 
this work. Many of the preparations used in perfumes, and also spiritous 
liquors are classed as spirits. A few only of those most popular in medicine 
which have not been mentioned, are noticed here. 

Spirit of Angelica Compound. P. G. This is made by macerating angelica 
root 16 parts, valerian 4 parts, and juniper berries 4 parts, cut and bruised, in 
alcohol 75 parts, water 125 parts, for 24 hours, then distilling off 100 parts and 
dissolving in the distillate camphor 2 parts. This is an aromatic stimulant and 
may be given in doses of ^ to 1 teaspoonful or more. 

Spirit of Balm Compound. P. G. Balm leaves 14 parts, lemon peel 12 parts, 
nutmeg 6 parts, cinnamon, cloves, each, 3 parts; are bruised and distilled with 
water 250 parts, alcohol 150 parts, recovering of the distillate 200 parts. This 
is a fragrant spirit used for flavoring medicines etc. 

Spirit of Bryony Compound. Bryony 8 ounces, valerian 2 ounces, pennyroyal 
3 ounces, rue 3 ounces, mugwort, feverfew, savin, each, ]/ 2 ounce; orange peel, 
lovage seed, each, 1 ounce; brandy 10 pints. Macrate and distil. 

Spirit of Cochlearia. Spirit of Scurvy Grass. P. G. Dried cochlearia 4 
parts, powdered white mustard seed 1 part, water 40 parts. Leave standing in 
a retort for 3 hours, then mix with alcohol 20 parts and distil over 20 parts. 

Spirit Fioravanti. Swiss turpentine 5 ounces, elemi, tacamahaca, amber, liquid 
storax, galbanum, myrrh, bayberries, each, 1 ounce; aloes, galangal root, gin- 
ger, zeodary, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, cretum marium leaves, each, y 2 ounce; 
alcohol 2 pints. Macerate 6 days and distil 25 fl. ounces. This is also known as 
Balsam Fioravanti, and is used for bruises, "black and blue" spots etc. 



968 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Spirit of Formic Acid. P. G. Alcohol 35 parts, water 13 parts, formic acid 
2 parts. Mix them. This is also called Spirit of Ants. 

Spirit of Honey Compound. Honey 32 parts, coriander 32 parts, lemon peel, 
fresh, 4 parts; cloves 3 parts, nutmeg, benzoin, storax, each, 2 parts; vanilla 1 
part, rose water 20 parts, orange flower water 20 parts, alcohol 200 parts. 
Macerate for 3 days and distil all the spiritous parts. This is a fine aromatic 
for adding to other preparations or the toilet. 

Spirit of Mastic Compound. Mastic, myrrh, olibanum, each, 1 ounce; rec- 
tified spirit 20 ounces. Macerate and distil. This is used as an application for 
bruises, lameness etc. 

Spirit of Mustard. P. G. Volatile oil of mustard 1 part, alcohol 49 parts. 
Mix and dissolve. A rubefacient and quick stimulant. It is given in doses of 
10 to 60 minims. 

Spirit Pyroacetic. Acetone. C 3 H 6 0. This is an inflammable volatile liquid 
obtained by subjecting lead acetate or other mineral acetates to dry distilla- 
tion. The acetates are first dried to make them anhydrous and then distilled 
with increased heat until all the volatile portions have passed over. The 
receiver contains crude acetone, which is purified by various means. It is also 
obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of aniline and some other sub- 
stances. It is a solvent for resine and oils. See page 330. 

Spirit Pyroxylic. Wood Naphtha. Wood Spirit. This is another name for 
methylic alcohol, which is obtained from crude pyroligneous acid by distillation 
and subsequent treatment. It was once employed considerably in medicine 
under the name of Hasting's Wood Naphtha. See page 410. 

Vulnerary Spirit. Dried sage, wormwood, fennel, hyssop, marjoram, savory, 
thyme, rosemary, calamint, balm, peppermint, scordium, fresh leaves of angel- 
ica, basil and lavender flowers, each, 2 ounces; proof spirit 10 pints. Digest 14 
days and distil over 7 pints. This is a stimulant and vulnerary much used on 
the Continent as a cordial and stomachic. 

STOVAINE. Amylene Hydrochloride. 

C 14 H 21 2 N-HC1. 

In small shining scales, freely soluble in water or alcohol. It is used 
as a local anesthetic and is only about one-third as toxic as cocaine. 
It is generally used in solution of from I to 4 percent, for delicate 
organs and from 5 to 10 percent, on mucous membranes. Internally 
in doses of 1 / 30 grain. 

STRAMONIUM. U. S. Stramonium. [Thornapple]. 
Stramonii Folia. Br. Stramonium Leaves. 

"The dried leaves of Datura Stramonium, Linne (Fam. Solanacese), 
yielding, when assayed by the process given, not less than 0.35 per- 
cent, of mydriatic alkaloids." <U. S. 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. which is identical with 
the process given for the assay of belladonna leaves, using 10 
grammes of stramonium in No. 60 powder. 

Uses. Stramonium leaves are employed in medicine in form of 
asthma powder, used by burning and inhaling the smoke. An extract, 
nuidextract and tincture are also prepared, and an ointment for ex- 
ternal use. Preparations of stramonium are recommended as a 
remedy for mania, epilepsy, neuralgia, spasmodic asthma etc. 



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STRONTIUM. 
Symbol Sr ; Atomic weight 87.63; Sp. gr. 2.54. 

A metallic element discovered by Sir H. Davy in 1808, similar in 
its characteristics to barium, but having less metallic luster. 

Its salts are chiefly used in pyrotechnics for making red fire, and are 
now somewhat employed in medicine. 

This element and its salts are more fully described in the Chemical 
Section of this work, Part I. 

STRONTII BROMIDUM. U. S. Strontium Bromide. 

SrBr 2 -f-6H 2 0=352.94. 

"It should contain not less than 97 percent, of pure Strontium 
Bromide, and should be kept in glass-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

This salt has lately come into prominence in the treatment of 
epilepsy, and some forms of nervous diseases. It is prescribed in 
doses of 5 to 15 grains. It is soluble in 1 part of water at 25 °C. 
(77°F.), and in 0.5 part of boiling water. It is also soluble in alcohol. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

STRONTII IODIDUM. U. S. Strontium Iodide. 

Srl 2 + 6H 2 0=446.02. 

"It should contain not less than 98 percent, of pure Strontium 
Iodide, and should be kept in small, glass-stoppered vials, carefully 
protected from light." <U. S. 

This salt has also lately come into use for the treatment of album- 
inuria, rheumatism etc. The dose is from 3 to 10 grains. It is soluble 
in 0.5 part of water at 25°C (77°F.), and in 0.27 part of boiling water. 
It is also soluble in alcohol. 

Average dose. — 0.500 Gm.=5oo milligrammes (7^ grains). 

STRONTII SALICYLAS. U. S. Strontium Salicylate. 

Sr(C 7 H 5 3 ) 2 +2H 2 0=394-72. 

"It should contain not less than 98.5 percent, of pure Strontium Sal- 
icylate [(C H 4 -OH-COO) 2 Sr+2H 2 O], and should be kept in well- 
stoppered bottles, protected from heat and light. "<U. S. 

This is a white crystalline, odorless powder, soluble in 18 parts of 
water and in 66 parts of alcohol at 25°C. (77°F.). 

Uses. It has been highly recommended in the treatment of rheuma- 
tism. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

Other Strontium Salts. 

The foregoing salts of strontium official in the U. S. P. are all that 
are used to any extent in medicine, except perhaps Strontium Lactate, 



970 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

which was official in the 7th revision of the U. S. P. but dismissed in 
the 8th. A number of other salts of strontium are however used in 
pyrotechnics, and are described under the title Strontium in the 
Chemical Section, Part I. 

STROPHANTHINUM. U. S. Strophanthin. 

"A glucoside, or a mixture of glucosides, obtained from Strophan- 
tus. It should be kept in well-stoppered, amber-colored vials. "<U. S. 

This principle has been obtained from Strophanthus seeds and 
seems to represent their activity. The French Codex gives its chem- 
ical formula C 31 H 48 12 , but manufacturing chemists vary consider- 
ably, probably from difference in their methods of preparation. 

It causes paralysis of the respiratory and voluntary muscles, and 
lowers the frequency of the pulse at the same time increasing its 
volume and force. It is employed as a diuretic and a remedy for 
cardiac dropsy. It is generally administered hypodermically. 

Average dose. — 0.0003 Gin. =0.3 milligramme ( 1 / 200 grain). 

STRYCHNINA. U. S., Br. Strychnine. 

C 21 H 22 N 2 2 =33i.73. 

"An alkaloid obtained from Nux Vomica, and also obtainable from 
other plants of the Loganiace3e."<U. S. 

"An alkaloid obtained from the dried ripe seeds of Strychnos Nux 
Vomica, Linn., and other species of strychnos." < Br. 
. No formula for preparing this alkaloid is given in the U. S. or Br. 
pharmacopoeias, but the 1885 3 r - P- gave the following which we have 
adapted for water-bath percolation : 

Nux Vomica, in fine powder, 16 ounces av. 

Lead Acetate, 180 grains 

Solution (water) of Ammonia, 

Rectified Spirit, (Alcohol 90%), 

Distilled Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
Macerate the powder for 12 hours with a mixture of 40 fl. ounces of 
the spirit and 20 fl. ounces of water, with gentle heat ; transfer to the 
water-bath percolator, heat and percolate with two parts of spirit to 
one part of water until the drug is exhausted. Distil off the spirit, 
evaporate the residue to about 16 fl. ounces and filter when cold ; then 
add the lead acetate previously dissolved in distilled water, so long as 
it occasions any precipitate; filter; wash the precipitate with 10 ounces 
of cold water, adding the washings to the filtrate ; evaporate the clear 
liquid to eight fl. ounces, and when it has cooled, add the ammonia in 
slight excess, stirring thoroughly. Let stand for twelve hours, col- 
lect the precipitate on a filter, wash it once with a few ounces of cold 
water, dry it by gentle heat, and boil it with successive portions of 



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rectified spirit until the washings are no lunger perceptibly bitter. 
Distil off most of the spirit, evaporate the residue tc about y 2 ounce, 
and set aside to cool. Cautiously pour off the yellow mother-liquor 
(which contains the brucine) from the white crust of strychnine that 
adheres to the vessel. Wash the crust on a filter paper with a mixture 
of two parts of rectified spirit and one part of water until the wash- 
ings cease to become red on the addition of nitric acid ; finally, dissolve 
it by boiling with an ounce of rectified spirit and set aside to crystal- 
lize. More crystals may be obtained by evaporating the mother- 
liquor. 

Soluble in 6400 parts of water, no parts of alcohol, 5500 parts of 
ether, 6 parts of chloroform at 25 °C. (77°F.). Its bitter taste is so 
pronounced that 1 part in 700,000 is perceptible. 

Uses. Strychnine and its salts are among the most valuable tonics 
known in medicine. It is given particularly in nervous exhaustion, 
and as a general tonic combined with other remedies. 

Average dose. — 0.001 Gm.=i milligramme (V 64 grain). 

Brucine. C 23 .H 2t5 N 2 2 . This may be recovered from the yellowish 
mother-liquor which is poured off (see above) by concentration and 
crystallization. 

STRYCHNINE HYDROCHLORIDUM. Br. 

Strychnine Hydrochloride. 

C 21 H 22 N 2 2 ,HC1,2H 2 0. 

''The hydrochloride of an alkaloid obtained from Nux Vomica and 
from other species of Strychnos.'' <Br. 

This may be prepared by dissolving the alkaloid strychnine to sat- 
uration in diluted hydrochloric acid, concentrating and crystallizing. 
Its uses are similar to those of strychnine but it is soluble in 35 parts 
of water or 60 parts of alcohol and is, therefore, much better to use in 
solutions. The dose is 1 / G0 to 1 / 15 grain. 

STRYCHNINE NITRAS. U. S. Strychnine Nitrate. 

C 21 H 22 N 2 2 -HNO,=39 4 .30. 

"The nitrate [N0 2 OH-C 21 H 22 N 2 2 ] of the alkaloid Strychnine. It 
should be kept in well-stoppered vials.'' <U. S. 

This may be prepared by saturating diluted nitric acid with strych- 
nine alkaloid, concentrating the solution by evaporation and crystal- 
lizing the nitrate of strychnine salt. 

It is soluble in 42 parts of water, 120 parts of alcohol, and 60 parts 
of glycerin at 25 °C. (77°F.) ; insoluble in ether. 

Its uses are the same as other salts of strychnine. 

Average dose. — 0.001 Gm. = i milligramme (V 8 4 grain). 



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STRYCHNINE SULPHAS. U. S. Strychnine Sulphate. 

(C 21 H 22 N 2 2 ) 2 -H 2 S0 4 + 5 H 2 0=85o.2i. 

The sulphate [S0 2 (OH) 2 -(C 21 H 22 N 2 2 ) 2 +5H 2 0] of the alkaloid 
Strychnine. It should be kept in well-stoppered vials." <U. S. 

This may be prepared by dissolving strychnine in diluted sulphuric 
acid, concentrating the solution and crystallizing. The crystals are 
then drained and dried on bibulous paper. It is the most used of any 
of the strychnine salts because of its stability and ready solubility. 
It is soluble in 31 parts of water, 05 parts of alcohol at 25°C. (JJ°F.), 
insoluble in ether. 

Uses. It is used in pills, mixtures, elixirs, syrups etc., alone and in 
combination with other medicines. 

Average dose. — 0.001 Gm.=i milligramme (*/ w grain). 

Other Salts of Strychnine. 

Many other salts of strychnine are made by manufacturing chem- 
ists; but the foregoing are all that are official or much used. The 
following are listed and are occasionally used : 

Strychnine Acetate. This may be prepared by neutralizing acetic 
acid with strychnine alkaloid, concentrating the solution and crystal- 
lizing. 

Strychnine Arsenate and Arsenite. These may be prepared by com- 
bining arsenic or arsenous acids, in solution, with strychnine alkaloid. 

Strychnine Cacodylate. This is prepared by neutralizing cacodylic 
acid with strychnine alkaloid, concentrating and evaporating. 

Strychnine Glycerinophosphate. By neutralizing glycerinophos- 
phoric acid with strychnine alkaloid, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Other combinations of strychnine with various acids are produced in 
a similar manner as the official salts. The hypophosphite, iodide, 
phosphate, salicylate and valeriate are used in elixirs, syrups etc. 

STYRAX. U. S. Storax. 
Styrax Praeparatus. Br. Prepared Storax. 

"A balsam obtained from the inner bark of Liquidambar orientalis, 
Miller (Fam. Hamameliace3e)."<U. S. 

"A balsam obtained from the trunk of Liquidambar orientalis, 
Miller ; and purified by solution in ethylic alcohol, filtration and evap- 
oration of the solvent." < Br. 

This balsam is used in making tincture benzoin compound and other 
liquid balsamic preparations, and is frequently an ingredient in oint- 
ments, plasters, cerates etc. It may also be used to advantage in some 
cough preparations. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 



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SUCCI — JUICES. 

The name juice is applied in pharmacy to a variety of very different 
preparations. No juices, as such, are now official in the U. S. P., but 
the Br., French and German pharmacopoeias recognize several inspis- 
sated and liquid juices. Besides the juices that are employed as med- 
icinal agents, the juices of fruits are extensively used in making 
syrups for soda water and other purposes. 

The following are the juices which may be classed as medicinal: 

SUCCUS BELLADONNA. Br. Juice of Belladonna. 

Bruise the fresh leaves and young branches of Atropa Belladonna, 
Linn. ; press out the juice ; to every 3 volumes of juice add 1 of alcohol 
(90%) ; set aside for 7 days ; filter. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 

SUCCUS CONII. Br. Juice of Hemlock. 

Bruise the fresh leaves and young branches of Conium Maculatum ; 
press out the juice; to every 3 volumes of the juice add 1 of alcohol 
(90%) ; set aside for 7 days; filter. The dose is 1 to 2 fl. drachms. 

SUCCUS HYOSCYAMI. Br. Juice of Henbane. 

Bruise the fresh flowering tops and young branches of Hyoscyamus 
niger, Linn. ; press out the juice ; to every 3 volumes of juice add 1 of 
alcohol (90%) ; set aside for 7 days; filter. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 

SUCCUS LIMONIS. Br. Lemon Juice. 

"The freshly expressed juice of the ripe fruit of Citrus medica, 
Linn."<Br. 

Lemon juice is but little used in medicine, but is much used at the 
soda fountain for making lemon syrup, lemon phosphate etc. 

Lime Juice is prepared from limes by expressing the juice in the 
same manner as lemon juice. 

SUCCUS SCOPARII. Br. Juice of Broom. 

Bruise fresh broom tops; press out the juice; to every 3 volumes of 
juice add 1 of alcohol (90%) ; set aside for 7 days; filter. Dose, 1 to 2 
fl. drachms. 

SUCCUS TARAXACI Br. Juice of Taraxacum. [Dandelion]. 

Bruise fresh taraxacum root press out the juice; to every 3 vol- 
umes of the juice add 1 of alcohol (90%) ; set aside for 7 days; filter. 
The dose is 1 to 2 fl. drachms. 

FRUIT JUICES. 

Although these are not employed in medicine except for their 
flavoring and acid constituents, they are extensively used by druggists 
for making soda water syrups and aerated beverages. The general 



974 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

process for preparing fruit juices will be found in the Soda Water 
Department. 

SULPHONAL. Br. Sulphonal. 

"Sulphonal, or dimethyl-methane-diethylsulphone, (CH 3 ) 2 C(S0 2 C 2 
H 5 ) 2 , is a product of the oxidation of mercaptol, (CH 3 ) 2 C(SC 2 H-) 2 , 
obtained from acetone and mercaptan."<Br. 

This is official in the U. S. P. as Sulphonemethane. It belongs to the 
same class of compounds as trional and tetronal, and may be prepared 
by mixing anhydrous acetone and anhydrous mercaptan, and passing 
a current of dry hydrochloric acid gas through the mixture until the 
liquid becomes turbid and separates finally into two layers, the upper 
one being mercaptol (dithioethyl-dimethyl-methane), and the lower 
layer diluted hydrochloric acid. The mercaptol is separated, washed 
with water and then oxidized by heating with a solution of potassium 
permanganate, the liberated oxygen acting upon the mercaptol and 
converting it into sulphonal. 

It is employed in medicine as a hypnotic, especially in delirium and 
alcoholism. The dose is from 10 to 30 grains for insomnia, 40 grains 
being administered for delirium. 

SULPHONETHYLMETHANUM. U. S. Sulphonethylmethane. 

C S H 18 S 2 4 =240.46. 
(More commonly known as Trional). 

"Diethylsulphonemethylethylmethane [ CH 3 ( C 2 H 5 ) C ( S0 2 C 2 H 5 ) J , 
a product of the oxidation of the mercaptol obtained by the condensa- 
tion of methylethylketone with ethylmercaptan. It should be pre- 
served in well-stoppered vials." <U. S. 

Under the trade title Trional, this preparation has become popular 
as a sedative and hypnotic. It is soluble in 195 parts of water at 25°C. 
(77°F.), but is usually given in the form of pills, powders or cachets. 

Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 

SULPHONMETHANUM. U. S. Sulphonmethane. 

C 7 H 10 S 2 O 4 =226.55. 
(More commonly known as Sulphonal). 

"Diethylsulphonedimethylmethane [ (CH 3 ) 2 C(S0 2 C 2 H 5 ) 2 ], the pro- 
duct of the oxidation of the mercaptol obtained by the condensation of 
acetone with ethylmercaptan. It should be preserved in well-stoppered 
vials."<U. S. 

Under the trade title Sulphonal this preparation has met with much 
favor as a sedative and hypnotic. It is usually given in the form of 
pills, powders or cachets. It is soluble in 360 parts of water at 25°C 
(77°F.). Average dose. — 1 Gm. (15 grains). 



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SULPHUR. 
Symbol S; Atomic weight (0=i6) 32.07; Sp. gr. of Native, 2.05. 

Sulphur is an elementary substance existing in nature mostly in 
combination with other substances in the form of ores, but sometimes 
found in a free state as a result of volcanic action. It is classed chem- 
ically with selenium and tellurium and is closely allied in its analogies 
and characteristics to phosphorus. Its salts, the sulphides and sul- 
phates, are very abundant in all parts of the world, and form an im- 
portant part of the mineral constituents of the earth. 

Sulphur is found in three different forms on the market : Sublimed 
sulphur, roll sulphur and precipitated sulphur, all of them having their 
uses in the arts and pharmacy. It combines directly with several of 
the elements, forming sulphides or sulphurets, which vary in their 
union with other bodies, some of them acting as bases and some as 
acids. 

Sulphur and its compounds are more fully described in the Chemical 
Section, Part I., also under Acids, Part II. 

Sulphur is employed as a disinfectant by burning, and is extensively 
used in the manufacture of gunpowder, pyrotechnics, vulcanized rub- 
ber and other articles of great commercial importance. 

The medicinal uses of sulphur are described under the following 
titles: 



SULPHUR LOTUM. U. S. Washed Sulphur. 
S= 3 i.8 3 . 

Sublimed Sulphur, 100 Gm. or 10 ounces 

Ammonia Water, ' 10 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
The sublimed sulphur is to be passed through a No. 30 sieve and 
mixed thoroughly with 100 Cc. (or 10 ounces) of water to which 10 
Cc. (or 1 ounce) of ammonia water has been added. This is to be 
digested in a closed vessel for 3 days, with occasional agitation, then 
100 Cc. (or 10 ounces) of water is to be added, and the mixture trans- 
ferred to a muslin strainer and the sulphur washed with water until 
the washings cease to impart a blue color to red litmus paper. It is 
then to be drained, pressed and dried, and passed through a No. 30 
sieve. <U. S. 

Uses. This is intended to be used for internal administration, and 
is frequently mixed with cream of tartar and taken as a laxative and 
blood cleanser. 

Average dose. — 4 Gm. (60 grains). 



976 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

SULPHUR PR^CIPITATUM. U. S., Br. Lac Sulphur. 
Precipitated Sulphur. Milk of Sulphur. 

S= 3 i^3. 

Sublimed Sulphur, ioo Gm. or 10 ounces 

Lime, 50 Gm. or 5 ounces 

Hydrochloric Acid, 

Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
The lime is to be slaked and mixed uniformly with 500 Cc. (or 50 
ounces) of water. To this the sublimed sulphur, previously well- 
dried and sifted, is to be added and well mixed. Then 1000 Cc. (or 
100 ounces) of water is to be added and the mixture boiled in a por- 
celain or glass vessel during 1 hour, stirring constantly, and replacing 
occasionally the water lost during evaporation. The vessel is then to 
be covered and the contents allowed to cool and become clear by the 
subsidence of the precipitate, then the clear solution is to be drawn off 
and the remainder filtered, and the filtered solution mixed with the 
portion drawn off. To this liquid hydrochloric acid previously diluted 
with an equal volume of water is to be gradually added with constant 
stirring until the liquid is nearly neutralized, but still retains an alka- 
line reaction and a yellow color. The precipitate which forms is to be 
collected on a strainer and washed until the washings are tasteless and 
cease to show an acid reaction with litmus paper. It is then to be 
rapidly dried at a moderate heat and kept in well-stoppered bottles. 

Heated to H5°C. (239°F.), this melts and at a higher temperature 
is volatilized. It is insoluble in water and only slightly soluble in 
other common media. It is readily soluble in carbon disulphide, also 
in benzol, benzin, oil of turpentine and many other oils, and in ether, 
chloroform and boiling aqueous solutions of alkaline hydrates. 

Uses. Precipitated sulphur is much used for making hair restor- 
atives and generally in liquid preparations, when sulphur is required 
to be suspended, as it is much finer and softer than other forms of 
sulphur. It is also used in making ointments, cerates etc. The dose is 
from 30 grains to 3 drachms. 

Average dose. — 4 Gm. (60 grains). 

SULPHUR SUBLIMATUM. U. S., Br. 
Sublimed Sulphur. Flowers of Sulphur. 
S=3i-83.<U-. S. (H=i). 
"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Sulphur." 

<U. S. 

Sublimed sulphur, or flowers of sulphur, is made by heating sulphur 
and conducting the vapor into properly constructed cooled chambers, 
where the sulphur collects on the sides and bottom in the form of a 
light powder, which is known in commerce as "Sulphur." It is a 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 977 

light-yellow powder, insoluble in water or alcohol, and when ignited 
burning with a blue flame with production of sulphurous acid gas. 
Brimstone, or roll sulphur, is the same chemically, but is native sul- 
phur, melted and run into rolls or sticks, and usually contains some 
impurities. 

It is insoluble in water and but slightly soluble in common media. 
It melts at H5°C. (239°F.), and is volatilized at a higher temperature. 

Uses. Sublimed sulphur is used in the arts for various purposes, 
and given in medicine as a laxative and diaphoretic in doses of 20 to 
120 grains or more. It is used externally in the form of an ointment 
as an application for parasitic diseases etc. 

Average dose. — 4 Gm. (60 grains). 

SULPHURIS IODIDUM. U. S., Br. Sulphur Iodide. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Washed Sulphur, 20 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Iodine, 80 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Rub them together by trituration until they are thoroughly mixed, 
then introduce the mixture into a flask, close the orifice loosely and 
apply a gentle heat by water-bath so as to darken the mass without 
melting it. When the color has become uniformly dark throughout, 
increase the heat so as to liquify the mass, and incline the flask in 
different directions in order to return into the liquid any portion of 
the iodine which may have condensed on the inner surface of the flask ; 
then pour the liquified mass upon a porcelain plate or other suitable 
cold surface. When it is cold break the product into pieces of suit- 
able size, and keep them in glass-stoppered bottles in a cool place. 

Xearly insoluble in water, soluble in about 60 parts of glycerin, 
very soluble in carbon disulphide. Alcohol and ether dissolve out the 
iodine, leaving the sulphur. 

Uses. This compound is chiefly used for making ointment for skin 
diseases. 

Other Forms of Sulphur. 

Amorphous Sulphur. Sulphur Fuscum. Brown Sulphur. Red 
Sulphur. This is prepared from sublimed sulphur by melting it, in- 
creasing the heat to from 320 to 350°F., and continuing at that tem- 
perature for about half an hour, or until it becomes brown and viscid, 
then pouring into water. In this state it is ductile and easily moulded 
like wax, but does not become fluid until heated to over 6oo°F. 

Roll Sulphur or Brimstone. This is crude sulphur purified by 
melting, skimming and pouring it into moulds. It is used extensively 
for bleaching, (burning more readily than sublimed sulphur), and as 
a cement for setting stone and for many other purposes. It is sel- 
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Sulphur Vivum. Black Sulphur. Crude Sulphur. Horse Brim- 
stone. This is crude native sulphur, a gray or mouse-colored powder. 
It is seldom found in the market, — the residium of the subliming pots 
being substituted for it. It contains quite a large percentage of ar- 
senic, and is therefore not used except for horses and stock. 

Salts of Sulphur. 

Sulphur iodide is the only official salt in which sulphur acts as the 
basic substance. It forms compounds, however, with the • other 
halogen elements, bromine — Bromide of Sulphur, S 2 Br 2 ; and with 
chlorine — Chloride of Sulphur, S 2 C1 2 ; but they are seldom used. 

With most of the positive elements sulphur combines, forming sul- 
phides or sulphurets, which are noticed under the basic elements 
with which the combination is made. The name hepar was given by 
the old chemists to the liver-colored combinations formed by the 
union of sulphur with antimony, potassa, soda, calcium etc. It is 
still retained in homceopathic pharmacy, hepar sulphuris or hepar sul- 
phur (calx sulphurata), hepar sulphuris kalinum (sulphuretted pot- 
ash), being the official titles in their pharmacopoeia. 

Acids of Sulphur. 

Sulphur forms acid combinations with hydrogen and oxygen that are 
extensively used industrially and in chemistry and medicine. These 
acids are fully described in the Chemical Section of this work, Part I., 
and among the Acids, Part II. 

SUPPOSITORIA — SUPPOSITORIES. 

Suppositories are bodies, usually of conical or oblong conical shape, 
made of some substance readily melted or soluble at the temperature 
of the internal body cavities. They are prepared with medicinal sub- 
stances mixed with the mass so that their effect will be obtained as the 
suppository melts. 

Moulds of suitable size may be obtained for making suppositories, 
the ones most usually employed being oblong or conical shaped for 
making rectal suppositories. 

Many substances have been employed as a base for suppositories, 
but none has been found so suitable for this purpose as oil of theo- 
broma ("butter of cacao''). 

It melts readily at the temperature of the body, yet has consistence 
enough to retain its form at ordinary temperatures. It is mild, bland 
and non-irritant. Many attempts have been made to introduce sup- 
positories in which gelatin is used as a base ; but without much 
success, for the reason that it cannot be made soluble at the normal 
temperature of the body, and is therefore worthless for this purpose. 
Glycerin suppositories have, however, • been successfully made and 
have become standard among galenicals. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 979 

The following is in substance the general formula for suppositories 
given in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia : 

General Formula for Suppositories. 

For suppositories made with Oil of Theobroma. 

Take of the Medicinal Ingredient, the prescribed quantity. 
Oil of Theobroma, a sufficient quantity. 

Having weighed out the medicinal ingredients or ingredient, and 
the quantity of oil of theobroma required according to the kind of 
suppository to be prepared, (see below), mix the medicinal portion 
(previously brought to the proper consistence if necessary), with a 
small quantity of oil of theobroma by rubbing them together, and add 
the mixture to the remainder of the oil of theobroma, previously 
melted and cooled to the temperature of 38°C. (ioo.4°F.). Then mix 
thoroughly without applying more heat, and immediately pour the 
mixture into suitable moulds. The moulds must be kept cold by 
being placed on ice of by immersion in ice-water before the melted 
mass is poured in, and kept at a freezing temperature until the sup- 
positories have hardened and are ready to be removed. In the ab- 
sence of suitable moulds, suppositories may be formed by allowing 
the mixture, prepared as above, to cool, care being taken to keep the 
ingredients well mixed, dividing the mass into parts of a definite 
weight, and moulding by hand to the proper shape. 

Suppository Machines or Presses, either horizontal or vertical, may 
now be bought at a reasonable price, by which suppositories are 
pressed cold into a form of the required shape; the medicinal ingre- 
dients being first incorporated with the cacao butter to form a mass 
or powder. With a press of this kind the making of suppositories is 
greatly facilitated. 

For suppositories containing chloral, phenol, their derivitives, or 
substances which soften the vehicle, raise the melting point of the 
oil of theobroma by the addition of from I to 15 percent, of sperma- 
ceti, but the melting point must not be raised above 37°C. (98.6°F.). 

Rectal Suppositories should be cone-shaped or spindle-shaped, and 
when made from the oil of theobroma should weigh about 2 grammes 
(30 grains). 

Urethral Suppositories (Bougies) should be pencil-shaped, pointed 
at one extremity and either seven centimeters in length, weighing 
about 2 grammes, or fourteen centimeters in length, weighing about 
4 grammes, when made with glycerin or gelatin. If prepared with 
oil of theobroma they should weigh about one-half of the above 
quantities. 

Vaginal Suppositories should be globular or oviform in shape and 
weigh about 10 grammes if made with glycerinated gelatin, and about 
4 grammes if made with oil of theobroma, 



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For suppositories made with Glycerinated Gelatin the following 
process may be used : 

Take of the Medicinal Substance, the prescribed quantity. 

Glycerinated Gelatin, 

Glycerin, 

Water, each a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the medicinal substance, if solid and soluble in water or 
glycerin, or if a miscible liquid, with a little water and add sufficient 
glycerin to make the weight of the mixture one-half that of the fin- 
ished mass. Then thoroughly incorporate it with an equal weight of 
melted glycerinated gelatine, and pour it at once into suitable moulds 
which have been greased with a small quantity of petrolatum. Cool 
the moulds thoroughly before removing the suppositories. 

"Moulds for urethral suppositories should be warmed sufficiently 
before pouring the mass to facilitate the proper filling of the mould. 
Suppositories having a firmer consistence may be prepared by sub- 
stituting mucilage of gum of acacia for a portion of the water or 
glycerin." 

"If the medicinal substance be insoluble in water or glycerin, 
thoroughly levigate it in a warm mortar with a sufficient quantity of 
glycerin to make the weight of the mixture one-half that of the fin- 
ished mass. Then thoroughly incorporate it with an equal weight of 
melted glycerinated gelatin, and pour it into suitable moulds as above 
directed." 

''With bulky powders about one-half of the glycerin may be re- 
placed with water before levigation. Glycerinated Gelatine Suppos- 
itories should be protected against the effects of heat and moisture 
and dry air by keeping them in tightly closed containers in a cool 
place."<U. S. 

SUPPOSITORIA ACIDI CARBOLICI. Br. Phenol Suppositories. 

Phenol, 12 grains or 0.8 Gm. 

White Beeswax, 24 grains or 1.6 Gm. 

Oil of Theobroma, melted, a quantity sufficient to form with the 
phenol and beeswax a mixture which will fill 12 suitable moulds, each 
capable of holding 15 to 16 grains (or about 1 Gm.) of the oil of 
theobroma. 

"Dissolve the phenol in the oil of theobroma and beeswax, pre- 
viously melted together at a low temperature, and pour the mixture 
into the moulds ; or let the mixture cool and then divide it into 12 
equal parts of a conical or other convenient form for a suppository." 
<Br. 
Each suppository contains 1 grain (or 0.067 Gm.) of phenol. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 981 

SUPPOSITORIA ACIDI TANNICI. Br. 
Tannic Acid Suppositories. 

Tannic Acid, , 36 grains or 2.4 Gm. 

Oil of Theobroma, a sufficient quantity 
to form with the tannic acid a mixture which will fill 12 suitable 
moulds, each capable of holding 15 to 16 grains (or about 1 Gm.) of 
oil of theobroma. 

"Melt the oil of theobroma ; triturate the tannic acid, intimately 
with a little of the oil and add to the remainder ; stir well, or let the 
mixture cool and then divide it into 12 equal parts of a conical or 
other convenient form for a suppository." < Br. 

Each suppository contains 3 grains (or 0.2 Gm.) of tannic acid. 

SUPPOSITORY ALOES. 

Aloes, in very fine powder, 0.50 Gm. 

Butter of Cacao, 3.50 Gm. 

Melt the cacao butter by gentle heat and at the moment of cooling 
add the powdered aloes, incorporate thoroughly and run into a mould. 
The formula is for one suppository, which is 4 Gm., the official size 
for adults. 

SUPPOSITORIA BELLADONNA. Br. Belladonna Suppositories. 

Alcoholic Extract of Belladonna, 18 grains or 1.2 Gm. 

Oil of Theobroma, a sufficient quantity for 12 suppositories. 
"Proceed as directed for tannic acid suppositories." < Br. 
Each suppository contains approximately 1 / co grain (0.001 Gm.) of 
the alkaloids of belladonna root. 

SUPPOSITORIA CACAO. 

Simple suppositories of cacao butter, 15, 20, 30, or larger may be 
made as directed in the general formula. 

Butter of Cacao, 4 Gm. 

Melt by gentle heat and when cool so that it will just flow readily, 
pour into a mould of the capacity of 4 Gm. 

Any medicament may be incorporated with the cacao butter by re- 
ducing it to proper condition and adding it at the moment of cooling, 
but while the liquified fat is still fluid enough to run into the moulds. 

SUPPOSITORIA GLYCERINI. U. S., Br. 

Suppositories of Glycerin. Glycerin Suppositories. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Glycerin, 30 Gm. or 1 oz. av.-f 25 grains 

Monohydrated Sodium Carbonate, , 

0.5 Gm. or 8 grains 

Stearic Acid, 2 Gm. or 31 grains 

Water, 5 Cc. or 81 minims 

To make 10 rectal suppositories. 



982 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

"Dissolve the monohydrated sodium carbonate in the water and add 
it to the glycerin contained in a dish on a water-bath ; add the stearic 
acid, and heat the mixture carefully until carbon dioxide ceases to be 
evolved, and the liquid is clear. Then pour the melted mass into suit- 
able moulds, remove the suppositories when they are perfectly cold 
and preserve them in glass vessels." <U. S. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Gelatin, cut small, y 2 ounce or 14.2 Gm. 

Glycerin, by weight, 2}^ ounces or 71.0 Gm. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Place the gelatin in a weighed evaporating dish with sufficient dis- 
tilled water to cover it ; let it stand for 2 minutes ; pour off the excess 
of distilled water ; set aside until the gelatin is quite soft ; add the 
glycerin ; dissolve on a water-bath ; evaporate until the mixture 
weighs 1563 grains (or 102 Gm.). Pour the product into suppository 
moulds having capacities equal to 30, 60, or 120 grains (or 2, 4, or 8 
Gm.) of the suppository, or of such other capacities as may be re- 
quired.'^ Br. 

SUPPOSITORIA IODOFORMI. Br. Iodoform Suppositories. 

Iodoform, 36 grains or 2.4 Gm. 

Oil of Theobroma, a sufficient quantity for 12 suppositories. 
"Proceed as directed for tannic acid suppositories. "< Br. 
Each suppository contains 3 grains (or 0.2 Gm.) of iodoform. 

SUPPOSITORIA MORPHINE. Br. Morphine Suppositories. 

Morphine Hydrochloride, 3 grains or 0.2 Gm. 

Oil of Theobroma, a sufficient quantity for 12 suppositories. 
"Proceed as directed for tannic acid suppositories.'" < Br. 
Each suppository contains Y\ grain (or 0.017 Gm.) of morphine 
hydrochloride. 

SUPPOSITORIA PLUMBI COMPOSITA. Br. 
Compound Lead Suppositories. 

Lead Acetate, in powder, 36 grains or 2.4 Gm. 

Opium, in powder, 12 grains or 0.8 Gm. 

Oil of Theobroma, a. sufficient quantity for 12 suppositories. 
Each suppository contains 3 grains (or 0.2 Gm.) of lead acetate and 
1 grain (or 0.067 Gm.) of opium. 

SUPPOSITORY RHATANIA. 

Extract of Rhatany, dried and powdered, 1 Gm. 

Butter of Cacao, 3 Gm. 

Make a suppository in the same manner as is directed for aloes sup- 
positories. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 983 

Suppositories may be prepared from other extracts in the same way. 

A great number and variety of suppositories are listed by manu- 
facturers and may be made by druggists in the same general manner 
as the foregoing. 

SYRUPI — SYRUPS. 

Syrups, as understood in pharmacy, are concentrated solutions of 
sugar in water or- other aqueous liquids, containing usually some 
flavoring or medicinal ingredients. They, are prepared by dissolving 
the sug-ar in the flavored or medicinal solution either by the aid of 
heat or agitation, or by stirring cold, the latter method being now gen- 
erally employed as the flavor of the preparation is better retained by 
the cold process. 

The simple flavored syrups are usually prepared by adding the 
flavoring essence or extract to simple syrup, and shaking them well 
together. 

The best process for making most syrups is by water-bath percola- 
tion, as by this method the making of the syrup is facilitated by the 
heat without exposure, and the flavor and strength of the preparation 
is unimpaired. 

Only the best quality of granulated sugar should be used in making 
syrups, and the water should, if not distilled, be free from all impuri- 
ties. Rain water, or water from melted ice, boiled and filtered, is 
sufficiently pure for most purposes. 

Many of the syrups do not keep well during the summer. Such 
syrups should only be made in small quantities and if admissable 
should be rubbed in a mortar with a few drops of oil of cloves, which 
prevents them from spoiling for a long time. Syrups should be made 
slightly heavier of sugar for summer use than when designed to be 
used in the winter. 

The addition of Solution of Saccharin, i fl. drachm to each pint of 
syrup (i fl. ounce to a gallon) insures its keeping and makes it sweeter. 
It is perfectly harmless. 

A great number of syrups are employed in pharmacy, but only a 
comparatively small number are official. Those official in the leading 
pharmacopceias will first be considered, and then the more important 
unofficial syrups. 

SYRUPUS. U. S., Br. Syrup. Simple Syrup. 

In the drug business this is commonly known as simple syrup, and 
is prescribed by most physicians, abbreviated "Syr. Simp." (syrupus 
simplex, or, in the genitive syrupi simplicis). It is probably the most 
used of any official preparation. The present U. S. P. formula is : 

Sugar, in coarse powder, 850 Gm. or 30 ounces av. 

Distilled Water, to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 



984 The Fcuncr Formulary Part II. 

The sugar is to be dissolved with the aid of heat in 450 Cc. (or 16 
fl. ounces) of distilled water, the temperature is then to be raised to the 
boiling point, and the syrup is to be strained and enough distilled 
water passed through the strainer to make the product, when cold, 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces). <U. S. 

A cold process for preparing syrup is also given as follows: 

"Press down into the neck of a percolator of suitable size, a pledget 
of purified cotton, not too tightly, and in such a manner that the 
cotton shall nearly fill the neck of the percolator, and moisten it with 
a few drops of distilled water. Place the sugar into the percolator, 
make its surface level without shaking or jarring, then carefully pour 
upon it 450 Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces) of distilled water, and regulate the 
flow of the liquid if necessary, so that it will pass out in rapid drops. 
Return the first portions of the percolate, until it runs through clear, 
and, when all the liquid has passed, follow it by distilled water added 
in portions, so that all the sugar may be dissolved and the product 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces). Mix thoroughly." <U. S. 

The sp. gr. of the present official syrup is 1.314 at 25°C. (yy°F.). 
It may be stated that most druggists do not make syrup fully up to 
the official standard, as it is liable to crystallize ; y pounds av. of gran- 
ulated sugar with enough distilled water to make 1 gallon, makes a 
good syrup for ordinary dispensing and use ; a little less quantity of 
sugar is required in winter than in summer. 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Sugar, granulated, 7 pounds 

Solution of Saccharin, 1 ounce 

Distilled, or Pure Water, enough to make a gallon. 
Having covered the perforated diaphragm of the water-bath perco- 
lator with a piece of muslin or cotton flannel, put the sugar upon it in 
the percolator, and add to it 3 pints of boiling water, heat the water 
surrounding the percolator to boiling, stirring the contents of the 
percolator occasionally, then draw off by the stop-cock and add 
enough distilled water through the percolator to make a gallon. 

It will be readily seen that this is the most convenient and practical 
way to make simple syrup. It is not only made, but strained or 
filtered at the same operation, and produces a clear, bright syrup. 

If it is desirable to make the syrup (or any syrup) without heat, it 
may be made in the same manner, simply omitting the heat. 
% For other purposes syrup is variously made, as flavored syrup for 
making elegant preparations, soda water syrup for making soda water 
etc. 

The Br. P. formula is: 

Refined Sugar, 5 pounds or 1000 Gm. 

Distilled Water, (boiling), a sufficient quantity. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 985 

Add the refined sugar to 2 pints (Imperial measure) (or 500 Cc.) 
of the boiling distilled water ; heat until dissolved ; make the weight of 
the product yy 2 pounds (or 1500 Gm.-), by the addition of boiling dis- 
tilled water. Sp. gr. 1.330. 

It will be observed that the Br. syrup is slightly heavier than the 
U. S., but not enough heavier to make any difference in most prep- 
arations. 

SYRUPUS ACACIA. U. S. Syrup of Acacia. 

Acacia, in selected pieces, 100 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 

Sugar, 800 Gm. or 28^ ounces av. 

Distilled Water, 430 Cc. or 14^ fl. ounces 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Introduce the acacia into an enamelled or porcelain dish, add the 
distilled water, and stir occasionally until the acacia is dissolved ; then, 
having added the sugar, place the dish on a water-bath and apply 
heat, gradually increasing the temperature, and stirring from time to 
time until the sugar is dissolved. Strain the syrup, if necessary, and 
add sufficient distilled water to make the product measure 1000 Cc. 
(or 34 fl. ounces). "<U. S. 

This may be prepared by water-bath percolation if preferred, or it 
may be preserved by the addition of *4 ounce solution of saccharin to 
the above quantity. 

SYRUPUS ACIDI CITRICI. U. S. Syrup of Citric Acid. 

As syrup of lemon is omitted in the present revision of the U. S. P., 
this is intended to take its place, and whenever syrup of lemon is 
prescribed it may be used. 

Citric Acid, 10 Gm. or 60 grains 

Distilled Water, . 10 Cc. or 1 fl. drachm 

Tincture of Fresh Lemon Peel, 10 Cc. or 1 fl. drachm 
Syrup, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 12^2 fl. ounces 

The citric acid is to be dissolved in the distilled water and the solu- 
tion mixed with 500 Cc. (or 6 ounces) of syrup. The tincture of 
lemon peel is then to be added, and lastly enough syrup to make the 
product 1000 Cc. (or 123/2 fl. ounces), and the whole thoroughly mixed. 

SYRUPUS ACIDI HYDRIODICI. U. S. Syrup of Hydriodic Acid. 

"A syrupy liquid containing about 1 percent., by weight, of absolute 
hydriodic acid (HI), or about 1.19 Gm. in 100 Cc."<U. S. 

Diluted Hydriodic Acid, 100 Gm. or 1 ounce av. 

Water, 300 Gm. or 3 ounces av. 

Syrup, 600 Gm. or 6 ounces av. 

Mix them. Sp. gr. about 1.190 at 25°C. (77°F.). 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 



986 



The Fenner Formulary 



Part II. 



SYRUPUS AMYGDALA. U. S. Syrup of Almond. 

Spirit of Bitter Almond, 10 Cc. or 46 minims 

Orange Flower Water, 100 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Syrup, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

Mix them. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 



SYRUPUS AROMATICUS. Br. Aromatic Syrup. 

250 Cc. or 5 fl. ounces 
250 Cc. or 5 fl. ounces 
500 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 



Tincture of Orange, (Br.), 

Cinnamon Water, 

Syrup, 



Mix the tincture of orange and cinnamon water; shake the mixture 
with a little powdered talc; filter; add the syrup. <Br. 
Dose, J/2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

SYRUPUS AURANTII. U. S., Br. Syrup of Orange. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Tincture of Sweet Orange Peel, 50 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 
Citric Acid, 5 Gm. or 45 grains 

Magnesium Carbonate, 10 Gm. or 90 grains 

Sugar, 820 Gm. or 16^3 ounces av. 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

"Triturate the magnesium carbonate in a mortar with the tincture, 
add gradually 400 Cc. (or 8 fl. ounces) of water, filter, and add 
sufficient water through the filter to obtain 450 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces) of 
filtrate ; in this dissolve the citric acid and sugar by agitation without 
heat, and add sufficient water to make the product measure 1000 Cc. 
(or 20 fl. ounces). Mix thoroughly." <U. S. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Tincture of Orange, 1 fl. ounce or 30 Cc. 

Syrup, 7 fl. ounces or 210 Cc. 

Mix. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 

As syrup of orange is used only for its agreeable flavor, and has no 
medicinal value, it seems unnecessary to go to so much trouble to 
make it when a simpler method will answer the purpose as well. The 
following formula is therefore given, which will make a fine prepar- 
ation, provided only a good quality of orange oil is used : 

Oil of Orange, 40 minims 

Alcohol, 2 fl. drachms 

Magnesium Carbonate, 80 grains 

Sugar, granulated, 28 ounces av. 

Water, sufficient to make 32 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the oil of orange in the alcohol and rub with the magnesium 
carbonate in a mortar, gradually adding 12 fl. ounces of water; heat to 
about 75°C. (i67°F.) in a pint bottle on a water-bath for one hour, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 987 

then filter and add enough water through the filter to make 14 
fl. ounces ; dissolve the sugar in the filtrate by agitation or percolation 
and add enough water, if necessary, to make 32 fl. ounces of the syrup. 

SYRUPUS AURANTII FLORUM. U. S. 
Syrup of Orange Flowers. 
Sugar, 850 Gm. or iyV 2 ounces av. 

Orange Flower Water, 

sufficient to make, 1000 jCc. or 20 fl. ounces 

The sugar is to be dissolved in 450 Cc. (or 9 fl. ounces) of orange 
flower water, by agitation, without the aid of heat, and enough orange 
flower water then added to make the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 
fl. ounces). This syrup may also be made by percolating the sugar 
with orange flower water until it is dissolved and 1000 Cc. (or 20 
fl. ounces) are obtained. < U. S. 

Syrupus Aurantii Floris. Br. Syrup of Orange Flowers. "Orange 
flower water of commerce, undiluted, 8 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc.) ; refined 
sugar 3 pounds (or 600 Gm.) ; distilled water, boiling, a sufficient 
quantity. Add the refined sugar to 16 fl. ounces (or 200 Cc.) of the 
boiling- water ; heat until dissolved ; add the undiluted orange flower 
water; make the weight of the product 4^/2 pounds (or 900 Gm.), by 
the addition of recently boiled distilled water." < Br. Dose, y 2 to 
1 fl. drachm. 

SYRUPUS CALCIS. U. S. Syrup of Lime. 
Syrup of Calcium Hydroxide. 
Lime, 65 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Sugar, 400 Gm. or 6 ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 15 fl. ounces 

Slake the lime by the addition of 35 Cc. (or 2 ounces) of water, with 
the aid of heat, then mix it and the sugar thoroughly in a mortar, so as 
to form a homogeneous powder; add the mixture to 500 Cc. (or jy 2 
ounces) of boiling water, contained in a bright copper or tinned-iron 
vessel, and boil for five minutes, constantly stirring. Dilute the liquid 
with sufficient water to make it measure 950 Cc. (or 14 fl. ounces) and 
filter through white paper, closely covering the funnel during filtra- 
tion. Then add through the filter enough water to make the product 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 15 fl. ounces) and mix thoroughly. Keep the 
syrup in well-stoppered bottles. "<U. S. 
Sp. gr. about 1.145 at 25°C. (yy°F.). 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

SYRUPUS CALCII LACTOPHOSPHATIS. U. S., Br. 

Syrup of Calcium Lactophosphate. 
Precip. Calcium Carbonate, 25 Gm. or 228 grains 

Lactic Acid, 60 Cc. or 1.2 fl. ounces 



988 The Fevmer Formulary Part II. 

Phosphoric Acid, 36 Cc. or 6 fl. drachms 

Orange Flower Water, 50 Cc. or 8 fl. drachms 

Sugar, 725 Gm. or 15 ounces av. 

Water, to make 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

The lactic acid is to be mixed with 100 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) of water 

contained in a capacious mortar, and the calcium carbonate is to be 

added, gradually, in portions, until it is dissolved. The phosphoric 

acid is then to be added and triturated until the precipitate at first 

formed is dissolved. Then 150 Cc. (or 3 fl. ounces) of water is to be 

added and the solution filtered, rinsing the mortar with 75 Cc. (or 

lYx fl. ounces) of water and passing the washings through the filter. 

The orange flower water is then to be added to the mixed filtrates and 

the sugar dissolved in the liquid by agitation, without heat. The 

syrup is then to be strained and enough water passed through the 

strainer to make 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of the syrup. <U. S. 

The Br. formula is almost identical with the U. S. when the differ- 
ence in strength of the phosphoric acid is taken into account. 

This is essentially the same as was first published in Fenner's For- 
mulary. The addition of a fl. drachm of hydrochloric acid to the fin- 
ished syrup tends to prevent the precipitation which is so common in 
this preparation. In fact, as the syrup is prepared by many man- 
ufacturers, it contains hardly any lactic acid, its place being supplied 
by hydrochloric acid, which is cheaper and makes a more stable prep- 
aration. This syrup is given as a nutritive tonic in doses of a tea- 
spoonful or more. 

SYRUPUS CASCARA AROMATICUS. Br. 
Aromatic Syrup of Cascara. 

Liquid Extract of Cascara, 8 fl. ounces or 400 Cc. 

Tincture of Orange, 2 fl. ounces or 100 Cc. 

Alcohol, (90%), 1 fl. ounce or 50 Cc. 

Cinnamon Water, 3 fl. ounces or 150 Cc. 

Syrup, 6 fl. ounces or 300 Cc. 
Mix. Dose, ^ to 2 fl. drachms. 

SYRUPUS CHLORAL. Br. Syrup of Chloral. 

Chloral Hydrate, 9 : -43 Gm. or 1600 grains 

Distilled Water, 93-75 Gm. or 30 fl. drachms 

Syrup, a sufficient quantity. 
Dissolve the chloral in the distilled water and add enough syrup 
to make the measure 20 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc). 

This syrup contains 10 grains of chloral in a fl. drachm and is used 
as a hypnotic and anodyne. It should be freshly made when wanted. 
A teaspoonful contains 10 grains of the salt. The dose is y 2 to 2 
fl. drachms. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 989 

SYRUPUS CODEINiE. Br. Syrup of Codeine. 

Codeine Phosphate, 4.57 Gm. or 40 grains 

Distilled Water, 12.5 Cc. or % fl. ounce 

Syrup, 987.5 Cc. or 19^ fl. ounces 

Dissolve the codeine phosphate in the distilled water ; add the 
syrup ; mix. <Br. 

A fl. drachm of this syrup contains ^4 grain of codeine phosphate. 

Dose, / 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

SYRUPUS FERRI IODIDI. U. S., Br. 

Syrup of Ferrous Iodide. 

"A syrupy liquid containing about 5 percent., by weight, of ferrous 
iodide, (Fel 2 ), or about 6.74 Gm. in 100 Cc."<U. S. 
Iron, in the form of fine, bright wire, 
and cut into small pieces, 

12.5 Gm. or 193 grains 
Iodine, 41.5 Gm. or 640 grains 

Diluted Hypophosphoric Acid, 

20 Cc. or 325 minims 
Sugar, 600 Gm. or 21 oz. av.-f- 72 gr. 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Gm. or 2>SVa ounces av. 

The iron wire is to be introduced into a thin glass flask having a 
capacity of about 500 Cc. (or 1 pint), and distilled water 150 Cc. (or 
5 fl. ounces) added, and afterwards the iodine. The mixture is to be 
shaken occasionally, checking the reaction if necesary by pouring 
cold water over the flask, and when the solution has become of a 
greenish color and no longer has the odor of iodine it is to be heated 
to boiling and sugar 50 Cc. (or ify ounces av.) added; when 
dissolved the solution is to be filtered into the remainder of the sugar 
contained in a porcelain dish. The flask containing the residue of the 
iron wire is to be rinsed with 125 Cc. (or 4^4 fl. ounces) of distilled 
water and the washing passed through the filter into the sugar. The 
mixture is then to be stirred with a porcelain or wooden spatula, and 
heated upon a water-bath until the sugar is completely dissolved. 
The syrup is then to be strained through a clean muslin strainer into 
a tared bottle, the hypophosphoric acid added, and enough distilled 
water to make the product weigh 1000 Gm. (or 35^ ounces av.). 
<U. S. 

The sp. gr. of this syrup is about 1.349 at 25°C. (jj°¥.). If put 
up in small bottles and wrapped in dark paper it will keep unchanged 
for a long time. Average dose, 1 Cc. (15 minims). 



990 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

SYRUPUS FERRI OXYDATI. P. G. Syrup of Iron Oxide. 

Eisenzuckersirup. 

Saccharated Iron Oxide, 
Syrup, 

Water, of each equal parts by weight. 
Mix them and dissolve. It contains I percent, of iron and is given 
as a mild ferruginous tonic. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

SYRUPUS FERRI PHOSPHATIS. Br. 
Syrup of Ferrous Phosphate. 

Iron, in wire, 8.6 Gm. or 75 grains 

Cone. Phosphoric Acid (66.3%), 62.5 Cc. or i*4 fl. ounces 
Syrup, 700 Cc. or 14 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Place the iron wire and the concentrated phosphoric acid, pre- 
viously diluted with an equal volume of distilled water, in a small 
flask ; plug the neck with cotton wool, and heat gently until the iron 
is dissolved. When cold, filter into the syrup, and pass a sufficient 
quantity of distilled water through the filter to make the product 
measure 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, / 2 to 1 fl.drachm.<Br. 

1 fl. drachm of this syrup represents 1 gram of anhydrous ferrous 
phosphate. 

This syrup is much more readily prepared by mixing 

Solution Iron Phosphate, 2 fl. drachms 

Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Or, by dissolving soluble iron phosphate, in scales, 128 grains in 
6 fl. ounces hot water, adding 14 ounces av. of sugar, and then enough 
water to make a pint. 

The dose is a teaspoonful or more as an iron tonic. 

SYRUPUS FERRI QUININE ET STRYCHNINE PHOS- 

PHATUM. U. S. 
Syrup of the Phosphates of Iron, Quinine and Strychnine. 

The U. S. Formula is 

Glycerite of the Phosphates of Iron, 

Quinine and Strychnine, 250 Cc. or 4 fl. ounces 

Syrup, a sufficient quantity to make 1000 Cc. or 16 fl. ounces 
Mix them, strain if necessary. 
Average dose, 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

Syrupus Ferri Phosphatis cum Quinina et Strychnina. Br. 

Iron, in wire, 75 grains (or 8.6 Gm.), concentrated phosphoric acid, 

(Br.), 1% ounce (or 62.5 Cc), strychnine, in powder, 5 grains (or 

0.57 Gm.), quinine sulphate, 130 grains (or 14.8 gm.), syrup, 14 

flounces (or 700 Cc), distilled water, a sufficient quantity. Place 



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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 991 

the iron wire and the concentrated phosphoric acid, previously diluted 
with an equal volume of distilled water, in a small flask; plug the 
neck with cotton-wool, and heat gently until the iron is dissolved; in 
the resulting solution dissolve the strychnine and quinine sulphate; 
filter into the syrup; pass sufficient distilled water through the filter 
to make the product measure 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, T / 2 to 
1 fl.drachm.<Br. 

One fl. drachm of this syrup represents 1 grain of anhydrous fer- 
rous phosphate, j4 grain of quinine sulphate, and L / 82 grain of strych- 
nine. 

Syrup Phosphate of Iron,- Quinine and Strychnine. 
Easton's Syrup. 
This preparation has been much used in the past, but is now super- 
seded by the U. S. official syrup. As some druggists may still wish 
to prepare it, the formula 
Sulphate of Iron, 
Sodium Phosphate, 
Quinine, (alkaloid), 
Strychnine, (alkaloid), 
Phosphoric Acid, (1880), 
Sugar, 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Dissolve the iron sulphate and the sodium phosphate each separ- 
ately in a quart of water, add the iron solution to the sodium solution, 
gradually and with constant stirring, and wash the precipitate until 
the washings are tasteless ; then collect the precipitate, drain and press 
quickly, and dissolve in the phosphoric acid. Add sufficient water 
to the solution to make 36 fl. ounces, dissolve the quinine and strych- 
nine in the solution, filter, and dissolve the sugar in the filtrate. The 
dose is a teaspoonful as a tonic, containing about 1 grain each iron 
and quinine, and 1 / 64 grain strychnine. 

SYRUPUS GLUCOSI. Br. Syrup of Glucose. 

Liquid Glucose of commerce, 25 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Syrup, 50 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Mix, by the aid of gentle heat. 

SYRUPUS HEMIDESMI. Br. 

Syrup of Hemidesmus. [Indian Sarsaparilla]. 

Hemidesmus Root, bruised, 100 Gm. or 4 ounces av. 

Refined Sugar, 700 Gm. or 28 ounces av. 

Boiling Distilled "Water, 500 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

"Infuse the hemidesmus root in distilled water in a covered vessel 
for 4 hours and strain. Set the infusion aside until clear; then decant 



992 



The Fenncr Formulary 



Fart II. 



the clear liquid, add the refined sugar,, and dissolve by the aid of 
gentle heat. The weight of the product should be 42 ounces (or 1050 
Gm.). Dose, ^ to 1 rl. drachm. "< Br. 

Syrup of Sarsaparilla of any other kind may be made in the same 
proportions and manner. 

SYRUPUS HYPOPHOSPHITUM. U. S. 
Syrup of Hypophosphites. 
This is the old "Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites of Lime, Soda 
and Potassa," which was formerly much used under the quoted title, 
and was also known as "Churchill's Syrup of Hypophosphites Com- 
pound." At present compound syrups of hypophosphites containing 
quinine and strychnine are more generally used. 

Calcium Hypophosphite, 45 Gm. or 1 ounce aw+258 grains 
Potassium Hypophosphite, 

15 Gm. 
Sodium Hypophosphite, 15 Gm. 
Sugar, 650 Gm. c 

Diluted Hypophosphorus Acid, 

2 Gm. 
Tincture of Fresh Lemon Peel, 

5 Cc. 
Water, a sufficient quantity to make 

1000 Cc. or 

The hypophosphites are to be mixed and .triturated with 450 Cc. 
(or 15 ounces) of water until they are dissolved, the tincture of lemon 
peel and the hypophosphorous acid are then to be added and the liquid 
filtered. The sugar is to be dissolved in the nitrate by agitation, with- 
out heat, and enough water added through the filter to make the 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 33% fl. ounces). This syrup may also be made 
by percolating the sugar with the filtered liquid, and adding enough 
water through the percolator to make the required measure. <U. S. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

SYRUPUS HYPOPHOSPHITUM COMPOSITUS. U. S. 

Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites. 

35.00 Gm. or 540 grains 



or 


231 


grains 


or 


231 


grains 


or 


23 


ounces 


or 


31 


grains 


or 


82 


minims 



33^ fl.ounces 



17.50 Gm. 



Calcium Hypophosphite, 

Potassium Hypophosphite, 

Sodium Hypophosphite, 

Ferric Hypophosphite, 

Manganese Hypophosphite 

Quinine, 

Strychnine, 

Sodium Citrate, 

Diluted Hypophosphorous Acid, 

15.00 Gm. or 243 



i /0 u 

2.25 

2.2~ ? 

1. 10 

0.II5 

3-75 



Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 



or 270 
or 270 

o r 35 

or 

or 

or 

or 



35 
17 

58 



grams 



grains 



minims 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 993 

Sugar, 775-°° Gm. or 2714 ounces av. 

Water, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 33^4 fl. ounces 

The ferric and manganese hypophosphites are to be rubbed with 
the sodium citrate, and 30 Cc. (or 1 fl. ounce) of water added; the 
mixture is to be warmed for a few moments until a clear greenish sol- 
ution is obtained. The other hypophosphite salts are to be dissolved 
in 450 Cc. (or 8 fl. ounces) of water to which 5 Cc. (or 85 minims) of 
diluted hypophosphorous acid has previously been added. The quinine 
and strychnine are to be dissolved in 30 Cc. (or 1 fl. ounce) of water, 
with the aid of 10 Cc. (or 152 minims) of diluted hypophosphorous 
acid. The several solutions are to be mixed and the sugar dissolved 
in the mixture by agitation, without heat. The syrup is to be strained 
if necessary and enough water added to make the measure 1000 Cc. 
(° r 3324 fl. ounces) of syrup. <U. S. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

SYRUPUS IPECACUANHA. U. S. Syrup of Ipecac. 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, 70 Cc. or 1 fl.ounce+80 minims 
Acetic Acid, 10 Cc. or j6 minims 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. or i 2 /^ fl. ounces 

Sugar, 700 Gm. or 12^/3 ounces av. 

Water, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

The fluidextract of ipecac is to be diluted with 300 Cc. (or 5 fl.- 
ounces) of water to which the acetic acid has previously been added, 
and well mixed by shaking. The mixture is then to be filtered and 
enough water poured through the filter to make the measure 500 Cc 
(or Sy 2 fl. ounces). To this the glycerin is to be added and the sugar 
dissolved in the mixture; finally adding enough water to make the 
product measure 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces). <U. S. 

The druggist may readily ascertain if his fluidextract contains resin 
by adding a few drops of it to water. If it contains resin it will have 
a muddy or cloudy appearance; if free from it the result will be a 
clear solution. If it contains resin the syrup should be made as 
follows : 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, 2 fl. ounces 

Water, 13 fl. ounces 

Sugar, . 28 ounces av. 

Mix the extract with the water and half the sugar, and allow to 
stand until the sugar is dissolved, then filter, add the remainder of the 
sugar and dissolve by percolation or gentle heat, adding water, if 
necessary, to make two pints. 



994 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

If it is desired to make the syrup of ipecac from the root instead of 
the fluidextract, it may be made by the following formula : 

Ipecac, in moderately fine powder, 8 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 4 fl. ounces 

Sugar, in coarse powder, J pounds 

Water, a sufficient quantity. • 
Moisten the ipecac with the alcohol and pack moderately in a water- 
bath percolator ; pour upon it 4 ounces of water and set in a warm 
place for 24 hours ; then heat very moderately and after 1 hour begin 
to percolate, adding water to the drug and continuing the heat and 
percolation until 2 pints have passed. Evaporate this by means of a 
water-bath — boiling it for a few minutes — to a pint, and when cool, 
filter ; add to the filtrate enough water to make 60 fl. ounces and dis- 
solve the sugar in the liquid by gentle heat, or water-bath percolation. 
The product should be one gallon of syrup. Lastly, while still warm, 
put it in half-pint, well-stopped bottles, and set away in a cool place. 
Syrup of ipecac made and preserved in this manner will keep for 
years. It is given as an emetic in doses of V 2 to 1 teaspoonful, re- 
peated in 15 minutes if necessary, and is used as an expectorant in 
cough remedies. 

As syrup of ipecac kept on the shelf in a stock bottle is liable to 
"sour," it is better to add to it solution of saccharin, 1 fl. drachm to 
each pint. 

Average dose. — Expectorant, 1 Cc. (15 minims). Emetic, 15 Cc. 
(4 fl. drachms). 

SYRUPUS KRAMERIA. U. S. Syrup of Krameria. 

Fluidextract of Krameria, 450 Cc. or 4^ fl. ounces 

Syrup, 550 Cc. or 5^ fl. ounces 

To make 1000 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

Mix them. Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

SYRUPUS LACTUCARII. U. S. Syrup of Lactucarium. 

Tincture of Lactucarium, 100 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Glycerin, 200 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Citric Acid, 1 Gm. or 4^ fl. drachms 

Syrup, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

The tincture of lactucarium is to be mixed with the glycerin, the 
orange flower water in which the citric acid has been dissolved is to 
be added and the mixture filtered if necessary. Finally, a sufficient 
quantity of syrup is to be added to make the product measure 1000 
Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces) and mixed thoroughly. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and 

SYRUPUS LIMONIS. Br. 



Preparations 

Syrup of Lemon 

20 Gm. 
500 Cc. 
760 Gm. 



995 



1 ounce 



01 

or 

or 38 ounces 



25 fl. ounces 



Fresh Lemon Peel, grated, 

Lemon Juice, 

Refined Sugar, 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Macerate the lemon peel in i 1 /? fl. ounces (or 30 Cc.) of the alcohol 
for 7 days ; press ; filter ; add sufficient of the alcohol to produce 2 
fl. ounces (or 40 Cc). In the lemon juice, cleared by subsidence, dis- 
solve the refined sugar by the aid of gentle heat. When the resulting 
syrup is cold mix with it 2 fl. ounces (or 40 Cc.) of alcoholic liquid. 
The product should weigh 4 pounds and 1 ounce (or 1300 Gm.). 
Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm). "< Br. 

In the U. S. P. syrup of lemon, which was formerly official, has 
been replaced by syrup of citric acid, which see. 

SYRUPUS PICIS LIQUIDS. U. S. Syrup of Tar. 



Tar, 


5 Gm. 


or 


77 


grains 


Alcohol, 


50 Cc. 


or 


l3/ 4 


fl. ounces 


Magnesium Carbonate, 


10 Gm. 


or 


154 


grains 


Sugar, 


850 Gm. 


or 


30 


ounces av 


Water, a sufficient quantity 










To make 


1000 Cc. 


or 


s&A 


fl. ounces 



The tar is to be mixed intimately in a mortar with 10 Gm. (or 154 
grains) of clean white sand, and 100 Cc. (or 3^/3 fl. ounces) of water is 
to be worked with the mass and the water poured off and thrown 
away. The residue is to be treated with alcohol and when the tar is 
dissolved the magnesium carbonate is to be added and 50 Gm. (or 1^4 
ounces) of the sugar and after thoroughly triturating them together 
400 Cc. (or 13^ fl. ounces) of water is to be added. The mixture is to 
be stired occasionally during 2 hours and then filtered. The remainder 
of the sugar is to be dissolved in the filtered liquid by gentle heat ; the 
Syrup is to be strained and enough water added through the strainer 
to make the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 33^ fl. ounces). 
Average dose. — 4 Cc: (1 fl. drachm). 
Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Tar, 

Cold Water, 

Pine Sawdust, 

Sugar, granulated, 

Boiling Water, a sufficient quantity. 

Pour the cold water upon the tar and stir the mixture occasionally 

during 24 hours ; then pour off the water and mix the tar intimately 

with the pine sawdust and pack firmly in the water-bath percolator. 

Pour upon it a pint of boiling water and keep at a moderate heat for 2 



(Fenner's Formula). 

2 ounces av. 

4 fl. ounces 
12 ounces av. 
12 ounces av. 



996 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

hours, then pour on more boiling water and begin to percolate, adding 
water and continuing the percolation until 20 ounces have passed. 
Allow the percolate to stand until cool, then filter off a pint and dis- 
solve the sugar in the filtrate,' by agitation or percolation. This is 
much used in cough mixtures etc. 

SYRUPUS PRUNI VIRGINIANS. U. S., Br. 
Syrup of Wild Cherry. U. S. Syrup of Virginian Prune. Br. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Wild Cherry, No. 20 powder, 150 Gm. or 7^ ounces av. 

Sugar, 700 Gm. or 35 ounces av. 

Glycerin, 150 Cc. or 7*4 fl. ounces 

Water, q. s. to make 1000 Cc. or 48 fl. ounces 

The glycerin is to be mixed with 300 Cc. (or 15 ounces) of water, 
and the wild cherry moistened with a sufficient quantity of the mix- 
ture and macerated for 24 hours in a covered vessel. It is then to be 
packed firmly in a percolator, the remainder of the menstruum poured 
upon it and when it has disappeared from the surface, followed by the 
water until 450 Cc. (or 22 ounces) of the percolate is obtained. The 
sugar is to be dissolved by agitation in this liquid ; the syrup is then to 
be strained and enough water passed through the strainer to make 
the measure 1000 Cc. (or 48 fl. ounces). It may also be prepared by 
percolating the sugar with the liquid as directed under Syrupus.<U. S. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Virginian Prune Bark, in No. 



20 powder, 






150 Gm. 


or 


3 ounces 


750 Gm. 


or 


15 ounces 


62.5 Gm. 


or 


134 fl. ounces 



Refined Sugar, 

Glycerin, 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the Virginian prune bark with the distilled water; set 
aside for 24 hours in a closed vessel ; pack in a percolator ; gradually 
add distilled water until a quantity of 9 fl. ounces (or 450 Cc.) of per- 
colate has been collected ; dissolve the refined sugar in the liquid by 
agitation, without heat ; add the glycerin ; strain ; pour sufficient dis- 
tilled water over the strainer to produce 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of 
the syrup. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. ' 
Wild Cherry, in No. 20 powder, 5^ ounces av. 

Sugar, granulated, 28 ounces av. 

Glycerin, 2 fl. ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 2 pints 

Moisten the wild cherry with 6 ounces of water and allow it to 
stand in a warm place for 24 hours in a covered vessel ; then pack in 
the water-bath percolator, pour a pint of water upon it and heat very 



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Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 



997 



too Cc. 


or 3 


fl. ounces 


4 Cc. 


or 55 


minims 


io Gm. 


or 137 


grains 


50 Cc. 


or i]/ 2 


fl. ounces 


1000 Cc. 


or 30 


fl. ounces 



moderately, not over ioo°F., for 1 hour, then begin to percolate, and 
continue the heat and percolation, adding water to the drug if neces- 
sary, until 14 fl. ounces have passed, dissolve the sugar in the percolate 
while still warm, and add the glycerin. Keep in small, well-stoppered 
bottles in a cool place. Prepared and preserved in this manner this 
syrup will keep through the summer. 

As syrup of Wild Cherry is quite liable to "sour" it is of advantage 
to add solution of saccharin 1 fl. drachm to each pint of the finished 
syrup. 

SYRUPUS RHEI. U. S., Br. Syrup of Rhubarb. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Fluidextract of Rhubarb, 

Spirit of Cinnamon, 

Potassium Carbonate, 

Water, 

Syrup, sufficient to make 
The spirit of cinnamon is to be mixed with the fluidextract and the 
potassium carbonate dissolved in the water and added to the mixture. 
Then enough syrup is to be added to make the measure 1000 Cc. (or 
30 fl. ounces). <U. S. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Rhubarb, in No. 20 powder, 

Coriander, in No. 25 powder, 

Refined Sugar, 

Alcohol, (90%!), 

Distilled Water, 

"Moisten the mixed rhubarb root and coriander fruit with a por- 
tion of the mixed alcohol and distilled water, and set aside ; pack in 
a percolator ; pass the remainder of the diluted alcohol slowly through 
the materials; evaporate the percolate until it is reduced to 14 
fl. ounces (or 350 Cc.) and in this after it has been filtered, dissolve 
the refined sugar by the aid of heat. The product should weigh 
nearly 2]/ 2 pounds (or 1000 Gm.). Dose, 



50 Gm. or 2 ounces 

50 Gm. or 2 ounces 

600 Gm. or 24 ounces 

200 Cc. or 8 fl. ounces 

600 Cc. or 24 fl. ounces 



., y 2 to 2 fl.drachms."<Br. 



SYRUPUS RHEI AROMATICUS. U. S. 

Aromatic Syrup of Rhubarb. 

Aromatic Tincture of Rihubarb, 150 Cc. or 3 fl. ounces 

Potassium Carbonate, 1 Gm. or 9 grains 

Syrup, 850 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

To make - 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

"Dissolv£__the potassium carbonate in the aromatic tincture of 
rhubarb ; filtering if necessary, and add sufficient syrup to make the 
product measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). Mix thoroughly.'' <U. S. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 



125 


Cc. 


or 


2/2 


fl. ounces 


IO 


Cc. 


or 


1/2 


fl. drachms 


750 


Gm. 


or 


15 


ounces av 


000 


Cc. 


or 


20 


fl. ounces 



998 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

SYRUPUS RHCEADOS. Br. Syrup of Red Poppy. 

Red-Poppy Petals, 260 Gm. or 13 ounces 

Refined Sugar, 720 Gm. or 2^4 pounds 

Alcohol, (90%), 50 Cc. or 2 l / 2 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 
"Add the red-poppy petals gradually to 20 ounces (or 400 Cc.) of 
distilled water kept hot upon a water-bath ; stir frequently, and after- 
wards, the vessel being removed, diffuse during 12 hours. Press out 
the liquid, strain, add the refined sugar and dissolve by the aid of 
heat. When nearly cold, add the alcohol, and sufficient distilled 
water to produce 3 pounds and 10 ounces (or 1160 Gm.) of the syrup. 
Dose, y 2 to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 

SYRUPUS ROS^E. U. S., Br. 
Syrup of Rose. U. S. Syrup of Roses. Br. 

The U. S. P. formula is: 
Fluidextract of Rose, 
Diluted Sulphuric Acid, 
Sugar, 

Water, sufficient to make 
"Mix the fluidextract of rose and diluted sulphuric acid with 300 
Cc. (or 6 fl. ounces) of water; after allowing the mixture to stand 2 
hours, filter, and dissolve the sugar in the clear filtrate by agitation. 
Finally add a sufficient quantity of water to make the product measure 
1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). Strain if necessary."<U. S. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Dried Red Rose Petals, 50 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Refined Sugar, 750 Gm. or 30 ounces 

Boiling Distilled Water, 500 Cc. or 20 ounces 

Infuse the red rose petals in the distilled water for 2 hours, strain, 

press, heat the liquid to the boiling point, filter, dissolve the refined 

sugar in the liquid by the aid of heat. The product should weigh 2 

pounds 14 ounces (or 1150 Gm.). Dose, ^ to 2 fl.drachms."<Br. 

SYRUPUS RUBI. U. S. Syrup of Rubus. [Blackberry]. 

Fluidextract of Rubus, 250 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Syrup, 750 Cc. or 3 fl. ounces 

They are to be well mixed. <U. S. 

This is used as an astringent for diarrhcea etc. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

SYRUPUS RUBI ID^I. Syrup of Raspberry. 

This was official in the /th revision of the U. S. P. but is dismissed 
from the 8th. A similar syrup is official in most countries. 
Fresh, Ripe Red Raspberries, any convenient quantity. 
Sugar, a sufficient quantity. 



Part II. 



Drugs, 



Chemicals and Preparations 



999 



The raspberries are to be reduced to a pulp and allowed to stand at 
a temperature of about 20°C. (68°F.) until a small portion of the 
filtered juice mixes clear with half its volume of alcohol. The juice is 
then to be separated by pressure and set aside in a cool place until 
the liquid portion has become clear, and then it is to be filtered, and 
to every 40 parts, by weight, of the filtrate 60 parts of sugar is to be 
added, the mixture heated to boiling and strained. The sugar should 
be added as soon as possible after the juice is filtered, and no metallic 
vessel should be employed ; stone-ware crocks or granite-ware vessels 
should be used, and, when made, the syrup should be kept in well- 
filled and well-stoppered small bottles in a cool place. 

This was evidently given as a representative formula for fruit 
syrups. Other fruit syrups may be prepared in a similar manner. 

SYRUPUS SARSAPARILLA COMPOSITUS. U. S. 



Compound 


Syrup of 


Sarsaparilla. 




Fluidextract of Sarsapai 


'ilia, 


200 


Cc. 


or 


6H 


fl. ounces 


Fluidextract of Glycyrr 


hiza, 


IS 


Cc. 


or 


y 2 


fl. ounce 


Fluidextract of Senna, 




15 


Cc. 


or 


V2 


fl. ounce 


Oil of Sassafras, 




0.2 


Cc. 


or 


4 


minims 


Oil of Anise, 




0.2 


Cc. 


or 


4 


minims 


Oil of Gaultheria, 




0.2 


Cc. 


or 


4 


minims 


Sugar, 




650 


Gm. 


or 


23 


ounces av. 


Water, sufficient to make 


1000 


Cc. 


or 


34 


fl. ounces 



The fluidextracts are to be mixed and the oils added. Enough 
water is then to be added to the mixture to make the measure 600 Cc. 
(or 20 fl. ounces) ; the mixture is to be well shaken and, after standing 
an hour, filtered ; the sugar dissolved in the filtrate by the aid of gentle 
heat and the syrup strained, adding enough water through the strainer 
to make the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces). <U. S. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

It is the custom with many druggists to prepare their syrup sar- 
saparilla compound from the fluidextract of sarsaparilla compound, 
either made by themselves or bought of manufacturers, but it will be 
seen by comparing the formulas that the resultant preparation will not 
be like the official syrup ; manufacturers, therefore make a fluidextract 
''For Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound." 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Sarsaparilla, in No. 30 powder, 
Guaiacum Wood, in No. 30 powder, 
Pale Rose, 

Licorice Root, in No. 30 powder, 
Senna, in No. 30 powder, 
Sassafras, in No. 30 powder, 



'5 


ounces 


av. 


3 


ounces 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


1 


ounce 


av. 



1000 The Fenner Formulary Part II, 

Anise, in No. 30 powder, 1 ounce av. 

Sarsaparilla Flavoring, (see below), ^2 fl. ounce 

Sugar, in coarse powder, 6 l /% pounds 

Water, Diluted Alcohol, each a sufficient quantity. 
Mix the solid ingredients, except the sugar, and moisten them with 
iy 2 pints of diluted alcohol, set in a covered vessel in a warm place for 
12 hours, then transfer to a water-bath percolator, pack moderately, 
and after 1 hour begin to percolate, adding diluted alcohol to the 
drugs and continuing the heat and percolation until 6 pints of the 
tincture have passed. Distil off 3 pints of alcohol by means of the 
water-bath and still, add a pint of water to the residue and filter, add- 
ing enough water through the filter to make the measure 4 pints. Mix 
the sarsaparilla flavoring with 4 ounces of the sugar and dissolve this 
with the remainder of the sugar in the liquid by percolation or agita- 
tion. 

Sarsaparilla Flavoring or Essence of Sarsaparilla is the same as is 
used for flavoring soda water syrups, and is made as follows : 
Oil of Wintergreen, 4 fl. drachms 

Oil of Sassafras, 3 fl. drachms 

Oil of Anise, 1 fl. drachm 

Cologne Spirit, 12 fl.ounces 

Water, 4 fl.ounces 

Mix, and if necessary filter through a little magnesium carbonate. 

SYRUPUS SCILL^. U. S., Br. Syrup of Squill. 

The U. S. P. formula is: 

Vinegar of Squill, 450 Cc. or 15^ fl.ounces 

Sugar, in coarse powder, 800 Gm. or 28^4 ounces av. 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl.ounces 

"Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar of squill with the aid of gentle 
heat, then strain, and, when the strained liquid is cold, add enough 
water through the strainer, to make the product measure 1000 Cc. 
(or 34 fl.ounces) ."<U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Vinegar of Squill, 500 Cc. or 20 fl.ounces 

Refined Sugar, 950 Gm. or 38 ounces 

"Dissolve the refined sugar in the vinegar of squill by means of 
gentle heat. The product should weigh 3 pounds 10 ounces. Dose, 
y 2 to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 

SYRUPUS SCILL^ COMPOSITUS. U. S. 

Compound Syrup of Squill. [Hive Syrup]. 

Fluidextract of Squill, 80 Cc. or 2^ fl.ounces 

Fluidextract of Senega, 80 Cc. or 2^4 fl.ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1001 

Antimony and Potassium Tart., 2 Gm. or 31 grains 
Precip. Calcium Phosphate, 10 Gm. or 154 grains- 

Sugar, 750 Gm. or 26^4 ounces av. 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 
The fluidextracts are to be mixed and evaporated in a tared capsule 
on a water-bath to 100 Gm. (or y/ 2 ounces av.). The residue is to be 
mixed with 350 Cc. (or 12 fl. ounces) of water. When cold the pre- 
cipitated calcium phosphate is to be added and well mixed, and the 
mixture filtered, passing enough water through the filter to make the 
measure 400 Cc. (or 13^ fl. ounces). The antimony and potassium 
tartrate is to be dissolved in 25 Cc. (or about 1 ounce) of hot water 
and added to the filtrate. In this liquid the sugar is then to be dis- 
solved by agitation, without heat, and the syrup strained, adding 
through the strainer enough water to make the product measure 1000 
Cc. (or 34 fl.ounces). <U. S. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 
Squill, in No. 20 powder, 2.y 2 ounces av. 

Senega, in No. 20 powder, 2^ ounces av. 

Antimony and Potassium Tartrate, 32 grains 

Sugar, 28 ounces av. 

Diluted Alcohol, 

Water, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
Mix the squill and senega, moisten with 5 fl. ounces of diluted alco- 
hol and set in a covered vessel for 12 hours; then transfer to the 
water-bath percolator, pack very moderately ; heat very moderately, 
and after 1 hour begin to percolate, adding water to the drug and con- 
tinuing the heat and percolation until a pint and a half of the percolate 
has passed. Distil off 12 fl. ounces of alcohol, and boil the residue for 
15 minutes; then evaporate it to half a pint and filter, adding enough 
water through the filter to make 15 fl. ounces. In this dissolve the 
sugar by percolation or agitation, and having dissolved the antimony 
and potassium tartrate in an ounce of hot water, add to the syrup and 
mix thoroughly. 

This is much used as a cough syrup and emetic, in doses of y 2 to a 
teaspoonful or more. It is commonly known as "Hive Syrup." 

SYRUPUS SENEG-ffi. U. S. Syrup of Senega. 

Fluidextract of Senega, 200 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Syrup, 800 Cc. or 8 fl. ounces 

To make 1000 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

Mix them. <U. S. Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 
Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 
Senega, in No. 40 powder, 6 ounces av. 

Diluted Alcohol, 1 pint 



1002 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Ammonia Water, ij/4 fl. drachms 

Sugar, 28 ounces av. 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 

Moisten the drug with S fl. ounces of diluted alcohol and let stand 
for 12 hours, then pack moderately in the water-bath percolator; pour 
upon it the remainder (8 fl. ounces) of the diluted alcohol and set in a 
warm place for 1 day ; then heat very moderately, and after 1 hour 
begin to percolate, adding water to the drug and continuing the heat 
and percolation until a pint of the tincture has passed; boil this for 15 
minutes to coagulate the albumen and starchy matter, continue the 
evaporation by gentle heat until the liquid is reduced to half a pint,, 
and filter through muslin without pressure, adding a little water 
through the filter to preserve the measure. To the filtered liquid add 
8 ounces of water and the ammonia water, and, after standing 3 or 
4 hours, filter through paper and dissolve the sugar in the filtrate 
by agitation or percolation. 

This is a tonic expectorant much esteemed in cough mixtures. 
Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

As syrup of senega is liable to "sour" in the summer, it is best to add 
solution of saccharin, 1 fl. drachm to each pint. 

SYRUPUS SENNiE. U. S., Br. Syrup of Senna. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Fluidextract of Senna, 250 Cc. or 2 1 /? fl. ounces 

Oil of Coriander, 5 Cc. or 24 minims 

Syrup, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

"Mix the oil of coriander with the fluidextract of senna and add a 
sufficient quantity of syrup to make the product measure 1000 Cc. 
(or 10 fl. ounces). Mix thoroughly." <U. S. 

Representing 25% of senna, by volume of fluidextract in the fin- 
ished syrup. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 
The Br. P. formula is : . 

Senna, 40 ounces or 1200 Gm. 

Oil of Coriander, 10 minims or 0.6 Cc. 

Alcohol, (90%!), 40 minims or 2.4 Cc. 

Refined Sugar, in powder, 50 ounces or 1500 Gm. 

Alcohol, (20%), 70 Imp.fl.oz. or 2100 Cc. 

"Moisten the senna with 40 Imp. fl. ounces (or 1200 Cc.) of the 
alcohol (20%) ; pack tightly in a vessel which can afterward be 
closed ; set aside for 3 days ; press strongly ; reserve the liquid ob- 
tained ; break up the marc; moisten it with 15 fl. ounces (or 450 Cc.) of 
the alcohol (20%); set aside for 24 hours; press strongly; add the 
liquid obtained to the portion previously reserved ; break up the marc ; 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1003 

mix it with the remainder of the alcohol (20%i) ; set aside for 3 hours; 
press again ; evaporate the resulting liquid until it is reduced to such 
a volume that, when added to the reserved liquid the whole shall 
measure 40 Imp. fl. ounces (or 1200 Cc). Mix the evaporated liquid 
with the reserved liquid, heat the product in a covered vessel to 
i8o°F. (82.2°C.) for a few minutes; set aside for 24 hours; filter; 
pass through the filter distilled water until the filtrate measures 40 
Imp. fl. ounces (or 1200 Cc.)"<Br. 

[So far this makes a fluidextract the same as is contemplated in the 
U. S. P. formula. To this fluidextract or liquidextract thus prepared] 

"Add the refined sugar and dissolve in a covered vessel by the aid 
of gentle heat ; cool ; add the oil of coriander dissolved in the alcohol 
(90%). Shake well. The product should weigh 5^ lbs. av. (or 2760 
Gm.). Dose, J / 2 to 2 fl. drachms." <Br. Representing 50 percent, of 
senna in the finished syrup. 

SYRUPUS TOLUTANUS. U. S., Br. Syrup of Tolu. 
Syrup of Balsam of Tolu. Br. 



The U. S. P. formula is : 






Tincture of Tolu, 


50 Cc. or 


i}i fl. ounces 


Magnesium Carbonate, 


10 Gm. or 


154 grains 


Sugar, 


820 Gm. or 


28% ounces av. 


Water, sufficient to make 


1000 Cc. or 


33% fl. ounces 



"Rub the tincture of tolu in a mortar with the magnesium carbonate 
and 60 Gm. (or 2 ounces) of the sugar. Then gradually add 450 Cc. 
(or 15 fl. ounces) of water, with constant trituration and filter. Dis- 
solve the remainder of the sugar in the clear filtrate, with the aid of 
a gentle heat ; strain the syrup while hot and add a sufficient quantity 
of water to make the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 33% fl. ounces). " 
<U. S. 

This syrup may be made by percolation in the same manner as is 
directed for other syrups made by percolation. 

Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

The Br. P. formula is : 
. Balsam of Tolu, 62.5 Gm. or 1% ounces 

Refined Sugar, 1600 Gm. or 32 ounces 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 

"Boil the balsam of tolu in 1 pint (or 1000 Cc.) of the distilled water 
for half an hour in a lightly covered vessel, stirring frequently. Re- 
move from the source. of heat and add distilled water, if necessary, so 
that the liquid when cold shall measure 16 fl. ounces (or 800 Cc). 
Filter the solution, add the refined sugar, and dissolve by the aid of a 
water-bath. The product should weigh 3 pounds (or 2400 Gm.). 
Dose, V 2 to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 



30 


Cc. 


or 


1 


fl. ounce 


20 


Cc. 


or 


% 


fl. ounce 


IO 


Gm. 


or 


154 


grains 


820 


Gm. 


or 


28^ 


ounces av. 


IOOO 


Cc. 


or 


33^ 


fl. ounces 



1004 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

SYRUPUS ZINGIBERIS. U. S., Br. Syrup of Ginger. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 
Fluidextract of Ginger, 
Alcohol, 

Magnesium Carbonate, 
Sugar, 

Water, sufficient to make 
"Mix the fluidextract of ginger and the alcohol, then triturate the 
liquid in a mortar with the magnesium carbonate and 60 Gm. (or 2 
ounces) of the sugar. Then gradually add 450 Cc. (or 15 fl. ounces) 
of water, with constant trituration, and filter. Dissolve the remainder 
of the sugar in the clear filtrate, with the aid of a gentle heat ; strain 
the syrup while hot, and add a sufficient quantity of water to make 
the product measure 1000 Cc. (or 33^2 fl. ounces). "<U. S. 

This may also be prepared by percolation in the same manner as 
other syrups which are made by percolation. 
Average dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Ginger, in fine powder. 12.5 Gm. or y 2 ounce 

Alcohol, (90%), 

Syrup, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
"Prepare 1 fl. ounce (or 25 Cc.) of a strong tincture of the ginger by 
the process of percolation with the alcohol. To this add sufficient of 
the syrup to produce 20 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc.) of the syrup of ginger. 
Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. "< Br. 

UNOFFICIAL SYRUPS. 

Besides the foregoing syrups official in the U. S. and Br. pharmaco- 
poeias, a great many not official in these authorities or unofficial 
altogether are much used. These include the syrups of vegetable 
substance which are popular or convenient ; the syrups of chemical 
substances ; syrups used for soda water and other beverages, and a 
great variety of other syrups which have been introduced into med- 
icine and pharmacy because of their utility or application. The fol- 
lowing are those more commonly used : 

SYRUPS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES. 

The following are unofficial syrups prepared from chemical sub- 
stances, for which there is a demand in this country, most of them 
being known as "elegant pharmaceutical preparations." They are, 
therefore, given more prominence than other unofficial syrups. 

As the commercial title of these syrups generally has the name of 
the basic substance or substances following the acid with which it is 
combined, they are so given in the formulas which follow, although 
it is at present customary in official preparations to reverse the order. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1005 

Flavored Syrup. 

For making' syrups of chemical substances as well as for other uses, 
a flavored simple syrup, which may be used in the same manner as the 
official simple syrup is desirable. The following will be found suitable 
for this purpose : 

Elixir Flavoring, I fl. ounce 

Magnesium Carbonate, ]/ 2 ounce av. 

Water, 4 pints 

Sugar, 8 pounds 

Rub the elixir flavoring with the magnesium carbonate in a mortar, 
add about one-third of the water gradually, and rub them well 
together ; add the mixture to the remainder of the water ; put in a 6 
pint bottle, well-stoppered, and heat for an hour on a water-bath to 
about 6o°C. (i67°F.), and after standing a day or two, filter and dis- 
solve the sugar in the filtrate by percolation or agitation. 

Syrup Bromide of Iron (Tasteless). 

Besides the official syrup Bromide of Iron, a so-called tasteless 
syrup is made as follows : 

Ferrous Bromide, 384 grains 

Potassium Citrate, iy 2 ounces av. 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Water, 7 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 16 ounces av. 

Dissolve the potassium citrate in the water, add the iron bromide 
and then the soluble flavoring and filter. Dissolve the sugar in the 
filtrate. 

A fl. drachm contains 3 grains iron bromide. Dose, 20 to 60 minims. 

Syrup Bromide of Morphine. 

Morphine Bromide, 16 grains 

Flavored Syrup, I pint 

Dissolve the morphine salt in y ounce of warm water, and add to 
the syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains y% grain morphine bromide. Dose, a tea- 
spoonful. 

Syrup Bromide of Quinine, Morphine and Strychnine. 

Morphine Bromide, 16 grains 

Solution of Strychnine, 2 fl. drachms 

Syrup Bromide of Quinine, 1 pint 

Dissolve the morphine salt in yX ounce of hot water, and add the 
solution with the solution of strychnine to the syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain quinine bromide, J /$ grain morphine 
bromide, and 1 / 64 grain strychnine. Dose, a teaspoonful. 



1006 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Syrup Bromide of Quinine. 

Quinine Bromide, 128 grains 

Water, 8 fl. ounces 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Sugar, 16 ounces av. 

Dissolve the quinine bromide in the water by the aid of gentle heat, 
add the flavoring and dissolve the sugar in the solution. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain quinine bromide. Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Syrup Bromide of Quinine and Morphine. 

Morphine Bromide, 16 grains 

Syrup Bromide of. Quinine, 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the morphine bromide in y± ounce of hot water and add to 
the syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain quinine bromide, y% grain morphine 
bromide. Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Syrup Bromide of Sodium. 

Sodium Bromide, 640 grains 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Water, 8 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 16 ounces av. 

Dissolve the salt in the water, add the flavoring and dissolve the 
sugar in the solution. 

A fl. drachm contains 5 grains of the sodium salt. Dose, a teaspoon- 
ful to a tablespoonful. 

Syrups of other bromides, as Syrup Bromide of Potassium, Syrup 
Bromide of Ammonium etc., may be made in the same manner. 

Syrup Bromide of Strychnine. 

Strychnine Bromide, 4 grains 

Flavored Syrup, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine in y 2 fl. ounce of boiling water and add to 
the syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 /. 62 grain of strychnine salt. Dose, a tea- 
spoonful. 

Syrup Bromide of Strychnine and Morphine. 

Strychnine Bromide, 4 grains 

Morphine Bromide, 16 grains 

Flavored Syrup, 1 pint 
Dissolve the bromides in ]/ 2 ounce of boiling water and add to the 
syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 / 32 grain strychnine and J /% grain morphine 
bromides. Dose, a teaspoonful. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1007 

Syrup Bromide of Strychnine, Iron and Quinine. 

Strychnine Bromide, 2 grains 

Quinine Bromide, 128 grains 

Ferrous Bromide, 256 grains 

Potassium Citrate, 256 grains 
Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Water, 7 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 16 ounces av. 

Syrup Glycerinophosphates Compound. 

Calcium Glycerinophosphate, 128 grains 

Sodium Glycerinophosphate, 256 grains 

Soluble Phosphate of Iron, 24 grains 

Manganese Phosphate, 16 grains 

Quinine Sulphate, 8 grains 

Strychnine Sulphate, . 1 grain 

Glycerinophosphoric Acid, 2 fl. drachms 

Glycerin, 4 fl. ounces 

Syrup, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the chemical salts by rubbing with the glycerin, previously 
warmed and mixed with the acid, then add sufficient syrup to make the 
measure 16 fl. ounces. Dose a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Syrup Heroin Compound. 

Heroin, 8 grains 

Glycerin, 4 fl. ounces 

Syrup Tolu, 12 fl. ounces 

Rub the heroin with portions of the glycerin until dissolved and add 
the syrup tolu. Dose a teaspoonful. 

Dissolve the potassium citrate in the water, add the iron salt, then 
the bromides, and dissolve by gentle heat, then add the flavoring and 
sugar. 

A fl. drachm represents 2 grain bromide of iron, 1 grain quinine 
bromide, and 1 / 64 grain strychnine bromide. Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Syrup Chloride of Iron. "Weld's Syrup." 

Solution of Ferric Chloride, 

Citric Acid, crystals, 

Sodium Carbonate, crystals, . 

Glycerin, 

Sugar, 

Water, 

Rub the citric acid with 6 ounces of water, and add to it sodium 
carbonate in crystals ; allow to stand until effervescence ceases, then 
add the glycerin and iron solution, and after standing a few days filter; 



I/ 2 


fl. drachms 


70 


grains 


20 


grains 


I 


ounce 


12 


ounces 


l6 


fl.ounces 



1008 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

dissolve the sugar by agitation and add to the filtered liquid, and 
water enough to make the measure 16 fl. ounces. 

Syrup Citrate of Iron. 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 256 grains 

Hot Water, 1 fl.ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water and add the syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of the iron salt. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful or two. 

Syrup Citrate of Iron and Quinine. 

Iron and Quinine Citrate, 256 grains 

Hot Water, 1 fl.ounce 

Flavored Syrup, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the water and add to the syrup. 
A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron and quinine citrate. The dose is 
a teaspoonful. 

Syrup Citrate of Iron, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Solution of Strychnine, 1 fl. drachm 

Syrup Citrate of Iron and Quinine, 1 pint 

Mix them thoroughly. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iron and 
quinine and 1 / 128 grain strychnine. The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Syrup Citrate of Iron and Strychnine. 

Iron and' Strychnine Citrate, 256 grains 

Hot Water, 1 fl.ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 1 pint 

Dissolve the salt in the hot water and add the syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of the iron and strychnine citrate. 
Dose, a teaspoonful. 

Syrup Dialysed Iron. 

Solution Dialysed Iron, 640 minims 

Flavored Syrup, to make 1 pint 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 5 minims solution dialysed iron. 
The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Syrup Hypophosphite of Calcium (Lime). 
Calcium Hypophosphite, 384 grains 

Water, 8 fl.ounces 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl.ounce 

Sugar, 16 fl.ounces 

Rub the salt to a powder and triturate in a mortar with the water 
until dissolved, add the soluble flavoring, filter, and dissolve the sugar 
in the filtrate without heat. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1009 

A fl. drachm contains 3 grains calcium hypophosphite. The dose is 
a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Syrup Hypophosphite of Calcium, Sodium and Potassium. 
Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites. 

Calcium Hypophosphite, 256 grains 

Sodium Hypophosphite, 128 grains 

Potassium Hypophosphite, 64 grains 

Water, 8 fl. ounces 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Sugar, 16 ounces av. 

Rub the salts to a fine powder and then with the water until dis- 
solved, add the flavoring, filter, and dissolve the sugar in the filtrate 
without heat. 

Syrup Hypophosphites of Calcium, Sodium, Potassium and Iron. 

Syrup Hypophosphite Lime, Soda, Potassa and Iron 

Solution Hypophosphite of Iron, 1 fl. ounce 

Syrup Hypophosphites Compound, 15 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains about 4^2 grains of mixed hypo- 
phosphites. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Syrup Hypophosphite of Calcium and Sodium. 

Calcium Hypophosphite, 384 grains 

Sodium Hypophosphite, 256 grains 

Water, 8 fl. ounces 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Sugar, 16 ounces av. 

Rub the salts to a fine powder and dissolve by rubbing with the 

water, add the flavoring and filter, and dissolve the sugar in the filtrate 

without heat. 

A fl. drachm contains 5 grains of the hypophosphites. The dose is a 

teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Syrup Hypophohsphite of Iron. 

Solution Hypophosphite of Iron, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain iron hypophosphite. Dose, 
a teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Hypophosphite of Iron and Calcium. 

Solution Hypophosphite of Iron, 1 fl. ounce 

Syrup Hypophosphite of Calcium, 15 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of iron and about 3 grains 
of calcium hypophosphite. Dose, a teaspoonful or more. 



1010 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Syrup Hypophosphite of Iron and Manganese. 

Solution Hypophosphite of Iron, i fl. ounce 

Solution Hypophosphite of Manganese, i fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 14 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A li. drachm contains 1 grain each of the hypophosphites 
of iron and manganese. Dose, a teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Hypophosphite of Manganese. 

Solution Hypophosphite of Manganese, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of manganese hypophos- 
phite. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Hypophosphite of Sodium. Syrup Hypophosphite of Soda. 

Sodium Hypophosphite, 256 grains 

Hot Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup. 15 fl. ounces 
Dissolve the salt in the hot water, strain, mix the solution with the 
syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains sodium hypophosphite. The dose is 
a dessertspoonful or more. 

Syrup Hypophosphites Compound with Lactopeptine. 

Syrup Hypophosphites Compound, 12 fl. ounces 

Lactopeptine, 256 grains 

Hypophosphorous Acid, 1 fl. ounce 

Water, 3 fl. ounces 

Rub the lactopeptine with the water, add the acid and heat gently 

by water-bath until dissolved ; strain the solution and add to the syrup, 

mixing them thoroughtly. 

Syrup Hypophosphites Compound with Quinine and Strychnine. 

This combination is very popular as a nutritive tonic, and has to a 
large extent taken the place of other compound syrups of hypophos- 
phites. 



Calcium Hypophosphite, 


4 


ounces 


av. 


Sodium Hypophosphite, 


2 


ounces 


av. 


Potassium Hypophosphite, 


Ya 


ounce 


av. 


Manganese Hypophosphite, 


Va 


ounce 


av. 


Soluble Iron Phosphate, in scales. 


I 


ounce 


av. 


Strychnine Sulphate, 


8 


grains 




Quinine Sulphate, 


V2 


ounce 


av. 


Citric Acid, 


40 


grains 




Sugar, 


7 


pounds 




Water, sufficient to make 


1 


gallon 





Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1011 

Dissolve the citric acid in 8 fl. ounces of water, and rub the strychnine 
in a mortar with the solution until dissolved, then add the quinine to 
the solution and, having transferred to a bottle, add 3 pints more of 
water. Rub the hypophosphites to a fine powder and add to the sol- 
ution in the bottle. Dissolve the iron phosphate in 8 fl. ounces of hot 
water, and add to the solution in the bottle. When all the salts are 
dissolved, filter the solution and dissolve the sugar in the filtrate, 
making up the measure to 1 gallon of water. If desired this may be 
flavored with 4 ounces of soluble flavoring, but as found in the mar- 
ket it is usually without flavor. 

This is similar in composition to the proprietary Fellow's Syrup of 
Hypophosphites Compound. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessert- 
spoonful. A fl. drachm contains about 4 grains of the mixed hypo- 
phosphites. 

Syrup Hypophosphites Compound, Iron, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Quinine, (alkaloid), 60 grains 

Strychnine, (alkaloid), 1 grain 

Solution Hypophosphite of Iron, 1 fl. ounce 

Hypophosphorous Acid, 2 fl. drachms 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the quinine and strychnine in the hypophosphorous acid 
by gentle heat and add to the syrup, then add the iron solution. 

A fl. drachm contains ]/ 2 grain of quinine, 1 grain iron, and 1 / 128 
grain strychnine. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Syrup Iodide of Calcium. Syrup Iodide of Lime. 

Calcium Iodide, 256 grains 

Warm Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the calcium iodide by rubbing with the water and add the 
solution to the flavored syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains calcium iodide. This syrup is given as 
an alterative in doses of a teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Iodide of Iron (Tasteless). 

Tasteless Iodide of Iron, 256 grains 

Warm Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Rub the iodide with the water and add the solution to the syrup. 
A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of the tasteless iodide of iron. This is 
given as a tonic and resolvent in doses of a teaspoonful or more. It 
has not the disagreeable taste of the official syrup iodide of iron. 



1012 The Fenncr Formulary Fart II. 

Syrup Iodide of Iron and Manganese. 

Tasteless Iodide of Iron, 128 grains 

Iodide of Manganese, 128 grains 

Warm Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Rub the iodides with the water, and add the solution to the syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain each iodide of iron and manganese. 
The dose is a teaspoonful as a tonic and alterative. 

Syrup Iodide of Manganese. 

Iodide of Manganese, 256 grains 

Warm Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iodide by rubbing with the water, and add the solu- 
tion to the syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains iodide of manganese. The dose is 
a teaspoonful as a tonic. 

Syrup Iodide of Starch. 

Iodide of Starch, 16 grains 

Flavored Syrup, 1 fl. ounce 

Rub them well together. 

In this the iodide of starch is suspended in the syrup, and it should 
be shaken when taken or dispensed. A colorless syrup may be made 
by adding 128 grains sodium thiosulphate, but this produces a syrup 
of iodide of sodium instead. 

The syrup iodide of starch may be given in doses of 1 to 4 fl.- 
drachms. 

Syrup of Iron and Sodium Albuminate. 

"Nitrogenized Iron." 

Iron Chloride, (the salt), 128 grains 

Albumen, (white of tgg) , 6 fl. ounces 

Glycerin, 8 fl. ounces 

Solution of Soda, q. s., about 2 fl. ounces 

Mix part of the glycerin with the white of egg and dissolve the 
iron by gentle heat in the remainder ; add the solution of iron thus 
prepared to the mixture of glycerin and albumen, stirring them well 
together for an hour or two, and forming a semi-solid gelatinous 
mass ; then add the solution of soda gradually, and with constant 
stirring, until the mass is dissolved and the solution is neutral. Allow 
to stand a few hours for the froth to subside, then pour off and strain. 
In making this preparation it is necessary to have it neutral, which 
may be determined by testing with litmus paper. If not entirely 



Part II. 



Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 



1013 



liquid after standing a few hours, it will be necessary to add a little 
more of the solution of soda. This preparation has a bland, sweet 
taste and a bright color. It is an excellent iron tonic and nutritive, 
given in doses of a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful, a fl. drachm con- 



taining i grain of the iron salt. 



Syrup Lactate of Iron. 



Solution "Protoxide of Iron 
Lactic Acid, 
Flavored Syrup, 
Mix them 



I fl. ounce 
90 minims 
15 fl. ounces 



A fl. drachm contains 1 grain lactate of iron. 



Syrup Lactopeptine. 



384 



grains 
fl.drachms 
fl. ounces 
fl. ounce 
fl. ounces 



Lactopeptine, 

Hydrochloric Acid, 1) 

Water, 8 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 

Sugar, . 14 

Macerate the lactopeptine in the mixed liquids for 24 hours, with 
occasional agitation, then strain, and dissolve the sugar in the liquid. 
It may be colored red if desired. 

A fl. drachm contains 3 grains lactopeptine. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful or more. 

Syrup Lactated Pepsin. By using the compound pepsin powder 
instead of lactopeptine in this formula, a very similar preparation may 
be made at a considerable saving in cost. 

Syrup Lactopeptine Compound. 

Solution Iron Phosphate, 

Solution Phosphate of Calcium, 

Sodium Phosphate, 

Potassium Phosphate, 

Hydrochloric Acid, 

Lactopeptine, 

Water, 

Soluble Flavoring, 

Sugar, 14 ounces av. 

Rub the lactopeptine and the salts together ; mix the solutions, add 
the acid and water, and add the powders to the mixture. Macerate 
for 24 hours and strain, add the flavoring and dissolve the sugar in the 
liquid. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Syrup Lactated Pepsin with Phosphates. By using the compound 
pepsin powder instead of lactopeptine in this formula, a very similar 
preparation may be made at a considerable saving in cost, 



I 


fl. ounce 


I 


fl. ounce 


128 


grains 


128 


grains 


1/2 


fl.drachm 


256 


grains 


6/ 2 


fl. ounces 


1 


fl. ounce 



1014 The Fcnncr Formulary Part 11. 

Syrup Lactophosphate of Calcium. 

Solution Lactophosphate of Calcium, 2 fl. ounces 

Flavored Syrup, 14 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 2 grains calcium lactophosphate. 
The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. This is also official 
under the title Syrupus Calcii Lactophosphates (which see). 

Syrup Lactophosphate of Calcium and Pepsin. 

Syrup Lactophosphate of Calcium, 8 fl.ounces 

Syrup Pepsin, 8 fl.ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains about 1 g-rain calcium lacto- 
phosphate and 2 grains of pepsin. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Lactophosphate of Iron. 

Solution Lactophosphate of Iron, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl.ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain iron lactophosphate. The 
dose is a teaspoonful as a tonic. 

Syrup Lactophosphate of Iron and Calcium. (Lime). 

Solution Lactophosphate of Iron, y 2 fl. ounce ' 

Solution Lactophosphate of Calcium, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 14^ fl.ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains ]/ 2 grain iron and 1 grain calcium 
lactophosphate. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Lactophosphate of Manganese. 

Solution Lactophosphate of Manganese, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl.ounces 

Mix them. A fl.drachm contains 1 grain manganese lactophosphate. 
The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful as a tonic. 

Syrup Lactophosphates Compound. 

Solution Lactophosphate of Iron, y 2 fl. ounce 

Solution Lactophosphate of Calcium, 1 fl. ounce 

Solution Lactophosphate of Manganese, y 2 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 14 fl.ounces 

Mix them. A fl.drachm contains y 2 grain each iron and manganese 
lactophosphate, and 1 grain calcium lactophosphate. Dose, a tea- 
spoonful to a dessertspoonful as a tonic. 

Syrup Morphine. 

This may be made with either the Acetate, Hydrochloride, Sul- 
phate, or other soluble salt of morphine, as follows : 

The Morphine Salt, 16 grains 

Hot Water, 2 fl.drachms 

Flavored Syrup, 1 pint 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1015 

Dissolve the morphine salt in the hot water and add to the syrup. 
A fl. drachm contains l /§ grain of the salt. The usual dose is a tea- 
spoonful, as an anodyne. 

Syrup of Codeine. This may be made in the same proportion and 
manner as syrup of morphine, only using codeine instead of the mor- 
phine salt. 

Syrup Muriate of Ammonia. Syrup Ammonium Chloride. 

Ammonium Chloride, in powder, 640 grains 

Water, 8 flounces 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Sugar, 16 ounces av. 
Dissolve the salt in the water, filter, add the flavoring and dissolve 
the sugar in the liquid. 

A fl. drachm contains 5 grains of the salt. The dose is a teaspoon- 
ful or more. 

Syrup Nascent Phenic Acid. 

Pure Phenol, or Carbolic Acid, 67 grains 

Glycerin, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Rub the acid with the glycerin in a mortar until dissolved, and add 
to the syrup. 

This is somewhat heavier and of a different flavor than the Syrup 
Pure Nascent Phenic Acid prepared by Declat Manufacturing Co., 
Xew York, but contains the same quantity of acid. If desired like 
this, use double the quantity of glycerin with 1 ounce of water and 
plain syrup, flavoring with essence of cognac, 1 fl. drachm. Dose, 1 
tablespoonful. 

Syrup Pepsin. 

Saccharated Pepsin, 1 ounce av. 

Hydrochloric Acid, 1 fl. drachm 

Water, 8 fl.ounces 

Sugar, 16 ounces av. 

Soluble Flavoring, 1 fl. ounce 

Rub the pepsin with the water and add the acid, let stand until dis- 
solved, strain, add the flavoring, and dissolve the sugar in the liquid 
without heat. 

A fl. drachm contains ^]/ 2 grains saccharated pepsin. The dose is a 
teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Syrup Phosphate of Calcium. Syrup Phosphate of Lime. 

Solution Phosphate of Calcium, 2 fl.ounces 

Flavored Syrup, 14 fl.ounces 

Mix them. A fl.drachm contains 2 grains calcium phosphate. The 
dose is a teaspoonful or more. 



1016 The Rentier Formulary Part II. 

Syrup Phosphate of Iron. 

Solution Phosphate of Iron, i]/ 2 fl. ounces 

Flavored Syrup, 14^ fl.ounces 

Mix them. This may also be prepared by dissolving 384 grains of 
iron phosphate (soluble) in an ounce of boiling water and add 
ing to 14^4 fl.ounces of flavored syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 3 grains of iron phosphate. The dose is a 
teaspoonful or more. This is official in the Br. P. under the title 
Syrupus Ferri Phosphatis, (which see). 

Syrup Phosphate of Manganese. 

Solution Phosphate of Manganese, 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl.ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain manganese phosphate. 
The dose is 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls as a tonic. 

Syrup Phosphate of Manganese Compound. 

Solution Phosphate of Iron, y 2 fl. ounce' 

Solution Phosphate of Manganese, 1 fl. ounce 

Sodium Phosphate, 128 grains 

Flavored Syrup, 14 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the sodium salt in half an ounce of hot water and add to 
the syrup, then add the solutions and mix. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain each iron, manganese and sodium phos- 
phates. Dose, a teaspoonful or more as a tonic. 

Syrup Phosphate of Quinine. 

Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Phosphoric Acid, diluted, y> fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 1 pint 

Dissolve the quinine salt in the acid and add the syrup. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain of the quinine salt. 

Syrup Phosphate of Quinine and Iron. 

Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Phosphoric Acid, diluted, y 2 fl.ounce 

Solution Phosphate of Iron, y 2 fl.ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the quinine salt in the acid and add to the syrup, mix, then 
add the iron solution. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 grain each of the iron and quinine salts. 

Syrup Phosphate of Quinine, Iron and Strychnine. 

Syrup Phosphate of Quinine and Iron, 1 pint 

Solution of Strychnine, 2 fl. drachms 

Add the strychnine solution to the syrup and mix them well. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1017 

A fl. drachm contains I grain each of quinine and iron and 1 / 64 grain 
strychnine. See also the official syrup under the title Syrupus Ferri, 
Ouininse et Strychninae Phosphatum. 

This syrup is known and often prescribed as Syrup Triple Phos- 
phates. 

Syrup Phosphates Compound. Chemical Food. 

Solution of Phosphates Compound, 2 fl. ounces 

Flavored Syrup, . 14 fl. ounces 

Mix and color with red coloring. The dose is a teaspoonful to a 
dessertspoonful as a tonic and vitalizer. 

A fl. drachm contains about 3^2 grains of the mixed phosphates in 
solution, with excess of phosphoric acid. 

This syrup has been a very popular preparation. The formula 
above given is the most convenient, as the solution has only to be 
mixed with the syrup, the tedious process which was formerly used 
being avoided. As some may wish to prepare this after the old 
method, the formula is here given. The following solutions are first 
made: 

Sulphate of Iron, i 1 /^ fl. ounces 

Sodium Phosphate, 1% fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron salt in half a gallon of hot water, and mix with 1 
gallon of water in an earthen crock or other vessel suitable for pre- 
cipitating. Dissolve the sodium salt in half a gallon of hot water, and 
add the solution to that in the jar. Agitate thoroughly and allow to 
stand for a few hours for the precipitate to subside. Pour off the 
water, and pour upon the precipitate one gallon of fresh water. 
Agitate, allow to stand as before, pour oft* the water, and pour the pre- 
cipitate upon a cloth strainer to drain. (The object of using the large 
amount of water in the precipitating. jar is to dissolve the sodium sul- 
phate as soon as formed, and save the troublesome washing of the pre- 
cipitate usually adopted). As soon as the precipitate is drained mix 
it with 

Water, 2 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 1 ounce av. 

Hydrochloric Acid, 6 fl. drachms 

and dissolve. This makes a solution of iron phosphate with hydro- 
chloric acid. Then take of 

Calcium Phosphate, 1280 grains 

Hydrochloric Acid, q. s., or 4 ounces 

Hot Water, 4 ounces 

Mix the phosphate of lime with the hot water, and add enough 
hydrochloric acid to dissolve. (The amount depends upon the strength 
of the acid). This makes a solution of phosphate of lime with hydro- 
chloric acid. 





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80 


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1018 The Fcnncr Formulary 

Then to make the syrup, take the 

Solution Phosphate of Iron, 

The Solution of Calcium Phosphate, 

Diluted Phosphoric Acid, 

Extract of Vanilla, 

Cochineal, powdered, 

Sodium Phosphate, 

Potassium Phosphate, 

Water, enough to make 

Sugar, 

Mix the solutions of iron and calcium, and add the phosphoric 
acid. Dissolve the sodium and potassium phosphate in a little hot 
water, and add to the solutions. Add the vanilla and cochineal, and 
then water enough to make the measure 3 pints. Allow to stand a 
few hours to get the color from the cochineal etc., and filter. Dis- 
solve the sugar in the filtrate and strain if necessary. 
This makes a beautiful permanent syrup. 

Each fl. drachm contains 2 grains calcium phosphate, 1 grain iron 
phosphate, with fractions of a grain of sodium and potassium phos- 
phate, and an excess of acid. The hydrochloric acid in it is not ob- 
jectionable and makes the preparation permanent. 

Syrup "Protoxide of Iron." 

Solution "Protoxide of Iron," 1 fl. ounce 

Flavored Syrup, 15 fl. ounces 

Mix them. A fl. drachm contains 1 grain protocitrate of iron. The 
dose is a dessertspoonful or more. 

Syrup Pyrophosphate of Iron. 

The syrups of pyrophosphate of iron and combinations for which 
formulas have been given in previous editions of Fenner's Formulary, 
are not here repeated for the reason that much more stable prepara- 
tions are made with the Soluble Iron Phosphate, in scales, having the 
same properties as the pyrophosphate. They may, however, be made 
with the pyrophosphate if desired by using the same quantity of that 
salt as is directed of the soluble iron phosphate in the formula. 

Syrup of Quinine. (Tasteless). 

Quinine, (alkaloid), 256 grains 

Solution of Saccharin, 2 fl. drachms 

Flavored Syrup, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the quinine to a fine powder in a mortar, and then with sep- 
arate portions of the flavored syrup, and add the solution of saccharin 
and enough flavored syrup to make a pint. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1019 

This is to be shaken before dispensing' and before taking, the al- 
kaloid quinine being very insoluble, is tasteless, but is decomposed in 
the stomach, and is therefore effective. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of quinine. A syrup containing 5 
grains of quinine in a fl. drachm may be made in the same manner, by 
taking 640 grains of quinine with the other ingredients of the formula. 

Syrup of Terebene. (Aromatic). 

Terebene, 320 minims 

Acacia, in powder, f/ 2 ounce av. 

Flavored Syrup, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Put the terebene in a pint bottle and add the powdered acacia ; 
shake them well together and add the flavored syrup, agitating them 
until well mixed. Shake when dispensing, and put a "shake label" on 
the bottle. 

This syrup contains 2^4 minims of terebene in a fl. drachm. To 
make a syrup of terebene with 5 minims of terebene to the fl. drachm 
take 640 minims of terebene with acacia 1 ounce and flavored ^syrup 
sufficient to make 1 pint, and proceed in the same manner as above. 

Syrup of Terpin Hydrate with Codeine. 

Terpin Hydrate, 128 grains 

Codeine Sulphate, 16 grains 

Flavored Syrup, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the terpin hydrate in a mortar with the codeine sulphate, and 
then with the syrup in separate portions. Shake before dispensing, 
and put a "shake label" on the bottle. 

A variety of compounds may be made with terpin hydrate by add- 
ing various cough syrups as may be found among the Standard Rem- 
edies (which see), in place of the flavored syrup, as directed above. 

SYRUPS OF VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 

The following are a few of the more commonly used unofficial 
syrups prepared chiefly from vegetable drugs : 

Syrup Adiantum or Maiden-Hair Fern. 

Maiden-Hair Fern, 1 ounce av. 

Boiling Water, 10 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 17 ounces av. 

Pour the boiling water on the drug and infuse for half an hour, 
then strain, and dissolve the sugar in 9 fl. ounces of the liquid. 

This is used for coughs etc., the dose being from a teaspoonful to a 
tablespoonful. It is also known as Syrup Capillaire. It may be 
flavored with orange flower or other aromatic water. 
The following syrups are prepared in a similar manner: 



1020 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Syrup Carrageen or Iceland Moss. — Soak first in water, and pour 
off to deprive of bitterness. Then make as above. 

Syrup Corsican Moss, or Helminthocortus. Make as above. 

Syrup Licorice Root, or Glycyrrhiza, and of other similar sub- 
stances which make demulcent syrups are prepared in the same man- 
ner. 

Syrup Aralia Compound. Alterative Syrup. 

This may be made by mixing 

Fluidextract Spikenard Compound, 4 fl. ounces 

Syrup, 12 fl. ounces 

or by making an extract of the ingredients as directed for making 
fluidextract of spikenard compound, distilling off the alcohol and 
making 4 pints of syrup with sugar and water. This is the Eclectic 
Syrup Aralia or Spikenard Compound, much esteemed as an alter- 
ative. The dose is from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Syrup Artemisia Compound. Syrup of Mugwort Compound. 

Fresh tops of mugwort, pennyroyal, catnip and savine, each, 2 
ounces av. ; fresh roots of elecampane, lovage and fennel, each, 88 
grains; fresh tops of marjoram, hyssop, rue, feverfew and basil, of 
each 1 ounce av. ; aniseed y± ounce, cinnamon y± ounce, rectified spirit 
3 ounces, water 30 ounces, syrup of honey \2.y 2 ounces av. Infuse the 
plants with the water and spirit, and after standing 24 hours distil 
over 4 fl. ounces, press the residue, clarify the liquid with white of 
egg, add sugar 25 ounces av. ; make into a syrup, add the syrup of 
honey, and lastly add the distilled liquid and strain. The dose is 2 to 
8 drachms as an aromatic tonic and bitters. 

Syrup Asarum Compound. 

Macerate iy 2 ounces av. of asarum (Canada snakeroot or wild gin- 
ger) with 10 fl. ounces of diluted alcohol. Pour off the liquid and re- 
serve. Then add 4 fl.ounces of water, macerate and express, adding 
the liquid to the portion reserved. To this add 40 grains cochineal in 
powder, 75 grains potassium carbonate, wine of ipecac 1 fl. ounce, and 
28 ounces of sugar ; dissolve and strain. This is used in cough mix- 
tures and as a fine aromatic. Dose, a teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Blackbery Aromatic. 

This syrup may be made by mixing fluidextract of blackberry (aro- 
matic) 2 fl.ounces, syrup 14 fl.ounces ; or by making an aromatic fluid- 
extract of blackberry, 16 fl.ounces ; distilling off the alcohol, and mak- 
ing 1 gallon of syrup with sugar and water. It may also be made by 
adding 2 fl.ounces of fluidextract of blackberry and y± ounce fluid- 
extract of aromatics to 14 ounces of syrup. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1021 

Syrup Carrageen Compound. Compound Syrup of Iceland Moss. 

Pour cold water on r / 2 ounce of Iceland moss and let stand 12 hours, 
then pour off and throw away. Boil hoarhound T / 2 ounce, liverwort y 2 
ounce and the softened carrageen with 1 pint of water for 20 minutes 
or more, then strain 12 fl. ounces and dissolve in the liquid 24 ounces 
av. of sugar. This is an excellent demulcent cough syrup. Dose, a 
teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Ceanothus Compound. Compound Syrup of Red Root. 

Tops and leaves of red root, or Ceanothus, wild lettuce, each, 1 
ounce av. ; cimicifuga y 2 ounce, pleurisy root, wild ginger root, each, 
Y\ ounce ; lobelia, bloodroot, each, 1 drachm. Make an extract with 
diluted alcohol, distil off the alcohol and make 2 pints of syrup with 
the residue, sugar and water. This is used as a cough remedy. The 
dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Corydalis Compound. Compound Syrup of Turkey Corn. 

Turkey Corn Tubers, 10 ounces av. 

Twin Leaf, (Jeffersonia Diphylla), 5 ounces av. 

Blue Flag, 2^ ounces av. 

Sheep Laurel Leaves, 2]/ 2 ounces av. 

Sugar, 6 pounds 

Alcohol, Water, each, sufficient. 
Reduce the drugs to a coarse powder and cover them with alcohol. 
Macerate for 24 hours then put in the water-bath percolator. Draw 
off the alcoholic tincture and reserve. Continue the percolation with 
water until exhausted. Evaporate the last portion of the percolate to 
a thin extract, add the reserved portion and enough water to make the 
measure 5 pints, after standing, filter, and dissolve the sugar in the fil- 
trate by percolation or very gentle heat. 

This syrup is much esteemed by the Eclectics as an alterative and 
diuretic for scrofula, syphilis etc. Dose, a teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Licorice Compound. Compound Syrup of Glycyrrhiza. 

Licorice Root, in coarse powder, 2 pounds 

Marshmallow Root, cut, 8 ounces av. 

Sugar, 6 pounds 

Alcohol, Water, each, sufficient. 
Macerate the drugs with warm water enough to cover them well, 
pouring off the liquid after standing a few hours, and repeating the 
operation until 1 gallon is obtained ; evaporate to 4 pints, strain, add 1 
pint of alcohol, and dissolve the sugar in the liquid by percolation or 
gentle heat. 

This is an excellent demulcent syrup for coughs etc., and a vehicle 
for quinine without any objectionable qualities. 



1022 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Syrup Marrubium Compound. Compound Syrup of Hoarhound. 

This may be made by mixing 3 fl. ounces of fluidextract of hoar- 
hound compound with 6 fl. ounces of water, filtering and dissolving in 
the nitrate 14 ounces of sugar, or by making an extract from the drugs 
directed for making the fluidextract, and making it, by the addition of 
sugar and water, $y 2 pints of syrup. 

This is an excellent tonic cough syrup for pulmonary affections. 
The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Syrup Mitchella Compound. 
Compound Syrup of Partridgeberry or Squaw Vine. 

This may be made by mixing 3^ fl. ounces of fluidextract of 
mitchella compound with 6 fl. ounces of water, filtering and dissolving 
in the filtrate 14 ounces av. of sugar, or by making an extract of the 
drugs as directed in the formula for fluidextract and to the quantity 
stated adding water and sugar to make 5 pints of the syrup. 

This syrup is an Eclectic preparation much esteemed as a parturient 
and uterine tonic. Dose, a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Syrup Opium and Ipecac. Dover's Syrup. 

This may be prepared in several ways, all amounting to the same. 
The following are the most expedient : 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, 128 minims 

Aqueous Extract of Opium, 75 grains 

Syrup, - 1 pint 

Rub the extract of opium with the fluid extract and a portion of the 
syrup until dissolved, then add the remainder of the syrup ; or by 
mixing 

Deodorized Tincture of Opium, 2^ fl. ounces 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, 128 minims 

Syrup, sufficient to make 1 pint 

This syrup contains the equivalent of 10 grains of Dover's Powder 
in a teaspoonful or fl. drachm, the usual dose. 

Syrup Phytolacca Compound. Compound Syrup of Poke. 

This may be made by mixing 3 fl. ounces of fluidextract of poke 
compound with 6 fl. ounces of water, filtering and dissolving 14 
ounces av. of sugar in the filtrate, or by making an extract of the 
drugs as directed, and with water and sugar, making 5^ pints of the 
syrup. The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

Syrup Rhubarb and Potassium. "Neutralizing Syrup." 

Rhubarb, in very coarse powder, 5 ounces av. 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 5 ounces av. 

Golden Seal, in coarse powder, 2 ounces av, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1023 

Cinnamon, in fine powder, 2 ounces av. 

Oil of Peppermint, 30 minims 

Alcohol, lY-i pints 

Sugar, 6 pounds 

AYater, a sufficient quantity. 

Pack the drugs loosely in the water-bath percolator and having 
mixed the alcohol with a pint and a half of water, pour enough of the 
liquid on them to saturate and cover them. Let stand for 24 hours 
and having dissolved the potassium bicarbonate in the remainder of 
the liquid pour it upon the drugs ; heat very moderately, and after an 
hour begin to percolate, reserving all that will pass. Remove the heat 
and continue the percolation with water until the drugs are exhausted. 
Evaporate this latter portion to 2 y 2 pints. Dissolve the oil of pepper- 
mint in the portion first reserved, add the evaporated portion and 
enough warm water to make 5 pints, filter and dissolve the sugar in 
the nitrate. 

Syrup Rumex Compound. Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock. 

This may be made by mixing 5 fl. ounces of fluidextract rumex com- 
pound with 5 fl. ounces of water, filtering and dissolving in the filtrate 
14 ounces of sugar. 

Or, by making an extract as directed, and with water and sugar, 
making 4 pints of syrup. 

This is an Eclectic syrup much esteemed as a blood-purifier, altera- 
tive etc. The dose is a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. Iodide of 
potassium may be added, 1 or 2 drachms to a pint. 
Syrup Stillingia Compound. Compound Syrup of Queen's Root. 

This may be prepared by mixing 4 fl. ounces of fluidextract of stil- 
lingia compound with 5 fl. ounces of water, filtering and dissolving in 
the filtrate 14 ounces av. of sugar, or by making an extract from the 
drugs as directed and with water and sugar making 4 pint of syrup. 

This is a valuable alterative syrup and blood purifier, first intro- 
duced by the Eclectics. It is much more effective than syrup sarsapar- 
illa compound, and is given in scrofula, syphilis etc. The dose is a 
teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. Iodide of potassium may be added if 
desired. 

Syrup Yerba Santa Compound or Aromatic. 

Yerba Santa, coarsely ground, 

Orange Peel, in coarse powder, 

Cinnamon, in powder, 

Cloves, in powder, 

Magnesia, calcined, 

Sugar, 

Alcohol, 

Water, of each, sufficient to make 2 pints 



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1024 The Fcnncr Formulary Part It. 

Mix i part of alcohol by measure with 7 parts of water. Mix the 
drugs with the magnesia, moisten with sufficient of the mixed water 
and alcohol and pack in the water-bath percolator ; cover with the men- 
struum and allow to stand 24 hours. Then heat very moderately 
and begin to percolate, adding the menstruum and continuing the per- 
colation until a pint is obtained, filter this, adding a little more mag- 
nesia to the filter if necessary to make clear, and dissolve the sugar in 
the nitrate by gentle heat or by percolation. 

This syrup is one of the best known vehicles for quinine, as it al- 
most entirely masks its bitterness. It may also be used for bronchial 
affection. 

TABELL^ — TABLETS. 

This title is applied rather loosely to a variety of preparations, 
either cut, moulded or pressed into desired shape and size. In the U. 
S. P. no tablets are official, and in the Br. P. only one. [Manufacturers 
furnish a very complete assortment of tablets made for different uses, 
and they have come to be an important part of the physician's arma- 
ment because of the accurate dosage which they represent and the 
convenience of administration. 

Tablets differ from troches or lozenges in being made of dry pow- 
ders by compression, while the latter are made up in the form of a 
mass before dividing. 

Compressed Tablets. 

As known to American pharmacy compressed tablets are flattened 
or convex discs made by compressing some medicinal substance or 
compound in a dry state with, or without sugar, or some other dilut- 
ent. They may be compressed by small hand tablet or pill com- 
pressors, or by power machines which are made for this puropse, but 
as to the latter they are only used by large manufacturers. The tab- 
lets are usually from 1 to 5 grains, or may be larger. They are var- 
iously called by manufacturers compressed pills, powders or tablets, 
and are made of different degrees of solidity for various purposes. 
Such as are intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth are made 
quite hard in order to prolong the local action of the medicament; 
those intended for internal administration and for solutions are com- 
pressed just enough to permit handling without breaking, while those 
intended for hypodermic use are quite friable, so that they may dis- 
solve very quickly. 

Coated Tablets. For internal administration tablets may be coated 
with chocolate or some compound of sugar in orde: to cover ihe taste 
of the medicament, and also to preserve them fioni the action of the 
atmosphere and from breaking. As thus prepared they have, to a 
large extent, taken the place of pills, and, being friable, they are more 
readily disintegrated and absorbed. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1025 

Tablet Triturates. All compound tablets in which the weight of the 
medicinal substance is less than I grain are made by triturating the 
substance with sugar of milk or some other dilutent before compress- 
ing. Enough sugar of milk or other dilutent is added to make the 
weight of the finished tablet i grain. 

Effervescent Tablets. These are made of dry substances mixed and 
compressed in the form of tablets, which, when thrown into a glass of 
water will be decomposed with evolution of carbonic acid gas. 

Hypodermic Tablets are prepared only from active remedies by trit- 
uration with some very soluble dilutent, and by compressing with very 
little force so that they may readily disintegrate when used. 
Fruit Tablets or Lozenges. 

These are supplied by the confectioners in great variety and of var- 
ious shapes and sizes, being generally moulded convex, oval, or nearly 
round, or cut in squares. To make first class fruit tablets the fruit 
juices must be added to melted rock candy and the mixture boiled 
until it is of proper temper. It is then run into or through properly 
constructed moulds, such as are used by confectioners, or run into 
pans and cut into square tablets. They should then be dusted, by roll- 
ing with powdered rock candy or starch to prevent sticking together. 

When made with ordinary sugar, tablets soon become soft and dis- 
colored. It is therefore necessary to use rock candy as the basis of the 
tablets, fruit juices being added sufficient to flavor and color them. 
Flavoring extracts also may be added just before running in the 
moulds. Many other tablets besides those made with fruit juices are 
made in a similar manner ; cough tablets particularly, having a large 
sale. They usually contain some opiate in small quantities and are 
strongly flavored with oil of anise or paregoric, and colored black, 
brown or red, with elderberry juice, caramel or cochineal coloring. 

For other tablets, troches or lozenges, see Troches. 

TABELL^ TRINITRINI. Br. Trinitrin Tablets. 
Tablets of Nitroglycerin. 
"Tablets of chocolate, each weighing 5 grains (0.324 Gm.), and 
containing 1 / 100 of a grain (0.00065 Gm.) of the trinitroglycerin of 
commerce. "<Br. Dose, 1 to 2 tablets. 

TALCUM. U. S. Talc. French Chalk. 

4MgO, 5Si0 2 , H 2 0. 

"A native hydrous magnesium silicate." <U. S. 

This substance has come into prominence recently because of its 
extensive use as a dusting and toilet powder. The above formula 
represents the true French chalk, but the ordinary soapstone or steatite 
which also contains the aluminum oxide is more commonly used, es- 



1026 The Tenner Formulary Fart II. 

pecially in the powdered form. Talc in flat pieces is used by tailors 
for marking cloth ; in powder either talc or ordinary soapstone is fur- 
nished for dusting into shoes, or put up as foot-ease, and is perfumed 
and used as a baby and toilet powder for chafe etc. Talcum powder 
has come into extensive use, either plain, medicated or perfumed, as 
Toilet Powder. 

TALCUM PURIFICATUM. U. S. Purified Talc. 

Talc, in fine powder, 500 Gin. or 29 ounces av. 

Hydrochloric Acid, 75 Cc. or 3 fl. ounces 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
The talc is to be mixed with about 2500 Cc. (or 100 fl. ounces) of 
boiling water, 50 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) of hydrochloric acid gradually 
added, and the mixture boiled for 15 minutes. The supernatant liquid 
containing the finer particles of talc in suspension is to be decanted 
and rejected. The residue is to be boiled again with 2500 Cc. (or 100 
fl. ounces) of water mixed with the remainder of the hydrochloric acid 
and allowed to stand for 15 minutes. The liquid portion containing 
the finer particles of talc in suspension is again to be decanted and 
rejected and the coarser residue repeatedly washed with water, until a 
portion of the wash-water after acidifying with nitric acid, fails to 
become opalescent upon the addition of silver nitrate test solution. 
The magma is then to be transferred to a close muslin or linen strainer, 
allowed to drain, and dried at no°C. (230°F.). 

This is directed in the U. S. P. to be used as a filtering medium in 
making several of the medicated waters and in some elixirs, syrups 
and tinctures. 

TAMARINDUS. U. S., Br. Tamarind. 

"The preserved pulp of the fruit of Tamarindus indica."<U. S. 

"The fruits of Tamarindus indica, freed from the brittle outer 
part of the pericarp and preserved with sugar." < Br. 

This mildly acid laxative pulp is used in making confection of 
senna, and may be employed in making laxative confections. 

TANNIN COMPOUNDS. 

Tannic acid combines with many mineral and organic substances 
forming compounds useful as medicinal agents. Most of the com- 
pounds with inorganic elements are noted under the element with 
which tannin combines, in the Chemical Section, Part I. A few of the 
more important compounds of tannin with organic substances are 
noted here. 

Tannal. Basic Aluminum Tannate. A brownish-yellow, insoluble 
powder, used as an astringent for catarrh and catarrhal affections. It 
may be used with other inert ingredients as a snuff. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1027 

Tannalbin. Tannin Albuminate, Exsiccated. Prepared by precipi- 
tating a solution of tannin with albumen, and drying the precipitate. 
It is used as an intestinal astringent, not being dissolved in the mouth 
and stomach, but being decomposed in the intestines, liberating the 
tannin from its combination. Dose 15 to 30 grains in mucilage or 
gruel; children 5 to 15 grains. 

Tannigen. Diacetyl-tannin. An insoluble whitish powder, em- 
ployed as an intestinal astringent ; it is not dissolved in the stomach, 
but the tannin is liberated from its combination in the intestines. Dose 
5 to 30 grains. 

Tannipine. Hexamethylenetramine-Tannin. A complex astringent 
and disinfectant compound. Dose internally 10 to 15 grains. 

Tannismuth. The trade name for bismuth ditannate. It is a light- 
yellow powder having a slight astringent taste, insoluble in water. It 
contains from 17 to 21 percent, of bismuth and is used as an intestinal 
astringent. Dose 5 to 15 grains. 

Tannocol. A compound of tannin with gelatin. It is a grayish- 
white powder containing about 50 percent, of tannic acid. It is almost 
insoluble in alkaline solutions, therefore it is a \~aluable intestinal 
astringent, being insoluble in the stomach, but decomposed by the 
pancreatic secretion. Dose 15 to 30 grains. 

Tannoform. Tannin Formaldehyde. A reddish powder prepared by 
the interaction of tannin and formaldehyde. It is insoluble in water, 
btft soluble in alkaline solutions. This is used as an antiseptic 
astringent application, usually combined with half or three-fourth 
inert substance, as a dusting powder. Dose internally 4 to 15 grains. 

TEREBENUM. U. S., Br. Terebene. 
C 10 H 16 =i35.7. • 

"A liquid consisting of dipentene and other hydrocarbons, obtained 
by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid on oil of turpentine and 
subsequent rectification with steam." <U. S. 

"A mixture of dipentine and other hydrocarbons, obtained by agi- 
tating oil of turpentine with successive quantities of sulphuric acid 
until it no longer rotates the plane of a ray of polarized light, and then 
distilled in a current of steam." <Br. 

A colorless, or slightly-yellowish thin liquid, having an agreeable 
thyme-like odor and an aromatic, somewhat terebinthinate taste. Its 
sp. gr. is about 0.850 at 25°C. (77°F°.). It boils at 155 to i65°C. 
(31 1 ° to 329°F.). Soluble in three times its volume of alcohol. 

Uses. Terebene is given as an expectorant for coughs and bron- 
chitis, 4 to 8 drops or more on sugar ; and in the form of emulsions or 
in tablets, and is also used in the form of hot vapor. Externally it is 
applied as a dressing for sores, in a 5% aqueous solution, or a 5 to 10 
percent, ointment. Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 



1028 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

TEREBINTHIN^. U. S. Turpentine. 
Thus Americanum. Br. Frankincense. 

"A concrete oleo-resin obtained from Pinus palustris, Miller ; and 
from other species of Pinus." <U. S. 

"The concrete oleo-resin which is scraped off the trunks of Pinus 
palustris, Mill., and Pinus Tseda, Linn." < Br. 

When fresh it is rather soft, and is commonly known as pine pitch, 
when older is is a yellowish, opaque substance, commonly known as 
gum turpentine or gum thus. From the soft fresh pitch which is col- 
lected by "boxing" the trees, the oil of turpentine, or "spirits of turpen- 
tine" of commence is distilled, leaving the residue, resin, or "rosin" 
of commerce. 

Uses. This is used as an ingredient in ointments, plasters, balsams 
etc., and may be made into a syrup like tolu in the same manner. 

TEREBINTHINA CANADENSIS. U. S., Br. 
Canada Turpentine. Canada Balsam. Balsam of Fir. 

"A liquid oleo-resin obtained from Abies balsamea, Linne, Miller 
(Fam. Conifer3e)."<U. S. 

"The oleo-resin obtained from Abies balsamea, Mill."<Br. 

A pale yellow or faintly greenish, transparent oleo-resin of the con- 
sistence of thin honey, becoming thicker when exposed. 

Uses. This balsam is used extensively in making printing ink ai*d 
some transparent varnishes, also on microscopic slides and some kinds 
of spectacle glasses. In pharmacy it is employed in making some 
liquid balsams, and in some liniments. 

TERPINI HYDRAS. U. S. Terpin Hydrate. 

C 10 H 20 O 2 +H 2 O= 188.74. 
"The hydrate [C 10 H 18 (OH) 2 -|-H 2 O] of the diatomic alcohol terpin. 
Terpin hydrate should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

Preparation. The French Codex, under the title Terpine, gives the 
formula which may be translated as follows : 

Nitric Acid of Commerce, 39 Gm. 

Water, 11 Gm. 

Alcohol, (85%), 50 Gm. 

Oil of Turpentine, rectified, 200 Gm. 

Liquid Caustic Soda, (density 1.332), q. s. 

In a glass or porcelain basin, mix the acid and water, allow to 

cool and add the alcohol, then the oil of turpentine ; cover with a 

filtering paper and set aside in a cold place, stirring occasionally. 

After several days crystals of terpin will commence to deposit. When 

they no longer deposit, pour off the liquid into a filter and collect 

the crystals that have formed and wash them with a small quantity 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1029 

of water in which a little sodium carbonate has been dissolved. Re- 
place the filtered liquid in the basin, neutralize it with the soda liquid, 
and leave the liquid to deposit new crystals of terpin. Separate the 
second lot of crystals as the first and mix them. Dissolve the crystals 
obtained in the least possible quantity of boiling water, and neutralize 
them with sodium bicarbonate, filter hot through muslin, cool rapidly 
and agitate continually in a flask to produce crystals ; pour the mix- 
ture into a funnel stopped with a plug of cotton that the crystals may 
drain, and wash them with a very little cold water. If the crystals 
are colored, dissolve them again in a little boiling water, the smallest 
quantity possible, and recrystallize and separate the crystals, drying 
them in the air between two sheets of blotting paper, and preserve 
them in a wide-mouth bottle. 

This is in colorless, lustrous, rhombic prisms ; nearly odorless, and 
has a slightly aromatic and- somewhat bitter taste. 

It is soluble in 200 parts of water and in 10 parts of alcohol at 25 °C. 
(77°F.). It melts at 116 to H7°C. (240 to 242.6 F.), with loss of 
water, and at a temperature of boiling water sublimes in fine needles. 

Uses. It is used as expectorant in doses of 2 to 3 grains, and in 
renal affections as a stimulant to the mucous membrane, in doses of 3 
to 4 grains. It is also prescribed for whooping cough. It may con- 
veniently be given in the form of pills or tablets. It is also made into 
elixirs, either simple or compounded with other medicines. 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm.=i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 

TETRAIODOPHENOL-PHTALEIN. Iodophen. Nosophen. 

This complex preparation is a light-yellow, odorless, tasteless pow- 
der containing 60 percent, of iodine, and is used chiefly for the same 
purposes as iodoform, externally and internally, as an intestinal anti- 
septic. Dose 5 to 10 grains. 

Nosophen-bismuth is known as Eudoxin. 

Nosophen-mercury is known as Apallagin. 

Nosophen Sodium is known as Antinosin. 

THALLINUM. Thallin. Thalline. 

This as an alkaloid or principle of an alkaloidal nature obtained 
from Peruvian bark or produced synthetically by a complicated 
process, official in several European countries. It and its salts are 
powerful antipyretics and germicides and are used internally in doses 
of 4 to 8 grains and in solution for urethral injections for chronic gon- 
orrhoea etc. 

Thalline Sulphate. This is prepared by neutralizing diluted sul- 
phuric acid with thalline, concentrating and crystallizing. 

Thalline Tartrate. A solution of tartaric acid is neutralized with 
thalline and allowed to crystallize. 



1030 The Fcnncr Formulary Part 11. 

THEOBROMINUM. Theobromine. 

C 7 H 8 N 4 2 =i7975- 

This alkaloid is obtained from cacao, and is identical with caffeine 
and theine, which see. It is also prepared synthetically from xan- 
thine, the synthetic product being known as dimethylxanthine. Theo- 
bromine is used for the same purposes as caffeine and as a diuretic 
in cardiac dropsy. It forms salts with acids and compounds which are 
somewhat used in medicine. Dose, 5 to 15 grains. 

Theobromine and Lithium Benzoate. This is known in the market 
as Uropherin B. A white powder containing 50 percent, of theo- 
bromine. Used as a diuretic. Dose 5 to 15 grains. 

Theobromine and Lithium Salicylate. This is known in the market 
as Uropherin S. and is used for the same purposes as lithium benzoate. 

Theobromine and Sodium Salicylate. Diuretin. A compound of 
sodium salicylate and theobromine containing 38 percent, salicylic 
acid and 50 percent, theobromine. A prompt diuretic. Dose, 7^4 to 
15 grains. 

Theobromine Salicylate. This may be prepared by adding theo- 
bromine to a hot, concentrated solution of salicylic acid and allowing 
to crystallize. It is employed as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic. 
Dose, 10 to 15 grains. 

Theobromine-Sodium. This combines with several other sodium 
salts making preparations that are marketed under trade names as 
Agurin, Anistheobromine, Thephorin, Enstenin, Theolactin. 

THERIACA. Treacle. 

This was official in the 1885 Br. P., but was dismissed from the 
1898 revision. It is frequently mentioned in older formulas. 

The uncrystallized residue of the refining of sugar, or what is 
known in this country as "Golden Syrup.'' In ancient pharmacy a 
variety of confections or electuaries were known by this name and 
employed as antidotes for infections or poisons. They were composed 
of a great number of ingredients, the Theriaca Andromachi of the 
Ph. L., 1760, containing over 60 substances, with 1 grain of opium in 
75. The Electuaire Theriaque or Theriaca of the Paris codex con- 
tains J2 ingredients, with 1 grain of opium in J2 grains. Confectio 
Damocratus, Mithridate, Philonium Romanum, the Opiate of Sol- 
omon (see Confections), and some others are compounds of a great 
number of aromatics similar to the Therique of the Paris Codex, but 
are now unused, ordinary molasses, syrup, or honey being used when 
Theriaca or Treacle is directed. 

THIOCOL. Guaiacol Sulphonate of Potassium. 

A white odorless powder, soluble in water but only slightly soluble 
in alcohol, insoluble in ether or oils. It is employed for the same 
purposes as guaiacol in tuberculosis and fevers. Dose 5 to 20 grains. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1031 

THIOLUM. Thiol. Tiol. 

Official in the Mex. and Germ. S. 

This may be prepared by heating peat-tar or paraffin oils of sp. gr. 
0.89 to 0.90 with sulphur, to a temperature of 2i5°C, which causes 
the unsaturated hydrocarbons (olefins etc.), to combine with the 
sulphur. These are then separated by suitable solvents and treated 
with concentrated sulphuric acid at low temperature, and the thiol 
separated by the addition of ice, by which it is congealed. This is 
then separated in vacuo to a proper consistence for liquid thiol, or to 
dry thiol. 

Preparation. The Mexican official formula is: 

Oil of Tar, 100 parts 

Sulphuric Acid, 40 parts 

Sulphur, (flowers), 10 parts 

Ammonia AVater, a sufficient quantity. 

Heat the oil to 2I5°C. ; add the sulphur in portions, waiting after 
each portion is added for the vapor of hydrogen sulphide to escape; 
add the acid to the sulphurous product, cover it with water and knead 
it to remove excess of acid and oil ; pour off and dissolve the mass 
which remains in water. Neutralize the solution with ammonia water, 
agitate it with petroleum ether, separate this solution and pour it into 
a solution of salt; agitate and after standing separate the thiol which 
forms from the mixture, and purify it by dialysis. 

Liquid Thiol is a thin, brownish-black liquid, having a slight odor 
of birch oil. It mixes with water and is used as an antiseptic appli- 
cation for skin diseases. 

Dry Thiol is given internally in pill, iy 2 grain. It is also used ex- 
ternally as a dusting powder mixed with inert powder or a bismuth 
salt, or an ointment, 10%, with petrolatum. 

Many combinations of thiol with other substances are used, as : 

Thiol Solution. Equal parts thiol and distilled- water. 

Thiol Glycerite. Liquid thiol 2 parts, glycerin 1 part. 

Thiol Dusting Powder. Dry thiol 1 part, wheat starch 4 parts, 
French chalk 1 part. 

Thiol Salve. Liquid thiol 1 part, prepared lard 9 parts. 

Thiol Collodion. Dry thiol 1 part, collodion 19 parts. 

Thiol Wine. Dry thiol 1 part, wine 99 parts. 

THIOSINAMINE. 

This is, chemically, allyl sulphocarbamide. It is also known by the 
trade name, Rhodalin. It is a yellowish, crystalline powder, soluble in 
alcohol and water ; used as an antiseptic application for lupus etc., and 
as a resolvent causes absorption of glandular swellings. Dose inter- 
nally ]/ 2 to 2 grains ; subcutaneously in 20% solution with alcohol and 
glycerin 10 to 20 minims. 



1032 The Pcnner Formulary Part 11. 

Thiodine is a compound of thiosinamine ethylate with iodine. 
Fibrolusin is thiosinamine and sodium salicylate. 

THYMOL. U. S., Br. Thymol. 

C 10 H 14 O= 148.98. 

"A phenol [C 6 H 3 (CH 3 ) (OH) (C 3 H-)i : 3 : 4] occurring in the vol- 
atile oil Thymus vulgaris, Linne; and in some other volatile oils. It 
should be kept in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

"A crystalline substance, C 6 H 3 *OH*CH-C 8 H 7 , obtained from the 
volatile oils of Thymus vulgaris, Linn., etc." < Br. 

Its sp. gr. as a solid is 1.030 at 25°C. (77°F.), but when melted it is 
lighter than water. It melts at 50°C. (i22°F.), remaining fluid at a 
considerably lower temperature. It is soluble in 1100 parts of water 
at 25°C. (77°F.) and in less than its own weight of alcohol, ether or 
chloroform. It is also soluble in glacial acetic acid and oils. When 
triturated with camphor or with chloral it liquifies. 

Uses. It is employed in surgery as an antiseptic, and is much used 
in dental surgery, in solution, 1 to 1000, and may be made stronger 
by the use of a little alcohol. It is also used as a lotion for sores, 
ulcers etc., and for preserving anatomical specimens. It is com- 
bined with lanolin or petrolatum in the form of ointment, and may be 
used as an ointment and internally in powder. Dose, 2^ grains. 

Thymol Salicylate. Salithymol. A white, crystalline powder, pre- 
pared by the interaction of thymol and salicylic acid. It is almost in- 
soluble in water, but soluble in alcohol. It is given as an internal 
antiseptic ; dose, 5 to 10 grains ; and employed, in the form of oint- 
ment, as an antiseptic dressing. 

Thymacetin. A white, crystalline powder, given as a hypnotic in 
dose of 5 to 45 grains. 

THYMOLIS IODIDUM. U. S. Thymol Iodide. 

C 20 H 24 O 2 I 2 =545.76. 
"Dithymol-diiodide [(C 6 H 2 *CH 3 *C 3 H 7 OI) 2 ] obtained by the con- 
densation of two molecules of thymol and the introduction of two 
atoms of iodine into the phenolic groups of the thymol ; it contains 45 
percent, of iodine. Thymol iodide should be kept in amber-colored 
vials protected from light." <U. S. (Commonly known as "Aristol"). 

THYROIDEUM SICCUM. Br. Dry Thyroid. 
Glandulae Thyroideae Siccae. U. S. Dessicated Thyroid Glands. 

"A powder prepared from the fresh and healthy thyroid gland of 
the sheep. Remove the external fat and connective tissue from 
thyroid glands taken from the sheep immediately after killing. Cut 
the glands across, and reject any which contain cysts, are hyper- 
trophied, or otherwise abnormal. Mince finely the healthy glands, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1033 

and dry at a temperature of 90 to ioo°F. (32. 2 to 37.8°C.) ; powder 
the dried product, remove all fat from it by treatment with petroleum 
spirit (gasoline) and again dry the residue." < Br. 

Dose, 3 to 10 grains. 

A solution is also official in the Br. P. (See Liquor Thyroidei). 

TINCTURE — TINCTURES. 

Tinctures are solutions of medicinal substances or their soluble 
constituents, in alcoholic or hydro-alcoholic menstrua ; differing from 
spirits chiefly in being prepared from non-volatile substances. 

They are the most used of any class of official preparations, and 
it is highly important that they should be well made, of the best 
materials, and up to the highest standard of strength. 

The Process of Percolation. In the Appendix to the Br. P., 1898, 
under the heading "Tinctures," the process of percolation intended 
to be used for tinctures is explained. It is the same as the U. S. 
process, except that the drug is to be pressed after percolation and 
the liquid obtained by pressure to be added to the percolate; then 
filtered. 

The Process of Maceration. In the Appendix to the Br. P., 1898, 
under the heading "Tinctures," the process of maceration is as fol- 
lows : ''Place the solid materials in the whole of the menstruum for 
seven days, frequently agitating. Strain. Press the marc. Mix the 
expressed liquid with the strained liquid. Filter if necessary." 

These two processes are what are referred to in the Br. P'. formulas 
when it is directed to "complete the percolation process" or "prepare 
by the maceration process." 

Of all processes, however, which have been proposed for making 
tinctures, none will be found so valuable and economical as the 
process of water-bath percolation, which, by the influence of heat, 
dissolves and removes with the percolate all the medicinal value of 
the drug. The formulae that are given for making tinctures by water- 
bath percolation mostly conform to the standard of strength of the U. 
S. Pharmacopoeia. 

The tinctures of American pharmacy are now mostly made to 
represent 5. 10, 15, or 20 percent, of the medicinal substance, there 
being but few variations to this general rule. Those of British phar- 
macy mostly represent 5, 10, 12^2 and 20 percent., while those of Ger- 
man and French pharmacy are all in decimal proportion. 

TINCTURA ABSINTHII. P. G. Tincture of Wormwood. 

Wormwood, in No. 40 powder, 1 part 

Diluted Alcohol, 5 parts 

Make a tincture by percolation or maceration. 

This may also be prepared by mixing 1 ounce of fluidextract of 
wormwood with 5 ounces of diluted alcohol. 



1034 The Fenner Formulary Fart II. 

TINCTURA ABSINTHII COMPOSITA. Fr. 

Wormwood tops 25 Gm., germander 25 Gm., gentian root 25 Gm., 
bitter orange peel 25 Gm., rhubarb 25 Gm., aloes 5 Gm., cascarilla 5 
Gm., alcohol (60%), 1000 Gm. Reduce the substances to a coarse 
powder and macerate with the alcohol during 10 days, in a covered 
vessel, with occasional stirring. Then pour oft the liquid, express the 
residue and add and filter. 

This or a similar preparation is more familiarly known as "Stough- 
ton Bitters." The Swiss formula is : Wormwood 8 parts, centaury 
herb 4 parts, galangal, calamus, bitter orange peel, each, 2 parts, cin- 
namon, cloves, each, 1 part, diluted alcohol 100 parts. 

TINCTURA ACONITI. U. S., Br. Tincture of Aconite. 

The U. S. P. formula now is : 

Aconite, in No. 60 powder, (containing not less 

than 0.5 percent, of aconitine), 100 Gm. or 3^ ounces 
Alcohol, 
Water, each, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

Mix 7 measures of alcohol with 3 measures of water as a men- 
struum. Moisten the powder with 40 Cc. (or 1^. fl. ounces) of the 
menstruum, transfer it to a percolator and, without pressing the pow- 
der, allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it very 
firmly and pour on enough menstruum to saturate the powder and 
leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the 
percolator macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the percolation to 
proceed slowly, gradually adding menstruum until 1000 Cc. (or 34 
fl. ounces) are obtained." 

"Tincture of aconite, when assayed by the process given, should 
contain in 100 Cc. 0.045 Gm. of aconitine." <U. S. This makes a 10 
percent, tincture. 

As assayed Fluidextract of Aconite may be had from reliable man- 
ufacturers it may be as well to make the tincture as follows : 

Fluidextract of Aconite, 100 Cc. or 3^ fl. ounces 

Menstruum, (Alcohol 7 vol., Water 3 vol.), 

Enough to make 1000 Cc. or 35 fl. ounces 

Mix them thoroughly. 
Average dose. — 0.6 Cc. (10 minims). 

The important change in the strength of this tincture from 35 per- 
cent, in the Seventh revision to 10 percent, in the present revision 
should be well understood, and in filling or refilling prescriptions con- 
taining it the druggist should be very careful to know what strength 
of tincture of aconite is required. 

The U. S. tincture of aconite is given as an arterial sedative in 
average doses of 10 minims. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1035 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Aconite Root, No. 40 powder, 1 ounce or 50 Gm. 

Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 

Make by the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc), making a 5% tincture. Dose, 5 to 
15 minims. This is one-half the strength of the U. S. P. tincture. 

Fleming's Tincture of Aconite. This is a very strong tincture of 
aconite prepared by macerating aconite root, in fine powder, 16 ounces 
av., with 1 pint of alcohol, for five days, then transferring to a per- 
colator and adding alcohol, percolating slowly until 24 fl. ounces are 
obtained. 

Etherial Tincture of Aconite, (Paris Codex), is made by macera- 
ting or percolating 4 parts of aconite root with 16 parts (by weight) 
of ether. It is used externally. 

Tincture of Aconite Leaves. 

This was formerly official in the U. S. P., being prepared with 
aconite leaves 1 part, macerated with 8 parts of diluted alcohol. It is 
now official in several pharmacopoeias. 

TINCTURA ADONIS VERNALIS. 

Adonis Vernalis, (the herb), in coarse powder, 2 ounces 
Diluted Alcohol, sufficient to make 16 fl.ounces 

Macerate the powder for 24 hours with a portion of the diluted al- 
cohol sufficient to cover it, then percolate with diluted alcohol until 16 
fl.ounces have passed. 

This is highly extolled as a heart stimulant, similar to digitalis, but 
having no cumulative action. The dose of the tincture is 10 to 15 
minims. 

TINCTURA ALOES. U. S., Br. Tincture of Aloes. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Purified Aloes, No. 40 powder, 100 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 
t Glycyrrhiza, No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 
Diluted Alcohol, to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl.ounces 

"Macerate the powders in a stoppered container, in a moderately 
warm place, with 750 Cc. (or 25^ fl.ounces) of diluted alcohol, for 
seven days, with occasional agitation ; then filter, through purified cot- 
ton, or a plain paper filter and, when the liquid has drained off com- 
pletely, pass enough diluted alcohol through the residue to make 
1000 Cc. (or 34 fl.ounces) of tincture. "<U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Extract of Barbados Aloes, 25 Gm. or y 2 ounce 

Liquid Extract of Liquorice, 150 Cc. or 3 fl.ounces 

Alcohol, (45%), a sufficient quantity. 



IOO 


Gm. 


or 


-$y 2 ounces av. 


IOO 


Gm. 


or 


y/2 ounces av. 


IOO 


Gm. 


or 


2^/2 ounces av. 



1036 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

"Place the Barbados aloes in a closed vessel with 16 fl. ounces (or 
800 Cc.) of the alcohol; set aside for 48 hours, occasionally shaking 
until dissolved; add the liquid extract of liquorice; filter; pass 
sufficient of the alcohol through the filter to produce 20 fl. ounces (or 
1000 Cc.) of the tincture. Dose, 34 to 1 fl-drachm for repeated admin- 
istration ; for a single administration, i l / 2 to 2 fl.drachms."<Br. 

TINCTURA ALOES CROCATA. Elixir Proprietatis. 

Under various titles a tincture of aloes, myrrh and saffron is official 
in several of the pharmacopoeias. The above is the Swedish-Latin 
title, common title Aloetinktur med Saffron. The formula is aloes 
3 parts, myrrh, saffron, each, 2 parts, diluted alcohol 70 parts. Make 
a tincture by maceration. 

TINCTURA ALOES ET MYRRtLSE. U. S. 

Tincture of Aloes and Myrrh. [Elixir Proprietatis]. 

Purified Aloes, No. 40 powder, 
Myrrh, No. 40 powder, 
Glycyrrhiza, No. 40 powder, 
Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 
"Mix alcohol 3 measures with water 1 measure as a menstruum. 
Macerate the powders with 750 Cc. (or 25^ fl. ounces) of the men- 
struum, contained in a stoppered container, and in a moderately warm 
place, for 7 days, with occasional agitation ; then filter through puri- 
fied cotton or a plain paper filter and, when the liquid has entirely 
drained off pass enough of the menstruum through the filter to make 
the measure 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl.ounces)."<U. S. 

This is the old "Elixir Proprietatis" somewhat changed, but im- 
proved by the addition of glycyrrhiza, which helps to mask the very 
bitter taste of the active drug. 

Uses. It is employed as a laxative and regulator and for worms 
etc., being generally used by physicians and as a household remedy. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

TINCTURA AMARA. P. G. Bitter Tincture. 

Under this title most European pharmacopoeias have formulas dif- 
fering somewhat from each other. 

This is prepared by maceration or percolation from gentian, cen- 
taury, each, 3 parts ; orange peel 2 parts, orange immature, zeodary, 
each, 1 part ; diluted alcohol 50 parts. It is an aromatic bitter. 

TINCTURA ARNIOffi. U. S. Tincture of Arnica. 
[From the Flowers]. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Arnica Flowers, No. 20 powder, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 
Diluted Alcohol, to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl.ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1037 

"Macerate the arnica with 500 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces) of diluted alco- 
hol in a closed vessel, in a moderately warm place for 3 days, with 
occasional stirring, and express strongly. Repeat this operation twice 
successively with 250 Cc. (or 8 l / 2 fl. ounces) of diluted alcohol, macer- 
ating for 24 hours each time ; then, having ascertained the volume of 
the united expressed liquids, macerate the residual marc for 6 hours 
with sufficient menstruum to make, approximately 1000 Cc. (or 34 
fl. ounces), and express as before. Mix the expressed liquids, filter 
through paper, and pass sufficient diluted alcohol through the filter to 
make 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of tincture." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

It should be noted that in the U. S. P. the tincture of Arnica 
Flowers only is official and in the Br. P. the tincture of Arnica Root 
only is given. 

The arnica flowers can best be reduced to a coarse powder by rub- 
bing them through a coarse sieve. 

Tincture of arnica is chiefly used externally. 

TINCTURA ARNICA. Br. Tincture of Arnica. 

[From the Root]. 

Arnica Rhizome, No. 40 powder, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 
Make a tincture by percolation. The resulting tincture should 
measure 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). 

TINCTURA AROMATICA. P. G. Aromatic Tincture. 

This is prepared by maceration or percolation from cinnamon 5 
parts, ginger 2 parts, galangal root, cloves, cardamom, each, 1 part ; 
and diluted alcohol 50 parts. It is used as an aromatic addition to 
other preparations. 

TINCTURA ASAFCETID^. U. S., Br. Tincture of Asafetida. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Asafetida, well bruised, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity, 

To make 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

"Macerate the asafetida in a stoppered container in a moderately 
warm place, with 750 Cc. (or 15 fl. ounces) of alcohol during 3 days, 
with frequent agitation ; then filter through purified cotton or a plain 
paper filter, and, when the liquid has drained off completely, pass 
enough alcohol through the residue to make 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl.- 
ounces)."<U. S. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 



1038 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Asafetida, bruised, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 
Make a tincture by maceration, using at first 750 Cc. (or 15 fl.- 
ounces) of the alcohol, and at last passing through the filter enough of 
the alcohol to make 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of the tincture. Dose, 
y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA AURANTII AMARI. U. S. 
Tincture of Bitter Orange Peel. 

Bitter Orange Peel, No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Mix alcohol 3 volumes with water 2 volumes as a menstruum. 
Moisten the powder with 80 Cc. (or 3^ fl. ounces) of the menstruum, 
transfer it to a percolator and, without pressing, allow it to stand well- 
covered for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and pour upon it enough men- 
struum to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When 
the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, 
arid, having closely covered the percolator, allow it to stand for 24 
hours, then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, gradually pour- 
ing on sufficient menstruum to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of 
tincture." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

Tinctura Aurantii. Br. Tincture of Orange. Fresh bitter orange 
peel 250 Gm. (or 5 ounces), alcohol (90%), 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). 
Cut the orange peel in small pieces and make a tincture by macer- 
ation. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

It may be assumed that whenever Tincture of Orange is prepared 
from the dry peel, the bitter orange peel should be used, as the flavor 
is much stronger than the flavor of sweet orange. 

TINCTURA AURANTII COMPOSITA. 

Fresh Orange Peel, cut fine, 120 Gm. 

Cinchona Bark, in powder, 60 Gm. 

Gentian Root, in powder, 30 Gm. 

Alcohol, (60%'), 1000 Gm. 
Make a tincture by maceration. 

TINCTURA AURANTII DULCIS. U. S. 
Tincture of Sweet Orange Peel. 

Sweet Orange Peel, from fresh fruit, in 

thin sha\nngs, cut fine, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

The orange peel should be as free from the inner white layer as pos- 
sible, and should- be cut into small pieces and macerated for 48 hours 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1039 

with iooo Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of alcohol. It is then to be placed in 
a conical percolator, loosely stoppered with a pledget of cotton, and, 
when drained, alcohol gradually poured upon it until 1000 Cc. (or 34 
fl. ounces) of tincture is obtained. <U. S. 

This tincture is used chiefly for flavoring and as there is great 
differences in oranges, they should be selected particularly with ref- 
erence to the quantity and quality of oil in the peel. The white inner 
layer should be mostly cut away, and the peel cut fine, which is best 
done by chopping in a chopping bowl. It is then put into a wide- 
mouthed jar, and the bowl rinsed out with alcohol, which is to be 
added in the jar and frequently agitated during the 48 hours or longer 
while it is macerating. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

TINCTURA BALSAMICA. Fr. 

Angelica root 10 Gm., summit flowers of hypericum 20 Gm., alcohol 
(80%), 720 Gm. Make a tincture by macerating 8 days. To the 
pressed-out liquid add aloes, myrrh and olibanum, each, 10 Gm. ; bal- 
sam tolu and benzoin, each, 60 Gm. Macerate for 8 days with frequent 
agitation and filter. 

TINCTURA BELLADQNNiE. Br. Tincture of Belladonna. 
(From Belladonna Root). 
Liquid Extract of Belladonna, 2 fl. ounces or 60 Cc. 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 
"To the liquid extract of belladonna add enough of the alcohol to 
form thirty fl. ounces (or 900 Cc.) of the tincture; set aside for 24 
hours; filter. "<Br. 

This tincture, when assayed by the process employed for liquid ex- 
tract of belladonna, should yield not. less than 0.048 nor more than 
0.052 gramme of alkaloid. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 

TINCTURA BELLADONNA FOLIORUM. U. S. 
Tincture of Belladonna Leaves. 

Belladonna Leaves, in No. 60 powder, containing not 
less than 0.35 percent, of alkaloids, 

100 Gm. or 2> l / 2 ounces av. 
Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity, 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the powder with 40 Cc. (or 1^ fl. ounces) of diluted 
alcohol, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, 
allow it to stand, well-covered, for 3 hours ; then pack it firmly and 
pour on enough diluted alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a 
stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, 
close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, 



1040 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, 
gradually pouring on diluted alcohol until 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of 
percolate are obtained." 

"Tincture of Belladonna Leaves, when assayed by the process 
given, should contain in 100 Cc. 0.035 Gm. of the alkaloids from Bella- 
donna Leaves." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

As most all reliable manufacturers of fluidextracts now furnish an 
assayed fluidextract of belladonna leaves, it is probably better to pre- 
pare this tincture by mixing 

Fluidextract of Belladonna Leaves, 1 fl. ounce or part 

Diluted Alcohol, sufficient to make 10 fl. ounces or parts 

It should be noted that the U. S. P. gives a formula for tincture of 
belladonna leaves, only, and the Br. P. a formula representing bella- 
donna root, only. 

TINCTURA BENZOINI. U. S. Tincture of Benzoin. 

Benzoin, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 2 ounces av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

"Triturate the benzoin with 250 Cc. (or 2^ fl. ounces) of alcohol 
until a uniform magma is obtained. Transfer this to a stoppered con- 
tainer, with the aid of 500 Cc. (or 5 fl. ounces) of alcohol and set it 
aside in a moderately warm place, shaking frequently during three 
days. Then transfer the mixture to a paper filter, and, when the 
liquid has drained off completely, pour on enough alcohol to make 
1000 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces) of tincture. "<U. S. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

This tincture is seldom given as medicine but is considerably used 
in making toilet preparations and as a preservative of lard and other 
fats which become rancid by standing. 

TINCTURA BENZOINI COMPOSITA. U. S., Br. 

Compound Tincture of Benzoin. Friar's Balsam. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Benzoin, in No. 40 powder, 100 Gm. or 3^2 ounces av. 

Purified Aloes, No. 40 powder, 20 Gm. or 310 grains 

Storax, 80 Gm. or 2]4> ounces av. 

Balsam of Tolu, 40 Gm. or 1^ ounces av. 

Alcohol, to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Triturate the benzoin and purified aloes with 250 Cc. (or 8>y 2 
fl. ounces) of alcohol until a uniform magma is obtained. Transfer 
this to a stoppered container with the aid of 500 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces) 
of alcohol, add the storax and balsam of tolu and set the mixture 
aside in a moderately warm place, shaking it frequently during three 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1041 

days; then transfer it to a paper filter, and when the liquid has drained 
off completely, pour on enough alcohol to make iooo Cc. (or 34 
fl. ounces) of tincture." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Benzoin, in coarse powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Prepared Storax, 75 Gm. or iy 2 ounces 

Balsam of Tolu, 25 Gm. or y 2 ounce 

Socotrine Aloes, 18 Gm. or 160 grains 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
Make a tincture by macerating the drugs first with 800 Cc. (or 16 
fl. ounces) of alcohol, and then filtering and adding enough alcohol 
through the filter to produce 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of tincture. 

TINCTURA BUCHU. Br. Tincture of Buchu. 

Buchu Leaves, Xo. 20 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 

"Moisten the powder with 4 fl. ounces (or 200 Cc.) of the alcohol, 
and complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, V 2 to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 
Used chiefly as a diuretic and for catarrhal conditions of the bladder. 

TINCTURA CALAMI. P. G. Tincture of Calamus. 

Calamus 1 part, alcohol 5 parts. Prepare a tincture by maceration 
or percolation. 

This is used as a stomachic and for flavoring other preparations. 

TINCTURA CALENDULA. U. S. Tincture of Calendula. Marigold. 

Calendula, in Xo. 60 powder, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the calendula with 80 Cc. (or 2^ flounces) of alcohol, 
transfer it to a percolator and, without pressing the powder, allow it 
to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it very firmly and pour 
on enough alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above 
it. When the liquid begins to drop close the lower orifice, and, having 
closely covered the percolator, macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the 
percolation to proceed slowly, pouring on it sufficient alcohol to ob- 
tain 1000 Cc. (of 34 fl. ounces) of tincture. "<U. S. 

This tincture is almost entirely used externally like tincture of 
arnica, as an application for cuts, wounds, bruises etc., and it would 
seem that, unless much diluted, the alcoholic menstruum would be 
too strong. A good tincture may be made with diluted alcohol and 
would, we think, give better general satisfaction. 

This may be made by water-bath percolation in the same manner as 
is directed for making tincture of arnica flowers. 



1042 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The calendula flowers or florets, when dry, can be reduced to a 
coarse powder by rubbing through a coarse sieve. 

It is used for similar purposes as tincture of arnica. 

The B. P. C. Form., 1901, directs marigold flowers, in No. 20 pow- 
der, 4 ounces av., with alcohol (60%), a sufficient quantity to pro- 
duce by percolation 20 fl. ounces. 

TINCTURA CALUMBA. U. S., Br. Tincture of Calumba. 

The U. S. formula is : 

v-,aiumba, in No. 20 powder, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

Mix alcohol 3 measures with water 2 measures as a menstruum. 
Moisten the calumba with 100 Cc. (or 3^ fl. ounces) of the men- 
struum, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, 
allow it to stand, well covered, for 24 hours ; then pack it moderately, 
pour on enough of the menstruum to saturate the powder and leave 
a stratum above it, and allow the percolation to proceed slowly, pour- 
ing on sufficient menstruum to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of 
tincture. <U. S. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Calumba Root, No. 20 powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces av. 
Alcohol, (60%), 1000 Cc. or 20 fl.ounces 

Prepare by the maceration process, making a 10% tincture. 
Dose, J/2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA CAMPHORS COMPOSITA. Br. 
Compound Tincture of Camphor. Paregoric. Paregoric Elixir. 

The Br. P. gives the following formula under the above title, the 

preparation corresponding nearly to the U. S. P. Tinctura Opii Cam- 

phorata (which see). 

Tincture of Opium, 60.9 Cc. or 585 minims 

Camphor, 3.4 Gm. or 30 grains 

Benzoic Acid, 4.6 Gm. or 40 grains 

Oil of Anise, 3.1 Gm. or 30 minims 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the benzoic acid, camphor and oil of anise in 900 Cc. (or 

18 fl.ounces) of the alcohol; add the tincture of opium and a sufficient 

quantity of alcohol to produce 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl.ounces) of the 

tincture, filter if necessary."<Br. 

Dose, / 2 to 1 fl. drachm. A fl. drachm contains % grain of opium 

(containing 10 percent, of anhydrous morphine), equivalent to 1 / 30 

grain of morphine hydrochloride. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1043 

TINCTURA CANNABIS INDICT. U. S., Br. 

Tincture of Indian Cannabis. U. S. Tincture of Indian Hemp. Br. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Indian Cannabis, in No. 40 powder, 

100 Gm. or ^y 2 ounces av. 
Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 
"Moisten the Indian Cannabis with 50 Cc. (or 1% fl. ounces) of 
alcohol, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, 
allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it very firmly 
and pour on enough alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a 
stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the perco- 
lator, close the lower orifice, and, ha\ r ing closely covered the percola- 
tor, macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed 
slowly, pouring on sufficient alcohol to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl- 
ounces) of tincture." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.6 Cc. (10 minimsj. 

Owing to the small proportion of the drug used, this can readily 
be made by maceration instead of by percolation, or from the fluid- 
extract as follows : 

Fluidextract of Cannabis Indica, 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, 9 fl. ounces 

Mix them. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Extract of Indian Hemp, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the Extract of Indian Hemp in 900 Cc. (or 18 fl. ounces) 
of alcohol; filter if necessary; add sufficient of the alcohol to produce 
1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of the tincture." <Br. 
Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 

TINCTURA CANTHARIDIS. U. S., Br. Tincture of Cantharides. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Cantharides, in No. 60 powder, 100 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 
Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the cantharides with 35 Cc. (or 1 ounce) of alcohol, trans- 
fer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, allow it to 
stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it very firmly and pour 
on enough alcohol to saturate the drug and leave a stratum above it. 
When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower 
orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macerate for 24 
hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, pouring on 
sufficient alcohol to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of tincture.'- 
<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.3 Cc. (5 minims). 



1044 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

As the quantity of drug directed in this formula is small it may 
readily be prepared by the maceration process. 

The U. S. tincture of cantharides contains 10 percent, of cantharides. 
The Br. P. formula is: 

Cantharides, No. 40 powder, 12^ Gm. or 14 ounce 

Alcohol, (90%), 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

Prepare by maceration process. Dose, 5 to 10 minims ; if fre- 
quently repeated, 2 to 5 minims. 

The Br. tincture represents only i*4 percent, of the drug. 

TINCTURA CAPSICI. U. S., Br. Tincture of Capsicum. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Capsicum, No. 30 powder, 100 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Mix 950 Cc. (or 33^ fl. ounces) of alcohol with 50 Cc. (or i34 
fl. ounces) of water as a menstruum. Moisten the capsicum with 35 
Cc. (or 1 % fl. ounces) of the menstruum, transfer it to a percolator, 
and, without pressing the powder, allow it to stand, well covered, for 
6 hours ; then pack it firmly and pour on enough menstruum to sat- 
urate the powder and leave a stratum above it. AVhen the liquid 
begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, hav- 
ing closely covered the percolator, macerate for 24 hours. Then allow 
the percolation to proceed slowly, pouring on sufficient menstruum to 
obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of tincture." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

Owing to the small proportion of the drug this tincture may readily 
be made by macerating it with the required quantity of the men- 
struum in a closed vessel for 7 days, then filtering and adding enough 
menstruum through the filter to make the required quantity. 

The Br. P. formula is only one-half the strength of the U. S. Cap- 
sicum, No. 20 powder, 50 Gm. (or 1 ounce) ; alcohol, (70%), 1000 Cc. 
(or 20 fl. ounces). Prepare by the maceration process. Dose, 5 to 
15 minims. 

Tincture of capsicum is much used externally in liniments, and is 
given as a warm stimulant in doses corresponding to its strength. 

Tinctura Capsici Fortior. Stronger Tincture of Capsicum. B. P. C. 
Form., 1901. Capsicum in No. 40 powder, 10 ounces av. ; alcohol, 
(90%), a sufficient quantity. Make 20 fl. ounces of tincture by perco- 
lation. Dose, 1 to 3 minims, principally used externally. 

This is one-half the drug strength of the U. S. P. fluidextract of 
capsicum, but is in reality, nearly as strong, as the full quantity of 
capsicum cannot well be represented in an equivalent measure of 
fluidextract. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1045 

TINCTURA CARDAMOMI. U. S. Tincture of Cardamom. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Cardamom, in No. 30 powder, 200 Gm. or 2 ounces av. 
Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 10 rl. ounces 

"Moisten the cardamom with 80 Cc. (or 1 fl. ounce) of diluted alco- 
hol, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, 
allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and 
pour on enough diluted alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a 
stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, 
close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, 
macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, 
pouring on sufficient diluted alcohol to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 10 fl.- 
ounces) of tincture." <U. S. 

This is used to flavor medicines and given as an aromatic stimulant. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

TINCTURA CARDAMOMI COMPOSITA. U. S., Br. 

Compound Tincture of Cardamom. 

Cardamom, * 25 Gm. or 386 grains 

Saigon Cinnamon, 25 Gm. or 386 grains 

Caraway, 12 Gm. or 185 grains 

Cochineal, 5 Gm. or jj grains 

Glycerin, 60 Cc. or 1% fl. ounces 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 33^4 fl.ounces 

The dry drugs are to be reduced to a powder and macerated with 
750 Cc. (or 25^4 fl.ounces) of a menstruum composed of the glycerin 
mixed with 950 Cc. (or 32 fl.ounces) of diluted alcohol, during 7 days, 
with occasional agitation. This is then to be filtered through pur- 
ified cotton or plain filter paper and when the liquid has completely 
drained off the remainder of the menstruum is to be poured upon the 
residue in the filter, and then enough diluted alcohol to make 1000 
Cc. (or 3394 fl.ounces) of the tincture. <U. S. 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Cardamon Seeds, bruised, 12.5 Gm. or 34 ounce 

Caraway Seed, bruised, 12.5 Gm. or ]/^ ounce 

Raisins of commerce, seedless, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 
Cinnamon Bark, bruised, 25 Gm. or y 2 ounce 

Cochineal, in powder, 6.3 Gm. or 55 grains. 

Alcohol, (60%), 1000 Cc. or 20 fl.ounces 

Prepare by the process of maceration. Dose, j/ 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 



1046 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

This is a pleasant aromatic, used chiefly for flavoring other prep- 
arations. Dose, a teaspoonful. It is quite a favorite addition to bit- 
ters or other stomachics, in which it is used chiefly as a flavoring. 

TINCTURA CARMINATIVA. B. P. C. Carminative Tincture. 

Cardamom Seeds, bruised, 600 grains 

Stronger Tincture of Ginger, i 1 /^ fl. ounces 

Oil of Cinnamon, 100 minims 

Oil of Caraway, 100 minims 

Oil of Cloves, 100 minims 

Alcohol, (90%), sufficient to produce 20 fl. ounces 

Macerate the cardamoms in 15 fl. ounces of the alcohol for a week, 
then decant, express and dissolve the oils in the mixed tinctures, add- 
ing enough alcohol to make 20 fl. ounces. Dose, 2 to 10 minims. 

TINCTURA CASCARILLA. Br. Tincture Cascarilla. 

Cascarilla, No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 150 Cc. (or 3 ounces) of the alcohol, 
and complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl.ounces)."<Br. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA CASTOREI. Tincture of Castor. 

Castor, 1 part 

Alcohol, 10 parts 

Make by maceration. It is given as an antispasmodic. Dose, 20 
to 60 minims. It is now official in several European pharmacopoeias. 

TINCTURA CATECHU. Br. Tincture of Catechu. 

Catechu, in coarse powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Cinnamon Bark, bruised, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Alcohol, (60%) 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

Prepare by the maceration process. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. <Br. 
This is similar to but much stronger than the U. S. P. Compound 
Tincture of Gambir. 

TINCTURA CHIRATiE. Br. Tincture of Chiretta. 

Chiretta, in No. 40 powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

Prepare by the maceration process. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 

This is a bitter stomachic, similar to tincture of gentian. 

TINCTURA CHLOROFORMI COMPOSITA. B. P. C. 

Compound Tincture of Chloroform. 

Chloroform, 2 fl.ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), 8 fl.ounces 

Compound Tincture of Cardamoms, 10 fl.ounces 

Mix. Dose, 5 to 60 minims. 



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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1047 

TINCTURA CHLOROFORMI ET MORPHINE COMPOSITA. 

Br. Compound Tincture of Chloroform and Morphine. 

[Commonly known as Chlorodyne]. 

Chloroform, 

Morphine Hydrochloride, 

Diluted Hydrocyanic Acid, 

Tincture of Capsicum, 

Tincture Indian Hemp, 

Oil of Peppermint, 

Glycerin, 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the chloroform, tincture of capsicum, tincture of Indian 
hemp, oil of peppermint and glycerin with 9 fl. ounces (or 450 Cc.) of 
the alcohol, and dissolve the morphine hydrochloride in the mixture; 
add the diluted hydrochloric acid ; then mix with enough of the alco- 
hol to form 20 Imp. fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the compound tincture." 
<Br. 

Dose, 5 to 15 minims. This preparation contains in a 10 minim 
dose, 94 minim of chloroform, y 2 minim diluted hydrocyanic acid, 
and 1 / 11 grain of morphine hydrochloride. 

TINCTURA CIMICIFUGA. U. S., Br. 
Tincture of Cimicifuga. [Black Cohosh]. Tincture of Actaea. 

Cimicifuga, Xo. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"'Moisten the cimicifuga with 60 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) of alcohol, 
transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, allow it 
to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and pour on 
enough alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it. 
When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator close the lower 
orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macerate for 24 
hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, pouring on 
sufficient alcohol to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of tincture." 
<U. S. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Take the ingredients as directed in the U. S. formula. Moisten the 
powder with 3 ounces of alcohol and pack firmly in the water-bath 
percolator, pour upon it half a pint of alcohol and set in a warm 
place for 2 days, then. heat, moderately, and, after 1 hour, begin to 
percolate, adding alcohol to the drug and continuing the heat and per- 
colation until 34 fl. ounces of the tincture have passed. 

This is given as a tonic and anti-rheumatic in doses of 15 to 60 
minims. 



1048 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The Br. P. formula is: 

Cimicifuga, No. 40 powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 50 Cc. (or 1 flounce) of the alcohol and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). Dose, ^ to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 
This is only half the strength of the U. S. tincture. 

TINCTURA CINCHONiE. U. S., Br. Tincture of Cinchona. 

The U. S. P. formula is: 

Cinchona, in No. 60. powder, (yielding not less than 
4 percent, of anhydrous ether-soluble alkaloids), 

200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 
Glycerin, 75 Cc. or 2~/ 2 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 

Water, each a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 flounces 

"Mix the glycerin with 675 Cc. (or 23 fl. ounces) of alcohol and 250 
Cc. (or 8^8 fl. ounces) of water. Moisten the cinchona with 80 Cc. 
(or 2^4 fl. ounces) of the menstruum, transfer it to a percolator, and, 
without pressing the powder, allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 
hours ; then pack it firmly and pour on enough menstruum to sat- 
urate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid 
begins to drop from the percolator close the percolator, macerate for 
48 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, pouring on 
first the remainder of the menstruum, and then sufficient of a mixture 
of alcohol and water made in the same proportion as before, until 1000 
Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of percolate are obtained." 

"Tincture of Cinchona, when assayed by the process given, should 
contain in 100 Cc. 0.75 Gm. of anhydrous ether-soluble alkaloids of 
cinchona." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl.drachm). 

As assayed Fluidextract of Cinchona may be had from reliable 
manufacturing houses it may be as well to prepare the tincture of 
cinchona from it by mixing 

Fluidextract of Cinchona, 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, (70%), enough to make 5 fl. ounces 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Take the ingredients as directed in the U. S. formula. Mix the 
glycerin with 20 fl. ounces of alcohol and 8 fl. ounces of water, moisten 
the powder with 6 ounces of the mixture and macerate in a closed 
vessel for 24 hours ; transfer it then to the water-bath percolator, pack 
firmly, pour upon it the remainder of the mixture and set in a warm 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1049 

place for 24 hours, then heat very moderately, and, after 1 hour, begin 
to percolate. When the liquid has disappeared from the surface, add 
through the percolator enough alcohol and water, mixed in the same 
proportion, to complete the percolation, and make 34 fl. ounces of the 
tincture. Lastly, after standing a few days, filter through paper. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Red Cinchona Bark, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 
Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 

"Moisten the powdered bark with 200 Cc. (or 4 ounces) of the al- 
cohol ; set aside for 24 hours in a closed vessel ; percolate with more 
of the alcohol until 700 Cc. (or 14 fl. ounces) of percolate have been 
collected ; press the marc ; add the expressed liquid to the percolate ; 
set aside for 24 hours; filter." < Br. 

This tincture is then to be assayed as directed by the assay process 
for Extractum Cinchonae Liquidum, and a sufficient quantity of the 
alcohol added so that 100 Cc. of the tincture shall contain 1 Gm. of 
the alkaloids. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA CINCHONA COMPOSITA. U. S., Br. 

Compound Tincture of Cinchona. Huxham's Tincture. 

Red Cinchona, (yielding not less than 5 percent, 
of anhydrous ether-soluble alkaloids), 

100 Gm. or ^y 2 ounces av. 
Bitter Orange Peel, 80 Gm. or 2^ ounces av. 

Serpentaria, 20 Gm. or 300 grains 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 
The glycerin is to be mixed with 650 Cc. (or 23 fl. ounces) of alco- 
hol, and 250 Cc. (or 8^4 fl. ounces) "of water, as a menstruum. The 
drugs are to be reduced to a fine (No. 60) powder, moistened with 80 
Cc. (or 2V4 fl. ounces) of the menstruum and macerated without pres- 
sure in a well covered percolator for 6 hours. The powder is then to 
be packed firmly in a percolator, the remainder of the menstruum 
poured upon it and macerated for 48 hours, the percolation is then to 
proceed slowly, and when the liquid has disappeared from the surface, 
alcohol and water, mixed in the same proportions as before, is to be 
poured on and the percolation continued until 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl.- 
ounces) are obtained. <U. S. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

Made" by Water-Bath Percolation. 

This may be made by water-bath percolation, with the ingre- 
dients of the U. S. P. formula as above, in the same manner as is di- 
rected for making Tincture Cinchona preceding. 



1050 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Dried Bitter Orange Peel, well bruised, 

50 Gm. or 1 ounce 
Serpentary Rhizome, No. 40 powder, 

25 Gm. or y 2 ounce 
Cochineal, in powder, 3.2 Gm. or 28 grains 

Saffron, 6.3 Gm. or 55 grains 

Tincture of Cinchona, 500 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the solid ingredients with 500 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces) of the 
alcohol ; set aside in a closed vessel for 7 days, agitating frequently ; 
strain ; press the marc ; mix the liquids ; add the tincture of cinchona 
and enough of the alcohol to produce 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of the 
compound tincture ; set aside for 24 hours ; filter. Dose, j/ 2 to 1 
ri.drachm."<Br. 



TINCTURA CINNAMOMI. U. S., Br. Tincture of Cinnamon. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Saigon Cinnamon, No. 50 powder, 

200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 
Glycerin, 75 Cc. or 2 l / 2 fl.ounces 

Alcohol, 
Water, each a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl.ounces 

The glycerin is to be mixed with 675 Cc. (or 23 fl.ounces) of alco- 
hol and 250 Cc. (or 8^ fl.ounces) of water. The powder is to be 
moistened with 80 Cc. (or 2 l / 2 fl.ounces) of the menstruum and trans- 
ferred to a percolator without pressure and macerated 6 hours. It is 
then to be firmly packed and enough menstruum poured upon it to 
saturate the powder and leave a stratum above. When the liquid 
begins to drop from the percolator the lower orifice is to be closed, 
and, having covered the percolator closely it is allowed to macerate 
for 24 hours. The percolation is then allowed to proceed slowly, the 
remainder of the menstruum poured on and, after it has disappeared 
from the surface, the percolation continued with alcohol and water 
mixed in the same proportion until 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl.ounces) of per- 
colate has passed." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

This is used as an aromatic addition to medicines and as a warm 
carminative. 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Make a tincture of the ingredients named above by water-bath per- 
colation in the same manner as Tincture Cinchona. 






Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1051 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Cinnamon Bark, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 
Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 200 Cc. (or 4 fl. ounces) of the alcohol 
and complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). "<Br. 

Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. This is the same as the U. S., except the 
addition of glycerin in the U. S. 

TINCTURA COCCI. Br. Tincture of Cochineal. 

Alcohol, (45%) , 1000 Cc. or 20 flounces 

Cochineal, in powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Prepare by the maceration process. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 

This may be improved by adding 30 grains of potassium carbonate. 

TINCTURA COLCHICI SEMINIS. U. S. 
Tincture of Colchicum Seed. 
The U. S. P. formula is : 

Colchicum Seed, in No. 50 powder, (containing not 
less than 0.55 percent, of colchicine), 

100 Gm. or ^y 2 ounces av. 
Alcohol, 
Water, each a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

Mix alcohol 3 measures with water 2 measures as a menstruum. 
Moisten the colchicum seed with 40 Cc. (or i}i flounces) of the men- 
struum and transfer to a percolator without pressing; let stand 6 
hours ; then pack firmly and pour upon the powder enough menstruum 
to saturate and leave a stratum of liquid above it. When the liquid 
begins to drop close the lower orifice and, having closely covered the 
percolator, macerate for 48 hours. Then allow the percolation to pro- 
ceed slowly, pouring on sufficient menstruum to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 
34 rl.ounces) of percolate. <U. S. 

"Tincture of Colchicum seed, when assayed by the process given, 
should contain in 100 Cc. 0.05 Gm. of colchicine." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Assayed fluidextract of colchicum seed may be had from reliable 
manufacturers and the tincture (as above) may be made by mixing 
it with a menstruum of alcohol 3 measures with water 2 measures in 
the proportion of 3^ fl. ounces of the fluidextract with 30^ rl.ounces 
of the menstruum. 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 
Take the ingredients as directed in the U. S. formula and make a 
tincture by water-bath percolation in the same manner as is directed 
for tincture of arnica root. 



1052 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Tinctura Colchici Seminum. Br. Tincture of Colchicum Seeds. 
Colchicum Seeds, No. 30 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (45%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 125 Cc. (or 2y 2 flounces) of alcohol, and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). This makes a 20% tincture, 
while the U. S. is but 15%. Dose, 5 to 15 minims/' < Br. 

TINCTURA CONII. Br. Tincture of Conium. 
Tincture of Hemlock. 
Conium Fruit, recently reduced 

to No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 200 Cc. (or 4 fl. ounces) of the alcohol, 
and complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). "<Br. Dose, / 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 
This is a sedative* the dose being 20 to 60 minims. 

TINCTURA CONVALARI^. B. P. C. 
Tincture of Lily of the Valley. 
Lily of the Valley, flowers and stalks, dried, 

in No. 20 powder, 2^2 ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 
Make 20 fl. ounces of tincture by percolation. Dose, 5 to 20 minims. 

TINCTURA COTO. B. P. C. Tincture of Coto. 

Coto Bark, bruised, 2 ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
Macerate with 20 fl. ounces of alcohol for 7 days, with occasional 
agitation ; then press, filter, and add sufficient of the alcohol to pro- 
duce 20 fl. ounces. Dose, 10 to 30 minims. 

TINCTURA CROCI. Br. Tincture of Saffron. 

Saffron, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Alcohol, (60%), 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

Prepare by the maceration process. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 

This is designed to be made from the foreign saffron (Crocus 
Sativus). Many American druggists do not use this because of its 
high price, but use in its place the American Saffron or Safflower 
(Carthamus Tinctorious), which much resembles it. 

Other pharmacopoeias except the Br. direct a 10% tincture to be 
made, the same as the former U. S. preparation. The Br. is 5%. 

Tincture of saffron is an aromatic, used to add to other prepara- 
tions and for its orange color. It is given in doses of ]/ 2 to 1 teaspoon- 
ful, but is used chiefly for its coloring and aroma. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1053 

TINCTURA CUBEBS. Br. Tincture of Cubebs. 

Cubebs, in powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 100 Cc. (or 2 ounces) of the alcohol, and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). Dose, ^ to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 

This is given as a stimulant to the mucous membrane in doses of 
y 2 to 2 fl. drachms. 

TINCTURA DIGITALIS. U. S., Br. Tincture of Digitalis. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

■ Digitalis, in No. 60 powder, 100 Gm. or y/ 2 ounces av. 
Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the digitalis with 40 Cc. (or i}i fl. ounces) of diluted al- 
cohol, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, 
allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and 
pour on enough menstruum to saturate the powder and leave a 
stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percola- 
tor, close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, 
macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, 
pouring on sufficient diluted alcohol to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl- 
ounces) of percolate." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is: 

Digitalis Leaves, (No. 20 powder), 125 Gm. or 2 l / 2 ounces 
Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 100 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) of the alcohol, 
and complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). Dose, 5 to 15 minims. "<Br. 
Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 
Take the ingredients directed in the U. S. formula and make by 
water-bath percolation in the same manner as is directed for making 
Tincture Belladonna. 

TINCTURA ERGOTiE AMMONIATA. Br. 

Ammoniated Tincture of Ergot. 

Ergot, in No. 20 powder, 250 Gm. or 5 ounces 

Solution of Ammonia, 100 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Mix the solution of ammonia with 900 Cc. (or 18 fl. ounces) of the 
alcohol; moisten the powder with 100 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) of this mix- 
ture, and percolate with the remainder ; press the marc ; mix the ex- 
pressed liquid with the percolate ; add enough of the alcohol to form 



1054 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

iooo Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of the tincture; set aside for 24 hours; 
filter. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. "<Br. 
This represents 25% of the drug. 

TINCTURA EUONYMI. B. P. C. Tincture of Euonymus. 

Euonymus Bark, in Xo. 20 powder, 4 ounces av. 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
Make a tincture by maceration and percolation, to produce 20 
fl. ounces. Dose, 10 to 40 minims. 

TINCTURA EUPHORBIA PILULIFER^. B. P. C. 

Euphorbia, in Xo. 20 powder, 4 ounces av. 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 
Make 20 -fl. ounces of tincture by maceration and percolation. Dose, 
10 to 30 minims. 

TINCTURA FERRI ACETICI ^THEREA. 
Etherial Tincture Acetate of Iron. 
This was formerly official in the P. G., the formula being: 
Solution Acetate of Iron, 80 parts 

Alcohol, 12 parts 

Acetic Ether, 8 parts 

It is now official in the Swiss P. under the above title. Solution fer- 
rous acetate 8 parts, ether, alcohol, each, 1 part. Mix them. 
Rademacher's Tincture of Acetate of Iron. 
This is much better known than the former official tincture. The 
formula is therefore given : 

Iron Sulphate, pure, 23 parts 

Lead Acetate, 24 parts 

Distilled Water, 48 parts 

Good Vinegar, 96 parts 

Alcohol, 80 parts 

Triturate the iron sulphate and lead acetate together in a Wedge- 
wood mortar until a thick magma results, then add gradually the 
water and vinegar, and pour the whole into a flask or bottle, which 
is to be kept at a temperature of 30 to 40°C. (86° to io4°F.), for 3 
days, occasionally shaking it well in a wide-mouthed bottle, only 
half filled and loosely covered with a plate of glass ; then add 80 parts 
of alcohol and allow to stand 10 days more in the same flask, and 
finally filter. The dose is from 5 to 10 minims. 

TINCTURA FERRI CHLORIDI. U. S. 

Tincture of Ferric Chloride. Tincture Muriate of Iron. 

"A hydro-alcoholic solution of ferric chloride, Fe 2 Cl 6 , containing 
about 13.28 percent, of the anhydrous salt, and corresponding to 
about 4.6 (4.58) percent, of metallic iron."<U. S. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1055 

Solution of Ferric Chloride, 350 Cc. or 11 fl.oz.+400 min. 
Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 2,3>H fl. ounces 

The solution is to be mixed with enough alcohol to make 1000 Cc. 
( or 33^4 A- ounces), and the tincture allowed to stand in a closely- 
covered vessel for at least three months. It is then to be transferred 
to glass-stoppered bottles and kept protected from light. <U. S. 

Tincture of iron is one of the best known preparations of iron, act- 
ing as a tonic and astringent. The dose is from 10 to 30 minims, 
which should be diluted and taken through a tube to prevent blacken- 
ing the teeth. 

A so-called Tasteless Tincture of Iron is considerably used. 

Tinctura Ferri Perchloridi. Br. Tincture of Ferric Chloride. This 
corresponds to the Tincture Ferric Chloride of the U. S. The formula 
is: "Strong solution of ferric chloride 250 Cc. (or 5 fl. ounces), al- 
cohol, (90%), 250 Cc. (or 5 fl. ounces), distilled water, a sufficient 
quantity. Mix the strong solution of ferric chloride with the alcohol, 
add sufficient distilled water to produce 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). 
Dose, 5 to 15 minims." < Br. 

TINCTURA GALL^. U. S. Tincture of Nutgall. 

Xutgall, in Xo. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4% ounces a v. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 
The glycerin is to be mixed with 900 Cc. (or 18 fl. ounces) of alco- 
hol, as a menstruum. The powder is to be packed without moistening 
in a glass percolator, the menstruum poured upon it, and afterwards 
alcohol until 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of tincture are obtained. <U. S. 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 
This tincture is given as an astringent. Dose, y 2 to 2 fl. drachms. 

TINCTURA GAMBIR COMPOSITA. U. S. 

Compound Tincture of Gambir. 
[To replace Tinctura Catechu Composita, Pharm. 1890]. 
Gambir, in No. 50 powder, 50 Gm. or 1^4 ounces av. 

Saigon Cinnamon, in No. 50 powder, 

25 Gm. or }i ounce av. 
Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Macerate the gambir and Saigon cinnamon in a stoppered con- 
tainer, in a moderately warm place, with 750 Cc. (or 25^ fl. ounces) 
of diluted alcohol during 48 hours, with frequent agitation ; then filter 
through purified cotton, or a plain filter, and when the liquid has 
drained off completely, pass enough menstruum through the residue 
to make 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of tincture." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). Employed as an astringent. 



1056 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

TINCTURA GELSEMII. U. S., Br. 
Tincture of Gelsemium. [Yellow Jasmine]. 
Gelsemium, No. 60 powder, 100 Gm. or y/ 2 ounces av. 
Alcohol, 
Water, of each, sufficient 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Mix alcohol 6y 2 measures with water 3^ measures as a men- 
struum. Moisten the powder with 35 Cc. (or ij4 fl. ounces) of the 
menstruum, transfer it to a percolator and without pressing the pow- 
der, allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly 
and pour on enough menstruum to saturate the powder and leave a 
stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator 
close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, 
macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, 
pouring on sufficient menstruum to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) 
of tincture." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Take the ingredients directed in the U. S. formula, moisten the 
powder with 3 ounces of the menstruum, and pack firmly in a water- 
bath percolator, pour upon it half a pint of the menstruum and set in 
a warm place for 2 days, then heat very moderately, and, after 1 
hour, begin to percolate, adding alcohol to the drug and continuing 
the heat and percolation until 34 fl. ounces of tincture have passed. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Gelsemium Root, in Xo. 40 powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 
Alcohol, (60%'), a sufficient quantity. 

"Moisten the powder with 50 Cc. (or 1 fl. ounce) of the alcohol and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). "<Br. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 
This tincture represents 10% of the drug, the same as the U. S. 

A saturated tincture is also prepared from the green root, which 
is highly esteemed. 

TINCTURA GENTIANS COMPOSITA. U. S., Br. 
Compound Tincture of Gentian. 

Gentian, 100 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 

Bitter Orange Peel, 40 Gm. or 1^ ounces av. 

Cardamom, 10 Gm. or 154 grains 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 

1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 
"Mix alcohol 3 measures with water 2 measures as a menstruum. 
Reduce the drugs to Xo. 40 powder, moisten with 60 Cc. (or 2 fl,- 



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Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1057 

ounces) of the menstruum, transfer to a percolator without pressing 
the powder, allow to stand, well covered, for 12 hours; then pack 
moderately and pour on enough menstruum to saturate the powder 
and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop close 
the lower orifice of the percolator, macerate for 12 hours, then allow 
the percolation to proceed slowly, pouring on sufficient menstruum to 
obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of tincture." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

This may be made by water-bath percolation, using the above ingre- 
dients in the same manner as directed for making tincture arnica root. 
The Br. P. formula is: 

Gentian Root, cut small, bruised, 100 
Dried Bitter Orange Peel, 
Cardamom Seeds, bruised, 
Alcohol, (45%), 
Prepare by the maceration process. <Br. 
Dose, / 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

Tincture of Gentian is a bitter tonic, a popular remedy for dyspep- 
sia and similar disorders. The dose is ^ to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

COMPOUND TINCTURE OF GENTIAN. IMPROVED. 

Gentian, in coarse powder, 3 ounces av. 

Cardamom, in fine powder, Y ounce av. 

Oranges, medium size, sweet, three 

Alcohol, 1 pint 

Water, sufficient to make 2 pints 

Peel the oranges, squeeze out the juice and mix it with 12 fl. ounces 
each of alcohol and water, chop the orange peel fine, mix it with the 
gentian and cardamom, and, having moistened the drugs with 3 
ounces of the mixture, macerate for 24 hours in a closed vessel. 
Transfer it then to a percolator, pack moderately, pour upon it the 
remainder of the mixture and set in a warm place for 2 days, then 
begin to percolate, pouring upon the drugs, after the liquid has dis- 
appeared from the surface, the remaining 4 ounces of alcohol mixed 
with 4 ounces of water, and continuing the percolation with water, if 
necessary, until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. Lastly, after stand- 
ing a few days for the albuminous matter to separate, filter. 

This makes an excellent compound tincture of gentian, of much 
better flavor than the official preparation. 

TINCTURA GUAIACI. U. S. Tincture of Guaiac. 

Guaiac, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

The powder is to be mixed with 750 Cc. (or 25 fl. ounces) of alco- 
hol and macerated in a closed vessel for 7 days, then filtered and 



1058 The Fenner Formulary Fart II. 

enough alcohol added through the filter to make the measure iooo 
Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces). <U. S. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

The B. P. C. Form., 1901, directs guaiacum resin, in powder, 4 
ounces; alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity to produce by macera- 
tion 20 fl. ounces. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

This tincture is given as an antirheumatic and laxative in doses of 
y 2 to 1 teaspoonful, diluted. 

TINCTURA GUAIACI AMMONIATA. U. S., Br. 
Ammoniated Tincture of Guaiac. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Guaiac, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or ?,y 2 ounces av. 

Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia, 

sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

The powder is to be mixed with 750 Cc. (or 13 fl. ounces) of the 
aromatic spirit of ammonia, and macerated for 7 days in a closed ves- 
sel ; then filtered through paper in a well-covered funnel and enough 
of the aromatic spirit of ammonia added through the filter to make 
the measure 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces). <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

The filter should be well covered during filtration to prevent the 
evaporation of the ammonia. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Guaiacum Resin, in powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 
Oil of Nutmeg, 3.1 Cc. or 30 minims 

Oil of Lemon, 2.1 Cc. or 20 minims 

Strong Solution of Ammonia, 75 Cc. or 1^2 fl. ounce 
"Mix the strong solution of ammonia with 800 Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces) 
of the alcohol, add the guaiacum resin, set aside in a closed vessel 
for 48 hours, shaking frequently ; filter ; dissolve the oil of nutmeg and 
lemon in the filtrate and pass sufficient of the alcohol through the fil- 
ter to produce 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of the tincture. Dose, y 2 
to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 

Tincture of Guaiac, Alkaline. An alkaline tincture of guaiac, not 
official, but known as Dewee's Tincture of Guaiac, is made with 
guaiac resin, in powder, 2 tr. ounces ; potassium carbonate 45 grains ; 
pimenta, in powder, 240 grains ; diluted alcohol, sufficient to make 16 
fl. ounces. Digest 2 weeks. Dose, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

TINCTURA HAMAMELIDIS. Br. 

Tincture of Hamamelis. [Witch Hazel]. 

Hamamelis Bark, No. 20 powder, too Gm. or 2 ounces 

Alcohol, (45%), a sufficient quantity. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1059 

"Moisten the powder with 50 Cc. (or 1 fl. ounce) of the alcohol and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting' tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 flounces." < Br. 

This represents 10% of the drug. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA HYDRASTIS. U. S., Br. 

Tincture of Hydrastis. [Golden Seal]. 

The U. S. formula is : * 

Hydrastis, in No. 60 powder, (containing not less than 

2.5 percent, of hydrastine), 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 
Alcohol, 
Water, each a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

''Mix alcohol 6y 2 measures with water 33^ measures as a men- 
struum. Moisten the hydrastis with 60 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) of the 
menstruum, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the 
powder, allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it 
firmly and pour on enough menstruum to saturate the powder and 
leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the per- 
colator, macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to pro- 
ceed slowly, gradually adding menstruum until 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl.- 
ounces) of percolate are obtained." 

"Tincture of Hydrastis, when assayed by the process given, should 
contain in 100 Cc. 0.4 Gm. of hydrastine." <U. S. 
This represents 20 percent, of the drug. 

This tincture may be made by water-bath percolation in the same 
manner as is directed for Tincture of Gelsemium. 

Tincture of hydrastis is a valuable tonic for the mucous membrane, 
and is employed as a remedy for dyspepsia and atonic conditions of 
the digestive tract; also locally as an ingredient of washes, injections, 
insufflations etc. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

As assayed fluidextract of hydrastis may be obtained from reliable 
manufacturers it is, perhaps, as well to make this tincture from the 
fluidextract by mixing 

Fluidextract of Hydrastis, 1 fl. ounce 

Menstruum, Alcohol 6]/ 2 parts, Water 3J/2 parts, 4 fl. ounces 
The Br. P. formula is: 

Hydrastis Rhizome, in No. 60 powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 
Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 100 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) of the alcohol, 
and complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). "< Br. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 
This represents 10% of the drug. 



1060 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

TINCTURA HYOSCYAMI. U. S., Br. Tincture Hyoscyamus. 

Hyoscyamus, in No. 60 powder, containing not less 
than 0.08 percent, of mydriatic alkaloids), 

100 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 
Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the hyoscyamus with 40 Cc. (or i}i fl. ounces) of diluted 
alcohol, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, 
allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and 
pour on enough diluted alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a 
stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percola- 
tor, close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, 
macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, 
gradually adding diluted alcohol until 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) are 
obtained/' 

"Tincture of Hyoscyamus, when assayed by the process given, 
should contain in 100 Cc. 0.007 Gm. of mydriatic alkaloids." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 
This is a 10 percent, tincture. 

As assayed fluidextract of hyoscyamus may be obtained from re- 
liable manufacturers it is, perhaps, well to make this tincture from 
the fluidextract by mixing 

Fluidextract of Hyoscyamus, 1 fl. ounce 

Diluted Alcohol, 9 fl. ounces 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Take the ingredients as directed in the U. S. formula, and make a 
tincture by water-bath percolation in the same manner as is directed 
for tincture belladonna leaves. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Hyoscyamus Leaves and Flowering Tops, 

in No. 20 powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Alcohol, (45%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 100 Cc. (or 2 ounces) of the alcohol, and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 100 Cc. (or 20 ounces) ."<Br. Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. 
The above preparation represents 10% of the drug. 
This is given as an anodyne and sedative. 

TINCTURA IODI. U. S., Br. Tincture of Iodine. 

The U. S. P. formula is: 

Iodine, 70 Gm. or 540 grains 

Potassium Iodide, 50 Gm. or 386 grains 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 17 flounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1061 

"Triturate the iodine and potassium iodide rapidly in a mortar to a 
coarse powder, and transfer it at once to a graduated bottle. Rinse 
the mortar with several successive portions of alcohol, and pour the 
rinsings into the bottle. Then add alcohol, shaking occasionally, until 
the iodine and potassium iodide are dissolved, and the finished tinct- 
ure measures iooo Cc. (or 17 fl.ounces). "<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.1 Cc. (1^2 minims). 

Chiefly used externally. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Iodine, 25 Gm. or y 2 ounce 

Potassium Iodide, 25 Gm. or y 2 ounce 

Distilled Water, 25 Cc. or ]/ 2 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Place the iodine and potassium iodide in a bottle with the dis- 
tilled water; when solution has been effected add a sufficient quantity 
of the alcohol to produce 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of the tincture. 
Dose, 2 to 5 minims." < Br. 

It will be observed that the Br. is quite different from the U. S. 
preparation. The U. S. tincture is seldom given internally, but is used 
for outward application as an absorbent, alone or combined with other 
substances. When given, the dose is 1 to 3 minims, well diluted. 

TINCTURA IODI DECOLORATA. B. P. C. 

Decolorized Tincture of Iodine. 

Iodine 250 grains, alcohol (90%) 5^ ounces. Dissolve by the aid of 
gentle heat. When cold transfer to a stoppered bottle and add strong 
solution of ammonia 10 fl. drachms. Keep the mixture in a warm place 
until decolorized, after which dilute it with alcohol (90%;), sufficient 
to produce 20 fl.ounces. 

TINCTURA IPECACUANHA. Tincture of Ipecac. 

This tincture is official in most of the European pharmacopceias, 
the general formula being- 
Ipecac, 1 part 
Diluted Alcohol, 10 parts 
Make a tincture by maceration or percolation. The dose is 15 to 
30 minims. 

TINCTURA IPECACUANHA ET OPII. U. S. 
Tincture Ipecac and Opium. Tinctura Doveri. 

Tincture of Deodorized Opium, 1000 Cc. or 10 fl.ounces 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, 100 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Diluted Alcohol, to make . 1000 Cc. or 10 fl.ounces 

The tincture of deodorized opium is to be evaporated in a tared 

capsule on a water-bath until it weighs 800 Gm. (or 8 ounces av.)-|- 



1062 The Fenner Formulary Fart 11. 

151 grains). When cold the fmidextract of ipecac is to be added and 
the mixture filtered, adding enough diluted alcohol through the filter 
to make the measure 1900 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces). This represents 
Dover's powder in liquid form. <U. S. 
Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

TINCTURA JABORANDI. Br. 

Tincture of Jaborandi. Tincture of Pilocarpus. 

Jaborandi Leaves, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 
Alcohol, (45%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 125 Cc. (or 2]/ 2 fl. ounces) of the alcohol 
and complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 ounces). Dose, ^ to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 
This makes a 20% tincture. 

This may also be made by water-bath percolation as directed for 
Tincture of Belladonna Leaves. 

TINCTURA JALAPS. Br. Tincture of Jalap. 

Jalap, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 

"Moisten the powder with 100 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) of the alcohol, 
pack it in a percolator, gradually add more of the alcohol until the 
percolate measures 600 Cc. (or 12 fl. ounces) ; subject the marc to pres- 
sure, add the expressed liquid to the percolate and set aside for 24 
hours; filter. Determine the amount of jalap resin in 10 Cc. of the 
resulting strong tincture by the process described under "Jalapse 
Resinse" and dilute the remainder of the strong tincture with a 
sufficient quantity of the alcohol to produce a tincture containing 1.5 
Gm. of the resin in 100 Cc. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 

This is used as a purgative. 

TINCTURA KINO. U. S., Br. Tincture of Kino. 



The U. S. P. formua 


is : 












Kino, 






50 Gm. 


or 


i3/ 4 


ounces av. 


Purified Talc, 






10 Gm. 


or 


155 


grains 


Glycerin, 






150 Cc. 


or 


5 


fl.oimces 


Alcohol, 






650 Cc. 


or 


23 


fl. ounces 


Water, a sufficient 


quai 


itity 










To make 






1000 Cc. 


or 


34 


fl. ounces 



"Mix the glycerin with 200 Cc (or 6^4 fl. ounces) of water and trit- 
urate the kino and purified talc with sufficient of the mixture to pro- 
duce a thin smooth magma. Transfer this magma to a flask by the aid 
of the remainder of the mixture, and, having ascertained the weight 
of the flask and contents, heat it on a water-bath for about 1 hour; 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1063 

allow the flask and contents to cool, and restore the original weight 
by the addition of sufficient water. Then add the alcohol, mix, and 
pass the tincture through a filter of purified cotton, keeping the funnel 
well covered. Finally, add sufficient alcohol through the filter to ob- 
tain iooo Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of tincture." <U. S. 

This is a 5% tincture of kino. It is used chiefly as an astringent in 
diarrhoea. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Kino, in powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Glycerin, 150 Cc. or 3 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, 250 Cc. or 5 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, (90%)), a sufficient quantity. 

"Mix the glycerin and distilled water, rub the kino in a mortar with 
a sufficient quantity of the mixture to form a smooth paste, gradually 
adding- the remainder of the mixture, transfer to a closed vessel ; add 
500 Cc. (or 10 fl. ounces) of the alcohol; set aside for 12 hours, fre- 
quently agitating ; filter through a plug of cotton wool ; pass sufficient 
of the alcohol through the filter to produce 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) 
of the tincture. Dose, V 2 to 1 fl.drachm."<Br. 

This is a 10% tincture. Keep the tincture in well-stoppered bottles. 

The great trouble with tincture of kino is its tendency to gelatinize. 
These formulas, if properly followed, are supposed to overcome this 
difficulty. 

TINCTURA KOL^. Tincture of Kola. 

This tincture is now official in the Fr. and Mex. Pharmacopoeias. 
The formula is : 

Kola Nuts, in powder, 100 Gm. 

Alcohol, (60%), 500 Gm. 

Macerate during 10 days. Express and filter. 

Preparations of Kola have come into considerable use of late as a 
nervous stimulant. It contains the same principles as coffee. 

TINCTURA KRAMERIA. U. S., Br. 
Tincture of Krameria. [Rhatany]. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Krameria, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 
Diluted Alcohol, to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the krameria with 80 Cc. (or 1^ fl. ounces) of diluted alco- 
hol, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, allow 
it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and pour 
on enough diluted alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum 
above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close 
the lower orifice and macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the perco- 



1064 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

lation to proceed slowly, pouring on sufficient diluted alcohol to obtain 
iooo Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces) of tincture. "<U. S. 

This is employed chiefly as an astringent. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

The Br. P. formula is: 

Krameria Root, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 

Moisten the powder with 200 Cc. (or 2 ounces) of the alcohol and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. <Br. 

This is the same as the U. S. P., representing 20% of the drug. 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Take the ingredients as directed in the U. S. formula. Make a tinc- 
ture by water-bath percolation as directed for Tincture Arnica Root. 

The P. G. under the title Tinctura Rhatanhise, directs krameria 1 
part, diluted alcohol 5 parts, the tincture to be made by maceration. 

Tincture of Rhatany is an astringent, given in doses of ^ to 2 
fl. ounces. 

TINCTURA LACTUCARII. U. S. Tincture of Lactucarium. 

Lactucarium, 500 Gm. or 8 ounces av. 

Glycerin, 250 Cc. or 3^4 fl. ounces 

Water, Alcohol, Benzin and Diluted Alcohol, 
each, a sufficient quantity. 
The lactucarium is to be beaten in a mortar with clean sand, to a 
coarse powder and the mixture put into a bottle. To it 2000 Cc. (or 
31 fl. ounces) of purified petroleum benzin are to be added and the mix- 
ture agitated frequently during 48 hours. It is then to be poured upon 
a double filter, allowed to drain and then washed with 1500 Cc. (or 23 
fl. ounces) of petroleum benzin, and the lactucarium afterwards dried 
by exposure to the air. When it is dry and free from the odor of ben- 
zin it is to be reduced to a powder, using more sand, if necessary, and 
the powder packed in a conical percolator. The glycerin is to be 
mixed with 200 Cc. (or 3 fl. ounces) of water and 500 Cc. (or 7% 
fl. ounces) of alcohol, the powder moistened with 500 Cc. (or 7^/3 
fl. ounces) of the mixture, and when the percolate has begun to drop, 
the lower orifice closed and the contents of the percolator allowed to 
macerate for 24 hours. Then begin the percolation, allow it to pro- 
ceed very slowly, adding at first the remainder of'the menstruum and 
then diluted alcohol until the lactucarium is exhausted. The first 
7.50 Cc. (or 12 fl. ounces) of the percolate are to be reserved and the 
remainder evaporated on a water-bath at a temperature not exceeding 
70°C. (i58°F.), to 250 Cc. (or y/ 3 fl.ounces), and mixed with the 
reserved portion. This is to be filtered after standing and diluted 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1065 

alcohol added through the filter to make iooo Cc. (or 15J/3 fl. ounces). 
<U. S. This tincture represents 50% of lactucarium. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

TINCTURA LAVENDUL^ COMPOSITA. U. S., Br. 

Compound Tincture of Lavender. Compound Spirit of Lavender. 

This preparation, which was formerly classed with Spirits, has 
been very properly transferred to the Tinctures, but will still be found 
with the spirits in most pharmacopoeias. - 



Oil of Lavender Flowers, 


8 Cc. 


or 


120 


minims 


Oil of Rosemary, 


2 Cc. 


or 


30 


minims 


Saigon Cinnamon, 


20 Gm. 


or 


H 


ounce av. 


Myristica, 


10 Gm. 


or 


154 


grains 


Cloves, 


5 Gm. 


or 


77 


grains 


Red Saunders, 


10 Gm. 


or 


154 


grains 



Alcohol, 

Water, each a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Reduce the dry drugs to a No. 50 powder, and macerate this pow- 
der for 3 days in a mixture of 750 Cc. (or 26 fl. ounces) of alcohol and 
250 Cc. (or 6 l / 2 fl. ounces) of water in which liquid the oils have been 
dissolved. Then filter, and, when the liquid has drained off com- 
pletely, pass enough of a mixture of alcohol and water, made in the 
same proportions as before, through the residue on the filter to make 
1000 Cc. (01-34 fl. ounces) of tincture." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Oil of Lavender/ 4.7 Cc. or 45 minims 

Oil of Rosemary, 0.5 Cc. or 5 minims 

Cinnamon Bark, bruised, 8.5 Gm. or 75 grains 

Nutmeg, bruised, 8.5 Gm. or 75 grains 

Red Saunders Wood, 17 Gm. or 150 grains 

Alcohol, (90%), 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

"Prepare by the maceration process, adding the oils at the comple- 
tion of the process." < Br. Dose, J/ 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA LIMONIS CORTICIS. U. S. Tincture of Lemon Peel. 
Tinctura Limonis. Br. Tincture of Lemon. 
The U. S. formula is : 

Lemon Peel, from the fresh fruit, in thin shavings and 

cut into narrow shreds, 500 Gm. or 10 ounces av. 

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

"Macerate the lemon peel in a stoppered, wide-mouthed container, 
in a moderately warm place, with 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of alco- 



1066 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

hoi during 48 hours, with frequent agitation ; then filter through pur- 
ified cotton, and, when the liquid has drained off completely, grad- 
ually pour on enough alcohol to make 1000 Cc. (or 20 fi. ounces) of 
tincture and filter.'' <U. S. 

Used chiefly for flavoring, as "Extract of Lemon." 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Fresh Lemon Peel, cut small, 250 Gin. or 5 ounces av. 

Alcohol, (90%), 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

Prepare by the maceration process. <Br. 

This is used for flavoring and given as an aromatic stimulant in 
doses of J/2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA LOBELLflE. U. S. Tincture of Lobelia. 

Lobelia, in No. 40 powder, 100 Gm. or 1^ ounces av. 

Diluted Alcohol, to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the lobelia with 40 Cc. (or 1^ fl. ounces) of diluted alcohol, 
transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, allow it 
to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and pour on 
enough diluted alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum 
above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator close 
the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macer- 
ate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, pour- 
ing on sufficient diluted alcohol to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces) 
of tincture." <U. S. 

Average dose. — Expectorant, 1 Cc. (15 minims). Emetic, 4 Cc. (1 
fl. drachm). 

The B. P. C. Form, directs lobelia in Xo. 40 powder, 2]/ 2 ounces, 
alcohol (60%), a sufficient quantity to make by maceration and per- 
colation 20 fl.ounces. Dose, 10 to 30 minims. 

TINCTURA LOBELIA ^THEREA. Br. 

Etherial Tincture of Lobelia. 

Lobelia, in Xo. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Spirit of Ether, a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 100 Cc. (or 2 ounces) of spirit of ether 
and complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). "< Br. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 
This tincture represents 20% of the drug. 

TINCTURA LUPULI. Br. Tincture of Hops. 

Hops, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), 1000 Cc. or 20 fl.ounces 

''Prepare by the maceration process. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. "<Br. 

This represents 20% of the drug. 



5 


Gm. 


or 


6o 


grains 


45 


Cc. 


or 


i 


fl. ounce 


45 


Cc. 


or 


i 


fl. ounce 


IOO 


Cc. 


or 


2V, 


; fl. ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1067 

TINCTURA MOSCHI. U. S. Tincture of Musk. 

Musk, 

Alcohol, 

Water, 

Diluted Alcohol, to make 
The musk is to be rubbed in a mortar, first with a little of the 
water, until a smooth mixture is made, and then with the remainder 
of the water. The mixture is to be transferred to a bottle, the mortar 
rinsed with successive portions of the alcohol and added, and allowed 
to macerate for 7 days, with occasional agitation. It is then to be fil- 
tered and enough diluted alcohol added through the filter to make the 
measure ioo Cc. (or 2 T /s fl. ounces). <U. S. 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

As good grain musk (which is to be used in this preparation) is 
worth from $25.00 to $35.00 per ounce, it will be advisable to touch 
this official very lightly. 

TINCTURA MYRRHS. U. S. Br. Tincture of Myrrh. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Myrrh, in moderately coarse powder, 

200 Gm. or 3j/£ ounces av. 
Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 
The powder is to be mixed with 750 Cc. (or 13 fl. ounces) of alcohol 
in a closed vessel, and macerated for 3 days with occasional shaking, 
and then filtered, adding enough alcohol through the filter to make the 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces). <U. S. 
This tincture represents 20% of the drug. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). • 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Myrrh, in coarse powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Place the myrrh with 800 Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces) of the alcohol in a 
closed vessel ; set aside for 7 days, with occasional agitation ; filter. 
When the liquid ceases to drop, pass sufficient of the alcohol through 
the filter to produce 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of the tincture." < Br. 
Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA NUCIS VOMICJE. U. S., Br. 

Tincture of Nux Vomica. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Extract of Nux Vomica, containing 5 percent. 

of strychnine, 200 Gm. or 155 grains 

Alcohol and Water, each 

sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 



1068 The Fenner P or miliary Part II. 

"Dissolve the extract of mix vomica in a sufficient quantity of a mix- 
ture of alcohol and water made in the proportion of 750 Cc. (or 3 
measures) of alcohol, and 250 Cc. (or 1 measure) of water, to make 
the solution measure 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces), and filter through a 
well covered filter." 

"Tincture of Nux Vomica, when assayed by the process given, 
should contain in 100 Cc. 0.1 Gm. of strychnine." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.6 Cc. (10 minims). 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Liquid Extract of Nux Vomica, 100 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, 150 Cc. or 3 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 

"Mix the liquid extract of nux vomica with the distilled water; add 
sufficient of the alcohol to produce 12 fl. ounces (600 Cc.) of the 
tincture; filter." < Br. 

Tested by assay 100 Cc. of this tincture should yield not less than 
0.24 or more than 0.26 Gm. of strychnine, corresponding to about l /§ 
grain in 1 fl. drachm, or 34 grain in no minims. 

TINCTURA OPII. U. S., Br. Tincture of Opium. Laudanum. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Granulated Opium, (containing 12 to 12 1 /? percent, of 

crystallized morphine), 100 Gm. or 3V2 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 
Water, 
Diluted Alcohol, each a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Heat 400 Cc. (or 13^ fl. ounces) of water to boiling, and pour it on 
the granulated opium contained in a tared vessel, weigh and stir 
occasionally during 12 hours; then restore the original weight by the 
addition of cold water, add 400 Cc. (or 13^2 fl. ounces) of alcohol, pour 
the mixture into a bottle and continue the maceration for 48 hours, 
occasionally shaking. Transfer the mixture to a percolator, return 
the first portion of the percolate until it runs through clear, and, when 
the liquid ceases to drop, continue the percolation slowly, pouring on 
sufficient diluted alcohol until 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) are obtained." 
"Tincture of Opium, when assayed by the process given, should 
contain in 100 Cc. not less than 1.2 nor more than 1.25 Gm. of 
crystallizable morphine." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

The ingredients used in the U. S. formula are to be employed. Mix 
the opium with the water previously heated to boiling, and macerate 
for 12 hours, then, having covered the perforated diaphragm of the 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1069 

water-bath percolator with coarse cloth, pour the mixture upon it ; 
heat to about 8o°C. (i76°F.) for 2 hours, then add the alcohol and, 
after an hour, begin to percolate, adding diluted alcohol to the drug- 
when the liquid has all disappeared from the surface, and continuing 
the heat and percolation until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. Lastly, 
after standing a day or two, filter through paper. 

If made by water-bath percolation, or if moist opium instead of 
granulated is used, the assay of the tincture will show the percentage 
of morphine, and the tincture may be regulated by the addition of 
diluted alcohol, if necessary, to conform to the pharmacopceial per- 
centage required. 

Tincture of opium is given as an anodyne in doses of 10 to 30 min- 
ims. It is also used extensively for external application in liniments 
etc. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Opium, 150 Gm. or 3 ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), 

Distilled Water, of each a sufficient quantity. 

"Rub the opium to a paste with 10 fl. ounces for 5500 Cc.) of distilled 
water, previously heated to at least 200°F. (93. 3 C.) ; set aside for 6 
hours; add 10 fl. ounces (or 500 Cc.) of the alcohol; mix thoroughly; 
set aside in a covered vessel for 24 hours ; strain ; press ; mix the 
liquids; set aside for 24 hours; filter." < Br. 

TINCTURA OPII AMMONIATA. Br. 
Ammoniated Tincture of Opium. 
Tincture of Opium, 150 Cc. or 3 fl. ounces 

Benzoic Acid, 20.6 Gm. or 180 grains 

Oil of Anise, 6.25 Gm. or 1 fl. drachm 

Solution- of Ammonia, 200 Cc. or 4 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the oil of anise and the benzoic acid in 12 fl. ounces (or 600 
Cc.) of the alcohol ; add the tincture of opium and the solution of am- 
monia ; mix well ; filter ; add enough of the alcohol to form 20 ounces 
(or 1000 Cc.) of the tincture. Dose, V 2 to 1 fl. drachm. "<Br. 

TINCTURA OPII CAMPHORATA. U. S. 
Camphorated Tincture of Opium. Paregoric. 

Powdered Opium, 4 Gm. or 60 grains 

Benzoic Acid, 4 Gm. or 60 grains 

Camphor, 4 Gm. or 60 grains 

Oil of Anise, 4 Cc. or 60 minims 

Glycerin, 40 Cc. or l 1 /^ fl. ounces 

Diluted Alcohol, to make 1000 Cc. or 33 flounces 

The drugs are to be macerated with 900 Cc. (or 30 fl. ounces) of 
diluted alcohol for 3 days with frequent shaking. The mixture is then 



1070 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

to be filtered, and enough diluted alcohol added through the filter to 
make iooo Cc. (or 33 fl. ounces). <U. S. 

Sixty grains of powdered extract of licorice added makes a darker 
and more desirable color. 

The following formula will be found very convenient for making 
paregoric quickly or extemporaneously. 

Rapid Method of Making Paregoric. 

Tincture of Opium, 10 fl. drachms 

Benzoic Acid, 60 grains 

Spirit of Camphor, 10 fl. drachms 

Extract of Licorice, powdered, 60 grains 

Oil of Anise, 1 fl. drachm 

Glycerin, 1 fl. ounce 

Diluted Alcohol, 30 flounces 

Rub the extract of licorice with the benzoic acid in a mortar and 
triturate them with separate portions of the diluted alcohol ; dissolve 
the oil of anise in the spirit of camphor and mix with the diluted al- 
cohol etc., add the glycerin, and filter. 

TINCTURA OPII DEODORATI. U. S. 

Tincture of Deodorized Opium. 

Granulated Opium, (containing 12 to 12.5 percent, of 

crystallizable morphine), 100 Gm. or 3^2 ounces av. 
Purified Petroleum Benzin, 75 Cc. or 2 T / 2 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 200 Cc. or 6^4 fl. ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 33^ fl. ounces 

Upon the granulated opium pour 500 Cc. (or 173/2 fl. ounces) of 
boiling water, stirring the mixture frequently during 24 hours. It is 
then to be transferred to a percolator and the first portions that pass 
returned, until the percolate runs through clear, and when the liquid 
ceases to drop the percolation continued with water until the opium is 
exhausted. The percolate is to be concentrated by evaporation on a 
water-bath until it measures 150 Cc. (or 5 fl. ounces) and, when cooled, 
shaken vigorously for 10 minutes with 65 Cc. (or 2 1 /\ fl. ounces) of the 
purified benzin. It is then allowed to stand a few moments and the 
benzin which rises to the top is to be poured off or separated by a 
separating funnel, and rejected; the liquid is to be shaken again with 
the remaining 10 Cc. (or 60 minims) of the benzin, and,, having care- 
fully separated this second portion of the benzin, the remainder of the 
liquid is to be evaporated in a warm place, spontaneously until all 
odor of benzin has disappeared, removing the last traces by heat of a 
water-bath. The deodorized liquid thus obtained is to be mixed Avith 
600 Cc. (or 20%. fl. ounces) of w T ater and filtered through a paper filter; 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1071 

the alcohol is to be mixed with the filtrate and enough water added 
through the filter to make 1000 Cc. (or 33^4 fl. ounces) of tincture. 

An assay proces is directed for this tincture which requires that 100 
Cc. should yield not less than 1.2, nor more than 1.25 Gm. of crystal- 
lized morphine. The assay process is the same as for tincture of opium. 

This tincture contains 10% of opium deprived of its noxious and 
objectionable properties. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

TINCTURA PHOSPHORI COMPOSITUS. B. P. C. 

Compound Tincture of Phosphorus. 

Phosphorus, 12 grains 

Chloroform, 2 x / 2 fl. ounces 

Place in a stoppered bottle, and apply the heat of a water-bath 
until dissolved. Then add to the solution : 

Absolute Alcohol, 123^2 fl. ounces 

Shake well. Each fl. drachm contains 1 / 10 grain phosphorus. Dose, 
3 to 12 minims. 

TINCTURA PHYSOSTIGMATIS. U. S. 
Tincture of Physostigma. Tincture of Calabar Bean. 

Physostigma, in No. 50 powder, (containing 0.15 percent. 

of ether-soluble alkaloids), 100 Gm. or 1^4 ounces av. 
Alcohol, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the physostigma with 40 Cc. (or ^4 fl.ounce) of alcohol, 
transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, allow it 
to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and pour on 
enough alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it. 
When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower 
orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macerate for 24 
hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, pouring on 
sufficient alcohol to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces) of tincture." 

"Tincture of Physostigma, when assayed by the process given, 
should contain in 100 Cc. 0.014 Gm. of the ether-soluble alkaloids 
from physostigma." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

Assayed fluidextract of physostigma may be obtained from reliable 
manufacturers and it may be better for druggists to use this in mak- 
ing the tincture. Mix 

Fluidextract Physostigma, 1 fl.ounce 

Alcohol, - 9 fl. ounces 

The B. P. C. Form, directs calabar bean, in Xo. 40 powder, 4 ounces; 
alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. Make 20 fl. ounces of tincture 
by maceration and percolation. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. 



1072 The Fciuicr Formulary Part II. 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Take the ingredients as directed in the U. S. formula and make a 
tincture by water-bath percolation in the same manner as is directed 
for making tincture of gelsemium. 

This is a narcotic sedative, used for neuralgia etc. The dose is 10 
to 30 minims. 

TINCTURA PODOPHYLLI. Br. Tincture of Podophyllum. 

Podophyllum Resin, 36.5 Gm. or 320 grains 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Add the podophyllum resin to 18 fl. ounces (or 900 Cc.) of the al- 
cohol and set aside for 24 hours, occasionally agitating; filter; pass 
sufficient of the alcohol through the filter to produce 2 ounces (or 
1000 Cc.) of the tincture." < Br. Dose, 5 to 10 minims. 

TINCTURA PRUNI VIRGINIANS. Br. 
Tincture of Virginian Prune. [Wild Cherry]. 
Virginian Prune Bark, (Wild Cherry), 

in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), 625 Cc. or I2y 2 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, 375 Cc. or 7^ fl. ounces 

"Mix the powder with the distilled water, set aside in a covered 
vessel for 24 hours ; add the alcohol and complete the maceration 
process." < Br. Dose, J / 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

This should be set aside in a place where the temperature will be 
8o° to 90°F., as the object is to develop the hydrocyanic acid in the 
bark. 

TINCTURA PULSATILLA. B. P. C. Tincture of Pulsatilla. 

Pulsatilla, in No. 40 powder, 2 ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with a suitable quantity of the alcohol and 
macerate for 24 hours ; then pack in a percolator and gradually pour 
more of the alcohol upon it until 20 fl. ounces of tincture is obtained. 
Dose, 1 to 5 minims or more."<B. P. C. 

TINCTURA PYRETHRI. U. S., Br. 
Tincture of Pyrethrum. [Pellitory]. 

The U. S. formula is : 

Pyrethrum, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 
Alcohol, to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl.ounces 

The powder is to be moistened with 80 Cc. (or iy 2 fl.ounces) of 
alcohol, and macerated for 6 hours ; then packed firmly in a percolator 
and alcohol gradually poured upon it until 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl.ounces) 
of tincture are obtained. <U. S. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1073 

Used externally as a counter-irritant and as a remedy for toothache. 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 
Take the ingredients directed in the U. S. formula, make a tincture 
by water-bath percolation in the same manner as is directed for mak- 
ing tincture cimicifuga. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Pyrethrum Root, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 
Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 3 fl. ounces (or 150 Cc.) of the alcohol, 
and complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc.)."<Br. 

TINCTURA QUASSLE. U. S., Br. Tincture of Quassia. 

Quassia, in No. 50 powder, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl.ounces 

"Mix 3^2 measures of alcohol with 6 J / 2 measures of water as a men- 
struum. Moisten the quassia with 60 Cc. (or 2 fl.ounces) of the men- 
struum, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, 
allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and 
pour on enough menstruum to saturate the powder and leave a 
stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percola- 
tor close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, 
macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, 
pouring on sufficient menstruum to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl.ounces) 
of tincture." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 
Take the ingredients as directed in the U. S. formula, make a 
tincture by water-bath percolation as directed for making tincture 
arnica root. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Quassia Wood, rasped, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Alcohol, (45%), 1000 Cc. or 20 ounces 

Prepare by the maceration process. Dose, J4 to 1 fl. drachm. <Br. 
Tincture of quassia is a bitter stomachic, the dose of the U. S. being 
from 15 to 60 minims. 

TINCTURA QUEBRACHO. Tincture of Quebracho. 

This is official in some foreign pharmacopoeias. 

Quebracho Bark, in powder, 20 Gm. 

Alcohol, (60%), 100 Gm. 

Macerate and percolate to produce 100 Gm. of the tincture, 



1074 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

TINCTURA QUILLAJA. U. S. Tincture of Quillaja. [Soap Bark]. 
Tincture Quillaiae. Br. Tincture of Quillaia. 
The U. S. formula is : 

Quillaja, coarsely ground, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 350 Cc. or 12 fl. ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

The quillaja is to be boiled in a suitable vessel with 800 Cc. (or 27 
fl. ounces) of water for 15 minutes, then strained and the residue on 
the strainer washed with 100 Cc. (or 3^ fl. ounces) of water, and 
mixed with the strained liquid. This is then to be boiled down to 600 
Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces), allowed to cool, mixed with the alcohol, and 
when the insoluble matter has subsided, the liquid portion filtered and 
enough water added through the filter to make 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl.- 
ounces) of the tincture. <U. S. 

This is used in making some emulsions and as a soda foam. It is 
also flavored and used as a tooth wash etc. 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Quillaia Bark, in No. 20 powder, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the powder with 25 Cc. (or y 2 fl. ounce) of the alcohol and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 ounces) ."< Br. 

Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. (Seldom used in medicine). 

TINCTURA QUININE. Br. Tincture of Quinine. 

Quinine Hydrochloride, 20 Gm. or 175 grains 

Tincture of Orange, 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the quinine hydrochloride in the tincture of orange. < Br. 

A fl. drachm contains about 1*4 grain of quinine. Dose, ^ to 1 
fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA QUININE AMMONIATA. Br. 
Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine. 
Quinine Sulphate, 20 Gm. or 175 grains 

Solution of Ammonia, 100 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), 906 Cc. or 18 fl.ounces 

Mix the solution of ammonia with the alcohol; add the quinine sul- 
phate ; shake until a clear solution is produced ; set aside for 3 days ; 
filter. A fl. drachm contains about i 1 /^ grain of quinine. Dose, y 2 to 
1 fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA RHATANI^. Tincture of Rhatany. 
Tincture of Krameria. 
This tincture is official under the above title in most pharmacopoeias, 
but in the U. S. and Br. it is known as Tinctura Krameria, which see. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1075 

The P. G. formula is : 

Rhatany Root, in powder, I part 

Diluted Alcohol, 5 parts 

Making a 20% tincture which is the same as the U. S., Br., and 
other authorities. 

TINCTURA RiHEI. U. S. Tincture of Rhubarb. 

Rhubarb, 200 Gin. or 7 ounces av. 

Cardamom, 40 Gm. or 620 grains 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. or 3^ fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

The rhubarb and cardamom are to be reduced to a moderately 
coarse (No. 40) powder. The glycerin is to be mixed with 500 Cc. (or 
17 fl. ounces) of alcohol, and 400 Cc. (or 13J/2 fl. ounces) of water. The 
powder is to be moistened with 90 Cc. (or 3 fl. ounces) of the liquid, 
macerated for 12 hours, packed moderately in a percolator and the re- 
mainder of the menstruum gradually poured upon it. When the liquid 
has disappeared, alcohol and water in the same proportions as above 
are to be mixed and the percolation continued with the mixture until 
1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of tincture are obtained. <U. S. 

Tincture of rhubarb is given as a stomachic in doses of 1 to 2 
fl. drachms, and as a purgative in doses of ^ to 1 fl. ounce. 

TINCTURA RHEI AROMATICA. U. S. 
Aromatic Tincture of Rhubarb. Spiced Tincture of Rhubarb. 

Rhubarb, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Cassia Cinnamon, - 40 Gm. or i}i ounce av. 

Cloves, 40 Gm. or 1^ ounce av. 

Xutmeg, 40 Gm. or 1^' ounce av. 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. or 3^8 fl.ounces 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl.ounces 
The rhubarb and spices are to be mixed and reduced to a moderately 
coarse (No. 40) powder. The glycerin is to be mixed with 500 Cc. 
(or 17 fl.ounces) of alcohol and 400 Cc. (or 13^2 fl.ounces) of water. 
The powder is to be moistened with 90 Cc. (or 3 fl.ounces) of the 
liquid, macerated for 12 hours ; then packed moderately in a percolator 
and the remainder of the menstruum gradually poured upon it, macer- 
ated 24 hours, then percolated slowly, adding enough alcohol and 
water mixed in the same proportion as before to make 1000 Cc. (or 34 
fl.ounces) of the tincture. <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 



1076 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 
From the same ingredients as directed make a tincture by water- 
bath percolation in the same manner as directed for making tincture 
aurantii amari. 

This is given for diarrhoea of children especially, acting first as a 
purgative, then as an astringent. The dose is a teaspoonful to a table- 
spoonful. 

TINCTURA RHEI COMPOSITA. Br. 
Compound Tincture of Rhubarb. 
Rhubarb Root, in No. 20 powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 
Cardamom Seeds, bruised, 12.5 Gm. or y ounce 

Coriander Fruit, bruised, 12.5 Gm. or J4 ounce 

Glycerin, 100 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Moisten the solid ingredients with 2 fl. ounces (or 100 Cc.) of the 
alcohol; proceed with the percolation process until a volume of 18 
fl. ounces (or 900 Cc.) of liquid has been obtained; agitate; set aside 
for 48 hours ; filter ; mix with the glycerin. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm 
for repeated administration. For a single administration 2 to 4 
fl. drachms. "< Br. 

TINCTURA SANGUINARLSE. U. S. 
Tincture of Sanguinaria. Tincture of Bloodroot. 

Sanguinaria, in No. 60 powder, 100 Gm. or ij4 ounces av. 

Acetic Acid, 20 Cc. or 155 minims 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 
Mix alcohol 3 measures with water 2 measures as a menstruum, 
and, having moistened the sanguinaria with the acetic acid mixed 
with 30 Cc. (or y 2 fl. ounce) of the menstruum, macerate for 6 hours, 
then pack firmly in the percolator and pour on enough menstruum to 
saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid 
begins to drop close the lower orifice, and, havinig closely covered the 
percolator, macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to pro- 
ceed slowly, pouring on sufficient menstruum to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 
17 fl.ounces) of tincture. <U. S. 
Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 
Take the ingredients directed in the U. S. formula and mix the 
alcohol and water, moisten the powder with 4 ounces of the mixture 
and macerate for 24 hours in a closed vessel, transfer it to the water- 
bath percolator, pack firmly, pour upon it the remainder of the men- 
struum and set in a warm place for 2 days, then heat moderately and, 
after 1 hour, begin to percolate; when the liquid has all disappeared 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1077 

from the surface of the drug, add sufficient diluted alcohol through the 
percolator to make the tincture measure 2 pints. Lastly, after stand- 
ing a few days, filter through paper. 

This is given as a stimulating expectorant and tonic in doses of 10 
to 30 minims. 

TINCTURA SAPONIS. Tincture of Soap. 

Several pharmacopoeias have formulas for Tincture of Soap. The 
following are representative formulas : 

Teinture de Savon. Fr. Alcoole de Savon. Medicinal Soap, (Cas- 
tile), rasped and dried, 100 Gm. ; alcohol, (60%), 500 Cc. Macerate 
with frequent agitation until dissolved and filter. 

Tinctura Saponis Viridis. Tincture of Green Soap. This was official 
in the U. S. P., 1880, but was dismised from the 1890 revision: Green 
soap 65 parts, oil of lavender 2 parts, alcohol sufficient to make 100 
parts. Mix and macerate until the soap is dissolved and filter. 

Tintura de Jabon Alcanforada. Mex., Sp. This is the same as 
Balsam Opodeldoc Liquid, which see. The formula is : Soap 60 Gm., 
alcohol (80%), 2000 Gm., camphor 60 Gm., volatile oil of rosemary 15 
Gm., volatile oil of thyme 15 Gm., ammonia water (20%), 60 Gm. 
Dissolve the soap on a water-bath and mix. 

TINCTURA SCILLiE. U. S., Br. Tincture of Squill. 

Squill, in Xo. 20 powder, 100 Gm. or 1^ ounces av. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl.ounces 
Alcohol 3 measures with water 1 measure are to be mixed as a 
menstruum. The powder is to be macerated with 600 Cc. (or 10 
fl.ounces) of the liquid and macerated' for 3 days, then expressed and 
the operation repeated with 300 Cc. (or 5 fl.ounces) of the menstruum, 
macerating for 1 day, then expressing, and the marc again macerated 
for 6 hours with enough menstruum when expressed and mixed with 
the liquids previously expressed to make when filtered 1000 Cc. (or 
17 fl.ounces) of tincture. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Squill, bruised, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), 1000 Cc. or 20 fl.ounces 

Prepare by the maceration process. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. <Br. 

TINCTURA SENEGA. Br. Tincture of Senega. 

Senega Root, in Xo. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. 



1078 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

Moisten the powder with 4 fl. ounces (or 200 Cc.) of the alcohol, and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, ^ to 1 fl. drachm. <Br. 

This is a tonic expectorant. Used for coughs and colds. 

TINCTURA SENN^ COMPOSITA. Br. 
Compound Tincture of Senna. 

Senna, broken small, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Raisins of commerce, 

freed from seeds, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Caraway Fruit, bruised, 25 Gm. or y 2 ounce 

Coriander Fruit, bruised, 25 Gm. or y 2 ounce 

Alcohol, (45%), 1000 Cc. or 20 ounces 

Prepare by the maceration process. Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm for re- 
peated administration ; for a single administration 2 to 4 fl. drachms. 
<Br. 

This may also be made by water-bath percolation in the same man- 
ner as is directed for tincture belladonna. 

This preparation was formerly known as "Elixir Salutis." It is an 
excellent laxative in doses of a tablespoonful or more. 

TINCTURA SERPENTARIA. U. S. Tincture of Serpentaria. 
Tinctura Serpentariae. Br. Tincture of Serpentary. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Serpentaria, in No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 3^/2 ounces av. 
Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 
Alcohol 6y 2 measures with water 3^2 measures are to be mixed as a 
menstruum. The powder is to be moistened with 60 Cc. (or 1 fl.- 
ounce) of the menstruum and macerated for 6 hours, then packed 
firmly in a percolator, menstruum poured upon it, macerated for 24 
hours, then percolated, adding menstruum until 1000 Cc. (or 17 
fl.ounces of tincture are obtained. <U. S. 
Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

With the same ingredients make a tincture by water-bath percola- 
tion as directed for making tincture of arnica root. 

The dose is ^ to 1 fl. drachm as a stimulant and diaphoretic. 
The Br. P. directs : 

Serpentary Rhizome, No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 
Alcohol, (45%), a sufficient quantity. 
Moisten the powder with 4 fl.ounces (or 200 Cc.) of the alcohol, and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, 5 to 15 minims. <Br, 



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TINCTURA SIMULO. Capparis Coriacea. 

Simulo Seeds, in fine powder, 2 ounces 

Alcohol, 12 fl. ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Mix the alcohol with 6 fi. ounces of water and macerate the pow- 
der with the liquid for 7 days, then pour upon a filter and add enough 
water through the filter to make the tincture measure 16 fl. ounces. 

This is employed as a nervine for hysteria, epilepsy, nervousness etc. 
The dose is y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. 

TINCTURA STRAMONII. U. S., Br. Tincture of Stramonium. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Stramonium, in No. 60 powder, (containing not less than 
0.35 percent, of mydriatic alkaloids), 

100 Gm. or 1% ounces av. 
Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity 

To make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the stramonium with 40 Cc. (or % fl. ounce) of diluted al- 
cohol, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, 
allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and 
pour on enough alcohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum 
above it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close 
the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the percolator, macerate 
for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, gradually 
pouring on diluted alcohol until 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces) are ob- 
tained." 

"Tincture of Stramonium, when assayed by the process given, 
should contain in 100 Cc. 0.03 Gm. of mydriatic alkaloids from stram- 
onium. "<U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

Assayed fluidextract of stramonium may be obtained from reliable 
manufacturers, and it is probably better for most retail druggists to 
prepare this tincture by mixing: 

Fluidextract of Stramonium, 1 fl. ounce 

Diluted Alcohol, 9 fl. ounces 

The Br. P. formula is: 

Stramonium Leaves, in No. 20 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 
Alcohol, (45%), a sufficient quantity. 
Moisten the powder with 4 fl. ounces (or 200 Cc.) of the alcohol, 
and complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc). Dose, 5 to 15 minims. <Br. 

It will be noted that the Br. tincture of stramonium is double the 
strength of the U. S. 



1080 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

TINCTURA STROPHANTHI. U. S., Br. 
Tincture of Strophanthus. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Strophanthus, in No. 60 powder, 100 Gm. or ij^ ounces av. 
Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 
"Mix 6y 2 measures of alcohol with 3^ measures of water as a men- 
struum. Moisten the strophanthus with 50 Cc. (or 1 fl. ounce) of 
menstruum, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the pow- 
der, allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours; then pack it firmly 
and pour on enough menstruum to saturate the powder and leave a 
stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop close the lower 
orifice, and, having covered the percolator closely, macerate for 48 
hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, pouring on 
enough of the menstruum to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces) of 
tincture." <U. S. 

The Br. P. formula is: 

Strophanthus Seeds, No. 30 powder, 25 Gm. or ]/ 2 ounce 
Alcohol, (70%), a sufficient quantity. 
"Pack the powder in a percolator, moisten it with 1 fl. drachm (or 
6 Cc.) of the alcohol ; set aside for 48 hours ; pour on successive 
quantities of the alcohol, allowing the percolation to proceed slowly, 
until, a total volume of 10 fl. ounce (or 500 Cc.) of percolate have been 
obtained; filter; add a sufficient quantity of the alcohol to produce 
20 ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the tincture. Dose, 5 to 15 minims. "<Br. 

The great difference in the strength of this tincture as prepared by 
the different pharmacopoeias should be noted. 

The U. S. tincture is 10%, the Br. is 2^>%, both made with about 
70% alcohol. 

TINCTURA STRYCHNI. P. G. 
Tincture of Nux Vomica. Brechnusstinktur. 
This is official under this title in several of the European pharma- 
copoeias. (See Tincture Nux Vomica). 
The P. G. formula directs : 

Nux Vomica, in powder, 1 part 

Diluted Alcohol, 10 parts 

Make a tincture by maceration. This is then to be assayed as di- 
rected. Dose, 1 Gm. (or 15 drops), 2 Gm. (or 30 drops), daily. 

TINCTURA STRYCHNI MALACCENSIS. 

Tincture of Hoang Nan. 

Hoang Nan Bark, in powder, 4 ounces 

Acetic Acid, 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1081 

Moisten the powder with the acetic acid mixed with sufficient alco- 
hol and pack in a percolator. Pour upon it alcohol sufficient to cover 
it well and allow to stand for 24 hours, then percolate with alcohol 
until 16 fl. ounces have passed. 

This tincture is employed with much success in the treatment of 
paralysis and for leprosy, syphilis etc. Dose, 3 to 10 minims. 

TINCTURA SUMBUL. Br. Tincture of Sumbul. 

Sumbul Root, bruised, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Alcohol, (70%), 1000 Cc. or 20 ounces 

Prepare by the maceration process. This is used as a nervine in 
doses of 10 to 30 minims. <Br. 

TINCTURA TOLUTANA. U. S., Br. Tincture of Tolu. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Balsam of Tolu, 200 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 

Alcohol, to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

The balsam of tolu is to be macerated with 900 Cc. (or 16 fl. ounces) 
of alcohol until it is dissolved, then filtered through paper and enough 
alcohol added through the filter to make the tincture measure 1000 Cc. 
(or 17 fl. ounces). <U. S. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

The Br. P. formula is: 

Balsam of Tolu, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Alcohol, (90% a sufficient quantity. 

"Place the balsam of tolu in 16 fl. ounces (or 800 Cc.) of the alcohol; 
set aside in a closed vessel ; agitate occasionally ; when the balsam is 
dissolved, filter ; pass sufficient of the alcohol through the filter to 
produce 20 ounces (or 1000 Cc.) of the tincture. Dose, / 2 to 1 
fl.drachm."<Br. 

The U. S. tincture of tolu is 20% and the Br. 10%. 

This tincture may be quickly made by the aid of heat. The balsam 
and alcohol may be put together in a bottle and macerated in a water- 
bath until the balsam is dissolved. The dose is from 20 to 40 minims. 

TINCTURA VALERIANA. U. S. Tincture of Valerian. 

Valerian, in No. 60 powder, 200 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 
"Mix 3 measures of alcohol with 1 measure of water as a menstruum. 
Moisten the valerian with 60 Cc. (or 1 fl. ounce) of this menstruum, 
transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, allow 
it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly and pour on 
enough menstruum to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above 
it. When the liquid begins to drop from the percolator close the lower 



1082 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

orifice, and, having- closely covered the percolator, macerate for 24 
hours. Then allow the percolation to proceed slowly, pouring on 
sufficient menstruum to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces). "<U. S. 

Average dose. — 4 Cc. (1 fl. drachm). 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Take the ingredients directed in the U. S. formula, mix the alcohol 
and water as above and make a tincture by water-bath percolation in 
the same manner as is directed for making tincture of calumba. 

The B. P. C. Form., 1901, directs: Valerian rhizome, in Xo. 40 
powder, 2.y 2 ounces; alcohol, (60%), a sufficient quantity. Make 20 
fl. ounces of tincture by maceration and percolation. 

TINCTURA VALERIANA ^THEREA. P. G. 
Etherial Tincture of Valerian. 

Valerian, 1 part 

Spirit of Ether, 5 parts 

Prepare a tincture by maceration. The dose is 20 to 60 minims. 

TINCTURA VALERIANA AMMONIATA. U. S., Br. 

Ammoniated Tincture of Valerian. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Valerian, in No. 60 powder, 200 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 
Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia, 

sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 17 fl. ounces 

''Moisten the valerian with 60 Cc. (or 1 fl. ounce) of aromatic spirit 
of ammonia, transfer it to a percolator, and, without pressing the pow- 
der, allow it to stand, well covered, for 6 hours ; then pack it firmly 
and pour on enough aromatic spirit of ammonia to saturate the powder 
and leave a stratum above it. When the liquid begins to drop from 
the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, having closely covered the 
percolator, macerate for 24 hours. Then allow the percolation to 
proceed slowly, pouring on sufficient aromatic spirit of ammonia to 
obtain 1000 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces) of tincture." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 
The Br. P. formula is : 

Valerian Rhizome, in Xo. 40 powder, 

200 Gm. or 4 ounces 
Oil of Xutmeg, 3.1 Cc. or 30 minims 

Oil of Lemon, 2.1 Cc. or 20 minims 

Solution of Ammonia, 100 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, (60%), 900 Cc. or 18 fl. ounces 

Mix the liquid ingredients and prepare bv the maceration process. 
<Br. 

This is used as a stimulant and nervine, the dose being from ]/' 2 to 
I fl. drachm. 



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TINCTURA VANILLA. U. S. Tincture of Vanilla. 

Vanilla, cut in small pieces and bruised, 

ioo Gm. or y/ 2 ounces av. 

Sugar, in coarse powder, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 

Water, each, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 
Alcohol 6 l / 2 measures with water $y 2 measures are to be mixed as 
a menstruum. The vanilla is to be macerated in 500 Cc. (or 17 fl.- 
ounces) of the mixture for 12 hours and the liquor then drained off 
and set aside. The vanilla is then to be put in a mortar with the 
sugar and beaten to a uniform powder, then packed in a percolator, 
the reserved liquid poured upon it, and after it has disappeared from 
the surface menstruum is to be gradually poured on it until 1000 Cc. 
(or 34 fl. ounces) of tincture have passed. <U. S. 

In making this preparation it is necessary to have the vanilla cut 
fine, which can best be done by chopping it in a chopping bowl. It 
should also be well drained before beating in a mortar with the sugar 
in order that a uniform powder may be obtained. This or other sim- 
ilar preparations which may be stronger or weaker, are considerably 
sold as "Extract of Vanilla." 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 
Take the ingredients as directed in the U. S. formula preceding. 
Mix alcohol and water in the proportions designated, moisten the 
vanilla with 3 ounces of the mixture and macerate in a closed vessel 
for 24 hours, transfer it to a mortar and beat it thoroughly with the 
sugar until it is reduced to a coarse powder, pack this very firmly in 
the water-bath percolator, pour upon it about a pint and a half of the 
menstruum and set in a warm place for 2 days, then heat very mod- 
erately and, after 1 hour, begin to percolate, adding the menstruum to 
the drug and continuing the heat and percolation until 34 ounces of 
tincture are obtained. Lastly, after a few days, filter through paper. 
This tincture may be used as a flavoring extract but is stronger 
than is usually sold for that purpose. Formulae for flavoring extracts 
of vanilla will be found among Flavoring Extracts. 

TINCTURA VERATRI. U. S. Tincture of Veratrum. 

Tincture of Veratrum Viride. 

[Tinctura Veratri Viridi, Pharm. 1890]. 

Veratrum, in No. 60 powder, 100 Gm. or 3^ ounces av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

The powder is to be moistened with 40 Cc. (or 1^ fl. ounces) of 

alcohol and macerated for 6 hours." It is then to be packed firmly in a 

percolator and alcohol poured upon it sufficient to saturate the powder 

and leave a stratum above it. Then allow it to percolate very slowly 



1084 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

until iooo Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces) of the tincture are obtained. <U. S. 
The B. P. C. Form., 1901, directs: Green hellebore rhizome, in No. 
40 powder, 4 ounces; alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. Make 20 
fl. ounces of tincture by maceration and percolation. Dose, 5 to 15 
minims. This is a 20% tincture. 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Take the ingredients as directed in the U. S. formula and make a 
tincture by water-bath percolation in the same manner as directed for 
making tincture of aconite root. 

Tincture of veratrum is used as an arterial sedative in fevers, de- 
lirium etc. 

Norwood's Tincture of Veratrum Viride is made from the green root 
of the American Hellebore and is probably superior to any prepara- 
tion made from the dried root. This tincture may be prepared from 
the green root in the same way as is directed for making tincturge 
Herbarium Recentium, which see. 

TINCTURA YERBA SANTA AROMATICA, SOLUBILIS. 

The following formula is very convenient for making elixir or 
syrup of yerba santa extemporaneously: 

Ground Yerba Santa, 4 ounces 

Oil of Cloves, 60 drops 

Oil of Cinnamon, 60 drops 

Liquor Potassa, iJ/£ ounces 

Glycerin, 5 ounces 

Aqua, 10 ounces 

Alcohol, 6 ounces 

Rub the oils with the yerba santa, then moisten the drug with 1 

part, of glycerin, 2 parts of water, place in the percolator and add the 

balance of the glycerin and water to which y^ ounce of liquor potassa 

has been added. Allow to macerate 12 hours, then allow percolation 

to proceed, adding water until 10 ounces are received, then add to the 

percolate Y\ ounce liquor potassa and 6 ounces of alcohol and filter. 

The addition of 1 drachm of cochineal to the drug gives the product 

a brighter color. 

This will stand indefinitely and mixes clear with syrup and water 
and when mixed 3 parts of simple elixir or syrup with 1 part of the 
tincture, gives a nice elixir or syrup as the case may be. 

TINCTURA ZINGIBERIS. U. S., Br. Tincture of Ginger. 

Ginger, in No. 50 powder, 200 Gm. or 7 ounces av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 

"Moisten the ginger with 60 Cc. (or 2 fl. ounces) of alcohol, transfer 
it to a percolator, and, without pressing the powder, allow it to stand, 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1085 

well covered, for 6 hours; then pack it firmly and pour on enough al- 
cohol to saturate the powder and leave a stratum above it. When the 
liquid begins to drop from the percolator, close the lower orifice, and, 
having closely covered the percolator, macerate for 24 hours. Then 
allow the percolation to proceed slowly, pouring on sufficient alcohol 
to obtain 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces). "<U. S. 

Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Take the ingredients directed in the U. S. formula and moisten the 
ginger with 4 ounces of alcohol, pack firmly in the water-bath per- 
colator, pour upon it a pint and a half of alcohol and set in a warm 
place for 2 days, then heat very moderately and, after 1 hour, begin to 
percolate slowly, adding alcohol to the drug and continuing the heat 
and percolation until 34 fl. ounces of tincture are obtained. 

The alcohol remaining in the drug after percolation may be re- 
covered by distillation. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Ginger, in No. 40 powder, 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 

Moisten the powder with 100 Cc. ( or 2 fl. ounces) of the alcohol, and 
complete the percolation process. The resulting tincture should 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces). Dose, y 2 to 1 fl. drachm. <Br. 

Tincture of ginger is a warm stimulant and is considerably used in 
medicine and as a flavoring. 

TINCTURA ZINGIBERIS FORTIOR. B. P. C. 

Stronger Tincture of Ginger. Essence of Ginger. 

Ginger, in fine powder, - 10 ounces 

Alcohol, (90%), a sufficient quantity. 

Make 20 fl. ounces of tincture by maceration and percolation. 

The foregoing formulas represent all the tinctures of the U. S. and 
Br. Pharmacopoeias. The use of tinctures in this country has greatly 
decreased during the past twenty years, their place being largely sup- 
plied by fluidextracts, elixirs and other more convenient or palatable 
forms of medicine. Many of the tinctures that are but little used are 
not now kept by druggists, but are prepared from fluidextracts as 
required for present use, when wanted. If other tinctures than those 
for which formulas are given in this work are needed, they may, as a 
rule, be made from fluidextracts, the manufacturer's label on the 
fluidextract bottle generally giving the formula. 

TINCTURE HERBARIUM RECENTIUM. U. S. 
Tinctures of Fresh Herbs. 
"Tinctures of Fresh Herbs when not otherwise directed are to be 
prepared according to the following formula :"<U. S. 



1086 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

The fresh herb, bruised or crushed, 

500 Gm. or 16% ounces av. 
Alcohol, 1000 Cc. or 32 fl. ounces 

The herb is to be macerated with the alcohol in a closed vessel in 
a moderately warm place for 14 days, then strongly expressed and the 
liquid filtered. 

Made by Water-Bath Percolation. 

Tinctures of fresh herbs, flowers, barks, leaves, roots etc., may be 
made by water-bath percolation by the following: 

General Formula for Tinctures from Fresh Herbs etc. 

The Fresh Herb, Bark, Leaf, Flower or Root, 16 ounces av. 
Alcohol, sufficient to make 2 pints 

Bruise, cut, grate, or otherwise reduce the substance to the proper 
condition for exhaustion and pack it in the water-bath percolator ; 
pour upon it a pint of alcohol and set in a warm place for 2 days ; then 
heat moderately, and, after 1 hour, begin to percolate, adding alcohol 
to the drug and continuing the heat and percolation until a pint and a 
half has passed ; remove the drug from the percolator, express, and if 
the expressed liquid measures more than half a pint, evaporate it to 
that measure and add to the percolate ; but if it measures less than half 
a pint, make up to that measure with alcohol and add to the percolate. 
Lastly, after standing for a few days, filter through paper. 

The so-called "Green Tinctures," "Saturated Tinctures," "Specific 
Tinctures" etc., may be made in this manner. A great variety of 
tinctures may be prepared from green plants in this manner. 

Alcoolatures of French Pharmacy are similar to, but double the 
medicinal strength of the U. S. Tinctures of Fresh Herbs, and they 
also include preparations of leaves, flowers, peel, roots and bulbs. 

The French Codex formula for Alcoolatures is : 

The fresh part of the plant directed, 1000 Gm. 

Alcohol, 1000 Gm. 

Crush, bruise, cut or otherwise prepare the substances directed and 
macerate with the alcohol during 10 days, with frequent stirring ; then 
strain, press out and filter the liquid. 

The so-called "Green Plant Fluidextracts" are prepared in this 
manner. 

UNOFFICIAL TINCTURES. 

The foregoing tinctures are those official in the U. S. and Br. Phar- 
macopoeias ; besides these are many other tinctures which are or have 
been popular, and which are more or less called for, the principal ones 
being made 10%, 15% or 20% of the drug, with a suitable men- 
struum, in the same manner as the official tinctures. If druggists 
have fluidextracts of the drugs the label generally states the quantity 
of the fluidextract and the menstruum required to make a specified 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1087 

quantity of the tincture. By following the formula almost any simple 
tincture can be satisfactorily made and at less expense and trouble 
than if made from the drug direct. 

TISANES. 

In French pharmacy Tisanes are slightly-medicated infusions of 
some aromatic substance combined with barley, rice or tamarind 
water, or other mucilaginous vehicle, the dose being a wineglassful or 
more every half hour until the medicinal' effect is obtained. A great 
number of formulas are given for them in the Fr. Codex, about two- 
thirds being 10 parts of the drug in iooo; nearly one-third being 5 
parts of the drug in 1000; and the remainder being from 2 to 5 per- 
cent., or 20 to 50 parts of the drug in 1000 parts of the tisane. As 
they are seldom used in this country, and as the more important ones 
are represented under infusions, the formulas are not here repeated. 

TRITURATIONES — TRITURATIONS. 

Triturations in pharmacy, are preparations consisting of some active 
medicinal agent, reduced by rubbing, or divided intimately in a mortar 
with nine times its weight of sugar of milk or some other inert dilutent. 
But one formula, besides the general formula for making them is 
given in the U. S. P. ; any substance, however, may be made up in the 
form of a triturate if desired, and this is a very good way to exhibit 
medicines of which a very small dose only is required, as the medicinal 
agent is finely divided and the dose can be properly regulated. The 
following is the U. S. P. 

General Formula for Triturations. 

The Substance, 10 Gm. or 10 parts 

Sugar of Milk, moderately fine powder, 90 Gm. or 90 parts 
To make 100 Gm. or 100 parts 

Weigh the substance and sugar of milk separately, then place the 
substance, previously reduced, if necessary, to a moderately fine 
powder, in a mortar, add about an equal bulk of sugar of milk, mix 
well by means of a spatula, and triturate them thoroughly together. 
Add fresh portions of the sugar of milk, from time to time, until the 
whole is added, and continue the trituration until the substance is in- 
timately mixed with sugar of milk and finely comminuted. 

TRITURATIO ELATERINI. U. S. Trituration of Elaterin. 

Elaterin, 10 Gm. or 10 grains 

Sugar of Milk, in moderately fine 

powder, 90 Gm. or 90 grains 

To make 100 Gm. or 

Mix them thoroughly by trituration. 
Average dose. — 0.030 Gm,=30 milligrammes ( l / 2 grain). 



1088 The Fciiucr Formulary Part II. 

This serves as a sample formula, the only one that is given as 
official in the U. S. P. Others may be made in the same manner. 

TROCHISCI — TROCHES. 

Troches, or lozenges, are flat or slightly convex bodies, made up in 
various shapes, usually containing some medicinal agent mixed with 
sugar and gum or other adhesive substance and intended to dissolve 
slowly in the mouth, and by their solution apply the medicinal agent 
to the internal surface of the throat and surrounding organs. 

Like sugar-coated pills, they are now seldom prepared by druggists, 
manufacturers having mostly monopolized the business and driven the 
official troches out of use by introducing more elegant or convenient 
preparations. 

Many of the medicinal agents that are introduced in the form of 
troches in the Pharmacopoeia formulae seem inappropriate to be ex- 
hibited in this form. It would seem natural that only such remedies 
should be used in troches as, by their natural slow solution, would 
act locally upon the mucous membrane of the parts with which they 
come in contact — the throat, larynx etc. 

Preparation of Troches. 

To make troches, a board about 5x10 inches, with a rim projecting 
above its surface about % of an inch, and a cylindrical rolling-pin 
should be provided. The ingredients are then to be mixed into a stiff 
mass or dough, the board dusted with a mixture of powdered sugar 
and starch, and the mass rolled out between the projecting lateral 
edges of the board, filling it entirely from end out, as far as it will. 
It is then to be divided with a knife or spatula into the required 
number of troches, and dried by gentle heat. Lozenge cutters that 
make about 12 grain troches may be obtained of jobbers or dealers in 
pharmaceutical apparatus, but they cut only a definite size, not 
adapting themselves to the specific quantity of the medicinal agent 
directed in the formula. 

In the official formulas which follow the U. S. formulas are for a 
sufficient quantity of the ingredients to make 100 lozenges or troches, 
and the title given in the plural, — Trochisci. The Br. formulas are 
for a single lozenge only, it being expected that the quantities of the 
ingredients directed will be multiplied by the number of lozenges 
which are to be made. The title of the Br. formulas is in the singular, 
Trochiscus. 

In the Appendix to the Br. P., 1898, directions for preparing lozenges 
with different bases which are referred to as "fruit basis," "rose basis," 
"simple basis," and "tolu basis" in the following formulas are: 

Preparations with Fruit Basis. Take 500 times the quantity of the 
drug ordered for one lozenge; mix it intimately with 15^ ounces (or 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1089 

439/^ Gm.) of refined sugar in fine powder, and 300 grains (or 19^ 
Gm.) of gum acacia in powder. Make the mixture into a paste with 
1*4 A. ounces (or 35^ Cc.) of mucilage of gum Arabic and 2 ounces 
(or 56^4 Gm.) of the black-currant paste of commerce, previously 
softened with boiling distilled water, adding any additional distilled 
water that may seem necessary. Divide the mass into 500 equal 
lozenges. Dry them in a hot-air chamber at a moderate temperature. 

Preparation with Rose Basis. Take 500 times the quantity of drug 
ordered for one lozenge; mix it intimately with 17^2 ounces (or 496 
Gm.) of refined sugar in fine powder, and 300 grains (or 19^ Gm.) 
of gum acacia in powder. Make the mixture into a paste with 5 fl.- 
drachms (or 17^ Cc.) of mucilage of gum acacia and a sufficient 
quantity of official rose water. Divide the mass into 500 equal lozen- 
ges. Dry them in a hot-air chamber at a moderate temperature. 

Preparation with Simple Basis. Take 500 times the quantity of 
drug ordered for one lozenge: mix it intimately with iyy 2 ounces (or 
496 Gm.) of refined sugar in fine powder, and 300 grains (or 19^ 
Gm.) of gum Arabic in powder ; make the mixture into a paste with 
\ x /\ fl. ounces (or 35>4 Cc.) of mucilage of gum acacia and a sufficient 
quantity of distilled water. Divide the mass into 500 equal lozenges. 
Dry them in a hot-air chamber at a moderate temperature. 

Preparation with Tolu Basis. Take 500 times the quantity of the 
drug ordered for one lozenge ; dissolve what salts of alkaloids may be 
ordered in 3 fl. drachms (or 10^2 Cc.) of distilled water; mix the solu- 
tion intimately with 17 ounces (or 482 Gm.) of refined sugar in fine 
powder, and 300 grains (or 19^ Gm.) of gum acacia in powder. 
Thoroughly incorporate with the mixture any other drug ordered for 
the lozenge, and 3 fl. drachms (or 10^2 Cc.) of tincture of balsam of 
tolu. Make into a paste with i]/± fl. ounces (or 35^ Cc.) of mucilage 
of gum acacia and any additional distilled water that may be necessary. 
Divide the mass into 500 equal lozenges. Dry them in a hot-air 
chamber at a moderate temperature. 

TROCHISCUS ACIDI BENZOICI. Br. Benzoic Acid Lozenge. 

Benzoic Acid, V 2 grain or 0.0324 Gm. 

Mix with the fruit basis to form a lozenge. <Br. 

TROCHISCUS ACIDI CARBOLICI. Br. Phenol Lozenge. 
Phenol, 1 grain or 0.0648 Gm. 

Mix with the tolu basis to form a lozenge. <Br. 

TROCHISCI ACIDI TANNICI. U. S. Troches of Tannic Acid. 

Tannic Acid, 6 Gm. or 92 grains 

Sugar, 65 Gm. or 1000 grains 

Tragacanth, 2 Gm. or 32 grains 

Stronger Orange Flower \Yater, to make 100 troches, 



1090 The Fcnner Formulary Fart II. 

The powders are to be rubbed together and made into a mass with 
orange flower water, which is to be divided into ioo troches. <U. S. 

Trochiscus Acidi Tannici. Br. Tannic Acid Lozenge. Tannic acid 
y 2 grain (or 0.0324 Gm.). Mix with the fruit basis to form a lozenge. 

TROCHISCI AMMONII CHLORIDI. U. S. 
Troches of Ammonium Chloride. 
Ammonium Chloride, 10 Gm. or 154 grains 

Extract of Glycyrrhiza, 25 Gm. or 386 grains 

Tragacanth, 2 Gm. or 31 grains 

Sugar, 50 Gm. or 771 grains 

Syrup of Tolu, sufficient to make 100 troches. 
The powders are to be rubbed together and a mass made with syrup 
of tolu, which is to be divided into 100 troches. <U. S. 

TROCHISCUS BISMUTHI COMPOSITUS. Br. 

Compound Bismuth Lozenge. 

Bismuth Oxycarbonate, 2 grains or 0.1296 Gm. 

Heavy Magnesium Carbonate, 2 grains or 0.1296 Gm. 

Precipitated Calcium Carbonate, 4 grains or 0.2592 Gm. 

Mix with the rose basis to form a lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCUS CATECHU. Br. Catechu Lozenge. 

Catechu, 1 grain or 0.0648 Gm. 

Mix with the simple basis to form a lozenge. 

TROCHISCI CUBEBiE. U. S. Troches of Cubebs. 

Oleoresin of Cubeb, 2 Gm. or 31 grains 

Oil of Sassafras, 1 Cc. or 16 minims 

Extract of Glycyrrhiza, 25 Gm. or 386 grains 

Acacia, powdered, 12 Gm. or 185 grains 

Syrup of Tolu, sufficient to make 100 troches. 
The powders are to be rubbed together and thoroughly mixed, the 
oleoresin and oil are then added and thoroughly incorporated and a 
mass made with the syrup tolu, which is to be divided into 100 troches. 
<U. S. 

TROCHISCUS EUCALYPTI GUMMI. Br. 
Eucalyptus Gum Lozenge. Red Gum Lozenge. 
Eucalyptus Gum, 1 grain or 0.0684 Gm. 

Mix with the fruit basis to form a lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCUS FERRI REDACTI. Br. 
Reduced Iron Lozenge. 

Reduced Iron, 1 grain or 0.0648 Gm. 

Mix with the simple basis to form a lozenge. < Br. 



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TROCHISCI GAMBIR. U. S. Troches of Gambir. 

[To replace Trochisci Catechu, Pharm. 1900]. 

These troches are the same composition as in the formula for 
Troches of Catechu of the 7th Revision, the name, only, being changed. 
Gambir, in fine powder, 6 Gm. or 92 grains 

Sugar, in fine powder, 65 Gm. or 1000 grains 

Tragacanth, in fine powder, 2 Gm. or 31 grains 

Stronger Orange Flower Water, sufficient to make 100 troches. 
The powders are to be thoroughly mixed and a mass made with the 
orange Mower water, which is to be divided into 100 troches. 

TROCHISCI GLYCYRRHIZA ET OPII. U. S. 

Troches of Glycyrrhiza and Opium. 

Extract of Glycyrrhiza, fine powder, 15 Gm. or 231 grains 
Powdered Opium, 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains 

Acacia, fine powder, 12 Gm. or 185 grains 

Sugar, fine powder, 20 Gm. or 308 grains 

Oil of Anise, 0.2 Cc. or 3 minims 

Water, a sufficient quantity to make 100 troches. 
The powders are to be rubbed together and mixed with the syrup 
the oil added, and then the water, to form a mass which is to be di- 
vided into 100 troches. <U. S. 

These are called Brown Mixture Lozenges. 

TROCHISCUS GUAIACI RESINiE. Br. 

Guaiacum Resin Lozenge. 

Guaiacum Resin, 3 grains or 0.1944 Gm. 

Mix with the fruit basis to form a lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCI IPECACUANHA. U. S. Troches of Ipecac. 

Ipecac, powdered, 2 Gm. or 31 grains 

Tragacanth, powdered, 2 Gm. or 31 grains 

Sugar, powdered, 65 Gm. or 1000 grains 

Syrup of Orange, sufficient to make 100 troches. 
The powders are to be rubbed togther and made with the syrup 
into a mass, which is to be divided into 100 troches. <L T . S. 

Trochiscus Ipecacuanhas. Br. Ipecacuanha Lozenge. Ipecacuanha 
root, in powder, l /± grain (or 0,0162 Gm.). Mix with the fruit basis 
to form a lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCI KRAMERIA. U. S. 

Extract of Krameria, 

Sugar, 

Tragacanth, 



Troches of Krameria. 


6 


Gm. 


or 


92 


grains 


65 


Gm. 


or 


1000 


grains 


2 


Gm. 


or 


3 1 


grams 



1092 The Fenner Formulary Fart II. 

Stronger Orange Flower Water, sufficient to make ioo troches. 

The powders are to be rubbed together and then with the orange 
flower water, made into a mass, which is to be divided into ioo 
troches. <U. S. 

Trochiscus Krameriae. Br. Krameria Lozenge. Extract of kram- 
eria i grain (or 0.0648 Gm.). Mix with the fruit basis to form a 
lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCUS KRAMERIiE ET COCAIRffi. Br. 

Krameria and Cocaine Lozenge. 

Extract of Krameria, 1 grain or 0.0648 Gm. 

Cocaine Hydrochloride, 1 / 20 grain or 0.00324 Gm. 

Mix with the fruit basis to form a lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCUS MORPHINE. Br. Morphine Lozenge. 

Morphine Hydrochloride, 1 / 86 grain or 0.0018 Gm. 

Mix with the tolu basis to form a lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCUS MORPHINiE ET IPECACUANHA. Br. 
Morphine and Ipecacuanha Lozenge. 

Morphine Hydrochloride, 1 / 36 grain or 0.0018 Gm. 

Ipecacuanha Root, in powder, 1 / 12 grain or 0.0054 Gm. 

Mix with the tolu basis to form a lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCI POTASSII CHLORATIS. U. S. 
Troches of Potassium Chlorate. 

Potassium Chlorate, 30 Gm. or 463 grains 

Sugar, 120 Gm. or 185 1 grains 

Tragacanth, 6 Gm. or 92 grains 

Spirit of Lemon, 1 Cc. or 16 minims 

Water, sufficient to make 100 troches. 
The powders are to be mixed, the spirit of lemon added and then 
water to make a mass, which is to be divided into 100 troches. <U. S. 
Care must be used in making these troches to prevent explosions 
or ignition ; a bone or wood spatula should be used, and the mass 
should be mixed without pounding or great pressure. 

Trochiscus Potassii Chloratis. Br. Potassium Chlorate Lozenge. 
Potassium chlorate 3 grains (or 0.1944 Gm.). Mix with the rose 
basis to form a lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCI SANTONINI. U. S. Troches of Santonin. 

Santonin, in fine powder, 3 Gm. or 46 grains 

Sugar, in fine powder, no Gm. or 1698 grains 

Tragacanth, in fine powder, 2 Gm. or 46 grains 

Stronger Orange Flower Water, sufficient to make 100 troches. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1093 

The powders are to be rubbed together until they are thoroughly 
mixed ; then, with stronger orange flower water, made into a mass 
which is to be divided into 100 troches. <U. S. 

Trochiscus Santonini. Br. Santonin Lozenge. Santonin I grain 
(or 0.0648 Gm.). Mix with the simple basis to form a lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCI SODII BICARBONATIS. U. S. 

Troches of Sodium Bicarbonate. 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 20 Gm. or 310 grains 

Sugar, in fine powder, 60 Gm. or 926 grains 

Myristica, bruised, 1 Gm. or 15 grains 

Mucilage of Tragacanth, sufficient to make 100 troches. 
The myristica is to be triturated with the sugar, gradually added, 

and then mixed intimately with the sodium bicarbonate. The powder 

is to be made into a mass with the mucilage and divided into 100 

troches. <U. S. 

Trochiscus Sodii Bicarbonatis. Br. Sodium Bicarbonate Lozenge. 

Sodium bicarbonate 3 grains (or 0.1944 Gm.). Mix with the rose 

basis to form a lozenge. < Br. 

TROCHISCUS SULPHURIS. Br. Sulphur Lozenge. 

Precipitated Sulphur, 162.0 Gm. or 2500 grains 

Acid Potassium Tartrate, 32.4 Gm. or 500 grains 

Refined Sugar, 259.2 Gm. or 4000 grains 

Gum Acacia, 32.4 Gm. or 500 grains 

Mucilage of Gum Acacia, 29.5 Cc. or 500 minims 

Tincture of Orange, 29.5 Cc. or 500 minims 

Mix the tincture of orange with the powder; add the mucilage of 
gum acacia to form a suitable mass. Divide into 500 lozenges. Dry 
them in a hot air chamber at a moderate temperature. Each lozenge 
contains 5 grains (0.324 Gm.) of precipitated sulphur. < Br. 

TROPACOCAINE. Benzoylpseudotropine. 
C 8 H 14 NOC 7 H 5 C>. 

This alkaloid is obtained from coca leaves in the form of an oily 
substance having a strong alkaline reaction. 

Tropacocaine Hydrochloride. This is prepared by neutralizing 
diluted hydrochloric acid with tropacocaine (alkaloid), concentrating 
the solution and allowing to crystallize. The crystals are colorless 
and very soluble in water. The solution of this salt is used as a local 
anesthetic, and is considered more powerful and less toxic than 
cocaine. For external application a 3 to 10 percent, solution may be 
used. For subcutaneous injection, y± to y 2 grain. 



1094 The Vcnncr Formulary Part 11. 

TUBERCULINUM KOCHI. P. G. Tuberculin. 

This is a culture product which has been used extensively as a cure 
for tuberculosis, and has been known as Koch's Consumption Cure. 

It is a clear, brown, aromatic liquid, obtained from the cultures of 
tuberculum baccillus, reduced by evaporation and preserved with 40 
percent, of glycerin. It is prepared only in bacteriological laborator- 
ies, and is furnished in original small bottles, which are not to be 
opened nor diluted until used, and should be kept in a cool, dark place. 

TUMENOL. 

This is a mixture of sulphones and sulphonic acid, prepared from 
bituminous shale oils. It is similar to thiol, and the method of pre- 
paring it is similar. It is a blackish-brown liquid, of the consistence of 
syrup, or may be made into a paste or powder. It is employed usually 
in the form of ointment for eczema and itching of all kinds ; it may also 
be used in solution or as a dusting powder, the same as thiol. 

UNGUENTA — OINTMENTS. 

As understood in pharmacy ointments are fatty preparations of 
solid or semi-solid consistence, intended for external application, and 
usually containing some medicinal substance or substances designed 
either to be absorbed or to act upon the parts to which the ointment is 
applied. 

In U. S. pharmacy ointments differ from cerates chiefly in consis- 
tence — the ointments as a class being softer than the cerates and being 
intended generally for rubbing on or in, while the cerates are usually 
spread and applied like plasters. In Br. pharmacy there is no dis- 
tinction ; all preparations of this kind being classed as ointments. In 
Fr., It., Mex. and Sp. pharmacy Cerates, Pomades and Ointments are 
official. Cerates all contain wax and are much like the U. S. Cerates ; 
Pomades are of softer consistence, and Ointments usually contain 
resin or some like substance, making them firmer and more adhesive 
than the pomades. 

Ointments are also frequently called "salves," which corresponds to 
the common names given them in several foreign pharmacopoeias. 

The following are the ointments official in the U. S. and Br. Phar- 
macopoeias : 

UNGUENTUM. U. S. Simple Ointment. 

Benzoinated Lard, 800 Gm. or 8 ounces 

Yellow Wax, 200 Gm. or 2 ounces 

The wax is to be melted and the lard gradually added, heating 
gently until liquified. When melted it is to be set aside until it begins 
to "chill," then it is to be stirred until it congeals. <U. S. 

Unguentum Simplex. Dutch. Yellow wax 30 parts, olive oil 70 
parts. Melt the wax and add the oil. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1095 

Unguentum Cereum. G. The same as the foregoing. 

Unguentum Paraffini. Br. Paraffin Ointment. Hard paraffin 3 
ounces, soft paraffin 7 ounces. Melt together in a shallow evaporating 
dish; as the liquid cools triturate constantly, until, when cold, a 
uniform plastic ointment is produced. This may be made of either 
white or yellow paraffin. 

The foregoing bases are directed to be used in several of the oint- 
ments. 

UNGUENTUM ACIDI BORICI. U. S., Br. Boric Acid Ointment. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Boric Acid, in fine powder, 100 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Paraffin, 100 Gm. or 1 ounce 

White Petrolatum, 800 Gm. or 8 ounces 

"Melt the paraffin, add the white petrolatum, and heat gently for 10 
minutes. Then gradually add the hot liquid to the boric acid con- 
tained in a warm mortar, triturating thoroughly, and stir the mixture 
until it congeals."' <U. S. 

UNGUENTUM ACIDI CARBOLICI. Br. Phenol Ointment. 

Phenol, 15 Gm. or y 2 ounce av. 

Glycerin, 45 Gm. or iy 2 ounces av. 

Paraffin Ointment, white, 315 Gm. or ioy 2 ounces av. 

"Dissolve the phenol in the glycerin; add the paraffin ointment; 
mix." < Br. 

The U. S. P. formula for this ointment is under the title Unguentum 
Phenolis, which see. 

UNGUENTUM ACIDI SALICYLICI. Br. 

Salicylic Acid Ointment. 

Salicylic Acid, in powder, 0.5 Gm. or 10 grains 

Paraffin Ointment, white, 245 Gm. or 490 grains 

Mix. 

UNGUENTUM ACIDI TANNICI. U. S. 
Ointment of Tannic Acid. 
Tannic Acid, in very fine powder, 20 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Glycerin, 20 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Benzoinated Lard, 60 Gm. or 3 ounces 

"Dissolve the tannic acid in the glycerin with the aid of gentle heat, 
and mix the solution thoroughly with the ointment in a mortar, avoid- 
ing the use of iron utensils." <U. S. 

UNGUENTUM ACONITINE. Br. Aconitine Ointment. 

Aconitine, 0.5 Gm. or 10 grains 

Oleic Acid, 4 Gm. or 80 grains 

Lard, 20.5 Gm. or 410 grains 



1096 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

"Rub the aconitine with the oleic acid and gently warm the mixture 
until dissolved; add the lard; mix.'' < Br. 

This is, in fact, aconitine oleate, reduced with lard. It is of the 
same strength as Yeratrine Oleate of the U. S. P. 

UNGUENTUM ADIPIS LANJE. P. G. Lanolin Ointment. 

Lanolin, 20 parts 

Water, 5 parts 

Olive Oil, 5 parts 

Melt the lanolin on a water-bath, add the water and the olive oil, 
and while cooling beat them together. 

UNGUENTUM AQU^ ROS.SE. U. S., Br. 
Ointment of Rose Water. U. S. Rose Water Ointment. Br. 

Spermaceti, 125 Gm. or 4^3 ounces av. 

White Wax, 120 Gm. or 4^ ounces av. 

Expressed Almond Oil, 560 Gm. or 19 fl. ounces 

Stronger Rose Water, 190 Gm. or 6y 2 flounces 

Sodium Borate, 5 Gm. or jj grains 

The spermaceti and white wax are to be reduced to fine shavings 
and melted at a moderate heat. The expressed oil of almond is then 
to be added and the mixture poured into a warmed, shallow wedge- 
wood mortar, carefully adding, without stirring, the whole of the 
stronger rose water in which the sodium borate has previously been 
dissolved. It is then to be stirred rapidly and continuously until the 
mixture becomes uniformly soft and creamy. <U. S. 

The. addition of borax in the U. S. formula helps to hold the in- 
gredients from separating, and acts, as well, as an antiseptic. 



The Br. formula is: 


, fe , l^^X w 


<- %.^/j U.^J > * >_ ii, u. 






Rose Water, undiluted, 


210 Cc. 


or 7 


fl. ounces 


White Beeswax, 




45 Gm. 


or iy 2 


ounces 


Spermaceti, 




45 Gm. 


or iy 2 


ounces 


Almond Oil, 




270 Gm. 


or 9 


ounces 


Oil of Rose, 




0.5 Gm. 


or 8 


minims 



"Melt together the white beeswax, spermaceti and almond oil ; pour 
the mixture into a warmed mortar and add the rose water gradually 
with constant trituration ; add the oil of rose ; continue the trituration 
until cold.'' < Br. 

Unguentum Leniens. P. G. Cold Cream. White wax 7 parts, 
spermaceti 8 parts, almond oil 57 parts, rose water 28 parts. Make 
in the same manner as the Br. 

UNGUENTUM ATROPINE. Br. Atropine Ointment. 

Atropine, 0.5 Gm. or 10 grains 

Oleic Acid, 2.0 Gm. or 40 grains 

Lard, 22.5 Gm. or 450 grains 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1097 

"Rub the atropine with the oleic acid, and gently warm the mixture 
until dissolved; add the lard; mix."<Br. (2% strength). 
This is an oleate of atropine reduced with lard. 

UNGUENTUM BASILICUM. P. G. Basilicon Ointment. 

Olive Oil, 9 parts 

Yellow Wax, 3 parts 

Resin, 3 parts 

Mutton Tallow, 3 parts 

Turpentine, (gum), 2 parts 

Melt the solid substances together and incorporate the oil. 

UNGUENTUM BELLADONNA. U. S., Br. 

Belladonna Ointment. 
The U. S. P. formula is : 

Extract of Belladonna Leaves, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Diluted Alcohol, 5 Cc. or ]/ 2 fl. ounce 

Hydrated Wool-Fat, 20 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Benzoinated Lard, 65 Gm. or 6 1 /?, ounces 

The extract is to be rubbed with the diluted alcohol until a smooth 
mixture is obtained. With this incorporate the hydrous wool-fat, 
then add the benzoinated lard and mix thoroughly. <U. S. 
The Br. formula is : 

Liquid Extract of Belladonna, 40 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Benzoinated Lard, 45 Gm. or 2^4 ounces 

''Evaporate the liquid extract of belladonna on a water-bath until 
it is reduced to y± ounce (or 5 Gm.), add the benzoinated lard; mix. 
100 parts of this ointment should contain 0.6 part of the alkaloids of 
belladonna root." < Br. 

"It will be observed that the U. S. directs an extract prepared from 
the leaves, while the Br. directs a liquid extract prepared from the 
root of belladonna. 

UNGUENTUM BENZOIN!. 
Ointment of Benzoin. Benzoinated Lard. 
This preparation was formerly classed among the ointments, but 
later was known in the U. S. P. as "Adeps Benzoinatus," which title 
it still retains. As it is still frequently called for as Benzoin Oint- 
ment, and appears in several of the foreign pharmacopoeias under a 
similar title, it is mentioned here with reference to Adeps Benzoinatus 
for the formula. 

Benzoinated Petrolatum. 

Petrolatum, white or amber, 15 ounces 

Wax, white or yellow, 1 ounce 

Benzoin, in coarse powder, J4 ounce 



1098 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

Melt the wax and petrolatum together, and, having tied the ben- 
zoin loosely in a piece of coarse muslin, suspend it in the melted 
mixture, stirring them frequently and continuing the heat for 2 hours 
at a temperature not exceeding 6o°Cc. (i5o°F.), and strain and stir 
while cooling. 

The quantity of wax should vary a little to correspond with the 
melting point of the petrolatum used, 1 ounce being used for petro- 
latum melting at I20°F., and about one-fourth more for that which 
melts at io4°F., the object being to have the preparation about the 
consistence of lard. White petrolatum with white wax makes a 
beautiful ointment base, and keeps without change for any length of 
time. The amber petrolatum and yellow wax make just as good an 
ointment except in color. 

UNGUENTUM CANTHARIDIS. Br. Cantharides Ointment. 

Cantharides, bruised, 30 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Benzoinated Lard, 300 Gm. or 10 ounces 

"Melt the benzoinated lard, add the cantharides and digest at a 
temperature of about I20°F. (48.9^.), for 12 hours, strain through 
calico and press the residue gently; stir until cold." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM CANTHARIDUM PRO USU 

VETERINARIO. P. G. 

Spanischfliegensalbe fur thierarztlichen Gebrauch. G. 

Cantharides, in powder, 2 parts 

Olive Oil, 2 parts 

Lard, 2 parts 

Heat together in a water-bath for 10 hours, then add 

Yellow Wax, 1 part 

Turpentine, 2 parts 

Melt them together and add 

Euphorbium, in powder, 1 part 

Incorporate them well together while cooling. 

UNGUENTUM CAPSICI. Br. Capsicum Ointment. 

Capsicum Fruit, bruised, 12 Gm. or 120 grains 

Spermaceti, 6 Gm. or 60 grains 

Olive Oil, 44 Gm. or 1 ounce 

"Digest on a water-bath for 1 hour, occasionally stirring, strain, set 
aside to cool, without stirring." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM CEREUM. P. G. Wachsalbe. 

Olive Oil, 7 parts 

Yellow Wax, 3 parts 

Melt the wax and olive oil together. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1099 

UNGUENTUM CETACEI. Br. Spermaceti Ointment. 

Spermaceti, 200 Gm. or 20 ounces 

White Beeswax, 80 Gm. or 8 ounces 

Almond Oil, . 720 Gm. or 72 ounces 

Benzoin, in coarse powder, 20 Gm. or 2 ounces 

"Melt together the spermaceti, beeswax and almond oil; add the 

benzoin and, frequently stirring the mixture, continue the application 

of heat for 2 hours ; remove from the source of heat ; strain ; and stir 

the ointment constantly until cold." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM CHRYSAROBINI. U. S., Br. 
Chrysarobin Ointment. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Chrysarobin, 6 Gm. or 60 grains 

Benzoinated Lard, 94 Gm. or 2 J /g ounces av. 

"Triturate the chrysarobin with the benzoinated lard, previously 
melted, and heat the mixture on a water-bath with occasional stirring 
for 20 minutes; then strain and stir until it congeals." <U. S. 
The Br. formula is : 

Chrysarobin, 2 Gm. or 20 grains 

Benzoinated Lard, 48 Gm. or 480 grains 

"Triturate the chrysarobin gradually with the benzoinated lard, 
previously melted by heat ; continue the heat until the chrysarobin is 
dissolved; stir until cold." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM COCAINE. Br. Cocaine Ointment. 

Cocaine, 1 Gm. or 20 grains 

Oleic Acid, 4 Gm. or 80 grains 

Lard, 20 Gm. or 400 grains 

"Rub the cocaine with the oleic acid, gently warm the mixture until 
dissolved; add the lard; mix." < Br. 

This is really an oleate of cocaine, reduced with lard. Observe that 
the alkaloid must be used as salts of alkaloids do not unite with oleic 
acid. 

UNGUENTUM CONII. Br. Conium Ointment. 

Juice of Conium, 88 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Hydrous Wool-Fat, 33 Gm. or ^ ounce 

"Evaporate the juice of conium on a water-bath to one-eighth of its 

volume at a temperature not exceeding I40°F. (6o°C), add the 

hydrous wool-fat. Mix by trituration." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM CREOSOTI. Br. Creosote Ointment. 

Creosote, 30 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Soft Paraffin, (white), 150 Gm. or 5 ounces 

Hard Paraffin, 120 Gm. or 4 ounces 



1100 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

"Melt the hard and soft paraffins together; add the creosote; stir 
until cold." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM DIACHYLON. U. S. Diachylon Ointment. 

Lead Plaster, .50 Gm. or 5 ounces av. 

Olive Oil, 49 Gm. or 4.9 ounces av. 

Oil of Lavender Flowers, 1 Gm. or 46 minims 

"Melt the lead plaster by applying a gentle heat, add the olive oil 
and mix thoroughly; then allow the mixture to cool, add the oil of 
lavender flowers, and stir the ointment until it congeals. It should 
be prepared extemporaneously." <U. S. 

UNGUENTUM EUCALYPTI. Br. Eucalyptus Ointment. 

Oil of Eucalyptus, 30 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Hard Paraffin, 120 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Soft Paraffin, white, 150 Gm. or 5 ounces 

"Melt the hard and soft paraffins together; add the oil of eucalyptus; 
stir until cold." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM GALL^. U. S. Nutgall Ointment. 

Nutgall, in very fine powder, 20 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Ointment, 80 Gm. or 8 ounces 

The nutgall is to be rubbed with the ointment gradually added, until 

they are thoroughly mixed. Avoid the use of metallic utensils. <U. S. 

UNGUENTUM GALL^. Br. Gall Ointment. 

Galls, in very fine powder, 30 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Benzoinated Lard, 120 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Mix by trituration. < Br. 

UNGUENTUM GALLiE CUM OPIO. Br. 
Gall and Opium Ointment. 

Gall Ointment, 92.5 Gm. or 925 grains 

Opium, in fine powder, 7.5 Gm. or 75 grains 

Mix by trituration. < Br. 

100 parts of this ointment contain y/ 2 parts of opium. 

UNGUENTUM GLYCERINI PLUMBI SUBACETATIS. Br. 
Lead Subacetate Ointment. 

Glycerin of Lead Subacetate, 
Paraffin Ointment, white, 
Mix. < Br. 

UNGUENTUM KAMAMELIDIS. 

Liquid Extract of Hamamelis, 
Hydrous Wool-Fat, 
Mix. < Br, 





30 


Gm. 


or 


i ounce 




150 


Gm. 


or 


5 ounces 


3r. 


Hamamelis Ointment. 


10 


Cc. 


or 


Ya 


fl. ounce 


90 


Gm 


. or 


*A 


ounces 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1101 

UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI. U. S., Br. 



Mercurial 


Ointment. 


Mercury Ointment. 


The U. S. P. formula 


is : 




Mercury, 




500 Gm. or 1 pound 


Benzoinated Lard, 




250 Gm. or y 2 pound 


Prepared Suet, 




230 Gm. or 7^3 ounces av 


Oleate of Mercury, 




20 Gm. or 309 grains 



''Triturate the oleate of mercury in a warm mortar, add the mercury 
gradually by means of a pippette, and, when the globules are com- 
pletely divided and distributed, set it aside for about 15 minutes. Melt 
the lard and suet, allow the mixture to partially cool, and add about 25 
Gm. (or 370 grains) of it to the mercurial mixture, and continue the 
trituration until globules are no longer visible under a lens magnifying 
10 diameters. Then add the remainder of the lard and suet and mix 
them thoroughly." <U. S. 

An assay process is given in the U. S. P. by which the proportion of 
mercury contained in a given quantity of the ointment may be ascer- 
tained and separated. The U. S. P. formula should produce an oint- 
ment containing y 2 mercury by weight. 

The Br. formula is : 

Mercury, 160 Gm. or 16 ounces 

Lard, 160 Gm. or 16 ounces 

Prepared Suet, 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

"Triturate until the metallic globules cease to be visible." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI AMMONIATI. U. S., Br. 

Ointment of Ammoniated Mercury. White Precipitate Ointment. 

Ammoniated Mercury, in very 

fine powder, - 10 Gm. or 1 ounce 

White Petrolatum, 50 Gm. or 5 ounces 

Hydrous Wool-Fat, 40 Gm. or 4 ounces 

To make 100 Gm. or 10 ounces 

"Rub the ammoniated mercury with an equal weight of the melted 
white petrolatum, then add the remainder of the melted white petro- 
latum ; mix thoroughly with the hydrous wool-fat and stir the mixture 
until it congeals." <U. S. 
The Br. formula is : 

Ammoniated Mercury, 30 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Paraffin Ointment, white, 270 Gm. or 9 ounces 

It is of advantage in making this ointment, as well as other oint- 
ments in which a precipitate or dense powder is to be incorporated to 
first rub the precipitate with glycerin in a mortar, taking about one- 
fifth as much glycerin as is directed of the powdered substance. This 
mixture is then incorporated by rubbing with the fatty constituents. 



miliary 


i 






Part 


COMPOSITUM 


. Br. 


Ointment. 








150 


Gm. 


or 


10 


ounces 


90 


Gm. 


or 


6 


ounces 


90 


Gm. 


or 


6 


ounces 


45 


Gm. 


or 


3 


ounces 



1102 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI 
Compound Mercury 
Mercury Ointment, 
Yellow Beeswax, 
Olive Oil, 
Camphor, 

"Mix the beeswax, olive oil and mercury with the aid of heat ; add 
the camphor; triturate until cold." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI DILUTUM. U. S. Blue Ointment. 

Mercurial Ointment, 670 Gm. or 6 oz. av.-|-i3i grains 

Petrolatum, 330 Gm. or 3 oz. av.+ i3i grains 

To make 1000 Gm. 

Mix them thoroughly. <U. S. 

This ointment is what is known commercially as ]/$ mercury oint- 
ment, or what is commonly called for as Blue Ointment or "Anguen- 
tum" (Unguentum). It is used medicinally as an alterative and com- 
monly as a vermicide to kill parishes on man and animals. 

UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI IODIDI RUBRI. Br. 

Mercuric Iodide Ointment. Ointment of Red Iodide of Mercury. 

Mercuric Iodide, in fine powder, 2 Gm. or 20 grains 

Benzoated Lard, 48 Gm. or 480 grains 

Mix. < Br. 

UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI NITRATIS. U. S., Br. 

Ointment of Mercuric Nitrate. Citrine Ointment. ■ 
The U. S. P. formula is : 

Mercury, 70 Gm. or 2 ounces av.4-205 grains 

Lard, free from water, 

760 Gm. or 10 ounces av.+353 grains 
Nitric Acid, 175 Gm. or 6 ounces av.-f-H3 grains 

The lard is to be heated in a capacious glass or porcelain vessel to a 
temperature of io5°C. (221 °F.). The heat is then to be withdrawn 
and 70 Gm. (or 2~y 2 ounces av.) of nitric'acid added, and when reaction 
moderates heat is to be again applied until the effervescence ceases. 
The mixture is then allowed to cool to about 40°C. (io4°F.), and, hav- 
ing- dissolved the mercury in the remainder of the nitric acid by the aid 
of heat sufficient to prevent the solution from crystallizing, it is to be 
added to the mixture of lard and acid. When cold the ointment is to 
be mixed smooth by trituration, avoiding the use of a metallic spatula. 
<U. S. 
The Br. formula is: 

Mercury, 100 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Nitric Acid, 300 Cc. or 3 fl.ounces 



Part II. 



Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 



1103 



Lard, 400 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Olive Oil, 700 Gm. or 7 ounces 

"Dissolve the mercury in the nitric acid without the aid of heat, 
agitating- gently from time to time. Heat the lard and olive oil 
together on a sand-bath, so that the mixture, when transferred to a 
heated earthenware jar capable of holding 10 times the quantity shall 
be at a temperature of about 2o,o°F. (i43.3°C.). Add the cold mer- 
curial solution very gradually, stirring constantly to promote disen- 
gagement of fumes. After frothing has ceased, the mixture, which 
should have a temperature of not less than 200°F. (93.3°C.), must be 
kept stirred until it is cold. The resulting ointment should be firm in 
consistence and have a pale lemon color.'' < Br. 



UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI NITRATIS DILUTUM. Br. 

Diluted Mercuric Nitrate Ointment. 



Mercuric Nitrate Ointment, 
Soft Paraffin, yellow, 
Mix. < Br. 



25 Gm. or 1 ounce 
100 Gm. or 4 ounces 



UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI OLEATIS. Br. 
Mercuric Oleate Ointment. 



Mercuric Oleate, (Br.), 
Benzoated Lard, 
Mix.<Br. 



20 Gm. or 1 ounce 
60 Gm. or 3 ounces 



UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI OXIDI FLAVI. U. S., Br. 

Ointment of Yellow Mercuric Oxide. 



The U. S. P. formula is : 

Yellow Mercuric Oxide, in very 

fine powder, 
Water, 

Hydrous Wool-Fat, 
Petrolatum, 
To make 
"Triturate the yellow mercuric oxide 
ture is perfectly smooth, then add the h) 
tions and incorporate thoroughly with 
tact with metallic utensils." <U. S. 
The Br. formula is: 

Yellow Mercuric Oxide, 
Soft Paraffin, yellow, 
Mix. < Br. 



1 ounce 
1 ounce 
4 ounces 
4 ounces 
10 ounces 



10 Gm. or 

10 Gm. or 

40 Gm. or 

40 Gm. or 

100 Gm. or 

with the water until the mix- 

'drous wool-fat in divided por- 

the petrolatum, avoiding con- 



0.5 Gm. or 10 grains 
245 Gm. or 490 grains 



1104 



The Fcnncr Formulary 



Part II. 



UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI OXIDI RUBRI. U. S., Br. 
Ointment of Red Mercuric Oxide. Red Precipitate Ointment. 
The U. S. P. formula is : 



Red Mercuric Oxide, 


in very 








fine powder, 




10 Gm. 


or 


1 ounce 


Water, 




10 Gm. 


or 


1 ounce 


Hydrous Wool-Fat, 




40 Gm. 


or 


4 ounces 


Petrolatum, 




40 Gm. 


or 


4 ounces 


To make 




100 Gm. 


or 


10 ounces 



''Triturate the red mercuric oxide with the water until the mixture is 
perfectly smooth and absolutely free from gritty particles, then add the 
hydrous wool-fat in divided portions, and incorporate with the petro- 
latum. Contact with metallic utensils should be avoided." <U. S. 

The Br. formula is : 

Red Mercuric Oxide, in very 

fine powder, 10 Gm. or 

Paraffin ointment, yellow, 90 Gm. or : 

Mix. < Br. 



ounce 
ounces 



UNGUENTUM HYDRARGYRI 

Mercurous Chloride Ointment. 

Mercurous Chloride, 
Benzoated Lard, 
Mix. < Br. 



SUBCHLORIDI. Br. 

Calomel Ointment. 

10 Gm. or y\ ounce 
90 Gm. or 2^4 ounces 



4 


Gm. 


or 


40- 


grains 


4 


Gm. 


or 


40 


grains 


12 


Gm. 


or 


120 


grains 



UNGUENTUM IODI. U. S., Br. Iodine Ointment. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 
Iodine, 

Potassium Iodide, 
Glycerin, 

Benzoinated Lard, 80 Gm. or 800 grains 

The iodine is to be rubbed with the iodide of potassium and glycerin 
in a glass mortar until dissolved, then with the benzoinated lard grad- 
ually added until they are thoroughly mixed, avoiding the use of a 
metallic spatula. It should be freshly made when required. <L^. S. 

The Br. formula is : 

Iodine, 1 

Potassium Iodide, 1 

Glycerin, 3 

Lard, 20 
Triturate the iodine, potassium iodide and glycerin in a glass or por- 
celain mortar; add the lard gradually. Mix. < Br. 



Gm. 


or 


20 grains 


Gm. 


or 


20 grains 


Gm. 


or 


60 grains 


Gm. 


or 


400 grains 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1105 

UNGUENTUM IODOFORMI. U. S., Br. Iodoform Ointment. 

The U. S. P. formula is: 

Iodoform, in very fine powder, 10 Gm. or 50 grains 

Lard, 90 Gm. or 450 grains 

The iodoform is to be rubbed with the lard, gradually added, until 
they are thoroughly mixed. It should be freshly prepared when 
wanted for use.<U. S. 

The Br. formula is : 

Iodoform, in fine powder, 10 Gm. or % ounce 

Paraffin Ointment, yellow, 90 Gm. or 2% ounces 

Mix. < Br. 

UNGUENTUM PARAFFINI. Br. Paraffin Ointment. 

Hard Paraffin, 90 Gm. or 3 ounces 

Soft Paraffin, 210 Gm. or 7 ounces 

Melt together in a shallow evaporating dish ; as the liquid cools trit- 
urate constantly, until, when cold, a uniform plastic ointment is pro- 
duced. <Br. 

The U. S. and Br. are the same practically. 

When paraffin ointment is used as the basis of white ointments, it 
should be prepared with the white varieties of soft paraffin ; and when 
used in colored ointments, it should be prepared with the yellow var- 
iety of soft paraffin. 

UNGUENTUM PHENOLIS. U. S. Ointment of Phenol. 

[Ointment of Carbolic Acid, Pharm. 1890]. 
Phenol, 3 Gm. or }i ounce. 

White Petrolatum, 97 Gm. or 12^ ounces 

"To the melted white petrolatum add the phenol, and stir the mix- 
ture until it begins to congeal." <U.S. 

This is a 3% ointment. This ointment may be made of other 
strengths, the 5% being probably, more frequently used than any. It 
may be made with phenol J / 2 ounce, white petrolatum g l / 2 ounces. 

UNGUENTUM PICIS LIQUIDiE. U. S., Br. Tar Ointment. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 
Tar, 

Yellow Wax, 
Lard, 
The wax and lard are to be melted together, the tar, previously 
warmed, incorporated and the mixture strained and stirred while 
cooling.<U. S. 

The Br. P. formula is: 

Tar, 100 Gm. or 5 ounces 

Yellow Beeswax, 40 Gm. or 2 ounces 



500 


Gm. 


or 


5 


ounces 


125 


Gm. 


or 


iYa 


ounces 


375 


Gm. 


or 


3H 


ounces 



1106 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

"Melt the v beeswax at a low temperature, add the tar, stir the mix- 
ture until cold." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM PLUMBI. P. G. Lead Ointment. Bleisalbe. 

Solution of Lead Subacetate, i part 

Wool-Fat, (Lanolin), i part 

Paraffin Ointment, 8 parts 

Rub the solution first with the lanolin to a smooth paste, then in- 
corporate the paraffin. 

UNGUENTUM PLUMBI ACETATIS. Br. 

Lead Acetate Ointment. 

Lead Acetate, in fine powder, 2 Gm. or 20 grains 

Paraffin Ointment, white, 48 Gm. or 480 grains 

Mix. < Br. 

UNGUENTUM PLUMBI CARBONATIS. Br. 
Ointment of Lead Carbonate. Lead Carbonate Ointment. 

Lead Carbonate, in fine powder, 10 Gm. or *4 ounce 

Paraffin Ointment, white, 90 Gm. or 2^/4 ounces 

Mix. < Br. 

UNGUENTUM PLUMBI IODIDI. Br. 
Ointment of Lead Iodide. Lead Iodide Ointment. 

Lead Iodide, 10 Gm. or % ounce 

Paraffin Ointment, yellow, 90 Gm. or 2^4 ounces 

Mix. < Br. 

UNGUENTUM PLUMBI TANNICI. P. G. 
Lead Tannate Ointment. Gerbsaure-Bleisalbe. G. 

Tannic Acid, 1 part 

Solution of Lead Subacetate, 2 parts 

Lard, 17 parts 

Mix them well together. 

UNGUENTUM POTASSII IODIDI. U. S., Br. 
Ointment of Potassium Iodide. 

The U. S. P. formula is : ' 

Potassium Iodide, 10.0 Gm. or 154 grains 

Potassium Carbonate, 0.6 Gm. or 95 grains 

Water, 10.0 Gm. or 154 grains 

Benzoinated Lard, 80.0 Gm. or 2% ounces 

"Dissolve the potassium salts in the water by trituration, then grad- 
ually add the benzoinated lard and incorporate thoroughly. This oint- 
ment should be prepared extemporaneously." <U. S. 



5 


Gm. 


or 


50 


grains 


o-3 


Gm. 


or 


3 


grains 


47 


Gm. 


or 


47 


grains 


[0 


Gm. 


or 


400 


grains 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1107 

The Br. P. formula is : 
Potassium Iodide, 
Potassium Carbonate, 
Distilled Water, 
Benzoated Lard, 
Dissolve the potassium iodide and the potassium carbonate in the 
distilled water; mix the solutions gradually with the benzoated lard in 
a slightly warmed mortar. 

UNGUENTUM RESINS. Br. Resin Ointment. 
[Basilicon Ointment]. 
Resin, in powder, 200 Gm. or 8 ounces 

Yellow Beeswax, 200 Gm. or 8 ounces 

Olive Oil, 200 Gm. or 8 ounces 

Lard, 150 Gm. or 6 ounces 

"Add the lard and olive oil to the previously melted resin and bees- 
wax; strain; stir until cold." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM ROSMARINI COMPOSITUM. P. G. 

Compound Rosemary Liniment. Rosmarinsalbe. G. 
Lard, 16 parts 

Mutton Tallow, 8 parts 

Yellow Wax, 2 parts 

Xutmeg Oil, (butter), 2 parts 

Oil of Rosemary, 1 part 

Oil of Juniper, 1 part 

Melt the solids together and when cooling add the oils. 

UNGUENTUM STAPHISAGRLffi. Br. Stavesacre Ointment. 

Stavesacre Seeds, 40 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Yellow Beeswax, 20 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Benzoated Lard, 170 Gm. or Sy 2 ounces 

"Crush the stavesacre seeds; digest the crushed seeds with the ben- 
zoated lard on a water-bath for 2 hours ; strain and press through 
calico; add the beeswax to the liquid; heat gently to dissolve; stir 
until cold.'' < Br. 

UNGUENTUM STRAMONII. U. S. Stramonium Ointment. 

Extract of Stramonium, 

Diluted Alcohol, 

Hydrous Wool-Fat, 

Benzoinated Lard, 65 Gm. or 6y 2 ounces 

The extract is to be rubbed with the diluted alcohol until uniformly 
soft, and then with the hydrous wool-fat and benzoinated lard grad- 
ually added, until they are thoroughly mixed. <U. S,' 



10 


Gm, 


or 1 


ounce 


5 


Cc. 


or y 2 


ounce 


20 


Gm. 


or 2 


ounces 



1108 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

UNGUENTUM SULPHURIS. U. S., Br. Sulphur Ointment. 

The U. S. P. formula is : 

Washed Sulphur, 150 Gm. or 1^ ounces 

Benzoinated Lard, 850 Gm. or 8 l / 2 ounces 

The washed sulphur is to be rubbed with the benzoinated lard, grad- 
ually added, until they are thoroughly mixed. <U. S. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Sublimed Sulphur, finely sifted, 30 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Benzoated Lard, 270 Gm. or 9 ounces 

Mix. < Br. 

UNGUENTUM SULPHURIS IODIDI. Br. 

Sulphur Iodide Ointment. 

Sulphur Iodide, 2 Gm. or 20 grains 

Glycerin, 2 Gm. or 20 grains 

Benzoated Lard, 46 Gm. or 460 grains 

"Triturate the sulphur iodide and glycerin in a slightly warmed 

mortar until a smooth paste results ; gradually add the benzoated lard ; 

stir until cold." < Br. 

UNGUENTUM TARTARI STIBIATI. P. G. 

Tartar Emetic Ointment. Brechweinsteinsalbe. G. 

Tartar Emetic, in fine powder, 2 parts 

Paraffin Ointment, 8 parts 

Mix them well together. 

UNGUENTUM TEREBINTHINiE. P. G. 

Turpentine Ointment. Terpentinsalbe. G. 

Turpentine, (Gum Thus), 1 part 

Yellow Wax, 1 part 

Oil of Turpentine, 1 part 

Melt the solids and when cooling incorporate the oil of turpentine. 

UNGUENTUM VERATRINE. U. S., Br. Veratrine Ointment. 

Veratrine, 4 Gm. or 20 grains 
Expressed Oil of Almond, 6 Gm. or 30 grains 
Benzoinated Lard, 90 Gm. or 450 grains 
The veratrine is to be rubbed with the oil in a mortar and, when dis- 
solved, the benzoinated lard gradually added and mixed thoroughly. 
<U. S. 

The Br. P. formula is: 

Veratrine, 0.5 Gm. or 10 grains 

Oleic Acid, 2.0 Gm. or 40 grains 

Lard, 22.5 Gm. or 450 grains 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and ' Preparations 1109 

"Rub the veratrine with the oleic acid and gently warm the mixture 
until dissolved; add the lard; mix." < Br. 

This is an oleate of veratrine, reduced with lard, and is of the same 
percentage of strength as the U. S. Oleatum Veratrinse, which see. 

UNGUENTUM ZINCI OLEATIS. Br. 
Zinc Oleate Ointment. 

Zinc Sulphate, 60 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Hard Soap, in shavings, 120 Gm. or 4 ounces 

Distilled Water, boiling, 

Soft Paraffin, white, of each, a sufficient quantity. 
"Dissolve the zinc sulphate in 4 fl. ounces (or 120 Cc.) of the distilled 
water. Dissolve the hard soap in 40 fl. ounces (or 1200 Cc.) of the dis- 
tilled water. Mix the solutions; collect the precipitated zinc oleate; 
wash with hot distilled water until the washings afford little or no 
reaction for sulphate ; dry on a water-bath and mix with an equal 
quantity of the soft paraffin, melted; stir until cold."<Br. 

UNGUENTUM ZINCI OXIDI. U. S. Ointment of Zinc Oxide. 

Zinc Oxide, 200 Gm. or 2 ounces 

Benzoinated Lard, 800 Gm. or 8 ounces 

''Rub the zinc oxide, which must be free from gritty particles, with 
an equal weight of the melted benzoinated lard, and with this incorpo- 
rate the remainder of the benzoinated lard, previously melted ; if neces- 
sary, strain the ointment while warm and stir thoroughly until it 
congeals. "<U. S. 

Unguentum Zinci. Br. Zinc Ointment. Zinc oxide, finely sifted, 
75 Gm. (or 3 ounces) ; benzoated lard 425 Gm. (or 17 ounces). Add 
the zinc oxide gradually to the benzoated lard, previously melted at 
a low temperature; stir the mixture occasionally until cold. < Br. 

This is known as Unguentum Zinci in many of the European phar- 

UNGUENTUM ZINCI STEARATIS. U. S. 

Ointment of Zinc Stearate. 
Zinc Stearate, in fine powder, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

White Petrolatum, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

To make 100 Gm. or 2 ounces 

"To the white petrolatum, melted on a water-bath, add the zinc 
stearate. Continue the heat until the mixture becomes smooth, then 
stir while cooling until it congeals." <U. S. 

OTHER OINTMENTS. 

The foregoing official ointments include most of the ointments that 
are used to any extent in dispensing pharmacy, but some others have 
been official and are or have been used and are now occasionally called 



1110 The Tenner Formulary Part II. 

for. It would be impracticable to give the detailed formulas for all of 
them, as the list of official ointments is already sufficient for the gen- 
eral uses of pharmacy and medicine, so only the more important ones 
for which there is some demand are mentioned and classified, showing 
their composition. They can be made in the same general way as is 
directed for similar official ointments. Solid drugs generally should be 
reduced to fine powder. Alkaloids should be rubbed with a few drops 
of alcohol, or better yet, with a little oleic acid, and dissolved by the 
aid of gentle heat before combining. Extracts should be slightly 
softened with alcohol or water. Ointment made with lard or with pet- 
rolatum may be used as a base, being generally preferable. Lard or 
petrolatum alone are sometimes used when softer ointments are 
desired. 

Simple Ointments. 

A great number of unofficial simple ointments are prepared from crude 
drugs, extracts, oils and chemical substances by combining them with an 
ointment base. They are so various, and so many*, that no attempt to give 
specific formulas for them will be made here. In making the unofficial simple 
ointments those that are official will be sufficient guide, by comparing their 
percentage and the base with which the ointment is made with similar for- 
mulas official in the foregoing section. 

Compound Ointments. 

Of the great number of compound ointments known, a few are classed 
under this heading. Others will be found among the Standard Remedies and 
in other departments. 

Alkaline Ointment. Sodium carbonate, (sal soda) 1 drachm, fresh slaked 
lime 30 grains, powdered opium 1 grain, lard or petrolatum 1 ounce. Mix them. 

Alum Ointment Compound. Alum powder compound (composed of burnt 
alum 95 parts, powdered camphor 2 parts, carbolic acid 3 parts) 16 grains, 
ichthyol 16 grains, oil of red thyme 8 minims, zinc oxide 90 grains, benzoin- 
ated petrolatum 360 grains. Melt the benzoinated petrolatum and incorporate 
the other ingredients while cooling, mixing them thoroughly. 

Antiperiodic Ointment. Quinine sulphate 90 grains, saccharated iron carbon- 
ate 60 grains, oil cajuput 30 drops, petrolatum or fresh butter 1 ounce. Mix. 

Aromatic Ointment. Yellow wax, oil of laurel, expressed, each, 1 ounce; 
simple ointment 13 ounces. Melt them together and add when nearly cool, 
oil of juniper, peppermint, lavender and rosemary, each, 40 minims. 

Astringent Ointment. The official ointment of galls and the lead ointments 
are often used as astringent ointments. The following is also used: Powdered 
catechu 90 grains, softened with boiling water 2 drachms, and mixed with 
spermaceti ointment or simple ointment 1 ounce, melted and stirred until it 
forms a mass. It may also be made from alum 1 ounce, catechu 3 ounces, 
both in very fine powder; added to olive oil 10 ounces, in which yellow resin 4 
ounces, is melted, and stirred until cool. 

Egg Ointment. Oil of almonds \y 2 ounces, beeswax y 2 ounce. Melt them 
together and, when cool but still fluid, add the yolk of 1 egg and 30 drops of 
balsam of Peru, and beat them thoroughly together. 

Egyptian Ointment. Burnt alum 1 part, verdigris 10 parts, strong vinegar 14 
parts, purified thick honey 32 parts. Mix them well together. 

Juniper Tar Ointment. Lard and suet, each, 6 parts; beeswax 4 parts. Melt 
them together and, while cooling, add oil of juniper tar, (oil of cade) 16 parts, 
oil of lavender 1 part. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1111 

Labdanum Ointment. Labdanum 6 drachms, petrolatum 2 ounces, oil of 
mace 1 drachm, oil of wormwood 1U drops, balsam of Peru 2 drachms. Make 
an ointment. 

Mayer's Ointment. Compound Lead Ointment, Amer. Disp. Olive oil 2^2 
pounds, white pine turpentine ]/ 2 pound, beeswax, unsalted butter, each, 4 
ounces; red lead 1 pound, honey 12' ounces, powdered camphor 8 ounces. Melt 
the oil, turpentine, beeswax and butter together and strain, then heat nearly 
to boiling and gradually add the red lead, stirring the mixture constantly until 
it becomes brown or black, then remove from the fire and, when it becomes 
somewhat cool, add to it the honey and camphor, previously mixed together. 

Nervine Ointment. Nervine Balsam. Expressed oil of mace, ox marrow, 
each, 4 ounces. Melt by gentle heat and add oil of rosemary 2 drachms, oil 
of cloves 1 drachm, camphor 1 drachm, balsam tolu 2 drachms (the last two 
dissolved in alcohol 4 drachms). 

Pomade pour le Toucher or Obstetrical Ointment. Yellow wax, spermaceti, 
each, 1 ounce; olive oil 16 ounces. Melt together, strain, add solution of 
caustic soda 1 fl. ounce, and stir until nearly cold. 

Resorcinol Ointment Compound. Resorcinol 10 grains, carbolic acid 10 
grains, oil cade 15 grains, subcarbonate of bismuth 30 grains, zinc oxide 60 
grains. Rub the resorcinol and carbolic acid first with a portion of the melted 
ointment and while cooling add the other ingredients and the remainder of 
the ointment, mixing them thoroughly. 

Stramonium Ointment Compound. (Beach's). Bittersweet bark or root, 
stramonium leaves, cicuta leaves, deadly nightshade, yellow dock root, each, 
2 ounces; lard 1 pound, Venice turpentine 2 ounces. Bruise the roots and 
leaves, cover them with alcohol and digest with a moderate heat for four 
hours, then add the lard and continue the heat until the leaves are crisped. 
Lastly strain and express through linen, add the turpentine and stir constantly 
until cold. This is also called Discutient Ointment. 

Unguentine. This is described by the manufacturers as an alum ointment 
containing also 2 percent, of carbolic acid and 5 percent, of ichthyol. It is em- 
ployed as a general dressing in external inflammation. 

Unguentum Crede. A 15% ointment of collargol or Argentum Crede is 
employed by inunction and as an application against infection. It may readily 
be made by rubbing 72 grains of collargol with 410 grains of benzoinated 
petrolatum. 

UREA. Carbamide. 

CO(NH 2 ) 2 . 

Thi$ is a constituent of urine and is noted for being the first organic 
compound artificially produced. Artificial urea is employed in med- 
icine. Its salts are sometimes employed as diuretics. 

Nitrate of Urea. This may be prepared by saturating artificial urea with 
nitric acid, concentrating and crystallizing. The dose is from 2 to 5 grains as 
a diuretic, especially in dropsy. Other salts of urea may be prepared in the 
same manner. 

Uric Acid. Lithic Acid. This occurs in the urine of certain animals and in 
morbid conditions of the kidneys. It is supposed to be the principal cause of 
acute rheumatic affections, gout etc., and is one of the most common con- 
stituents of urinary calculi. 

Urethane. Ethyl Carbamide. This is a compound of ethyl and urea, in 
colorless crystals, soluble in water and alcohol. It is employed as a hypnotic, 
antispasmodic and sedative. The dose is from 30 to 75 grains. 

Uropherin. Lithium Diuretin. This is similar to diuretin (sodium), except 
that lithium is used in place of sodium. It is a white powder, soluble in water, 
used as a diuretic in heart disease, nephretis etc. Dose 15 grains in solution. 

Urotropin. A crystallizable salt, soluble in water and recommended as a 
uric acid solvent in doses of 7 to 10 grains. See Hexamethylenamina. 



1112 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

VANILLINUM. U. S. Vanillin. 

C 8 H 8 3 =:I50.92. 

"Methylprotocatechuic aldehyde [C c H,-OH-OCH 3 -COH 4: 3:1], 
occurring naturally in vanilla, or made artificially from several ortho- 
dihydro-benzene derivatives." <U. S. 

Vanillin is the odorous crystalline principle of vanilla and is chem- 
ically the aldehyde of Methyl-procatechuic Acid. It is also arti- 
ficially prepared from the sap-wood or juice of pine trees, and from 
many other substances by complex processes. It is prepared and ex- 
tensively sold for making extract of vanilla but the flavor of the 
product lacks the richness and delicacy of the true extract or tincture 
made from vanilla. It is also used in making perfumes etc. 

Average dose. — 0.030 Gm.=30 milligrammes (y 2 grain). 

One ounce of vanillin and Y\ ounce coumarin, with iy 2 gallons of 
cologne spirit, i 1 /^ g-allons of water, and V 2 gallon of syrup, colored 
with caramel produces a fair imitation of vanilla extract. 

VAPORES — VAPORS. 

Vapors were official in the 1885 Br. P., but were dismissed in the 
1898 revision. They are solutions of medicinal substances which are 
volatilized by being passed through a suitable apparatus, and are in- 
tended to be used by inhalation. For the inhalation of different sub- 
stances different kinds of apparatus are required. At the present time 
"Nebulizers" are considerable used for vaporizing and applying the 
vapors of many substances. 

VALIDOL. Menthol Valerate. 

A compound of menthly valerianate with 30 percent, of free men- 
thol. It is a colorless thick liquid of mild, pleasant odor, having the 
cooling properties of menthol and the nerve sedative properties of 
valerian. It is used as a carminative and in hysteria and other forms 
of nerve irritation. Dose 10 to 20 drops in capsules. 

Camphorated Validol. A solution of 10 percent, of camphor in val- 
idol. Used as a dental anodyne. 

VALYL. Valeric Acid. Diethylamide. 

This is a colorless liquid of peppermint-like odor and valerianic acid 
taste. It is soluble in about 25 parts of water and readily soluble in 
alcohol and ether. It is employed as a nervous sedative and anti- 
spasmodic in hysteria, palpitation etc. Dose 2 to 4 grains. 

VERATRINA. U. S., Br. Veratrine. 

"A mixture of alkaloids obtained from the seed of Asagrsea 
officinalis (Schlechtendal et Chamisso) Lindley (Fam. Liliacese)." 
<U. S. It is soluble in 1750 parts of water, 2.2 parts of alcohol, 3 
parts of ether and 1 part of chloroform at 25 °C. (77°F.). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1113 

"An alkaloid or mixture of alkaloids prepared from Cevadilla, the 
dried ripe seeds of Schcenocaulon officinale, A. Gray." < Br. 

The Br. P. gives the formula as follows : 

Cevadilla of commerce, 2 pounds (or 1 kilogramme), 

Distilled Water, 

Alcohol, (90%), 

Solution of Ammonia, 

Hydrochloric acid, of each, a sufficient quantity. 

"Macerate the cevadilla with half its weight of boiling distilled 
water in a covered vessel for 24 hours ; remove the cevadilla ; squeeze 
it; dry it thoroughly in a warm place; then beat it in a mortar, then 
separate the seeds from the capsules. Reduce the seeds to powder, 
moisten with alcohol; pack firmly in a percolator; pass the alcohol 
through the marc until the percolate ceases to be colored ; concentrate 
the alcoholic solution by distillation so long as no deposit forms, 
and pour the residue, while hot, into 12 times its volume of cold dis- 
tilled water ; filter through calico ; wash what remains on the filter 
with cold distilled water until the filtrate ceases to precipitate with 
solution of ammonia. To the filtrate add solution of ammonia in 
slight excess ; let the precipitate completely subside ; pour off the 
supernatant liquid ; collect the precipitate on a filter ; wash it with dis- 
tilled water until the nitrate passes colorless ; distribute the moist 
precipitate through 12 fl. ounces (or 400 Cc.) of distilled water; add 
gradually, with diligent stirring, sufficient hydrochloric acid to make 
the liquid feebly but persistently acid; add 60 grains (or 4 grammes) 
of the purified animal charcoal of commerce ; digest with moderate 
heat for 20 minutes ; filter ; allow the liquid to cool ; add solution of 
ammonia in slight excess, and, when the precipitate has completely 
subsided, pour off the supernatant liquid ; collect the precipitate on a 
filter and wash it with cold distilled water until free from chloride ; 
dry the precipitate, first by imbibition with filtering paper, then by the 
application of warmth." 

"This is pale gray, amorphous, without odor, but even in the most 
minute quantity powerfully irritating to the nostrils ; it is strongly 
and persistently bitter and acrid. It is insoluble in water, soluble in 
3 parts of alcohol (90%), or of chloroform, in 6 parts of ether, and in 
diluted acids, leaving slight traces of a brown resinous matter. 
Heated with access of air veratrine melts to a yellow liquid, and at 
length burns away, leaving no appreciable residue (absence of min- 
eral impurity) ."< Br. 

This substance, according to reliable authorities, consists of three 
alkaloids ; cevadine, C 33 H 40 NO 9 ; veratrine, C^H^NO-^ ; and cev- 
adilline, C 34 H 53 NO s . 

Average dose. — 0.002 Gm.=2 milligrammes (Y 30 grain). 



1114 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

Veratrine Sulphate. This salt is prepared by adding to dilute sul- 
phuric acid veratrine alkaloid until the acid is neutralized, then con- 
centrating- by evaporation and crystallizing. This salt, being soluble, 
is used almost altogether in place of the alkaloid in the treatment of 
neuralgia, epilepsy, gout and rheumatism. The dose is 1 / 60 to 1 / 20 
grain. An ointment and oleate are prepared from the alkaloids, i to 4 
percent., and are used for applications to rheumatic swellings and stiff 
joints. A solution in alcohol, combined with volatile oil of mustard 
is used as an application for neuralgia. 

VERONAL. Diethylmalonylurea. Diethylbarbituric Acid. 

This is a white crystalline powder soluble in about 150 parts of 
water, but more soluble in alcohol. It is now considerably used as a 
hypnotic and nerve sedative for insomnia and excitation not caused 
by pain, but by nervous irritability. The dose is 5 to 15 grains in 
hot water or tea. 

Veronal-Sodium. The sodium salt of the above acid, soluble in 5 
parts of water; uses and doses the same as above. 

VINA — WINES. 

As considered in pharmacy, wines are the natural product of the 
fermentation of fruit juices, or liquid medicinal preparations in which 
wine is chiefly used as the menstruum or vehicle for holding the med- 
icinal principles in solution. The medicinal wines are similar to, but 
generally weaker than tinctures. 

The basis of the medicinal wines is the fermented juice of different 
varieties of grapes — the light-colored varieties being known in U. S. 
pharmacy as Vinum Album, or White Wine; and the dark varieties 
being known as Vinum Rubrum, or Red Wine. In other pharmaco- 
poeias specific varieties of wines are directed, as Vinum Xercium, 
(Sherry Wine) ; Vinum Oporto, (Port Wine) etc. 

The following are the official wines of the U. S. and Br. Pharmaco- 
poeias : 

VINUM ALBUM. U. S. White Wine. 

"An alcoholic liquid made by fermenting the juice of fresh grapes, 
the fruit of Vitis^Vinifera, Linne (Fam. Vitaceae), freed from seeds, 
stems ^nd; skins, and^subjected to the usual cellar-treatment for fining 
and aging."<U. S. 

White wines of domestic production, as California Riesling, Ohio 
Catawba etc., are recommended. The wine should not contain less 
than to percent., nor more than 14 percent., by weight, (equivalent to 
12.4 to 17.3 percent., by volume), of alsolute alcohol. It may be 
stated that most natural, domestic wines made in this country do not 
contain this amount of alcohol, but are fortified by sugar when fer- 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1115 

merited, or by adding alcohol, when put upon the market, to bring 
them up to the standard of alcoholic percentage. 

VINUM ANTIMONII. U. S. Wine of Antimony. 

Antimony and Potassium Tartrate, 4 Gm. or 62 grains 
Boiling Distilled Water, 65 Cc. or 2^ fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 175 Cc. or 6 fl. ounces 

White Wine, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 
The alcohol is to be mixed with 800 Cc. (or 27 fl. ounces) of white 
wine. The tartar emetic is to be dissolved in the boiling distilled 
water and the solution added to the mixture. When the liquid is cold 
it is to be filtered through paper and enough white wine added 
through the filter to make the measure 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces). 
<U. S. 

Average dose. — 1 Cc. (15 minims). 

Vinum Antimoniale. Br. Antimonial Wine. Tartarated antimony 
4 Gm. (or 40 grains), distilled water, boiling, 44 Cc. (or 1 fl. ounce) ; 
sherry, a sufficient quantity. Dissolve the tartarated antimony in the 
distilled water; mix the solution with sufficient sherry wine to form 
875 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces) of the antimonial wine. Dose, 10 to 30 
minims. As an emetic, 2 to 4 fl. drachms. 

VINUM AROMATICUM. Aromatic Wine. 

This was formerly official in the U. S. P., but was dismissed. It is 
now official in most of the European pharmacopoeias. 

Lavender, origanum, peppermint, rosemary, sage, wormwood, each, 
1 part (or 72 grains) ; white wine, sufficient to make 100 parts (or a 
pint). 

Mix the solid ingredients and reduce them to a coarse powder 
moisten the powder with a fl. ounce of stronger white wine, pack it 
moderately in a conical glass percolator and gradually pour enough 
stronger white wine upon it to make the filtered liquid measure a pint. 

VINUM AURANTII. Br. Orange Wine. 

Wine made by the fermentation of a saccharine solution to which 
the fresh peel of the bitter orange has been added. <Br. 

This official Br. wine is simply a wine flavored with orange, and it 
seems unnecessary to be to so much trouble to prepare it. It may be 
readily prepared by adding a sufficient quantity of tincture of fresh 
orange peel or a solution of oil of bitter orange in alcohol to sherry 
or other white wine. 

Orange wine is used for making flavored medicinal wines. 

Vinum Aurantii Detannatum. B. P. C. Detannated Orange Wine. 
Orange wine 1 gallon (Imp. measure), gelatin, cut small, y\ ounce. 
Macerate for 14 days and decant. 



1116 The Fe nner 

VINUM CAMPHORATUM. 



Formulary Part 

P. G. Wine of Camphor. 



//. 



Camphor, i part 

Alcohol, i part 

Mucilage of Acacia, 3 parts 

White Wine, „45 parts 

Dissolve the camphor by rubbing with the alcohol, and gradually 

add the remaining ingredients. By using water instead of wine this 

may be dispensed as Camphor Julep, when wanted. 

VINUM CHINiE. P. G. Wine of Quinine. Chinawein. G. 



White Glue, 

Water, 

Sherry Wine, 

Calisaya Bark, coarse powder, 

Powdered Sugar, 

Tincture of Orange, 



1 part 
10 parts 

1000 parts 

40 parts 

100 parts 

2 parts 



65 


Cc. 


or 


2 y 4 


fl. ounces 


75 


Cc. 


or 


25/8 


fl. ounces 


65 


Gm. 


or 


2 y 4 


ounces 


>oo 


Cc. 


or 


34 


fl. ounces 



Dissolve the glue in the water by the aid of heat. Mix the warm 
solution with the wine, and, after adding the calisaya, let the mixture 
stand for 8 days at a temperature of from 15 to 20°C. Express, add 
the sugar and orange tincture to the expressed liquid and let stand 
for 14 days in a cool place, and filter. 

VINUM COOE:. U. S. Wine of Coca. 

Fluidextract of Coca, 
Alcohol, 
Sugar, 

Red Wine, a sufficient quantity 
To make 

The sugar is to be dissolved in 500 Cc. (or 17 fl.ounces) of red wine, 
the alcohol and fluidextract of coca added, and enough red wine to 
make the measure 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl.ounces). It is then to be set aside 
for 2 days, and filtered through paper in a well-covered funnel. <U. S. 
This wine has had an extensive sale as a proprietary preparation, 
and is now considerably prescribed by physicians. 
Averge dose. — 16 Cc. (4 fl. drachms). 

VINUM COLCHICI. Br. Colchicum Wine. 

Colchicum Corm, No. 40 powder, 200 Gm. or 4 ounces 
Sherry, 1000 Cc. or 20 fl.ounces 

Macerate as directed for tincture. Dose, 10 to 30 minims. <Br. 
As this is the only official wine of colchicum in the Br. P., it should 
always be dispensed when wine of colchicum is called for or pres- 
cribed in Br. formulas, but in the U. S. wine of colchicum seed should 
be dispensed. 



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Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 



1117 



VINUM COLCHICI SEMINIS. U. S. Wine of Colchicum Seed. 



ioo Cc. 



IsO Cc. 



Fluidextract of Colchicum Seed, 
Alcohol, 

"White Wine, 750 Cc. 

To make 1000 Cc. 

"Mix them, set the mixture aside for 2 days 
paper in a well-covered funnel." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 2 Cc. (30 minims). 



or 2 fl. ounces 
or 3 fl. ounces 
or 15 fl. ounces 
or 20 fl. ounces 
then filter through 






VINUM CONDURANGO. P. G. Condurango Wine. 

Condurango Bark, in coarse powder, 1 part 

Sherry Wine, 10 parts 

Macerate for 8 days in a warm place ; press out the liquid ; filter. 

VINUM ERGOTS. U. S. Wine of Ergot. 



Fluidextract of Ergot, 
Alcohol, 
White Wine, 
To make 



200 Cc. or 4 fl. ounces 

50 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

750 Cc. or 15 fl. ounces 

1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 



"Mix them. Set the mixture aside for 2 days 
paper, in a well-covered funnel." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. ounces). 



then filter through. 



VINUM FERRI. U. S. Wine of Iron. 

[Vinum Ferri Citratis, Pharm. 1890]. 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 40 Gm. or 1 ounce av. 
Tincture of Sweet Orange Peel, 60 Cc. or iy 2 fl. ounces 
Syrup, 100 Cc. or 2]/ 2 fl. ounces 

White Wine, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 25 fl. ounces 
''Dissolve the iron and ammonium citrate in 700 Cc. (or 17^4 
fl. ounces) of white wine, add this to the tincture of sweet orange peel 
and the syrup, and lastly enough white wine to make 1000 Cc. (or 25 
fl.ounces). Set the mixture aside for 2 days; then filter through 
paper, in a well-covered funnel. "<U. S. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 
The Br. P. formula having the same title is : 

iron, in wire, 50 Gm. or 1 ounce 

Sherry, 1000 Cc. or 20 fl.ounces 

"Set aside for 30 days in a closed vessel, the iron wire being almost, 
but not quite immersed in the sherry, the vessel being frequently 
shaken and the stopper occasionally removed ; filter. Dose, 1 to 4 
fl.drachms."<Br. 



1118 The Tenner Tor miliary Tart II. 

VINUM FERRI AMARUM. U. S. Bitter Wine of Iron. 

Soluble Iron and Quinine Citrate, 50 Gm. or JJ2 grains 
Tincture of Sweet Orange Peel, 60 Cc. or 2 fl. ounces 

Syrup, 300 Cc. or 10 fl. ounces 

White Wine, sufficient to make 1000 Cc. or 34 fl. ounces 
"Dissolve the soluble iron and quinine citrate in 500 Cc. (or 17 
fl. ounces) of the white wine. Add to this the tincture of sweet orange 
peel and the syrup, and lastly enough white wine to make the product 
measure 1000 Cc. (or 34 fl. ounces). Set the mixture aside for 2 days; 
then filter through paper, in a well-covered funnel." <U. S. 
Average dose. — 8 Cc. (2 fl. drachms). 

This is unlike the bitter wine of iron furnished by manufacturers, 
being much stronger of both iron and quinine. 

VINUM FERRI CITRATIS. Br. Wine of Iron Citrate. 

The U. S. P. formula which was formerly represented by this title is 
now under Vinum Ferri, which see. 

The Br. P. formula is : 

Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 18.3 Gm. or 160 grains 

Orange Wine, a sufficient quantity. 

"Dissolve the , iron and ammonium citrate in sufficient orange wine 
to form 20 fl. ounces (or 1000 Cc). Agitate occasionally for 3 days; 
filter. Dose, 1 to 4 fl.drachms."<Br. 

Other soluble salts of iron that are not precipitated by the acid of 
the wine may be used. 

VINUM IPECACUANHA. U. S., Br. Wine of Ipecac. 

The U. S. P. formula is : , 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, 100 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, 100 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

White Wine, 800 Cc. or 8 fl. ounces 

They are to be mixed and set aside for 2 days ; then filtered through 
paper in a well-covered funnel. <U. S. 
The Br. P. formula is: 

Liquid Extract of Ipecac, 50 Cc. or 1 fl. ounce 

Sherry, '950 Cc. or 19 fl.ounces 

Mix; set aside for 48 hours; filter. Dose, 1 to 4 fl. drachms. <Br. 
The P. G. directs 1 part of ipecac to be macerated with 10 parts of 
sherry wine during 8 days ; then pressed and the liquid filtered. 

The dose is from 5 to 10 minims, as an expectorant ; and from 1 to 
3 fl. drachms as an emetic. 

VINUM OPII. U. S. Wine of Opium. 

Granulated Opium, 100 Gm. or 912 grains 

Saigon Cinnamon, No. 60 powder, 10 Gm. or 91 grains 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1119 

Cloves, No. 30 powder, 10 Gm. or 91 grains 

Alcohol, 

White Wine, each, sufficient 

To make 1000 Cc. or 20 fl. ounces 

"Mix 150 Cc. (or 3 fl. ounces) of alcohol and 850 Cc. (or 17 fl. ounces) 
of white wine as a menstruum. Macerate the opium and spices in a 
stoppered container, in a moderately warm place, with 750 Cc. (or 
15 fl. ounces) of this menstruum during 7 days, with occasional agita- 
tion ; then filter through purified cotton, in a well-covered funnel, re- 
turning the first portions until the filtrate passes perfectly clear, and 
finally pass enough menstruum through the residue to make the 
liquid measure 1000 Cc. (or 20 fl. ounces )."<U. S. 
Average dose. — 0.5 Cc. (8 minims). 

VINUM PEPSINI. P. G. Wine of Pepsin. Pepsinwein. G. 

Pepsin, 24 parts 

Glycerin, 20 parts 

Muriatic Acid, 3 parts 

Water, 20 parts 

White Syrup, 92 parts 

Orange Tincture, 2 parts 

Sherry Wine, 839 parts 

Thoroughly mix the pepsin with the glycerin, acid and water, and 
let stand 24 hours, with frequent agitation ; then add the syrup, orange 
tincture and wine. Filter after standing and add sufficient sherry 
wine through the filter to bring the measure up to 1000 parts. 
The B. P. C, 1901, formula is: 

Pepsin, 320 grains 

Hydrochloric Acid, 2 fl. drachms 

Glycerin, 1 fl. ounce 

Sherry, to produce 20 fl. ounces 

Add the acid to 18 fl. ounces of the sherry. Rub in a mortar the pep- 
sin with the glycerin, and gradually add the mixed sherry and acid, 
with constant stirring. Set aside for a week, filter, and add sufficient 
sherry to produce 20 fl.ounces. Dose, 1 to 2 fl. drachms. 

As scale pepsin is now almost universally used for making liquid 
pepsin preparations, the following formula is given : Scale pepsin 
128 grains, glycerin 2 ounces, prepared wine 13 ounces, prepared 
flavoring 1 ounce. Mix the liquids, add the pepsin, allow to stand a 
few days with occasional agitation, and decant the clear liquid. 

VINUM QUININE. Br. Wine of Quinine. 

Quinine Hydrochloride, 2 Gm. or 20 grains 

Orange Wine, 875 Cc. or 20 fl.ounces 



1120 The Fenncr Formulary Part II. 

Dissolve the quinine salt in the wine, allow the solution to remain for 
3 days in a closed vessel, shaking it occasionally, and afterwards filter. 

A fl. ounce contains I grain of quinine. Dose, I to 2 tablespoonfuls. 

Quinine Wine, Improved. Quinine hydrochloride 64 grains, sugar 
3 ounces, prepared wine 14 ounces, prepared flavoring 1 ounce. Mix 
the quinine and prepared flavoring, add the wine and sugar, dissolve. 

VINUM RUBRUM. U. S. Red Wine. 

"An alcoholic liquid, made by fermenting the juice of fresh red- 
colored grapes, the fruit of Vitis Vinifera, Linne (Fam. Vitacese), in 
the presence of their skins." <U. S. 

The present pharmacopoeia contemplates that a natural domestic red 
wine, without the addition of sugar, as claret, Burgundy etc., shall be 
used, unless otherwise specified. It should contain not less than 10 
nor more that 14 percent., by weight, (equivalent to 12.4 to 17.3 per- 
cent., by volume) of absolute alcohol. 

VINUM XERICUM. Br. Sherry. 

This is a light-colored Spanish wine, which was formerly directed 
to be used in the U. S. P., and is still directed in the Br. P. It con- 
tains a larger percentage of alcohol than most wines, about 17 per- 
cent, being the average. 

Other varieties of wine are also used for making the official prepar- 
ations, the California and native wines being considerably used. It is 
only required that they contain sufficient alcohol to keep the prepara- 
tions and to be as free from astringent properties as may be. 

Vinum Xericum Detannatum. B. P. C. Detannated Sherry. Sherry 
1 gallon, (Imp. measure) ; gelatin, cut small, ]/\. ounce. Macerate for 
14 days and decant. 

Other Medicinal Wines. 

The foregoing wines are those official in the leading pharmacopoeias, 
but besides these are many unofficial medicinal wines which are con- 
siderably used, the important among these being known as "elegant 
preparations." They are, therefore, given about the same prominence 
as the official wines. 

Prepared Wine. 

For making medicinal wines, containing organic salts or principles, 
or salts of iron, it is necessary to use a wine which is free from tannin 
or astringent principles which will cause discolorization or precipita- 
tion. Many of the wines, also, have not sufficient alcoholic strength 
to keep the preparations in which they are combined, and it is neces- 
sary to add more alcohol to them. 

In making the following wines, therefore, it is expedient to have a 
prepared wine which corresponds with these requirements, as follows : 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1121 

White Wine, Sherry or Native, 7 pints 

White of Egg, 2 fl.drachms 

Alcohol, 1 pint 

Solution of Saccharin, 4 fl.drachms 

Beat the white of tgg to a froth and mix it thoroughly with the 
wine, heat to about i7o°F., or until the albumen is coagulated, then 
cool, add the alcohol and after standing for 8 days, filter clear through 
paper, and add the solution of saccharin. 

This serves as a basis for all the medicinal wines which follow, and 
may, with advantage, be used in the official wines in place of the white 
wine directed. 

If a red wine is desired as the basis of a preparation use double the 
quantity of white of egg as the formula directs, and proceed in the 
same manner. 

Aromatic Wine. 

Cinnamon, in fine powder, 1 ounce av. 

Nutmeg, in fine powder, 1 ounce av. 

Cloves, in fine powder, 1 ounce av. 

Soluble Flavoring, 2 fl. ounces 

Prepared Wine, 2 pints 

Macerate for 14 days and filter. Dose, a tablespoonful. 

Wine of Beef. 

Liebig's Extract of Meat, 1 ounce av. 

Elixir, 4 fl. ounces 

Prepared Wine, 12 fl. ounces 

Rub the extract of meat with the elixir and add the wine. After 
standing a few days, filter. 

A tablespoonful, which is the usual dose, represents 1 ounce of 
fresh beef. 

This preparation is really much more desirable than the popular 
Wine of Beef and Iron, as the iron is better in some other combi- 
nations than with the beef. See remarks after Wine of Beef and Iron. 

Wine of Beef and Iron. 

Liebig's Extract of Meat, y 2 ounce av. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, in scales, 64 grains 

(Other Soluble Salts of Iron may be used). 
Elixir, 4 fl.ounces 

Prepared Wine, 12 fl.ounces 

Rub the extract of meat with the elixir, dissolve the iron salt in 
about y 2 fl. ounce of hot water and add to the wine, then mix the wine 
with the mixture of beef etc., and set aside, agitating occasionally, for 
several weeks, then filter. 

A tablespoonful represents y 2 ounce of fresh beef and 2 grains of the 
iron salt. 



1122 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

In this preparation an action between the salts which are contained 
in the meat extract, the acid of the wine, and the soluble salt of iron 
which is used, continues to take place for some time after the prepara- 
tion is made, resulting in the reduction of a portion of the iron salt to 
an insoluble salt, (mainly ferric oxide). This cannot be avoided in the 
preparation except by the introduction of undesirable agents, and the 
only way to make a satisfactory wine of beef and iron is to let it 
stand until the action is completed, before filtering it, for, if filtered 
when freshly made, it will soon precipitate and continue to do so after 
repeated filtrations, unless allowed to stand at least four weeks after 
being made, when it should be filtered. 

Wine of Beef, Iron and Cinchona. 

Quinine Sulphate, 5 grains 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, 10 grains 

Wine of Beef and Iron, i pint 
Rub the sulphates with a portion of the wine of beef and iron, add 
the remainder, and, after standing, filter. 

A dessertspoonful of this preparation represents about 10 grains of 
cinchona in addition to the wine of beef and iron. 

Bitter Wine of Iron. Wine of Cinchona and Iron. 

The formula for this preparation is now official in the U. S. P., and 
is given with suggestions etc., under the title Vinum Ferri Amara. It 
may be added here, however, that any soluble salt of iron may be used, 
and an equivalent quantity of the salts of cinchona added. 

We give the following formula which will probably give better gen- 
eral satisfaction than those mentioned: 

Quinine Sulphate, 60 grains 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, 90 grains 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, in scales, 2 ounces av. 

Elixir, ij^ pints 

Prepared Wine, 6 pints 

Water, J4 pi nt 

Rub the sulphates with the elixir and add the prepared wine, dis- 
solve the iron salt in the water by the aid of heat and add the solution 
of quinine etc., gradually to the solution of iron, with constant stirring, 
until they are thoroughly mixed, and filter if necessary. 

As thus prepared it will be a light, greenish-colored preparation. 
It may be colored dark with caramel, or reddish-brown with caramel 
and cochineal red. 

If iron and ammonium citrate is used instead of the soluble phos- 
phate, it imparts the desired color, but it is more liable to precipitate 
after standing. It may be more highly flavored, -if desired, by adding 
soluble flavoring. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1123 

This preparation represents in a dessertspoonful, the usual dose, 
about 10 grains of cinchona and 2 grains of the iron salt. 

Wine of Calisaya or Cinchona. 

Quinine Sulphate, 60 grains 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, 90 grains 

Elixir, 2 pints 

Prepared Wine, 6 pints 

Mix the wine and elixir, rub the sulphates first with a portion of the 
mixture, then add the remainder and color as desired with caramel and 
cochineal. 

A dessertspoonful, the usual dose, represents about 10 grains of cin- 
chona or calisaya bark. 

This may be prepared from the bark, if desired, by percolating i 1 /^ 
ounces of the bark with the mixture of elixir and wine sufficient to 
make a pint of the preparation. Also by mixing 1J/3 fl. ounces of fluid- 
extract of calisaya or cinchona, either plain or detannated, with enough 
of the mixed wine and elixir to make a pint. 

The preparation made from the salts is, however, generally pre- 
ferred, and is much less trouble to make than from the bark. 

Wine of Calisaya, Iron and Strychnine. 

Strychnine Sulphate, 1}$ grains 

Bitter Wine of Iron, 1 pint 

Dissolve the strychnine salt by rubbing with separate portions of 
the bitter wine of iron, or use solution of strychnine 1% fl. drachm, 
instead of the salt. 

A fl. drachm contains 1 / 100 grain of strychnine combined with bitter 
wine of iron. 

Wine of Cascara Sagrada. 

Fluidextract of Cascara, "Bitterless," » 1^2 ounces 

Sugar, \)/ 2 ounces 

Prepared Wine, 28 ounces 

Mix, set aside for a few days, and filter. Dose, 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls. 

Wine of Coca or Erythroxylon. 

Coca Leaves, in coarse powder, 3 ounces av. 

Elixir, 6 fl. ounces 

Prepared Wine, 12 fl. ounces 

Percolate the drug with the mixed wine and elixir until 1 pint is 
obtained. 

This may also be made by mixing 3 fl. ounces of fluidextract of coca 
with a mixture of 2 parts of prepared wine and 1 part of elixir sufficient 
to make a pint. 



1124 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

The dose is a teaspoonful or more. 

A wine of coca of less strength is popular as a beverage in place of 
ordinary wine. Such a wine may be made with port wine 4 pints, 
claret wine 4 pints, sugar 1 pound, fluidextract coca \]/ 2 ounces. 

Wine of Coca with Beef. 

Liebig's Extract of Beef, 6 ounces av. 

Wine of Coca, 1 gallon 

Let stand three or four days, and filter. 
A fl. ounce represents about % ounce lean beef. 
Other formulas for wines of coca will be found among the Standard 
Remedies. 

Wine of Cotton Root or Gossypium. 

This is most readily prepared from the fluidextract as follows : 
Fluidextract of Cotton Root, 4 fl. ounces 

Prepared Wine, 8 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 4 fl.ounces 

Mix them. As a portion of the constituents of cotton root are insol- 
uble except in alcohol, a precipitate forms, and the preparation must 
be filtered. 

This is given in doses of 1 to 4 fl. drachms as a uterine tonic. 

Wine of Damiana or Turneria. 

Fluidextract of Damiana, 3 fl.ounces 

Prepared Wine, 10 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 3 fl.ounces 

Mix them, and after standing, filter. 

The dose is 1 to 4 fl. drachms as a diuretic and aphrodisiac. 

Wine of Iron. 

This may be prepared from any of the soluble salts of iron. The fol- 
lowing will give the best satisfaction: A preparation bearing this 
name is now official in the U. S. P. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, in scales, 256 grains 

Elixir, 5 fl.ounces 

Prepared Wine, 10 fl.ounces 

Water, y A fl. ounce 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water by the aid of heat and add to the 
solution, first the elixir, then the wine, and, after standing, filter if 
necessary. 

A fl.drachm contains 2 grains of the iron salt. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful or more. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1125 

Wine of Pancreatin. 

Powdered Pancreatin, 160 grains 

Elixir, 4 fl. ounces 

Prepared Wine, 12 fl. ounces 

Soluble Flavoring, y 2 fl. ounce 

Mix them and macerate for se\~eral days with occasional agitation, 
then strain through muslin or filter through coarse paper. 

This may also be prepared by macerating fresh pancreas of the pig, 
chopped fine, with a mixture of prepared wine and elixir, in the same 
proportion as above, using 1 pint of the mixture to half a pound of the 
chopped pancreas. 

A tablespoonful of the wine represents 5 grains of pancreatin. The 
dose is a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Wine of Pepsin. 

The formula for wine of pepsin is given among the official prepar- 
ations, but the product prepared from it does not correspond with that 
usually found on the market by that name, which may be made as fol- 
lows : 

Pepsin, in scales, 256 grains 

Hydrochloric Acid, 30 minims 

Distilled Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Prepared Wine, 15 fl. ounces 

Rub the pepsin to a coarse powder and macerate with the water until 
it softens to a gelatinous mass, then add the hydrochloric acid and 
prepared wine, and agitate occasionally until the pepsin is dissolved, 
and strain through muslin. Do not filter. This is the most effective 
wine of pepsin, but, as it is not sweetened or flavored, it is not so 
pleasant as the following: 

Saccharated Pepsin, 250 grains 

Elixir, 4 flounces 

Soluble Flavoring, y 2 fl.ounce 

Prepared W r ine, 12 fl. ounces ■ 

Mix and macerate, with occasional agitation, for several days, then 
strain or filter through coarse paper. 

Wine of pepsin may also be made by macerating the freshly dis- 
sected inner coating of the pig's stomach with prepared wine. When 
thus made there is no very definite strength to the preparation, but 
the general rule is to use one stomach to make a pint of the prepara- 
tion. 

The dose of wine of pepsin is from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 
Combinations of wine of pepsin with bismuth are advertised by man- 
ufacturers, but they cannot be prepared except by neutralizing the 
wine which is used, and the elixirs of pepsin and bismuth are more 
desirable. 



1126 The Penner Formulary ■ Part II. 

Wine of Pepsin and Iron. 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, in scales, 128 grains 

Wine of Pepsin, 1 pint 

Dissolve the iron salt in J / 2 fl. ounce of water and add to the wine of 
pepsin. A dessertspoonful contains 2 grains of the iron salt. 

Wine of Tar. 

Pine Tar, 1 ounce av. 

Pine Sawdust, 2 ounces av. 

Elixir, 4 flounces 

Prepared Wine, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the tar in a mortar with pine sawdust, mix the elixir with 12 
flounces of the prepared wine and rub with the tar etc., in a mortar, 
filter and add through the filter sufficient prepared wine to make 1 pint. 

Vitalized Wine. 

Phosphorus, % grain 

Absolute Alcohol, 1 fl. ounce 

Soluble Phosphate of Iron, 64 grains 

Glycerin, 1 fl. ounce 

Prepared Wine, 14 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the phosphorus in the absolute alcohol by means of a water- 
bath, add the glycerin, then the wine, dissolve the iron salt in y 2 
fl. ounce of water and add to the solution. 

The dose is a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Wine of Wild Cherry. 

Fluidextract of Wild Cherry, 2 fl. ounces 

Glycerin, 1 fl.ounce 

Elixir, 4 fl. ounces 

Prepared Wine, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix them and, after standing 24 hours, filter. 

This may also be prepared by percolating the bark with the liquids, 
or by crushing 2 ounces of wild cherry pits and macerating with the 
mixture of elixir, wine etc., sufficient to make a pint. 
The dose is a dessertspoonful. 

Wine of Wild Cherry and Iron. 

As the wine of wild cherry prepared from the bark contains con- 
siderable astringent or tannin, it will not combine with iron without 
making an inky mixture, except it is detannated, which may be done 
as directed for detannating elixirs. The preparation may then be made 
as follows : 

Wine of Wild Cherry, detannated, 1 pint 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, in scales, 128 grains 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1127 

Dissolve the iron in y 2 fl. ounce of hot water and add to the wine. 
As the detannated wine of wild cherry contains little else of the 
medicinal properties of the bark except the hydrocyanic acid and 
flavoring, ingredients, a preparation which answers the purpose may 
be made from the following formula : 

Oil of Cherry Laurel Leaves, 15 minims 

Hydrocyanic Acid, diluted, U. S., 30 minims 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, in scales, 128 grains 

Glycerin, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir, 4 fl. ounces 

Prepared Wine, to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the iron salt in l / 2 fl. ounce of hot water and add to the 
mixed wine, glycerin and elixir, then add the acid and oil, mixing them 
thoroughly, color with caramel and, after standing a few days, filter. 
Other soluble salts of iron may be used instead of the phosphate. 

XEROFORM. Bismuth Tribromphenate. 

A yellow powder containing 50 percent, of bismuth oxide, insoluble 
in ordinary solvents. It is used externally as an antiseptic and drying 
application, and internally in doses of 10 to 15 grains. 

ZINCUM. U. S. Zinc. 
Symbol Zn ; Atomic weight (H=i) 69.4; Sp. gr. 6.8 to J.2. 

This elementary metal was known to the ancient metal-workers, 
but was first introduced to notice by Paracelsus in the 16th century. 
It is obtained by roasting its ores from which it is volatilized, its vapor 
being collected in suitable receivers under water. It is a bluish-white 
metal, tough and ductile when cold, brittle and easily pulverized when 
heated to about 400°F. It fuses at 773 °F., and burns with a bright 
green flame when heated to 941 °F. in contact with the air. It is 
grouped with aluminum, cerium and cadmium, as it resembles these in 
physical properties. In the arts it is one of the most important metals, 
being extensively used in the manufacture of a great variety of useful 
and ornamental articles, and, combined with copper, forming brass and 
other alloys, which are of great importance. In pharmacy zinc is the 
source of several important salts which are used in medicine and for 
other purposes. 

Zinc and its compounds are more fully noted in the Chemical 
Section of this work, Part I. 

Zincum Granulatum. Granulated Zinc. 

This may be made from zinc of commerce 1 pound, by heating it in 
an earthenware crucible, and immediately, when the metal is fused, 
removing the crucible from the fire and pouring the metal in a thin 
stream into a vessel containing about 2 gallons of cold water. Drain 
off the water and dry the granulated zinc. 



1128 The Fenner Formulary Fart 11. 

Granulated zinc is the most convenient form of metallic zinc for 
chemical or pharmaceutical purposes. 
The official salts of zinc are as follows : 

ZINCI ACETAS. U. S., Br. Zinc Acetate. White Vitriol. 

Zn(C 2 H 3 2 ) 2 +2H 2 0=2i7.82. 

"It should contain in the uneffloresced condition not less than 99.5 
percent, of Zinc Acetate [(CH 3 *COO) 2 Zn-f-2H 2 0], and should be kept 
in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

"Zinc Acetate is prepared by neutralizing acetic acid with zinc 
carbonate." < Br. 

Preparation. This is official in nearly all countries. The Br. 1885 
formula was : 

Carbonate of Zinc, 2 ounces av. 

Acetic Acid, a sufficiency, or 5 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, 6 fl.ounces 

Add the carbonate of zinc, in successive portions, to 3 ounces of the 
acetic acid, previously mixed with the water in a flask, heat gently, add 
by degrees the remainder of the acid until the carbonate is dissolved, 
boil for a few minutes, filter while hot and set it aside for 2 days to 
crystallize. The crystals may be removed and more obtained by con- 
centrating the liquid. The crystals are drained and dried on porous 
tiles. 

Uses. This salt is used for injections and washes, and is given as a 
tonic in doses of 1 to 2 grains, and as an emetic in doses of 10 to 20 
grains. 

ZINCI BROMIDUM. U. S. Zinc Bromide. 
ZnBr 2 ==223.62. 

"It should contain, when anhydrous, at least 97 percent, of pure Zinc 
Bromide, and should be kept in small, glass-stoppered bottles. "<U. S. 

Preparation. The formula for this salt is not given in the U. S. P., 
but it may be made by double decomposition between potassium 
bromide and zinc sulphate, as follows : 

Potassium Bromide, 1000 parts or grains 

Zinc Sulphate, 240 parts or grains 

Dissolve them each separately in the smallest requisite quantity of 
hot water and mix the solutions while hot, when the mixture is cool, 
add twice its volume of alcohol, filter through asbestos to separate the 
potassium sulphate, which is precipitated, and evaporate the filtered 
liquid to dryness and granulation. 

Uses. This salt of zinc is given as a hypnotic in doses of 5 grains. 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm.= i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 



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ZINCI CARBONAS PRffiCIPITATUS. U. S. 

Precipitated Zinc Carbonate. U. S. Zinc Carbonate. Br. 

"Hydrated Zinc Carbonate, which, upon ignition should yield not 
less than 72 percent, of zinc oxide, ZnO=8o.78."<U. S. 

"Zinc Carbonate or zinc hydrocarbonate, ZnC0 3 (ZnH 2 2 )H 2 0, is 
produced bv the interaction of zinc sulphate and sodium carbonate." 
<Br. 

Impure carbonate of zinc is known as Calamine, and is frequently 
directed in older pharmaceutical works ; but the precipitated salt is 
now generally used in medicine. 

Preparation. The U. S. P. gives no formula for precipitated zinc 
carbonate, but the Br. P. directed : 

Zinc Sulphate, 10 ounces av. 

Sodium Carbonate, io l / 2 ounces av. 

Boiling Distilled Water, a sufficiency. 

Dissolve the sodium carbonate in a pint of water in a capacious 
porcelain vessel and pour into it a solution of the zinc sulphate, in 20 
flounces of the water, stirring diligently; boil for 15 minutes after 
effervescence has ceased, and let the precipitate subside, decant the 
supernatant liquid, pour on the precipitate 60 fl. ounces of boiling dis- 
tilled water, agitating briskly ; let the precipitate again subside and 
repeat the washings with hot distilled water until the washings give 
no precipitate with barium chloride, then drain and dry the precipitate. 

Uses. This is considerably used externally in the form of ointment 
and washes, and is the working basis of many other of the zinc salts. 
Calamine is used for making ointments, and in injections etc. 

ZINfcl CHLORIDUM. U. S. Zinc Chloride. 

ZnCl 2 = 135.26. 

"It should contain, when anhydrous, not less than 99.5 percent, of 
pure Zinc Chloride, and should be kept in small, glass-stoppered 
bottles."<U. S. 

"Zinc Chloride is produced by the interaction of hydrochloric acid 
and zinc." < Br. 

Preparation. Commercial zinc chloride is prepared by adding zinc 
to hydrochloric acid and water as long as it will dissolve, then evapor- 
ating until it will solidify. The pure salt was made by the 1885 Br. 
P. formula as follows : 

Granulated Zinc, 16 ounces av. 

Hydrochloric Acid, 44 fl. ounces 

Solution of Chlorine, a sufficiency 

Distilled Water, 20 fl. ounces 



1130 The Fcnncr Formulary Part II. 

Put the zinc into a porcelain basin, add by degrees the hydrochloric 
acid, previously mixed with the water, and aid the action by gently 
warming on a sand-bath until the gas no longer is evolved, boil for 
half and hour, supplying the water lost by evaporation, and allow to 
stand in a cool part of the sand-bath for 24 hours, stirring frequently. 

The liquid is then tested for iron or lead, which are removed, if 
present, by the solution of chlorine and carbonate of zinc. It is then 
filtered and evaporated to a liquid which solidifies when cold, and 
moulded, granulated or otherwise put up for convenient use. 

For many purposes it is unnecessary to make a chemically pure 
salt, as above directed. Ordinary zinc chloride may be made by dis- 
solving zinc to saturation in hydrochloric acid and evaporating the 
solution to dryness. 

Uses. Zinc chloride is considerably used as an antiseptic and dis- 
infectant. It is also employed as an escharotic, and is a favorite ap- 
plication for warts, excrescences etc. 

ZINCI IODIDUM. U. S. Zinc Iodide. 

Znl 2 — 316.70. 

"It should contain, when anhydrous, not less than 98 percent, of 
pure Zinc Chloride, and should be kept in small, glass-stoppered 
bottles, protected from light." <U. S. 

Preparation. This may be prepared by digesting granulated zinc 
in excess with iodine diffused in water in a manner similar as directed 
for making iron iodide, which see. 

Uses. This is given as an alterative in doses of y 2 to 2 grains. 

Average dose. — 0.065 Gm.^65 milligrammes (1 grain). 

ZINCI OXIDUM. U. S. Zinc Oxide. 

ZnO=8o.78. 

"It should contain not less than 99.5 percent, of pure Zinc Oxide." 
<U. S. 

"Zinc Oxide may be prepared by exposing zinc carbonate to a dull 
red heat, or from metallic zinc, by combustion." < Br. 

Preparation. The 1885 Br. P. directs red carbonate of zinc, 6 ounces, 
to be placed in a loosely-covered Hessian crucible and exposed to a 
dull red heat until a portion, taken from the center of the contents 
of the crucible and cooled, no longer effervesces when moistened with 
water and dropped into diluted sulphuric acid. The carbonic acid and 
water are expelled by heat. 

Uses. Commercial zinc oxide is extensively used for a paint base 
and for many industrial purposes. Pure zinc oxide is used extensively 
in powder and in the form of ointment. It is also used as an ingre- 
dient in face powders, liquid cosmetics etc. 

Average dose. — 0.250 Gm.=25o milligrammes. (4 grains). 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1131 

ZINCI PHENOLSULPHONAS. U. S. Zinc Phenolsulphonate. 

Zn(C 6 H 5 4 S) 2 +8H 2 0=55i.56. 

"It should contain, in uneffloresced crystals, not less than 99.5 per- 
cent, of pure Zinc Paraphenolsulphonate [ (C 6 H 4 (OH)S0 3 ) 2 Zni : 4 
+8H 2 0], and should be kept in small, well-stoppered vials." <U. S. 

Average dose. — 0.125 Gm.=i25 milligrammes (2 grains). 
Zinci Sulphocarbolas. Br. Zinc Sulphocarbolate. 

"Zinc Sulphocarbolate, or zinc phenol-para-sulphonate, Zn(OH # C 6 
H 4 -S0 3 ) 2 ,H 2 0, may be obtained by heating a mixture of phenol and 
sulphuric acid, and saturating the product with zinc oxide." < Br. 

Uses. This is used as an antiseptic and astringent, chiefly for 
spray lotions, injection and washes in solution 2 to 5 grains to the 
ounce. 

ZINCI PHOSPHIDUM. Zinc Phosphide. 

Zn 3 P 2 = 25/.22. 

This may be made by fusing zinc in a properly constructed appar- 
atus and passing over the melted mass vapors of phosphorus in a 
current of dry hydrogen until the zinc is converted into a phosphide. 
It is only made by manufacturing chemists. 

Uses. Zinc phosphide is a nerve stimulant and aphrodisiac, largely 
given for nervous debility and loss of vital power. It is safer and less 
irritating than phosphorus. The dose is from 1 / 20 to y% grain in 
powder or pills. 

ZINCI STEARAS. U. S. Zinc Stearate. 

A very fine, bulky, white powder, tasteless and having a very faint 
odor, resembling that of fat. It is insoluble in water, alcohol or 
ether. 

Preparation Zinc stearate may be prepared by precipitating a solu- 
tion of stearic acid with a salt of zinc, or by the decomposition of 
sodium stearate with a soluble zinc salt. It is insoluble in water, al- 
cohol or ether. It is applied as a dusting powder and may be used as 
a snuff, or in the form of ointment with starch plasma, either alone 
or in combination with other antiseptics and emollients. 

ZINCI SULPHAS. U. S., Br. Zinc Sulphate. 
ZnS0 4 +7H 2 0=2854i. 

"It should contain, in uneffforesced crystals, not less than 99.5 per- 
cent, of pure Zinc Sulphate [S0 2 '0 2 Zn-|-7H 2 0], and should be kept 
in well-stoppered bottles." <U. S. 

"Zinc Sulphate is formed by the interaction of diluted sulphuric 
acid and zinc."<Br. 

Preparation. The 1885 Br. P- directed this salt to be made as 
follows : 



1132 The Fcnner Formulary Part II. 

Sulphuric Acid, 12 fl. ounces 

Granulated Zinc, 16 ounces av. 

Distilled Water, 80 fl. ounces 

Solution of Chlorine, a sufficiency. 

Carbonate of Zinc, y 2 ounce av., or a sufficiency. 
Pour the sulphuric acid, previously mixed with the water, on the 
zinc contained in a porcelain vessel, and when effervescence has 
nearly ceased, aid the action by heat. 

A few drops of the liquid may then be tested for iron by adding 
excess of ammonia and then sulphydrate of ammonium, when a black 
precipitate will be produced if iron is present. For commercial zinc 
sulphate it is unnecessary to remove it, but if a pure salt is desired 
the solution may be freed from it by adding the solution of chlorine 
until the liquid acquires a permanent odor of chlorine, then add, with 
continued agitation, the L^rbonate of zinc until a brown precipitate 
appears and all the iron is precipitated, then filter, and evaporate until 
a pellicle forms on the surface and crystallizes. 

Uses. Zinc sulphate is an astringent and tonic much used for in- 
jections, eye-water, washes etc., and internally as an astringent in 
doses of 1 to 2 grains, and as an emetic in doses of 10 to 30 grains. 

Its solution in water is a disinfectant and antiseptic, and may be 
used*, much diluted, as a wash for ulcers, sores etc. 

ZINCI VALERAS. U. S. Zinc Valerate. 
Zinci Valerianas. Br. Zinc Valerianate. 
Zn ( C 5 H 9 2 ) 2 +2H 2 0= 3 oi .23. 
"It should contain not less than 99 percent, of pure Zinc Valerate 
[(C 4 H 9 -COO) 2 Zn-[-2H 2 0], and should be kept in small, well-stop- 
pered bottles." <U. S. 

"Zinc Valerianate, or zinc iso-valerianate, may be prepared by 
saturating iso-valerianic acid with zinc carbonate, or by the interaction 
of zinc sulphate and sodium iso-valerianate." < Br. 

Preparation. The formula of the Br. P. was as follows : 
Zinc Sulphate, 5^4 ounces av. 

Sodium Valerianate, 5 ounces av. 

Distilled Water, a sufficiency. 
Dissolve the zinc sulphate and sodium valerianate, each separately, 
in 40 fl. ounces of water, heat both the solutions to near the boiling 
point, mix them, cool and skim off the crystals which are produced, 
evaporate the mother liquor at a temperature not exceeding 200°F., 
until it is reduced to 4 fl. ounces ; cool again, remove the crystals which 
form and add to those before obtained, drain on' filter paper, wash 
with a little cold distilled water, drain and dry. 

Uses. This salt is used as a nervine and antispasmodic in doses 
of 1 to 3 grains. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1133 

HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES. 

The medicinal substances used in homoeopathic practice are, 
practically, the same as are used by other practitioners of medicine — 
vegetable drugs, animal drugs, minerals and chemicals, and the usual 
solvents and vehicles employed in preparing medicines. The manner 
of preparation and the theory of medication constitutes the difference 
in homoeopathy from other forms of practice, both in the manner of 
preparation of the remedies, and their application and dosage. In the 
following pages the principles of Homoeopathic pharmacy and the 
manner of preparation of Homoeopathic medicines is briefly explained. 

Homoeopathic Tinctures. 

The tinctures of Homoeopathic pharmacy are mostly supplied by 
Homoeopathic manufacturing pharmacists, but there is no reason why 
they should not be made by pharmacists, the same as other tinctures. 
As a great number are prepared from a great variety of substances, it 
will be impracticable to give detailed formulas for each, but the gen- 
eral method and formulas for making the different classes and 
potencies are given. The original tinctures are called "Mother 
Tinctures;" their dilutions or attenuations are called "Potencies," 
and are known as first, second, third etc. in the centesimal scale, or 
ix, 2x, 3X etc. in the decimal scale, as explained below. 

Class I. Tinctures. 

Tinctures are prepared with equal parts, by weight, of the juice of the plant 
and alcohol. The freshly-gathered plant or part which is used is chopped and 
pounded to a pulp, which is enclosed in a piece of new linen and subjected 
to pressure. The expressed juice is then mixed, with brisk agitation, with an 
equal weight of alcohol, the mixture allowed to stand eight days in a well- 
stoppered bottle in a dark, cool place, and then filtered. 

The drug power of tinctures thus prepared is l / 2 . 

Potentiation — Centesimal Scale. The first potency is prepared by mixing 
2 minims of the tincture with 98 minims of diluted alcohol. The second 
potency is prepared by adding 1 minim of the 1st potency to 99 minims of 
alcohol. Each succeeding higher potency is prepared in the same manner as 
the second by adding 1 minim of the next lower to 99 minims of alcohol. 

Decimal Scale. The first or lx potency is prepared by adding 2 minims of 
the tincture to 8 minims of diluted alcohol. The second or 2x potency is pre- 
pared by mixing 1 minim of the lx potency with 9 minims of diluted alcohol. 

The 3d or 3x potency is prepared by adding 1 minim of the 2x potency to 9 
minims of diluted alcohol. The higher potencies are prepared in a like man- 
ner from the next lower. 

Class II. Tinctures. 

Tinctures expressed by the aid of 2 parts of alcohol added to 3 parts of 
plant or the part of plant used. 

The finely-chopped fresh plant or part which is used is weighed, and to 
every 3 parts, 2 parts, by weight, of alcohol are taken. The chopped plant 
is moistened with sufficient alcohol to make it into a thick mass or pulp when 
well stirred together. The remainder of the alcohol is then added and the\ 
whole mixed together and strained through a piece of new linen. The tincture 
thus obtained is allowed to stand eight days in a well-stopped bottle, then 
filtered. 

The drug power of tinctures thus prepared is l / 2 . 



1134 The Fanner Formulary Part II. 

Potentiation. As the drug power of the tinctures thus prepared is the same 
as Class I., their potencies are prepared in exactly the same manner as is 
directed for preparing them. 

Class III. Tinctures. 

Tinctures prepared with 2 parts, by weight, of alcohol, to 1 part of plant or 
part of plant used. 

The fresh plant or part of plant taken is pounded to a fine pulp and weighed, 
then 2 parts, by weight, of alcohol are taken; one-sixth of it being first mixed 
with the pulp and then the remainder added, well stirred together and set 
aside in a cool, dark place for eight days. The tincture is then decanted, 
strained and filtered. 

The drug power of tinctures thus prepared is l /(,. 

Potentiation — Centesimal Scale. The first potency is prepared by mixing 
6 minims of the tincture with 94 minims of diluted alcohol. The 2nd potency 
is prepared by adding 1 minim of the first potency to 99 minims of the alcohol. 
Each successive higher potency is prepared in the same manner as the 2nd, by 
adding 1 minim of the next lower to 99 minims of alcohol. 

Decimal Scale. The first or lx potency is prepared by adding 6 minims of 
the tincture to 4 minims of diluted alcohol. The second or 2x potency is pre- 
pared by adding 1 minim of the lx potency to 9 minims of diluted alcohol. 
The 3d or 3x potency is prepared by adding 1 minim of the 2x potency to 9 
minims of diluted alcohol. The higher potencies are prepared from the next 
lower in a like manner. 

Class IV. Tinctures. 

Tinctures prepared with 5 parts, by weight, of alcohol to 1 part of the dried 
and finely powdered substance, or fresh animal substances. 

Weigh the substance and pour over it 5 parts, by weight, of alcohol and 
let the mixture remain eight days or longer, at ordinary temperature, in a dark 
place, shaking it twice a day, then pour off, strain and filter. (Fresh animal 
substances are pounded). 

The drug power of tinctures thus prepared is W 

Potentiation — Centesimal Scale. The first potency is prepared by adding 10 
minims of the tincture to 90 minims of alcohol. The 2nd potency is prepared 
by adding 1 minim of the 1st potency to 99 minims of alcohol. Each succes- 
sive higher potency is prepared in the same manner as the second, by adding 
1 minim of the next lower to 99 minims of alcohol. 

Decimal Scale. As the tincture contains Vio drug power, it corresponds to 
the first or lx potency. The 2nd or 2x potency is prepared by adding 1 minim 
of the tincture to 9 minims of alcohol. The higher potencies are prepared in 
the same manner from the next lower. 

Homoeopathic Solutions. 

Although these are not properly classified under tinctures, they 
most conveniently come in this connection, and are therefore given 
here. 

Class V. — a. Aqueous Solutions. 

One part, by weight, of the medicinal substance, dissolved in 9 parts, by 
weight, of distilled water. 

Amount of drug power of solution Vio. 

Potentiation — Centesimal Scale. The first potency is made by adding 10 
minims of the solution to 90 minims of distilled water. The second potency 
is made by adding 1 minim of the 1st potency to 99 minims of alcohol. The 
higher potencies are prepared in the same manner from the next lower. 

Decimal Scale. The original solution contains Vio drug power and is, there- 
fore, the first or lx potency. The second or 2x potency is prepared by adding 
1 minim of the solution to 9 minims of distilled water. The third or 3x 
potency is prepared by adding 1 minim of the 2x potency to 9 minims of 
diluted alcohol. Higher potencies are prepared from the next lower in the 
same manner, by adding 1 minim to 9 minims of alcohol. 



Part II. Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations 1135 

Class V. — 3. Aqueous Solutions. 

One part, by weight, of the medicinal substance is dissolved in 99 parts, by 
weight, of distilled water. 

The amount of drug power of the solution is Vioo. 

Potentiation — Centesimal Scale. As the drug power of the solution is Vioo, it 
corresponds to the first potency. The second potency is prepared by adding 
1 minim of the original solution to 99 minims diluted alcohol. The higher 
potencies are prepared from the next lower by adding 1 minim to 99 minims 
of alcohol. 

Decimal Scale. As the solution contains Vioo drug power, it corresponds to 
the second or *2x potency. The third or 3x potency is prepared by adding 1 
minim of the solution to 9 minims of alcohol. ' Higher potencies are prepared 
in a like manner from the next lower. 

Class VI. — a. Alcoholic Solutions. 

One part, by weight, of the medicinal substance is dissolved in 9 parts, by 
weight. of alcohol. 

The amount of drug power of the solution is V». 

Potentiation. The potencies are prepared in the same manner as those of 
the aqueous solutions, a, using alcohol as the dilutent instead of distilled water. 
Class VI. — 3. Alcoholic Solutions. 

One part, by weight, of the medicinal substance is dissolved in 99 parts, by 
weight, of alcohol. 

Amount of drug power of the solution Vino. 

Potentiation. The potencies are prepared in the same manner as those of 
the aqueous solutions. 3, using alcohol as the dilutent instead of distilled water. 

Homoeopathic Triturations. 

In Homoeopathic pharmacy triturations are considerably used, but 
their strength does not correspond at all with those of regular phar- 
macy. Aside from the particular directions for manipulating, which 
amount only to insure that the substances shall be thoroughly trit- 
urated together, the directions for making them are as follows : 

Triturations on the Centesimal Scale. 

This scale was introduced by Hahnemann, and is still employed for making 
the higher potencies, the lower being generally made by the Decimal Scale. 
Class VII. — Trituration of Dry Medicinal Substances. 

First Trituration. Take 1 grain or part of the medicinal substance, and 99 
grains or parts of sugar of milk; add the medicinal substance to about one- 
third of the sugar of milk in an unglazed porcelain mortar and triturate them 
thoroughly for 6 minutes, then scrape the trituration from the sides to the 
center of the mortar with a porcelain spatula and stir it thoroughly with the 
same for 4 minutes, and again triturate for 6 minutes as before. To this pow- 
der again scraped up for 4 minutes, now add the second third of the quantity 
of sugar of milk, triturate and scrape up as before twice successively, then add 
the remainder of the sugar of milk and combine it with the powder in the 
mortar by trituration and scraping up as previously directed. 

This is the first or standard trituration, containing 1 percent, of the med- 
icinal substance. It is known as the First Centesimal Trituration. 

Second Trituration. Take 1 grain or part of the first trituration and 99 
grains or parts of sugar of milk and prepare by triturating portions of the 
sugar of milk successively added with the first trituration in the same manner 
as directed for making the first trituration. This contains 1 part of the med- 
icinal_ substance in 1C000. and is called the Second Centesimal Trituration. 

Third Trituration. Take 1 grain or part of the second trituration and 99 
grains or parts of milk sugar and prepare a trituration in the same manner as 
previously directed. This contains 1 part of the medicinal substance in 1000000 
parts of the trituration, and is called the Third Centesimal Trituration. 



1136 The Fenner Formulary Part II. 

Liquid Potencies. The third trituration may be converted into liquid 
potencies by dissolving in alcohol and water, in the following manner: One 
grain or part of the third centesimal trituration is added to 50 minims or parts 
of distilled water and agitated, then when dissolved, 50 minims or parts of al- 
cohol are added, and the stoppered vial, only 2 /i full, is shaken 10 times. This 
is the Fourth Potency. 

One minim of this liquid (the fourth potency) is added to 99 minims of 
alcohol and the vial shaken 10 times to make the Fifth Potency, and so on; 
the theory being that the higher the potency used the more effective the med- 
icine. Attenuations above the thirteenth are termed High Potencies. 
Triturations on the Decimal Scale. 

This scale was introduced by Dr. Hering, and is used for the lower potencies. 

First Decimal Trituration. Take 10 parts or grains of the medicinal sub- 
stance and 90 parts or grains of sugar of milk, and prepare a trituration in 
the same manner as is directed for making the centesimal triturations. 

The Second Decimal Trituration is prepared by taking 10 parts of the first 
with 90 parts sugar of milk. 

The Third is made by taking 10 parts of the second with 90 parts of the 
sugar of milk etc., each higher trituration representing 10 parts of the next 
below. 

Liquid Potencies. The sixth decimal, 6x trituration, is converted into liquid 
potencies by adding 1 grain or 1 part to 50 minims or parts of distilled water, 
then, when dissolved, adding 50 minims or parts of alcohol. This is called the 
Eighth Potency (8x). One minim of this with 9 minims of diluted alcohol 
gives the Ninth Potency (9x). Higher potencies in this scale are made in the 
same manner by adding one minim of the next lower to 9 minims of diluted 
alcohol. The mixture must be shaken ten times by ten powerful downward 
strokes of the arm. 

Class VIII. — Trituration of Liquid Substances. 

These are prepared according to the Centesimal Scale by triturating 1 
minim or part, by weight, of the liquid with 99 grains or parts of sugar of milk 
for the first; 1 part of the first with 99 parts of sugar of milk for the second, 
and so on, as has been previously described. 

By the Decimal Scale 1 part of the liquid is triturated with 9 parts of sugar 
of milk for the second and so en. 

These have been converted into liquid potencies in the same manner as has 
already been described. 

Class IX. — Trituration of Fresh Vegetable and Animal Substances. 

Fresh vegetable or animal substances are first pounded or grated to a fine 
pulp, then triturated and potentized as directed in the foregoing classes. 

To make the first trituration of the Centesimal Scale, 2 parts, by weight, of 
the substance are triturated with 99 parts, by weight, of sugar of milk. (Two 
parts are taken because of loss of weight of the fresh substance due to ex- 
posure during the trituration). 

The second trituration is made with 1 part of the first and 99 parts of sugar 
of milk as heretofore described. 

To make these triturations of the Decimal Scale, 2 parts, by weight, of the 
fresh substance are triturated with 9 parts, by weight, of sugar of milk for 
the lx trituration. 

One part, by weight, of the lx, to 9 parts, by weight, of the sugar of milk, 
gives the 2x trituration, etc. 

These are converted into Liquid Potencies, either of the Centesimal or 
Decimal Scale, as described in Class VII. 

Medicated Globules, Pellets or Discs. 

These are prepared by saturating the pellets, globules or discs with alco- 
holic solution of whatever potency may be desired, then draining off the 
superfluous fluid and allowing to dry. These globules or pellets are of differ- 
ent sizes, and are known as No. 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80, accord- 
ing to their size — No. 8 being the smallest and No. 80 the largest; the most 
commonly used being from No. 20 to No. 40. 



PART III. 



STANDARD REMEDIES 

AND PROPRIETARY MEDICINES 



The foregoing articles and formulas, comprising Part II. of this 
work, include most of the drugs and preparations both official and 
unofficial, known or required in the regular practice of pharmacy in 
this country. There are, however, many other preparations for which 
there is a demand in the drug business as it is conducted, and the pages 
which follow will be devoted to the consideration of special lines of 
preparations, which though not essential to the practice of pharmacy, 
are closely connected with its interests. 

The following formulas are designed for making a complete line of 
Standard Proprietary Remedies, which may be prepared and put up 
by druggists, or others, for local trade or for the market. 

It is well known to all who are conversant with the business that the 
making of Proprietary or "Patent" Medicines requires no expert 
knowledge or facilities that are not ready at hand or readily obtainable 
by the average druggist. 

With reliable formulas and outfits of wrappers, cartons and labels, 
which may now be had specially designed for that purpose, druggists 
may prepare and put up a line of proprietary medicines or articles in 
the most attractive style, with but a slight outlay, and may reap an 
abundant reward in the way of profits. 

It is needless to urge the advantages of putting up and furnishing, 
as far as possible, their own "Patent" Medicines in place of manu- 
facturers. The profit of several hundred percent., the reputation which 
naturally comes of putting before the people their own preparations; 
the constantly increasing trade in this line; and the satisfaction of 



1138 The Tenner Formulary Part III. 

furnishing reliable articles worth the money, should be inducement 
enough for any enterprising druggist to make the attempt to sell a line 
of his own preparations. 

The formulas which follow in this department are mainly original, 
and are intended to make preparations similar to those which have 
been best received or which possess, the greatest merit. They are not, 
however, given as the exact formulas of particular proprietary prep- 
arations now in the market or made by any particular manufacturer. 
Some formulas also, not original, for old and well-known preparations, 
are given as selected from the best authorities. Besides the formulas 
given in this section, many others that may be put up as proprietary 
remedies are given in various departments of this work, and may be 
found by referring to the index. 

The requirements of the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906, applies 
to all put-up medicines intended for inter-state commerce. See this act. 

ACID PHOSPHATE. 

A proprietary remedy, known as Horsford's Acid Phosphate, put up 
by the Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I., has had a large- 
sale in this country. The title "Acid Phosphate" is claimed by them 
as a trade mark, but the courts have decided that the title "Acid Phos- 
phate," being descriptive words, cannot be held as a trade mark, there- 
fore anyone who choses is at liberty to put up an Acid Phosphate, pro- 
vided it is not a colorable imitation of Horsford's. Several formulas 
for acid phosphate have been given in the preceding pages, but for con- 
venient reference, formulas are also given in this department. 
Solution Phosphates Compound, 1 pint 

Water, 4 pints 

Mix them, and after standing, filter. This corresponds very nearly 
with the supposed composition of the preparation above named, which 
is said to contain in each fT.drachm 3 grains calcium phosphate, y 2 
grain iron phosphate, y 2 grain magnesium phosphate, ^ grain potas- 
sium phosphate, with excess of phosphoric acid. 

Liquor Acidi Phosphorici. In 1880 James T. Shinn published the 
following formula in the A. J. P. as similar to Horsford's : 

Calcium Phosphate, precipitated, 384 grains 

Magnesium Phosphate, 256 grains 

Potassium Phosphate, 192 grains 

Phosphoric Acid, (60%), 640 minims 

Water, a sufficient quantity to make 16 fl. ounces 

Mix, dissolve and filter. 
Liquor Acidi Phosphorici Compositum. 

Calcium Phosphate, precipitated, 384 grains 

Magnesium Phosphate, 64 grains 

Potassium Phosphate, 32 grains 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1139 

Iron Phosphate, 64 grains 

Phosphoric Acid, (60%), 816 minims 

Water, a sufficient quantity to make 1 pint 

Mix, dissolve and filter. 

The dose of this preparation is from ^ to 1 teaspoonful in sweetened 
water after each meal and before retiring. 

This may be used at the soda fountain, making an agreeable acid 
addition to fruit syrups etc., but solutions of tartaric or citric acids are 
now generally used to prepare "phosphate" drinks. 

AGUE CURES. 

The proprietary remedies for ague which are found on the market 
consists of syrups, solutions or tinctures, mixtures, powders and pills. 
They are given for chills and fever, ague, neuralgia, malaria etc. The 
syrups are the most palatable of the ague cures, but are less effective 
than the stronger remedies prepared in the form of tinctures, mixtures 
and pills. All ague cures depend for their value upon the proper com- 
bination of antiperiodics and alteratives, both being essential, the for- 
mer to "break" the chills, and the latter to stimulate the organs to 
throw off the diseased matter with which they have become loaded. 
The following are representatives of the different varieties of ague 
preparations which are found in the market. Ague preparations are 
now much less used than formerly. 

Ague Cure or Syrup. 

For Chills, Fever and Malaria. 
Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Diluted Sulphuric Acid, 3 fl. drachms 

Alcohol, 2 fl. ounces 

Oil of Wintergreen, 10 minims 

Fluidextract of Sarsaparilla Compound, 2 fl. ounces 

Water, 5 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 14 ounces av. 

Mix the sulphates with the water, add sufficient of the acid to dis- 
solve them. Add the oil of wintergreen to the alcohol and add the 
solution to the solution of the cinchona salts. Then add the fluidex- 
tract of sarsaparilla, mix them thoroughly and, after standing a few 
days, filter and dissolve the sugar in the filtrate by agitation. 

A fl. drachm contains 2 grains of cinchona salts. The dose is a tea- 
spoonful to a tablespoonful for ague and chills. 

Ague Mixture or Cholagogue. 
This mixture is similar to several preparations on the market known 
as cholagogues. It is an unsightly compound, as it contains quite a 
precipitate, but is very effective. 



1140 The Fcnner Formulary Part III. 

Quinine Sulphate, y 2 ounce av. 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, y 2 ounce av. 

Fluidextract of Stillingia, 3 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract of Leptandra, I fl. ounce 

Fluidextract of Podophyllum, y 2 fl. ounce 

Fowler's Solution of Arsenic, y± fl. ounce 

Oil of Wintergreen, I fl. drachm 

Solution of Saccharin, 2 fl. drachms 

Syrup, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the sulphates with the fluidextracts, add the oil and then mix 
thoroughly with the syrup and solution of arsenic. 

A fl. drachm contains about 3^ grains of the cinchona salt. 
The dose is y 2 teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful, for chills. 
This is similar to the proprietary Osg-ood's Indian Cholagogue, 
which has been a popular ague cure for nearly half a century. 

In the older preparations for ague no attempt was made to mask the 
unpleasant taste and appearance of the remedy. The demands of mod- 
ern pharmacy require ague preparations of the present day to be 
pleasant to the taste and sightly, therefore ''Tasteless Chill Cures" 
(although they do not entirely correspond to their name) are in de- 
mand and the older compounds, except in the form of pills, have 
nearly taken a back seat. 

Tasteless Ague Cure or Tasteless Chill Cure. 

Quinine Sulphate, 128 grains 

Potassium Carbonate, y± ounce av. 

Solution of Saccharin, 2 fl. drachms 

Fowler's Solution of Arsenic, 2 fl. drachms 

Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Syrup Yerba Santa Compound, 15 fl. ounces 

Rub the salts together with the water, add the Fowler's solution and 
the syrup and mix them well together. In this preparation the quinine 
is held in suspension and the mixture must be shaken before taking. 

Ague and Neuralgia Pills. 

Quinine Sulphate, 
Cinchonidine Sulphate, 
Arsenous Acid, 
Strychnine Sulphate, 
Podophyllum Resin, 
Leptandrin, 

Extract of Dandelion, q. s. to make a mass. 
Mix thoroughly and make into 100 pills. The dose for children is 
I to 2 pills, for adults 2 to 4 pills. 



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Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1141 

ALTERATIVES. 

Although most of the blood purifiers and sarsaparillas on the market 
are known as alteratives, a few preparations which are supposed to 
have an especially alterative action on the various organs of secretion 
are known as Alteratives. The following are representatives of this 
class of preparations : 

Alterative Compound. Blood and Liver Syrup. 

Stillingia, in Xo. 40 powder, 

Sarsaparilla, in Xo. 30 powder, 

Burdock Root, in No. 30 powder, 

Blue Flag Root, in X'o. 20 powder, 

Mandrake, in No. 50 powder, 

Senna, in No. 20 powder, 

Prickly-Ash Bark, in Xo. 50 powder, 

Sarsaparilla Flavoring, 

Diluted Alcohol, 

Sugar, 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Mix the drugs, moisten them with 2 pints of diluted alcohol and 
macerate in a covered vessel in a warm place for 24 hours, transfer to 
the water-bath percolator, pack moderately, pour upon them 2 pints of 
diluted alcohol and set in a warm place for 1 day ; then heat mod- 
erately and after 1 hour begin to percolate slowly, adding water to the 
drugs after the liquid has ceased to drop, and continuing the heat and 
percolation until 5^ pints have passed. To this add the sarsaparilla 
flavoring and, after standing a few days, filter, adding through the 
filter enough water to make 5^4 pints, then dissolve the sugar in the 
filtrate by agitation and add, if necessary, water sufficient to make 1 
gallon of the preparation. One ounce iodide of potassium may be 
added if desired. 

Fluidextract of the vegetable drugs may be used in the same quan- 
tities as is directed of the drugs, if desired. After mixing add diluted 
alcohol and water and filter, then dissolve the sugar in the filtrate. 

This is an excellent alterative compound, which may be put up under 
many names as — Blood Purifier, Sarsaparilla, Alterative, etc. 
The dose is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls, three times a day. 
Many other formulas of similar composition will be found under 
other headings in this work. 

Alterative Extract or Juice. 
("Succus Alterans.") 
The original formula for this preparation was introduced by Geo. W. 
McDade, M. D., of Montgomery, Ala., who obtained it from the Creek 



1142 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

Indians (?). It is claimed to be prepared from the fresh green med- 
icinal plants, each pint bottle containing the "unimpaired" virtues of 
16 tr.ounces of the true medicinal plants — Stillingia Sylvatica, Smilax 
Sarsaparilla, Phytolacca Decandra, Lappa Minor and Xanthoxylum 
Carolinianum. It is furnished to the trade by several manufacturers 
under the name McDade's Prescription or "Suctus Alterans." 

It is, of course, impractical for druggists to obtain the fresh plants, 
which are claimed to compose the original article, but a good Alter- 
ative Extract of similar composition may be made from the following 
formula, the ingredients of which are mentioned in the McDade pres- 
cription : 

Stillingia Root, 24 ounces av. 

Sarsaparilla Root, 24 ounces av. 

Poke Root, 8 ounces av. 

Burdock Root, 16 ounces av. 

Southern Prickly-Ash Bark, 4 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 6 pints 

Glycerin, 1 pint 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder, moisten them with 3 pints of 
alcohol mixed with 2 pints of water and macerate for 24 hours in a 
covered vessel, then transfer to a water-bath percolator, pack firmly, 
pour on the remainder of the alcohol (3 pints) mixed with 3 pints of 
water, and set in a warm place for 1 day, then heat moderately and, 
after 1 hour begin to percolate, adding water to the drugs and con- 
tinuing the heat and percolation until 7 pints of percolate are obtained. 
Continue the percolation with water until 4 pints more have passed, 
evaporate this to a soft extract ; add to it the glycerin and the 7 pints 
of percolate previously obtained and, after standing a few days, filter. 
Fluidextracts of the drugs named may be used in the same quantities 
as is directed of the drugs, with the glycerin, alcohol 1 pint, sugar and 
water as directed. The alcohol and water should be added to the fluid- 
extracts and the mixture filtered before dissolving the sugar and add- 
ing the glycerin. 

The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful three times a day. 

ANALGESICS AND ANTIPYRETICS. 

Among remedies of recent origin several proprietary analgesics and 
antipyretics have become quite prominent. They are chiefly used by 
physicians and are not put up like "patent medicines'' for the general 
trade, but are, nevertheless, proprietary. Most of them are noticed in 
Part II. under various headings. Several, like Antikamnia etc., are 
noticed elsewhere, and others, like Antifebrin, Antipyrin and Phen- 
acetin have been made official under other titles. A few which are not 
included under other headings are given here. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1143 

Ammonol. Ammoniated Phenylacetamid. 

A preparation by this name is prepared by the Ammonol Chemical 
Co., and is advertised as an analgesic and antipyretic. Several for- 
mulas for it have been published, from which the following may be 
selected : 

Acetanilide, 2 ounces 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 1 ounce 

Ammonium Carbonate, 1 ounce 

Yellow Coloring, in powder, a sufficient quantity. 
Rub the ingredients together and color slightly yellow with aniline 
yellow or powdered turmeric. Dose 5 to 10 grains. 

Analgesic Powder. 
Powders by this and similar other names are put up by most of the 
manufacturing pharmacists. They are similar to Pulvis Acetanilidi 
Comp. now official, the composition and properties varying somewhat, 
but being chiefly acetanilide 6 to 7 parts, sodium bicarbonate 2 to 4 
parts and caffeine 1 part. See page 904, Part II. 

Analgine. 
A compound powder stated by the manufacturers to contain in each 
troy ounces acetanilide 219 grains, extract cannabis indica 11 grains, 
extract hyoscyamus, sodium bicarbonate, sodium salicylate, mono- 
bromated camphor, each, 22 grains ; caffeine 27^2 grains and enough 
aromatic powder (135 grains) to make 1 tr. ounce. 
Antikol or Anti-Calor. 
This is claimed by the manufacturers to contain in each 10 grains, 
V10 grain quinine bisulphate, 1 grain caffeine citrate, with acetanilide 
and sodium bicarbonate. 

Caffeotanilid. 
This is composed of acetanilide, sodium bicarbonate and caffeine, 
probably in about the proportions of 7, 2 and 1. 
Zomakyne is a similar preparation. 

ANODYNES AND HYPNOTICS. 

Two kinds of anodyne preparations may be made and put up as pro- 
prietary medicines. Those containing ether, like Hoffmann's Anodyne, 
not having a bad after effect, and those containing opium, morphine or 
chloral, which, though effective, are unsafe preparations to introduce 
to the general public. The term Anodyne is also used in connection 
with many other preparations, as "Tolu Anodyne,'' for coughs, "Clove 
Anodyne," for toothache etc., but these will be found under other head- 
ings. 

Formulas are only given for the etherial and harmless anodynes. If 
desired, formulas for others will be found under other departments. 
See preparations of opium, chloral, cocaine etc. 



1144 The Pcnncr Formulary Part 111. 

Anodyne Elixir. 
Pain-Soothing Cordial without Opium or Chloral. 
An anodyne without opium or chloral is desirable and valuable, yet 
no such preparation is found in the market. The following is recom- 
mended to those who desire to put up such a preparation. It is effect- 
ive and at the same time harmless : 

Potassium Bromide, 2 ounces av. 

Sugar, 5 ounces av. 

Ether, 1 fl. ounce 

Alcohol, 2 fl.ounces 

Tincture of Hyoscyamus, 3 fl.ounces 

Elixir, 3 fl.ounces 

Water, 4 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the potassium bromide and the sugar in the water, mix the 
ether with the alcohol, add the tincture of hyoscyamus, then the elixir, 
and, having mixed them, add the solution of potassium bromide and 
sugar to the mixture and mix them thoroughly. 

A fl. drachm contains about 7 grains potassium bromide, 4 minims of 
ether and 12 minims of tincture of hyoscyamus. It may be given in 
doses of a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful every hour, or in severe 
cases of colic, cholera morbus etc., a teaspoonful every 15 minutes 
until relieved. 

As the ether in this preparation, although adding much to its effect- 
iveness, is rather disagreeable to the taste. Its place may be supplied 
with \y 2 fl. drachms of chloroform, or it may be omitted altogether. 

Chlor-Anodyne. 

Morphine Hydrochloride, 46 grains 

Tincture Cannabis Indica, 1^ fl.ounces 

Chloroform, iy A fl.ounces 

Oil of Peppermint, 24 minims 

Tincture Capsicum, 24 minims 

Hydrochloric Acid, dilute, 144 minims 

Glycerin, 2^ fl.ounces 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 16 fl.ounces 
Mix. Dose 5 to 10 drops. 

Golden Anodyne Tincture. 

A preparation similar to Hoffmann's Anodyne, of a yellow or golden 
color, is considerably in demand among the Germans, under the 
name "Golden Tincture." Various formulas have been given for pre- 
paring it, the following being as satisfactory as any: 

Ether, Sulphuric, 1 ounce 

Alcohol, 2 ounces 

Tincture Turmeric, sufficient to color. 
Or it may be colored with fustic wood, by maceration. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1145 

This is, in effect, the same as Hoffmann's Anodyne, but is more 
attractive. The dose is 10 to 60 minims, for pain, cramp etc. 

Another formula is : Ether 1 ounce, laudanum 1 ounce, chloroform 
]/\ ounce, colored with tincture turmeric. 

Papine. 

A proprietary anodyne prepared from opium by Battle & Co., St. 
Louis, claims to represent the anodyne power of J /% grain of morphine 
in a fl. drachm. A preparation may be made with 

Deodorized Tincture of Opium, 2 T / 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, 13^ fl. ounces 

Mix them, the dose is a teaspoonful. 

Hypnotics. 

Many medicinal compounds for which formulas are given in Part 
II. are hypnotics, but that title is seldom applied to them. Bromide- 
Chloral Compound, Bromidia, Chloralamid, Sulphonal, Elixir of Six 
Bromides etc. will be found by reference to the index. The following 
which are more particularly designated as hypnotics are given : 

Silvia's Hypnotic. 

A formula prepared from the published statement of the constit- 
uents is: Potassium bromide 4 ounces av.-f-i/O grains, morphine sul- 
phate 8 grains, hydrated chloral 2 ounces av.4-85 grains, fluidextract 
hyoscyamus 6]/ 2 fl. drachms, tincture of vanilla 2 fl. drachms, spirit of 
orange 1 fl. drachm, spirit of anise 1 fl. drachm, water sufficient to make 
16 fl. ounces. Mix, dissolve and filter. 

Walpole's Hypo-Bromic Compound. 

Chloral, • .1920 grains 

Extract of Hyoscyamus, 16 grains 

Potassium Bromide, 960 grains 

Extract of Cannabis Indica, 16 grains 

Morphine Sulphate, 8 grains 

Elixir, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces 

Mix, dissolve and filter. 

Other liquid anodyne preparations will be found under other head- 
ings, as antipyretics, chlorodyne, sedatives, nervines etc. 

ANTISEPTICS. 

A great many antiseptic compounds are found upon the market, but 
most of them bear other titles than "Antiseptic," the term being gen- 
erally used as an adjective in connection with some other title. Some 
formulas will be found under other titles throughout Part II. and 
among Toilet and Miscellaneous Preparations. The following for- 
mulas are given here : 



1146 



The Fenner Formuhrv 



Part III. 



Antiseptic Solution. 



Boroglycerin Glycerite, 
Thymol, 
Resorcinol, 
Benzoic Acid, 
Eucalyptol, 
Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Mix and dissolve. 



3 fl. ounces 
20 grains 
60 grains 
60 grains 
30 minims 

8 fl. ounces 
32 fl. ounces 



Antiseptic Powder. 

For External Use, Wounds, Etc. 

A great many antiseptic powders are put up under various names : 
The following formula makes a satisfactory preparation for most 
purposes. 

Acetanilide, in very fine powder, 4 ounces 

Boric Acid, in very fine powder, 4 ounces 

Zinc Oxide, in fine powder, 1 ounce 

Mix them intimately. This may be used as a dusting powder to 

irritated surfaces or an application to wounds or sores as an absorbent 

dressing. 

Listerine. 

This is a proprietary medicine used as an antiseptic solution and 
claimed to contain the essential antiseptic properties of thyme, 
eucalyptus, baptisia and mentha arvensis, combined with benzoic and 
boric acids. 

A great number of preparations 'similar to this but with different 
names are put out by manufacturing pharmacists. This has been one 
of the most popular antiseptic preparations for all uses. As a tooth 
wash it is extensively used ; as a lotion and for all external applications 
in all ways it is popular; and as a cleansing injection, diluted with 10 
times its volume of water. 

The following formula was published originally in Fenner's Com- 
plete Formulary, but is not claimed to be the formulae of the original : 
Boric Acid, 128 grains 

Benzoic Acid, 64 grains 

Baptisin, 20 grains 

Thymol, 20 grains 

Eucalyptol, 10 grains 

Menthol, 10 grains 

Oil of Wintergreen, 5 minims 

Glycerin, 1 fl.ounce 

Alcohol, 2 fl. ounces 

Water, sufficient to make I pint 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1147 

Mix the boric acid with the glycerin and water, add the oth~r in 
gredients to the alcohol, and after standing 24 hours add h T 
solution to the alcoholic, and after standing, filLr " 

Dobell's Solution. 
Carbolic Acid crystals, 

Sodium Bicarbonate, £ gnl ! ns ' 

Borax, in powder, ™ gra ! nS 

Glycerin, I20 & rains 

Water, 2 ounces 

caS t„d 0l a V s e rf ^ ^ > USed 3S an insufflationfor nasal 
catarrn, and as a cleansing injection. 

APERIENTS. 

Aperients, as they are known in medicine, are mild laxative or pur- 
ine ZJrlTl ^ J 1 '''? are bUt f6W P rc P"^ary preparations' on 

des have an"""! ' "^ A P erk "t," a,th °ugh many with other 
titles ha; e aperient properties. Probably the best known aperient is 
Tarrant s Seltzer Aperient. F 

Magnesium Aperient or Seltzer Aperient. Several magnesian or 

ol lo Z win a r/ lentS , aVe ,' lad a ' arge S3le aS Proletary medicines. The 
allowing formula makes a preparation similar to those most popular- 

rnt 1 ft n hasT t^lt 1 , P T d aV - dry " h * * radua11 ^ ^creasLJ helt 

'" h , aS '° St 0ne - thlrd of 'ts weight; then add tartaric acid, dried 

id powdered, to ounces a v., magnesia (calcined) 8 ounces av. white 

■gar 24 ounces av sodium bicarbonate, dried and powdered, 8 ounce 

av .Mix them all well together and pass through a sieve 

Another formula is: Magnesium carbonate 1 pound, sodium bicar- 

' TJ„ ' ^ i « 0Che " e Sa ' tS 2 P ° Unds ' tartaric acj d ^ pounds. Mix. 

laxat"ves°ar I ^^^ Sa,tS are ^nts, and many of the liquid 

ide S e a t° Wn a ^ a P enentS ' but the y d ° "ot generally bear that 

orrnnlL f LaXat ' VeS > Cathartics, Effervescing Salts, Cordials etc., for 

formulas for other aperient preparations. 

APHRODISIACS. 

A few medicines designed to stimulate the sexual functions are 

Tnnic " P °n ""nfi and are kn ° wn as "Mormon Elder's Damiana 

Tome, Damiana Wafers," and by other titles. The following for- 
mulas make good preparations: 

Damiana Tonic. 

Hff r\ L pT eS ' !" Na 4 ° P° wder > 24 ounces 

Life Root Plant, (Senecio), in No. 40 powder, 4 ounces fc 

Saw Palmetto Berries ounces 

Canada Snake Root, ' * °" nCeS 

' 4 ounces 



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1148 The Tenner Formulary Part III. 

Nux Vomica, 120 grains 

Iron Phosphate, in scales, 2 ounces 

Alcohol, 4 pints 

Sugar, 2 pounds 

Water, 5 P in ts 

Macerate the drugs with the alcohol mixed with 2 pints of water, 
and after 24 hours transfer to a percolator (water-bath preferable) and 
percolate, adding the remainder of the water through the percolator. 
Dissolve the iron and add to the percolate, filter and dissolve the 
sugar by agitation. Dose a dessertspoonful 3 times daily. 

Damiana Wafers or Lozenges. 

Extract of Damiana, 3 ounces 

Extract of Nux Vomica, 3° grains 

Extract of Saw Palmetto, 240 grains 

Iron Phosphate, 240 grains 

Extract of Gentian, 4 ounces 

Sugar, in powder, 4 ounces 

Mix the extracts and incorporate the iron in powder, with the mass, 

then add the sugar and enough water to make into a mass, which 

divide into 500 thin lozenges. Dose 3 each day. 

Yohimbe Compound. 

Fluidextract Yohimbe bark, 1 ounce 

Fluidextract Damiana leaves, 2 ounces 

Fluidextract Saw Palmetto berries, 1 ounce 

Glycerin, 4 ounces 

Alcohol, 4 ounces 

Water, 4 ounces 

Mix, and after standing, filter. Dose a dessertspoonful. 
Yohimbe is a new drug said to be much more powerful than dam- 
iana as an aphrodisiac. 

Anaphrodisiacs. These are medicines intended to quiet undue 
sexual desire or excitement. No special proprietary remedies are put 
up for that purpose, but, in a general way, analgesics and nerve sed- 
atives are prescribed. 

ASTHMA AND HAY FEVER REMEDIES. 

The asthma remedies which are put up as proprietary are in various 
forms, as powders and pastilles for burning slowly, the smoke being 
inhaled, cigarettes for smoking, remedies to take, and inhalants. The 
design of most of them is to produce diaphoresis and expectoration as 
well as to subdue the spasmodic action of the inflamed bronchial 
organs. The following formulas make preparations representative of 
the various remedies. 



Part III. 



Standard and Proprietary Remedies 



1149 



Asthma Remedy. 

A Powder for Fumigation. 

Grindelia Robusta, in fine powder, 

Jaborandi Leaves, in fine powder, 

Eucalyptus Leaves, in fine powder, 

Coca Leaves, in fine powder, 

Digitalis Leaves, in fine powder, 

Cubeb, in fine powder, 

Stramonium Leaves, in fine powder, 

Potassium Nitrate, in fine powder, 

Cascarilla Bark, 

Mix the powders and dry them thoroughly before putting up. This 
is used by burning a half-teaspoonful or more on a piece of saltpetre 
paper and inhaling the smoke which rises. It affords prompt relief and 
will cure cases not too far advanced. It is also excellent for catarrh, 
hay-fever, and other troubles of the nasal passages, throat and lungs. 



ounces 

ounces 

ounces 

ounces 

ounces 

ounces 

16 ounces 

12 ounces 

i ounce 



Asthma Cure. 
A Liquid to Take. 
Fluidextract Grindelia, 
Fluidextract Skunk Cabbage, 
Fluidextract Lobelia, 
Fluidextract Bloodroot, 
Fluidextract Senega, 
Alcohol, 
Water, 



3 fl. ounces 
i rl. ounce 
i fl. ounce 
2 fl. drachms 
2 fl. drachms 
20 fl. ounces 
6 fl. ounces 



Mix them thoroughly and, after standing, decant or filter. 

This may also be prepared from the drugs, grindelia 3 ounces, skunk 
cabbage, lobelia, each, 1 ounce ; senega and bloodroot, each, 2 
drachms ; percolated with a mixture of 4 measures of alcohol with 1 
measure of water, sufficient to make 2 pints, and chloroform 1 fl. ounce, 
added to the tincture. 

The dose is a tablespoonful, in sweetened water, every 15 or 30 
minutes, when the attack of asthma comes on, until relieved. It 
should also be continued in small doses, three times a day to effect 
a cure. 

Asthma Relief. 



To Take 
Amyl Nitrite, 
Potassium Iodide, 
Elixir, 



for Asthma, Hay-Fever Etc. 

2 fl. drachms 
1 ounce av. 
I pint 



Mix and dissolve. The dose is a teaspoonful for asthma, at the first 
indications of the paroxysm, repeated every 20 or 30 minutes until 
relieved. For hay-fever, influenza etc., a teaspoonful every 3 or 4 hours. 



1150 The Tenner Tormulary Part III. 

Asthma Inhalant. 

To be used by Inhalation. 
Amyl Nitrite, 2 fl. drachms 

Essential Oil of Mustard, 10 minims 

Ether, y 2 flounce. 

Alcohol, 4 fl. ounces 

Mix them. Put a few drops of the liquid upon some cotton or 
sponge, hold in the hand and inhale the vapor. It is still better to put 
the cotton loosely in a glass tube or homoeopathic bottle with the bot- 
tom out and inhale by drawing the air through the tube. This gives 
immediate relief. Other forms of inhalers may be used. 

Asthma Pastilles. 
Benzoin, in fine powder, I ounce av. 

Jaborandi, in fine powder, 2 ounces av. 

Stramonium Leaves, in fine powder, 4 ounces av. 

Potassium Nitrate, in fine powder, 4 ounces av. 

Charcoal, 20 ounces av. 

Mucilage of Tragacanth, thin, sufficient. 
Beat the powders with the mucilage to a stiff mass and roll out into 
a cake about % nicn thick, cut this into strips J /g inch wide and i~/ 2 
inches long and dry by warm air, or make the mass into cones of 
about 60 grains weight. 

One end of the pastil is ignited and the smoke inhaled until relieved. 

Asthmatic Cigarettes. 
Stramonium Leaves, 
Cascarilla Bark, 
Lobelia Leaves, 
Mullein Leaves, 

Cut the leaves and drugs fine like smoking tobacco and make into 
cigarettes. This may also be smoked in a pipe. 

Asthma Vaporizing Remedy. 
A remedy for asthma to be used with an atomizer has proven very 
successful. The solution may be made as follows : 

Bonjean's Ergotin, y 2 ounce 

Formaldehyde, (40%), 10 minims 

Water, $y 2 ounces 

Rub the ergotin with the water and add the formaldehyde. This is 
to be used with an atomizer. It is also a prompt remedy for hay-fever. 
Adrenaline chloride, solution, 1 : 1000, ]/ A ounce, added to the above, 
is very effective. 

BALMS OR PANACEAS. 

In proprietary medicines Balms are remedies intended for internal 
or external uses, and designed to allay pains, colic, cholera-morbus, 



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Standard and Proprietary Remedies 



1151 



inflammation etc. The following will be found satisfactory and sim- 
ilar in composition to those most popular in the market, known as 
Magic Balms, Pain Killers, Ready Reliefs, Magic Oils etc. They are, 
as a class, hot, stimulating preparations, increasing the circulation of 
the blood to the parts where they are applied, or acting as counter 
irritants, and thus acting on the Indian principle, frightening away 
the disease. They are sold as general panaceas for pain etc. Many 
other similar preparations for internal and external use will be found 
among Liniments and other headings. The sale for this class of prep- 
arations as proprietary remedies is as large as nearly any other class, 
and they may be readily prepared by druggists, affording a good profit. 



Eucalyptus Balm. 



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Oil of Eucalyptus, 
Oil of Cloves, 
Oil of Hemlock, 

Capsicum, ) 

Camphor, . ) 

Alcohol, i 

Mix them, macerate for a week or ten days, agitating occasionally, 
and filter. 

Magic Balm. 

Oil of Sassafras, 
Oil of Cloves, 
Oil of Hemlock, 
Chloroform,. 
Ether, 
Capsicum, 
Camphor, 

Water of Ammonia, 
Alcohol, 

Mix them. Macerate for a week or ten days, agitating frequently 
and filter. 

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Oil of Sassafras, 
Oil of Peppermint, 
Oil of Hemlock, 
Capsicum, 
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1152 The Fcnncr Formulary Part III. 

Pain Cure Balm or "Pain Killer." 

Guaiac Resin, 

Capsicum, 

Camphor, 

Opium, in powder, 

Water of Ammonia, 

Alcohol, 

Mix them. Macerate for a week or ten days and filter. This is sim- 
ilar to some of the Pain Killers. 

The preparation known as No. 6, or Tincture of Myrrh and Cap- 
sicum, is often put up as a pain killer. 

Ready Balm or "Ready Relief." 

Camphor, y 2 ounce av. 

Capsicum, y 2 ounce av. 

Oil of Turpentine, Y\ fl. ounce 

Water of Ammonia, 5 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 12 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the camphor and oil of turpentine in the alcohol, add the 
capsicum and ammonia, and after standing a week or ten days, filter 
rapidly. This is similar to Ready Relief. It should be given internally 
only in small doses, 10 to 20 minims. 

Wizard Balm or "Wizard 

Oil of Cajuput, 
Oil of Sassafras, 
Oil of Hemlock, 
Oil of Origanum, 
Oil of Cedar, 
Capsicum, 
Camphor, 
Chloroform, 
Alcohol, 
Mix them. Macerate for a week and filter. 

BALSAMS. 

Many proprietary preparations, called "Balsams," are classed with 
other remedies, as "Cough Balsam" or "Lung Balsam," among the 
cough remedies; "Carminative Balsam," "Diarrhoea Balsam" etc., 
under cholera cures etc. 

Others are included under other headings throughout the book. 
The few remaining unclassified, and known more particularly as Bal- 
sams, are noted in this department. 

Several Balsams, also, which are put up as proprietary remedies, 
will be found on other pages of this work. 



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Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1153 

Anodyne Balsam. 

For External Use. 
Castile Soap, i ounce 

Opium Tincture, 3 ounces 

Camphor, 3 drachms 

Alcohol, • io ounces 

Cut the soap in fine pieces and digest by gentle heat, with the 
tincture of opium and alcohol until dissolved, then add the camphor, 
dissolve and filter. 

This is intended for external use in swellings, pain etc. 

Canker Balsam. 

Marsh Rosemary Root, in coarse powder, 4 ounces av. 

Borax, in powder, 1 ounce av. 

Glycerin, 6 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 12 fl.ounces 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Mix alcohol and water, equal measures, and percolate the marsh 
rosemary root with the liquid until it ceases to drop, then add sufficient 
water through the percolator to make 27 fl.ounces of the percolate, 
dissolve the borax in the liquid, add the glycerin, and filter. 

This is an astringent liquid, useful as a gargle for sore throat, a 
mouth wash etc., and as an application for cracked nipples or other 
similar sores. 

Caustic Balsam. 
A preparation known as Gombault's Caustic Balsam has had an 
extensive sale for veterinary use etc. The following formula makes 
a preparation quite similar to the proprietary article. 

Sulphuric Acid, (by weight), 1 ounce av. 

Croton Oil, 60 grains 

Corrosive Sublimate, 6 fl.ounces 

Oil of Turpentine, 6 fl.ounces 

Camphor, y 2 ounce 

Cotton Seed Oil, 8 fl.ounces 

Mix the oils of turpentine and croton, add the corrosive sublimate 
in fine powder and the camphor, and dissolve ; then add, a little at a 
time, the sulphuric acid, taking care that the mixture does not become 
too hot, and, when all has been added and the mixture has become 
cool, add the cotton seed oil and mix them thoroughly. 

This is used for sprains, ringbones, strains, swellings, puffs etc. 

Locatelle's Balsam. 

Yellow Wax, 4 ounces 

Olive Oil, 1 pound 

Venice Turpentine, 1 pound 

Alkanet Root, 2 ounces 



1154 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

Steep the alkanet root for several days in the olive oil and strain, 
melt the wax, add the oil and turpentine and mix them well together. 
This is used as a pectoral in doses of y'2 to 1 teaspoonful. 

Thibault's Balsam. 

Myrrh, Aloes and Dragon's Blood, each, 1 drachm 

St. John's Wort Flowers, 1 ounce 

Spirit of Wine, (Alcohol), 10 ounces 

Canada Balsam, y 2 ounce 

Digest the flowers in the spirit for three days, then express the 

liquor and dissolve it in the other ingredients and, after standing, 

filter. 

This is used as a healing balsam for wounds, cuts etc., and is given 

as a diuretic and for kidney and bladder troubles, gonorrhoea etc., in 

doses of a teaspoonful or more. 

Turlington's Balsam. 

Benzoin, 
Storax, (liquid), 
Balsam Peru, 
Myrrh, 
Aloes, 

Balsam Tolu, 
Extract Liquorice, 
Angelica Root, 
Alcohol, 

Reduce the gums to a coarse powder and macerate all together with 
the spirit for two weeks, with agitation, then filter. 

This has been a popular panacea for internal and external use. 
Friar's Balsam, quite similar to this, is tincture of benzoin com- 
pound, official in all countries. 

Vegetable Healing Balsam. 

White Resin, 1 pound av. 

Oil of Turpentine, 1 pint 

Melt the resin, remove it from the fire and add the oil of turpentine, 
mixing them well together. 

This is similar to Peckham's Balsam, as it is now put up and sold 
as a proprietary medicine. It is used for coughs and colds, also for 
kidney and bladder troubles, in doses of 3 to 10 minims or more. It 
is also used externally on sores, wounds, swellings etc. 

The following is said to be the formula from which this balsam was 
formerly prepared : Pale resin 3 pounds, melted if necessary, and 
strained ; then add oil of turpentine 2 pints, balsam of Tolu 1 ounce, 
balsam of fir 4 ounces, oil of hemlock, oil of origanum, Venice tur- 



2 


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Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1155 

pentine, each, i ounce ; strained honey 4 ounces. Mix them well 
together. 

Similar "Vegetable Healing Balsams" are also prepared by others 
and sold under similar names. 

The following formulas may be used : 

Burgundy Pitch, J /4 pound av. 

Oil of Turpentine, 1 pint 

Melt the pitch, remove from the fire and gradually add the oil of 
turpentine, mixing them well together. 

Resin, 1 pound 

Venice Turpentine, 1 pound 

Oil of Turpentine, 1 pint 

Melt the resin, add the Venice turpentine, warm together and add 
the oil of turpentine while cooling. 

Resin, 1 pound 

Balsam Fir, y 2 pound 

Venice Turpentine, ^2 pound 

Oil of Turpentine, 1 pint 

Melt the resin and the balsam of fir and Venice turpentine, warm 
together and, while cooling, add the oil of turpentine, mixing them 
well together. 

Other oils and balsams may be incorporated with the resin and oil 
of turpentine in the same manner as the foregoing. 

BITTERS. 

Among proprietary medicines bitters hold an important place, and 
many colossal fortunes have been amassed by the manufacturers of 
these nostrums. 

The preparations sold under the name of bitters vary greatly in com- 
position and strength, but all are intended to stimulate the appetite 
and in a greater or less degree regulate the digestive functions and 
strengthen the system by imparting tone to the various organs. 

A great variety of bitters are sold under various names as pro- 
prietary medicines. They are designed for various uses, and may 
naturally be divided into three classes, as follows. 

Class A. 

These bitters are weakly medicinal preparations designed to be 
taken in large doses, and depend for their effect more upon the liquor 
which they contain than the other medicinal ingredients. They are 
stimulating bitters, and are to a great extent substitutes for liquors, 
although if properly used are very beneficial for disordered digestion, 
dyspepsia, malaria etc. The most popular bitters of this class found in 
the market are Hostetter's, Wahoo, Niagara etc, The following for- 
mulas make good preparations of this kind: 



1156 The Fcnner Formulary 

Stomach Bitters. 

Bitter Orange Peel, 



Part III. 



2 drachms 
2 drachms 
i drachm 
i drachm 
io grains 
30 grains 
6 pints 
2 ounces 
2 pints 
powder and macerate with the 



Wahoo Bark, 

Sweet Flag Root, 

Cinnamon Bark, 

Cloves, 

Coriander, 

Whiskey, 

Sugar, 

Water, 
Reduce the drugs to a coarse 
whiskey and water for several days until the strength is obtained, 
then filter. If desired, cologne spirit (alcohol proof) may be diluted 
with an equal quantity of water and used instead of whiskey. 

Fluidextracts of the drugs of the same fluid measure as is directed 
of weight may be used instead of the drugs, if desired. Filter before 
putting up. The dose is half a wineglassful or more. 

Hop Bitters. 

Hops, in coarse powder, 3 ounces av. 

Buchu, in coarse powder, 1 ounce av. 

Dandelion Root, in coarse powder, 1 ounce av. 

Mandrake Root, in coarse powder, 80 grains 

Bitter Orange Peel, in coarse powder, 2 drachms 

Wahoo Bark, 1 drachm 

Whiskey, 5 pints 

Water, q. s., or 31^ pints 

Mix the whiskey with 3 pints of water and macerate the drugs with 
the mixture for several days, then filter and add through the filter 
enough water to make the measure a gallon. 

Fluidextracts of the drugs of the same measure as is directed of 
weight may be used instead of the drugs if desired. Filter before 
putting up. The dose is a tablespoonful or more. 

This is much stronger of the medicinal ingredients than the pro- 
prietary hop bitters. It may be reduced with diluted cologne spirit. 

Wahoo Bitters. 

Wahoo Bark, in coarse powder, y 2 ounce 

Orange Peel, fresh, y 2 ounce 

Sweet Flag Root, y 4 ounce 

Cinnamon Bark, in coarse powder, 1 drachm 

Cardamom Seed, in coarse powder, 20 grains 

Whiskey, 6 pints 

Glycerin, 1 ounce 

Water, 2 pints 
Mix and macerate for several days, then filter. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1157 

Fluidextracts of the drugs, the same fluid measure as is directed of 
weight, may be used instead of the drugs if desired. Filter before 
putting up. 

Dose from half to a wineglassful or more. 

Other bitters of this class may be made in the same general way by 
using other bitter drugs, other liquors, or other flavoring ingredients. 



Plantation Bitters. 



Wild Ginger Root; 



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Bitter Orange Peel, 
Dandelion Root, 
New England Rum, 
Whiskey, 
.Sugar, 
Water, 

Reduce the drugs to a coarse powder and macerate with the mixed 
liquids for a few days, then filter. 

Fluidextracts of the drugs, the same fluid measure as is directed of 
weight, may be used instead of the drugs if desired. Filter before 
putting up. 

Class B. 

This class of bitters includes those in which iron is combined with 
bitter tonics, aromatics etc., in the form of a pleasant cordial. Iron 
bitters have, by reason of extensive advertising, become quite popular 
and, although they are nothing new in the line of preparations, they 
have a large sale and, as they may be made at a low cost, are quite 
profitable to put up. In making these bitters it is necessary to use 
tonics and aromatics which do not make an inky color or taste with 
the iron salts. 

Iron Bitters. 

Tonic Health Cordial. 

Wahoo Bark, in coarse powder, I ounce av. 

Cardamom Seeds, in coarse powder, 2 drachms 

Caraway Seeds, in coarse powder, 2 drachms 

Coriander Seeds, in coarse powder, 2 drachms 
Nutmeg, in coarse powder, I drachm 

Orange Peel, fresh, 2 ounces 

Oil of Cassia, (Cinnamon), io minims 
Citrate of Iron and Ammonium, I ounce av. 

Sugar, i pound 

Cologne Spirit, (Deodorized Alcohol), 2 pints 

Water, sufficient to make I gallon 
Mix the powdered drugs and macerate them with the alcohol, with 
frequent agitation, for several days, then pour off the liquid, add the 



1158 The Fenner Formulary Part 111. 

oils to the tincture and reserve. Now add 2 pints of water to the 
macerated powders, agitate, let stand 12 hours and pour off; repeat 
with the same quantity of water, adding the aqueous liquids to the 
alcoholic solution and mixing them thoroughly ; dissolve the iron salt 
and the sugar in enough water to make, when added to the mixed 
liquids, 1 gallon of the mixture and, after standing a few days, filter 
clear. 

This may be made, also, by mixing 1 fl. ounce of fluidextract of 
wahoo with 3 fl. ounces compound tincture of cardamom and the other 
ingredients as directed in the above formula. 

Other soluble salts of iron may be used instead of the citrate. 

The dose is a dessertspoonful to a wineglassful. 

Iron Wine Bitters. 

Bitter wine of iron is frequently put up and sold as Iron Bitters, but 
is stronger than most that are put up for general sale. The following 
makes a good iron bitters, using wine as the menstruum : 

Iron and Quinine Citrate, 1 ounce av. 

Essence of Calamus, 1 fl. ounce 

Oil of Cinnamon, 10 minims 

Oil of Orange, 40 minims 

Sugar, 8 ounces av. 

Water, (hot), 4 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 1 pint 

White Wine, (Sherry or Angelica), 6y 2 pints 

Dissolve the iron and quinine citrate in the hot water and add the 
solution to the wine, dissolve the oils in the alcohol and add the 
essence, then mix the solutions, dissolve the sugar in the mixture and, 
after standing, filter. 

The dose is a dessertspoonful to a wineglassful. 

Class C. 

In this class the formulas are given for the stronger medicinal bit- 
ters, similar to proprietary bitters, which have been or are popular. 
They differ from other classes of bitters by being put up in smaller 
packages, containing more of the medicinal agents and being taken in 
smaller doses. 

Blood Bitters or Burdock Bitters. 
Tonic System Regulator. 
Burdock Root, 12 ounces av. 

Mezereum Bark, 2 ounces av. 

Wild Cherry Bark, 2 ounces av. . 

Senna Leaves, 2 ounces av. 

Colombo Root, 1 ounce av. 

Sassafras Bark, 2 ounces av. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1159 



Liquorice Root, 


2 ounces av. 


Cinnamon, 


y 2 ounce av. 


Cloves, 


34 ounce av. 


Sugar, 


4 ounces av. 


Alcohol, 


4 pints 


Water, a sufficient quantity to make 


1 gallon 



Grind the drugs to a coarse powder, mix the alcohol with 3 pints 
of water, moisten the powder with a pint of the mixture and macerate 
in a warm place, in a covered vessel for 24 hours ; transfer to the water- 
bath percolator, pour upon it 2 pints of menstruum, pack moderately, 
and set in a warm place for 1 day, then heat very moderately and, after 
1 hour, begin to percolate, adding the remainder of the menstruum, 
and then water to the drug, and continuing the heat and percolation 
until a gallon of the bitters is obtained ; dissolve the sugar in the liquid 
and filter. 

This may be made by cold percolation, but this method does not so 
thoroughly exhaust the drugs. 

The dose is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls three or four times a day. 
This is similar to, but a better preparation than several of the Blood 
Bitters on the market. 

German Liver Bitters. 
Leptandra, (Culver's Root), 
Mandrake Root, 
Burdock Root, 
Liquorice Root, 
Sassafras Bark, 
Cinnamon Bark, 
Alcohol, 
Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Grind the drugs to a coarse powder, mix the alcohol with 4 pints of 
water, moisten the powder with a pint of the menstruum and macerate 
in a covered vessel for 24 hours ; transfer to the water-bath percolator, 
pack firmly, pour upon it 2 pints of the menstruum and set in a warm 
place for 1 day, then heat moderately and, after 1 hour, begin to per- 
colate, adding the remainder of the menstruum, and then water to the 
drugs, and continuing the heat and percolation until a gallon of the 
bitters is obtained, filter. 

This may be made also by cold percolation but this process does 
not so thoroughly exhaust the drugs. 

Fluidextracts of the drugs, the same fluid measure as is directed of 
weight, may be used instead of the drugs, if desired. Filter before 
putting up. 

The dose is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls three or four times a day. 
This is similar to the German bitters and liver invigorators that have 
been popular. The preparation is a good liver and blood remedy. 



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1160 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

A great variety of similar preparations are put up and sold under 
various names, all of them being intended to act on the liver to in- 
crease its secretion of bile, thereby acting as a laxative. The sale of 
this kind of bitters is much less than formerly, but they are, never- 
theless, good preparations. 

Jaundice or Laxative Bitters. 

Cape Aloes, in powder, 

Potassium Carbonate, (Sal Tartar), 

Culver's Root, in powder, 

Cinnamon, in powder, 

Anise, in powder, 

Coriander, in powder, 

Liquorice Root, in powder, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Mix the drugs and macerate them with the alcohol and 6 pints of 
water for 7 days, then pour off the supernatant liquid, put the drugs in 
a percolator, pour the liquid upon them and percolate, adding water 
through the percolator until a gallon of bitters is obtained, filter. 

Fluidextracts of the drugs, the same fluid measure as is directed of 
weight, may be used instead of the drugs, if desired. Filter. 

This is similar to several laxative and jaundice bitters on the mar- 
ket which have had a popular sale. 

Poor Man's Bitters. 

A class of bitters made with a small percentage of alcohol, and put 
up usually in half-pint bottles, to retail at 25 cents, are known by the 
above title and various other names. They are neither very profitable 
nor satisfactory proprietary medicines, but may be made, if desired, 
as follows : 

Quassia, ground, 4 ounces 

Cloves, in powder, y ounce 

Capsicum, y 8 ounce 

Orange Peel, ground, 1 ounce 

Cinnamon, in powder, y ounce 

Alcohol, iy 2 pints 

Water, q. s., about 7 pints 

Mix the powders with the ground drugs and, having mixed the alco- 
hol with iy 2 pints of water, moisten the drugs with 6 fl. ounces of the 
mixture, and pack it in a water-bath percolator, pour upon them the 
remainder of the alcohol and water, and after 24 hours heat moder- 
ately for 1 hour and percolate, adding water through the percolator to 
make 1 gallon of the bitters ; after standing, filter. 



Part III. 



Standard and Proprietary Remedies 



1161 



Fluidextracts of the drugs, the same fluid measure as is directed of 
weight, may be used instead of the drugs if desired. Filter. 

The dose is a tablespoonful or more. 

Mandrake Bitters may be made by adding 2 ounces of mandrake to 
the above. 



Bitters in Powder. 



Gentian, in fine powder, 
Golden Seal, in fine powder, 
Black Cohosh, in fine powder, 
Rhubarb, in fine powder, 
Cinnamon, in fine powder, 
Xutmeg, in fine powder, 
Aloes, in fine powder, 
Sodium Bicarbonate, 
Ginger, in fine powder, 



ounces 

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Mix thoroughly. This is to be put in boxes or packages of about 1 
ounce which sell generally for 25 cents. 

The contents of the package is to be put into Y\ of a pint of water 
and 54 P mt °f alcohol ; a tablespoonful is to be taken before meals. 

A much cheaper bitters powder, which has had a good sale under 
various names, may be made with 
Aloes, in fine powder, 
Canella, in fine powder, 
Lupulin, in fine powder, 
Cassia, in fine powder, 
Mix them. To take, prepare as above, using only 
tity of powder. 

BLOOD PURIFIERS. 

All preparations which are put up for purifying the blood may be 
properly classed as blood purifiers, yet there but few proprietary 
preparations on the market bearing that title. The sarsaparillas, the 
alteratives, some of the bitters, and many other preparations are blood 
purifiers, and if that title is chosen by those who wish to put up a 
preparation, it may properly be used for putting up such a preparation. 
The following formula makes a very good liquid blood purifier : 

Burdock Root, 

Stillingia, 

Sarsaparilla, 

Senna Leaves, 

Sassafras Bark, 

Potassium Iodide, 

Oil of AVintergreen, 

Sugar, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 



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1162 The Fcnncr Formulary Part III. 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and, having mixed a pint of the 
alcohol with a pint of water, macerate them for 24 hours with the 
liquid ; then pack in a percolator, mix the remaining 2^ pints of alco- 
hol with an equal measure of water and pour upon the drugs ; set in a 
warm place for 24 hours, then percolate slowly, adding water to the 
drugs after the liquid has all disappeared from the surface, and con- 
tinuing the percolation until jy 2 pints have passed. Dissolve the oil of 
wintergreen in half an ounce of alcohol and add the solution, with the 
sugar and iodide of potassium, to the percolate. Dissolve and filter. 

Fluidextracts of the drugs, the same fluid measure as is directed of 
weight, may be used instead of the drugs, if desired Filter. 

The dose is a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

This may be put up as blood purifier, blood cleanser, blood tonic, or 
by any other similar title. 

Blood Purifying Tea. 

This mixture of cut roots and barks is designed to be steeped. It is 
a very popular form of medicine, much used by the poorer classes, as 
it is less expensive than the put up liquid medicine. 

It may be put up in packages holding- 2 ounces, which will be 
sufficient to make a quart of blood purifier, when steeped with water. 
Burdock Root, cut or granulated, 4 ounces 

Sassafras Root, cut or granulated, 1 ounce 

Blue Flag Root, cut or granulated, 1 ounce 

Dandelion Root, cut or granulated, 3 ounces 

Sarsaparilla Root, cut or granulated, 4 ounces 

Wild Cherry Bark, cut or granulated, 2 ounces 

Yellow Dock Root, cut or granulated, 1 ounce 

Mix thoroughly and put up in packages of about 2 ounces. 
Directions for preparing: Steep the contents of the package in 3 pints 
of water, with gentle heat, for 2 hours, strain off iy 2 pints into a quart 
bottle and add half a pint of alcohol and 4 ounces of sugar. The dose 
is a wineglassful for adults, before meals and at bedtime ; children in 
proportion, according to age. 

CARMINATIVES. 

Carminatives are mild, aromatic, astringent preparations intended 
to be used for diarrhoea, summer complaints and like disorders. They 
are particularly adapted to children, being mild, pleasant to take, and 
effective. Other preparations of a similar nature will be found under 
other headings. See also Cholera Cures, Dysentery Remedies etc. 

Blackberry Carminative. 

Blackberry Juice, 4 pints 

Tincture of Opium, 3 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract of Blackberry, 8 fl. ounces 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1163 

Fluidextract of Wild Yam, 2 fl. ounces 

Oil of Cinnamon, 30 minims 

Oil of Xutmeg, 20 minims 

Oil of Sassafras, 30 minims 

Sugar, 2 pounds 

Alcohol, 2 pints 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Mix the nuidextracts with the juice and dissolve the sugar in the 

mixture by agitation. Dissolve the oils in the alcohol and add to the 

mixture, then add enough water to make a gallon of the preparation 

and, after standing a few days, filter. 

Dose for children, from half to a teaspoonful ; for adults, from a 

teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Ginger Carminative or Carminative Cordial. 

Jamaica Ginger, in Xo. 40 powder, 6 ounces av. 

Blackberry Root, in No. 40 powder, 1 pound 

Cinnamon, in Xo. 50 powder, 1 ounce 

Nutmeg, in Xo. 50 powder, 1 ounce av. 

Sassafras, in Xo. 40 powder, 1 ounce av. 

Tincture of Opium, 4 fl. ounces 

Sugar. 2 pounds 

Alcohol, 3 pints 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Mix the powdered drugs and, having mixed the alcohol with 3 pints 
of water, moisten the drugs with 2 pints of the liquid and macerate in 
a closed vessel for 24 hours ; then pack in a percolator, pour the re- 
mainder of the liquid upon it and, after standing 1 day, percolate, add- 
ing water through the percolator after the liquid has disappeared from 
the surface, and continue the percolation until 6 pints are obtained ; add 
the tincture of opium and filter, and to the filtrate add the sugar and, 
after the sugar is dissolved, enough water to make 1 gallon. 

Dose for children, from half to a teaspoonful ; for adults, a teaspoon- 
ful to a tablespoonful. 

CATARRH REMEDIES. 

A great variety of widely different remedies for catarrh are found 
upon the market — medicines to take, inhalers, sprays, salves, creams, 
ointments, oil and lotions to apply, powders to dissolve and insufflate, 
plugs to insert in the nostrils, cigarettes and cut herbs to smoke, and 
powders to snuff — all present their claims for public favor. 

Besides these are the general remedies which are taken for catarrh, 
which will be found under other headings, as alteratives, blood pur- 
ifiers, tonics etc. The following are given as representatives of those 
particularly recommended for catarrh : 



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Part III. 



3 fl.ounces 
2 drachms 

4 drachms 
io grains 

8 fl.ounces 

5 fl.ounces 



Birney's Catarrhal Powder. 

The formula for this powder is given by Dr. Eccles as follows : 
Cocaine Hydrochloride, 19 grains 

Magnesium Carbonate, 18 grains 

Peppermint Leaves, in powder, 5 grains 

Milk Sugar, enough to make 1 ounce 

Rub them together to a fine powder, and use as a snuff. 

Catarrh Remedy. 

Liquid for Insufflation. 
Fluidextract of Hydrastis, (Aqueous), or 

"Fluid Hydrastis," 
Carbolic Acid, 
Zinc Sulphate, 
Morphine Sulphate, 
Glycerin, 
Water, 

Mix them. To use — put 1 teaspoonful of common salt in a small 
cup of water, add a teaspoonful or more of the remedy and use by 
insufflation or with a douche. This also makes an excellent gargle for 
sore throat etc. 

Catarrh Remedy — Powder. 

Golden Seal, in fine powder, 

Potassium Chlorate, in fine powder 

Zinc Sulphate, 

Morphine Sulphate, 

Salicylic Acid, 

Mix them well together. A teaspoonful of this powder and 2 tea- 
sponfuls of salt added to a pint of boiling water makes a liquid to be 
used with a douche or by insufflation. 

Catarrhal Balm. 

Boric Acid, in fine powder, 

Salicylic Acid, in fine powder, 

Bismuth Subcarbonate, 

Menthol, 

Petrolatum, 

Rub the powders together with the menthol and, having melted the 
petrolatum, while it is cooling incorporate the powder and stir until 
it becomes solid. 

Catarrholeum — Catarrh Oil. 

Oil of Eucalyptus, 2 fl.drachms 

Oil of Tar, 2 fl.drachms 

Thymol, 60 grains 



4 ounces 

1 ounce 

2 drachms 
10 grains 
10 grains 



120 grams 
30 grains 

120 grains 

10 grains 

4 ounces 



Part III. Standard and" Proprietary Remedies 1165 

Menthol, 10 grains 

Naphthalin, 60 grains 

Liquid Petrolatum, 12 ounces 

Heat about 2 ounces of the liquid petrolatum moderately in a cap- 
sule or wide-mouthed bottle and add the naphthalin ; when it is lique- 
fied add the thymol and menthol, then the oil of eucalyptus and the 
balance of the liquid petrolatum. 

The liquid petrolatum is now official and is knuown commercially as 
paraffin oil (refined), or mineral glycerin; also as alboline etc. 

Katona Catarrh Cure. 

A Remedy to take for Catarrh and Hay Fever. 
Compound Tincture of Gentian, 4 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract of Stillingia, 2 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract of Golden Seal, 1 fl. ounce 

Iodide of Potassium, y 2 ounce 

Elixir, enough to make 16 fl. ounces 

Mix the tincture and the fluidextracts, add 9 ounces of the elixir and 
dissolve the iodide of potassium in the mixture, then filter and add 
through the filter enough elixir to make the measure 16 fl. ounces. 

Camphorated Cream Salve. 

For Catarrh Etc. 
Camphor, in coarse powder, 80 grains 

Carbolic Acid, 60 grains 

Oil of Eucalyptus, 2 fl. drachms 

Tincture of Aconite Root, 2 fl. drachms 

Yellow Wax, 2 ounces av. 

Petrolatum, 16 ounces av. 

Melt the wax and petrolatum together, mix the camphor, carbolic 
acid, oil of eucalyptus and tincture of aconite and, when the camphor 
is dissolved, add the mixture to the melted mass while cooling. This 
may also be used as an ointment for chillblains, chaps etc., and when- 
ever a soothing, healing- ointment is desired. 

Catarrh Cream Balm. 

Tincture of Aconite, 2 fl. drachms 

Carbolic Acid, (crystals), T drachm 

Oil of Sassafras, 30 minims 

Menthol, 30 grains 

White Pine Turpentine, 2 drachms 

Yellow Wax, 2 ounces av. 

Petrolatum, 16 ounces av. 

Melt the wax, turpentine and petrolatum together and, when cool- 
ing, add the tincture, carbolic acid, menthol and oil, mixing them well 
together. 



1166 The Fenner Fvrmulary Part III. 

Catarrh Cure or Salve. 

Oil of Tar, 30 minims 

Oil of Sassafras, 1 fl.ounce 

Oil of Eucalyptus, 2 fl.drachms 

Oil of Peppermint, 10 minims 

Tincture of Aconite Root, 2 fl.drachms 

Yellow Wax, 2 ounces av. 

Petrolatum, 16 ounces av. 

Melt, make in the same manner as the preceding. 

Catarrh Snuff. 
Catarrh snuff, which was once a popular remedy, has become a 

slow seller. The following formula will be sufficient : 

Euphorbium, in very fine powder, J /4 ounce 

Bismuth Subnitrate, % ounce 

Salicylic Acid, }i ounce 

Oil of Wintergreen, 30 minims 

Scotch Snuff, 15 ounces 

Mix them by rubbing the oil of wintergreen with a portion of the 

snuff, adding the euphorbium and salicylic acid, and then mixing with 

the remainder of the snuff. 

CATHARTICS AND LAXATIVES. 

A great variety of preparations designed to act as laxatives or 
cathartics are found among the proprietary medicines, most of them, 
however, under some other title. Many preparations not specially ad- 
vertised as laxatives are intended to act in that capacity, and besides 
these, are proprietary medicines in great variety, consisting of cordials, 
elixirs, syrups, solutions, tinctures, mineral waters, effervescing salts, 
aperients, pills, powders, lozenges and teas, all of which seem to be re- 
quired to move the public bowels. The following are specially repre- 
sentative of this class of preparations, but others, which act as cath- 
artics or laxatives, will be found under other headings. See Elixirs, 
Tinctures, Syrups etc. 

Cascara Cordial. 
Cathartic or Laxative Cordial. 

The introduction of cascara preparations in palatable form opened a 
new field in the domain of laxatives. Cascara has proved a very re- 
liable and efficient laxative, which by its tonic action relieves constipa- 
tion better and more permanently than any other remedy. In the form 
of a cordial, combined with aromatics and deprived of its bitter taste, 
it has become very popular and there is now a large sale for this prep- 
aration, either as a proprietary or semi-proprietary. The following 
formula makes a preparation similar to one of the best known, and it 
will be found entirely satisfactory: 



1/2 


ounces 


av. 


5 


ounces 


av. 


i J* 


ounces 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


1/2 


ounce av. 
fl.ounces 


7 


minims 




4 


minims 




4 minims 
^ J / 2 pounds 
3 pints 
i gallon 





Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1167 

Cascara Sagrada Bark, in coarse powder, 
Berberis Aquifolium Root, in coarse powder, 
Liquorice Root, in coarse powder, 
Coriander Seed, in fine powder, 
Angelica Root, in fine powder, 
Ammonia Water, 
Anise Oil, 
Orange Oil, 
Cassia Oil, 
Sugar, 

Diluted Alcohol, 
Water, sufficient to make 
Macerate the cascara bark and the liquorice root for 12 hours with 

2 pints of water, to which the ammonia water has been added, then 
heat to boiling, adding boiling water 2 pints, and continue the heat for 
half an hour; then strain, adding through the strainer enough boiling 
water to make 4 pints of the decoction. Moisten the berberis, cor- 
iander and angelica with 8 fl.ounces of diluted alcohol, and macerate 
for 12 hours, pack in a percolator, add the remainder of the diluted al- 
cohol and percolate, adding water at last through the percolator until 

3 pints are obtained. Dissolve the oils in half an ounce of alcohol and 
add to the tincture, then add the tincture to the decoction and mix 
them well together ; filter and dissolve the sugar in the filtrate. 

In making preparations of cascara it has been proven that only cas- 
cara bark at least 2 years old should be used, as it requires age to 
develop its true medicinal value. There are several varieties of in- 
ferior bark upon the market which are quite unsatisfactory in their 
results, care should therefore be taken to procure a good quality of 
cascara bark for making this preparation. 

Castorol. 

A Child's Laxative, "Castoria."' 

Castoria has been one of the most extensively advertised and most 
successful of the proprietary medicines. It is intended mainly as a 
laxative and a regulator for children. 

The courts have decided that "castoria," although properly a trade 
mark, does not protect the manufacturers against those who desire to 
put up a preparation under another name, with similar composition ; 
in fact, as they have patented the formula, and the term of the patent 
has expired, there is no reason why druggists may not put up castoria 
by that name, if it is not a colorable imitation of the original package. 

The following formula makes a preparation similar in composition 
to the proprietary article, the formula for which was introduced by Dr. 
Samuel Pitcher, and has been found satisfactory in every way : 



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Part III 


16 


ounces 


6 


ounces 


i 


ounce 


3 


ounces 


4 


ounces 


2 

6 

I 


ounces 
pounds 
fl. ounce 
fl. drachm 


I 
I 


pint 

o-allon 



Senna Leaves, 

Pumpkin Seed, 

Anise Seed, 

Wormseed, 

Rochelle Salts, 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 

Sugar, 

Essence of Wintergreen, 

Essence of Peppermint, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Bruise the senna, pumpkin seeds, anise and worm seed and steep 
them in 6 pints of water, with gentle heat, for 3 hours ; pour off the 
liquid and reserve ; put 2 pints more water on the drugs and steep for 
1 hour more, then pour off the liquid, press lightly, and add the liquid 
to the portion previously reserved, and evaporate it by gentle heat to 
4 pints. When -cool add the alcohol and essences, and dissolve the 
sugar, salt etc., in the liquid, by agitation, adding enough water to 
make 1 gallon. 

California Fig Laxative. 

The most popular proprietary laxative that has been put upon the 
market is "California Fig Syrup.'' The proprietors of this preparation 
claim the title as a trade mark. It is unnecessary, however, to get 
into any trouble on account of the name, and if the title is used as 
above and the package is not a colorable imitation, there will be no 
question as to the right of druggists to use it 
satisfactory preparation : 

Fig Laxative. 

Figs, chopped fine, 

Dates, without seeds, chopped fine, 

Buckthorn Bark, in coarse powder, 

Senna Leaves, cut or bruised, 

Cascara Bark, in coarse powder, 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 

Rochelle Salts, 

Sugar, 

Oil of Anise, 

Oil of Peppermint, 

Oil of Wintergreen, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 

Mix the drugs, pour upon them 2 quarts of boiling water, steep for 

6 hours, pour off the liquid and reserve; add to the drugs 3 pints of 

boiling water, steep as before, pour off and press the residue, adding 



The following makes a 



8 ounces 
4 ounces 
8 ounces 
8 ounces 
8 ounces 
1 ounce 
4 ounces 
6 pounds 
15 minims 
IK minims 



10 minims 
20 fl. ounces 
1 erallon 



Part III. 



Standard and Proprietary Remedies 



1169 



the liquid to the portion previously reserved. To the liquid add the 
alcohol in which the oils have been dissolved, shake and, aft 
ing 24 hours, pour off carefully from the sediment that collects in the 
bottom and dissolve the sugar in the liquid by gentle heat or agitation, 
adding if nee efficient water to make 1 gallon. The dose is a 

■rtspoonful to a tablespoonful for an adult. It is an excellent 
remedy for habitual constipation. 

Cathartic Liver Pills. 
Extract Xux Vomica, 
Podophyllum Re - i n 
Capsicum, in fine powder, 
Purified Al 
Extract Hyoscyamus, 
Mix and make 100 pills. 

Each pill contains 1 / 1<l grain each extract nux vomica and podo- 
phyllum, y$ grain capsicum, about J/3 grain extract of hyoscyamus. 
and 1 grain of purified aloes. 

The dose as a laxative and liver pill is 1 before meals, from once to 
three times a day : as a cathartic, 2 to 4 pills. 

This is an excellent tonic and liver pill, particularly valuable for 
habitual constipation, headache, inactive liver etc., and cannot fail to 



10 grams 
10 grains 
20 grains 
100 grains 
30 grains 



give satisfaction. 



Pills. 



10 grains 

20 grains 

10 grains 

20 grains 

20 grains 



Little Giant Liver 
Aloin, 

Podophyllum Resin, 
Capsicum. 

Extract of Xux Vomi 
Extract of Hyoscyam:;-. 
Mix and make 100 pills. 

These are generally sold under the title of Little Liver Pills, but are 
mostly used as a laxative or cathartic, the dose as a cathartic being 
3 to 4 pills at night or morning. 

Many other formulas for cathartic pills will be found under the 
subject heading "Pills." 

Fruit Laxative Lozenge. 
L'nder the name Tamar-Indien. Tropical Fruit Laxative, Confectio- 
Laxative etc., laxative or cathartic lozenges have had a good sale. The 
following formula makes a good preparation of this sort. They are 
generally put up half a dozen in a tin box for 25 cents, or one dozen 
for 50 cents. 

Tamarind pulp, thick, 2 ounces 

Extract of Senna, 2 ounces 

Aloin, 10 grains 

Manna. 1 ounce 

Podophyllum Resin, 10 grains 



1170 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

The tamarind pulp should be thick and the extract of senna of as 
firm consistence as can be obtained. The substances should then be 
warmed and well kneaded together, then rolled out and cut into oval 
lozenges of about 45 grains, covered with tin foil and wrapped in 
paraffin paper. 

The dose, as a laxative, is 1 lozenge at night ; as a light cathartic, 
2 lozenges may be taken. 

Fig pulp may be used in place of the tamarind pulp. A very fine 
lozenge may be made by using a portion of pistachio paste in the mix- 
ture. Grape sugar may be used in the place of manna, but is not so 

S'ood. , . „, 

fe Laxative Tea. 

Buckthorn Bark, cut, 4 ounces 

Dandelion Root, cut, 4 ounces 

Senna Leaves, cut, 4 ounces 

Liquorice Root, 1 ounce 

Sweet Flag Root, cut, y 2 ounce 

Coriander Seed, bruised, ]/ 2 ounce 

Anise Seed, bruised, y 2 ounce 

Mix thoroughly, and put up in packages of about 2 ounces, which 
will retail for 25 cents. 

As a laxative, a package may be steeped in a pint of water, strained 
and mixed with half a pint of whiskey or gin and J /\ pound of sugar. 
Dose a wineglassful. 

In the form of powder the compound powder of glycyrrhiza is a 
good preparation to put up as a general laxative. 

CHOLERA REMEDIES. 

The active demand for cholera cures is limited to the later summer 
months, yet there is considerable sale for preparations under this name 
all the year round, as they are used also for dysentery, diarrhoea etc. 
Many preparations which may be put up for this purpose have been 
noted already under other headings (see Mixtures, Tinctures etc.), but 
the following may be found useful, the first two being original, the 
others old and popular formulas. Other formulas for similar use will 
be found under Dysentery Remedies. 

Cholera Remedy — Stimulating. 

Capsicum, 4 ounces av. 

Camphor, 4 ounces av. 

Catechu, 4 ounces av. 

Opium, 1 ounce av. 

Oil of Cajeput, 1 fl. ounce 

Oil of Peppermint, 1 flounce 

Oil of Cinnamon, 2 fl. drachms 

Oil of Cloves, 2 fl. drachms 



Part III. 



Standard and Proprietary Remedies 



1171 



Alcohol, 

Hot Water, 12 fl. ounces 

Macerate the catechu and opium with the hot water, rubbing them 
in a mortar until reduced to a pulpy mass, dissolve the oils and cam- 
phor in the alcohol, add the capsicum and the solution of catechu and 
opium, allowing the mixture to macerate a week or longer, shaking 
every day. then filter. 

Dose, as a preventative, 10 to 15 drops in a little water every morn- 
ing. For cholera, cholera infantum, cholera morbus, cramp, colic, or 
internal pain, from 15 drops to a teaspoonful in sweetened water every 
hour, or oftener if necessary, until relieved. It may also be applied 
over the pit of the stomach and bowels. 

Cholera Remedy — Sedative. 

Tincture of Opium. 3 fl. ounces 

Chloral Hydrate, 1 ounce av. 

Spirit ( Essence) of Peppermint, 1 fl. ounce 

Ether. I Sulphuric), 1 fl. ounce 

Tincture of Catechu. 4 fl. ounces 

Diluted Alcohol, 6 fl.ounces 

Mix the liquids and dissolve the chloral hydrate in the mixture. 
Dose and directions, the same as the preceding. 

Asiatic Tincture for Cholera. 

Powdered Opium. 
Camphor, 
Oil of Cloves, 
Powdered Capsicum, 
Hoffmann's Anodyne, 
Macerate 2 weeks and filter. Dose 20 to 60 drops. 

Australian Cholera Specific. 
Sulphuric Acid, 
Nitric Acid, 
Sugar, 

Gum Arabic. 
Water, enough to make a pint. 
Mix the acids with 12 ounces of water, add the sugar and gum, dis- 
solve and add enough water to make a pint. 

Dose a tablespoonful followed by a drink of water, and repeat in 
half an hour, or frequently, until the disease is checked. The remedy 
is claimed never to have failed to cure if taken in reasonable time. 



I 


ounce 


av. 


I 


ounce 


av. 


I 


ounce 


av. 


I 


ounce 


av. 


I 


pint 





320 grains 

192 grains 

240 grains 

240 grains 



New York "Sun" 
Tincture of Capsicum. 
Tincture of Opium, 



Cholera Mixture. 



1 part 
1 part 



l72 The Fcnner Formulary 




Part III. 


Tincture of Rhubarb, 




1 part 


Spirit of Peppermint, 




1 part 


Spirit of Camphor, 




1 part 


Mix. Dose 15 to 30 drops in a wineglass of water. 




Russian Cholera Drops. 






Oil of Peppermint, 


75 minims 


Tincture of Opium, 


5 fl. drachms 


Wine of Ipecac, 


2 fl 


.ounces 


• Tincture of Valerian, 


4 A 


.ounces 


Mix. Dose 10 to 20 minims. 






Sparkman's Cholera Mixture. 






Camphor, 


1 


drachm 


Kino, 


2 


ounces 


Catechu, 


>* 


ounce 


Powdered Cinnamon, 


2 


ounces 


Powdered Cloves, 


1 


ounce 


Powdered Capsicum, 


2 


ounces 


Brandy, q. s. 






Moisten the powders with brandy, pack in a percolatoi 


*, macerate 48 


)urs and percolate 18 fl. ounces. To this add : 






Tincture of Opium, 


2y 2 


fl. ounces 


Chloroform, 


1 


fl. ounce 


Dose 60 drops. 






Squibb's Cholera Mixture. 






Chloroform, 




3 parts 


Tincture of Opium, 




8 parts 


Spirit of Camphor, 




8 parts 


Tincture of Capsicum, 




8 parts 


Alcohol, 




13 parts 


Mix. Dose 1 to 2 fl. drachms. 






Thielmann's Cholera Drops. 






Oil of Peppermint, 


1 


fl. ounce 


Alcohol, 


8 


fl. ounces 


Tincture of Opium and Saffron, 


3 


fl. ounces 


Tincture of Ipecac, 


8 


fl. ounces 


Tincture of Valerian, 


13^ 


fl. ounces 


Mix. Dose 1 to 2 fl. drachms. 






CORN, BUNION AND CHILBLAIN REMEDIES. 



The most popular remedies for corns have been those in which col- 
lodion has been used as a base, and which form an artificial skin when 
applied, and thus keep the medicinal agents in place. The same rem- 
edies also apply to bunions. Chilblains require other treatment, but 
are included under this heading. 



Part 111. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1173 

Corn Killer. 

This preparation is similar to a variety of preparations known as 
German Corn Cures, Corn Eradicators, and by many other names. 
Extract of Cannabis Indica is used in some, giving the preparation a 
greenish color. 

Gun Cotton, (Pyroxylin), 200 grains 

Ether, (Sulphuric), 12^ fl. ounces 

Alcohol, ^y 2 fl. ounces 

Salicylic Acid, 2 ounces av. 

Zinc Chloride, 1 ounce av. 

Mix the ether and alcohol and dissolve the gun cotton in the mix- 
ture (this will require a day or two), then add the salicylic acid and, 
when it has dissolved, add the zinc chloride. Keep tightly stopped 
and away from the light and fire. 

This is applied once a day for three days in succession, the part is 
then bathed in warm water and the skin and adhering corn removed. 
It may also be applied to bunions. 

Com Salve — Caustic. 
A number of corn salves have been popular proprietary prepar- 
ations, but are not generally so effective as the foregoing: 

Caustic Soda or Potassa, 4 ounces av. 

Water, 4 fl. ounces 

Starch, in fine powder, 1 ounce av. 

Glycerin, 8 ounces av. 

Dissolve the soda or potassa in the water by the aid of heat, mix 
the starch with the glycerin and heat, with constant stirring, until 
the starch is entirely gelatinized and the preparation is of a uniform 
consistence, then mix with it the warm solution of soda and put up 
while warm in small, wide-mouthed bottles or glass boxes. 

To use, spread a little of the salve on the corn or bunion, taking 
care to cover only the part to be removed, cover with a piece of cloth 
and allow to remain from 2 to 4 hours, then soak the parts in warm 
water. 

This is a caustic application and needs only to be applied once or 
twice. It is equally efficacious for warts. 

Corn Salve — Magic. 
Salicylic Acid, 2 drachms 

Arsenic, 1 drachm 

Petrolatum, 1 ounce 

Mix them by rubbing well together to form a salve which may be 
applied on a piece of linen. 

Corn Plaster. 
The most familiar corn plasters are those made by spreading some 
adhesive plaster over thick felt and then cutting or punching out, 



1174 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

leaving a hole in the center which allows the corn to stick up, thus 
relieving the pressure upon it. 

A good corn plaster to be spread upon leather or cloth, and thus 
applied to the corn, may be made with salicylic acid i part, Bur- 
gundy pitch i part, yellow wax I part; melted together and mixed. 

Night Corn Remover. 

Salicylic Acid, I ounce 

Glycerite of Starch, (page 729), 2 ounces 

Incorporate the salicylic acid with the glycerite of starch by knead- 
ing them thoroughly together in a mortar. This is to be spread 
thickly on thin leather or linen and applied at night. 

Soft Corn Remover. The same formula as above. The mass may 
be made into a flat disc and inserted between the toes, covering the 
soft corn. 

Chilblain Lotion. 

Oil of Eucalyptus, 2 fl. ounces 

Camphor, 2 ounces av. 

. Carbolic Acid, 1 ounce av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix and dissolve. To be applied night and morning. It reduces 
the inflammation and is a sure cure for chilblains before they break. 

Chilblain Ointment. 

Oil of Eucalyptus, 
Camphor, 
Yellow Wax, 
Petrolatum, 

Mix the wax and petrolatum and, having mixed the other ingre- 
dients and dissolved them, add to the melted substances while cooling 
and mix well. This is a soothing and curative ointment for chilblains 
and tender feet. 

COUGH REMEDIES. 

Of all proprietary preparations, cough remedies are the most num- 
erous and have the greatest sale. Time was when Jayne's Expect- 
orant and Ayer's Cherry Pectoral were about the only generally 
known cough remedies ; but now a list of those more or less popular, 
would fill several pages ; besides a great many retail druggists put up 
some proprietary cough remedy of their own. There is never any risk 
in putting up a cough remedy of your own ; it will sell if it is good for 
anything, and those who buy it will return for more. 

In the formulas which follow, representatives only of such as are 
most popular have been selected. They are known on the market 
by names similar to those given, but the formulas do not claim to 



I 


rl. ounce 


I 


ounce av. 


2 


ounces av. 


2 


ounces av. 



8 


fl. ounces 


i 


fl. ounce 


i 


fl. ounce 


2 


fl. ounces 


I 


fl. ounce 


2 


fl. ounces 


V2 


ounce av. 


50 


grains 


2 


ounces av. 


5* 


ounce av. 


v> 


ounce av. 


5 

1 


pounds 
gallon 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1175 

make exact duplicates of any manufacturer's proprietary medicines, 
only that they are as good as any. As a general cough remedy the 
first one of the series is recommended as giving good satisfaction. It 
is not like any other in the market, but makes a fine preparation. 

Cough Remedy. 

Tincture Opium, Camphorated, 

Fluidextract Ipecac, 

Fluidextract Squill, 

Tincture Tolu, 

Tincture Lobelia, 

Tincture Hyoscyamus, 

Fowdered Extract of Liquorice, 

Tartar Emetic, 

Ammonium Chloride, 

Chloroform, 

Magnesium Carbonate, 

Sugar, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Rub the tincture of tolu with the magnesium carbonate in a mortar, 
mix the tinctures and fluidextracts with half a gallon of water, dis- 
solve the extract of liquorice in the mixture, add it to the magnesia 
etc., in the mortar and filter through paper until clear. Dissolve the 
tartar emetic in 4 ounces of boiling water and add to the solution and 
the ammonium chloride to the filtrate and dissolve ; put the sugar in 
a gallon bottle or jug, add the chloroform to the dry sugar and mix 
them thoroughly, then add the liquid previously prepared and enough 
water to make a gallon, and dissolve the sugar by agitation. 

This is an excellent general cough remedy, the dose being y\ to 
1 teaspoonful. 

Cough Remedy, without Sugar. 

It is often desirable to have a cough remedy without sugar. The 

following will be found a very efficient preparation : 

Morphine Sulphate, 6 grains 

Cherry Laurel Oil, 5 minims 

Ammonia Water, 1 fl. drachm 

Spirit of Anise, 15 minims 

Solution of Saccharin, 1 fl. drachm 

Chloroform, 5 minims 

Calcined Magnesia, 60 grains 

Water, 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the cherry laurel oil in the spirit of anise and rub with the 

magnesia in a mortar, gradually add the water and filter the mixture, 

add the remaining ingredients and shake thoroughly. Dose for an 

adult, a teaspoonful. 



1176 



The Fcnner Formulary 



Part 111. 



Baby Cough Syrup. 

Spirit of Anise, 

Chloroform, 

Ammonium Carbonate, 

Water, 

Codeine, 

Syrup, 



15 minims 
5 minims 
30 grains 

1 fl. ounce 

2 grains 
15 fl. ounces 



/2 



fl. ounce 
fl. ounce 
fl. ounce 
fl. ounce 
fl. ounce 
minims 
grains 
fl. ounce 
fl. ounces 



Rub the ammonium carbonate with the water, add the spirit of 
anise and then the syrup. Dissolve the codeine in a little water and 
add ; then add the chloroform and mix them well together. This is 
a mild cough syrup that may be given to babies and small children, 
34 to 1 teaspoonful doses. 

Cough Balsam. 

Tincture of Tolu, 
Tincture of Bloodroot, 
Tincture of Opium, 

Fluidextract of Conium, ) 

Fluidextract of Elecampane, ] 

Oil of Sassafras, 5 

Tartar Emetic, • 8 

Boiling Water, 1 

New Orleans Molasses, 14 

Dissolve the tartar emetic in the boiling water and add it to the 
molasses, dissolve the oil of sassafras in the tincture of tolu, mix it 
with the other tinctures and fluidextracts, and add the molasses to 
the mixture, shaking them thoroughly together. 

Cough Cordial. 

Anise Seed, 

Fennel Seed, - 

Blood Root, 

Wild Cherry, 

Liquorice Root, 

Alcohol, 

Water, q. s., about 

Sugar, 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder, mix the alcohol with 8 ounces 
of water and, having moistened the drug with 4 ounces of the mix- 
ture, allow them to macerate in a covered vessel for 24 hours ; then 
pack moderately in a percolator, pour upon them the remainder of 
the liquid and percolate, adding water through the percolator after the 
liquid has disappeared from the surface and continuing the percolation 
until 13 fl. ounces have passed. In this dissolve the sugar and, after 
standing a few days, filter. 



y 2 


ounce av. 


20 


grains 


80 


grains 


1 


ounce av. 


V2 


ounce av. 


6 


fl. ounces 


10 


fl. ounces 


6 


ounces av. 



1177 



3 


fl. ounces 


6 


fl. ounces 


2 


fl. drachms 


3 


fl. ounces 


3 


fl. ounces 


/2 


fl. ounce 


lgh cure. 


8 


grains 


8 


grains 


256 


grains 


1 


n.ounce 


1 


fl. ounce 


V2 


fl. ounce 


14 


ounces av. 


7 


fl. ounces 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 

Cough Syrup. 

Syrup of Squill, 
Syrup of Tolu, 
Hydrocyanic Acid, diluted, 
Wine of Ipecac, 

Tincture of Opium, Camphorated, 
Tincture of Sanguinaria, 
Mix them. This is an excellent sedative cough cure 

Cough Honey. 

Morphine Sulphate, 

Tartar Emetic, 

Ammonium Chloride, 

Boiling Water, 

Tincture of Opium, Camphorated, 

Tincture of Tolu, 

Sugar, 

Water, 

Mix the tinctures with the sugar and agitate in a bottle, dissolve 
the morphine and tartar emetic in the boiling water, and the ammon- 
ium chloride in 6 ounces of cold water ; mix the solutions and add 
them to the sugar in the bottle. Dissolve by agitation. 

If a clear preparation is desired, the tolu may be rubbed with 
magnesium carbonate and water and filtered. 

Cough Mixture. 

The following, with various modifications and additions, is a very 
common and popular prescription for coughs etc. : 

Syrup of Squill, 

Syrup of Tolu, 

Wine of Ipecac, 

Tincture of Opium, Camphorated, 
To this is frequently added : 

Tincture of Bloodroot, 

Syrup of Wild Cherry, 

Hydrocyanic Acid, diluted, 
and various other medicines. 

Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry. 

Wild Cherry, in coarse powder, 2 

Ipecac, in fine powder, y 2 

Bloodroot, in fine powder, y 2 

Tincture of Opium, y 2 

Water, q. s., or 12 

Sugar, 14 

Chloroform, 1 



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I 


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Va 


ounce 


I 


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J /s ounce 



ounces av. 
ounce av. 
ounce av. 
fl. ounce 
fl. ounces 
ounces av. 
fl. drachm 



1178 The Fenner Formulary Fart III. 

Mix the drugs, moisten them with 4 ounces of water and macerate 
for 12 hours, then pack moderately in a conical percolator and per- 
colate with water until 9 fl. ounces are obtained ; mix the chloroform 
with the sugar in a bottle and add the percolate and dissolve by agita- 
tion. 

This may also be made by mixing fluidextracts of wild cherry 2 
fl. ounces, ipecac and bloodroot, each, y 2 ounce, and tincture of opium 
V2 ounce with 6 ounces of water and filtering ; then mix the chloro- 
form with the sugar, add the filtered liquid and dissolve. 

Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry and Tar. 

This cough remedy has enjoyed as great and lasting popularity as 
any proprietary remedy. The following formula can be depended 
upon as making a very satisfactory preparation : 

Oil of Tar, 1 fl. ounce 

Wild Cherry Bark, coarsely ground, 8 ounces av. 

Tincture of Opium, 4 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, 4 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 6 pounds 

Alcohol, 1 pint 

Hot Water and Water, to make 1 gallon 

To the wild cherry bark add a pint of hot water and set aside in a 
warm place for 12 hours in order that the hydrocyanic acid may be 
developed. Add to this the oil of tar, mixing them intimately. Then 
pack rather loosely in a percolator or glass funnel, and percolate with 
4 pints of hot water, reserving the first 2 pints that are received, and 
passing the remainder of the percolate two or three times through in 
order to exhaust the strength. To the infusion thus prepared add the 
fluidextract, tincture and alcohol, and after standing, filter. In the fil- 
trate dissolve the sugar by agitation, adding enough water through the 
filter, if necessary, to produce a gallon of syrup. 

Chloroform 2 drachms, added to this syrup greatly improves it. It 
should be mixed with the sugar before it is dissolved. 

Consumption Remedy. 

Tincture of Tolu, 

Fluidextract of Lobelia, 

Fluidextract of Indian Cannabis, 

Morphine Sulphate, 

Tartar Emetic, 

Chloroform, 

Essence of Peppermint, 

Boiling Water, 

Sugar, 

Water, 



V2 


fl. ounce 


Va 


fl. ounce 


% 


fl. ounce 


8 


grains 


8 


grains 


1 


fl. drachm 


5 


drops 


1 


fl. ounce 


4 


ounces av 


8 


fl. ounces 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1179 

Mix the fluidextracts, tincture of tolu, chloroform and essence with 
the sugar in a bottle, and agitate them thoroughly ; dissolve the mor- 
phine and tartar emetic in the boiling water and add the solution with 
the 8 ounces of water to the sugar in the bottle ; keep tightly stopped 
and agitate until the sugar is dissolved. 

This makes a preparation similar to Piso's Remedy. 

As thus prepared this preparation is not clear, but translucent. A 
clear syrup may be made by rubbing the tincture of tolu, fluidextract of 
lobelia, fluidextract of Indian cannabis and essence of peppermint first 
with ]/ 2 ounce of magnesium carbonate, then adding in the mortar 8 
ounces of water, rubbing them well together, filtering, adding the tar- 
tar emetic dissolved in the boiling water, mixing the chloroform with 
the sugar, and then dissolving the sugar and morphine in the liquid. 

Remedy for Consumption. 

Oil of Peppermint, 15 

Oil of Wintergreen, 5 

Oil of Tar, 60 

Tincture of Tolu, ) 

Tincture of Sanguinaria, ) 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, ) 

Hydrocyanic Acid, ) 

Chloroform, 
Molasses, (Porto Rico), 

Mix and agitate thoroughly, 
aration. 

Expectorant. 
Fluidextract of Hyoscyamus, ]/ 2 fl. ounce 

Fluidextract of Lobelia, . 34 fl. ounce 

Fluidextract of Skunk Cabbage, y 2 fl. ounce 

Potassium Cyanide, 8 grains 

Water, y 2 flounce 

New Orleans Molasses, 14 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the potassium cyanide in the water and mix with the fluid- 
extracts, filter, then add the syrup and mix thoroughly. 

Honey of Hoarhound and Tar. 
Syrup Wild Cherry, Hoarhound 

Powdered Opium, 

Hoarhound, 

Wild Cherry, 

Ipecac, 

Pine Tar, 

Water, q. s., or 

Sugar, 



40 

1 

This is similar to a 



minims 

minims 

minims 
£ fl. ounce 
^ fl. ounce 
4 fl. ounce 
4 fl. ounce 

grains 

pint 
Western prep- 



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rar. 




60 


grains 




V2 


ounce 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


V2 


ounce 


av. 


j* 


ounce 


av. 


12 


fl. ounces 


14 


ounces 


av. 



1180 



The Penncr Formulary 



Part 111. 



Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and mix them thoroughly with 
the tar, pour upon them 4 ounces of water and macerate for 24 hours, 
then pack moderately in a conical percolator and percolate with water 
until 9 ounces are obtained ; dissolve in this the sugar by agitation. 

Hale's Honey of Hoarhound and Tar. Oil of tar 2 fl. drachms, fluid- 
extract of hoarhound 4 fl. drachms, oil of anise 5 drops, Jamaica rum 
8 fl. ounces, honey enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Lung Balsam. 

Nitric Acid, 120 minims 

Fluidextract of Lobelia, 1 fl. ounce 

Tincture of Opium, 6 fl.ounces 

Extract of Conium, 4 fl.ounces 

Extract of Liquorice, 3 ounces av. 

Oil of Sassafras, 10 minims 

Alcohol, 1 pint 

Water, 2 pints 

Boiling Water, 8 fl.ounces 

Porto Rico Molasses, 4 pints 
The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Mix the fluidextracts, tincture of opium, oil, acid and extract of 
liquorice with the water and alcohol ; dissolve the tartar emetic with 

the boiling water and add to the mixture ; filter and add the molasses 
to the filtrate. 

Sedative Cough- Remedy. 

(Without Opium). 

This formula is given to furnish a good remedy without opium 
(which is often objectionable). This preparation is especially valu- 
able in irritating and obstinate coughs, and is a pleasant sedative and 
expectorant cough remedy. 



Potassium Bromide, 




1 


ounce av. 


Tincture of Sanguinaria, 


(Bloodroot), 


3 


fl. drachms 


Tincture of Hyoscyamus, 




2 


fl.ounces 


Ether, 




% 


fl. ounce 


Syrup of Ipecac, 




2 


fl.ounces 


Syrup of Tolu, 




7 


fl.ounces 


Alcohol, 




1 


fl. ounce 


Water, 




3 


fl.ounces 



Dissolve the potassium bromide in the water; mix the solution 
with the tinctures and filter ; add the syrups ; mix the alcohol with 
the ether and add to the mixture. 

Dose the same as other cough remedies, but it may be given freely 
without injury. 



Part III. 



Standard and Proprietary Remedies 



1181 



128 grains 
16 grains 
2 ounces 

1 fl. drachm 

2 ounces 
12 fl. ounces 



Terebene Cough Mixture. 

Terebene, purified, 1 fl. ounce 

Acacia, in powder, y 2 ounce av. 

Sugar, 3 ounces av. 

Yolk of Egg, two 

Anise Water, 2 fl. ounces 

Camphor Water, J / 2 fl. ounce 

Distilled Water, to make 8 fl. ounces 

Rub the acacia and sugai with the terebene in a mortar, beat the 
yolk of tgg with the medicated waters and make an emulsion by 
rubbing with the contents of the mortar, then add water enough to 
make 8 fl. ounces. By using lemon juice instead of distilled water, 
a more palatable preparation may be made. 
The dose is a teaspoonful. 

Terpin Cough Compound. 

Terpin Hydrate, 

Codeine, 

Alcohol, 

Solution of Saccharin, 

Water, 

Syrup of Tolu, 

Mix the terpin hydrate with the alcohol, dissolve the codeine in the 
water. Add the syrup of tolu gradually and with frequent shaking to 
the tehpin hydrate solution, and when all is added, mix with the solu- 
tion of codeine and saccharin. Dose a fl. drachm for an adult. 

Terpin and Heroin Cough Compound. This may be made the same 
as the above, only using 8 grains of heroin instead of codeine. 

White Pine Expectorant. 

This has been a very popular cough syrup. The formula, first pub- 
lished in Fenner's Complete Formulary, was to make a tincture of 
white pine by taking 

White pine Turpentine, (Gum Thus), 2 o.unces av. 

Alcohol, 14 fl. ounces 

Cut the gum in small pieces and dissolve it in the alcohol by macer- 
ation in a warm place. 

Compound Syrup White Pine. 
Morphine Sulphate, 8 grains 

Fluidextract of Ipecac, y 2 fl. ounce 

Chloroform, 1 fl. drachm 

Tincture of White Pine, (as above), 2 fl. ounces 

Magnesium Carbonate, ]/ 2 fl. ounce 

Sugar, • 18 ounces av. 

W r ater, 8 fl. ounces 



5M- 


ounces 


4 J A 


ounces 


aYa 


ounces 


4 


ounces 


I 


ounce 


I 


ounce 



1182 The Fenner Formulary Fart III. 

The tincture of white pine is to be rubbed with the magnesium car- 
bonate in a mortar and the water added, and filtered ; the fluidextract 
is then to be added and filtered again if necessary. The chloroform 
is to be mixed in a wide-mouth bottle with the sugar and the filtered 
liquid and morphine added, dissolving the sugar by agitation. This 
formula is still used by many, and is therefore retained in this revision. 

Spruce Gum Expectorant may be made with a tincture of spruce 
gum made in the same maner as the tincture of white pine, and the 
other ingredients the same as above. 

Another formula which makes a preparation corresponding with 
that of some manufacturers is as follows : 

Formula for White Pine Expectorant. 

White Pine Bark, 
Balm of Gilead Buds, 
Spikenard Root, 
Wild Cherry Bark, 
Blood Root, 
Ipecac, 

Alcohol, Water, each, a sufficient quantity. 
Make an alcoholic tincture of balm of Gilead buds and blood root, 
by macerating them with alcohol for 24 hours and then slowly per- 
colating with sufficient alcohol to make 1 pint of the tincture. 

Mix the white pine bark, spikenard root, wild cherry bark and ipe- 
cac, pour upon them 2 pints of dilute alcohol, macerate for 24 hours, 
transfer to a percolator and percolate slowly with diluted alcohol until 
3 pints of tincture are obtained. 

Xow rub the tincture of balm of Gilead buds etc. with 1 ounce of 
magnesium carbonate, and add to it the tincture prepared from the 
white pine bark etc., and filter through paper until clear, adding water 
through the filter to make in all 5 pints of the liquid when filtered 
clear. In this dissolve 

Morphine Acetate, 35 grains 

Chloroform, z/ A fl. ounce 

Ammonium Chloride, 1 ounce 

Sugar, 5 pounds 

First dissolve the salts in the liquid, then the sugar by agitation and 
strain or let stand and decant to make 1 gallon of the syrup. 

The addition of Y\ ounce tartar emetic to this preparation is ben- 
eficial. 

Pectoral Tea or Hamburg Tea. Brust-Thee. 
Althaea Root, cut, 4 ounces 

Liquorice Root, cut, 1 ounce 

Mullein Leaves, cut, 4 ounces 

Senna Leaves, cut, 1 ounce 



34 


ounce 


3 


ounces 


34 


ounce 


/2 


ounce 


34 


ounce 


34 


ounce 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1183 

American Saffron, 
Malva Flowers, cut, 

Blue Flowers, (Asters or Bachelor Button), 
Fennel Seed, bruised, 
Anise Seed, bruised, 
Granulated Sugar, 
Mix them thoroughly and put up in packages of about 2 ounces. 

Cough Drops or Candy. 

There are in the market a great variety of cough drops which are 
mainly sold by the ounce and are not put up in the general style of 
proprietary remedies. They are usually made by confectioners and 
moulded in various shapes, and colored either black, red or brown. 
The most popular black cough drops were introduced by Smith Bros, 
of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and are well known everywhere as "S. B." 
cough drops. A similar preparation may be made by adding to I 
pound of rock candy and I pound of sugar, mixed and boiled to the 
proper consistency for making drops, 2 ounces tincture of opium, 20 
grains tartar emetic, *4 ounce oil of anise, x /\ ounce oil of wintergreen, 
and coloring black with negrosine in solution. 

Cherry cough drops are made by adding to 3 parts of rock candy 
and 1 part of sugar, mixed and boiled to the proper consistence, a very 
little morphine, tartar emetic, capsicum, and flavoring with bitter 
almond and coloring red. 

Hoarhound Cough Drops may be made by adding a small quantity 
of fluidextract of hoarhound to the same rock candy and sugar base, 
and coloring slightly with caramel. 

Cough Lozenges or Troches. 

Many kinds of cough troches or . lozenges have been popular as 
proprietary medicines. Brown's Bronchial Troches have been as well 
received as any, but now the compound troches, tablets, or lozenges 
for colds, sold in bulk, are more generally used. 

A good bronchial troche, similar to the most popular ones, may be 
made as follows : 

Extract of Liquorice, in powder, 

Cubebs, in fine powder, 

Sugar, in fine powder, 

Acacia, in fine powder, 

Extract of Conium, powdered, 

Tartar Emetic, in powder, 
Mix them well together and, with mucilage or water, make into a 
mass, which is- to be rolled out and cut into lozenges of about 10 
grains. The mass may be flavored with oil of anise, oil of fennel, or 
any other flavoring that may be desired by adding the oil to a portion 
of the powder, and mixing, then working the portion into the re- 



I 


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6 


ounces 


i/ 2 


pounds 


4 


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1 


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1 


drachm 



1184 The Fcnncr Formulary Part III. 

mainder of the powder before making the mass. 

By adding other substances, as morphine, opium, ipecac etc., other 
varieties may be made. Similar ingredients may be made into com- 
pressed lozenges, if desired. 

DIARRHCEA AND DYSENTERY REMEDIES. 

The milder forms of remedies which are used for summer com- 
plaints and looseness of the bowels are known in proprietary med- 
icine as Diarrhoea or Dysentery Remedies. Carminatives, which have 
already been mentioned, are similar. The stronger preparations are 
mostly known as cholera cures, mixtures, drops, or by some other 
title. See Cholera Cures. 

The following are the most popular: 

Blackberry Cordial. 

Blackberry Juice, 

Catechu, 

Cinnamon, 

Nutmeg, 

Coriander Seed, 

Opium, in powder, 

Sugar, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and, having mixed the black- 
berry juice with the alcohol, macerate them for a week or 10 days in 
a warm place, then filter, add the sugar, dissolve by agitation and, 
having passed enough water through the filter, add it to the mixture 
to make i gallon of the finished product. 

Instead of the blackberry juice, fluidextract of blackberry 4 ounces, 
with alcohol 4 ounces , sugar 4 ounces, and water enough to make the 
4 pints may be used. 

Dose from a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful every hour or two 
until diarrhoea is checked. 

This makes a finely flavored, pleasant and effective cordial for 
summer complaints, and will give complete satisfaction. It may be 
made from the juice freshly expressed from the berries, or from well 
preserved blackberry juice put up by reliable houses. 

The following formula, although not quite so nicely flavored, is 
just as efficient and more convenient to make at all seasons of the year. 

Blackberry Cordial. 

Made from the Root. 
Blackberry Root, 
Nutmeg, 
Cinnamon, 



4 pints 




4 ounces 


av. 


1 ounce 


av. 


1 ounce 


av. 


1 ounce 


av. 


34 ounce 


av. 


2 pounds 
2y 2 pints 
1 gallon 





24 


ounces av. 


1 


ounce av. 


1 


ounce av. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1185 

Coriander Seed, i ounce av. 

Opium, in powder, l /± ounce av. 

Sugar, 12 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 2 l / 2 pints 

Water sufficient to make I gallon 

Grind the drugs to a moderately fine powder and having mixed the 
alcohol with 5 pints of water, moisten them with 2 pints of the mix- 
ture and macerate for 24 hours in a covered vessel, then transfer to 
the water-bath percolator, pack moderately, pour upon them the re- 
mainder of the menstruum, heat moderately for 1 hour, then turn off 
the heat and begin to percolate, adding water to the drugs after the 
liquid has disappeared from the top and continuing the percolation 
until yy 2 pints have been obtained. Lastly, dissolve the sugar in 
the percolate and filter. 

Many other remedies for diarrhoea, dysentery and summer com- 
plaints will be found under other headings. 

Diarrhoea Tablets. 

Catechu, in powder, 
Kino, in powder, 
Opium, in powder, 
Sugar, in powder, 
Gum Arabic, in powder, 
Oil of Cinnamon, 
Mucilage of acacia, to make a mass which 
lozenges. Dose, 1 to 4. 

DYSPEPSIA REMEDIES. 

Among the general remedies for dyspepsia may be included all the 
tonic, stomach, iron and blood bitters, the alterative tonics and stim- 
ulants ; but besides these are a larg-e class of remedies particularly 
designed for dyspepsia, which have a large sale. Dyspepsia is the 
chief cause of indigestion of amylaceous and nitrogenous food, and 
it is rational to supply to the stomach the lacking ferments or solvents 
of these foods, that it may perform its proper functions. Diastase 
is the proper solvent for amylaceous food and pepsin for nitrogenous. 
In the animal economy diastase is a constituent of saliva, and in the 
vegetable it is found in greatest abundance in malted grain, being 
now most employed in medicine in the form of malt extract. Pepsin 
is the digestive ferment of the stomach, and is abundantly obtained 
from the stomachs of various animals. Now, while it would seem 
reaonable to supply to a dyspeptic stomach these elements, the ab- 
sence of which causes indigestion, yet there are few dyspepsia cures 
on the market that do so, and, as we must ''follow the fashion" and 
make formulas for remedies like some that are popular, we give a 
little variety. 









200 


grains 










100 


grains 










25 
600 


grains 
grains 




is 


to 


be 


175 grains 
20 drops 
made into 


100 



6 


ounces av. 


1/2 


ounces av. 


% 


ounce av. 


2 


ounces av. 


30 


grains 


2 


ounces av. 


3 


fl. drachms 


24 


fl. ounces 


2 


pints 


I 


gallon 



1186 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

Dyspepsia Remedy. 

A proprietary remedy known as "August Flower," similar to the 
following, has had a large sale in this country. 

Rhubarb, 

Golden Seal, 

Cape Aloes, 

Peppermint herb, freshly dried, 

Capsicum, 

Potassium Carbonate, (Sal Tartar), 

Spirit (Essence) of Peppermint, 

Alcohol, 

Porto Rico Molasses, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Reduce the drugs to a coarse powder and, having mixed the alco- 
hol with 3 pints of water, dissolve the potassium carbonate in the 
mixture, moisten the powder with 12 ounces of the liquid and macer- 
ate in a warm place for 24 hours ; transfer to a percolator, pack very 
moderately, pour upon it the remainder of the liquid and percolate, 
adding water to the drugs after the liquid has disappeared from the 
surface, and continuing the percolation until 6 pints have passed ; to 
this add the essence of peppermint and molasses, and, after standing 
a few days, strain or decant. 

This may also be made advantageously by water-bath percolation. 
The dose is a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful after meals. 

Dyspepsia Tonic. 

Tincture of Gentian Compound, 
Tincture of Rhubarb, 
Tincture of Ginger, 
Essence of Peppermint, 
Sodium Bicarbonate, 
Water, sufficient to make 
Mix the tinctures etc., dissolve the sodium bicarbonate in the water, 
mix the solutions and, after standing a day or so, filter. 

This is an excellent general remedy for atonic dyspepsia with acid 
stomach, flatulence etc. 

Dose a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful after meals. 

Digestive Dyspepsia Remedy. 

Malt Extract, 6 fl. ounces 

Pepsin, Saccharated, 240 grains 

Tincture of Ginger, 1 fl. ounce 

Fluidextract of Golden Seal, 1 fl. ounce 

Essence of Peppermint, ]/ 2 fl, ounce 



4 


fl. ounces 


4 


fl. ounces 


1 


fl. ounce 


/2 


fl. ounce 


Ya 


ounce av. 


I 


pint 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1187 

Fluidextract of Senna, I fl. ounce 

Whisky, 4 fl. ounces 

Water, enough to make 1 pint 

Mix them. "Shake before taking." 
Dose a teaspoonful or more before meals. 

This is not a nice-looking mixture, and would hardly be a popular 
remedy for the market. It is also too expensive for general sale, but 
it is a very effective digestive and dyspepsia remedy, and may be 
found useful by some of our readers. 

Dyspepsia Remedy. 

A very good dyspepsia lozenge or tablet may be made with 
Rhubarb, in fine powder, . 500 grains 

Bismuth Subnitrate, 500 grains 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 300 grains 

Ginger, in fine powder, 100 grains 

Oil of Peppermint, 50 minims 

Acacia, in fine powder, 300 grains 

Sugar, in fine powder, 300 grains 

Make into a mass with mucilage and divide into 100 tablets or 
lozenges. To make a white tablet omit the rhubarb. 

Dyspepsia Tablets. 

Saccharated Pepsin, 1000 grains 

Saccharated Pancreatin, 1000 grains 

Ginger, in fine powder, 50 grains 

Oil of Pimento, 50 minims 

Acacia, in powder, 300 grains 

Make into a mass with water or mucilage and divide into 100 
tablets. 

Peptonic tablets may be made to contain in each, pure pepsin 1 
grain, pure pancreatin 1 grain, with sugar and gum to make a 5 grain 
compressed tablet. 

Soda-mint tablets are made 5 grains of sodium bicarbonate and 
l / 2 minim oil of peppermint in each. 

EARACHE REMEDIES. . 

A few formulas for earache remedies will not be found amiss among 
the Standard Remedies. They may be made usually as wanted. 

Earache Oil. 

Olive Oil, 2 fl.drachms 

Chloroform, 10 minims 

Oil of Cajuput, 15 minims 

Camphor, 10 grains 

Mix and dissolve. Warm when dropped, into the ear, 



1188 The Fcnner Formulary Part III. 

Earache Cure. 

Morphine Sulphate, I grain 

Boric Acid, 5 grains 

Glycerin, 3 fl. drachms 

Water, 1 fl. drachm 

Dissolve, warm and drop in the ear. 

EFFERVESCENT SALTS. 

The use of effervescent salts has considerably increased during the 
past few years, especially at the soda fountain. The U. S. and Br. P. 
have several formulas which will be found in Part II. of this work.. 
Besides these, quite a number are popular as proprietary remedies. 
Formulas for some of them follow, and others can be made on the 
same general principle. 

General Directions for Preparing Effervescent Salts. 

All the substances must be thoroughly dried and reduced to a fine 
powder separately. They are then to be mixed intimately, and if de- 
sired in granular form, moistened sufficiently with alcohol to make a 
soft mass that will cohere closely. This is to be rubbed through a No. 
6 tinned-iron sieve and dried with only slight heat. When thoroughly 
dry it is to be put into dry bottles and tightly corked. 

Effervescent Brom-Acetanilide Caffeine. 

Potassium Bromide, 200 parts 

Caffeine, 20 parts 

Acetanilide, 60 parts 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 600 parts 

Tartaric Acid, 540 parts 

Sugar, • 440 parts 

Prepare according to general directions. 
A large, heaping teaspoonful of this contains about 10 grains of 

potassium bromide, 1 grain of caffeine, and 3 grains of acetanilide. 

This makes a fine combination for headache and nervous affections. 

The dose is from a level to a heaping teaspoonful (or more) thrown 

in a third to half a glass of water, to be drunk during effervescence. 

Effervescent Bromo-Caffeine. 

Potassium Bromide, 200 parts 

Caffeine, 20 parts 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 600 parts 

Tartaric Acid, 540 parts 

Sugar, 440 parts 
Prepare according to general directions. 

A large, heaping teaspoonful contains about 10 grains of potassium 

bromide and 1 grain of caffeine. The dose is a level to heaping tea- 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1189 - 

spoonful (or more) in a third to half a glass of water, to be drunk 

during effervescence for headache, nervousness etc. 

Effervescent Bromopyrine. 

Caffeine, 20 parts 

Antipyrine, 60 parts 

Sodium Bromide, 300 parts 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 600 parts 

Tartaric Acid, 540 parts 

Sugar, t 440 parts 

Prepare according to general directions. 

Effervescent Bromo-Seltzer. 

Potassium Bromide, 100 parts 

Sodium Chloride, (fine dairy salt), 300 parts 

Sodium Phosphate, 100 parts 

Calcium Chloride, 25 parts 

Sodium Sulphate, 50 parts 

Calcium Phosphate, 100 parts 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 600 parts 

Tartaric Acid, 540 parts 

All the substances are to be finely powdered separately, and mixed 

intimately. This salt is usually furnished in the form of a coarse 

powder as is directed in the preceding formulas. It is extensively 

used at the soda fountain and as a morning bracer. Dose a heaping 

teaspoonful in half a glass of water. 

Effervescent Caffeine Hydrobromide. B. P. C, 1901. 
Sodium Bicarbonate, in powder, 46 ounces 

Tartaric Acid, in powder, 24 ounces 

Citric Acid, in powder, 18 ounces 

Refined Sugar, in powder, 18 ounces 

Caffeine Hydrobromide, in powder, 4 ounces 

Mix the sodium bicarbonate and refined sugar, and incorporate with 
the other ingredients, previously mixed. Place in a shallow enamelled 
pan and apply heat sufficient to cause the mixture to assume a con- 
dition suitable for granulation, and then separate it into granules of a 
convenient size by means of a suitable sieve. Dry the granules at a 
temperature not exceeding I20°F. The product should weigh about 
100 ounces. Dose 60 to 120 grains. 

Effervescent Citrated Caffeine. U. S. 

Caffeine, 10 parts 

Citric Acid, 10 parts 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 320 parts 

Tartaric Acid, 300 parts 

Sugar, in very fine powder, 350 parts 
Alcohol, a sufficient quantity. 



1190 The Tenner Formulary Part III. 

Triturate the solid ingredients separately, well-dried, to a fine 
uniform powder. Mix this with the alcohol to a soft paste and rub 
it through a No. 6 tinned-iron sieve or enamelled colander. Then dry 
it and reduce it to a coarse, granular powder. Keep the product in 
well-stoppered bottles. See page 481, Part II. 

Effervescent Carlsbad Salt. 

Potassium Sulphate, 6 parts 

Sodium Chloride, (fine dairy salt), 60 parts 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 700 parts 

Sodium Sulphate, dried, 120 parts 

Tartaric Acid, 535 parts 

Sugar, 275 parts 

Prepare according to general directions. 

The close is a heaping teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful in water. 

Effervescent "Crab Orchard" Salt. 

This is intended for making an artificial congress water, a heaping 
teaspoonful mixed with three-fourths of a glass of water. 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 60 parts 

Sodium Carbonate, 60 parts 

Potassium Bitartrate, 300 parts 

Tartaric Acid, 300 parts 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 300 parts 

Sugar, 400 parts 

Prepare according to general directions. 

This is much used at the soda fountain, and as a laxative. 

Effervescent Kissingen Salts. 

Ammonium Chloride, 20 parts 

Sodium Chloride, (fine dairy salt), 600 parts 

Magnesium Sulphate, (dried), 65 parts 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 700 parts 

Tartaric Acid., 520 parts 

Prepare according to general directions. 

This is much used at the soda fountain and to make artificial kissin- 
gen water, a heaping teaspoonful in a glass of soda water. 

Effervescent Phenacetin with Caffeine. B. P. C, 1901. 

Sodium Bicarbonate, in powder, 46 ounces 

Citric Acid, in powder, 16 ounces 

Tartaric Acid, in powder, 24 ounces 

Refined Sugar, in powder, i6j^ ounces 

Phenacetin, in powder, 5 ounces 

Caffeine Citrate, in powder, 2j/ 2 ounces 
Prepare like Effer. Caffeine Hydrobromide. Dose 60 to 120 grains. 



II 


ounces 


$4 


ounce 


AV2 


ounces 


54 


ounces 


40 


ounces 


28 


grains 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1191 

Effervescent Powder of Artificial Carlsbad Salt. B. P. C, 1901. 

Exsiccated Sodium Sulphate, 
Potassium Sulphate, in powder, 
Sodium Chloride, in powder, 
Sodium Bicarbonate, in powder, 
Tartaric Acid, in powder, 
Gluside, 

Dry the ingredients separately, reduce to a fine powder and mix by 
trituration until quite uniform. Dose 60 to 120 grains. 

Effervescing "Vichy" Salt. 

Potassium Carbonate, (Sal Tartar), 15 parts 

Sodium Phosphate, 60 parts 

Magnesium Sulphate, (dried), 30 parts 

Sodium Chloride, (salt), 60 parts 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 900 parts 

Tartaric Acid, 600 parts 

Sugar, 250 parts 

Prepare according to general directions. 

This is much used at the soda fountain for making artificial vichy 
water, a large teaspoonful in a glass of soda water. 

The foregoing formulas represent but few of the many effervescent 
salts that may be made in the same general way. They are much more 
readily made than many of the galenicals prepared by druggists, and 
have the advantage, when made by them, of being fresh, while many 
bought in the market are old and have lost their effervescing qualities. 

ELIXIRS, ESSENCES AND EXTRACTS. 

Quite a variety of proprietary preparations, under the name Elixirs, 
Essences and Extracts, are found on the market, but most of them are 
included in this work under other headings. Of the first, the general 
elixirs of calisaya, calisaya and iron, and their combinations ; gentian 
and tincture iron chloride, elixirs of pepsin, elixirs of lactopeptin, and 
combinations, have been very popular as pseudo-proprietary med- 
icines. Many other proprietary medicines are also known as elixirs, as 
Blood Elixir, Tonic Elixir, Down's Elixir for Coughs, McMunn's 
Elixir of Opium etc. 

Of the proprietary remedies known as Essences, Essence of Ginger 
and Essence of Peppermint are the only ones which have any popular 
sale, and the former is more frequently called for as Extract of Ginger 
than as it is usually labeled. Of these extracts sold as proprietary, 
most of them are included under other headings, but a few are men- 
tioned here for want of better classification, 



1192 The Fenncr Formulary Part III. 

Essence or Extract of Jamaica Ginger. 

This preparation, more than any other, has been a popular favorite 
for mild forms of diarrhoea and summer complaint. It is also much 
used as a quick stimulant for colds, cramp, colic etc., and for dys- 
pepsia. It is a popular domestic remedy and has a ready sale at all 
drug stores. The formula is as follows : 

Jamaica Ginger Root, unbleached, in moderately 

fine powder, 2 pounds 

African Ginger, ground fine, 1 pound 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Moisten the ginger, after being well-mixed, with 2 pints of alcohol, 
and .pack firmly in the water-bath percolator, pour upon it 2 pints of 
alcohol and set in a warm place for 2 days, then heat moderately and, 
after 1 hour begin to percolate, adding alcohol to the drug and con- 
tinuing the heat and percolation until 1 gallon is obtained. The alco- 
hol remaining in the drug may be recovered by distillation. 

The process of water-bath percolation is particularly valuable in 
making this preparation ; no extract can be made by the cold process 
which equals it in flavor and strength. Consequently many manu- 
facturers have been in the habit of adding capsicum, which is very 
objectionable in such a preparation. Mixing the two kinds of ginger 
is an improvement, as the Jamaica gives it the delicate flavor and the 
African adds to its strength and color. 

Aromatic Extract of Jamaica Ginger. 

As some of the essences of ginger on the market contain aromatics 
combined with ginger, this formula is given : 

Jamaica Ginger, unbleached, in powder, 2 pounds 

African Ginger, ground fine, 1 pound 

Calamus, in powder, 1 ounce av. 

Canada Snake Root, in powder, 1 ounce av. 

Cinnamon and Mace, each, 1 drachm 

Oil of Lemon, fresh, 2 fl.drachms 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Make an extract of the drugs by percolation the same as directed 
in the preceding formula, and add the oil of lemon. 

This is used for the same purposes and given in the same quantities 
as the preceding. 

Extract Pinus Canadensis. 

This is a fluidextract prepared from the inner bark of hemlock trees, 
by extracting with water and evaporating the liquor until it is reduced 
to a thick extract, which may be preserved by the addition of 3 
fl. ounces of glycerin in a pint. 

A "white" or colorless extract is made from this by mixing with 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1193 

freshly precipitated oxide of iron and treating as directed for de- 
tannating. 

These extracts are used for washes, injections etc., and given in- 
ternally for chronic diarrhoea and other similar diseases. 

Extract of Shaker's Roots. 

Sarsaparilla Root, 4 ounces 

Leptandra Root, 2 ounces 

Mandrake Root, 1 ounce 

Valerian Root, 2 ounces 

Calamus Root, 1 ounce 

Hydrangea Root, 4 ounces 

Diluted Alcohol, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Make a pint of extract by water-bath percolation. 
This is a general alterative, given in small doses, for almost every- 
thing. 

Mother Seigle Curative Syrup. 
The manufacturers of Shaker Extract of Roots publish the following 
as the formula from which it is prepared : 

Extracts of Blue Flag Root, Culver's Root, 
Stillingia, Poke Root, Butternut Bark, 
Dandelion Root, each, 
Extract of Prince's Pine, 
Extract of Mandrake, 
Extract of Gentian, Extract of Colocynth, 

of each, 
Aloes, 

Extract of Black Cohosh, 
Capsicum, in powder, 
Sassafras Bark, ^ 
Borax, 

Hydrochloric Acid, 
Sugar House Syrup, 
Water, enough to make 
Other extracts, which are put up as proprietary, are mostly included 
under other headings. The buchu extracts will be found under Kid- 
ney and Liver Cures ; the malt extracts and combinations under malt 
preparations ; witch hazel extracts under distilled extracts, the sarsa- 
parilla extracts under various headings etc. 

EYE WATERS. 

Although the sale of proprietary eye waters is small as compared 
with other remedies, it is steady, and the preparations pay a large mar- 
gin of profit and are easily prepared ; therefore druggists can make it 
profitable to put them up. They are generally put up in i-ounce round 



634 pounds 


5 


pounds 


4 


pounds 


2 


pounds 


9 


pounds 


: 


[ pound 


1 


pound 


10 


pounds 


10 


pounds 


12 


pounds 


30 


gallons 


90 


gallons 



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The Fcnncr Formulary 



Part III. 



bottles and are best applied with an ordinary medicine dropper which 
may, with advantage, be supplied with each bottle. 

The following formulas are representative of the best preparations 
of this kind: 

Eye Water. 



20 grains 
16 grains 
2 fl. ounces 
14 fl. ounces 



2 fl. drachms 
16 grains 
16 grains 
30 grains 
14 fl.ounces 



30 minims 
2 fl.ounces 
14 fl.ounces 



Standard 
Zinc Sulphate, 
Morphine Sulphate, 
Glycerin, 
Rose Water, 
Mix and dissolve. 

Eye Water. 
Fluid Hydrastis, 
Zinc Sulphate, 
Morphine Sulphate, 
Borax, 
Glycerin, 
Mix and dissolve. 

Eye Water. 
. Solution Subacetate of Lead, 
Glycerin, 
Distilled Water, 
Mix. 

Eye Water. 
Alum, in powder. 
Boric Acid, 
Acetanilide, 
Glycerin, 
Distilled Water, 
Dissolve the salts in water, add the g 
filter. 

Any of the foregoing formulae will make good general eye waters, 
similar to those which are sold as proprietary remedies. They are 
usually put up in i-ounce bottles and sold for 25 cents. 

EYE SALVES. 

The demand for eye salves, like eye waters, is steady, but not large ; 
yet they are so easily made and so profitable that druggists should put 
them up for their trade. The following formulae make reliable prep- 
arations. It is necessary to have all the ingredients in very fine pow- 
der, and have them thoroughly mixed. Some manufacturers are now 
putting eye salves up in tubes instead of boxes, being more sanitary. 

Standard Eye Salve. 
Zinc Oxide, 1 ounce 

Morphine Sulphate, 30 grains 

White Petrolatum Ointment, 9 ounces 



10 grains 
10 grains 
2 fl.ounces 
14 fl.ounces 
ycerin and, after standing, 



Part 111. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1195 

Rub the morphine intimately with the zinc to an impalpable powder 
and gradually incorporate the petrolatum with the mixture. The Hub- 
buck's English Oxide of Zinc is the best for this purpose. 

Astringent Eye Salve. 

Liquor of Lead Subacetate, 2 fl. drachms 

Opium, in fine powder, 30 grains 

Tannin, in fine powder, 20 grains 

White Petrolatum Ointment, 8 ounces 

Mix the Goulard's Extract (liquor subacetate of lead) with the 
tannin and opium, and gradually incorporate the petrolatum ointment 
with the mixture. This is particularly useful for granulated lids and 
chronic sore eyes. 

Eye Salve. 

Ammoniated Mercury, (White Precipitate), 240 grains 

Morphine Sulphate, 20 grains 

White P'etrolatum Ointment, 8 ounces 

Rub the ammoniated mercury and morphine to a very fine powder, 

and gradually incorporate the ointment intimately with the mixture. 

Eye Salve. 

Calamine, 1 ounce 

Morphine Sulphate, 20 g'rains 

White Petrolatum Ointment, 9 ounces 

Rub the calamine and morphine together and gradually incorporate 
the ointment with the mixture. 

FEET REMEDIES. 

Remedies for corns, bunions and chilblains have been given under 
that heading. The following remedies are intended to make powders 
and liquids for perspiration and fetor of the feet, also for tender and 
sore feet : 

Foot-Ease Powder. 

A preparation similar to Foot-Ease, which is proprietary, may be 
made with 

Boric Acid, in fine powder, 1 ounce 

Talcum, powdered, 7 ounces 

Mix them and use as a dusting powder inside the stocking. 

Antiseptic Foot Powder. 

Salicylic Acid, y 2 ounce 

Boric Acid, in fine powder, 1 ounce 

Zinc Oxide, 1 ounce 

Talcum, powdered, 5^ ounces 
Mix and use as a dusting. 



1196 



The Fcnner Formulary 



Part III. 



Foot-Sweat Powder. 
Alum, in fine powder, 



i ounce 
i ounce 
6 ounces 



i ounce 
i ounce 
60 grains 
15 minims 
6 ounces 
8 ounces 



I 


ounce 


y* 


ounce 


60 


grains 


16 


fl. ounces 



Boric Acid, in fine powder, 
Talcum, powdered, 
Coumarin, 
Mix and use as a dusting. 

Foot-Fetor Liquid. 

Alum, in powder, 

Spirit of Camphor, 

Carbolic Acid, 

Oil of Cloves, 

Alcohol, 

Water, 

Dissolve the alum in the water, add the spirit of camphor, carbolic 
acid and oil of cloves to the alcohol. Mix the solutions and use as a 
bath, letting it dry on the feet. 

For Tender Feet. 

Alum, 
Boric Acid, 
Tannin, 
Water, hot, 
Dissolve the salts in the hot water, allow to cool, and filter. 

Tender Feet Powder or Tablets. 

Alum, in powder, 12 ounces 

Salicylic Acid, 1 ounce 

Boric Acid, in powder, 1 ounce 

Tannin, in powder, 1 ounce 
Mix the powders thoroughly. A teaspoonful of the powder in 2 

quarts of hot water as a bath for the feet. This powder may be put up 

in tablet form if desired. 

FEMALE REMEDIES. 

In the earlier history of patent medicines Female Remedies were 
but little known and, indeed, it was not until the Lydia Pinkham era 
that this class of medicines became prominent. Since then there has 
been no end to the preparations advertised or recommended for the 
diseases "peculiar to the female sex,'' and as a consequence, women 
have discovered that they have organs and ailments which were, to 
them, before practically unknown, and that there are remedies for 
their own complaints, which they cannot now do without, 
although, in the past, they had existed very comfortably without them. 
There is now quite a demand for put up medicines of this class and 
druggists find it profitable to supply that demand. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 

Aletris Cordial. 



1197 



This is similar to the old Eclectic preparation known as "Mother's 
Cordial." The following formula will make a satisfactory preparation : 

Unicorn Root, (Aletris), 

Catnep Herb, 

Cramp Bark, 

Partridgeberry Leaves, 

Blue Cohosh, 

Cinnamon Bark, 

Orange Peel, 

Caraway Seed, 

Sugar, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and macerate 24 hours with the 
alcohol mixed with an equal measure of water, then percolate, adding 
water after the liquid has disappeared from the surface of the drug, 
and continue the percolation with water until 6y 2 pints are obtained ; 
filter, dissolve the sugar in the filtrate and add enough water to make 
a gallon of the finished cordial. 



8 ounces 


av. 


4 ounces 


av. 


4 ounces 


av. 


8 ounces 


av. 


2 ounces 


av. 


1 ounce 


av. 


1 ounce 


av. 


l / 2 ounce 
2 T / 2 pounds 
2 1 /, pints 
1 gallon 


av. 



Favorite Female Remedy. 

Witch Hazel Bark, 

Unicorn Root, 

Senna Leaves, 

Catnep Herb, 

Life Root Plant, (Senecio Aureus), 

Vervain Herb, 

Black Haw Bark, 

Cinnamon Bark, 

Nutmeg, 

Sugar, 

Spirits of Nitre, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Grind the drugs to a coarse powder, mix the alcohol with 3 pints of 
water, moisten the drugs with 2 pints of the mixture and pack firmly in 
the water-bath percolator, pour the remainder of the mixture upon the 
drugs and set in a warm place for 2 days ; then heat moderately and, 
after 1 hour, begin to percolate, adding water to the drugs and con- 
tinuing the heat and percolation until 7 pints are obtained ; to this add 
the spirit of nitre, dissolve the sugar in the mixture, add enough water 
to make a gallon, allow to stand a few days and filter. 



8 


ounces 


av. 


8 


ounces 


av. 


6 


ounces 


av. 


4 


ounces 


av. 


4 


ounces 


av. 


4 


ounces 


av. 


4 


ounces 


av. 


y 2 


ounce 


av. 


y 2 


ounce 


av. 


8 


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1198 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

Female Remedy. 

Women's Health Restorative. 
Cramp Bark, (Viburnum Opulus), 8 ounces av. 

Catnep, 4 ounces av. 

False Unicorn Root, (Helonias), 8 ounces av. 

Senna Leaves, 8 ounces av. 

Partridgeberry, 12 ounces av. 

Saigon Cinnamon, y 2 ounce av. 

Nutmeg, y 2 ounce av. 

Spirit of Nitrous Ether, 4 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 8 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 3 pints 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and, having mixed the alcohol 
with 3 pints of water, moisten the powder with 3 pints of the liquid, 
pack firmly in the water-bath percolator ,pour upon it the remainder 
of the liquid and set in a warm place for 2 days, then heat moderately 
and after 1 hour begin to percolate, adding water to the drug after the 
liquid has all disappeared from the surface of the drugs, and continuing 
the percolation with water until jy 2 pints have been obtained ; to this 
add the sugar and spirit of nitre ; dissolve and filter. 

This may be made from the fluidextracts instead of the drugs as 
follows : Fluidextract cramp bark, fluidextract false unicorn, fluid- 
extract senna, each, 8 fl. ounces ; fluidextract mitchella 12 fl. ounces ; 
fluidextract catnep 4 fl. ounces ; spirit of nitrous ether 4 fl. ounces ; oil of 
cassia 20 minims ; oil of nutmeg 30 minims ; sugar 8 ounces av. ; alco- 
hol 2 pints ; water sufficient to make 1 gallon. 

Mix the fluidextracts and spirit of nitre, dissolve the oils in the alco- 
hol and add to the solution 2 pints of water, mix this with the fluid- 
extracts etc., dissolve the sugar in the mixture and add enough water 
to make 1 gallon. 

The dose of this preparatin is from 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls four times a 
day. 

Female Pills. 
Under this title a great many pills are found on the market, most of 
them being indirectly advertised to "cure irregularities,' and sold at 
an exhorbitant price. 

A variety of formulas for female pills will be found among the Pills, 
or the following may be used : 

Ergotin, 100 grains 

Extract Hellebore, 50 grains 

Myrrh, 50 grains 

Iron Sulphate, 50 grains 

Aloin, 20 grains 

Make into 100 pills. Dose 1 to 3 pills, two or three times a day. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1199 

GONORRHOEA CURBS. 

There is a fair demand for put up preparations for this disease, and 
several proprietary remedies have had an extensive sale. The most 
popular form now is a preparation to take, and an injection in one 
package. The following formulas will make very satisfactory prep- 
arations which may be put up either singly or together in one package : 

Golden Emulsion. 

Balsam Copaiba, 2 ounces 

Spirit of Nitrous Ether, 2 ounces 

Solution of Lime, (Lime Water), 4 ounces 

Fluidextract Hydrastis, (Golden Seal), y 2 ounce 

Fluidextract Cubeb, )A ounce 

Syrup, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix the balsam and spirit of nitrous ether together in a pint bottle, 
and add the lime water, shake them well together, then add the fluid- 
extracts and enough syrup to make a pint of the mixture, mix 
thoroughly and dispense with a shake label on the bottle. 

Golden Injection. 

Zinc Sulphate, 
Morphine Sulphate, 
Fluid Hydrastis, 
Glycerin, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Dissolve the salts in 6 ounces of water, add the fluid Hydrastis and 
glycerin and enough water to make a pint. 

HAY FEVER REMEDIES. 

Most of the remedies for catarrh are equally good for hay-fever 
which is acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nasal and 
respiratory passages, also involving the eyes. The liquid preparations 
and ointments given under Catarrh Cures may be employed, also the 
following: 



30 


grams 


10 


grains 


2 


ounces 


2 


ounces 


I 


pint 



l & 



Hay Fever Remedy. 



Boric Acid, in fine powder, 30 grains 

Acetanilide, in fine powder, 30 grains 

Morphine Sulphate, 8 grains 

Glycerin, 1 fl.ounce 

Distilled Water, 15 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the salts in the water and glycerin, and use as a wash for 

the interior of the nose and for the eyes, and as a gargle for the throat. 

It may also be used to advantage with an atomizer. 



1200 The Fcnner Formulary Part III. 

HEADACHE REMEDIES. 

Headache Powders. 

In the past few years headache powders have become prominent as 
proprietary medicines. The following formulas make very satisfactory 
preparations. Additions and changes may be made as desired, but the 
essential ingredients of the formulas should be maintained. 

Acetanilide, 60 grains 

Caffeine, 24 grains 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 30 grains 

Sugar, 120 grains 

Mix thoroughly, and divide into twelve powders. 

Acetanilide, 60 grains 

Guarana, in powder, 60 grains 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 30 grains 

Sugar, 120 grains 

Mix thoroughly and divide into twelve powders. 

Acetanilide, 60 grains 

Potassium Bromide, granular, (dry), 120 grains 

Sugar,' 1 120 grains 

Mix thoroughly and divide into twelve powders. 

Headache Remedy. 

The following is an excellent formula for a headache remedy in 
liquid form. It is specially valuable for chronic sick headache. 

We think this form of medicine preferable to powders, but it is 
expensive to put up, in comparison with powders. 

Caffeine, • 128 grains 

Potassium Bromide, 640 grains 

Fluidextract Veratrum Viride, 2 fl. drachms 

Fluidextract Guarana, 4 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the caffeine with a portion of the elixir and potassium bromide 
with another portion until nearly dissolved, mix the solutions, add the 
fluidextract and then enough elixir to make a pint. 

The dose is a teaspoonful repeated every half hour until the head- 
ache is relieved. 

HEART PREPARATIONS. 

The sale for proprietary heart medicines has never been large, for 
the reason that people who have any trouble with this organ, if pos- 
sible, seek the advice of physicians. A few preparations for heart 
trouble are found upon the market, all similar in composition. 

Heart Corrector or Regulator. 

Digitalis, in coarse powder, 1 ounce 

Hyoscyamus, in coarse powder, 1 ounce 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1201 

American Hellebore, (Veratrum Viride), 2 drachms 

Diluted Alcohol, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Percolate the drugs with the diluted alcohol until a pint of the 
tincture is obtained. The dose is from 34 to 1 teaspoonful for palpita- 
tion or other disturbances of the heart. 

HYPOPHOSPHITES COMPOUNDS. 

Preparations of hypophosphites under various names have enjoyed 
an enviable reputation as proprietary medicines. First to claim prom- 
inent public attention was Churchill's Hypophosphites in the form of 
solution, afterwards Syrups of Hypophosphites of Lime, Soda, 
Potassa, Iron, and other salts in various combinations came into use, 
and more recently the combination of these hypophosphites with 
quinine, strychnine etc., have usurped the field, and hold the front 
place as proprietary hypophosphite preparations, as well as being ex- 
tensively used in the practice of physicians. The formulas will be 
found under Solutions and Syrups, Part II. 

INHALANTS AND INHALERS. 

Inhalants are designed to be used by being vaporized in inhalers 
specially designed for that purpose, and are employed for the relief or 
cure of asthma, catarrh, colds, bronchitis, hay-fever and other dis- 
eases affecting the air passages. A great variety of inhalers are made, 
the most convenient and practical being those which admit of the 
passage of air through tubes of paper, wood or other absorbing sub- 
stance or loose fibrous material which is saturated with the inhalant. 
The air then being drawn through these saturated tubes or substances 
carries the vapor of the inhalant to the diseased part, where it exerts 
its curative action. Other forms of inhalers are those by which a cur- 
rent of air is made to pass through a solution of some volatile med- 
icinal substance contained in a bottle. 

The following inhalants may be put up as proprietary. 

Carbolate of Iodine Inhalant. 

Carbolic Acid, (crystals), 120 grains 

Glycerin, 1 drachm 

Tincture Iodine, 3 drachms 

Camphor, in powder, 90 grains 
Dissolve the carbolic acid in the glycerin, add the tincture of iodine 

and camphor, and then add water of ammonia, drop by drop, until the 

solution is nearly colorless. 

Excelsior Inhalant. 

Carbolic Acid, (crystals), 1*4 ounces av. 

Camphor, 2 ounces av. 

Oil of Eucalyptus, 



1202 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

Oil of Sassafras, i fl. drachm 

Oil of Tar, ^ I fl. drachm 

Oil of Hemlock, I fl. drachm 

Mix and dissolve. 

This is an excellent inhalant, and may be put up by any other name 
than the one used in the title. It is used for catarrh etc. 

Lightning Inhalant. 
(Bottled Electricity). 
An inhaler made from a tall, half-ounce or ounce wide-mouth bottle 
or tall tin box in the bottom of which is packed some cotton or other 
absorbent upon which is poured a liquid which vaporizes readily, the 
vapor of which is very penetrating, has been quite popular for selling 
on the streets by fakers. 

The liquid may be made as follows : 

Essential Oil of Mustard, i drachm 

Oil of Tar, 2 drachms 

Oil of Sassafras, 1 ounce 

Oil of Wintergreen, 1 ounce 

Oil of Hemlock, 1 ounce 

Menthol, 1 drachm 

Mix them and when desired to use drop a few drops in an inhaler. 
The vapor is very penetrating. 

Menthol Inhalers. 
Menthol inhalers are made by inclosing crystallized menthol or pip- 
menthol loosely packed in a glass tube which may be opened at both 
ends. The air being inhaled through the tube is charged with the 
menthol vapor. These inhalers are used chiefly for headache. A sol- 
ution of menthol may also be prepared by dissolving 1 ounce of men- 
thol in 8 ounces of alcohol. This may be used with any of the ordi- 
nary forms of tubular inhalers. 

INJECTIONS. 

Injections which are sold as proprietary medicines are mostly for 
private diseases, but in regular pharmacy hypodermic injections of 
apo-morphine, ergotin and morphine are official in the Br. P., and 
many others are prescribed or employed by physicians in their prac- 
tice. In this department the proprietary injections only will be noticed. 

Injection Brou. 

Acacia, in coarse powder, 2 drachms 

Calamine, 1 drachm 

Zinc Acetate, 1 drachm 

Tincture of Catechu, 4 fl. drachms 

Tincture of Opium and Saffron, 4 fl. drachms 

Water, sufficient to make I pint 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1203 

Dissolve the acacia and zinc acetate in the water and triturate with 
the calamine in a mortar, then add the tinctures. This is to be shaken 
before using. Ordinary laudanum may be used instead of the tincture 
of opium and saffron. 

Rose Injection or Rose Wash. 

Zinc Sulphate, I drachm 

Tincture of Catechu, 4 fl. drachms 

Tincture of Opium, 4 fl. drachms 

Glycerin, 1 fl. ounce 

Rose Water, 14 fl.ounces 
Mix them. 

Compound Hydrastis Injection. 

Fluid Hydrastis, or Aqueous Fluidextract 

Hydrastis, 1 fl. ounce 

Zinc Sulphate, 1 drachm 

Glycerin, 1 fl. ounce 

Tincture of Catechu, 4 fl. drachms 

Rose Water, 14 fl.ounces 
Mix them. 

IODIDE ALTERATIVES. 

The following preparations have been popular as proprietary med- 
icines with published formulas of composition, and sold mainly by 
prescription of physicians. 

Iodide of Potassium Elixir Compound. 

"Iodia" — Alterative Elixir. 
Under the name 'Toda,'' Battle & Co., Chemists Corporation, of 
St. Louis, have made and sold an alterative preparation, claiming that 
it contains certain alterative drugs combined with potassium iodide 
and iron phosphate. A good preparation of this kind, containing sim- 
ilar ingredients as is claimed for this, may be made as follows : 

Stillingia, in coarse powder, 

Prickly-Ash Bark, in coarse powder, 

Saxafraga, in coarse powder, 

Yellow Parilla, in coarse powder, 

Blue Flag, in coarse powder, 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 

Diluted Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Mix the powdered drugs and percolate with the diluted alcohol first, 
and then with water until 15 fl.ounces are obtained. Dissolve the 
potassium iodide in the tincture and the iron salt in 1 ounce of hot 
water, and gradually add the tincture to the iron solution, and after 
standing, filter. 



2 


ounces av 


% 


ounce 


I 


ounce 


I 


ounce 


Va 


ounce 


28 


grains 


16 


fl.ounces 


I 


pint 



1204 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

Elixir Iodides and Bromides of Calcium Compound. 

"Elixir Iodo-Bromide of Calcium Compound." 

Under the title "Elixir Iodo-Bromide of Calcium Compound," 
Tilden & Co., of New Lebanon, have had an extensive sale for an 
alterative compound, claiming it to contain many valuable alterative 
salts and medicines. The following formula was suggested by C. S. 
Hallberg of 'Chicago, in a paper read before the Illinois Pharmaceutical 
Association at Bloomington, 111. 

Calcium Bromide, 256 grains 

Sodium Iodide, 256 grains 

Potassium Iodide, 256 grains 

Magnesium Chloride, 256 grains 

Fluidextract Sarsaparilla Compound, 2 ounces 

Fluidextract Stillingia Compound, 2 ounces 

Elixir Orange, 4 ounces 

. Sugar, ' 4 ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the salts in the water, add the sugar, and to this syrup add 
the fluidextracts previously mixed with the elixir orange. After stand- 
ing 2 days, filter, adding water to make the measure 16 fl. ounces. 

KIDNEY AND LIVER REMEDIES. 

Among modern proprietary medicines, kidney and liver cures stand 
preeminently at the front as examples of what advertising will do. 
There have been kidney remedies and liver remedies, and the two com- 
bined, long before Warner entered the field with the Safe Liver and 
Kidney Cure. But his advertising seemed to have opened a new vein, 
and the people who read discovered that they had difficulties of which 
they were before ignorant. 

A colossal fortune was made in a short time, and as quickly spent, 
but the demand for kidney and liver cures, although considerably 
diminished, still continues, and will continue for decades to come. 

Many of the remedies designed to act on the kidneys and liver are 
noticed under other headings, and only those which are known in the 
market by the name of Kidney and Liver Remedies or Cures, or by 
other similar titles are included in this section. 

There has always been a good demand for proprietary remedies for 
diseases of the kidneys, bladder and urinary organs. In the earlier 
days, Vaughn's Lithontriptic, and Constitution Water were popular. 
More recently Helmbold's and other buchu preparations had a big 
run ; still more lately Diuretic Elixirs of various kinds and Kidney 
Pills have had their day, and now a large family of Liver and Kidney 
medicines have swept everything else out of the way, and are having 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1205 

the market all to themselves. So extensively have some of these late 
remedies been advertised and pushed, that it is now difficult to find a 
man, woman or child who has not some serious kidney difficulty. 

In making the formulae for these preparations we would have pre- 
ferred to confine their use to the kidneys, bladder and urinary organs, 
but we must follow the fashion and include the liver also. 

The formulae following make preparations similar to those most 
popular in the market, and are representatives of different kinds of 
kidney and liver remedies. 

Diuretic Cordial, Kidney and Liver Remedy. 

Liverwort herb, (Hepatica), 16 ounces av. 

Dandelion Root, 8 ounces av. 

Digitalis Leaves, i ounce av. 

Hydrangea Root, 4 ounces av. 

Wintergreen, herb, 2 ounces av. 

Potassium Nitrate, 3 ounces av. 

Sugar, 12 ounces av. 

Alcohol, iy 2 pints 

Menthol, 5 grains 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Grind the herbs etc., to a coarse powder and, having mixed the alco- 
hol with 4 pints of water, moisten the powder with 2 pints of the mix- 
ture and macerate in a covered vessel for 24 hours ; then transfer to the 
water-bath percolator, pack moderately, pour upon it the remaining 
portion of the liquid and set in a warm place for 1 day ; then heat very 
moderately and, after 1 hour, begin to percolate, adding water through 
the percolator after the liquid has disappeared from the surface, and 
continuing the Jieat and percolation until yy 2 pints have passed ; in this, 
dissolve the potassium nitrate and sugar and, after standing a few 
days, filter. 

This may be made by the ordinary method of percolation, but the 
water-bath percolation is preferable. 

If it is desired to use fluidextracts instead of drugs, the formula is as 
follows : Fluidextract of liverwort 16 fl. ounces, fluidextract or dan- 
delion 8 fl. ounces, fluidextract of digitalis 1 fl. ounce, essence of winter- 
green 1 fl. drachm, potassium nitrate 3 ounces av., sugar 12 ounces av., 
alcohol 10 fl. ounces, menthol 5 grains, water 5 pints. 

Mix the fluidextracts, alcohol and water, and add the essence of 
wintergreen and menthol ; dissolve the sugar and nitre in the liquid 
and filter. 

This is very similar to, but considerably stronger than the "Safe" 
cure. The usual dose is from a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful, the 
latter containing about 5 grains of potassium nitrate. 



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Part III. 



Kidney and Liver Remedy. 

Dandelion Root, 12 ounces av. 

Buchu Leaves, short, 8 ounces av. 

Liverwort, herb, 8 ounces av. 

Hydrangea Root, 4 ounces av. 

Spirit of Nitrous Ether, 8 fl. ounces 

Sugar, 12 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 2 pints 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and, having mixed the alcohol 
with 4 pints of water, moisten the powder with 2 pints of the mixture 
and macerate in a covered vessel for 24 hours ; transfer to the water- 
bath percolator, pack moderately, pour upon it the remainder of the 
liquid and set in a warm place for 1 day, then heat very moderately, 
and after 1 hour begin to percolate, adding water to the drugs after 
the liquid has disappeared, and continuing the heat and percolation 
until 7 pints have passed ; to this add the spirit of nitre and sugar, and 
enough water to make a gallon, and after standing a few days, strain. 

This may be made by the ordinary process of percolation instead of 
by water-bath. The dose is a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

It may be made from fluidextracts by taking fluidextract of dande- 
lion 12 fl. ounces, fluidextract of buchu 8 fl. ounces, fluidextract of liver- 
wort 8 flounces, fluidextract of hydrang-ea 4 fl. ounces, spirit of nitre, 
sweet, 8 fl. ounces ; sugar 12 ounces av., alcohol 1 pint, water 4^ pints. 
Mix, dissolve the sugar, and filter. 



Buchu 


Compound. 






Buchu Leaves, short, 




12 


ounces av. 


Liverwort, herb, 




4 


ounces av. 


Juniper Berries, 




8 


.ounces av. 


Hydrangea Root, 




4 


ounces av. 


Potassium Acetate, 




4 


ounces av. 


Spirit of Nitrous Ether, 




4 


fl. ounces 


Sugar, 




12 


ounces av. 


Alcohol, 




2J4 


pints 


Water, sufficient to make 




I 


gallon 



Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and, having mixed the alcohol 
with 4 pints of water, moisten them with 2 pints of the mixture and 
macerate in a closed vessel for 24 hours ; transfer to the water-bath 
percolator, pack moderately, pour upon them the remainder of the 
liquid, and set in a warm place for 1 day, then heat very moderately 
and, after 1 hour, begin to percolate, adding water to the drugs after 
the liquid has disappeared from the surface, and continue the heat and 
percolation until yy\. pints have passed; in this dissolve the sugar and 
potassium acetate and, after standing a few days, filter. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1207 

This is somewhat similar to the diuretic elixir, buchu, juniper, and 
potassium acetate, which has been quite popular. 

Nephritic Compound. 

Buchu Leaves, short, 12 ounces av. 

Hydrangea Root, 12 ounces av. 

Digitalis Leaves, . 3 ounces av. 

Juniper Berries, 8 ounces av. 

Potassium Nitrate, 3 ounces av. 

Essence of Wintergreen, 1 rl. ounce 

Alcohol, 3 pints 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder, moisten them with sufficient al- 
cohol and water mixed in equal quantities by measure, and macerate 
for 24 hours, then transfer to a water-bath percolator, pack firmly, 
cover with a mixture of about equal measures of alcohol and water, 
heat moderately and percolate with the same until the quantity of al- 
cohol which is directed is used ; then add water to the drugs and con- 
tinue the percolation, until 1 gallon of the percolate is obtained. Dis- 
solve the nitrate of potassium in this and filter. 

The dose is a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful as a remedy for 
kidney troubles. 

Kidney and Liverwort Tea. 

Liverwort, herb, cut, 8 ounces 

Dandelion Root, cut, 4 ounces 

Digitalis Leaves, cut, 2 ounces 

Peppermint, herb, cut, 1 ounce 

Wintergreen, herb, cut, 1 ounce 

Nitrate of Potassium, in powder, 3 ounces 

Mix thoroughly and put up in packages holding about 2 ounces. 

Directions for use: Steep the contents of the package in a quart of 

water, with gentle heat, for 2 hours, then strain off 1^ pints, and add 

to it half a pint of alcohol and 2 ounces of sugar. Adult dose of this 

preparation a wineglassful ( 1 fl. ounce) four times a day. 

Kidneywort. A proprietary medicine by this title is put up by 
Wells, Richardson & Co., of Burlington, Yt., both in a liquid and dry 
form. The dry kidneywort is a mixture of drugs, as dandelion, hy- 
drangea etc., and extract of other drugs, with roasted beans, coarsely 
ground. The liquid contains the strength of similar medicinal in- 
gredients. 

Kidney Pills. 



In the form of pills some remedies for kidney troubles are now in 
msiderable 
preparation ; 



considerable demand. The following formula will make a satisfactory 



1208 



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Part III. 



Potassium Nitrate, in powder, 
Extract of Digitalis, 
Extract of Squill, 
Extract of Juniper, 
Make ioo pills. Dose i to 3 pills four times daily. 



150 grains 
75 grains 
40 grains 
75 grains 



LINIMENTS. 



Proprietary preparations that are sold as liniments may naturally be 
divided into two classes : A. Those that are intended for internal and 
external use, and B. Those intended for external use only. The for- 
mer are used the same as the balms and pain killers as general pan- 
aceas, and consist mostly of oil or volatile substances dissolved in alco- 
hol or similar solvents ; the latter are usually mixtures of volatile oil 
and substances with some fixed or mineral oil, and are used externally 
for pain, swellings, sores etc. 

CLASS A. — For External and Internal Use. 

Arnica Liniment. 

Arnica Flowers, 

Smartweed Herb, 

Marigold Flowers, 

Oil of Sassafras, 

Oil of Hemlock, 

Oil of Origanum, 

Camphor, 

Alcohol, 

Water, a sufficient quantity to make 
Reduce the drugs to a coarse powder and pack firmly in a water- 
bath percolator. Pour upon them 4 pints of alcohol, and macerate in a 
warm place for 24 hours, then heat very moderately for 1 hour and 
begin to percolate slowly, adding first the remaining 3 pints of alcohol, 
and when this has disappeared from the surface continue the perco- 
lation with water until yjA pints have passed. To this percolate add 
the oils and camphor and dissolve; filter if necessary. This is for ex- 
ternal and internal use. 



16 


ounces av. 


18 


ounces av. 


4 


ounces av. 


3 


fl.ounces 


1 


fl.ounce 


x 


fl. ounce 


1 


ounce av. 


7 
1 


pints 
gallon 



Cocaine Liniment. 

Cocaine Hydrochloride, 
Oil of Hemlock, 
Oil of Sassafras, 
Alcohol, 
Mix and dissolve. The dose is 20 to 30 minims, 
ternally for pains etc. 



30 grains 
1 fl.ounce 
1 ounce 
14 fl.ounces 
It is also used ex- 



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Standard and Proprietary Remedies 



1209 



Eclectric Oil. 

The following formula has been published as similar to Thomas' : 



Camphor, 






y 2 


ounce 


Oil Gaultheria, 






% 


ounce 


Oil Origanum, 






V* 


ounce 


Chloroform, 






i 


ounce 


Laudanum, 






i 


ounce 


Oil Sassafras, 






i 


ounce 


Oil Hemlock, 






i 


ounce 


Oil Turpentine, 






i 


ounce 


Balsam Fir, 






i 


ounce 


Tincture Guaiacum, 






i 


ounce 


Tincture Catechu, 






i 


ounce 


Alcohol, 






4 


pints 


Alkanet, sufficient to color. 










Several other formulas are given 


i in this work 


which make prepar 


ations similar to this. 










Eclectric 


Liniment. 








Oil of Origanum, 




2 


fl. ounces 


Oil of Hemlock, 




4 


fl. ounces 


Oil of Turpentine, 




4 


fl. ounces 


Oil of Sassafras, 




2 


fl. ounces 


Oil of Amber, 




X 


fl. ounce 


Camphor, 




2 


ounces av. 


Capsicum, in fine powder, 




I 


ounce av. 


Myrrh, in fine powder, 




I 


ounce av. 


Water of Ammonia, 




4 


fl. ounces 


Alcohol, sufficient to make 




i 


gallon 



Mix and macerate for 7 days, then filter. 
For external or internal use. 

Hunn's Life Drops. 



Oil of Cajuput, 












1 fl. ounce 


Oil of Anise, 












1 fl. ounce 


Oil of Cloves, 












1 fl. ounce 


Oil of Peppermint, 










1 fl. ounce 


Alcohol, 












4 fl. ounces 


Dissolve the oils in 


1 the 


alcohol, 


. This is us 


>ed 


as 


a quick stimulant, 


The dose is 10 to 20 


drof 


>s on sugar. 












Indian 


Liniment. 









Oil of Sassafras, 
Oil of Origanum, 
Oil of Hemlock, 



1 ounce 
1 ounce 
1 ounce 



1210 The Tenner Formulary Part III. 

Tincture of Capsicum, 2 ounces 

Oil of Pennyroyal, 1 ounce 

Alcohol, 26 ounces 

Mix them. This is a popular general panacea for pain, colic etc. 
Dose 20 to 30 minims or more. 

Menthol Liniment. 

Menthol, 1 ounce 

Tincture of Capsicum, 4 ounces 

Sulphate of Morphine, 30 grains 

Alcohol, 2J ounces 

Mix and dissolve. This is used externally for pain, rheumatism, 
headache etc., and may be taken in doses of 20 to 30 minims. 

Pain-I-Cure. 

This is quite similar to the popular remedies used as pain-killers. It 
is a hot, stimulating liniment, for internal and external use. Pain Kil- 
ler is claimed as a trade mark, but druggists may use any title as 
above. 

Guaiac Resin, 1 ounce 

Camphor, 2 ounces 

Capsicum, in powder, 1 ounce 

Alcohol, 30 ounces 

Mix and macerate, with frequent agitation for 7 days, then filter. 

The addition of hemlock oil x / 2 ounce, and sassafras oil 1 ounce, to this 

quantity is an improvement. 

Ready Relief. 

Druggists have no right to use the title "Ready Relief on their 
wrappers and labels, as it is claimed as proprietary by Radway & Co. 
This formula, however, makes a satisfactory preparation. 

Camphor, 3 ounces av. 

Capsicum, 8 ounces av. 

Oil of Turpentine, 2 fl. ounces 

Stronger Ammonia Water, 8 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 1 gallon 

Mix and macerate for a week, shaking daily, then filter. 

Seven Seals. 

Ether, 3^ fl. drachms 

Chloroform, 5 fl. drachms 

Camphor, y/ 2 fl. drachms 

Oil of Peppermint, y 2 drachm 

Tincture of Capsicum, ^y 2 ounces 

Alcohol, 90%, 5 ounces 

Mix and dissolve. For internal or external pains. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1211 

Thymol-Chloral Liniment. 

Thymol, I ounce 

Chloral Hydrate, I ounce 

Tincture of Capsicum, 4 ounces 

Alcohol, 26 ounces 

Mix, dissolve and filter. For rheumatism, pain etc. Dose 20 to 30 
minims when taken. 

Smartweed Compound or Extract. 

Smartweed, leaves or herb, 20 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 6 pints 

Water, 2 pints 

Camphor, 6 drachms 

Oil of Hemlock, 1 fl. drachm 

Oil of Sassafras, 1 fl. ounce 

Grind the smartweed to a coarse powder and moisten it with 1 pint 
of the alcohol, pack tightly in a percolator and pour upon it the re- 
maining" alcohol ; cover closely and allow to stand 4 days ; begin the 
percolation and when no more alcohol remains on top of the drug, add 
the water. When the liquid has ceased to drop, press out what re- 
mains in the drug in the percolator and add to the last portion. 

In the 4 pints first obtained by percolation (before the water is 
added to the drug in the percolator), dissolve the camphor and oils, 
and when the last portion of the percolate and that from the pressure 
is obtained, add it gradually to the portion in which the oils etc., have 
been dissolved and filter, adding- alcohol enough to make 1 gallon. 



For external and internal use. 




Wizard Liniment. 




Oil of Sassafras, 


8 fl. ounces 


Oil of Cloves, 


2 fl. ounces 


Oil of Turpentine, 


4 fl. ounces 


Stronger Water of Ammonia, 


1 fl. ounce 


Ether, (Sulphuric), 


4 fl. ounces 


Chloroform, ' 


1 fl. ounce 


Camphor, 


2 ounces av 


Alcohol, sufficient to make 


1 gallon 



Mix and dissolve. 

For internal or external use. 

Under the title Wizard Oil, Wizard Liniment, Wizard Balm, Golden 
Relief, Golden Oil, and by many other similar names, a class of prep- 
arations for internal and external use are largely sold. In the pre- 
ceding pages many good formulas for such preparations will be found 
under various titles. They are mostly compounds of aromatic oils 
with camphor and chloroform or ether, and act as prompt and diffusive 
remedies to relieve cramp, pain etc. The profit on these preparations 



1212 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

is large and as they may be readily prepared there is no reason 
why druggists should not as well secure it to themselves as to pay it 
to others. There is always a ready demand for such preparations. 

CLASS B. — For External Use Only. 
Fluid Lightning. 

Aconitine or Veratrine, I grain 

Essential Oil of Mustard, i drachm 

Glycerin, I ounce 

Alcohol, 4 ounces 

Mix. This is a valuable external preparation for headache, neural- 
gia, rheumatism and all nervous pains. 

"Gargling Oil" Liniment. 

Camphor, 8 ounces av. 

Oil of Amber, 2 fi. ounces 

Origanum Oil, I fl. ounce 

Carbolic Acid, 4 ounces av. 

Oil of Turpentine, 3 pints 

Crude Petroleum Oil, 4 pints 

Stronger Water of Ammonia, 2 fl. ounces 

Mix and dissolve. 

This is somewhat like, but we think a much better preparation than 
Gargling Oil. 

Iodide of Ammonium Liniment. 

Iodine, 

Camphor, 

Oil Rosemary, 

Oil Lavender, 

Ammonia Water, q. s., or 

Alcohol, 

Dissolve the iodine in the alcohol and add the camphor and the 
oils, then add ammonia water enough to remove the dark color of the 
mixture, or change it to a light straw color. 

Low's Magnetic Liniment. 

The following formula has been published: Oil of turpentine, 
stronger ammonia water, each, 90 parts ; tincture capsicum 10 parts, 
spirit of camphor 960 parts, oil of sassafras 6 parts, fluidextract of sas- 
safras 40 parts, alcohol 180 parts. Mix and dissolve. 

Mexican Liniment. 

Olive Oil, 2 pints 

Camphor, 2 ounces 

Oil Origanum, 1 ounce 



I 


drachm 


J4 


ounce 


2 


drachms 


2 


drachms 


I 


ounce 


I 


pint 



Part III. 



Standard and Proprietary Remedies 



1213 



Oil Sassafras, i ounce 

Ammonia Water, 8 ounces 

Dissolve the camphor in the oils and mix with the ammonia water. 

Nerve and Bone Liniment. 

Oil of Origanum, I fl. ounce 

Oil of Rosemary, I fl. ounce 

Oil of Amber, I fl. ounce 

Oil of Hemlock, i fl. ounce 

Camphor, , 4 ounces av. 

Oil of Turpentine, 3 pints 

Linseed Oil, 5 pints 

Mix and dissolve. 

"Polyform" or Neuralgia Liniment. 
Chloral Hydrate, 1 ounce av. 

Alcohol, 4 fl. ounces 

Chloroform, 2*4 fl. ounces 

Ether, 2 fl. ounces 

Camphor, 2 

Oil of Peppermint, 5 

Oil of Cloves, 5 

Salicylic Acid, 5 

Amyl Nitrite, 5 

Morphine Sulphate, 5 

Mix and dissolve. L^sed for neuralgia, tic doloreaux etc. 

Ready Oil Liniment. 

1 fl. ounce 
1 fl. ounce 
1 fl. ounce 
4 fl. drachms 
1 ounce av. 

Xeutral Paraffin Oil, 12 fl. ounces 

Mix the oils and dissolve the camphor in the mixture. Cotton seed 
oil or linseed oil may be used instead of the paraffin oil. 
This is a good general liniment. 

Rheumatic Liniment. 

Oil of Sassafras, 6 fl. ounces 

Oil of Origanum, 4 fl. ounces 

Oil of Cedar, 2 fl. ounces 

Oil of Amber, 1 fl. ounce 

Camphor, 8 ounces av. 

Oil of Turpentine, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Mix and dissolve. 

This is said to be quite similar to the preparation known as "St. 
Jacob's Oil." 



ounces av. 

minims 

minims 

grains 

grains 

grains 



Oil Origanum, 
Oil Sassafras, 
Oil Hemlock, 
Chloroform, 
Camphor, 



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Fart III. 



"Spavin Cure." 

This comes properly under the head of Liniments, but it is chiefly 
used in veterinary practice. It is, however, an excellent absorbent 
liniment for man or beast. An excellent application for swellings or 
lameness of any kind, but it must not be used internally. 

Camphor, 

Oil of Turpentine, 

Tincture of Iodine, 

Bichloride of Mercury, 

Oil of Spike, , 

Oil of Amber, 
Mix and dissolve. 

Stoke's Liniment. 

Oil of Turpentine, 
Oil of Lemon, 
Acetic Acid, 
Yolk of egg", 
Rose Water, 

Shake the oils with the yolk of egg and acid in a bottle until they 
are well mixed. 



4 


ounces av. 


4 


fl. ounces 


4 


fl. ounces 


;o 


grains 


2 


fl. ounces 


2 


rl. drachms 



3 


rl. ounces 


6o 


minims 


l A 


rl. ounce 




one 


3 


rl. ounces 



Veterinary Liniment. 



Oil of Amber, 
Camphor, 
Carbolic Acid, 
Oil of Sassafras, 
Oil of Tar, 
Oil of Turpentine, 
Crude Petroleum, 
Mix and dissolve. 



2 fl. ounces 

4 ounces av. 

3 ounces av. 

4 rl. ounces 
2 fl. ounces 
2 pints 

5 P in ts 



Wonder Liniment. 



Capsicum, 
Wintergreen Oil, 
Sassafras Oil, 
Hemlock Oil, 
Mustard Oil, essential 
Gasoline, 
Mix, macerate for 7 day 



t ounce 

2 ounces 

1 ounce 

1 ounce 

1 drachm 

1 gallon 
Keep away from fire or light, 



and filter. 
LIQUOR AND HABIT CURES. 

The so-called "Gold Cures" for liquor and drug addiction have been 
very prominent for a considerable time past. Keeley Cure Institutes 
have been established throughout the United States and foreign 
countries, and have been quite successful in the treatment of inebriety 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1215 

and like diseases. The following formulas are similar to those used 
in these institutions : 

Gold Cure Tonic. 

Fluidextract of Columbo, 2 ounces 

Fluidextract of Golden Seal, 2 ounces 

Tincture of Aloes, 1 ounce 

Tincture of Cinnamon, 4 drachms 

Tincture of Capsicum, 4 drachms 

Tincture of Cinchona Compound, 1 ounce 

Glycerin, 3 ounces 

Water, 7 ounces 

Mix them. Dose a dessertspoonful 4 times a day. This is to be taken 
throughout the treatment, during four weeks or more. 

Gold Cure Hypodermic Injection No. 1. 

Pilocarpine Hydrochloride, 10 grains 

Boric Acid, 2 grains 

Distilled Water, 1 fl. ounce 

Dissolve. This is to be used by hypodermic injection, 10 to 12 min- 
ims, 3 times a day during the first week's treatment. 

Gold Cure Hypodermic Injection No. 2. 

Strychnine Sulphate, J / 2 grain 

Atropine Sulphate, % grain 

Boric Acid, 15 grains 

Distilled Water, 4 fl. ounces 

Mix and dissolve. 

This is to be used after the first week's treatment. 

The Black Shot. 

If the patient ceases to want liquor after using the Injection Xo. 1 
for 4 or 5 days this will not be needed, but if the desire for drink still 
persists, give the following: 

Apomorphine Hydrochloride, Y\ grain 

dissolved in enough water for a hypodermic injection. If the patient 
is very strong, double the quantity. 

MIXTURES. 

A great many preparations, introduced by celebrated physicians, are 
known as "mixtures," and are designated by the names of physicians 
who originated them. The following are a few of the more popular 
"mixtures" of this kind. 

Bert's Antineuralgic Mixture. Potassium iodide 2 drachms, tincture 
of opium 2 drachms, fluidextract gelsemium 3 drachms, fluidextract 
black cohosh 5 drachms, syrup sarsaparilla compound 3 ounces, water, 
sufficient to make 8 ounces. Mix and dissolve. Dose a tablespoonful 
every 4 hours, for pectoral neuralgia and muscular rheumatism. 



1216 The Fcnner Formulary Part III. 

Brown-Sequard's Anti-Epileptic Mixture. Sodium bromide 360 
grains, potassium bromide 360 grains, ammonium bromide 360 grains, 
potassium iodide 180 grains, ammonium iodide 180 grains, ammonium 
carbonate 120 grains, tincture of columba 3 fl.ounces, water sufficient 
to make a pint. Dose iy 2 teaspoonfuls before meals, 3 teaspoonfuls at 
bed-time. 

Fothergill's Asthma Mixture. Ammonium iodide 240 grains, am- 
monium bromide 360 grains, syrup of tolu 6 rl.ounces, tincture of 
lobelia 10 rl.ounces. Mix and dissolve. Dose a teaspoonful. 

Hope's Camphor Mixture. Tincture of opium 80 minims, nitrous 
acid 120 minims, camphor water, a pint. Dose a tablespoonful every 2 
hours, for dysentery. 

Paris' Carminative Mixture. Calcined magnesia y 2 ounce aw, pep- 
permint water 2 l / 2 rl.ounces, compound tincture of lavender y 2 fl. ounce, 
spirit of caraway 4 rl.ounces, syrup of ginger 2 rl.ounces. Mix. Dose 
2 to 4 fl. drachms. 

Richard's Chalk Mixture. Precipitated chalk 480 grains, sugar 410 
grains, tincture of opium 1 fl. drachm, spirit of cinnamon 15 minims, 
compound tincture of lavender 1 fl. ounce, tincture of kino 1 fl. ounce, 
water 3 rl.ounces. Mix them. Dose a teaspoonful or more. 

Jackson's Cholera Mixture. Spirit of lavender compound 2 rl.ounces, 
spirit of camphor 2 rl.ounces, tincture of opium 1 fl. ounce, spirit of 
ether, compound, 1 fl. ounce. Mix them. Dose y 2 to a teaspoonful. 

Copaiba, Santal and Cubeb Mixture. — Nesbit's Specific. Oil of san- 
tal 5 fl. drachms, oil of copaiba 4 fl. drachms, oil of cubeb 4 fl. drachms, 
oil of pimenta 1 fl. drachm, oil of cassia 1 fl. drachm, alcohol sufficient 
to make 16 fl. ounces. Mix and dissolve. Dose a teaspoonful in water 
or syrup. 

Alkaline Copaiba Mixture. Copaiba 4 fl. drachms, acacia 240 grains, 
sugar 240 grains, solution of potassa 4 fl. drachms, spearmint water, 
sufficient to make 8 fl. ounces. Mix the copaiba and solution of potassa 
and rub with the water, acacia etc. 

Chapman's Copaiba Mixture. Copaiba 4 fl. ounces, acacia, powdered, 
120 grains, sugar 60 grains, spirit of nitrous ether 4 fl.ounces, com- 
pound tincture of lavender 2 fl.ounces, tincture of opium 1 fl. drachm, 
distilled water 4 fl.ounces. Mix. Dose a tablespoonful. 

Jackson's Cough Mixture or Syrup. Sassafras pith 60 grains, gum 
arabic 1 ounce av., white sugar 28 ounces av., muriate of morphine 8 
grains, water 1 pint or sufficient. Put the sassafras pith and gum 
arabic in the water and let stand 12 hours, with frequent stirring, then 
strain and dissolve the sugar in the liquid by stirring. Dose a tea- 
spoonful. 

Pancoast's Cough Mixture. Wild cherry bark 240 grains, senega 
240 grains, ipecac 120 grains, extract of conium 15 grains, compound 
tincture of cardamom 1 fl. ounce, compound spirit of juniper 1 fl.ounce, 



Part III, Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1217 

water sufficient to make 10 fl. ounces. Rub the extract of conium with 
the percolate and add the other ingredients. Dose I to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

Gould's Diarrhoea Mixture. Compound tincture of rhubarb 1 fl.- 
ounce, tincture of opium 4 fl. drachms, spirit of camphor 2 fl. drachms, 
ammonia water 1 fl. drachm, oil of peppermint 30 minims. Mix them. 
Dose a teaspoonful in hot sweetened water. 

Squibb's Diarrhoea Mixture. — Compound Tincture of Opium. Tinc- 
ture of opium 1 fl. ounce, tincture of capsicum 1 fl. ounce, spirit of cam- 
phor 1 fl. ounce, purified chloroform 3 fl. drachms, alcohol sufficient to 
make 5 fl. ounces. Mix them. Dose 20 to 60 minims. 

Velpeau's Diarrhoea Mixture. Tincture of opium 1 fl. ounce, tincture 
of rhubarb 1 fl. ounce, camphorated tincture of capsicum £4 A. ounce. 
Mix them. Dose 20 to 60 minims. 

Laville's Gout Mixture. Quinine sulphate 30 grains, sulphate cin- 
chonine 22 grains, extract of colocynth 195 grains, diluted alcohol 3 
fl. ounces, red wine, sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces. Mix them and dis- 
solve. The dose is a tablespoonful. 

Tully's Iron and Conium Mixture. Iron subcarbonate 600 grains, 
extract of conium 300 grains, sugar 8 ounces, oil of cassia 18 minims, 
oil of gaultheria 20 minims, compound tincture of cinnamon 2 
fl. ounces, tincture of tolu 4 fl. drachms, water sufficient to make a pint. 
Mix them. 

Mistura Oleo-Balsamica. Hoffmannscher Lebensbalsam. P. G. Oil 
of lavender, oil of cloves, oil of cinnamon, oil of thyme, oil of lemon, 
oil of nutmeg, etherial, each 1 part ; balsam peru 4 parts, alcohol 240 
parts. Mix, dissolve and filter. 

Gadberry's Spleen Mixture. Potassium nitrate 300 grains, quinine 
sulphate 65 grains, iron sulphate 65 grains, nitric acid 65 minims, water 
sufficient to make a pint. Mix them and dissolve. Dose a tablespoon- 
ful 3 times a day. 

Townsend's Mixture. (New-York Hospital). Red mercuric iodide 
1 grain, potassium iodide 300 grains, syrup of orange peel 2 fl. ounces, 
compound tincture of cardamom 2 fl. drachms, water sufficient to make 
4 fLounces. Dose 1 to 4 teaspoonfuls for syphilis. 

NEBULIZING LIQUIDS. 

The following liquids are designed to be used in a nebulizing ap- 
paratus or in the ordinary oil atomizers. Different solutions are re- 
quired for spraying atomizers, which are designed for alcoholic or 
aqueous liquids. 

Antiseptic Nebulizer Liquid No. 1. 

Oil of Pine Needles, or Scotch Pine, 2 fl. drachms 

Eucalyptol, 4 fl. drachms 

Menthol, 60 grains 



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Oil Cassia, i fl. drachm 

Tincture Balm of Gilead Buds, 4 fl. drachms 

Tincture of Benzoin, q. s. to make 16 fl. ounces 

This is an antiseptic stimulant to the respiratory passages, and is 
a basis to which many other substances mav be added as desired. 



15 


grains 


60 


grains 


120 


grains 


20 


minims 


4 


ounces 



Asthma, Hay Fever, Etc., Nebulizer Liquid No. 2. 

Cocaine Hydrochloride, 
Camphor, 

Quinine Hydrochloride, 
Antipyrine, 

Formula No. 1, q. s. to make 
Dissolve the salts in the liquid. 

This is an excellent remedy for hay fever, asthma, whooping cough, 
diphtheria, croup etc. 

Catarrhal Nebulizer Liquid No. 3. 

Eucalyptol, 120 minims 

Oil of Cassia, 40 minims 

Oil of Gaultheria, 40 minims 

Menthol, 40 grains 

Alboline, or Mineral Glycerin, q. s. to make 4 ounces 
Mix. This is a good basis for the oil nebulizer, and an excellent 
remedy for dry catarrh of the nose and throat. 

Pulmonary Nebulizer Liquid No. 4. 



Iodine, 
Creosote, 
Camphor, 
Oil of Tar, 
Formula No. 1 



sufficient to make 



60 grains 
60 grains 
40 minims 
4 ounces 



Mix and dissolve. This is employed as a remedy for advanced 
catarrh, laryngeal and pulmonary tuberculosis etc. 



Nebulizer Liquid for Inflammation No. 5. 



8 grains 
30 minims 



60 grains 
60 grains 



Cocaine, 
Oil Cassia, 
Menthol, 
Camphor, 

Alboline, or Mineral Glycerin, to make 4 ounces 

Mix. This is useful for inflammation of the throat and middle ear 
passages. 

A great variety of nebulizing liquids for various purposes may be 
made by the addition of medicinal substances to Nos. 1 and 3. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1219 

NERVINES, HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES. 

Nervines and Sedatives, as a class, do not have a large sale as pro- 
prietary medicines, which is rather strange, considering the prevalence 
of nervous diseases. It is to be inferred that persons thus afflicted 
either apply to their physician, or purchase some nervine of their drug- 
gist with which they have become familiar. 

It would seem from these conditions that there is a good opening 
for a proprietary nervine, which druggists may themselves prepare 
and put before their patrons. 

Many formulas for such preparations are given throughout this 
work, but the following are calculated, particularly, to put up as pro- 
prietary. Only a few of the many compounds known are given, but 
others may be prepared in the same general manner. 

Nervine Tonic. 

Skullcap, in coarse powder, . 8 ounces av. 

Hops, in coarse powder, 8 ounces av. 

Hyoscyamus, in coarse powder, 8 ounces av. 

Valerian, in coarse powder, 8 ounces av. 

Ammonium Bromide, • * 4 ounces av. 

Ether, (Sulphuric), 4 fl. ounces 

Alcohol, 3 pints 

Sugar, 2 pounds 

Water, sufficient to make „ I gallon 

Mix the powders and, having mixed the alcohol with 3 pints of 
water, pour upon them 2 pints of the liquid and macerate for 24 hours 
in a warm place ; then transfer to a water-bath percolator, pack firmly, 
pour upon it the remaining alcohol and water, and set in a warm place 
for 1 day ; then heat very moderately, and after 1 hour begin to per- 
colate, adding water to the drugs when the liquid has disappeared 
from the surface, and continuing the heat and percolation until 7 pints 
have passed ; to this add the ether and dissolve in the liquid by agita- 
tion the ammonium bromide and sugar. This is an excellent tonic 
nervine for general nervous depression and irritation, nervous head- 
ache, neuralgia, insomnia, epilepsy etc. 

The dose is from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful, as required. 

Nervine Elixir. 

Ammonium Bromide, 

Ammonium Valerianate, 

Fluidextract of Valerian, 

Fluidextract of Hyoscyamus, 

Fluidextract of Coca, 

Syrup, 

Elixir Simple, to make 



itf 


ounces av. 


Ya 


ounce av. 


I 


fl. ounce 


I 


fl. ounce 


I 


fl. ounce 


2 


fl. ounces 


I 


pint 



1220 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

Mix the liquids and dissolve the salts in the mixture ; after standing 
24 hours, filter. This is an excellent nervine and anodyne elixir for 
nervousness, pain, neuralgia, hysteria, and all 'nervous troubles.' 

Dose from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful, as required. 

Nervurina. 

Coca, 8 ounces 

Gentian, 8 ounces 

Damiana, 8 ounces 

Potassium Bromide, 1^4 ounces 

Sodium Salicylate, 1 ounce 

Dandelion Root, 8 ounces 

Alcohol, 2 pints 

Glycerin, 1 pint 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 
Grind the vegetable drugs to about No. 40 powder, add the alcohol 
and glycerin with an equal measure of water ; macerate 24 hours, then 

percolate, adding enough water and alcohol in the proportions given 
to make 1 gallon. 

Sedative Nervine Elixir. 

Potassium Bromide, * 

Ammonium Valerianate, 

Fluidextract Valerian, 

Ammonia Water, 

Fluidextract Hops, 

Syrup, 

Elixir Simple, enough to make 
Dissolve the salts in the elixir and syrup, add the fluidextracts and 
the ammonia water, let stand a day of two and filter. 
Dose a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Celery Compound. 
Several preparations of celery compounded with other nervines have 
had a good sale as proprietary medicines, under various titles, as 
"Celerina," Celery Cordial, Celery Compound etc. 

The following formula will make a very satisfactory preparation: 
Celery Seed, 1 ounce av. 

Coca Leaves, 1 ounce av. 

Black Haw Bark, 1 ounce av. 

Hyoscyamus Leaves, y 2 ounce av. 

Orange Peel, 2 drachms 

Sugar, 4 ounces av. 

Alcohol, 6 fl.ounces 

Water, q. s. to make 1 pint 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder, mix the alcohol with 6 ounces 
of water, pour upon the drugs enough of the diluted alcohol to cover 



640 


grains 


256 


grains 


I 


fl. ounce 


I 


fl. drachm 


y 2 


fl. ounce 


2 


fl.ounces 


1 


pint 



Part 111. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 122i 

and macerate for 24 hours ; then heat moderately and percolate, adding 
water through the percolator until 14 fl. ounces are obtained; in this 
dissolve the sugar and filter. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessert- 
spoonful or more, as a nerve tonic. 

Celerina. 

Fluidextract Celery Seed, 1 fl. ounce 

Fluidextract Coca Leaves, 1 rl. ounce 

Fluidextract of Kola Nut, 1 fl. ounce 

Fluidextract of Black Haw, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir, enough to make 16 fl. ounces 
Mix. Dose a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Chloral-Bromide Compound. "Bromidia." 

Under the title "Bromidia," which is claimed as a trade-mark, Battle 
& Co., Chemists Corporation, of St. Louis, Mo., have prepared and 
extensively sold a preparation intended to be used as a nervine, sed- 
ative and hypnotic. The following formula is based upon the quan- 
tative composition of the preparation as published by them, but drug- 
gists are warned by them not to sell nor dispense any preparation 
other than their own as "Bromidia." 

Potassium Bromide, 4 ounces av. 

Hydrated Chloral, crystallized, 4 ounces av. 

Extract Cannabis Indica, 16 grains 

Extract Hyoscyamus, 16 grains 

Water, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the extracts in 4 ounces of boiling water, rub the solution 
with 1 drachm of magnesium carbonate and filter. Dissolve the 
potassium bromide in 8 ounces of boiling water and add the hydrated 
chloral, mix the solutions and add water enough to make 1 pint. This 
may be colored as desired with a few grains extract of liquorice. 
Dose 15 to 30 drops. 

Liquor Bromo-Chloral Compositus. 

Compound Solution of Bromo-Chloral. 
Under this title the B. P. C. Form., 1901, gives the following, which 
is intended to be like "Bromidia." 

Chloral Hydrate, 

Tincture of Indian Hemp, 

Tincture of Fresh Orange Peel, • 

Juice of Henbane, 

Syrup, 

Liquid Extract of Liquorice, 
Dissolve, and take of 

Potassium Bromide, 

Distilled Water, a sufficient quantity. 



1600 


grains 


400 


minims 


400 


minims 


1600 


minims 


3H 


fl. ounces 


54 


fl. ounce 


1600 


grains 



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Part III. 



Dissolve the potassium bromide in 7 fl. ounces of distilled water, and 
add to the former solution ; filter, and wash the filter with sufficient 
distilled water to produce 20 fl. ounces. Dose ^ to 2 fl. drachms. 

Bromides Compound. 
A number of preparations of bromides are sold as proprietary, as 
"Peacock's Bromides," and by other titles. The following formula 
makes a preparation similar to those found in the market : 
Potassium Bromide, 640 grains 

Sodium Bromide, 640 grains 

Ammonium Bromide, 384 grains 

Calcium Bromide, 
Lithium Bromide, 
Water, 

Extract of Vanilla, 
Sugar, 
Rub the bromides to a coarse powder 



192 grains 
64 grains 
8 fl. ounces 
1 fl. ounce 
10 ounces av. 
Mix the water and extract 



1 
1 

1/2 
i 1 / 



fl. ounce 
fl. ounce 
fl. ounces 
fl. ounces 
fl. drachms 
minims 



of vanilla and dissolve the salts in the mixture ; filter and dissolve the 
sugar in the filtrate by agitation. Dose 1 to 2 fl. drachms in water. 

Chlorodyne. 

Chloroform,, 

Fluidextract Cannabis Indica, 
Spirit of Ether, 
Tincture Opium, deodorized, 
Hydrocyanic Acid, (U. S. P.), 
Oleoresin of Capsicum, 
Dissolve the oleoresin in the chloroform, add the spirit of ether ; mix. 

Chlorodyne. 

Chloroform, 

Sulphuric Ether, 

Hydrocyanic Acid, 

Mucilage Acacia, 

Tincture Capsicum, 

Morphine Sulphate, 

Oil of Peppermint, 

Treacle, (Molasses), 
Mix the chloroform with the mucilage acacia, 
permint and syrup and shake them well together 
phine sulphate in the tincture of capsicum, and add to the mixture, 
and lastly add the hydrocyanic acid and mix. This is quite similar to 
the popular English Brown's Chlorodyne. It must be shaken before 
taking. The dose is 10 to 20 minims. 

Chlorodynia. 

Morphine Sulphate, 15 grains 

Alcohol, 1 fl.ounce 



fl. drachms 
fl. drachms 
fl. drachms 
fl.ounce 
fl. drachms 



4 
2 

4 
1 

4 
20 grains 

8 minims 

4 fl. ounces 
add the oil of pep- 
Dissolve the mor- 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1223 

Chloroform, i fl. ounce 

Fluidextract Cannabis Indica, I fl. ounce 

Glycerin, i fl. ounce 

Hydrocyanic Acid, 15 minims 

Peppermint Essence, 15 minims 

Mix the liquids and dissolve the morphine salt in the mixture. This 

is one of the besi forms of chlorodyne, as it makes a clear preparation, 

not required to be shaken when taken. Dose 10 to 30 minims. 

OBESITY REMEDIES. 

A number of preparations known as obesity remedies, and anti-fat 
have been considerably sold as proprietary medicines. The most re- 
liable are : 

Tincture Adonis iEstivalis. This is a tincture prepared from the 
green plant and is highly recommended by Merck & Co. 

Fluidextract Fucus Vesiculosus. (Bladder Wrack). This is ex- 
ploited as a remedy for obesity and several proprietary medicines are 
said to consist chiefly of this drug. Dose ^ to 1 teaspoonful. A solid 
extract of this drug is also used in the form of pills or tablets. Dose 5 
to 30 grains. 

Fluidextract Phytolacca. (Poke Root). The continued use of Phyto- 
lacca in some form is recommended as an anti-fat. The fluidextract, 
dose 5 to 10 minims ; the solid extract, dose 1 to 5 grains, in pills or 
tablets ; and the concentrate phytolaccin, may be used. 

OILS. Medicated Oils. 

Besides the oils which are noticed in other departments of this For- 
mulary, there are some particularly known in the market as "Oils ;" 
formulas for a few that are not otherwise classified are given here. 

Arnicated Oil. 

Fluidextract of Arnica, 2 ounces 

Camphor, I ounce 

Oil of Hemlock, 1 ounce 

Oil of Sassafras, 1 ounce 

Cotton Seed Oil or other bland oil, 32 ounces 

Heat the cotton seed oil and fluidextract of arnica together for 2 

hours, then cool and add the other oils and dissolve the camphor, 

previously shaved fine, in the mixture. 

This is an excellent application for sores, swellings and irritated 
surfaces. 

Iodized Cod Liver Oil. 

Iodine, 16 grains 

Cod Liver Oil, 16 fl. ounces 



1224 The Fcnner Formulary Part III. 

Add the iodine to the cod liver oil contained in a closely stopped bot- 
tle, and heat by means of a water-bath until the iodine is dissolved. 
A dessertspoonful, the usual dose, contains J4 g r ain iodine. 

Iodo-Ferrated Cod Liver Oil. 

Tasteless Iodide of Iron, 64 grains 

Cod Liver Oil, 16 fl. ounces 

• Rub the tasteless iron iodide to a fine powder and then with the cod 
liver oil gradually added, until the salt is dissolved as much as it will, 
then allow to settle and decant the clear portion. Dose a dessert- 
spoonful. 

Omega Oil. 

A proprietary oil by this title has been extensively advertised and 
sold during the past few years. A preparation quite similar may be 
made as follows : 

Green Extract of Belladonna, (Br.), y 2 ounce av. 

Oil of Wintergreen, 1 fl. ounce 

Oil of Eucalyptus, y 2 fl.ounce 

Chloroform, 1 ounce av. 

Paraffin Oil, or Mineral Glycerin, 14 fl. ounces 

This may also be prepared by macerating- fresh, bruised leaves and 
young branches of belladonna 1 pound, with paraffin oil 2 pounds, 
chloroform 2 ounces av., and then pouring off and adding eucalyptus 
oil 1 ounce, wintergreen oil 2 ounces. 

Phosphorol. Phosphorized Cod Liver Oil. 

Phosphorus, 1 grain 

Cod Liver Oil, 24 fl. ounces 

Shave the phosphorus fine and having mixed it with 4 fl. ounces of 
the oil, stop tightly in a bottle and heat by water-bath until the phos- 
phorus is melted, shake well until the phosphorus is all dissolved, then 
add the remainder of the oil and mix them well together. 

A dessertspoonful, the usual dose, contains 1 / 100 grain of phosphorus. 

St. Jacob's Oil. 

The following has been published as the true formula for St. Jacob's 
Oil: 

Oil of Turpentine, 6 fl.drachms 

Camphor, 4 drachms 

Chloroform, 6 fl.drachms 

Ether, 2 fl.drachms 

Tincture Opium, 3 fl.drachms 

Oil Origanum, 2 fl.drachms 

Oil Sassafras, 2 fl.drachms 



Part 111. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1225 

Chloral Hydrate, 3 fl. drachms 

Alcohol, 32 fl. ounces 
Red Saunders, q. s. to color. 
Mix, let stand 24 hours, and filter. 

Vitalized Oil. 

Essential Oil of Mustard, 1 drachm 

- Oil of Peppermint, 1 ounce 

Oil of Sassafras, 1 ounce 

Oil of Eucalyptus, 1 ounce 

Camphor, 1 ounce 

Liquid Petrolatum, or other oil base, 32 ounces 

Mix the oils and dissolve the camphor in the mixture. 
The liquid petrolatum is now official, but is generally known in the 
market by other names ; any bland neutral oil will do as a base. Cam- 
phor oil is cheap and good : olive oil, expressed oil of mustard, cot- 
ton seed oil or linseed oil will do. This is a quick, stimulating- appli- 
cation acting as a prompt counter-irritant, excellent for neuralgia, 
rheumatism, pain, cramps etc. 

Witch Hazel Oil. 

This is prepared by macerating fresh witch hazel twigs, cut in 
October, in olive oil or cotton seed oil. The twigs should be cut fine 
and bruised or crushed in a mortar or otherwise, and 1 pound taken 
for each pint of oil. The oil and twigs are heated together to about 
I50°F. for several days, and the oil is then poured off, allowed to 
settle, or filtered. 

OINTMENTS AND SALVES. 

The sales of proprietary ointments and salves are perhaps as fre- 
quent as of almost any class of proprietary medicines ; and, although 
but few sell for more than twenty-five cents, the aggregate of sales is 
large. A great variety of these remedies are on the market ; but, with 
the exception of a very few, the public are not particular as to the 
preparation they have, provided, only, it is good for the purpose. Drug- 
gists can, therefore, put up their own ointments and salves from re- 
liable formulae, and if the preparation is good and the packages 
attractive, can secure most of the sales of such articles for their own 
preparations. 

Many formulas are given under other headings. The following are 
representatives of other popular ointments : 

Camphor Ice. 

Paraffin, 8 ounces av. 

White Petrolatum, 24 ounces av. 

Camphor, 6 ounces av. 



1226 The Fcnucr Formulary Part 111. 

Oil of Neroli, 5 minims 

Oil of Bitter Almonds, 20 minims 

Oil of Cloves, 10 minims 

Melt the paraffin and petrolatum together, reduce the camphor to 
a coarse powder and dissolve it in the melted mixture, keeping at as 
low a temperature as it can be without solidifying. When all is dis- 
solved strain while it is still fluid, add the perfuming oils and run into 
moulds. 

Carbolic Salve or Ointment. 

Carbolic Acid, (crystals), 1 ounce av. 

Yellow Wax, 2 ounces av. 

Petrolatum, 17 ounces av. 

Melt the wax and petrolatum together and, while cooling, add the 
carbolic acid and mix them well together. This is a simple carbolic 
ointment or salve, useful for all purposes. Other medicinal agents are 
frequently added, as Canada balsam, or white pine turpentine, say 1 
ounce, to make it more stimulating for old sores etc., but the plain 
carbolic salve as above prepared meets the general requirement. This 
is a very popular preparation, and has only to be put up attractively 
to sell. 

Carbolated Arnica Salve. 

Extract of Arnica, 1 ounce 

Carbolic Salve, as above, 15 ounces 

Rub the arnica extract with a little alcohol in a warm mortar to 
soften it uniformly, add the carbolic salve gradually, rubbing them 
together until uniformly mixed. Other combinations with other ex- 
tracts may be made in a similar manner. 

Golden Ointment. 

Oil of Sassafras, 
Oil of Origanum, 
Balsam of Fir, 
Yellow Wax, 
Citrine Ointment, 
Petrolatum, 

Melt the solid ingredients together and, when cooling, add the ofts 
and balsams, mixing them well together. 

Healing Ointment. 

White Pine Turpentine, 1 ounce av. 

Oil of Rosemary, 2 fl. drachms 

Oil of Sassafras, 2 fl. drachms 

Yellow Wax, 1 ounce av. 

Petrolatum, 16 ounces av. 

Melt the solid ingredients together and, while cooling, add the oils. 



2 


fl. drachms 


2 


fl. drachms 


% 


fl. ounce 


I 


ounce av. 


4 


ounces av. 


10 


ounces av. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1227 

Itch Ointment. 

Lac Sulphur, 2 ounces av. 

Naphthalene, 60 grains 

• Oil Bergamot, 20 minims 

Petrolatum, 6 ounces 

Rub the lac sulphur to fine powder and sift it into the melted petro- 
latum, stirring them well together, and when nearly cool add the 
naphthalene and oil of bergamot, stirring them well together until 
cold. The same may be made without naphthalene if desired. 

Barber's Itch Ointment. 

Ammoniated Mercury, (White Precipitate), 45 grains 

Naphthalene, 60 grains 

Petrolatum, 1 ounce 

Melt the petrolatum and naphthalene together and, having rubbed 

the ammoniated mercury in a mortar to a very fine powder, add the 

melted ingredients and incorporate them thoroughly. 

Magnetic Ointment. 

Belladonna Leaves, 
Fine Cut Tobacco, 
Lard, 

Yellow Beeswax 
Melt the lard and beeswax together and steep 
melted fat for 6 hours, then strain. 

Pile Ointment. 

Powdered Nutgalls, 
Powdered Opium, 
Powdered .Myrrh, 
Goulard's Extract, 
Yellow Wax, 
Petrolatum, 
Melt the wax and petrolatum and while cooling, 
gredients, with constant stirring, until cold. 

Ringworm Ointment. 

Naphthalene, 60 grains 

Tannin, 30 grains 

Verdigris, 15 grains 

Petrolatum, . 1 ounce 

Melt the petrolatum with the naphthalene and, while cooling, in- 
corporate the tannin and verdigris by rubbing in a mortar. 

Salt Rheum Ointment. 

Oil of Sassafras, 2 fl.drachms 

Oil of Hemlock, 1 fl.drachm 



y 2 ounce 




2 ounces 




1 pound 




2 ounces 




the drugs in 


the 



1 


ounce av. 


1 


drachm 


2 


drachms 


4 


fl.drachms 


2 


ounces 


16 


ounces 


add the other in- 



I 


fl. drachm 


5* 

2 


ounce av. 
drachms 


I 

6 


ounce 
fl. ounce 
ounces 



1228 77?r Fcnncr Formulary Part III. 

Oil of Rosemary, 
Pine Tar, 
Salicylic Acid, 
White Pine Turpentine, 
Solution Lead Subacetate, 
Petrolatum, 

Melt the solid ingredients together and while cooling incorporate 
the oils, tar and lead solution, stirring them well together until cold. 

Skin Ointment. 

This ointment is designed for any kind of skin eruption or 
"Eczema," as it is popularly termed. For parasitic diseases, however, 
the Itch, or Tetter Ointment will be more efficacious. 

Tincture of Benzoin Compound, 2 fl. drachms 

Juniper Tar, I fl. ounce 

Salicylic Acid, 2 drachms 

Rosin, i ounce av. 

Oil of Rosemary, 2 fl. drachms 

Carbolic Acid, I drachm 

Petrolatum, 16 ounces av. 

Melt the solid ingredients and while cooling add the liquids. 

Tetter Ointment. 
Lead Carbonate, I ounce av. 

Alum, in fine powder, I ounce av. 

Calomel, i ounce av. 

White Pine Turpentine, I ounce av. 

Salicylic Acid, 2 drachms 

Petrolatum, 12 ounces av. 

Melt the petrolatum and turpentine together and, while cooling, add 
the other ingredients, previously mixed, and stir them together con- 
stantly until cool. 

Thymol Ointment. 

Thymol, 1 ounce av. 

Yellow W r ax, . 2 ounces av. 

Petrolatum, 16 ounces av. 

Melt the wax and petrolatum together, and while cooling, add the 

thymol, stirring them well together. 

Veterinary Ointment. 

Citrine Ointment, 
Oil Sassafras, 
Rosin, 

Petrolatum, dark, 
Melt the petrolatum and rosin together and, while cooling, add the 
citrine ointment and oil of sassafras. 



2 


ounces av. 


X 


fl. ounce 


I 


ounce av. 


16 


ounces av. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1229 

Witch Hazel Ointment. 

Witch Hazel Twigs, freshly gathered, I pound 

Yellow Wax, 2 ounces 

Petrolatum or Lard, 2 pounds 

Cut the twigs into small pieces and bruise them in a mortar, then, 

having melted the petrolatum and wax together, add the twigs and 

allow them to simmer for 4 hours, with gentle heat. Then strain the 

melted ointment from the twigs. 

Bittersweet Ointment may be made in the same manner from the 
fresh bark of Celastrus Scandens. 

Ointments of this kind may also be made by adding fluidextracts of 
the vegetable drugs to the melted base, and heating them together 
until the alcohol and water of the extract have evaporated, then stir- 
ring them, when nearly cool enough to set, until cold. 

PECTORALS. 

Pectorals might very properly be classed under cough remedies, but 
as there are a few preparations known more particularly as pectorals, 
they are included under this heading. 

Cherry Pectoral. 

Morphine Acetate, 6 grains 

Tincture of Sanguinaria, 4 fl. drachms 

W T ine of Ipecac, 6 fl.drachms 

Wine of Antimony, 6 fl.drachms 

Fluidextract of Wild Cherry, 2 fl. ounces 

Oil of Bitter Almonds, 5 drops 

Hydrocyanic Acid, U. S. P., 1 fl.drachm 

Glycerin, . 8 fl.ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix, and after standing a few days, filter. 

This preparation is quite similar to Ayer's. The dose is 15 drops to 
1 teaspoonful. It may be colored as desired. 

Pectoral Drops. Bateman's. 

Tincture of Opium, Camphorated, 10 fl.ounces 

Tincture of Castor, 4 fl.ounces 

Tincture of Opium, 1 fl. ounce 

Tincture of Cochineal, x / 2 fl.ounce 

Oil of Anise, 15 drops 

Mix them. This is supposed to be the original formula. The Phila- 
delphia College of Pharmacy gives the following formula as a sub- 
stitute : Camphor, catechu, powdered opium and red Saunders wood, # 
each, 2 ounces av. ; oil of anise 4 fl.drachms, proof spirit 4 gallons. 
Digest 10 days and filter. 



1230 



The Fcnner Formulary 
Pectoral or Cough Pills. 



Part III. 



50 grains 

3 grains 

6 grains 

100 grains 



Ipecac, in powder, 
Squill, in powder, 
Morphine Sulphate, 
Tartar Emetic, 
Extract Hyoscyamus, 
Make 100 pills. The dose is one or two pills. 

Pectoral Tea or Hamburg Tea. 

Althaea Root, cut, 4 ounces 

Liquorice Root, cut, 1 ounce 

Mullein Leaves, cut, 4 ounces 

Senna Leaves, cut, 1 ounce 

American Saffron, y ounce 

Malva Flowers, cut, 3 ounces 

Blue Flowers, (Asters or Bachelor Button), y ounce 

Fennel Seed, bruised, ]/ 2 ounce 

Anise .Seed, bruised, y 2 ounce 

Granulated Sugar, y 2 ounce 

Mix them thoroughly. This is usually put up in packages of about 2 

ounces, a tablespoonful being steeped in two or three cups of boiling 

water, and the infusion drunk freely for influenza and colds. 

PURGATIVE PREPARATIONS. 



Most purgative preparations are in the form of pills or mixtures and 
are quite generally known as Cathartics or Laxatives. A few prep- 
arations, however, are known as purgatives or by some similar name 
expressing their action. Most of these have phenolphtalein as their 
active ingredient ; this is known as Purgen or Purgene, and is com- 
pounded in various forms. 

Purgamenta. A liquid purgative consisting of an alcoholic solution 
of phenolphtalein mixed with glycerin or honey. A similar prepara- 
tion may be made with phenolphtalein 128 grains, alcohol 4 fl. ounces, 
glycerin 4 fl. ounces, water 8 fl. ounces. Dissolve the phenolphtalein in 
the alcohol, and add the glycerin and water. Dose teaspoonful to a 
tablespoonful. 

Purgen. This is phenolphtalein put up in the form of tablets ; for 
adults \y 2 to yy 2 grains, for children y to 1 grain. 

Purglets. These are laxative tablets containing iy> grains of 
phenolphtalein, recommended as a laxative. 

Many other purgative preparations will be found under other head- 
ings in this work. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 

RHEUMATIC REMEDIES. 



1231 



Proprietary remedies for rheumatism, which are to be taken, are 
quite salable preparations, and the market is not so overstocked with 
them as with some other remedies. The following formulae are rep- 
resentative of the various kinds : 



Rheumatic Remedy. 

Sodium Salicylate, 
Potassium Iodide, 
Potassium Nitrate, 
Fluidextract of Black Cohosh, 
Fluidextract of Colchicum, 
Oil of Wintergreen, 



4 ounces av. 

2 ounces av. 

3 ounces av. 

4 fl.ounces 
4 fl. ounces 
i fl. drachm 

16 ounces av. 

Water, 5 pints 

Alcohol, 2 pints 

Mix the oil of wintergreen and the fluidextracts with the alcohol. 

solution and allow 
the 



Sugar, 



an excellent remedy, 



i ounce av. 
i fl. ounce 
3 fl.ounces 
i pint 
12 fl.ounces 



Dissolve the salts and sugar in the water, mix the 
to stand over night, then filter clear. This i 
dose is from i to 2 teaspoonfuls. 

Favorite Rheumatic Remedy 

Potassium Iodide, 

Fluidextract of Colchicum, 

Spirit of Nitre, 

Syrup of Sarsaparilla, compound, 

Gin or Whisky, 

Formulas similar to this preparation are popular, and very good 
results are usually obtained from their use. The dose is a teaspoonful 
to a dessertspoonful. 

Freleigh's Rheumatic Remedy. 

The following contains the ingredients claimed to be in Freleigh's 
Rheumatic Remedy. Fluidextracts may be used instead of the drugs, 
if desired, making up the required measure with diluted alcohol. 

Hyoscyamus Leaves, 

Colchicum Seeds, 

Belladonna Leaves, 

Aconite Leaves, 

Apocynum Cannabinum, (Black Indian Hemp), 

Bryonia, 

German Chamomile, 

Tincture Rhus Toxicodendron, (green leaves), 

Alcohol, 3 parts by measure, and water. I part 

by measure, to make I pint 



y& ounce av. 

2 /$ ounce av. 

^8 ounce av. 

Yx ounce av. 

^4 ounce av. 

y± ounce av. 

24 ounce av. 

V 2 ounce av. 



1232 



The Fcnncr Formulary 



Percolate the powdered drugs with the alcohol and water 
pint is obtained, and add the green tincture of rhus. 
The dose is from 20 to 30 minims. 



Part III. 
until 1 



Lallemand's Gout Mixture. 



p. 



Acetic Extract Colchicum, Br 

Aqueous Extract Opium, 

Potassium Iodide, 

Potassium Acetate, 

Distilled Water, 

White Wine, 1 ounce 

Rub the extracts with the water until dissolved, add the salts and 
then the wine. Dose 20 to 30 drops, three times a day. 

This is also known as Lallemand's Gout Specific under which name 
it has had a great reputation as a remedy 



30 grains 

30 grains 

1 ounce 

4 drachms 

5 ounces 



Lithiated Hydrangea, 

Lithium Carbonate, 

Lithium Benzoate, 

Fluidextract Hydrangea Arborescens, 

Alcohol, 

Water, 
Mix and dissolve. 

A similar but stronger preparation is known as "Seven Barks." 
In the "Seven Barks" preparation an acetic fluidextract of 
drangea is used. 



120 

660 

2 
13 



grains 
grains 
fl. ounces 
fl. ounces 
fl. ounces 



hv- 



Salicylica Rheumatic 


Remedy. 




Salicylic Acid, 
Sodium Bicarbonate, 
Potassium Nitrate, 
Tincture of Colchicum Seed, 
Oil of Wintergreen, 


8 

5/2 

3 
8 
2 


ounces av. 
ounces av. 
ounces av. 
fl. ounces 
fl. drachms 


Syrup, 

Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 


2 

1 
1 


pints 
pint 

gallon 



Mix the salicylic acid with 2 pints of water in a gallon bottle and 
gradually add the sodium bicarbonate in small portions, at intervals 
of a few moments, giving time for the effervescence to subside before 
adding more. When all has been dissolved (which will require about 
2 hours) add the alcohol in which the winterg-reen oil has been dis- 
solved, and then add the tincture and syrup, and lastly the potassium 
nitrate and sufficient water to make a gallon ; after standing, filter. 
Dose a dessertspoonful. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1233 

Salol Rheumatic Remedy. 

Salol, 128 grains 

Potassium Iodide, 256 grains 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 128 grains 

Elixir, 1 pint 

Mix and dissolve. Dose a dessertspoonful. 

Rheumatic Elixir. 

Potassium Iodide, 1 ounce av. 

Sodium Salicylate, 1 ounce av. 

Wine of Colchicum Seed, 2 ounces av. 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix and dissolve. Dose from a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Rheumatic Cure. 

Potassium Acetate, 2^ ounces av. 

Wine of Colchicum, 2 fl. ounces 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix and dissolve. Dose from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Rheumatic Bitters — Powder. 

Colchicum Root, in fine powder, 4 ounces 

Black Cohosh Root, in fine powder, 4 ounces 

Prickly- Ash Bark, in fine powder, y 2 , ounce 

Cinnamon Bark, in fine powder, ^2 ounce 

, Potassium Iodide, in fine powder, 1 ounce 

Potassium Nitrate, in fine powder, 1 ounce 
Mix thoroughly and put up in packages or boxes of about 1 ounce. 

The contents of the package are to be added to a quart of gin. 

Rheumatic Remedy — Tea. 

Black Cohosh Root, cut fine, 6 ounces 

Colchicum Root, cut fine, . . 4 ounces 

Sassafras Bark, cut fine, 2 ounces 

Juniper Berries, crushed, 1 ounce 

Potassium Nitrate, in powder, 2 ounces 
Mix thoroughly and put up in packages of about 2 ounces, which is 

sufficient for a quart of liquid medicine. It may be added to a quart 

of gin or diluted alcohol. 

SALTS. 

A few preparations in the form of salts have a good sale as proprie- 
tary medicines. The following are representatives of those found in 
the market, others will be found under other headings, 



1234 The Fcnner Formulary Part III. 

Seltzer Aperient. 

Magnesium Sulphate, dried, 2 ounces 

Rochelle Salt, dry, 2 ounces 

Tartaric Acid, dry, 6 ounces 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 6 l />, ounces 

Mix them thoroughly and put up in dry bottles. 

It is necessary that the magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts) should 
be thoroughly dried by heating on a sand-bath in a porcelain vessel for 
a considerable time until it has lost its water of crystallization. 
The dose is a teaspoonful or two in part of a glass of water. 

Fruit or Grape Salt. 

Several preparations under various titles, as Fruit Salt, Grape Salts, 
Fruit Saline, Sal Muscatel etc., are put up as laxatives and restoratives. 
The following formula will suffice for all : 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 6 ounces 

Tartaric Acid, 2 ounces 

Cream of Tartar, 10 ounces 

Rochelle Salt, 4 ounces 

Sugar, 1 ounce 

Oil of Lemon, 30 minims 

Oil of Orange, 20 minims 

Oil of Limes, 20 minims 

Mix the oils with a small portion of the Rochelle salt, and then with 

the remainder and incorporate this thoroughly, first with the cream of 

tartar, and then with the sodium bicarbonate and put up in dry bottles. 

Crab-Orchard Salt. 

Magnesium Sulphate, 2 ounces 

Sodium Sulphate, 2 ounces 

Cream of Tartar, 2 ounces 

Tartaric Acid, 2 ounces 

Sodium Carbonate, 2 ounces 

Sugar, 4 ounces 
Dry the salts and mix the well together and put up in dry bottles. 

Carlsbad Salts, Artificial. 

Sodium Chloride, 1 ounce 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 3 ounces 

Sodium Sulphate, dried, 10 ounces 

Mix them thoroughly and put up in dry bottles. 
The sodium sulphate must be dried by heating on a sand-bath until 
its water of crystallization has evaporated and it is reduced to a dry 
powder. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1235 

This may also be prepared by dissolving the salts altogether in 
water and evaporating to a granular salt. 

This is given as a laxative in doses of a teaspoonful in part of a 
glass of water. 

Kutnow's Powder is similar to this, the supposed formula being; 
Potasium sulphate i part, sodium chloride 9 parts, sodium bicarbonate 
18 parts, sodium sulphate, dried, 22 parts. 

Hepatic Salt. 

A proprietary preparation by the name of "Sal Hepatica" has had 
considerable sale as a liver remedy, laxative and uric acid solvent. 
The following formula will make a satisfactory preparation for this 
purpose, but should not be put up or sold under the same proprietary 
name, 

Exsiccated Sodium Phosphate, U. S., 6 ounces 

Sodium Bicarbonate, dry, 4 ounces 

Tartaric Acid, dry, 3 ounces 

Rochelle Salt, dry, 2 ounces 

Sodium Chloride, dry, 2 ounces 

Mix the dry salts thoroughly and put into dry bottles, well pro- 
tected from moisture. Dose ^ to 1 teaspoonful or more of the salt 
dissolved in y$ glass of cold water. 

SARSAPARILLA COMPOUNDS. 

Of all proprietary medicines the Sarsaparilla Compounds have the 
largest sale. They are put up under various names and titles, as 
alteratives, blood purifiers, blood cleansers, medical discoveries, re- 
solvents etc., but are best known and most frequently sold under the 
name of "Sarsaparilla," although this is considered medicinally the 
least valuable of the drugs composing the preparation. In the pre- 
ceding pages many good formulas for sarsaparilla preparations suit- 
able for putting up will be found under other headings. 

The following are also given as representatives of preparations of 
this kind found on the market as proprietary medicines : 

Sarsaparilla Compound. 

With Iodide of Potassium. 

This is one of the best and most common sarsaparilla preparations. 

Sarsaparilla, in No. 30 powder, 8 ounces av. 

Stillingia, in No. 40 powder, 8 ounces av. 

Burdock Root, in No. 30 powder, 3 ounces av. 

Blue Flag Root, in No. 20 powder, 1^. ounces av. 

Mandrake Root, in No. 50 powder, i~y 2 ounces av. 

Senna Leaves, in No. 20 powder, ij/2 ounces av. 

Prickly-Ash Bark, in No. 50 powder, ^f ounce av. 



1236 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

Potassium Iodide, i ounce aw 

Sarsaparilla Flavoring, I rl. ounce 

Diluted Alcohol.. 4 pints 

Sugar, g pounds 

Water, sufficient to make I gallon 

Mix the drugs, moisten them with 2 pints of diluted alcohol and 
macerate for 24 hours : transfer to the water-bath percolator, pack 
moderately, pour upon them 2 pints of diluted alcohol and set in a 
warm place for 24 hours : then heat moderately and. after 1 hour begin 
to percolate, adding water to the drugs after the liquid has ceased to 
drop and continuing the heat and percolation until 5 pints are obtained. 
To this add the sarsaparilla flavoring and potassium iodide and. after 
standing 24 hours, filter : adding through the filter enough water to 
make 5 pints. In this dissolve the sugar and add enough water to 
make 1 gallon. A larger quantity of potassium iodide may be added 
if desired. 

Concentrated Extract of Sarsaparilla Compound. 

This formula makes a preparation similar to the stronger sarsa- 
parilla compounds that are found on the market, like Ayer's and other 
similar preparations. 

Fluidextract Sarsaparilla. Honduras. 4 rl. ounces 

Fluidextract Yellow Dock, 4 ti. ounces 

Fluidextract Stillingia. 3 rl. drachms 

Fluidextract Mandrake. 2 rl. drachms 

Potassium Iodide. 100 grains 

Iron Iodide, 10 grains 

Glycerin. . 4 rl. ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix. dissolve and filter. The dose is from half to a teaspoonful. The 
weaker sarsaparilla compounds may be made from this by diluting it 
with 3 parts, by measure, of syrup. 

Sarsaparilla, Stillingia and Red Clover Extract. 

Sarsaparilla, 8 ounces av. 

Stillingia, 8 ounces av. 

Red Clover Tops, 8 ounces av. 

Mezereum Bark, 1 ounce av. 

Sassafras Bark, 1 ounce av. 

Potassium Iodide. 1 ounce av. 

Sarsaparilla Flavoring, 1 rl. ounce 

Diluted Alcohol, 6 pints 

Sugar, 4 pounds 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 
Make as directed in the preceding formula. Dose a teaspoonful to 
a dessertspoonful. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1237 

Syrup Red Clover Compound — Dr. Rush's Formula. 

Red Clover, 8 ounces 

Stillingia, Burdock Root and Sarsaparilla, each, 4 ounces 
Berberis Aquifolia, 2 ounces 

Prickly-Ash Berries, 1 ounce 

Poke Root, 1 ounce 

Potassium Iodide, 2 ounces 

Oil of Wintergreen, 30 drops 

Alcohol, 33^3 percent., a sufficiency. 
After 12 hours maceration percolate the powdered drugs to 5 pints. 
To 6 pounds of sugar add the oil of wintergreen, add the potassium 
iodide to the percolate, dissolve the sugar by percolation and make up 
1 gallon with simple syrup. 

Sarsaparilla Resolvent. 

A few proprietary preparations found in the market are known as 
Resolvents. They are mostly compounds of sarsaparilla with a con- 
siderable quantity of potassium iodide or potassa alkali, and are known 
as Cuticura, Resolvent, Ready Resolvent etc. A sample formula will 
suffice. 

Sarsaparilla, Honduras, 

Stillingia, 

Burdock Root, 

Sassafras Bark, 

Blue Flag Root, 

Prickly-Ash Bark, 

Potassium Iodide, 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 

Sarsaparilla Flavoring, 

Diluted Alcohol, 

Sugar, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and percolate by water-bath per- 
colation, first with the diluted alcohol, then with enough water to 
make 6 I /2 pints of the percolate, add the flavoring, the salts and the 
sugar and, after standing, filter. The dose is a dessertspoonful. 

Medical Discovery. 

Under this title several alterative and sarsaparilla compounds have 

been extensively sold as blood purifiers etc. The following will suffice 
for all: 

Sarsaparilla, Mexican, 8 ounces 

Yellow Dock Root, 8 ounces 

Blue Flag Root, 4 ounces 

Yellow Parilla, 2 ounces 



8 


ounces 


av. 


8 


ounces 


av. 


8 


ounces 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


y* 


ounce 


av. 


1 


ounce 


av. 


1 


ounce 


av. 


y 2 


ounce 


av. 


6 

3 

1 


pints 

pounds 

srallon 







Part III. 


I 


ounce 


X 


ounce 


2 


ounces 


4 


pounds 


6 


pints 


i 


gallon 



1238 The Fenner For miliary 

Leptandra Root, 

Sarsaparilla Flavoring, 

Potassium Iodide, 

Sugar, 

Diluted Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and percolate by water-bath 
percolation, first with the diluted alcohol and then with water until 6 
pints are obtained, then add the sarsaparilla flavoring and potassium 
iodide and filter, afterwards dissolving the sugar in the filtrate, and 
making up the measure with water to I gallon. 

Mercury iodide j/ 2 ounce may be used instead of potassium iodide. 

SOOTHING AND TEETHING SYRUPS. 

The sale for proprietary soothing syrups and like preparations is 
quite extensive and there are but comparatively few makes on the mar- 
ket. The following formulae make preparations similar to those in use 
and others quite different from any to be found. 

Baby-Soother or Soothing Syrup. 

Tincture of Hyoscyamus, 8 fl.ounces 

Fluidextract of Senna, 2 fl.ounces 

Oil of Anise, 3 fl. drachms 

Chloroform, 30 minims 

Alcohol, 10 fl.ounces 

Water, 4 pints 

Sugar, 6 pounds 

Dissolve the oil of anise and chloroform in the alcohol, and mix 
with the tincture and fluidextract, add the water, filter clear and dis- 
solve the sugar in the filtrate by agitation. This as a quieting, slightly 
laxative syrup, and contains nothing injurious to children. It may be 
further improved by adding to it 1 pint of syrup lime lacto-phosphate, 
which supplies to the blood the required nutrition during the critical 
period of dentition. 

From ^4 to a teaspoonful may be given at a dose. 

Malt Soothing Syrup. 

Morphine Sulphate, 
Water, 

Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites, 
Liquid Extract of Malt, 
Dissolve the morphine in the water and mix with the extract of 
malt, then mix the syrup hypophosphites. Dose y 2 to 1 teaspoonful. 



6 


grains 


1 


ounce 


7/2 


ounces 


7 l A 


ounces 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1239 

Nutritive Soothing Syrup. 

Morphine Sulphate, 6 grains 

Syrup of Lacto-Phosphates Compound, 15 ounces 

Water, 1 ounce 

Dissolve the morphine in the water and add to the syrup. Dose ]/ 2 

to 1 teaspoonful. This is an excellent compound for teething babies. 

Quieting Syrup. 

Lactucarium, 256 grains 

Extract of Ginger, y 2 ounce 

Essence of Anise, 1 ounce 

Sugar, 13 ounces 

Hot Water, 8 ounces 

Rochelle Salts, iy$ ounces 

Rub the lactucarium with the hot water in a mortar, and add the 

Rochelle salts, allow to macerate with occasional agitation for 24 

hours, then add the ginger and anise to the sugar, and shake 

thoroughly together, and dissolve in the liquid by agitation. When 

dissolved, strain. Dose ^ to 1 teaspoonful. 

Rhubarb Soothing Syrup. 

Rhubarb, 8 ounces 

Anise Seed, 3 ounces 

Jamaica Ginger, 2 ounces 

Poppy Leaves, 4 ounces 

Potassium Bicarbonate, 2 ounces 

Water, q. s. to make 4^ pints 

Sugar, 7 pounds 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder. Dissolve the sodium bicar- 
bonate in the water and moisten the drugs with it ; pack it in a perco- 
lator and pour the water upon the drugs ; macerate for 2 days and 
begin the percolation ; percolate until 4 J / 2 pints are obtained, adding 
enough water through the percolator to make the quantity. Dissolve 
the sugar in the percolate by agitation or gentle heat, and strain. 

This is a harmless soothing syrup, well suited to neutralize the acid 
stomach and to correct the bowel difficulties incident to teething. 

Soothing Syrup. 

Rochelle Salts, if/3 ounces 

Morphine Sulphate, 6 grains 
* Essence of Jamaica Ginger, y 2 ounce 

Essence of Anise (1 part Oil of Anise to 16 

parts alcohol), I ounce 

Sugar, 13 ounces 

Water, 8 ounces 

Magnesium Carbonate, 1 drachm 



1240 



The Fcnncr Formulary 



Part III. 



Mix the extract ginger and essence anise, and rub them with the 
magnesium carbonate, in a mortar, to a smooth paste ; add the water, 
a little at a time, and rub thoroughly; filter, and dissolve the morphine 
first, then the Rochelle salts in the filtrate ; when dissolved filter, if 
necessary, and dissolve the sugar in the liquid by agitation. 

Dose y 2 to i teaspoonful. 

Essence of fennel may be used instead of essence of anise in this 
preparation, and chloroform i fl. drachm may be added if desired. 

SPECIFICS. 

A few proprietary medicines are known as Specifics. The name is 
applied to medicines of various kinds, for asthma, catarrh, dyspepsia, 
gout, rheumatism, malaria etc., but is more particularly understood to 
apply to remedies for syphilis, and these only will be considered under 
this heading, as they are not given elsewhere except generally under 
alteratives, sarsaparillas etc. 

Specific. 



S. S. 

Fluidextract of Stillingia, 
Fluidextract of Blue Flag", 
Fluidextract of Prickly- Ash, 
Potassium Iodide, 
Calcium Iodide, 
Diluted Alcohol, to make 



fl. ounces 
fl. ounces 
fl.ounce 
ounce av. 
ounce av. 
pint 



Dissolve the iodides in the diluted alcohol and mix the solution with 
the fluidextracts. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

The following is given by Dr. B. J. A. Cull, of Camilla, Ga., as the 
original formula for making S. S. S. : 

Old Man's Grey Beard Root, (Chionanthus 

virginica), I bushel 

Prickly-Ash Root, i pound 

Sarsaparilla Root, 10 ounces 

Stillingia Root, i pound 

Copper Sulphate, ioo grains 

Boil the roots with 8 gallons of water and cover with pine tops until 
the decoction acquires the color of ink. Strain, add the copper sul- 
phate and sufficient spirit to prevent fermentation, this is of alcohol 
20 percent. Dose a wineglassful four times a day. 

Hospital Specific. 

Mercury Bichloride, ji/ 2 grains 

Liquor Arsenic Chloride, y 2 ounce 

Tincture Iron Chloride, \y 2 ounces 

Hydrochloric Acid, diluted, 1 ounce 

Syrup Ginger, 3 ounces 

Distilled Water, sufficient to make 12 ounces 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1241 

Rub the mercury with 4 ounces of water until dissolved, then add 
the liquids and sufficient water to make the measure 12 fl. ounces. 

Dose a dessertspoonful three times a day. This should not be con- 
tinued more than two weeks in succession. 

Rex Magnus Specific. 
Calcium Iodide, 1 ounce av. 

Potassium Iodide, 1 ounce av. 

Tincture of Iodine, 1 fl. ounce 

Essence of Wintergreen, 1 fl. drachm 

Alcohol, 4 fl. ounces 

Syrup, 4 fl.ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix and dissolve. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful, 

which should be taken alternately with the following: 

Fluidextract Stillingia, 6 ounces 

Fluidextract Sarsaparilla, Honduras, 4 ounces 

Fluidextract Yellow Dock, 4 ounces 

Fluidextract Prickly-Ash, I ounce 

Fluidextract Blue Flag, 1 ounce 

Fluidextract Mandrake, 4 drachms 

Mix them. The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful, to be 

taken alternately with the foregoing. 

The latter part of this preparation is entirely unlike the proprietary 

"Rex Magnus," but it is believed to be much better as an alterative in 

connection with the solution of iodides etc. 

TONICS AND RESTORATIVES. 

A great many tonic preparations for various uses are included under 
other headings in the preceding pages, therefore only a few which are 
more particularly known as tonics in the market will be given here. 

Beef and Coca Tonic. Elixir Beef and Coca. 

Liebig's Extract of Beef, y 2 ounce av. 

Fluidextract of Coca, 1 fl. ounce 

Elixir, 15 fl.ounces 

Rub the meat extract with the elixir, add the fluidextract, and after 
standing, filter. 

To make Beef, Coca and Iron Tonic or Elixir, add to the foregoing 
y 2 ounce solution phosphate of iron. If quinine is desired in the prep- 
aration, 32 grains may be dissolved in a pint of either the beef and 
coca, or the beef, coca and iron. 

The dose of these preparations is a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Celery Tonic. 

Celery tonics have, within the past few years become very popular 
as proprietary remedies. Without attempting to imitate any special 



1242 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

preparation, the following formula is given, with the assurance that it 
will produce a satisfactory compound. 

Celery Seed, 2 ounces av. 

Bitter Orange Bark, 2 ounces av. 

Calisaya Bark, 2 ounces av. 

Leptandra Root, 1 ounce av. 

Cascara Bark, 4 ounces av. 

Cinnamon Bark, 1 ounce 

Capsicum, 1 drachm 

Alcohol, 40 flounces 

Sugar, 1 pound 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and, having mixed the alcohol 
with 5 pints of water, moisten the powder with the liquid, pack in a 
percolator, pour the remaining liquid upon the drug and after standing 
24 hours, percolate, adding enough water through the percolator to 
make the percolate y l /2 pints ; dissolve the sugar in the percolate and, 
after standing, filter. Dose a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. Acts 
as a tonic and laxative and a stimulant for the liver and kidneys. 

Cinkola Tonic. 

Fluidextract Cola, 4 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract Cinchona, 4 fl. ounces 

Fluidextract Bitter Orange Peel, 2 fl. ounces 

Tincture Cardamom Compound, 2 fl. ounces 

Tincture Capsicum, 2 fl. drachms 

Precipitated Calcium Phosphate, 2 ounces av. 

Elixir, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Mix the fluidextracts and tinctures with the calcium phosphate and 
add 7 pints of elixir ; shake thoroughly and, after standing, pour off 
the liquid portion; pour the sediment at the bottom on a filter and 
pour the liquid portion upon it to filter, adding enough elixir at last, 
through the filter, to make 1 gallon. Dose a dessertspoonful to a 
tablespoonful. 

Excelsior Tonic. 

Fluidextract Calumba, 

Fluidextract Hydrastis, 

Fluidextract Leptandra, 

Tincture Aloes, 

Tincture Cardamom Compound, 

Tincture Capsicum, 

Tincture Cinchona Compound, 

Alcohol, 

Glycerin, 

Water, 



4 


ounces 


4 


ounces 


1 


ounce 


1 


ounce 


1 


ounce 


1 


ounce 


1 


ounce 


2 


pints 


6 


fl. ounces 


5 P^ts 



Part III. 



Standard and Proprietary Remedies 



1243 



I 


ounce 


I 


ounce 


4 


ounces 


I 


ounce 


y* 


ounce 


V* 


ounce 


2 


ounces 


2 


grains 


30 


minims 


20 


minims 


15 


minims 


2 


ounces 



Mix, and after standing, filter. This is an excellent general tonic 
especially adapted for enfeebled digestion, loss of appetite, torpid 
liver,' weak circulation, and those suffering from the drink habit. The 
dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful every three hours. 

Freleigh's Tonic. 

A Phosphorized Cerebro-Spinant. 

Tincture Ignatia, 

Tincture Nux Vomica, 

Tincture Cinchona, 

Tincture Matricaria, 

Tincture Calumba, 

Tincture Gentian Compound, 

Tincture Aromatic, 

Phosphorus. 
The tincture of aromatics may be made as follows 

Oil of Orange, fresh, 

Oil of YVintergreen, 

Oil of Cassia, 

Alcohol, 

To make this tincture, dissolve the phosphorus in 2 drachms of hot 
absolute alcohol, and add to the tinctures, then add the aromatic 
tincture and filter. 

The dose is 5 to 10 drops in 2 tablespoonfuls of water. As a tonic 
for nervous headache, insomnia, nervous debility etc. 

German Tonic. 

Tincture of Cinchona, 2 fl.ounces 

Tincture of Gentian Compound. 1 fl. ounce 

Tincture of Capsicum, 1 fl. drachm 

Fluidextract of Golden Seal 2 fl. drachms 
Sugar, 
Brandy. 

Cinnamon Water, 
Mix. Dissolve the sugar in trFe mixture and after standing, filter. 

This is a general tonic : the formula may be varied if desired. Dose 

a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. 

Ginger Tonic. 

Jamaica Ginger, in powder, 2 ounces av. 

Gentian, in coarse powder, 34 ounce av. 

Cinnamon, in coarse powder, 1 drachm 

Bitter Orange Peel, in coarse powder, 54 ounce 

Magnesium Carbonate, Y /± ounce 

Sugar, 2 ounces av. 



4 ounces av, 
6 fl.ounces 

5 fl.ounces 



1244 The Fenner Formulary Fart III. 

Alcohol, 6 fl. ounces 

Diluted Alcohol, a sufficient quantity. 
Water, sufficient to make I pint 

Macerate the powdered drugs first with the alcohol in a wide-mouth 
bottle for 5 days, then add 6 fl. ounces of water, and let stand 5 days or 
more, with daily agitation, then pour off the fluid portion and perco- 
late the drugs with sufficient diluted alcohol to make when added to 
the poured-ofT liquid 16 fl. ounces; rub this with the magnesium car- 
bonate in a mortar, filter and dissolve the sugar in the filtrate. 

This may also be made by mixing soluble extract of ginger 4 fl.- 
ounces, with tincture gentian compound 2 fl. ounces, aqueous fluid- 
extract golden seal 2 fl. drachms, sugar 2 ounces, alcohol, water, of 
each, 5 ounces. Dose a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Harter's Wild Cherry Bitters. 

The :oiiowing is said to make a similar preparation ; W T ild cherry 
bark 8 ounces, yellow cinchona bark 1 ounce, orange peel 2 ounces, 
cardamom seeds 1 ounce, wild ginger root y 2 ounce, diluted alcohol 6 
pints, honey 1 pint, syrup 1 pint. Macerate the drugs with the diluted 
alcohol and percolate, adding enough diluted alcohol through the per- 
colator to produce 6 pints. To this add the syrup and honey and, 
after standing, filter. 

Iron Tonic. 

A great variety of iron tonics will be found among the elixirs, bit- 
ters, wines etc., but the following general formula is submitted : 
Quinine Sulphate, 40 grains 

Cinchonidine Sulphate, 80 grains 

Strychnine Sulphate, 4 grains 

Fluid Hydrastis, 4 fl. ounces 

Tincture of Gentian Compound, 8 flounces 

Tincture of Iron, tasteless, 4 fl. ounces 

Soluble Elixir Flavoring, 4 fl.ounces 

Sugar, 2 pounds 

Alcohol, 2 pints 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Disolve the salts in the alcohol, mix the other ingredients with 4 
pints of water, and when the sugar is dissolved mix the two solutions, 
and after standing, filter. This may be colored brown or reddish- 
brown with caramel and red coloring if desired. The dose is a dessert- 
spoonful or more. 

Any of the iron bitters or bitter wines of iron or elixirs of bark and 
iron may be put up under this title. The proprietors of Brown's Iron 
Bitters have endeavored to intimidate the retail druggists by claiming 
a proprietary right to the title "Iron Bitters," or "Iron Tonic," and 
that no such preparations by similar names could be sold, but this 



Part III. 



Standard and' Proprietary Remedies 



1245 



claim cannot, of course, be maintained, and any druggist may put up 
an iron bitters or iron tonic. 

McLean's Strengthening Cordial. 

This preparation is said to be made with : 

Gentian, 8 ounces 

Columbo, 8 ounces 

Orange Peel, 2 ounces 

Coriander Seeds, I ounce 

Cardamom Seeds, ]/ 2 ounce 

Serpentaria, i ounce 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and macerate with whisky 7 

pints and glycerin 1 pint, for seven days ; transfer to a percolator and 

percolate, adding through the percolator enough water to make I 

gallon. 

Peruvian Tonic. 



4 ounces 



3 ounces 
1 ounce 

1 ounce 

4 ounces 
4 ounces 

2 ounces 

3 pints 
6 pints 



1 pound 



Peruvian Bark, 

Bitter Orange Peel, 

Canada Snake Root, 

Mezereum Bark, 

Dandelion Root, 

Senna Leaves, 

Buchu Leaves, 

Alcohol, 

Water, 

Sugar, 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and macerate for 24 hours with 
1 pint of alcohol and 2 pints of water, transfer to a percolator, pour on 
the remainder of the water and percolate. Dissolve the sugar in the 
percolate and filter. 

Phospho-Muriate of Quinine Compound. 

Quinine Hydrochloride, 32 grains 

Strychnine, 1 grain 

Solution of Phosphates, concentrated, 3 fl. ounces- 

Syrup, enough to make 1 pint 

Mix and dissolve. 

Quinia Laroche Tonic. 

Red Cinchona Bark, 1 ounce 

Sherry Wine, 20 ounces 

Diluted Alcohol, 10 ounces 

Sugar, 16 ounces 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, (in scales), 262 grains 
Water, sufficient. 



1246 The F outer Formulary Part I'll. 

Infuse the cinchona in enough water to make 10 fl. ounces. In this 
dissolve the iron salt, add the wine and alcohol, and after several days 
filter. 

Roxa Tonic. 



Fluidextract Cinchona, 




6 fl. ounces 


Fluidextract Bitter Orange Peel, 




2 fl. ounces 


Tincture Cardamom Compound, 




2 fl. ounces 


Tincture Capsicum, 




2 fl. ounces 


Fluidextract Eucalyptus, 




i fl. ounce 


Alcohol, 




32 fl. ounces 


Syrup, 




20 fl. ounces 


Water, 




64 fl. ounces 


Mix well together and, after standing, filter. 


This is an excellent 


general tonic. 






Sa-Ka-To-Wa 


Tonic. 




This is sold as an Indian remedy — as 


a tonic and generally as a liver 


and kidney medicine and alterative. 






Fluidextract Cascara Sagrada, 




4 ounces 


Tincture Capsicum, 




1 ounce 


Fluidextract Rhubarb, 




1 ounce 


Socotrine Aloes, 




2 ounces 


Sodium Bicarbonate, 




3 ounces 


Potassium Acetate, 




2 ounces 


Porto Rico Molasses, 




1 pint 


Oil of Sassafras, 




30 minims 


Alcohol, 




20 ounces 


Water, sufficient to make 




1 gallon 



Dissolve the aloes, sodium bicarbonate and potassium acetate in 4 
pints of boiling water ; when cool add the fluidextracts and tinctures 
and the alcohol in which the oil has been dissolved ; then the molasses 
and enough water to make 1 gallon. Allow to stand for 24 hours and 
strain. The dose is a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful. It is an 
excellent tonic, laxative and regulator of the system. 

TOOTH-ACHE REMEDIES. 

Perhaps there is nothing in the line of remedies for which there is a 
more general call than tooth-ache cUres or remedies, and it is certainly 
convenient and profitable to have something put up ready for this 
trade. As special proprietary preparations of this kind are seldom 
designated, it is obvious that the druggist may supply any good 
remedy for the purpose. 

The following formulas will give satisfaction. These same remedies 
may also be used for ear-ache, neuralgia etc. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 

Aseptol Tooth-Ache Remedy. 



1247 



Aseptol, 


i 


ounce av. 


Chloroform, 


i 


fl.ounce 


Alcohol, 


14 


fl. ounces 


Cajuput Tooth-Ache Remedy. 




Morphine Sulphate, 


30 


grains 


Camphor, 


1 


ounce av. 


Chloroform, 


1 


fl.ounce 


Oil of Peppermint, 


2 


fl. drachms 


Oil of Cajuput, 


4 


fl. ounces 


Alcohol, 


10 


flounces 


Camphor-Chloral Tooth-Ache 


Cure. 




Camphor, 


1 


ounce av. 


Chloral-Hydrate, 


1 


ounce av. 


Chloroform, 


1 


fl.ounce 


Ether, (Sulphuric), 


1 


fl.ounce 


Tincture of Opium, 


% 


fl.ounce 


Oil of Thyme, (Origanum, pure), 


v* 


fl.ounce 


Oil of Sassafras, 


V* 


fl.ounce 


Alcohol, 


16 


fl. ounces 


Mix and dissolve, saturate a little cotton and 


insert 


it in the cavity, 


also rub on the gums. 






Carbolic Tooth-Ache Cure. 




Carbolic Acid, 


5 


ounces av. 


Camphor, 


8 


ounces av. 


Oil of Sassafras, 


v> 


fl.ounce 


Oil of Cloves, 


y 2 


fl.ounce 


Chloroform, 


I 


fl.ounce 


Mix and dissolve, moisten cotton and put in the cav 


ity of the tooth, 


and rub around the gums if necessary. 






Clove Anodyne Tooth-Ache 


Cure. 




Oil of Cloves, 


2 


fl.ounces 


Carbolic Acid, 


y 2 


ounce av. 


Oil of Peppermint, 


2 


fl. drachms 


Morphine Sulphate, 


30 


grains 


Alcohol, 


13 


fl.ounces 


Cocaine Tooth-Ache Cure. 




Cocaine Hydrochloride, 


60 


grains 


Oil of Wintergreen, 


2 


fl. drachms 


Oil of Peppermint, 


2 


fl. drachms 


Alcohol, 


15 


fl.ounces 



1248 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

Lightning Tooth-Ache Remedy. 

Essential Oil of Mustard, i fl. ounce 

Chloroform, 2 fl.ounces 

Oil of Sassafras, i flounce 

Alcohol, 12 fl.ounces 

Local Anaesthetic. 

This is for application to the gums previous to extracting teeth, 
and to numb the parts and prevent pain, also for neuralgia. 

Menthol, 6o grains 

Ether, ij/ 2 ounces 

Fluidextract Cannabis Indica, 20 minims 

Cocaine, 2 grains 

Oil of Peppermint, 15 minims 

Saturate absorbent cotton with a small quantity of the liquid, and 

apply to the gums, allowing it to remain about 5 minutes before 

beginning the operation. 

Menthol Tooth-Ache Remedy. 
Menthol, 1 ounce av. 

Chloroform, 1 flounce 

Alcohol, 14 fl.ounces 

Odontunder. 

This is a solution to rub around the gums previous to extraction and 
other dental operations. A preparation for that purpose is made with 
Cocaine Hydrochloride, 10 grains 

Thymol, 10 grains 

Alcohol, 1 ounce 

Glycerin, 2 drachms 

Rose Water, 1 ounce 

Dissolve the thymol and cocaine salts in the alcohol, add the 
glycerin and rose water. This may be applied by rubbing around the 
gums, or on cotton, or may be used by hypodermic injection to the 
roots of the teeth. 

Salicylic Tooth-Ache Cure. 
Collodion, I pint 

Salicylic Acid, 2 ounces av. 

Dissolve the salicylic acid in the collodion. This forms a plug in 
the cavity of the tooth, thus covering the exposed nerve. 

Thymol Tooth-Ache Remedy. 

Thymol, 1 ounce av. 

Chloroform, 1 fl.ounce 

Alcohol, 14 fl.ounces 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1249 

Tooth-Ache Collodion. 

Collodion, . i ounce 

Oil of Cloves, i drachm 

Salicylic Acid, I drachm 

Creosote, I drachm 

Mix them. To use, saturate a little cotton on the end of a tooth- 
pick, by dipping it into the collodion, and insert it in the cavity. 

Tooth-Ache Pellets. 

Powdered Opium, 64 grains 

Menthol, 16 grains 

Cocaine Hydrochloride, 8 grains 

Pill Excipient, sufficient to make 100 pellets 

Make 100 pellets, as small as possible. To insert in the cavity of 
an aching tooth. 

Tooth-Ache Wax or Gum. 

Morphine Sulphate, 8 grains 

Oil of Cloves, 12 minims 

Yellow Beeswax, 80 grains 

Melt the wax, and while cooling, incorporate with it the oil of cloves 

and morphine, and make into 100 pellets. Other ingredients may be 

added if wanted. 

Other tooth-ache remedies may be made in the same general way 
from other drugs. They may be put up in homoeopathic vials to sell 
at from 10 to 25 cents. 

UTERINE REMEDIES AND CATHOLICONS. 

Many uterine remedies will be found under other headings, a few 
however, which are specially known as uterine remedies or catholicons 
are given here. 

Uterine Tonic or Catholicon. 

The following is said to make a preparation similar to Lydia Pink- 
ham's Compound : 
Cramp Bark, 
Partridge Berry Vine, 
Poplar Bark, 
Unicorn Root, 
Cassia Bark, 
Beth Root, 
Sugar, 
Alcohol, 
Water, sufficient to make 



5 


ounces 


av. 


5 


ounces 


av. 


2/ 2 


ounces 


av. 


2/2 


ounces 


av. 


I 


ounce 


av. 


2 


ounces 


av. 


2 

2 
I 


pounds 

pints 

gallon 





12 ounces 


av. 


8 ounces 


av. 


3 ounces 


av. 


3 ounces 


av. 


4 ounces 


av. 


3 pints 
i eallon 





1250 The Fenncr Formulary Part III. 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and percolate them with the 
alcohol mixed with an equal measure of water, continue the percola- 
tion with water until 7 pints of percolate have passed. In this dis- 
solve the sugar. 

Viburnum Compound. 

Black Haw Bark, 
High Cranberry Bark, 
Blue Cohosh, 
- Life Root Plant, 
Sugar, 
Alcohol, 

Water, sufficient to make 
Make a tincture of the drugs by percolating first with the alcohol 
mixed with an equal quantity of water, and then with water until 1 
g-allon is obtained. In this dissolve the sugar and filter. 
The dose is a dessertspoonful. 

Dioviburnia, which is prepared by the Dios Chemical Co., of St. 
Louis, is similar to the foregoing ; according to the statement of in- 
gredients published. A formula may be made as follows : Fluidex- 
tract of black haw, cramp bark, wild yam, star-grass, helonias, mit- 
c-hella, blue cohosh and scullcap, each, \y 2 ounces; simple elixir 4 
ounces. 

Hayden's Viburnum Compound. 

Fluidextract cramp* bark 2 fl. ounces, fluidextract black haw 1 
fl. ounce, fluidextract skunk cabbage 1 fl. ounce, syrup 2 fl. ounces, 
strong tincture of cinnamon sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces. Mix, and 
after standing, filter. 

This may be made from the drugs, an equal weight av., as above 
directed, with iy 2 ounces av. of cinnamon, percolated with diluted al- 
cohol to make 14 ounces, then adding syrup 2 ounces. 

Colorless Solution Hydrastine. 

Hydrastine, White Alkaloid, 20 grains 

Glycerin, 2 ounces 

Diluted Hydrochloric Acid, q. s. to dissolve, 
Water, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Rub the hydrastine with a portion of the water and add the acid, 
drop by drop, until it is dissolved, then add the glycerin and the re- 
mainder of the water. 

This solution is used for injections because it does not stain the 
linen, as does the fluid hydrastis. 

Orange Blossom. 

This is in the form of vaginal suppositories, for uterine ulcera- 
tion, prolapsus etc. They are to be inserted. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1251 

Zinc Phosphate, 60 grains 

Alum, 15 grains 

Cacao Butter, 180 grains 

White Wax, 30 grains 

Expressed Oil of Almonds, 90 grains 

Extract of Hyoscyamus, 1 grain 
Make into 1 dozen suppositories of square-oblong shape. 

Uterine Tablets or Wafers. 

Zinc Sulphate, dry, 60 grains 

Alum, exsiccated, 120 grains 

Boric Acid, 60 grains 

Acetanilide, 30 grains 

Acacia, 60 grains 

Water, 2 drachms 

Mix the powders intimately and moisten with the water, rubbing 
them well together; then make up into 12 oblong-square masses, press- 
ing them into a form and allow to dry in the air. These wafers or 
tablets are used for ulceration, prolapsus, leucorrhoea etc., by insert- 
ing, or may be dissolved in water and used as an injection. 

MEDICINAL WINES. 

Most of the medicinal wines are included under that heading in 
Fart II., but a few which are sold more particularly as proprietary 
medicines are given here. 

Wine of Coca. 

A wine of coca known as "Vin Mariani" has been extensively ad- 
vertised and sold in this and other countries. Xo special claim is 
made for the superiority of this preparation, except the quality of the 
ingredients. Druggists may make and sell a wine of coca equal to 
any, but must not sell it as Vin Mariani. 

The following makes a satisfactory preparation : 

Coca Leaves, best quality, coarsely powd., 12^4 ounces av. 
Alcohol, 1 pint 

Sugar, 6 ounces av. 

Red Wine, a good quality, 1 gallon 

Mix the alcohol with the wine and macerate the coca leaves with 2 
pints of the mixture for 24 hours in a warm place, then transfer to a 
glass percolator, add the liquid and percolate slowly until a gallon is 
obtained. Dissolve the sugar in the percolate and filter. 

Wine of Cod Liver Oil. 

This preparation does not (as its name would indicate) contain cod 
liver oil, but is prepared from gaduol, an extract claimed to contain 
the valuable medicinal constituents of the oil. 



1252 The Fenncr Formulary Part III. 

Several wines of cod liver oil under various titles, as "Vinol," 
"Vinola," etc., have been extensively sold as proprietary medicines. 
The following formulas make satisfactory preparations of that kind : 
Gaduol, (Extract Cod Liver Oil), 64 grains 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 128 grains 

Alcohol, 4 fl. drachms 

Glycerin, 4 fl. ounces 

Fuller's Earth, 4 drachms 

Port Wine, enough to make 4 pints 

Mix the gaduol with the alcohol and add the fuller's earth ; triturate 
well and add the glycerin and wine. Let stand a day or so, shaking 
occasionally, and add the soluble iron phosphate, previously dissolved 
in 1 ounce of hot water ; then filter, passing sufficient wine through the 
filter to preserve the volume. Color with caramel. 

If these directions are followed, the product will be an eleg-ant prep- 
aration, resembling, but a little sweeter than other preparations of the 
same name. 

A preparation of the same character as the above, but of a more 
distinctive taste and appearance, may be compounded as follows: 
Gaduol, 64 grains 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 128 grains 

Alcohol, 4 fl. drachms 

Fuller's Earth, 4 drachms 

Port and Claret Wine, equal parts, to make 1 pint 
Proceed as before. 

Kola Wine. 

Kola Nut, in fine powder, \Z/^ ounces 

Tincture Cardamom Compound, 1 ounce 

Sugar, 3 ounces 

Good Red Wine, sufficient to make 16 ounces 

Macerate the kola nut in 13 ounces of wine mixed with the tincture 

cardamom compound for 7 days, shaking daily, then pour upon a filter, 

add enough wine through the filter to make 13^ ounces of the filtered 

liquid and dissolve the sugar by agitation in the filtrate. 

Vitalized Wine. 

Phosphorus, y§ grain 

Absolute Alcohol, 1 fl. ounce 

Glycerin, 1 fl. ounce 

Soluble Iron Phosphate, 64 grains 

Prepared Wine, 14 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the phosphorus in the absolute alcohol by means of a 
water-bath, add the glycerin, then the wine, dissolve the iron salt in 
the y 2 fl. ounce of water and add to the solution. The dose is a dessert- 
spoonful to a tablespoonful. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 

WORM MEDICINES AND VERMIFUGES. 



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ounce av. 


Yi 


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Worm medicines that are popular on the market are chiefly in the 
form of syrups or cordials, and confections or lozenges. Worm pow- 
ders and pills, are however, frequently used, and "Worm Tea" is not 
an unpopular form of medication. 

The following formulae are representatives of various forms of worm 
medicines which have a popular sale : 

Worm Killer. 

Santonin, in fine powder, 

Fluidextract of Pink Root, 

Fluidextract of Senna, 

Essence of Peppermint, 

Simple Syrup, sufficient to make 
Mix them well together. 

It is not intended that the santonin shall be dissolved in this prep- 
aration, but it must be shaken before taken. Santonin should never 
be dissolved when used as a worm medicine, for the reason that in 
solution it acts as a poison to the patient instead of to the worms 
because it is much more rapidly absorbed than when given in powder, 
and, as the medicine is designed to act on the contents of the stomach 
or bowels, instead of through the blood, it is obvious that it should 
not be in solution. 

Tonic Vermifuge. 

Male Fern Root, in coarse powder, 

Anise Seed, Fink Root, each in coarse powder, 

Cape Aloes, 

Potassium Carbonate, (Sal Tartar), 

Culver's Root, 

Glycerin, 

Alcohol, 

Water, 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and moisten with 3 ounces each 
of the alcohol and glycerin, pack in a percolator and pour upon them 
the remaining liquids in which the aloes and potassium carbonate 
have previously been dissolved, allow to stand 48 hours and percolate, 
adding enough water through the percolator to make 1 pint of the 
percolate. 

Dose a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 



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120 


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80 


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Ya 


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6 


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Standard Worm Syrup. 



Pink Root, 
Male Fern Root, 
Senna Leaves, 



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Essence Anise, 2 ounces 

Potassium Carbonate, Santonin, each, 34 ounce 

Sugar, 7 pounds 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Grind the drugs to a coarse powder and steep them for 6 hours in 

nearly boiling water enough to cover them well, then pour off the 

liquid and reserve ; put fresh water on the drugs and steep 2 hours, 

pour off this liquid and mix with that before reserved, pressing out 

all that is possible from the drugs. 

Evaporate the liquid to 5 pints and, while evaporating add the potas- 
sium and santonin ; add while cooling, the essence anise and sugar, 
dissolve by agitation and strain. 

Dose a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

This is a good general worm syrup requiring no laxative after using 
it. It may be made from the fluidextracts instead of the drugs, if 
preferred. 

Worm Syrup. 

Fluidextract of Pink and Senna, 2 fl. ounces 

Oil of Anise, 10 drops 

Syrup, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix. This is a simple "Pink and Senna" worm syrup, harmless and 
efficient ; many other medicines may be combined with this, but we 
do not know that it can be much improved except by adding santonin. 

Vermifuge. 

This vile compound — the terror of childhood — thanks to the advance 
of pharmacy has largely gone out of use. The following formulas are 
sufficient : 

Oil of Wormseed, 1 fl. ounce 

Oil of Peppermint, 1 fl. drachm 

Oil of Turpentine, 1 fl. drachm 

Castor Oil, 6 fl. ounces 

Mix them well together. 

Vermifuge. 

Oil of Wormseed, 
Fluidextract Pink and Senna, 
Glycerin, 

Essence of Peppermint, 
Mix them well together, shake before taking, 
vermifuge is from one-half to a teaspoonful. 

Worm Lozenges. 

This is by far the most popular form of administering worm med- 
icines, for children will readily take them. The making of worm loz- 



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I 


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fl. ounce 
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Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1255 

enges is mostly done by manufacturing houses which have suitable 
apparatus for such work. Santonin is the chief medicinal ingredient ; 
it is sometimes combined with calomel or other laxath^e remedies. 
The following formulae make good worm lozenges, comfits or tablets. 
They can be made in the same way as other lozenges. 

Santonin, in fine powder, 50 grains 

Powdered Tragacanth, 150 grains 

Chocolate, 300 grains 

Powdered Sugar, 700 grains 

Rub the chocolate with a little water to a stiff paste. Mix the san- 
tonin, tragacanth and sugar intimately, and with the addition of water 
incorporate them with the chocolate paste and cut into 100 lozenges. 

Worm Lozenges or Tablets. 

Santonin, in fine powder, 50 grains 

Calomel, 5 grains 

Carmine, 10 grains 

Powdered Tragacanth, 150 grains 

Powdered Sugar, 1000 grains 

Mix the carmine intimately with a portion of the sugar, add the san- 
tonin and calomel, then the tragacanth, and having mixed them well 
together, make into a mass with water and cut into 100 lozenges. If 
white lozenges are desired omit the carmine. 

Other combinations may be made in the same manner. 
As each lozenge contains ]/ 2 grain of santonin, the usual dose for 
children would be 1 or 2 before meals. 

Vermifuge Tea. 

Pink Root, in coarse powder, 4 ounces 

Pomegranate Bark, cut, 4 ounces 

Senna Leaves, cut, 4 ounces 

Wormseed, 2 ounces 

Anise Seed, ground, 2 ounces 

Mix thoroughly and put up in packages of about 2 ounces. 
Directions for preparing: Steep the contents of the package in a pint 
and a half of water with gentle heat for 2 hours, then strain off 1 pint, 
add to it half a pound of sugar and y± pint alcohol. 

Directions for taking : For children 2 to 3 years old, a teaspoonf ul 
before meals, three times a day ; 3 to 5 years old, two teaspoonfuls ; 
5 to 10 years old, a tablespoonful ; 10 years and older, a wineglassful 
(2 tablespoonfuls) before meals. 

Tape Worm Expeller. 

Kamala, *4 ounce 

Oleo-resin Male Fern, 40 minims 



1256 The Fenner Formulary Part III. 

Acacia, powdered, ^2 ounce 

Water, 1 ounce 

Syrup, sufficient to make 3 ounces 

Rub the acacia with the water, add first the oleo-resin, then the 

kamala and triturate them thoroughly ; then add enough syrup to make 

the measure 3 ounces and mix intimately. 

For the expulsion of a tape worm the patient should go without 
breakfast, and at the usual breakfast hour take one-third of the above 
emulsion ; another third in one-half hour and the remaining third one- 
half hour later. The tape worm will come away usually with the head 
within two or three hours. 

Tape Worm Remedy. 

Pomegranate Bark, ground, 3 ounces av. 

Male Fern, 1 ounce av. 

Senna Leaves, ground, 1 ounce av. 

Kamala, 2 drachms 

Mix them well together. 

One-half of this quantity is to be steeped in a pint of water and the 
infusion is to be taken in doses of 4 ounces twenty minutes apart. If 
not successful in getting the head of the tape worm, the remainder car. 
be prepared and taken in the same manner a week later. 

Fluidextracts of the ingredients as above may be mixed in the same 
proportion and given in a similar manner, but are not considered so 
efficient as the infusion. 

UNCLASSIFIED PROPRIETARY REMEDIES. 

The following preparations were not included in the classes which 
have already been given. Many more formulas might be given but the 
line is already quite extended and is probably sufficient for the uses 
of the trade. 

Antiphlogistine. 

This is a type of proprietary antiseptic and absorbent preparation, 
composed of kaolin, glycerin and antiseptic medicaments, which are 
appled as a poultice or cataplasm, and have come into extensive use. 
"Antiphlogistine'' wa's the first to appear, but many like preparations 
under other names have followed. 

Cataplasma Kaolini, which is intended to be similar to this, was 
made official in the 8th revision of the U. S. P. See this title, page 
492, Part II. 

Bradycrotine. 

This is a proprietary headache remedy made at Atlanta, Ga. A sim- 
ilar preparation may be made witb 

Caffeine, 6 grains 

Potassium Bromide, 20 grains 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1257 

Sodium Bromide, 20 g~rains 

Syrup, 3 fl. drachms 

Alcohol, • 2 fl.drachms 

Port Wine, sufficient to make 13 fl. ounces 

Mix, dissolve and filter. 

Campho-Phenique. Carbolated Camphor. 

Camphor, . 5 ounces 

Carbolic Acid, 2 ounces 

Alboline, or Mineral Glycerin, 2 ounces 
Mix and dissolve. 

Campho-Salicyl. 

Camphor, 3^ ounces 

Salicylic Acid, 2% ounces 

Liquid Rennet. 

The inner membrane of one calf's stomach, 

dissected off and chopped, 
Hydrochloric Acid, 6 fl.drachms 

Glycerin, 6 fl. ounces 

Water, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Macerate for two weeks, strain or filter. 

This is used for dyspepsia, and also in cooking to make curd, with 
milk. 

Pepsin prepared from the stomachs of calves may be used instead of 
the fresh stomachs, but pepsin prepared from pig's or other stomachs 
will not make a curd with milk. 

The dose is a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful. 

Godfrey's Cordial. 

A great number of good formulas for this popular cordial have been 
published. The one claimed to be original is opium, cut fine, y^ 
ounce ; sassafras chips 1 ounce, cheap brandy 40 fl. ounces, water 40 
fl. ounces, treacle ^]/ 2 ounces. The ingredients are to be mixed and 
macerated and the clear portion decanted. 

The formula which is generally published for this cordial as it is put 
up for the trade is : Sassafras oil 24 minims, tincture of opium 2 
fl. ounces, alcohol 3 fl. ounces, potassium carbonate 240 grains, Porto 
Rico molasses 1 pint, water 3 pints. Dissolve the oil of sassafras in 
the alcohol and add the solution to a mixture of the other ingredients. 

Hamburger Drops. 

Socotrine Aloes, in powder, 2 ounces 

Myrrh, in powder, y 2 ounce 

Cinnamon Bark, in powder, y 2 ounce 



1258 The Fenncr Formulary Part III. 

Cloves, in powder, i drachm 

Opium, in powder, I drachm 

Saffron, American, 2 drachms 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix the drugs and macerate first with 12 ounces of alcohol for 1 
week, with frequent agitation, and pour off the clear liquid and re- 
serve ; then pour on the drugs 6 fl. ounces more of alcohol, macerate as 
before and add the product to the reserved liquid. 
The dose is 10 to 30 drops or more. 

Fosgate's Anodyne Cordial. 

A formula said to make a similar preparation is : 

Fluidextract of Rhubarb, 5 fl.drachms 

Fluidextract of Rhatany, 2 fl.drachms 

Fluidextract of Ginger, 6 minims 

Tincture of Opium, Camphorated, 1 fl. drachm 

Diluted Alcohol, 6 fl.drachms 

Mix them. Dose 20 to 60 drops, according to age. 

Beecham's Pills. 

The following formula is published in the Ind. Pharm. 

Aloes, in powder, 480 grains 

Rhubarb, in powder, 90 grains 

Sodium Sulphate, 24 grains 

Saffron, true, 24 grains 

Make a mass and divide into 3 grain pills. 

Concentrated Tincture Avena Sativa or Oats. 

Common Black Oats, 16^3 ounces av. 

Alcohol, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Make a fluidextract or concentrated tincture. 
This is given as a nerve stimulant in doses of 30 to 60 minims. 

Pheno-Salyl. 

This is an antiseptic introduced in the Pasteur Institute of Paris. 
Phenol, (Carbolic Acid), 9 ounces 

Salicylic Acid, 1 ounce 

Lactic Acid, 2 ounces 

Menthol, 44 grains 

Mix the phenol and salicylic acid, and warm them with the lactic 
acid until melted, then, when cooling, add the menthol. 

Holloway's Pills. 

As these are much called for, the formula is given. 

Aloes, 200 parts 

Rhubarb, 40 parts 

Black Pepper, i8 parts 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1259 

Saffron, 10 parts 

Sodium Sulphate, 10 parts 

To be divided into 3^ grain pills. 

Soda Mint. 

Sodium Bicarbonate,, 1 ounce av. 

Peppermint Water. 1 pint 

Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia, 1 fl. drachm 

Mix, dissolve and filter. 

This may be sweetened with 2 ounces of sugar if desired, but for 
medicinal effect is usually given plain. 

This is given in doses of a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful, for acid 
stomach, dyspepsia etc. 

A mixture of sodium bicarbonate 8 ounces with spirit of peppermint 
1 ounce, may be made by rubbing them together in a mortar and allow- 
ing the alcohol to evaporate. This makes a convenient powder, y± 
teaspoonful to be dissolved in water when taken. 

VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
Including Poultry Remedies. 

In a general way the same medicines are employed in veterinary 
practice as for the treatment of human ailments, the difference being 
in the forms of the medicines used and in the doses prescribed which 
must correspond to the average weight of the animal as compared with 
the average weight of man. 

In the formulas that have been given in the foregoing sections of 
this work many are designated '"pro usu veterinario," or for veterinary 
use. A considerable number of these are official in European countries 
and in the French pharmacopoeia a section is specially devoted to 
"Pharmacie Veterinaire." 

Veterinary colleges, in which veterinary medicine, veterinary treat- 
ment and surgery are taught, have been established in many of the 
states, and this branch of medicine and therapeutics is now receiving 
the attention its importance merits. 

Most of the medicines and preparations generally used in veterinary 
practice have been described in the preceding pages and will be found 
under different headings throughout this work. Condition Powders 
are the most common and convenient form for the administration of 
medicines to stock; therefore a few formulas for such as are most 
readily prepared are given here, also some other remedies that do not 
appear under other headings. 

The doses of medicines for veterinary use should be about eight 
times as much for horses and cattle as for man ; for sheep about the 
same as for man ; for dogs and swine the dose varies considerably 
because of difference in size, but should be in proportion to their 



1260 The Fennef Formulary Part III. 

weight as compared with the average weight of man (about 150 
pounds). Doses for poultry are generally designated in the formulas 
for the few remedies used. 

BALLS OR MASSES. 

A common mass with which any active ingredient may be mixed can 
be best prepared with linseed meal and molasses, equal parts. The 
medicinal ingredients may be mixed with this vehicle in any propor- 
tion desired and the resulting mass made up into balls containing the 
required amount of the active agents. 

Anodyne Ball. Opium 1 drachm, hydrated chloral \y 2 drachms, 
potassium bromide 1 drachm, linseed meal y 2 ounce, molasses, 
sufficient to make a mass or ball which is to be given at one dose. 

Astringent Ball. Catechu, in fine powder, 2 drachms; cinna- 
mon, powdered, 1 drachm ; prepared chalk y> ounce ; alum, powdered, 
I drachm. Mix them to make 1 powder, or mix into a ball with 
molasses or glycerin. One powder or ball is a dose for horses and 
cattle. A proportionate quantity for swine, dogs etc. 

Condition Balls may be made with any of the condition powders 
incorporated with the common mass and divided into balls having the 
required quantity of medicinal ingredients. 

Diuretic Ball. Potassium acetate 2 drachms, potassium nitrate 2 
drachms, hard soap 2 drachms. Mix them into a mass with a little 
molasses or glycerin. 

Physic Ball. Aloes, in powder, y 2 ounce ; senna, in powder, y 2 
ounce ; gamboge, in powder, 30 grains. Mix and make into a ball with 
molasses. One ball is a dose for horses or cattle, one-fourth as much 
or less for dogs and sheep. 

Cough Balls, Diuretic Balls, Physic Balls, Worm Balls etc., may be 
prepared by incorporating the medicines required with the common 
mass in a similar manner. 

BALSAMS. 

Many of the balsams for which formulas have been given in the 
previous pages of this work are used in veterinary practice. One par- 
ticularly, Gombault's Caustic Balsam, has had an extensive sale as a 
proprietary veterinary remedy. The formula published on page n 53 
is said to make a preparation quite similar to this. For external use 
only. Compound Tincture of Benzoin, (Friar's Balsam) is an excellent 
remedy for coughs and bronchial irritation. Peckhanrs Balsam is a 
good remedy either for internal or external use, and many other prep- 
arations known as "balsams" may be advantageously used in veter- 
inary practice. The Balms also, for which formulas are given in this 
work, are much used in veterinary practice. 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1261 

BLISTERS. 

Most of the blisters used in veterinary practice are in the form of a 
soft ointment or a liquid which may be applied to the parts with a 
brush. These forms are selected for the greater convenience of 
application. Blistering ointments also are used upon parts where they 
can be made to stay in place. The Acetum Cantharidis of the Br. P. 
is a very good vesicant. It may be applied with a brush to any part of 
the body. Unguentum Cantharidis of the Br. P. may be warmed and 
applied with a brush or Unguentum Cantharidum pro Usu Veterinario 
of the P. G. 

CONDITION POWDERS. 

The sale of condition powders is general and considerable, and cus- 
tomers, as a rule, are not so particular about proprietary make as with 
other medicines. Many druggists already have some favorite formula 
for condition powders, therefore only a few general formulas are given 
here. Similar formulas may be made to suit the ideas of the man- 
ufacturers and put up under similar names. 

Condition Powder — Vegetable. 

For the Blood and Appetite. 
Bloodroot, in fine powder, i ounce 

Sassafras, in fine powder, 3 ounces 

Liquorice Root, in fine powder, 3 ounces 

Gentian, in fine powder, 1 ounce 

Fenugreek Seed, in fine powder, 4 ounces 

Senna, in fine powder, 2 ounces 

Mix. Dose a tablespoonful or more in feed. 

It will be observed that this powder is entirely vegetable and more 
expensive than any of the others. It may be made cheaper by adding 
to it an equal bulk of linseed meal. 

Condition Powder — Mineral. 

Blood Purifier and Tonic. 

Potassium Nitrate, (Saltpetre), 2 ounces 

Potassium Bitartrate, (Cream Tartar), 3 ounces 

Iron Sulphate, (Copperas), 2 ounces 

Antimony Sulphate, (Black Antimony), 1 ounce 

Sulphur, 8 ounces 
Powder and mix. Dose a tablespoonful or more in feed. 

Condition Powder — Diuretic. 

Appetizer, Tonic, Diuretic Etc. 
Gentian, in fine powder, 1 ounce 

Fenugreek Seed, in fine powder, 4 ounces 

Black Antimony, in fine powder, 1 ounce 



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i ounce 
4 ounces 

2 ounces 

3 ounces 
3 ounces 
3 ounces 



Liquorice Root, in fine powder, 3 ounces 

Sal Nitre, in fine powder, 2 ounces 

Linseed Meal, in fine powder, 3 ounces 
Mix. Dose a tablespoonful or more in feed. 

Condition Powders — General. 

Gentian, in powder, 
Fenugreek Seed, in powder, 
Ginger, in powder, 
Liquorice Root, in powder, 
Rosin, in powder, 
Sulphur, in powder, 
Mix. Dose a tablespoonful or more in feed. 

Condition Powder — General. 

Sal Xitre, in powder, i ounce 

Ginger, in powder, 2 ounces 

Fenugreek, in powder, 3 ounces 

Black Antimony, in powder, I ounce 

Liquorice Root, in powder, i ounce 

Linseed Meal, in powder, 8 ounces 

Mix. Dose a tablespoonful or more in feed. 

Heave Powders. 
For Coughs, Colds, Heaves Etc. 
The demand for heave powders is not great, but they are readily put 
up, and have a steady sale. They are generally sold at extravagant 
prices, but it is better to charge a reasonable price, and recommend 
them for coughs, colds, influenza, distemper etc., instead of condition 
powders, which are considerably used for these complaints. 
The following general formula has been proven excellent : 
Lobelia, in fine powder, 2 ounces 

Skunk Cabbage, in fine powder, 4 ounces 

Elecampane, in fine powder, 4 ounces 

Antimony and Potassium Tartrate, I ounce 

Liquorice Root, in fine powder, 5 ounces 

Mix them. Powdered elm bark in place of half the quantity of 
liquorice root may be used to advantage, and if desired to dilute the 
powder to make more bulk, linseed meal or powdered fenugreek may 
be added as desired. 

The dose is a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful or more. 

Hog Cholera Powder. 

Remedies for the prevention and cure of hog cholera are much used 
in the West and South. They are of various composition and merits. 
The following which is similar to Haas' Hog Remedy, is as popular 
as any: 



Part III. Standard and Proprietary Remedies 1263 

Lime Phosphate, precipitated, 8 ounces 

Common Chalk, in powder, 6 ounces 

Magnesium Carbonate, powdered, 2 ounces 

Capsicum, powdered, y 2 ounce 

Mix them well together. 

The following is similar to another popular powder : 

Sodium Bicarbonate, 2 ounces 

Powdered Gentian, 2 ounces 

Powdered Ginger, 3 ounces 

Powdered Nitre, 1 ounce 

Powdered Chalk, 8 ounces 

Mix them thoroughly. Whiting may be used in place of chalk. 

The doses of these powders are, as a preventive, from 1 to 2 tea- 
spoonfuls in feed twice a day ; as a cure, a tablespoonful 3 or 4 times 
a day. 

Poultry Powders. 

Poultry powders are in considerable demand, and if prominently dis 
played, meet with a ready sale. The following formula gives excellent 
satisfaction : 

Ground Bone, or Bone Dust, 12 ounces 

Gentian, 1 ounce 

Capsicum, powdered, 1 ounce 

Ginger, powdered, 2 ounces 

Sulphur, 1 ounce 

Mix them well together. Put a teaspoonful or more in a quart of 
feed. 

Slaked lime or precipitated phosphate of lime may be used in place 
of ground bone. 

Egg Food. 

This is designed to make hens or other fowl lay, and is in great de- 
mand in some sections. The following formula has proven satisfactory. 

Phosphate of Lime or Ground Bone, 

Capsicum, in powder, 

Ginger, in powder, 

Cantharides, in powder, 

Sulphur, 
Potassium Nitrate, in powder, 
Mix them well together. Add a tablespoonful to a quart of feed. 

Worm Powder. 

For Worms and Bots in Horses and Cattle. 

Cape Aloes, in powder, 5 ounces 

Betel or Areca Nut, in powder, 8 ounces 

Anise, in powder, 1 ounce 

Fenugreek Seed, in powder, 2 ounces 



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Mix them well together. Dose 2 tablespoonfuls in feed, morning 
and night. 

COLIC REMEDIES. 

Colic may be simple belly-ache, caused by fermentation of food, 
indigestion or obstruction of the intestines, gas etc. — in such cases 
prompt cathartics and enemas are required. Colic may also be caused 
by renal obstruction or stopping of the urine, or by gall stones. In 
either of these cases relaxing and anodyne medicines should be given. 

Colic Cure. A general remedy for colic may be made in liquid form 
as follows : Tincture of opium 1 ounce, tincture of aloes 2 ounces, 
chloroform 10 minims soft soap 2 ounces, linseed oil 1 pint. Mix the 
ingredients thoroughly and give at one dose, for horses and cattle. 

Colic Remedy, Hypodermic. Eserine 10 grains, pilocarpine 20 
grains, diluted alcohol 1 ounce. Dissolve the salts in the diluted alco- 
hol. Give 30 minims of this solution by hypodermic injection and 
repeat if necessary. 

FEVER, DISTEMPER AND INFLUENZA. 

Tincture of aconite root 1 ounce, tincture of belladonna leaves 1 
ounce, tincture of lobelia 1 ounce, diluted alcohol 1 ounce. Mix them. 
Dose 20 to 30 drops every hour until diaphoresis is produced. Keep 
the animal warmly covered with blankets. This remedy will break up 
influenza, distemper and fevers if begun in time. 

Gall Cure. 

Tannin, in fine powder, 2 ounces 

Alum, in fine powder, 1 ounce 

Lampblack, 1 ounce 

Yellow Wax, 2 ounces 

Petrolatum, 10 ounces 

Melt the wax and petrolatum together and when nearly cool enough 

to set sift in the other ingredients, previously well mixed, and stir 

the mixture while cooling. 

This is to be applied to the galled part and well rubbed in, leaving 

a thick coating of the salve over the part. The harness can then be 

put on and the horse worked as usual. 

Hoof Ointment. 

Turpentine, (Gum Thus), 2 ounces 

Pine Tar, '2 ounces 

Yellow Wax, 2 ounces 

Petrolatum, 16 ounces 

Melt the ingredients together and mix them thoroughly. This is 

applied to soften the hoofs and cure cracks, and relieve feverish con- 
dition. 



PART IV. 



TOILET PREPARATIONS 
AND PERFUMES 



The formulas for preparations used for the toilet and as perfumes 
are so numerous that they would, of themselves, fill a large volume ; 
therefore only the more important ones and those most in demand 
can be given in this work, but we have endeavored to so arrange them 
that as little space as possible will be taken, and at the same time a 
very complete line of reliable formulas for all classes of toilet req- 
uisites and perfumes will be given. 

The more recent introduction of a number of synthetic chemical 
products having the odor of flowers or bouquets, has made it pos- 
sible to prepare perfumes and toilet requisites with much less trouble 
and expense than formerly, when the pomades had to be washed to 
obtain the extracts. A full line of synthetic perfumes is given under 
that heading in this department, but the old formulas which have 
heretofore appeared in this work are also retained, as many of our 
readers have become accustomed to prepare the same formulas with 
which they and their customers have become familiar. 

BANDOLINE. 

Bandolines are intended to be used to "fix" the hair — that is, to 
make the hair stay as it is fixed. They were at one time considerably 
in demand ; but as the style of dressing the hair has changed, they are 
now but little used. The following formula will make a satisfactory 
preparation : 

Rose Bandoline. Best flake tragacanth I ounce, rose water 13 fl.- 
ounces, Cologne spirit 3 fl. ounces. Mix the rose water and Cologne 
spirit and macerate the tragacanth in the mixture for several days, 



1266 The Feiuicr Formulary Part IV. 

stirring frequently, then squeeze through a cheese cloth strainer, let 
stand two or three days and again squeeze through muslin. 

This makes a white translucent preparation, if desired it may be 
colored pink or red with solution of carmine. 

BRILLIANTINES. 

Brilliantines are oily liquids or pastes which are intended for appli- 
cation to the moustache as a dressing. 

Brilliantine. Oil of almonds, expressed, i ounce ; bulk perfume i 
drachm. Mix and shake them well together before applying. 

Solid Brilliantine. Olive oil, best quality, 10 ounces, spermaceti 3 
ounces, white wax 3 drachms, oil of bergamot 2 drachms, oil of cloves 
15 minims, oil of rose geranium 30 minims. Melt the spermaceti and 
wax together, add the olive oil, warm until they are homogeneous, 
while cooling add the oils and pour into pots. 

COSMETICS FQR THE COMPLEXION. 

In a general sense the term cosmetic may be applied to preparations 
which are used to soften, cleanse, purify or beautify the complexion, 
hair, teeth etc. ; but in this connection the preparations only, which 
are applied for beautifying the complexion will be noted. The prepar- 
ations containing insoluble substances are best made by grinding them 
through a paint mill, but very good preparations may be made by 
rubbing them fine in a mortar as directed in the formulae. 

Liquid Cosmetics. 

These are mostly preparations containing some insoluble ingred- 
ients which are intended to beautify the complexion, making the skin 
white or flesh tint, and covering tan, freckles etc. 

Cream of Lilies, or Bloom of Youth. Heavy magnesia (Magnesia 
Ponderosa) iy 2 ounces av., zinc oxide 2 ounces av., glycerin 1 fl. ounce, 
water, sufficient to make 1 pint. Rub the magnesia and zinc with 
successive portions of water to wash them, transfer the precipitate to 
a pint bottle, and add the glycerin and enough water to make a pint. 
A little perfume may be added if desired. 

Cream of Roses. Barium carbonate 2 ounces, prepared chalk 2 
ounces, carmine, Xo. 40, 10 grains ; potassium carbonate 5 grains, 
glycerin 1 fl. ounce, rose water, sufficient to make a pint. Rub the car- 
mine and potassium carbonate together and add rose water gradually 
until it is dissolved. Mix the barium and chalk carbonates and having 
washed them by rubbing with successive portions of water, put the 
precipitate into a pint bottle, add the glycerin, the dissolved carmine 
and enough rose water to make a pint. 

Imperial Face Bleach. Mercury bichloride, in powder, 60 grains ; 
calomel 4 ounces, Cologne spirit 4 fl. ounces, water 20 fl. ounces, 



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glycerin 6 fl. ounces, essence bitter almonds 4 fl. drachms. Dissolve the 
mercury bichloride in the Cologne spirit, mix with the water, glycerin 
and essence of almonds, and add the calomel. To be well shaken 
when applied. 

Liquid Pearl Enamel. Hubbuck's zinc oxide 2 ounces, prepared 
chalk 2 ounces, essence rose or almonds 1 fl. ounce, glycerin 1 fl. ounce, 
water a sufficient quantity. Rub the powders with successive portions 
of water to wash out any impurities and reduce them to a smooth and 
uniform precipitate, finally pour the precipitate into a pint bottle, add 
the essence of rose or almond and enough distilled or filtered rain 
water to make a pint. 

Liquid Rouge or Bloom of Roses. This is used for giving a flesh 
tint or red coloring to the complexion, also for adding to any of the 
foregoing white preparations to impart a flesh tint. It is frequently 
put up in small bottles and furnished in a package with the white cos- 
metique. It is made as follows : Carmine, No. 40, 120 grains, potas- 
sium carbonate (Salts of Tartar), 60 grains; glycerin 4 fl. ounces, 
ammonia water T / 2 fl. ounce, orange flower water 12 fl. ounces. Rub the 
carmine and potassium carbonate to a fine powder, add the glycerin, 
rub them well together, then add the ammonia and orange flower 
water. A small quantity of this liquid is applied to the cheek with a 
sponge or soft cloth and thoroughly rubbed in. For making a flesh 
tint of the white preparations add from 1 to \]/ 2 fl. drachms to a pint. 

Peerless Face Bleach. Mercuric chloride 180 grains, ammonium 
chloride 20 grains, bismuth oxychloride 20 grains, tincture benzoin yl 
ounce, bulk perfume % ounce, alcohol 2 fl. ounces, water 30 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the mercuric chloride in the alcohol and add the tincture and 
bulk perfume to the solution, rub the bismuth with a portion of 
the water to a smooth mixture, dissolve the ammonium chloride in the 
remainder of the water and add to the mixture ; then add the aqueous 
mixture gradually to the alcoholic solution, shaking frequently until 
all is added. This is to be shaken when applied. 

Velvet Cream. Flake white 160 grains, pure oxide of zinc 80 grains, 
glycerin I 1 /? fl. drachms, rose water, sufficient to make 4 ounces. Rub 
them well together, shake before using and apply with a soft sponge, 
let dry on and then remove excess of powder with a soft cloth. 

Creams, Etc. 

For Softening the Skin, Etc. 

These are designed for softening the skin and removing tan, sun- 
burn, freckles, chap etc. Several different kinds of preparations are 
put up for such uses, and the following formulas are representative of 
preparations found in the market : 

Amandine. This is a preparation intended to whiten and soften 
the skin and prevent chapping etc. Honey, strained, 2 ounces ; white 
soft soap 1 ounce, liquor potassa 1 fl. drachm, oil of sweet almonds 28 



1268 The Fenncr Formulary Part IV. 

ounces, oil of bergamot V/ 2 fl. drachms, oil of bitter almonds i]/ 2 
drachms, oil of cloves 40 minims, balsam Peru 40 minims. Rub the 
honey with the soft soap in a mortar, add the liquor potassa, and when 
thoroughly mixed gradually add the almond oil, with which the other 
oils have been previously mixed, stirring them together to form an 
emulsion. 

Bernhardt's Balm. The following is said to be the formula used by 
the divine "Sara" by which her youthful appearance is perpetuated: 
Ammonia water 2 ounces, spirit of camphor 2 ounces, sea salt 8 ounces, 
alcohol 12 ounces, boiling- water, sufficient to make 32 ounces. Put 
all the medicinal ingredients in a quart bottle and add the water; 
shake before using. To be applied with a soft sponge and dried with 
the slight friction of a smooth towel. 

Camphor Cream. Quince seed, in coarse powder, 60 grains ; hot 
water 14 fl. ounces, borax, powdered, 60 grains ; glycerin 2 fl. ounces, 
spirit of camphor 1 fl. ounce, oil of bitter almonds 10 minims. Macer- 
ate the quince seeds for half a day with the water and strain. Mix 
with the glycerin. Dissolve the oil of bitter almonds in the spirit of 
camphor and gradually add to it the mucilage of quince etc., and mix 
them thoroughly. 

Cucumber Elder Flower Cream. Expressed oil of almonds 5 parts, 
saturated solution of borax 1 part. Emulsify by shaking well together 
and add to each pint 1 drachm of the following mixture of perfuming 
oils : Oil of bergamot 1 drachm, oil of lemon 2 drachms, oil of bitter 
almonds 10 drops. Mix thoroughly. 

Flesh Food. A preparation designed to be used by massage for 
removing wrinkles, developing the bust etc., is extensively used by 
women. A satisfactory preparation may be made as follows : Almond 
oil or benne oil or liquid paraffin (mineral glycerin) 12 fl. ounces ; 
white wax or paraffin wax or dry stearin 4 ounces ; zinc oxide or flake 
white, in fine powder, 2 ounces ; carmine, finely powdered, 30 grains ; 
rhodinol II. or oil of rose, 10 minims. Melt the wax with the oil and 
while cooling incorporate the other ingredients. 

Fragrant Cream. Quince seed 120 grains, borax, in powder, 60 
grains ; hot water 12 fl. ounces, glycerin 3 fl. ounces, cologne 2 fl. ounces. 
Crush the quince seed and macerate with the hot water for 1 hour, 
stirring frequently, then strain through muslin without pressure, add 
the glycerin and borax and then add to the translucent solution the 
cologne slowly, shaking them well together. One ounce of bulk per- 
fume may be used instead of cologne. This is used for softening the 
skin, chap etc. By using double the quantity of quince seed, a 
preparation similar to "Frostilla" may be made. 

Frosticream. Quince seed }/ 2 ounce, powdered borax 60 grains, 
hot water 12 fl. ounces, glycerin 3 fl. ounces, cologne 2 fl. ounces. Bulk 
perfume additional if desired. 



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Crush the quince seed and macerate with hot water for several 
hours, stirring frequently, then strain through muslin with pressure, 
add the glycerin and borax and then add the mucilaginous mixture to 
the cologne slowly, shaking them well together. 

Glycerin Cream. Glycerin 6 ounces, soft soap (sapo mollis), 5 
ounces, rose water, triple, 5 ounces, tincture of arnica y 2 ounce, boric 
acid y 2 ounce. Dissolve the acid in the glycerin by the aid of heat, and 
add the solution to the other ingredients which have been previously 
mixed in a mortar, incorporating them well together. This or any 
other cream may be perfumed with the synthetic perfumes as desired. 

Imperial Vanishing Cream. Aluminum hydroxide 4 ounces, pre- 
cipitated chalk 4 ounces, glycerin 4 ounces, water 4 ounces. Perfume 
as may be desired with oils, bulk perfumes or synthetic perfumes. 
The powders are to be intimately mixed and rubbed with the liquids 
to a stiff paste ; the perfuming oils or extracts are to be added during 
the mixing. This can be sold as a cream containing neither lead, 
zinc or bismuth and no hydrocarbon oils. It is an excellent applica- 
tion for the skin for. all purposes and, being greaseless, makes it a 
popular cream for the complexion. 

Malvina Cream. White wax 3 drachms, white petrolatum 5 
drachms, boric acid (in powder) 10 grains, tincture benzoin 30 min- 
ims, oil of bergamot 15 minims. Melt the wax and petrolatum 
together and while cooling add the boric acid, tincture of benzoin and 
oil of bergamot, stirring them well together until cool enough to set. 

Marshmallow Cream. Tragacanth, in powder, y 2 ounce, marsh- 
mallow root, cut, y 2 ounce, water 12 fl. ounces, glycerin 3 flounces, 
cologne 2 fl.ounces. Mix the glycerin with the water, add the traga- 
canth and marshmallow to the mixture and agitate frequently for sev- 
eral days, then strain through a muslin strainer, add the cologne, let 
stand two or three days and strain again. 

Peerless Vanishing Cream. Zinc stearate 4 ounces, precipitated 
chalk 4 ounces, glycerin 4 ounces, water 4 ounces, rose geranium oil 
or rhodinol II. 30 minims. Mix the powders intimately and incorpo- 
rate by rubbing them in a mortar with the mixed glycerin and water ; 
add the perfuming oils while mixing. This makes a white preparation, 
if a pink preparation is desired it may be colored with carmine solution 
to the required shade. 

Shaving Cream. White wax, spermaceti, almond oil, each y 2 ounce, 
shaving soap (Willams') 2 small cakes, rose water 2 ounces. Melt 
the soap with the rose water in a wide-mouth bottle. Melt the wax, 
spermaceti and almond oil together and add to the warm solution of 
soap, beating them together into a cream until cool. 

Another formula is : Williams' soap 8 ounces, almond oil, cologne 
and glycerin, each 1 ounce ; water 8 ounces. Make in the same manner. 

Shaving Cream for Metal Tubes. Lard 16 ounces, spermaceti 1 



1270 The Fcnner Formulary Part IV. 

ounce, caustic potassa 2 ounces, alcohol y 2 ounce, bitter almond 20 
minims, water 16 fl. ounces. Melt the lard and spermaceti together on 
a sand-bath. Dissolve the caustic potassa in half the water and grad- 
ually add the solution to the melted lard etc., with gentle stirring. 
Dissolve the oil of almond in the alcohol, mix with the water, and 
while the soap is cooling, mix it thoroughly. This may be run into 
tubes while warm. 

Theatre Cold Cream. Liquid paraffin (mineral glycerin) 12 ounces, 
dry stearin or white wax 4 ounces, precipitated chalk 1 ounce, zinc 
oxide 1 ounce, rhodinol I., 30 minims. Melt the stearin or wax with 
the liquid paraffin and while cooling incorporate the powders and per- 
fume, stirring until cold. Other perfumes may be used if desired. 

Rose. Add to each pound of the above 30 grains of carmine, first 
rubbed to a smooth paste with a portion, and then add the remainder, 
rubbing them well together. 

Face and Toilet Powders Etc. 

A great variety of toilet and face powders are found on the market, 
some in the form of powder, some in the form of balls or solid blocks 
or tablets. The following formulas represent the most desirable kinds. 

Face Powder, white. Zinc oxide, English, (Hubbuck's) 6 ounces; 
precipitated chalk, English, 6 ounces ; rice flour, bolted, 16 ounces ; 
French chalk, very fine powder, 4 ounces ; orris root, in very fine pow- 
der, 4 ounces ; oil of santal 60 minims, oil of cloves 20 minims. The 
orris root must be reduced to an impalpable powder and thoroughly 
mixed with the other powders, the oils being then rubbed with a por- 
tion of the powder and the remaining powder gradually added and 
thoroughly mixed. The chief trouble usually experienced with face 
powders is to reduce them to the proper fineness. This is especially 
the case when orris root is used, as it is a very refractory substance 
to reduce to an impalpable powder. To obviate this difficulty, the 
extract of orris, such as is used in perfumery, may be used in place of 
the powdered root. It may be gradually mixed by rubbing it with the 
powder, and the alcohol evaporated off by exposing it for a few hours 
in the open air to gentle heat. This should be done before adding the 
essential oils. 

Face powders may be perfumed with heliotropin, or a combination 
of heliotropin and coumarin, vanillin, or other synthetic perfumes in- 
stead of the perfuming oils. As they are in powder, they may be trit- 
urated with the zinc etc., and thoroughly blended. 

Flesh. The flesh-tinted powders may be prepared from this or other 
white powders by first rubbing a little carmine to an impalpable pow- 
der, mixing it with a portion of the powder, then gradually incorpo- 
rating more of the powder until the desired shade is obtained. It re- 
quires considerable care to incorporate the carmine so that it shall 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1271 

not be streaked, and it may therefore be advisable to add it in the 
form of a solution, first with a portion of the powder, and then with 
enough gradually added to make the desired color. 

Bloom of Ninon Face Powder. Precipitated chalk 4 ounces, bismuth 
subcarbonate 1 ounce, zinc oxide (Hubbuck's) 2]/ 2 ounces, corn starch 
4 ounces. Mix thoroughly and perfume with essence of orris and 
rose. This is known as Saunder's Face Powder. 

Invisible Face Powder. French chalk 4 ounces, calcined magnesia 
1 ounce, precipitated chalk 2 ounces, bismuth subcarbonate 1 ounce, 
carmine 30 grains. Mix them. Perfume to suit. 

Peerless Face Powder. French chalk 2 l / 2 ounces, corn starch 3 
ounces, bismuth oxide ]/ 2 ounce, precipitated chalk 4 ounces. Mix. 
Perfume to suit. Rice starch may be used instead of corn starch. 

Rose or Violet Toilet Powder. The ordinary toilet or baby powder 
which is used as a drier or dusting after washing, and by barbers after 
shaving, may be made with wheat starch or arrow root, in fine powder, 
1 pound ; zinc oxide or bismuth oxide 4 ounces, orris root, in very fine 
powder, 2 Y / 2 ounces. This ma}' be perfumed with essence of rose for 
rose powder, or with essence of orris for violet powder. 

Talcum Toilet Powder. Zinc oxide ( Hubbuck's) 2 ounces ; talcum, 
in fine powder, 8 ounces ; syringol, or some other strong synthetic 
perfume, 15 minims. Mix them well together by triturating in a mor- 
tar. This may be colored flesh tint if desired with carmine or red 
coloring as directed. 

Theatre Face Powder. White. Precipitated chalk 12 ounces, zinc 
oxide 3 ounces, calcined magnesia 1 ounce. Mix them well together 
and add bulk perfume or solutions, 1 or 2 drachms to a small portion, 
rubbing them well together, then add the remainder of the powder. 
Mix thoroughly and pass through a sieve. 

Flesh. To make a pink or flesh powder add to the foregoing car- 
mine coloring 1 fl. drachm or sufficient. Rub it first with a small por- 
tion of the powder and add the remainder. 

Brunette. To the white powder add to each pound raw umber ]/ 2 
ounce and mix them thoroughly. 

Sunburn. To the white powder add to each pound burnt umber l / 2 
ounce, red lead 6 ounces, and mix them thoroughly. 

DENTIFRICES. 

Dentifrices or cosmetics for the teeth are found in the market in the 
form of tooth powders, tablets, pastes, washes and liquid saponaceous 
compounds. They are mostly to be used on a brush, and are put up in 
various ways to make them attractive and convenient for use. The 
following- formulae represent the different kinds of preparations which 
are in use : 



1272 The Fenner Formulary ■ Part IV. 

Tooth Washes and Cosmetics. 

Almond Tooth Cream. Tincture myrrh, tincture tolu, each y 2 
ounce; oil bitter almonds 20 minims, powdered borax y 2 ounce, 
glycerin 2 ounces, hot water 13 ounces. Mix the tinctures and dis- 
solve in the mixture the oil of bitter almonds, dissolve the borax in the 
hot water and add the glycerin, add the solution of borax very grad- 
ually (by dropping as directed in the formula for Balsamic Tooth 
Wash) to the tinctures etc. 

Antiseptic Tooth Wash. Tincture quillaja 4 ounces, saccharin 15 
grains, borax 30 grains, oil of sassafras 20 minims, Cologne spirit 4 
ounces, carmine 1 drachm, water sufficient to make 1 pint. Dissolve 
the oil and saccharin in the alcohol, the borax in the water, then mix 
altogether and filter. 

Arnica Tooth Wash. Arnica flowers 1 ounce, gum myrrh y ounce, 
cloves 60 grains, cinnamon 60 grains, oil of peppermint 40 minims, 
Cologne spirit enough to make 1 pint. Grind the drugs to a fine pow- 
der and percolate with the Cologne spirit until 1 pint is obtained, and 
add the oil of peppermint, filter if necessary. 

Balsamic Tooth Wash. Compound tincture of benzoin, tincture 
tolu, tincture myrrh, each J / 2 ounce, white Castile soap 1 ounce, hot 
water 10 ounces, glycerin 2 ounces, Cologne spirit 3 ounces, oil of pep- 
permint 40 minims, oil of wintergreen 20 minims, oil of cloves 10 min- 
ims. Mix the tinctures and the Cologne spirit, and dissolve the oils in 
the mixture. Cut the soap in fine shavings and dissolve in the hot 
water; add the glycerin to this solution. Add the saponaceous solu- 
tion very gradually to the solution of oils and balsams, allow to stand 
24 hours, shaking occasionally, then filter, adding a little powdered 
charcoal to the filter. 

The saponaceous solution can be best added to the balsamic solution 
by putting a cork in a funnel so that it will be added drop by drop. 

The soap solution must always be added to the balsamic solution. 

Carbolated Tooth Wash. Carbolic acid 20 grains, alcohol 1 drachm, 
eau Angelique 1 pint, dissolve the carbolic acid in the alcohol and add 
the eau Angelique. Carbolic acid may be added to any of the other 
tooth washes in the same proportion as above. It makes a valuable 
addition in many cases as it destroys the odor of decayed teeth and 
offensive breath. 

Dentifoam. A liquid dentifrice. Quillaja, (soap bark), ground, 1 
ounce ; borax, powdered, 2 drachms ; oil of sassafras 20 minims, oil of 
wintergreen 20 minims, oil of rose 5 minims, oil of cassia 5 minims, 
glycerin 3 fl. ounces, alcohol 5 fl. ounces, water 8 fl. ounces, carmine solu- 
tion, sufficient to color. Infuse the quillaja and borax with boiling 
water for 1 hour, and strain, adding enough water through the 
strainer to make 8 ounces, add to this the glycerin and alcohol in 
which the oils have been dissolved, then add the carmine solution 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1273 

sufficient to make the desired color, and after standing, filter clear, 
using if necessary in the filter a little precipitated calcium phosphate. 
Other perfuming oils may be used if desired. 

Eau Angelique. Angelica root, true, y 2 ounce ; red rose leaves 2 
drachms, cloves 90 grams, nutmeg, cinnamon, each 60 grains ; extract 
vanilla ]/ 2 ounce, oil of peppermint 30 minims, oil of wintergreen 20 
minims, Cologne spirit 14 rl. ounces, glycerin 2 fl. ounces, cochineal 8 
grains. Grind the drugs to a fine powder and macerate for 7 days 
with the mixed glycerin and Cologne spirit ; pour off the liquid and put 
the drugs in a percolator ; pour the liquid upon the drugs and perco- 
late, adding enough Cologne spirit through the percolator to make 1 
pint. Dissolve the oils in 2 drachms of Cologne spirit, adding a little 
powdered carmine in the filter. 

Imperial Tooth Cream. Tincture myrrh 1 ounce, tincture tolu 1 
ounce, borax, in powder, 1 ounce ; precipitated chalk 2 ounces, Castile 
soap, in powder, 1 ounce ; essence of wintergreen 1 ounce, glycerin 3 
ounces, water sufficient to make 32 ounces. Dissolve the borax and 
soap in 1 pint of hot water and add the glycerin ; mix the tinctures and 
the wintergreen essence and add the solution of soap and borax very 
gradually to the mixture, shaking occasionally. Finally strain the 
mixture through a coarse cotton cloth and add the precipitated chalk, 
rubbing them well together in a mortar. Shake before using. 

Other perfumes may be used instead of the wintergreen if desired. 
Essence almond makes a good flavor. Compound tincture benzoin may 
be used instead of either the myrrh or tolu to a good advantage. 

Imperial Tooth Wash. Soap bark, in coarse powder, 6 ounces ; orris 
root, in coarse powder, 3 ounces ; alkanet root y 2 ounce, oil of winter- 
green 2 fl. drachms, oil of cloves 15 minims, oil of cassia 20 minims, 
glycerin 4 fl. ounces, Cologne spirit 16 fl. ounces, water sufficient to 
make 2 pints. [Moisten and macerate the drugs with 8 ounces of the 
Cologne spirit mixed with 8 ounces of water, after standing 3 or 4 
days percolate, adding through the percolator first the remaining 
Cologne spirit mixed with 8 ounces of water ; then continue the per- 
colation with water until 28 ounces of the percolate is obtained. Dis- 
solve the oils in half an ounce of the Cologne spirit, then add the 
glycerin, and after standing, filter. 

Saponaceous Tooth Wash. White Castile soap 1 ounce, oil of 
cloves, oil of cinnamon, of each 10 minims; oil of wintergreen 15 min- 
ims, oil of peppermint 20 minims, hot water 4 ounces, alcohol or 
Cologne spirit 10 ounces, glycerin 2 ounces. Cut the soap in thin 
shavings and dissolve in the hot water, dissolve the oils in the alcohol, 
add the solution of soap and glycerin and color with cochineal or 
caramel, or both ; filter ; add a little powdered charcoal in the filter. 

"Sozodont." This is a proprietary dentifrice, a similar preparation 
may be made with white Castile soap iy 2 ounces, glycerin 4 ounces, 



1274 The Fcnncr Formulary Part IV. 

Cologne spirits, water, each, 6 ounces ; oil of peppermint 20 minims, 
oil of wintergreen 30 minims, oil of cloves 10 minims, extract of 
vanilla ]/ 2 ounce. Cut the soap in fine shavings and dissolve it in water 
by the use of heat, then add the glycerin and extract of vanilla ; dis- 
solve the oils in the alcohol and add, after standing, filter. 

Tooth Pastes. 

Tooth pastes are favorite dentifrices, made up in the form of a soft 
mass and usually put up in flat earthen jars. 

Charcoal Tooth Paste. A charcoal tooth paste may be made by 
using 4 ounces of charcoal, in fine powder, instead of the soap, in the 
preceding formula. 

Cherry Tooth Paste. Precipitated chalk 8 ounces, powdered orris 
root 8 ounces, powdered areca nut 2 ounces, powdered cuttle bone 2 
ounces, powdered quillaja bark 1 ounce, borax, in powder, 1 ounce, 
carmine, in fine powder, or solution of carmine, a sufficient quantity ; 
oil of cloves, oil of nutmeg, each 40 minims ; oil of bitter almonds 30 
minims, oil of rose 10 minims, glycerin, honey and mucilage acacia, 
equal quantities, each a sufficient quantity to make into a mass. Mix 
the powders first and color with carmine or carmine solution, then 
make into a mass. 

Odontine Paste. French chalk 8 ounces, soap, in powder, 4 ounces ; 
sugar 4 ounces, gum arabic, in powder, l / 2 ounce; peppermint oil, 
wintergreen oil, each, 1 drachm ; glycerin and honey, sufficient to 
make a mass. This may be colored if desired. 

Saponaceous Tooth Paste. Precipitated chalk 4 ounces, powdered 
orris root 4 ounces, white Castile soap 1 ounce, powdered borax 1 
ounce, powdered myrrh J / 2 ounce, honey and glycerin, equal parts, 
a sufficient quantity to make a paste. This may be perfumed with 
wintergreen, cassia or other flavors, and colored with carmine or rose 
pink, if desired. 

Tooth Paste for Metal Tubes. A tooth paste for putting up in 
metal tubes may be made from any of the foregoing formulas by 
making them much thinner with glycerin and honey than they are 
when intended to be put up in jars or pots. 

Tooth Powders. 

Tooth powders are the most frequently sold of any of the denti- 
frices, probably because they are better known and are furnished at a 
less price, a great variety are found on the market. The following 
formulae make preparations similar to a few of the best : 

Tooth Powder. (General Formula). Precipitated chalk 8 ounces, 
powdered cuttle bone 4 ounces, orris root, in powder, 3 ounces ; pow- 
dered borax 1 ounce, oil of cloves to minims, oil of wintergreen 2 
fl. drachms, carmine solution a sufficient quantity. Mix the powders 
and with a small portion incorporate the oils and sufficient of the car- 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1275 

mine solution to color the batch, making a moist powder ; to this grad- 
ually add the remainder of the powder, rubbing the mixture well 
together until they are thoroughly mixed and of a uniform color and 
flavor. This may be flavored with other flavoring oils in place of those 
mentioned, as desired, giving it an entirely different flavor. Various 
substances may be added to this powder, changing it in appearance, 
flavor etc., but it is essentially the basis of all the other powders and 
may be kept in stock for mixing other substances, as powdered 
pumice stone or marble dust, which may be used instead of powdered 
cuttle bone, but the latter is generally preferable. 

Antiseptic Tooth Powder. Precipitated chalk 8 ounces, saccharin 
30 grains, borax 60 grains, oil of sassafras 60 minims, oil of winter- 
green 90 minims, oil of cloves 10 minims. Mix well. 

Camphorated Tooth Powder. Mix camphor, in fine powder, 1 
ounce, with 20 ounces of the general tooth powder, and when 
thoroughly mixed pass through a fine sieve. 

Imperial Tooth Powder. English precipitated chalk 3 pounds, 
calcined magnesia y 2 pound, powdered sugar y 2 pound, oil of sassa- 
fras y 2 ounce, oil of wintergreen Vj ounce, alcohol 2 ounces. Mix the 
powders intimately, dissolve the oils in the alcohol, put a portion of 
the powder in a mortar and incorporate with it by rubbing with the 
solutions of oils, then gradually add the remainder of the powder, 
rubbing well with the portion in the mortar, so that they may be 
thoroughly mixed. 

Rose Tooth Powder. Precipitated chalk 8 ounces, powdered orris 
root 4 ounces, powdered cuttle bone 4 ounces, carmine, in fine pow- 
der, 2 drachms, or sufficient to color ; oil of rose 30 minims, oil of san- 
tal wood 5 minims, oil of cassia 5 minims. Mix them well together as 
directed in the general formula. 

Saponaceous Tooth Powder. Precipitated chalk 8 ounces, powdered 
cuttle bone 4 ounces, powdered white soap 4 ounces, oil of wintergreen 
2 drachms, oil of calamus 10 minims. Mix them well together. 

It is needless to give further formulas for tooth powders, as an in- 
finite variety may be made in the same general manner as has been 
described in the foregoing, it being only necessary to change the flavor 
or color and add such other antiseptics or other ingredients as may 
be desired. 

Tooth Tablets. These are simply tooth powders put up in the form 
of cakes or squares, and may be made as follows : Powdered cuttle 
bone or pumice stone 4 ounces, orris root, in powder, 4 ounces ; mag- 
nesium carbonate 4 ounces, white Castile soap 4 ounces, gum arabic, 
in fine powder, 1 ounce ; water 6 ounces, essence of wintergreen 2 
ounces. Beat the Castile soap and gum arabic with the water and 
essence of wintergreen and, having mixed the other powders, grad- 
ually incorporate them with the mixture by working in a mortar the 



1276 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

same as a pill or lozenge mass. Then roll out and cut out or mark as 
desired into squares, and dry them with gentle heat. 

Mouth Waters. 

In this connection it is proper to give a few formulas for mouth 
waters, which are used for rinsing the mouth and teeth, preventing 
bad breath etc. 

Eau de Botot or Mouth Water. Anise seed I ounce, Ceylon cinna- 
mon 2^4 ounces, cloves 75 grains, cochineal ]/ 2 ounce, oil of pepper- 
mint y 2 ounce, alcohol sufficient to make 20 fl.ounses. Grind the drugs 
and macerate with the alcohol, then percolate until 20 ounces have 
passed and dissolve the oil of peppermint in the percolate. This may 
be more readily made with oil of anise y 2 ounce, oil of cinnamon 1 
drachm, oil of peppermint y 2 ounce, oil of cloves 10 minims, dissolved 
in alcohol 19 fl. ounces. A teaspoonful of this poured into half a glass 
of warm water for rinsing the mouth and teeth. It may be applied to 
the teeth also with a brush, simply to clean them. 

Salicylic Mouth Water. Salicylic acid 20 grains, oil of peppermint 
10 drops, oil of wintergreen 20 drops, alcohol 2 fl. ounces, orange flower 
water, distilled water, each, 2J/2 fl. ounces. Mix the oils and acid with 
the alcohol and add the waters. This is to be diluted with 2 to 4 parts 
of water when used. 

Violet Mouth Water. Extract of orris root 8 ounces, essence of rose 
8 ounces, oil of bitter almonds 5 drops, alcohol 8 ounces. Mix them. 
Use 1 teaspoonful in half a glass of water for rinsing the mouth etc. 

HAIR PREPARATIONS. 

A great variety of hair preparations are found in the market and 
many of them may be profitably put up by druggists. The following 
formulas cover the line of preparations generally in use. 

Remedies for Baldness. (Alopecia). 

Many of the hair tonics, hair growers and preparations for which 
formulas will be found elsewhere are good remedies for baldness, but 
a few specially designed for that purpose are given here. 

Remedy for Baldness. Cantharidin 2 grains, acetic ether y 2 ounce, 
alcohol 6 ounces, castor oil 2 ounces, oil of bergamot 20 drops. Rub 
the cantharidin with the acetic ether and add the alcohol, then add the 
oils and mix thoroughly. This is to be applied twice a week with 
friction. 

Cure for Baldness. Pilocarpine alkaloid 10 grains, cantharides, in 
fine powder, 20 grains ; petrolatum 1 ounce, oil of lavender 5 minims. 
Melt the petrolatum and digest the cantharides with it at a moderate 
heat for 2 hours, then strain and while cooling add the pilocarpine 
dissolved in a little alcohol and lastly, the perfume. Apply at night. 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1277 

Dandruff Remedies. 

Dandruff cures have been extensively advertised for the past few 
years and have had a large sale. In a general way the hair tonics 
are good dandruff remedies, but in addition a few are given here that 
may be better suited to that purpose. 

Dandruff Cure. Salicylic acid 2 drachms, borax, in powder, 1 
drachm ; oil of bergamot 1 drachm, oil of bitter almonds 5 minims, al- 
cohol 6 ounces, glycerin 1 ounce, water 8 ounces, caramel sufficient 
to color slightly brown. Dissolve the oils and acid in the alcohol, dis- 
solve the borax in the water, add the glycerin and mix the two solu- 
tions. 

Dandruff Remedy. Boric acid 2 drachms, naphthol 15 grains, fluid- 
extract jaborandi 2 drachms, oil of bitter almonds 5 minims, oil of 
lavender 15 minims, alcohol 6 ounces, glycerin 1 fl. ounce, orange 
flower water or rose water 8 ounces. Dissolve the oils and salts in the 
alcohol and mix with the glycerin and orange flower water. 

Peerless Dandruff Cure. [Mercuric chloride y 2 ounce, distilled water 
32 ounces. Dissolve, and after standing, filter. This should be ap- 
plied to the scalp once a week, and followed the next day by an ap- 
plication of Peerless Hair Tonic, which see. 

Some of the shampoos and lotions for the hair given in this section 
are excellent for dandruff. 

Depilatories. 

Depilatories are preparations designed to remove superfluous hair 
by killing its roots. They are but little used, the electric needle being 
now considerably used for killing the hair roots. 

Depilatory Collodion. Iodine 12 grains, oil of turpentine 20 drops, 
castor oil 30 drops, alcohol 4 drachms, collodion 1 ounce. Dissolve the 
iodine in the alcohol and add the solution with the other ingredients 
to the collodion. 

Depilatory Liquid. Quicklime, in powder, 1 ounce ; potassium car- 
bonate 1 ounce, sugar 2 ounces, water 4 ounces. Boil them together 
and after standing, decant. The caustic liquid may be applied as it is, 
or mixed with starch paste. 

Depilatory Paste. Freshly-slaked lime 1 ounce, starch, in fine pow- 
der, 2 drachms ; glycerin 2 ounces, water y 2 ounce. Heat the starch 
with the glycerin on a sand-bath until it is gelatinized, then mix the 
lime with the water and stir with the paste until thoroughly mixed. 
The hair is to be shaved off close, this is then to be applied and left 
on for only a few moments (3 to 5 minutes), then removed and the 
part dressed with cream or soft ointment. 

Depilatory Powder. Arsenic 1 part, quicklime 8 parts, well mixed 
together. When used this is to be mixed with glycerin or starch or 



1278 The Fcnncr Formulary Part IV. 

soft soap. It should be freshly made when wanted. As this is quite 
poisonous as well as caustic it should be handled with caution. 

Peerless Hair Remover. Sodium sulphide i ounce, water 16 ounces. 
Dissolve the sodium sulphide in the water. Apply this solution to the 
hair by means of a cotton-batting swab attached to a stick. It may be 
applied freely. Allow the solution to remain on the hair for 10 min- 
utes, then wipe the skin with a cloth and the hair Avill come off. If 
not entirely removed at first repeat the operation. 

Be sure you use sodium sulphide, not sodium sulphite. Do not 
allow the solution to get on the finger nails as it softens them. 

Hair Dyes. 

Preparations for the hair, to dye or change its color and promote its 
growth are extensively sold as proprietary remedies. The following 
formulae are the best of the kinds used for their purposes : 

"Lightning Dye," Black for the Hair and Whiskers. 
This is similar to the dye used by barbers. It is composed of a 
mordant and a dye, as follows: 

Xo. i. Mordant. 

Pyrogallic Acid, 3 drachms 

Alcohol, 5 fl. ounces 

Water, 11 fl. ounces 

Mix and dissolve. 

No. 2. Black Dye. 
Nitrate of Silver, (crystals), 2 ounces a v. 

Aqua Ammonia, q. s., or about 4 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, q. s., or about 12 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the nitrate of silver in 8 fl. ounces of the distilled water and 
add 3 ounces of the aqua ammonia. This will produce a dark brown 
precipitate. Continue to add aqua ammonia in small quantities until 
the precipitate is entirely redissolved, then add enough distilled water 
to make a pint. 

In making this preparation for black dye no more aqua ammonia 
must be used than is necessary to dissolve the precipitate, for a larger 
quantity than is necessary lightens the color. 

Lightning Dye — Brown. 
Silver Nitrate, 1 ounce av. 

Ammonia Water, q. s., or about 2 fl. ounces 

Sodium Carbonate, (Sal Soda), 3 drachms 

Water, q. s., or about 10 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the silver nitrate in 8 ounces of water and add ammonia 
water until the precipitate which is formed is dissolved; dissolve the 
sal soda in the solution and add enough water to make 12 fl. ounces 
and, after standing a few days, decant. 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1279 

To apply these dyes the hair or whiskers are first washed with soda 
water or soap suds to remove any grease or oil, the mordant is then 
applied and allowed to dry ; the dye is then put on carefully with a 
tooth-brush or other convenient utensil and dried by fanning; the 
hair, when dry, is then washed with soap suds to remove any super- 
fluous dye and dried. 

Use the same mordant for this dye as for the black. 

Hair Dye — Black. (One Preparation). 

Silver Nitrate, 2 ounces 

Copper Xitrate, 30 grains 

Ammonia Water, about 4 fl. ounces 

Distilled Water, enough to make 1 pint 

Dissolve the silver and copper nitrates in 8 ounces of distilled water 
and gradually add the ammonia until the precipitate first formed is re- 
dissolved, then add sufficient distilled water to make a pint. 

This dye may be used without a mordant. 

Bismuth Hair Dye. Bismuth trisnitrate 1 ounce, glycerin 3^ 
fl. ounces. Dissolve the bismuth in the glycerin. When desired to use 
mix the dye with an equal quantity of water and apply as usual, and 
after using apply sodium hyposulphite solution. 

Blondine. This is used for producing a blond color for the hair. It 
is simply solution of hydrogen dioxide or peroxide. Marchand's 
Solution may be used, or the official Aqua Hydrogenii Dioxidi. The 
hair is first washed with a weak solution of soda to remove any grease 
or oil, then dried, and the solution applied and dried by ironing with 
a flat-iron. Several applications are necessary. 

Peerless Hair Water. Silver nitrate y 2 ounce, distilled water 32 
ounces, ammonia water sufficient. Dissolve the silver nitrate in the 
water and add a little ammonia water, this will first cause a white 
cloud. Shake, then add ammonia water, a few drops at a time, 
sufficient to make the preparation clear but not to make an excess of 
ammonia. 

This is a weaker dye intended to be used by women for coloring the 
hair. After washing the hair free from grease, with water in which a 
little borax has been dissolved, apply the hair water with a brush, 
combing it in until the hair is well moistened, then allow it to dry. If 
any stains appear upon the skin they may be removed by wiping with 
a cloth moistened with weak ammonia water. 

Vanadium Hair Dye. This is applied with two preparations in the 
same manner as the silver nitrate dye (see index) using the same mor- 
dant, and then apply the vanadium solution in the same manner as the 
silver dye. The vanadium solution is made with ammonium vanadate 
10 grains, dissolved in water 4 ounces. 



1280 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

Hair Growers. 

For promoting the growth of the hair many preparations of an oily 
nature are used. Several such preparations are noticed under Hair 
Tonics; the following are added in this department. These are par- 
ticularly used for thin or falling hair, baldness etc. 

Bay Hair Grower. Castor oil 10 ounces av., tincture of cantharides 
i fl. ounce, Cologne spirit 5 fl. ounces, oil of bay leaves 20 minims, oil 
of pimento 5 minims, oil of bergamot 30 minims. Mix them. This 
may be colored red if desired with tincture of alkanet. 

Cocoaine or Cocoa Cream. Cocoanut oil 1 ounce, castor oil 8 
ounces, Cologne spirit 7 ounces, oil of bergamot 1 drachm, oil of lemon 
y 2 drachm. Melt the cocoanut oil by gentle heat and add to it the 
castor oil, previously warmed, add the Cologne spirit and, when cool, 
the flavoring oils. 

Hair Grower. Neutral paraffin oil or cotton seed oil 1 pint, can- 
tharides, in coarse powder, 60 grains ; alkanet root, in coarse powder, 
y 2 ounce ; oil of cinnamon 5 minims, oil of lemon 30 minims, oil of 
citronella 10 minims, oil of bergamot 60 minims. Enclose the can- 
tharides and alkanet in a coarse muslin bag and digest in the oil by 
the aid of a water-bath, at a moderate heat, for 12 hours, occasionally 
squeezing the bag and then, when cool, add the perfuming oils. 

Hair Grower Pomade. Petrolatum 1 pound, tincture cantharides 
V/2. ounce, oil of cinnamon 10 minims, oil of bergamot 60 minims, oil 
of citronella 20 minims, oil of cloves 5 minims. Melt the petrolatum, 
add the tincture and, while cooling, add the oils. 

Carboline Hair Grower. 

Neutral Paraffin Oil, 1 pint 

Tincture Cantharides, 4 fl. drachms 

Euphorbium, 20 grains 

Oil of Rosemary, 4 fl. drachms 

Oil of Cassia, 20 minims 

Oil of Cloves, 5 minims 

Heat the euphorbium and tincture of cantharides for 2 hours with 
the parafhn oil, then strain and add the other oils. This is used for 
promoting the growth of the hair, baldness etc. It should be rubbed 
thoroughly on the scalp. 

Hair Lotions. 

Hair lotions differ from hair oils in containing but little or no oil. 
They are applied more freely to the hair and intended to promote its 
growth and give it a gloss or luster, also to clean the scalp and re- 
move dandruff, eruptions etc. 

Almond Hair Lotion. Cologne 4 ounces, glycerin 1 ounce, water of 
ammonia y 2 ounce, bitter almond or cherry laurel water 4 ounces. 
Mix them. 



Pari IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1281 

Bay Hair Lotion. Make the same as the foregoing, only use bay 
rum instead of cologne. 

Bay Rum. A great many formulas for bay rum have been pub- 
lished but we see no reason to change the formula which we published 
many years ago, which quite closely imitates the imported distilled 
bay rum, and gives excellent satisfaction. It was as follows : Oil of 
bay leaves 2 fl. drachms, oil of bergamot 30 minims, oil of pimenta 15 
minims, acetic ether 15 minims, caustic soda or concentrated lye 2 
drachms, Cologne spirit 3^ pints, water 4^2 pints, grass-green color- 
ing or chlorophyll, sufficient. Mix the oils and dissolve them in the 
Cologne spirit, dissolve the caustic soda in the water and gradually 
add the acetic ether and enough of the grass-green coloring to give 
the desired color and, after standing a few days, filter through a glass 
funnel without using a filter rack or any metallic substance. 

Hair Gloss. Glycerin 12 ounces, cologne 4 ounces. Mix them. 
Hair gloss may also be made with glycerin and rose water, or orange 
flower water, mixed equal parts by measure. 

Rose Hair Lotion. Make the same as the first mentioned but use 
rose water instead of almond water. Many others may be made in 
a similar manner. 

Stimulating Hair Lotion. For thin hair, baldness etc. Tincture 
cantharides 2 drachms, acetic ether 2 drachms, glycerin 2 ounces, bay 
rum 6 ounces. Mix them. Cologne diluted with an equal quantity of 
water may be used instead of bay rum. 

Hair Oils, Etc. 

These are liquid preparations intended as a dressing for the hair to 
keep it soft and glossy, clean the scalp etc. A great variety of such 
preparations may be made but they are much less used than formerly. 
A few formulas, only, will be necessary, for with a good base, the per- 
fumes may be varied to suit the taste. The following bases may be 
used: 

Castor Oil Base for Hair Oil. Castor oil 12 fl. ounces, alcohol 5 
fl. ounces. Mix them. As castor oil mixes in all proportions with al- 
cohol this may be made thinner if desired by using a larger propor- 
tion of alcohol. 

Other Hair Oil Base. Oil of benne, oil of almond, oil of mustard 
seed, oil of cotton seed, refined lard oil, salad oil, hickory-nut oil and 
white neutral paraffin oil are all good bases for hair oils. They may 
be perfumed with any combination of perfuming oils desired and 
colored to suit the taste. 

Coloring for Hair Oils. Hair oils are best colored red by infusing 
them with alkanet contained in a thin cotton bag, occasionally 
squeezing out the coloring matter. No other substance gives so fine 
a red color to oils as this. The oils may be heated or macerated cold, 



1282 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

but it requires longer if prepared cold. Other colors for hair oils are 
seldom required, but they can be colored orange or yellow with 
annatto, or green with fresh lawn grass. 

Walnut Hair Oil. As a sample of hair oils that may be made by 
macerating substances of various kinds in oils, the following is given : 
Crush 2 ounces of fresh green walnut shells with J4 ounce of pow- 
dered alum to a smooth paste, digest with 10 ounces of white neutral 
paraffin oil or any bland vegetable oil, as cotton seed or other oil, until 
all vapor has been driven off, then strain and perfume as desired. 
Fresh violet flowers or orris or other odorous substances may be 
macerated with oil in a similar manner. 

Perfumes for Hair Oil. 

Hair oils may be perfumed as desired with perfuming oils or mix- 
tures of oils. The following mixtures for general use are recommended : 

Fine Orange Flower Perfume. Oil of neroli bigarade I part, oil of 
neroli petit grain, oil of jasmine, fatty, 10 parts. Mix them. 

Rose Oil Perfume, cheap. Oil of bergamot 4 ounces, oil of citronella 
1 ounce, oil of cassia or cinnamon 3 drachms, oil of cloves ]/ 2 drachm. 
Mix them. Of this from 3 to 6 drachms or more may be used for 
each pint of oil. If finer perfumes are desired without regard to ex- 
pense, from 1 to 3 ounces of bulk perfume of any odor may be used in 
place of an equal quantity of alcohol in the castor oil base, or the 
following combinations of fatty perfuming oils etc., may be used to 
mix with any of the other hair oil bases. The fatty oils mentioned in 
the formulas are made by macerating the fresh flowers in almond or 
olive oil. They are imported and may be obtained of the New York 
jobbing houses. These perfumes can also be used for fine pomades or 
stick cosmetics. 

Fine Rose Oil Perfume. Oil or otto of rose 2 parts, oil of rose ger- 
anium 4 parts, oil of patchouli 1 part, oil of jasmine, fatty, 10 parts; 
oil of tuberose, fatty, 10 parts ; oil of violet, fatty, 5 parts. Mix them. 
This may be used as is necessary to perfume the oil, from 2 drachms 
to 1 ounce being used to each pint of oil. 

Pomades. 

Pomades for the hair are fatty preparations of the consistence of 
ointments. They were formerly made of beef marrow, suet, washed 
lard or mixtures of fats, generally perfumed and colored, but were 
quite liable to spoil or become rancid by standing. Since the intro- 
duction of the petrolatum it. has, in this country, taken the place of 
other fats as a basis for pomades, as it is of about the right con- 
sistence, and never becomes rancid or deteriorates. It is therefore di- 
rected in the following formulas, but if preferred, the purified suet 
directed for making stick pomades may be used as a base. 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1283 

Barber's Pomade. Petrolatum 16 ounces, oil of bergamot 60 min- 
ims, oil of citronella 20 minims, oil of cassia 10 minims, oil of cloves 
5 minims. Melt the petrolatum and while cooling, but still liquid, add 
the oils and mix thoroughly. If finer perfume is desired without re- 
gard to expense the fine perfumes given under hair oils may be used. 

Fine Pomades. By mixing equal parts of petrolatum with various 
flower pomades No. 24, and, if necessary, adding additional perfume, 
a great variety of fine pomades may be made, as acacia or cassia po- 
made, rose pomade, orange flower pomade, violet pomade etc. They 
may also be made by mixing petrolatum with purified suet, equal 
parts, and scenting with fine' perfuming oils as directed for stick po- 
mades. It is unnecessary to give detailed formulas for them. 

Pomade Hongroise or Moustache Wax. White wax 1 ounce, pow- 
dered Castile soap l / 2 ounce, gum arable, powdered, y 2 ounce ; rose 
water 1 ounce, oil of bergamot 30 minims, oil of thyme 3 drops. Dis- 
solve the gum arabic and the soap in the rose water by gentle heat, 
then, having previously melted the wax, add it gradually to the mix- 
ture, stirring them constantly ; while cooling add the perfume. It 
is usually put up in jars or pots. 

Spirit Gum. For sticking on artificial moustaches or whiskers. 
Sandarach 2 drachms, damar 2 drachms, alcohol 1 ounce. Dissolve. 

Stick Pomades or Cosmetics. 

These are pomades of much firmer consistence than the foregoing, 
containing considerable wax, and run into sticks. They are used for 
the moustache and whiskers, and for making the hair stay where it is 
wanted. 

Stick Cosmetic Base. Take 10 pounds of fresh beef suet, cut it in 
small pieces, pound it in a mortar and wash it thoroughly several 
times in pure cold water. Then put it over a fire and slowly "try it 
out," not allowing it to come to a boil (as that develops the disagree- 
able animal odor), add to it when melted 2^ drachms powdered alum 
and about the same amount of salt, then let it come to a simmer, re- 
move the scum that rises, and strain through a fine wire or muslin 
strainer into a deep dish partly filled Avith hot water. Allow it to 
stand 2 or 3 hours that all impure matter may settle, then remove from 
the dish, melt and mix 1 ounce powdered gum benzoin and T /> pint 
rose water, bring to a boil and simmer for a few minutes, skimming off 
all that rises to the top, add to it x / 2 gallon of boiling water, agitate 
and stir thoroughly and at last pour off into a shallow pan to cool. 
This makes the same kind of purified grease that is used in making 
perfuming pomades. It will keep for any length of time sweet and 
pure without becoming rancid, and is suited well for making any of 
the harder kinds of pomades, cosmetiques etc. 



1284 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

To make the stick pomade take of the purified suet thus prepared 
ioJ/2 ounces, white wax or paraffin iV 2 ounces. Perfumes as desired. 
This is sufficient to make i dozen i ounce sticks of pomade, which may 
be made by melting them together and running into suitable moulds. 

The base may be perfumed with the mixtures of perfuming oils as 
given under hair oils, or as follows — the quantity of perfuming oils 
stated being for 12 ounces of the base. This may be variously per- 
fumed with other ingredients, or colored brown with umber, black 
with ivory black or other black pigment. 

Almond Cosmetic. — 30 minims essential oil of almonds. 
Bay Cosmetic. — 30 minims oil of bay.' 
Cassia Cosmetic. — 30 minims oil of cassia. 
Orange Flower Cosmetic. — 20 minims oil of neroli. 
Rose Geranium Cosmetic. — 30 minims oil rose geranium. 
Santaline Cosmetic. — 30 minims santal-wood oil, 5 drops rose oil. 
Verbena Cosmetic. — 20 minims oil lemon grass. 

White Rose Cosmetic. — 10 minims oil rose, 3 minims oil patchouly. 
Ylang-Ylang Cosmetic. — 10 minims oil ylang-ylang, 3 minims oil 
rose. 

Hair Powders. 

For powdering the hair white, ordinary powdered starch scented 
with some kind of bulk perfume is generally used. The perfume may 
be rubbed with a small quantity of the powder first and then with the 
remainder gradually added. Talcum powder also may be used. 

Silver powder is made from mica, coarsely ground, and gold powder 
from gold colored mica or tinsel, ground or finely cut. 

Hair Restoratives. 

These preparations, which are designed for changing gray hair to 
its former natural color, have had a very extensive sale in past years, 
and still sell considerably. They are generally made to serve as an 
invigorator and dressing for the hair as well as to restore the color. 
They all act by the absorption of lead and sulphur, and their conver- 
sion into lead sulphide in the hair when exposed to light. It is neces- 
sary that these preparations be protected from the light. The follow- 
ing formulae make preparations similar to those most popular. 

Hair Renewer or 

Lead Acetate, 

Lac Sulphur, (Precipitated Sulphur) 

Tincture of Cantharides, 

Glycerin, 

Alcohol, 



I/ 2 


ounces av. 


2 


ounces av. 


I 


fl. ounce 


I 


pint 
pint 



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Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 



1285 



Oil of Citronella, 



Oil of Bergamot, 



2 fl. drachms 
i fl. drachm 

Water, sufficient to make I gallon 

Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, add the glycerin and tincture of can- 
tharides and mix with the water ; add the sulphur and acetate of lead. 

Hair Vigor or 

Precipitated (Lac) Sulphur, 

Lead Xitrate, 

Tincture of Cantharides, 

Glycerin, 

Alcohol, 

Oil of Lavender, 

Essential Oil of Almonds, 

Water, enough to make 
Mix the sulphur and the lead and add to half a gallon of water, dis- 
solve the oils in the alcohol, add the tincture of cantharides and 
glycerin to the mixture ; then add enough water to make a gallon. 
The lead nitrate is to be preferred to the acetate on account of the 
disagreeable odor of the acetate. If the odor of rose is preferred to 
lavender, 3 pints of rose water may be used, the oil of lavender being 
omitted. 

Kair Renovator. 



italizer. 

2 


ounces av. 


1/2 


ounces av. 


2 


fl. ounces 


1 

Y2 


pint 
pint 
fl.oun"ce 


30 

I 


minims 
gallon 



Lead Acetate or Xitrate, ij4 ounces av. 

Sodium Hyposulphite, 5 ounces av. 

Glycerin, 1 pint 

Alcohol, y 2 pint 

Oil of Lemon, 2 fl. drachms 

Oil of Cloves, y 2 fl. drachm 

Essential Oil of Almonds, y 2 fl. drachm 

Rose Water, 2 pints 

Water, sufficient to make 1 gallon 

Dissolve the lead and sodium hypophosphite, each, separately, in 2 
pints of hot water and mix the solutions; dissolve the oils in the al- 
cohol, add 2 pints of water and rub with half an ounce of magnesium 
carbonate in a mortar, filter and add the filtrate to the other mixture, 
then add the glycerin and enough water to make a gallon. 

This makes a preparation without sediment, which is much cleaner 
to use than those containing the precipitated sulphur. It must be 
kept from the light. 

Hair Restorer. (Two Preparations). 

The following is similar to several preparations that have been put 
upon the market, containing two bottles. It has no particular ad- 



1286 



The Fenner Formulary 



Part IV. 



vantage over the Hair Vigor and Vitalizer formula, except that the 
bottles may be exposed to the light without causing precipitation. 



No. 



Solution. 



Sodium Hyposulphite, 
Rose Water, 
Water, 
Alcohol, 
Mix and dissolve. 



ounces av. 
pint 
pint 
pint 



No. 



i ounce av. 
4 fl. ounces 
3 pints 



grains 
grains 
fl. ounces 
fl. ounces 
ounce 



Solution. 

Lead Nitrate, 

Glycerin, 

Distilled W^ater, 
Mix and dissolve. 
Apply No. I solution to the hair and allow to dry, then apply No. 

2 solution, rubbing it in thoroughly with a hair brush. 

Mrs. Allen's Hair Restorer. 

From analyses of this preparation conducted separately by Witt- 
stein and Musset, it is shown to contain sulphur, sugar of. lead and 
glycerin, with aromatic water. The following formula very nearly 
corresponds with the analysis : 

Lac Sulphur, 135 

Lead Acetate, 190 

Glycerin, 3^ 

Water, 11 

Cologne, or Bulk Perfume, 1 

Mix. This is one of the oldest and best known hair restoratives. 

Shampoos. 

Shampoo Liquids. Two kinds of shampoo liquids are used, the wet 
and dry, the former being intended to be used with a quantity of water 
to wash the head, and the other to be applied in small quantities and 
the hair rubbed until nearly dry. Of the former the two formulas 
are given. 

Barber's Shampoo. Potassium carbonate (salts of tartar) 90 grains, 
ammonia water 3 fl. ounces, cologne 2 fl. ounces, water sufficient to 
make 2 pints. Mix and dissolve. 

Clifford's Shampoo Compound. Borax 12 ounces, salts of tartar 4 
ounces. Mix and dissolve 1 ounce of the mixture in 1 pint of water 
when wanted for use. 

Dry Shampoo. Cologne 1 ounce, alcohol 2 ounces, ammonia water 

3 ounces, water 12 ounces. Mix them. This is applied and the hair 
rubbed until the lather first formed is dry. 

Egg Shampoo. Transparent soap 2 ounces, glycerin 1 ounce, 
white of egg 1 ounce, tincture quillaja 1 ounce, bulk perfume J / 2 ounce, 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1287 

water sufficient to make 16 fl. ounces. Melt the soap with 8 ounces of 
water by the aid of heat, and when cold add the glycerin, tincture 
quillaja and perfume ; mix the white of egg with 4 ounces of water and 
when completely dissolved strain it into the mixture of soap etc., add 
enough red coloring to give the desired color and water, if necessary, 
to make 1 pint, and after standing, filter. 

Quillaja Sea Foam. Tincture quillaja 2 ounces, cologne or bay rum 
2 ounces, water 12 ounces. Mix them. This does away with the odor 
of ammonia, which is objectionable to many. 

Sea Foam. Bay rum 3 fl. ounces, ammonia water 3 fl. ounces, water 
10 fl. ounces. Mix them. 

Sea Foam. Dry Shampoo. Powdered Castile soap y 2 ounce, potas- 
sium carbonate (sal tartar) l / 2 ounce, water 8 ounces, tincture soap 
bark 1 ounce, bay rum 8 ounces, distilled extract witch hazel 2 ounces, 
alcohol 4 ounces. Mix, dissolve and apply to the hair, rub in then 
with a towel until dry. 

HAIR TONICS. 
Katharion Hair Tonic. 

Castor Oil, 

Tincture Cantharides, 
Tannic Acid, 
Oil Citronella, 
Oil Bergamot, 
Oil Cloves, 

Oil Lavender Flowers, 
Oil Rosemary, 
Alcohol, 
Mix. 

Hair Tonic. 

Tincture of Cantharides, 
Ammonia Water, 
Cologne, 
Glycerin, 
Borax, 
Bay Rum, 
Water, 
Mix. This is an excellent tonic, shampoo or dressing. 

Hair Lotion or Wash. 

To prevent the hair from falling out, and promote its growth. 
Tincture Cantharides, 2 fl. drachms 

Ammonia Water, 1 fl.drachm 

Glycerin, 1 fl.ounce 

Bay Rum, 5 flounces 

Rose Water, 10 flounces 



4 


fl. ounces 


4 


fl. drachms 


30 grains 


30 


minims 


30 


minims 


40 


minims 


60 


minims 


60 


minims 


12 


fl.ounces 


4 


fl.drachms 


1 


fl.ounce 


2 


fl.ounces 


4 


fl.ounces 


2 


drachms 


4 


fl.ounces 


4 


fl.ounces 



1288 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

Mix them. This is applied as a lotion for baldness etc., also as a 
dressing. 

Hair Food. For invigorating the hair, curing dandruff, baldness etc. 
Tincture jaborandi I fl. ounce, resorcin 60 grains, thymol 5 grains, 
tincture cantharides 2 fl.drachms, glycerin l / 2 fl. ounce, juniper tar (oil 
of cade) 1 fl. drachm, cologne 1 fl. ounce, Cologne spirit 5 fl. ounces, 
water 9 fl. ounces, caramel coloring, sufficient. Dissolve the solids in 
the alcohol and add the remaining ingredients, lastly the water and, 
after standing, filter clear. 

Imperial Hair Tonic. Quinine sulphate 60 grains, tincture canthar- 
ides 2 fl. ounces, tincture orris root 2 fl. ounces, good cologne 8 
fl. ounces, Cologne spirit 8 fl. ounces, oil of bergamot 20 drops, oil of 
angelica 10 drops, oil of cassia 5 drops, oil of rose geranium 15 drops, 
water 8 fl. ounces, tincture cudbear sufficient to color bright red. Dis- 
solve the oils and the quinine in the cologne and Cologne spirit and 
add the tinctures, coloring and water ; filter clear. 

The coloring may be added as desired to make a bright red color. 
Instead of the oils for perfuming, 1 ounce or more of good bulk per- 
fume may beused, but the cologne, if good, makes about enough per- 
fume. This is similar to quinine hair tonic, of Pinaud. 

Peerless Hair Tonic. Quinine sulphate 80 grains, zinc sulphate 20 
grains, tincture cantharides 4 fl.drachms, tincture capsicum 2 fl.- 
drachms, oil of lavender flowers, oil of rosemary, oil of cinnamon, 
each, 24 minims ; bay rum 20 fl. ounces, alcohol 12 fl. ounces. Dissolve 
the salts and the oils in the alcohol, add the tinctures, then the bay 
rum, after standing, filter clear. 

ICES AND JELLIES 
As Toilet Preparations. 

The most familiar preparation of this kind is camphor ice, which is 
considerably used for sun-burn, tan, chap, chafe etc. Cold cream is a 
softer preparation much used for the same purpose. Formulas for 
both of these have been given under other headings, and a few only 
will be given here. 

Camphor Ice with Glycerin. Paraffin or white wax 4 ounces, white 
petrolatum or washed lard 12 ounces, camphor 3 ounces, glycerin 3 
ounces, oil of bitter almonds 20 minims, oil of rose 5 minims, oil of 
cloves 5 minims. Melt the paraffin and petrolatum together and re- 
move from the fire, add the camphor in powder and keep warm until 
the camphor is dissolved, then strain, and while cooling add the 
glycerin and perfuming oils ; beat well together until it is cool enough 
to set, and run into molds or a flat pan on ice. It may then be cut up 
as desired. 

Carbolated Camphor Ice. This may be made by adding 1 ounce of 
carbolic acid to the ingredients of the formula for Camphor Ice. 



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Carbolated Camphor Ice with Glycerin. This may be made by 
adding I ounce of carbolic acid to the ingredients of the formula for 
Camphor Ice with Glycerin. 

Glycerin Honey or Jelly. Solidified Glycerin. ' Transparent soap 4 
ounces, water 6 ounces, glycerin 12 ounces, oil of bergamot 20 minims, 
oil of cloves 10 minims, oil of bitter almonds 5 minims. Cut the soap 
in thin shavings and dissolve in an evaporating dish with the water, 
when dissolved add the glycerin and boil for 1 hour until the vapor of 
the water no longer rises, and the liquid measures only 1 pint ; when 
nearly cool stir in the essential oils and pour into a shallow evaporat- 
ing pan or boxes designed for the preparation. The perfume may be 
varied to suit, by using other combinations. This makes transparent 
jelly. 

Glycerin Jelly. Another method of making this is as follows : 
White Castile soap, in powder, 140 parts; pure glycerin 210 parts, oil 
of almonds, expressed, 1260 parts for winter use, or 1680 parts for 
summer use, oil of bergamot 8 parts, oil of rose 2 parts, oil of lavender 
4 parts. Mix the powdered soap and glycerin in a mortar, then add 
the oil of almonds and incorporate it by triturating rapidly and add 
the perfume. This jelly is not transparent. 

Camphorated Glycerin Honey or Jelly. This may be made by add- 
ing y 2 ounce of powdered camphor to the glycerin honey while warm. 

Carbolated Glycerin Honey. This may be prepared by adding car- 
bolic acid y^. ounce to the glycerin honey while warm, the same may 
also be added to the camphorated glycerin honey if desired. 

Glycerin Ice. Gelatin 2 ounces, water 6 ounces, glycerin 14 
ounces, perfuming oils to suit. Dissolve the gelatin in the water by 
the heat of a water-bath, add the glycerin previously heated, boil until 
only 1 pint remains and strain ; while cooling incorporate the per- 
fumes and pour into shallow tins, this may be colored red or other 
color if desired. It resembles ice. To apply it the skin should first be 
moistened with water and the cake rubbed over it. 

Glycerin Jelly. Gelatin 1 ounce, boric acid, in fine powder, 2 
drachms ; water 1 pint, bulk perfume 1 or 2 ounces. Soak the gelatin 
in the water until soft, then heat until dissolved, add the glycerin and 
boric acid and strain ; while coolling add the perfume and mix thor- 
oughly. "This is a thin or soft jelly and should be put up in pots or 
jars. It is an excellent preparation for chap, chafe and roughness of 
the skin. 

Arnica Jelly. This may be made by adding 4 fl. ounces of tincture of 
arnica to the solution of gelatin and boiling the solution until only 1 
pint remains, then adding the glycerin etc., as before. The firm arnica 
jelly may be made by adding tincture arnica 2 ounces, to each pint of 
any of the former preparations before adding the glycerin etc., other 
substances may be combined with the jellies in the same manner. 



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For perfuming these jellies or other similar preparations the syn- 
thetic perfumes may be used instead of the oils directed. 

LIP SALVES AND COSMETICS. 

Lip salves are used for softening the lips, preventing them from 
cracking, curing sores etc., and are sometimes employed to impart a 
color to the lips. The following formulas will suffice. Lip salves are 
usually put up in small metal, glass or porcelain boxes. 

Lip Salve. Oil of sweet almond 4 ounces, white wax, spermaceti, 
each, 1 ounce; essential oil of almonds, oil of bay leaves, each, 15 
drops. Melt the wax and spermaceti together, add the almond oil and 
while cooling the perfuming oils, and stir constantly until cold. 

Lip Salve. The foregoing preparation is liable to deteriorate by age, 
this one will keep indefinitely and is to be preferred. Petrolatum 8 
ounces, white wax or paraffin ij/ 2 ounces, tannin 1 drachm, oil of 
lavender, oil of bergamot, each, 1 drachm ; oil of rose geranium 2 
drachms. Melt the petrolatum and wax together and add the tannin; 
while cooling add the oils and stir until cold. 

Coral Lip Salve. This may be made by adding to either of the fore- 
going formulas 10 grains of carmine for each ounce of the lip salve. 
It is best reduced to a fine powder in a mortar and then rubbed with 
a small portion of the salve to a smooth mass, the remainder being 
gradually mixed with it. 

LOTIONS 

As Toilet Preparations. 

Lotions as toilet preparations are intended to whiten and soften the 
skin, remove pimples, tan, freckles, sun-burn etc. The milks are also 
included under this heading, as they are employed for similar pur- 
poses. 

Acne Lotion. Several forms of Acne or pimple disease are common. 
For a general lotion use the following: Mercuric chloride 30 grains, 
resorcinol l / 2 ounce, spirit of camphor 1 ounce, ether 1 ounce, alcohol 
5 ounces, glycerin 1 ounce. Dissolve the salts in the alcohol, add the 
ether and camphor spirit and then the glycerin, shaking them well 
together. If the pustules are materated apply the lotion with a brush 
to the pustules ; if general pustular roughness apply with a soft 
sponge. Also see pimple lotions. 

Anti-Freckle Lotion. Mercury bichloride 12 grains, hydrochloric 
acid 3 fl. drachms, bitter almonds \y 2 ounces, glycerin 1 ounce, tinc- 
ture benzoin 2 drachms, orange flower water sufficient to make a pint. 
Dissolve the mercury bichloride in 3 ounces of the orange flower 
water, add the hydrochloric acid and set aside. Blanch the almonds 
and bruise them to a paste in a mortar with the glycerin and add 
sufficient orange flower water to make about 12 ounces of cream or 



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milk of almonds ; add to this the tincture of benzoin, drop by drop, 
rubbing them well together, then add the solution of mercury bi- 
chloride and enough orange flower water to make a pint. Strain the 
whole forcibly through a cheese-cloth strainer to remove the coarser 
particles of almond. 

Comedones Lotion. Blackheads Lotion. Ether, alcohol, glycerin, 
each, 4 parts; gasoline, ammonia water, each, i part; bulk perfume % 
part. Mix them. Apply at night after bathing the parts well with 
hot water. It must be well shaken before using. A few applications 
of this remedy will dissolve the sebaceous deposits known as black- 
heads, and by daily friction and massage they will be entirely re- 
moved in a short time. 

Face Lotion. Bitter almonds, sweet almonds, each, i ounce; oil of 
almonds I ounce, spermaceti y 2 ounce, borax, in powder, T /\. ounce; 
glycerin 4 ounces, orange flower or rose water sufficient to make a 
pint. Blanch the almonds and reduce them to a uniform paste by 
beating them in a mortar and then rubbing with the glycerin. Rub 
the spermaceti in another mortar, previously warmed, with the oil of 
almonds and beat until dissolved. Dissolve the borax in half a pint of 
the perfumed water, and having gradually added the warmed oil 
solution to the emulsion of almonds in the mortar, add the solution of 
borax and shake them well together ; then add enough of the perfumed 
water to make a pint and strain the mixture through coarse cheese- 
cloth to remove larger particles of almonds. 

Freckle Lotion. Sulpho-carbolate of zinc y^ ounce av., glycerin 3 
ounces av., alcohol 2 fl.ounces, orange flower water 3 ft.ounces, rose 
water sufficient to make a pint. Mix, dissolve and filter. 

Glycerin Lotions. Quite a variety of preparations are sold as 
glycerin lotions, the most common being Rose Water and Glycerin, 
equal parts of each, mixed ; or 2 parts of rose water to 1 of glycerin. 
Lime Juice and Glycerin, usually made with equal parts of lime juice, 
glycerin and rose water, is also a favorite application for tan and 
freckles, and is sometimes applied to the hair. Other waters may be 
used in place of rose water; cherry laurel or orange flower water 
making fine> preparations. 

Imperial Lotion. Spirits camphor 2 fl. drachms, carbolic acid 2 
drachms, alum, in powder, 2 drachms ; glycerin 10 fl.ounces, distilled 
witch hazel 10 fl.ounces, essence rose q. s. Mix, dissolve and filter 
clear. The essence rose may be made by dissolving 5 drops oil of rose 
in 1 ounce of Cologne spirits. This amount should be used for the 
above quantity. One ounce bulk perfume may be used instead. 

Imperial Moth or Freckle Lotion. Solution of hydrogen dioxide 8 
ounces, distilled witch hazel 16 ounces, orange flower or rose water 8 
ounces. Mix them. The solution of hydrogen dioxide or peroxide 
may be the U. S. P., Marchand's or any other reliable make. This 



1292 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

is an excellent preparation for moth and freckles, with which so many 
ladies are afflicted. 

Imperial Pimple Lotion. Carbolic acid i drachm, borax 4 drachms, 
glycerin 2 fl. ounces, tannin 2 drachms, alcohol 3 fl. ounces, rose water 
10 fl. ounces. Mix and dissolve. Apply night and morning. 

Moth and Freckle Lotion. Bichloride of mercury 60 grains, am- 
monium chloride 240 grains, alcohol 3 fl. ounces, rose or orange flower 
water 3 fl. ounces, water 10 fl. ounces. Rub the corrosive sublimate to 
a fine powder and dissolve the ammonium chloride in the water, add 
the orange flower or rose water, mix with the alcoholic solution and, 
after standing a day or two, filter. This may be applied once or twice 
a day with a soft sponge or linen cloth and will quickly remove moth 
or freckles, tan etc. 

Peerless Eczema Lotion. Resorcinol 1 ounce, mercuric chloride 20 
grains, glycerin 4 fl. ounces, alcohol 4 fl. ounces, cologne 2 fl. ounces, 
water 6 ounces. Mix the alcohol and cologne and dissolve the salts in 
the mixture ; mix the glycerin and water and add gradually to the 
alcoholic solution ; let stand and filter clear. This is an excellent prep- 
aration for the scaly eruption so common on the face, also for any 
eczema on any part of the body. 

Pimple Lotion. Lac sulphur, glycerin, precipitated chalk, cherry 
laurel water, alcohol, each, 4 parts. Mix them thoroughly. Apply at 
night after bathing the face with warm water with friction, and allow 
to dry on. A mask may be worn to prevent rubbing off. Shake before 
using. 

Wrinkle Lotion. Aluminum sulphate 4 drachms, milk of almonds 
6 ounces, rose water 25 ounces. Mix, dissolve and strain. This is an 
excellent lotion to apply for removing wrinkles. It should be applied 
at night, well rubbed in and allowed to dry on the skin. 

Milk of Almonds. Bitter almond, sweet almond, each, 1 ounce; 
alcohol, glycerin, each, 3 ounces ; oil of bitter almonds 30 minims, 
water sufficient to make a pint. Blanch the almonds, beat to a paste, 
add the glycerin, dissolve the oil of almonds in the alcohol and add ; 
then add enough water to make a pint and strain through cheese-cloth 
to remove the coarser particles of the almond. This may be made by 
mixing i l / 2 ounces expressed almond oil with 8 ounces of water, in 
which y 2 ounce of borax has been dissolved and adding to the mixture 
3 ounces of glycerin and 3 ounces of alcohol in which 10 drops of es- 
sential oil of almond is dissolved, and enough water to make 1 pint. 
It is used as a bland application for sun-burn, tan etc., also as a vehicle 
for other medicinal substances. 

Milk of Roses. This may be made in the same manner as milk of 
almond, except that oil of rose 15 drops, instead of oil of almond is 
used with the other ingredients. Another formula is sweet almond, 
blanched, 4 ounces ; rose water 1 pint, alcohol 2 ounces, oil of rose 20 



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minims, white wax, spermaceti, Castile soap, each, 2 drachms. The 
almonds are blanched and beaten with rose water ; the wax, soap and 
spermaceti are melted together by water-bath and the almond emul- 
sion is gradually mixed by rubbing in a warm mortar with the melted 
ingredients. The alcohol in Avhich the oil of rose is dissolved is then 
added to the mixture. By using pistachio nuts instead of almonds 
pistachio cream may be made. 

MASSAGE PREPARATIONS. 

The process of massage is now much employed for removing 
wrinkles and otherwise beautifying the face, and a number of creams, 
ointments and pomades are employed. The following are representa- 
tive preparations : 

Imperial Greaseless Massage Paste. Calcined magnesia 4 ounces, 
precipitated chalk 4 ounces, glycerin 4 ounces, water 4 ounces ; per- 
fume, as desired. Mix the powder and rub with the glycerin and per- 
fume in a mortar, then add the water and mix them intimately. If a 
pink color is desired use a little carmine solution for the required 
shade. The skin should be moistened when this is applied. 

Massage Cream. Tragacanth, in powder, 1 ounce, rose water 12 
ounces, glycerin (by measure) 1 ounce, zinc oxide 160 grains. Mix 
the tragacanth with the rose water and allow to swell for 24 hours, 
then strain through cheese-cloth with pressure ; mix with the glycerin 
and rub with the zinc oxide in a mortar. A little perfuming oil or 
extract may be added while rubbing in the mortar. 

Massage Ointment. Lanolin 3 ounces, petrolatum 3. ounces, borax, 
in fine powder, 16 grains ; zinc oxide 30 grains, tincture of benzoin 10 
drops. Rub them together in a mortar until thoroughly mixed. 

Massage Paste. Alum, in fine powder, 1 ounce ; tannin, in fine 
powder, 1 ounce ; glycerite of starch 8 ounces. Rub them together 
and perfume if desired. 

Massage Paste for Retl Nose and Blotches. Cacao butter 4 parts, 
hazel nut oil 10 parts, citric acid y 2 part, white precipitate ^3 part, 
perfume to suit. Melt the cacao butter and oil together, rub the citric 
acid and white precipitate together and incorporate with the melted 
mass while cooling. 

Massage Pomade. Lanolin 1 ounce, white petrolatum 1 ounce, 
tannin 3 drachms. Mix them well together in a mortar and perfume. 

If these massage preparations are to be put up they may be per- 
fumed with rose, benzoin, bitter almond or other perfumes, and 
colored flesh tint with carmine. 

Peerless Massage Paste. Kaolin, acid washed, 4 ounces ; precipi- 
tated chalk 4 ounces, glycerin 4 fl. ounces, water 1 ounce; perfume, as 
desired. Mix the kaolin and the chalk and rub with the glycerin, 
water and perfume in a mortar or, for large quantities, grind through 



1294 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

a paint mill. The skin should be moistened when this is applied. 
This may be mixed with tragacanth massage cream or with the 
massage paste, equal parts, to produce a paste that will roll off when 
manipulated by massage. 

Peerless Skin Food. Dry stearin 4 ounces, cerasin or white wax 2 
ounces,, precipitated chalk 2 ounces, zinc oxide 1 ounce, oil rose ger- 
anium or rhodinol II. 20 minims, oil bitter almonds 5 minims, liquid 
paraffin 12 ounces. Melt the stearin and cerasin (or wax) with the 
liquid paraffin ; mix the chalk and zinc oxide intimately and sift into 
the melted mixture. Stir while cooling and when nearly solid add the 
perfuming oils and incorporate thoroughly. This may be used as a 
massage cream and for softening the skin and giving it tone and tex- 
ture. It may be applied and dusted with powder. Other perfumes 
may be used if desired. 

NAIL COSMETICS. 

Powder and ointment for the nails are sometimes called for as 
toilet preparations, and may readily be made by druggists. 

Nail or Manicure Powder. This is for polishing, smoothing or 
cleaning the nails. Pumice stone, in powder, 8 ounces ; powdered 
French chalk 2 ounces, carmine, in No. 40 powder, 1 drachm ; bulk per- 
fume, rose or violet, y 2 ounce. 

Nail or Manicure Salve. This is for softening the nails, curing 
hang nails etc. Petrolatum 1 ounce, Castile soap, in powder, 1 
drachm; oil of bergamot 10 drops, or other more expensive perfuming 
oils, if desired. Mix them thoroughly. This is to be applied at night 
and the fingers covered with gloves. 

PERFUMES. 

Handkerchief extracts or "perfumes" as they are popularly called, 
are kept by nearly all druggists and constitute quite an important part 
of their trade. The limited space allotted in this volume for this sub- 
ject will only allow brief mention of the substances used, an outline of 
the manner of making and a few formulas for the most popular odors. 
The introduction of synthetic odors has greatly simplified the making 
of perfumes and it is now possible for druggists with but a small out- 
lay to make very satisfactory bouquets. The preparations required 
for making perfumes in the old way will first be considered and then 
the synthetic perfumes will be introduced. 

The following extracts, essences etc., are required for making the 
old line of perfumes, and many of them are used in making the new. 
The processes are simple and adapted to the conveniences always at 
hand in a well regulated pharmacy. 



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CLASS A. 
Extracts of Flowers from Pomades. 

The pomades used for making these extracts are mostly prepared in 
France, by Eufleurage, and may be obtained of perfumers and im- 
porting jobbers. They cost from $2.00 to $2.50 per pound, some of 
them, as violet, costing much more. 

To make Triple Extracts from Pomades. First. Take equal parts 
by weight of the required pomade and the strongest Cologne spirit 
(deodorized alcohol). Divide the pomade into three equal parts, and 
put one part (one-third) of the pomade and all of the Cologne spirit 
in a glass or copper jar that will hold double the quantity, and can be 
stopped air-tight. (An ordinary glass fruit jar is just the thing for 
small quantities). 

Put the jar in a water-bath and keep at only a moderate heat (just 
sufficient to keep the pomade melted) for three or four days, agitating 
frequently, then remove from the water-bath, cool, shake occasionally 
while cooling to granulate the fat, then pour the liquid extract from 
the pomade. This product may be termed Sing'le Extract. 

Second. Take another part (one-third) of the fresh pomade and 
macerate in the same manner as before with the extract which has 
been obtained from the first maceration. This product may be termed 
the Double Extract. 

Third. Take the remaining third of the fresh pomade and macer- 
ate it in the same manner as before, with the product of the previous 
macerations. 

When this maceration is completed, surround the jar containing the 
pomade and extract with ice* that all particles of fatty matter may be 
congealed. When thoroughly cold, . pour off the extract, straining 
through a little cotton-wool into bottles, and keep closely stopped. 

This constitutes the Triple Extract, and is the finest and strongest 
extract that can be obtained from the pomades. 

The pomade that remains after the extract has been poured off may 
again be treated in a similar manner with fresh Cologne spirit, and 
the product will be a very fine extract but not so strong as the first. 
It will perhaps, about correspond to the Single Extract, and may be 
used for another batch, or for making Colognes or cheap Perfumes. 

After the pomade has been thus successively treated, it is called 
W 7 ashed Pomade, and is very good for making cosmetics and pomades 
for the hair. 

The basic extracts made in the manner above described are 

Triple Extract Cassie or Acacia. From cassie pomade. 

Triple Extract Jasmine. From jasmine pomade. 

Triple Extract Rose. From rose pomade. 

Triple Extract Tuberose. From tuberose pomade. 



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Triple Extract Violet. From violet pomade. 

Others may be made in the same manner. 

The extracts as thus prepared are used only for combinations. They 
require something- to give them permanence before putting up for sale, 
and handkerchief extracts of the same name contain such additions. 

CLASS B. 
Essences from Essential Oils. 

These are simply solutions of the best quality of ottos or essential 
oils, in the strongest Cologne spirit (deodorized alcohol). 

They are chiefly used in combining with other perfumes, and they 
should be kept on hand, prepared in small quantities, ready for use. 

Essence Almond. Oil of bitter almonds I part, Cologne spirit 9 
parts. 

Essence Bergamot. Oil of bergamot 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. 

Essence Cassia. Oil of cassia 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. 

Essence Cloves. Oil of cloves 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. 

Essence Lavender. Oil of lavender, (English), 1 part; Cologne 
spirit 9 parts. 

Essence Lemon. Oil of lemon 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. 

Essence Lemon-grass or Verbena. Oil of lemon-grass 1 part, 
Cologne spirit 15 parts. 

Essence Linaloe. Oil of linaloe 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. 

Essence Neroli. Oil of neroli (bigarade) 1 part, Cologne spirit 15 
parts. 

Essence Orange. Oil of orange peel 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. 

Essence Patchouly. Oil of patchouly 1 part, Cologne spirit 20 
parts. 

Essence Rose. Oil of rose (best Kissanlik), 1 part; Cologne spirit 
60 parts. 

Essence Rose Geranium. Oil rose geranium 1 part, Cologne spirit 
20 parts. 

Essence Rosemary. Oil of rosemary 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. 

Essence Santal. Oil of santalwood (true) 1 part, Cologne spirit 
60 parts. 

Essence Ylang-Ylang. Oil ylang-ylang 1 part, Cologne spirit 60 
parts. 

CLASS C. 

Extracts or Tinctures of Odorous Substances. 

These are extracts or tinctures of odorous substances that are used 
in perfumes, chiefly to give permanence to the more volatile odors. 
They should be kept on hand ready to combine as desired. Most of 
them require long maceration to extract their odorous principle. 

Extract Ambergris. Ambergris 1 part, Cologne spirit 60 parts. 



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Rub the ambergris fine and macerate for 30 days in a warm place in 
a tightly stopped bottle. 

Extract Angelica. Angelica root, true, 1 part; Cologne spirit 4 
parts. Rub the angelica root to a coarse powder and macerate for 30 
days with the Cologne spirit. Press out and filter. 

Extract Civet. Civet 1 part, Cologne spirit 60 parts. Macerate for 
30 days in a tightly stopped bottle in a warm place. 

Extract Musk. Fine grain musk 2 parts, potassium carbonate 1 
part, Cologne spirit 120 parts. Macerate for 30 days in a warm place 
in a tightly stopped bottle. 

Extract Musk Root or Sumbul. Sumbul root 1 part, Cologne spirit 
4 parts. Reduce the musk root to a coarse powder and macerate for 
30 days. Express and filter. 

Extract Musk Seed or Ambrette. Musk seed I part, Cologne spirit 
4 parts. Macerate for 30 days. Express and filter. 

Extract Orris or Violet. Orris root 3 parts, Cologne spirit sufficient 
to make 4 parts. Reduce the orris root to a coarse powder, and macer- 
ate for 30 days with 4 parts of Cologne spirit, then transfer to a per- 
colator and percolate, adding fresh spirit through the percolator until 
4 parts are obtained. This is much used as a substitute for violet. 

Extract Tonqua. Tonqua beans 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. Cut 
the beans fine, crush and macerate for 30 days. 

Extract Vanilla. Vanilla 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. Cut the 
vanilla in fine pieces and rub with white sand to a coarse powder, add 
the Cologne spirit and macerate for 30 days in a warm place. 

Extract Wild Ginger. Wild ginger (Canada snake root) 1 part, 
Cologne spirit 4 parts. Reduce the drug to a coarse powder and 
macerate for 30 days in the Cologne spirit. Express and filter. 

Balsam Peru, tolu, benzoin, styrax and some other odoriferous 
bodies are also used in perfumes, but no especial extracts need be 
prepared from them, 1 part to 9 parts of Cologne spirit being used to 
make an extract of tincture. 

The druggist will, of course, make up these preparations in such 
quantities as his trade demands, but it is well to have some of each 
kind on hand. 

The citrine oils, bergamot, lemon and orange, change quickly if not 
dissolved in spirit, and it will be found advantageous to dissolve these 
while fresh, in the Cologne spirit, and keep them in this way. 

ODORS OF FLOWERS. 

( Handkerchief Extracts) . 

Having now prepared the elements, as they may be termed, of 
perfumery (Classes A, B, and C), the druggist may prepare any com- 
bination that may be desired. The formulas which follow are for 
those which have had the greatest sale on the market, and which time 



1298 The Fcnncr Formulary Part IV. 

has demonstrated to be good and salable perfumes. There may be, 
of course, as many combinations of odors as there are stars in the 
heavens ; but it is not best to encourage a multiplicity of odors, but 
rather a familiarity with a few good ones, which will soon come to be 
favorites with the customers of the druggist. 

Since the introduction of bulk perfumes many old and favorite 
odors have gone out of use, and many new ones come in. No stand- 
ard has yet been established for many of the newly-named perfumes, 
and they are put up as the fancy of the fabricateur and the harmony 
or odors may direct. 

The formula; winch follow make only the best grade or quality of 
perfumes. If the druggist desires to make cheaper goods, any of these 
may be diluted with Cologne spirit to meet the desired cost. And in 
fact this is much better than to try to make them cheaper by using 
inferior material, because, although they may be weak, they will pre- 
serve their purity and delicacy of odor. 

For other combinations our readers are referred to more elaborate 
works on the subject, and to the published formulas from reliable 
sources. 

The essences, extracts etc., which are directed to be used in the 
formulas are those which are given in the foregoing classes. 

Essence Bouquet. Esprit de Bouquet. Essence rose 8 parts, es- 
sence lemon I part, essence bergamot, extract orris, each, 4 parts ; 
extract ambergris, essence santal, each, 1 part. Mix. 

Extract Frangipanni. Essence neroli, essence rose, each, 2 parts; 
essence santal, essence cassia , essence rose geranium, each, 1 part ; ex- 
tract musk, extract ambergris, extract civet, each, 1 part; triple ex- 
tract tuberose, triple extract orange flowers, each, 2 parts ; Cologne 
spirit 5 parts. Mix. 

Extract Ilang-Ilang or Ylang-Ylang. Essence ylang-ylang 8 parts, 
essence of rose 2 parts, extract orris 2 parts, triple extract jasmine, 
extract musk, essence orange, each, 1 part. Mix. 

Extract Jockey Club. Triple extract rose, extract tuberose, each, 

4 parts; triple extract cassie, triple extract jasmine, each, 2 parts; 
extract orris 3 parts, extract ambergris, extract civet, each, 1 part ; 
essence of rose 2 parts, Cologne spirit 5 parts. Mix. 

Extract Lily of the Valley. Triple extract tuberose 8 parts, triple 
extract jasmine 1 part, triple extract orange flower, triple extract 
cassie, each, 2 parts ; triple extract rose 4 parts, essence ylang-ylang 
1 part, essence almonds J4 part, extract vanilla 3 parts, Cologne spirit 

5 parts. Mix. 

Extract Mary Stewart. Triple extract cassie 1 part, triple extract 
rose 3 parts, triple extract tuberose 2 parts, essence rose 3 parts, es- 
sence ylang-ylang 2 parts, essence rose geranium 2 parts, essence 
orange % part, extract orris 2 parts, extract musk 1 part, extract am- 



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bergris I part, tincture benzoin, extract tonqua, each, J4 P art 1 Cologne 
spirit 5 parts. Mix. 

Extract Musk. Extract musk io parts, extract civet, extract am- 
bergris, extract musk seed, each, 4 parts ; essence rose 3 parts, extract 
wild ginger 1 part, Cologne spirit 5 to 20 parts, according to strength 
desired. 

Extract Night Blooming Cereus. Triple extract rose 8 parts, triple 
extract orange flower 2 parts, essence neroli 2 parts, extract vanilla 2 
parts, extract orris 3 parts, extract musk, extract civet, each, 1 part ; 
essence almond 1 / 10 part, tincture benzoin 1 / 20 part. Mix. 

Extract Ocean Spray or Sea Breeze. Triple extract jasmine, triple 
extract cassie, each, 4 parts ; triple extract rose 6 parts, essence ber- 
gamot, essence lavender, each, 3 parts ; essence santal 1 part, extract 
ambergris, extract civet, each, 1 part ; Cologne spirit 5 parts. Mix. 

Extract Patchouly. Essence patchouly 8 parts, essence rose, es- 
sence rose geranium, each, 2 parts ; Cologne spirit 4 parts. Mix. 

Extract Stephanotis. Triple extract cassie, triple extract tuberose, 
each, 4 parts; triple extract jasmine 2 parts, essence rose 3 parts, ex- 
tract musk, extract tonqua, essence neroli, each, 2 parts ; extract orris 
8 parts, extract wild ginger 1 part, tincture benzoin 1 part, Cologne 
spirit 5 parts. Mix. 

Extract Upper Ten. Triple extract rose, triple extract jasmine, 
triple extract violet (or extract orris), each, 6 parts; extract musk 4 
parts, Cologne spirit 6 parts. Mix. 

Extract Wild Olive. Triple extract rose 8 parts, triple extract jas- 
mine, triple extract violet, each, 4 parts ; triple extract cassie 2 parts, 
essence rose 4 parts, essence ylang-ylang 2 parts, extract musk, es- 
sence ambergris, each, y 2 part, Cologne spirit 5 parts. Mix. 

Extract White Rose. Triple extract rose, triple extract violet (or 
extract orris), essence rose, each, 4 parts ; triple extract jasmine 2 
parts, essence patchouly 1 part. Mix. This may be diluted with 4 
parts of Cologne spirit if desired. 

Extract Violet. (Finest). Triple extract violet (from pomade) 16 
parts, triple extract cassie 3 parts, extract orris 4 parts, tincture tolu 
1 part, vanilla 1 part, Cologne spirit 6 parts. Mix. 

Extract Violet. (Good). A good extract of violet, such as is or- 
dinarily sold, may be made with triple extract cassie 2 parts, triple 
extract rose, triple extract tuberose, each, 1 part ; extract orris 6 parts, 
essence almond 1 / 20 part, tincture tolu 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. 
Mix. 

The formulae given for handkerchief extracts are merely sample 
formulas representative of combinations that are popular on the mar- 
ket. A great variety of other odors by various names are sold, and 
may be made by druggists by combining various essences, extracts etc. 



1300 The Fe nner Formulary Part IV. 

SYNTHETIC PERFUMES. 

The preparation of artificial or synthetic perfumes has lately been 
adopted by many manufacturers, and has attracted the attention of 
druggists and others who are interested in putting up, as far as is 
consistent, their own preparations for which there is a ready sale. 
The introduction to the trade of concentrated synthetic bodies for the 
preparation of these perfumes makes it possible, with a small outlay, 
to prepare quite a complete line of these products, which sell readily 
and bring a good profit. 

In the formulas which follow the synthetic bases are first given, 
and then the formulas for a few of the most popular odors. It will 
be observed that in the formulas the synthetic bodies are often com- 
bined with the extracts and essences for which formulas are given 
under the regular perfumes. 

Amygdalol. Benzaldehyde. An artificial oil of bitter almonds is 
prepared by the action of chlorine upon hot toluene. Benzyl chloride 
is first produced ; this is distilled with lead nitrate and water in an 
atmosphere of carbon dioxide gas, the product being benzaldehyde, 
which is identical with oil of bitter almonds. This is used in the same 
manner as oil of bitter almonds in perfumes and, being much cheaper, 
has almost superseded the genuine essential oli of bitter almonds. Its 
solubility and other characteristics are similar to the genuine oil. 

Artificial Musk. Trinitrobutlytoluene. This is prepared from 
tertiary butyltoluene by adding it slowly to five times its weight of a 
cold mixture of concentrated nitric and sulphuric acids, and afterwards 
heating the mixture 8 or 9 hours on a water-bath. It is then washed 
with hot alcohol, the alcoholic solution concentrated and the trinitro- 
butyltoluene crystallizes in yellowish-white needles insoluble in 
water, but soluble in alcohol and ether. A tincture may be prepared 
by dissolving 1 drachm of the crystals in 1 ounce of alcohol. This has 
the odor of musk, and is used in synthetic perfumes as a fixing ingre- 
dient. 

Coumarin or Cumarin. C 9 H 6 2 . The odorous principle of tonka 
beans, the fruit of Dipterix odorata, a large tree growing in Guinea. 
True coumarin may be obtained by heating the powdered beans for a 
long time with an equal bulk of 85% alcohol, pouring off the liquid 
and again treating in the same manner with an equal bulk of fresh 
alcohol at a low degree of heat and pouring the residue upon four or 
five times its volume of cold water, collecting the precipitate, dissolv- 
ing in boiling water and "filtering through a wetted filter which retains 
the fatty matter. The coumarin in the filtered liquid deposits upon 
cooling and may be further purified by redissolving and filtering 
through animal charcoal. 

Coumarin is also obtained from the common white clover, melilot ; 
from liatris odoratissima ; and is prepared synthetically by heating 



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salicylic aldehyde with sodium acetate and glacial acetic acid, or by 
the interaction of phenol and malic acid. 

Xatural coumarin in in small, silky needles, soft to the touch, while 
the artificial is usually in crystals somewhat resembling broken rock- 
salt. The former, although much more expensive, has a stronger odor, 
and is preferable for making extracts and perfumes. 

It is considerably used in making perfumes, powders and sachets, 
and as an ingredient in vanilla flavoring extract. 

Heliotropin. Fiperonal. This is obtained by acting upon piperin 
by boiling it for 24 hours in a closed vessel with an equal weight of 
potassa and 5 parts of alcohol, the piperin is then converted into potas- 
sium piperate. This is then dissolved in 40 to 50 parts of hot water, 
and the hot solution mixed, with constant stirring;, with a solution 
prepared with potassium permanganate and double the quantity of 
potassium piperate taken, in hot water. A precipitate forms, which is 
to be washed repeatedly with hot water until the washing no longer 
have the odor of heliotrope. The washings are then mixed and dis- 
tilled. The first portions of the distillate contain most of the helio- 
tropin, which upon cooling separates in crystals. The last portions of 
the distillate contain a little heliotropin Which may be obtained by 
adding ether, which dissolves it and upon evaporating the ether it 
crystallizes. Chemically heliotropin is the aldehyde of piperonylic 
acid. It is much employed in preparing synthetic perfumes. It is 
soluble in about 20 parts of alcohol, slightly soluble in vegetable oils 
and glycerin, but nearly insoluble in water. Two varieties of helio- 
tropin may be had from manufacturers, the amorphous and the crystal- 
line. The former is of much finer odor but less soluble; the latter is 
soluble in 5 parts of alcohol or in about 15 parts of vegetable oil. 

Hyacinthol. Terpineol. When terpin or terpin hydrate are boiled 
with sulphuric, phosphoric or glacial acetic acids, a mixture of terpines 
consisting of terpinene, terpinolene, dipentene and an alcohol termed 
terpineol, C 10 H lg (OH) 2 , are obtained. The mixed product is called 
Terpinol. and the alcohol, terpineol. is separated from it by a compli- 
cated process. It is a thick, colorless liquid, having a pleasant hya- 
cinthine odor, and is now extensively used in producing perfumes. 

Ionone. Artificial Violet. C 13 H 20 O. This was first made by 
Tiemann and Kriiger by the interaction of acetone, citral and baryta- 
water. By this interaction a ketone, pseudoionone, is produced, which 
upon treatment with diluted sulphuric acid is converted into an iso- 
meric ionone. This is a liquid, sp. gr. 0.925 at 20°C. (68°F.). As its 
odor is so very powerful, it is mainly furnished as a 10% solution in 
cologne spirit. To make the Violet Triple Extrait. which is sold as 
perfume, 1 part of this solution should be diluted with 100 parts of 
Cologne spirit. When thus prepared it contains only V1000 percent, 
of real ionone. 



1302 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

Nerolin. This is an artificial product in the form of a white, crystal- 
line powder, used as a substitute for oil of neroli in synthetic per- 
fumes, colognes etc., and for perfuming soaps, oils etc. It is, chemi- 
cally, an ethyl ether of beta-naphthol. Soluble in 5 parts of alcohol, 
50 parts of vegetable oil, 30 parts of mineral oil, 50 parts of vaseline, 
and but slightly soluble in glycerin and water. 

Oil of Cinnamon. (Synthetic). This is produced by mixing ben- 
zaldehyde and acetaldehyde and saturating- the mixture with sodium 
hydrate when the reaction occurs, and the synthetic oil may be sep- 
arated and purified. It is also obtained from styrone. The artificial 
oil is considerably used by manufacturers of confectionery and per- 
fumes, but for the making of small quantities of perfumes, the com- 
mercial oil of cinnamon will sufhce. 

Rhodinol. True rhodinol is the oxygenated portion of oil of rose, 
while the solid portion or stearopten, which separates when the oil is 
chilled is a paraffin hydrocarbon, having no rose odor. Synthetic rho- 
dinol is produced by a complicated process in which the true rose 
scent is separated from other constituents with which it is associated 
in several other cheaper oils, as geranium, rhodium etc., or by the 
action of certain agents upon citral, which is an aldehyde of geraniol. 
Two or three qualities of rhodinol are prepared by manufacturers, 
varying in strength and purity of odor ; the best, which is known as 
Rhodinol II., being identical with oil or otto of rose after the removal 
of its stearopten constituent. This is soluble in about 3 parts of alco- 
hol or vegetable oil, in about 30 parts of mineral oil, but only slightly 
soluble in glycerin or water. Rhodinol I. is only half the price of 
Rhodinol II., and is used in cheaper perfumes. Rhodinol, or its solu- 
tion in some form is a constituent of many of the "bouquets" or odors 
prepared from the synthetic bodies. 

Vanillin. C 6 H 2 OH'OCH 3 CHO. This is, chemically, the methyl- 
ether of protocatechuic aldehyde. True vanillin is obtained from 
vanilla beans, on which is may frequently be seen in the form of white, 
crystalline needles. It may be obtained by exhausting vanilla with 
85% alcohol, evaporating the liquid to a soft extract, adding a little 
water and shaking it with ether so long as it imparts color to it, then 
pouring off the etherial liquid, evaporating it at a low degree of heat, 
treating the residue with boiling water, filtering the aqueous solution 
through animal charcoal, evaporating and allowing the vanillin to 
crystallize. 

Vanilla, however, is too expensive as a commercial source of van- 
illin, and it is now chiefly obtained from eugenol obtained from oil of 
cloves. It has also been made from coniferin, a glucoside derived from 
the cambium layer of the pine ; from guaiacol ; from benzoin ; from 
styrax ; from the sugar beet and some other vegetable substances. 
The artificial or synthetic vanillin has the same characteristics as the 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1303 

true vanillin from vanilla beans. It is used in many compound odors, 
powders and sachets, as well as for making flavoring extracts. It is 
soluble in 5 parts of alcohol or in 2]/ 2 parts of vegetable or mineral 
oil, but is only slightly soluble in water or glycerin. 

Wintergreen. Methyl Salicylate. (Synthetic Oil of Wintergreen) . 
This has been previously described in this work. It is extensively 
used for flavoring confectionery, syrups, chewing gum and medicinal 
preparations, but is little used in perfumerv. 

Solutions of Synthetic Bodies or Bases. 

The following solutions are designed for combining to make up the 
different bouquets and odors of the synthetic perfumes, but they may 
be used in place of the similarly named Triple Extracts made from 
pomades in Class A, the Essences of Class B, or the Extracts of Class 
C, in the formulas for "Odors of Flowers," preceding the Synthetic 
Perfumes. 

Solution Amygdalol. Amygdalol or artificial oil of bitter almonds 
(benzaldehyde) 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. Mix and dissolve. This 
may be used the same as essence of almond in any perfume combi- 
nations or flavorings. 

Solution Artificial Musk. Artificial musk 1 part, Cologne spirit 9 
parts. Dissolve. This may be used instead of extract of musk in any 
of the perfume combinations. Its odor is not exactly like musk, but it 
is so similar to it that it may be used in place of it in mixtures of 
perfumes and will give complete satisfaction. 

Solution Cinnamol. Artificial or synthetic oil of cinnamon 1 part,, 
Cologne spirit 9 parts. Mix and dissolve. This may be used the 
same as essence of cassia in any perfume combinations or flavorings. 

Solution Coumarin. Coumarin 1 part, Cologne spirit 39 parts. 
Dissolve. This may be used the same as extract of tonqua in any 
perfume combinations or flavoring. 

Solution Heliotropin, Amorphous. Heliotropin, amorphous, 1 part; 
Cologne spirit 39 parts. Dissolve. This may be used as heliotrope 
perfume and in many perfume combinations. 

Solution Heliotropin Crystals. Heliotropin, crystals. 1 part ; Col- 
ogne spirit 9 parts. Dissolve. The odor of this solution is stronger, 
but less delicate than that prepared from amorphous heliotropin. 

Solution Hyacinthol. (Terpineol). Hyacinthol 1 part, Cologne 
spirit 9 parts. Mix them. This is used in combined perfumes and as 
an addition to sachet powders, oils, pomades, soaps etc. 

Solution Ionone. (Artificial Violet). Ionone 1 part, Cologne spirit 
100 parts. Mix them. This may be used as a substitute for triple 
extract of violet made from the pomade, but as it is much more power- 
ful, only 1 part should be used where 10 parts of triple extract of 
violet is directed. It mav also be used instead of orris extract in 



1304 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

perfuming combinations, I part for ioo parts. Ionone is very ex- 
pensive and is seldom bought except in the 10% solution as above. 

Solution Nerolin. Nerolin i part, Cologne spirit 9 parts. Dissolve 
This may be used the same as essence of neroli in any perfume com- 
binations or toilet waters. It is not an exact imitation of neroli, but 
is very good, and has the advantage of being uniform, while oils of 
neroli vary greatly, and owing to their high price, are liable to mixture 
or adulteration. 

Solution Rhodinol. Rhodinol 1 part, Cologne spirit 19 parts. Mix 
them. This may be used the same as essence of rose in any perfume 
combination or flavoring. Two qualities of rhodinol are to be had, 
rhodinol I., and rhodinol II., the former costs only about half as much 
as the latter and has more of an odor of rose geranium than the latter. 
For the ordinary run of perfumes, especially the combinations, the 
rhodinol I. answers the purpose admirably, but for high-price rose 
perfumes, where the purity of the rose scent is specially desired the 
rhodinol II. should be used. The solutions of either are made in the 
same proportions. 

Solution Vanillin. Vanillin 1 part, Cologne spirit 10 parts. Dis- 
solve. This solution may be used instead of extract of vanilla in per- 
fume formulas, but as it is much stronger only 1 part should be used 
where 10 parts of extract of vanilla are directed. It may also be used 
in making flavoring extracts of vanilla, in the same proportion, that 
is, 1 part of the solution to make 10 parts of the extract, which is 
equivalent to about 1 ounce of vanillin in a gallon of extract. 

SYNTHETIC ODORS OF FLOWERS. 

The following synthetic odors represent most of the perfumes of 
this class for which there is a demand. Any variety of combinations 
may be made -n the same general manner as is directed in the follow- 
ing formulae. 

Acacia. Solution hyacinthol 1 part, solution cinnamol 1 part, solu- 
tion heliotropin 3 parts, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, Cologne spirit 
3 parts. Mix. 

Carnation. CEillet. Solution hyacinthol 1 part, solution heliotropin 
2 parts, essence of cloves 1 part, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, solution 
nerolin 1 part, solution coumarin 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Cyclamen. Glycina. Solution nerolin 1 part, solution coumarin 1 
part, solution amygdalol 1 part, solution heliotropin 2 parts, solution 
cinnamol 1 part, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. 
Mix. 

Heliotrope. Solution heliotropin 4 parts, solution nerolin 1 part, 
solution rhodinol I. 1 part, solution vanillin 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 
parts. Mix. 



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Hyacinth. Solution hyacinthol 4 parts, solution cinnamol 1 part, 
solution coumarin 1 part, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, Cologne spirit 
3 parts. Mix. 

Jacinth. Solution heliotropin 1 part, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, 
solution hyacinthin 3 parts, solution ionone 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 
parts. Mix. 

Jockey Club. Solution rhodinol I. 1 part, solution hyacinthol 1 part, 
solution heliotropin 2 parts, solution cinnamol 1 part, solution ionone 
1 part, solution nerolin 1 part, solution artificial musk 1 part, Cologne 
spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Jonquil. Solution cinnamol 1 part, solution hyacinthol 1 part, solu- 
tion coumarin 1 part, solution heliotropin 1 part, essence bergamot 1 
part, extract angelica 1 part, solution nerolin 1 part, Cologne spirit 
3 parts. Mix. 

Lavendal. Essence lavender 4 parts, solution heliotropin 1 part, 
solution of nerolin 1 part, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, Cologne spirit 
3 parts. Mix. 

Lily of the Valley. (Muguet). Solution cinnamol 1 part, solution 
rhodinol I. 1 part, solution heliotropin 2 parts, solution ionone 1 part, 
solution vanillin 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Linalool or Linaloe. Essence of linaloe 2 parts, essence of bergamot 
1 part, solution rhodinol I. 2 parts, solution nerolin 1 part, solution 
coumarin 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

May Blossoms. (Aubepine). White Hawthorn. Solution helio- 
tropin 2 parts, solution nerolin 1 part, solution amygdalol 1 part, solu- 
tion coumarin 1 part, solution vanillin 1 part, solution rhodinol I. 1 
part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Meadow Bouquet. (Bouquet des Champs). Essence of lemon 
grass 1 part, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, solution heliotropin 1 part, 
solution hyacinthol 1 part, solution vanillin 1 part, essence of ber- 
gamot 1 part, solution of ionone 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Moss Rose. Solution rhodinol II. 5 parts, solution nerolin 1 part, 
solution vanillin 1 part, solution artificial musk 34 part, Cologne spirit 
3 parts. Mix. 

Myrtle. (Amaryline). Solution hyacinthol 1 part, solution nerolin 
1 part, solution coumarin 1 part, solution amygdalol 1 part, solution 
cinnamol 1 part, essence lavender 1 part, extract of orris 1 part, Col- 
ogne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

New Mown Hay. (Foin Coupe). Solution coumarin 4 parts, solu- 
tion rhodinol I. 1 part, solution nerolin 1 part, solution heliotropin 1 
part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Newport Fancy. Solution rhodinol I. 2 parts, solution ionone 2 
parts, solution heliotropin 1 part, solution nerolin 1 part, solution 
"vanillin 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Orange Blossom. Solution nerolin 4 parts, solution heliotropin 1 



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part, solution coumarin i part, solution hyacinthol i part, Cologne 
spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Orchidia. Solution amygdalol i part, solution nerolin I part, solu- 
tion rhodinol I. I part, essence ylang-ylang i part, solution heliotropin 
i part, extract orris i part, solution coumarin i part, Cologne spirit 
3 parts. Mix. 

Rose Perfumes. A variety of rose perfumes may be prepared with 
rhodinol II. as a basis. A solution should be prepared as directed for 
solution rhodinol, using rhodinol II. I part, with Cologne spirit 19 
parts. This is to be used in the rose perfume formulas. 

Spring Flowers. Solution rhodinol I. 1 part, solution coumarin 2 
parts, essence bergamot 2 parts, solution- cinnamol 1 part, solution 
hyacinthol 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Sweet Pea. Solution heliotropin 2 parts, solution coumarin 2 parts, 
solution vanillin 1 part, solution rhodinol I. 1 part,, solution nerolin 1 
part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Syringia. Solution hyacinthol 3 parts, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, 
solution nerolin 1 part, solution coumarin 1 part, solution vanillin 1 
part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Tea Rose. Solution rhodinol II. 5 parts, solution nerolin 1 part, 
essence santal 1 part, solution ionone 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. 
Mix. 

Tuberose. Solution rhodinol I. 1 part, solution heliotropin 2 parts, 
solution vanillin 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

White Lilac. Solution hyacinthol 3 parts, solution heliotropin 2 
parts, solution nerolin 1 part, solution vanillin 1 part, solution rhodinol 
I. y 2 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

White Rose. Solution rhodinol II. 4 parts, solution ionone 2 parts, 
solution heliotropin 1 part, essence patchouli y 2 part, Cologne spirit 3 
parts. Mix. 

Wild Violets. Solution ionone 5 parts, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, 
solution nerolin 1 part, Cologne spirt 3 parts. Mix. 

Wood Violets. Solution ionone 1 part, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, 
solution nerolin 1 part, extract tonqua 3 parts, solution coumarin 1 
part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Yara Yara. Solution heliotropin 2 parts, solution nerolin 2 parts, 
solution vanillin 1 part, solution rhodinol I. 1 part, essence ylang- 
ylang 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix. 

Fixers and Coloring for Perfumes. 

"Fixers" for Synthetic Perfumes. It will be observed that in the 
foregoing formulas "fixing" ingredients are but little used as they 
are in perfumes made from flower pomades and essential oils. They 
are hardly necessary in the synthetic perfumes for the reason that 
the solutions used have considerable permanence of odor, and for 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1307 

another reason that the public taste does not now so much demand 
permanence of odors as it does sweetness and richness of scent. Fix- 
ing essences and extracts may be added in small quantities to any of 
the formulas desired. Musk, ambergris, santal wood, benzoin, wild 
ginger etc., are the ingredients used if any. 

Colors for Perfumes. A variety of colors are furnished by manu- 
facturers, designed to make their appearance more attractive. While 
the variety in a show case or on shelves may be desirable, in our 
opinion the colors "cheapen" the perfumes. Green, red, lilac, violet, 
in different shades, may be had. Chlorophyll soluble in alcohol is gen- 
erally used for the green, and some aniline compounds for the other 
colors. Diluted solutions should be made with alcohol and used to 
color as desired. 

COLOGNES AND TOILET WATERS. 

Colognes are fragrant compounds of much less strength and per- 
manence of odor than the foregoing extracts. 

In addition to their legitimate use as toilet waters, they now take 
the place, to a large extent, of the cheaper grades of perfumes that 
were formerly sold. 

As with the handkerchief extracts the combinations that may be 
made are almost infinite, though but few have ever met with great 
public favor. 

The formulae which follow represent those most widely known and 
esteemed as Colognes ; but as any of the handkerchief extracts may 
be made into Colognes, by following the "General Cologne Formula," 
the druggist may choose such as suits his fancy, and have as large a 
variety as he pleases. 

Colognes prepared from handkerchief extracts may also be put up 
as cheap perfumes ; the grade that the druggist wishes to prepare may 
be regulated by the amount of Cologne spirit added. 

For Second Grade Perfumes taking handkerchief extract I part, 
Cologne spirit I part. 

For Third Grade Perfumes taking handkerchief extract i part, 
Cologne spirit 2 parts, and for Colognes, the following General Col- 
ogne Formula : Handkerchief extract 1 part, Cologne spirit 3 parts, 
water (distilled) q. s. If rose water or orange flower water is added 
instead of distilled water the product will be improved. Rose water 
may be used with all extracts, but orange flower water is preferred 
in those compounds which contain triple extract orange flowers or 
essence of neroli. 

Mix the extract with 2.y 2 parts of the Cologne spirit, and add water 
gradually until, when shaken up, it remains after standing a short 
time, just a trifle cloudy or milky, then add the balance of the Cologne 
spirit, and set away for a month or more before using. 



1308 The Fcnncr Formulary Part IV. 

. These colognes may be named from the extracts of which they are 
made, as White Rose Cologne, Marie Stewart Cologne etc., and the 
druggist may have no lack of the cheaper grades of perfumes and 
colognes by following these directions. 

Standard Colognes. 

Farina Cologne. Essence bergamot 10 parts, essence lavender 2 
parts, essence lemon 2 parts, essence orange 2 parts, essence cloves 1 
part, essence cassia 1 part, essence rose 2 parts, essence geranium 1 
part, triple extract jasmine 6 parts, extract angelica 1 part, extract 
orris 3 parts, extract musk seed 2 parts, essence nutmeg 1 part, essence 
spearmint 2 parts, essence thyme ]/ 2 part, essence cajuput )/ 2 part, 
Cologne spirit 400 parts, distilled water 60 parts. Mix the essences 
etc. with the Cologne spirit and gradually add the water. If it should 
remain milky after the addition of the water add enough Cologne 
spirit to clear. 

Floral Cologne. Essence bergamot 10 parts, essence cassia 4 parts, 
essence orange 6 parts, essence lavender 2 parts, essence lemon 6 
parts, essence santal 2 parts, essence neroli 2 parts, essence rose ger- 
anium 4 parts, extract orris 4 parts, extract tonqua 2 parts, extract 
ambergris 2 parts, Cologne spirit 300 parts, rose water 50 parts. Mix 
the essences etc. with the Cologne spirit and gradually add the rose 
water. If milky after standing add enough Cologne spirit to clear. 

Florida Water. Oil of lavender flowers, English, 6 fl. drachms, oil 
of bergamot 2 fl. drachms, oil of lemon \y 2 fl. drachms, oil of cloves 20 
minims, oil of cassia 10 minims, oil of orange 30 minims, essence rose 
60 minims, essence neroli 10 minims, Cologne spirit 15 fl. ounces. Mix. 

German Cologne, A. 1. Essence rose geranium 8 parts, essence 
orange 10 parts, essence cassia 6 parts, essence bergamot 10 parts, 
essence cloves 1 part, essence neroli 2 parts, essence lavender 4 parts, 
essence rose 4 parts, essence verbena 2 parts, essence santal 4 parts, 
extract ambergris 1 part, extract musk 1 part, tincture cardamom 1 
part, Cologne spirit 300 parts, rose water 50 parts. Mix the essences 
etc. with the Cologne spirit, add the rose water gradually and, if 
milky, enough Cologne spirit to make clear. 

German Cologne, 2nd. Essence bergamot 10 parts, essence lemon 6 
parts, essence orange 6 parts, essence rosemary 6 parts, essence cassia 
4 parts, extract orris 4 parts, extract tonqua 2 parts, extract musk seed 
4 parts, tincture benzoin 1 part, Cologne spirit 400 parts, rose water 60 
parts. Mix the essences etc. with the Cologne spirit, add the rose 
water gradually and, if milky, enough Cologne spirit to make clear. 

Hoyt's German Cologne. The following formula has been pub- 
lished as similar to Hoyt's German Cologne : Oil of bergamot 1 ounce, 
oil lemon 1 ounce, oil neroli }A ounce, oil santal wood y 2 ounce, cam- 
phor 20 grains, Cologne spirit 7 pints, rose water 1 pint. Mix and 
let stand a month, then filter. 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1309 

Lavender Cologne or Water. Essence lavender 3 parts, essence 
lemon 2 parts, essence cassia 1 part, essence cloves 1 part, essence 
santal 1 part, Cologne spirit 60 parts, water 10 parts. Mix the essences 
with the Cologne spirit, add the water gradually, then enough Col- 
ogne spirit to clear, if milky. 

Musk Cologne. Essence bergamot 2 parts, essence lavender 2 parts, 
essence lemon 4 parts, essence neroli 1 part, extract musk 4 parts, 
Cologne spirit 60 parts, rose water 10 parts. Mix the essences etc. 
with the Cologne spirit, add the rose water gradually, and then enough 
Cologne spirit to clear, if milky. 

White Rose Cologne. Oil neroli bigarade 1 drachm, oil neroli petit 
grain ]/ 2 drachm, oil bergamot 2 drachms, oil patchouly 1 drachm, oil 
rose 3 drachms, extract musk 2 ounces, tincture tolu 2 ounces, Col- 
ogne spirit 7 pints, rose water r pint. Dissolve the oils in the spirit 
and add the rose water, let stand 30 days and filter. 

Violet Water. This may be made by diluting extract of violet with 
4 parts of Cologne spirit. Other toilet waters may be made in the 
same general manner. 

Other Colognes and Toilet Waters may be made by the general 
formula. They may be made as the fancy of the maker may select, 
and may be made stronger or weaker as may be desired, to corres- 
pond with the trade for which they are intended. 

SYNTHETIC COLOGNE. 

The foregoing formulas for colognes represent most of those that 
have been favorites in the past, but now that the synthetic perfume 
bodies have come into use, good colognes may be quickly and readily 
made, and they will, no doubt, to a large extent, take the place of the 
time honored products of the preceding century. A few formulas are 
given, but a great variety may be made in the same manner as the 
synthetic perfumes, by using a greater proportion of Cologne spirit 
and from 10 to 25 percent, of water in the formulas. 

Fragrant Flowers Cologne. Solution of rhodinol I. 1 part, solution 
of hyacinthol 2 parts, solution of heliotropin 2 parts, solution of 
nerolin 2 parts, solution of vanillin 1 part, Cologne spirit 70 parts, 
distilled water 22 parts. Mix the solutions with the Cologne spirit and 
gradually add the water. 

Forest Flowers Cologne. Solution of amygdalol 1 part, solution of 
coumarin 1 part, solution of heliotropin 2 parts, solution of ionone 1 
part, solution of hyacinthol 1 part, Cologne spirit 70 parts, distilled 
water 23 parts. Mix them. 

Florida Flowers Cologne or Florida Water. Essence of lavender 10 
parts, essence of bergamot 3 parts, essence of lemon 2 parts, solution of 
nerolin 1 part, Cologne spirit 65 parts, distilled water 17 parts. Mix, 
and after standing, filter. 



1310 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

SACHET POWDERS ETC. 

A great variety of sachet powders may be made by adding to an 
aromatic base composed of ground roots, barks, woods, flowers, leaves 
etc., bulk perfumes or essential oils. A few formulas for the best sell- 
ing powders are given here, and others may be made in the same gen- 
eral way. 

General Base for Sachet Powders. Orris root, in coarse powder, I 
pound ; santal wood, ground, 4 ounces, vanilla beans, ground or cut 
fine, 1 ounce; rose leaves (flowers), ground, 6 ounces; extract musk 
y 2 ounce, extract civet y 2 ounce. Mix them well together. To make 
any variety of sachet powder add to 8 ounces of this 1 ounce of the 
bulk perfume of the kind desired, and mix them thoroughly. 

The following are formulas for those most popular : 

Frangipanni Sachet. Powdered orris 3 pounds, ground vitivert 34 
pound, coarsely ground vanilla beans % pound, ground tonquin beans 
2 ounces, oil neroli 60 minims, oil santal 40 minims, oil bergamot 60 
minims, oil French geranium 60 minims, otto rose 30 minims, extract 
musk 1 ounce, extract civet ]/ 2 ounce. Mix well. 

Heliotrope Sachet. Powdered orris 2^/2 pounds, ground rose leaves 
1 pound, ground vanilla beans 6 ounces, ground tonquin beans 4 
ounces, extract musk iy> ounces, extract civet y 2 ounce, essential 
oil of almonds 7 minims. Mix. 

Rose Sachet. Powdered orris y 2 pound, ground rose leaves iJ/£ 
pounds, ground santal wood 4' ounces, ground patchouly 2 ounces, 
extract civet y 2 ounce, oil French geranium 30 minims, otto rose 20 
minims. Mix. 

Jockey Club Sachet. Powdered orris 3 pounds, ground santal wood 
y 2 pound, oil bergamot 1 ounce, otto rose 30 minims, extract musk 2 
ounces, extract civet 1 ounce. 

Essence Bouquet Sachet. Powdered orris 4 pounds, ground cassie 
leaves (flowers) 1 pound, ground rose leaves (flowers) 1 pound, 
ground vanilla beans 3 ounces, essence bergamot 1 ounce, essence 
lemon 1 ounce, oil French geranium 60 minims, extract musk 2 
ounces, extract ambergris y 2 ounce. ' Mix. 

Ylang-Ylang Sachet. Ground rose leaves 1 pound, ground cassie 
leaves 1 pound, ground pimento *4 pound, ground tonquin beans 2 
ounces, ground vanilla beans 2 ounces, powdered orris 3 pounds, oil 
pimento 60 minims, oil bergamot 120 minims, oil ylang-ylang 120 
minims, otto rose 20 minims, extract musk 1 ounce, extract civet y 2 
ounce, gum benzoin (ground) 1 ounce. Mix. 

Violet Sachet. Powdered orris 3 pounds, essence bergamot 30 
minims, essential oil of almonds 20 minims, otto rose 20 minims, ex- 
tract musk 1 ounce. Mix. 

Potpourri for Rose Jar. Mixtures of rose leaves etc. for filling rose 
jars are now considerably used. A favorite mixture for this purpose is 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1311 

as follows: Rose leaves (flowers) whole, I pound; patchouly leaves 
4. ounces, violet flowers 4 ounces, vanilla, cut fine, y 2 ounce, cinnamon, 
in coarse powder, y 2 ounce ; orris root, in coarse powder, y 2 ounce ; 
cloves, in coarse powder, y$ ounce ; oil bergamot y 2 ounce, musk ex- 
tract 1 ounce. Mix the oil and musk thoroughly with the powdered 
drugs and then with the leaves etc. By grinding the leaves etc. to a 
coarse powder this may be used as a sachet powder ; other com- 
binations may be made in the same manner by using other flowers 
etc. in combination, as lavender, vitivert etc. 

Synthetic Additions. Synthetic bodies, solutions or perfumes may 
be added to any of the foregoing powders or mixtures to give them a 
stronger or different scent. It is better to add the substances in solu- 
tion because their odorous properties are then developed. Solution of 
coumarin, vanillin, heliotropin, nerolin, artificial musk, rhodinol, hya- 
cinthol or other solutions or combinations of them suited to represent 
the odor intended to be prominent in the sachet may be added as 
desired, the result being very satisfactory and taking. 

Almond Meal. A true almond meal may be made by first blanch- 
ing almonds (by soaking them in warm water and removing their 
outer covering) then drying them and reducing them to a fine powder, 
which may be flavored with a little essence of bitter almond. The 
true almond meal is seldom put up for sale, but a composition is sold 
bearing that label. Peach or plum kernels prepared as above directed 
is quite commonly sold as almond meal and for cheap grades, fine 
canelle, obtained at flouring mills is flavored with essence of almond 
or amyedalol solution. A portion of neutral powdered soap is some- 
times added to the canelle to give it the slippery feeling. 

SMELLING SALTS OR PUNGENTS. 

The sale of smelling salts or pungents, which for a time was quite 
limited, has revived somewhat. The following formulas make satis- 
factory preparations. Synthetic bodies or odors may be added to these 
salts as may be desired to give them a pronounced odor. 

Pungent Smelling Salts. If something fine is desired without re- 
gard to cost, this is recommended : Ammonium carbonate, crushed 
to a coarse powder, 6 ounces ; sal ammoniac, granulated, 1 ounce ; 
pure potash (caustic potash), crushed fine, 2 ounces; orris root, in 
coarse powder, 4 ounces ; lemon peel, in coarse powder, rosemary 
leaves, in coarse powder, lavender leaves, in coarse powder, each, 1 
ounce ; cloves, cinnamon, calamus, each in powder, y 2 ounce ; oil of 
bergamot y 2 ounce, oil of lemon 2 drachms, extract of musk or civet y> 
ounce, stronger ammonia water 1 /2 ounce. Mix them well together. 

Smelling Salts. A more common article may be made as follows : 
ammonium carbonate, crushed to a coarse powder, 12 ounces; pow- 
dered orris 4 ounces, powdered cloves, powdered cassie, powdered 



1312 The Fenner Formulary Part IV. 

calamus, each, i ounce ; stronger ammonia water I ounce, oil of ber- 
gamot y 2 ounce, oil of lavender ^ ounce. Mix them. 

Preston's Salts. Ammonium carbonate, crushed, 4 ounces ; stronger 
ammonia water y A ounce, oil of cloves, oil of lavender, oil of bergamot, 
each, 10 drops. Mix them well together. 

Sal Prunelle Pungents. Sal prunelle, which is prepared by fusing 
potassium nitrate with 1 / 12S part of its weight of sulphur in a crucible, 
and casting in molds into small balls, is put in a wide-mouth pungent 
bottle, enough of the balls to nearly fill the bottle and perfumed, 
strong ammonia water added. The ammonia water may be perfumed 
with most any of the synthetic perfumes. 

Vinaigrettes. These are employed like smelling bottles and for 
similar purposes. Any inert aromatic substance, as orris or a mix- 
ture of aromatic powdered drugs may be saturated with glacial acetic 
acid with which one-fourth the quantity of bulk perfume is mixed. 
The toilet vinegars mentioned further on may also be employed for 
the same purpose. 

Vinaigrettes may also be prepared with the sal prunelle balls in 
the same manner, only using glacial acetic acid instead of ammonia 
water as the liquid. 

TOILET SOAPS. 

Toilet soaps are seldom made except by experienced soap makers. 
The bases of toilet soaps are the common hard soaps referred to under 
a preceding article on soaps. For making the finer grades of toilet 
soaps these are shaved, milled or ground, and mixed as may be best 
suited for the required product, and the perfuming oils and ingre- 
dients worked into them. The mass is then slightly moistened, if 
necessary, and made up into the required quantity for cakes, and 
pressed in a mould into the shape desired. 

The cheaper toilet soaps are made in the same manner as is directed 
for making hard soap in the article referred to, but are more or less 
perfumed with essential oils or odorous substances. 

An infinite variety of toilet soaps are supplied by the soap makers, 
and druggists may themselves make them by securing the proper 
appliances. The perfumes for the soaps depend upon the price for 
which they are to be sold, and may be selected from the formulas 
already given for bouquets of different kinds, and from the essential 
oils suitable for the purpose. Glycerin in small quantities is fre- 
quently added to toilet soaps, and they are variously colored with 
harmless ingredients to suit the taste or the caprice of the manu- 
facturer. The synthetic perfumes are much used for perfuming fine 
toilet soaps. 

As so great a variety of toilet soaps is required, and so few make 
them, it would be inexpedient to give formulas for them here. 



Part IV. Toilet Preparations and Perfumes 1313 

Liquid Soaps. 

There have recently come into use soaps in liquid form, to be used 
with some tipping device for discharging a small quantity at a time 
upon the hands at the wash sink. These are considerably used at 
hotels and in toilet rooms. The following formulas may be employed 
for making preparations for this purpose. 

Peerless Liquid Soap. White Castile soap, in shavings, 4 ounces; 
alcohol 4 ounces, essence bitter almond 1 fl.drachm, essence sassafras 
2 fl. drachms, water sufficient to make 16 ounces. Dissolve the Castile 
soap shavings in the alcohol and water and add the essences. After 
standing for some time, filter clear. Other curd soaps may be used for 
making liquid soap in the same manner. This is simply a solution of 
Castile soap, but is the best of the liquid soaps and, when prepared in 
this manner, is the most efficient of any of the liquid soap compounds. 

Acme Liquid Soap. Transparent glycerin soap 4 ounces, water 12 
fl. ounces, alcohol 2 ounces. Dissolve the soap in the water heated to 
about i6o°F., and add the alcohol. When cold, filter and add through 
the filter enough water to make 16 fl. ounces. This may be made with 
the ordinary transparent glycerin soap of commerce, but there is con- 
siderable difference in the specific gravity and alkaline constituents 
of this soap as found in the market. The soap selected for this pur- 
pose should be the medium quality of transparent glycerin soap. 

TOILET VINEGARS. 

A class of preparations for the toilet called Aromatic Vinegars have 
a limited sale. They are chiefly used after bathing and washing the 
hands and face to impart a freshness to the skin and for their agree- 
able odor. The following formulae will suffice: 

Aromatic Vinegar. Glacial acetic acid 8 ounces, Cologne spirit 4 
ounces, camphor, in small pieces, 1 ounce ; oil of cloves 45 minims, oil 
of rosemary 30 minims, oil of bergamot, oil of cinnamon, oil of laven- 
der, oil of pimento, oil of neroli, each, 15 minims. Mix, let stand 
until the ingredients are dissolved and filter. 

Aromatic Vinegar. This may also be made by mixing any kind of 
bulk perfume with the other ingredients instead of the essential oils, 
as glacial acetic acid 8 ounces, Cologne spirit 2 ounces, camphor 1 
ounce, bulk perfume or Cologne (as desired) 2 ounces. Mix, dissolve 
and filter. 

To use these vinegars a small quantity is added to a bowl of water 
and usually applied with a soft sponge. 

TOILET WATERS. 

Toilet waters, as they are known in the market, are not as their 
name would indicate, waters, but solutions of essential oils or odorous 



1314 The Fenncr Formulary Part IV. 

principles in alcohol or a partly alcoholic liquid, prepared either by 
solution or distillation. These are known as Eau de Cologne, Eau de 
Lavande, Eau de Voilette etc., and have been noticed under Perfumes 
and other headings. The name is also applied in a general way to 
perfumed waters and spirits made by distilling herbs and odorous 
substances with water or a diluted alcoholic liquid ; but as these have 
already been noticed under other headings, as Aquae, Spiritus etc., 
further formulae will be unecessary. 



Antiseptic Camphor Cream. 

Best flake tragacanth i ounce, boric acid ^4 ounce, glycerin 8 fl- 
ounces, spirit of camphor 4 fl. ounces, water 4 pints, bulk perfumes 1 
ounce. Dissolve the boric acid in 2 pints of the water and glycerin ; 
soak the tragacanth in the solution, stirring frequently, during 7 days, 
then strain through a cheese-cloth strainer with pressure. To the 
residue in the strainer add 2 pints more of water and allow to stand 2 
days, then strain, with pressure, and add to the previously strained 
paste, stirring them well together ; to this add the spirit of camphor 
and bulk perfume, mixing them intimately. This is an antiseptic 
cream, excellent for application to the skin for sunburn and irritation, 
and for use after shaving. It is a refreshing antiseptic application 
much liked by all who use it. 



The foregoing formulas comprise most of the toilet preparations and 
perfumes that are popular on the market, and all that it is expedient 
or desirable for druggists to prepare. If it is intended to engage ex- 
tensively in the manufacture of perfumes and like articles, many other 
formulas would be required, for which the reader is referred to com- 
prehensive works on perfumery, soap making etc. 



PART V. 



FLAVORING EXTRACTS, 

SODA WATER REQUISITES, 
CONFECTIONERY, ETC. 



FLAVORING ESSENCES AND EXTRACTS. 

Under this heading it is intended to include in this work only such 
extracts and essences as are used, in some manner, for flavoring the 
various soft drinks, confections, pastry etc., with which the public are 
familiar. Some of the essences mentioned here, being solutions of 
essential oils official in the pharmacopoeias, are also included under 
the heading Spirits, in Part II. of this work; others mentioned in this 
section as extracts are also official and are noted under various head- 
ings in Part II. 

Solutions of Essential Oils. 

The solutions of essential oils in spirits have been familiarly known 
from time immemorial as "essences," and the characteristic ''Yankee 
Essence Pedler" is not even now entirely extinct in the rural districts. 

Xo uniform standard of strength has ever been adopted for essences, 
but the general practice of pharmacists in this country is to use I 
ounce of the oil in a pint of alcohol for all the more common ones, but 
peddler's essence is made much weaker as a rule. 

It is needless to remark that only the best quality of oils and good 
cologne spirit or alcohol should be used in making all these prepara- 
tions. Many of them are used for flavoring soda water syrups, and 
are known as "Concentrated Extracts." Others are extensively used 
for flavoring confectionery, ice cream and for culinary use, and some 
are well known domestic remedies. 



1316 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

Anise Essence. Oil of anise I fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 fl. ounces. 
Mix them. This is the essence intended to be used for flavoring. The 
essence of anise of the Br. P. contains 20 percent, of the oil, which is 
double the strength of the U. S. spirit of anise ; both are stronger than 
is generally sold as essence of anise. The U. S. official spirit of anise 
is : Oil of anise 100 Cc, deodorized alcohol 900 Cc. 

Bay Essence. Oil of bay leaves 4 fl. drachms, cologne spirit 1 pint. 
Mix them. This is used for flavoring soups etc., in the place of the 
leaves. A soluble essence of Bay for making Bay Rum may be made 
by dissolving 4 fl. drachms of oil of bay in 6 ounces cologne spirit, rub- 
bing 6 drachms of magnesium carbonate with 8 ounces of water, add- 
ing the mixture to the solution and filtering. 

Bitter Almond Essence. Oil of bitter almond 4 fl. drachms, cologne 
spirit 1 pint. Mix them. This is sold as the concentrated essence or 
extract of bitter almond, and is the essence intended to be used for 
flavoring. A good ordinary essence may be made by dissolving iy 2 
fl. drachms of oil bitter almond in 8 fl. ounces of alcohol and adding 8 
fl. ounces of water. The U. S. official spirit of bitter almond is : Oil of 
bitter almond 10 Cc, deodorized alcohol 800 Cc, water sufficient to 
make 1000 Cc. 

Calamus or Sweet Flag Essence. Oil of calamus 1 fl. ounce, cologne 
spirit 15 fl. ounces. Mix them. Used for flavoring confectionery etc., 
and in making bitters. An extract also may be made by macerating 4 
ounces av. of powdered calamus in a pint of alcohol. 

Caraway Essence. Oil of caraway seed 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 
fl. ounces. Mix them. Used for flooring confectionery, pastry etc. 

Cardamom Essence. Oil of cardamom seed 4 fl. drachms, cologne 
spirit 15 fl. ounces. Mix them. Used for flavoring etc. The oil of 
cardamom is quite expensive but of fine flavor. An extract may also 
be made by macerating 4 ounces of powdered cardamom seed in a 
pint of alcohol. 

Cassia or Cinnamon Essence. Oil of cassia 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 
15 fl. ounces. Mix them. This is the essence intended to be used for 
flavoring. The U. S. spirit of cinnamon contains 10 percent, of the 
oil ; the Br. contains but 5 percent. 

Celery Essence. Oil of celery 4 fl. drachms, cologne spirit 1 pint. 
Mix them. Used for flavoring. An extract is also made from celery 
seed by percolating celery seed, in powder, with alcohol until a pint 
is obtained. 

Cherry Essence. Cherry laurel oil 4 fl.drachms, cologne spirit 1 
pint. Mix them. Used for flavoring. 

Clove Essence. Oil of cloves 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 1 pint. Mix 
them. Used for flavoring etc. 

Cognac Essence. Oil of cognac 2 fl.drachms, cologne spirit 1 pint. 
Mix them. This is used chiefly for making artificial brandy. Good oil 



Part V. Flavoring Essences and Extracts 1317 

of cognac is very expensive. This essence may be diluted if desired. 

Coriander Essence. Oil of coriander 4 fl. drachms, cologne spirit 1 
pint. Mix them. Used for flavoring. 

Curagoa Essence. Oil of curacoa 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 fl.- 
ounces. Mix them. Used for flavoring, like orange. 

Dill Essence. Oil of dill 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 fl. ounces. Mix 
them. Used for flavoring pickles etc. 

Fennel Essence. Oil of fennel seed 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 
fl. ounces. Mix them. 

Hemlock Essence. Oil of hemlock 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 fl.- 
ounces. Mix them. 

Lemon Essence. Oil of lemon, fresh, 1 fl. ounce ; fresh lemon peel, 
chopped fine or grated, 1 ounce av. ; cologne spirit 15 fl. ounces. Mix 
them and macerate for 7 days, then filter. The outer, yellow portion 
of the peel should only be used. If the fresh lemon peel cannot readily 
be obtained, color with a few chips of fustic. This essence is the well- 
known extract of lemon, so much sold as a flavoring extract. It may 
be made stronger or weaker, if desired, by using more or less lemon 
oil, but this formula makes an extract fully up to the standard and is 
the essence of lemon intended to be used for flavoring. The U. S. P. 
directs oil of lemon 50 Cc, lemon peel, grated, 50 Gm., with deodorized 
alcohol sufficient to make 1000 Cc. 

Lime Essence. Oil of limes 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 fl. ounces. 
Mix them. Used as a flavoring, like lemon. 

Mace Essence. Oil of mace, etherial, 1 fl. ounce ; cologne spirit 15 
fl. ounces. Mix them. Used as a flavoring, like nutmeg. 

Mustard Essence. Oil of mustard, essential, 4 fl. drachms; cologne 
spirit 1 pint. Mix them. Oil of mustard must be carefully handled. 

Nutmeg Essence. Oil of nutmeg 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 fl.- 
ounces. Mix them. Used for flavoring. The U. S. and Br. direct 5 
percent, of the oil for making spirit of nutmeg. 

Orange Essence. Oil of sweet orange, fresh, 1 fl.ounce; fresh 
orange peel, outside, grated, 1 ounce av. ; cologne spirit 15 fl. ounces. 
Mix them and macerate for 7 days, then filter. See remarks after 
lemon essence. This is the essence intended to be used for flavoring. 
The U. S. official formula is : Oil of orange 50 Cc, orange peel, 
grated, 50 Gm., with deodorized alcohol enough to make 1000 Cc. 

Parsley Essence. Oil of parsley 4 fl. drachms, cologne spirit 15 
ounces. Mix them and filter. 

Pennyroyal Essence. Oil of pennyroyal 1 fl.ounce, cologne spirit 
15 fl. ounces. Mix them and filter. 

Peppermint Essence. Oil of peppermint 1 fl.ounce, cologne spirit 
15 fl. ounces. Mix them and filter. This is the essence intended to be 
used for flavoring. It is customary with some druggists to color es- 
sence of peppermint green, which may be done by adding a little pep- 



1318 The Fenner Formulary Part V . 

permint herb to the essence or a little grass-green coloring. The U. 
S. P. spirit of peppermint contains 10 percent, of the oil. 

Pimento or Allspice Essence. Oil of pimento I fl. ounce, cologne 
spirit 15 fl. ounces. Mix them. Used for flavoring. 

Rose Essence. Oil of rose 1 fl. drachm, cologne spirit 1 pint. Mix 
them. This may be reduced if a cheaper essence is desired. 

Rosemary Essence. Oil of rosemary 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 
fl. ounces. Mix them. 

Sage Essence. Oil of sage 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 fl. ounces. 
Mix them. 

Sarsaparilla Essence. Oil of sassafras 3 fl. drachms, oil of winter- 
green 4 fl. drachms, oil of anise 30 minims, cologne spirit 12 fl. ounces, 
water 3 fl. ounces. Mix them. This is the popular "Sarsaparilla 
flavoring" so much used for flavoring soda water, syrup sarsaparilla 
etc. A stronger flavor can be made by using a larger quantity of the 
oils and no water. 

Sassafras Essence. Oil of sassafras 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 
fLounces. Mix them. 

Spearmint Essence. Oil of spearmint 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 
fl. ounces. Mix them. This may be colored with spearmint herb or 
grass-green coloring, if desired. See remarks under essence pepper- 
mint. The U. S. P. spirit of spearmint contains 10 percent, of the oil. 

Wintergreen Essence. Oil of wintergreen 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 
15 fl. ounces. Mix them. This is the essence intended to be used for 
flavoring. Th U. S. P. directs spirit of gaultheria to be made with 5 
parts oil of wintergreen and 95 parts of alcohol. 

Wormwood Essence. Oil of wormwood 1 fl. ounce, cologne spirit 15 
fl. ounces. Mix them. 

Other Essences. 

Essences of other oils may be made in the same manner as the pre- 
ceding, the judgment of the druggist directing how much of the 
essential oil should be used with a pint of alcohol. 

CONCENTRATED EXTRACTS. 

In this department are included the liquid extracts of substances 
not esential oils, that are used as flavoring extracts, or for flavoring 
beverages, pastry etc. Some of them are properly fluidextracts, others 
are tinctures, and others are mixtures of both extracts and essences. 

Angelica Extract or Essence. Angelica root, in coarse powder, 4 
ounces av. ; alcohol 12 fl. ounces, water sufficient to make 1 pint. Mix 
4 ounces of water with the alcohol and macerate the drug in the mix- 
ture for 7 days, then pour off the liquid, transfer the drug to a perco- 
lator and percolate first with the poured off liquid, then with water, 
until a pint is obtained. 



Part V. Flavoring Essences and Extracts 1319 

This may also be made by mixing y 2 fl. ounce oil of angelica with a 
pint of cologne spirit. 

Beef or Meat Extract, Essence or Juice. 

A variety of preparations are sold under this name. The extracts of 
meat or beef are usually of the consistence of a soft solid extract, 
while some are gelatinous. The essences of beef found in the market 
are liquid. Of the beef or meat extracts, Liebig's is the most popular. ( 
It is made on a large scale in South America by evaporating meat 
juices in vacuo in large iron cylinders — the finished extract represent- 
ing 32 times its weight of fresh meat. It is much used in making wine 
of beef and iron and other similar nutritive preparations, and for 
making soups and other articles if diet. 

Essence of Beef or Meat Juice is prepared from the expressed juice 
of fresh meat, condensed and preserved with glycerin. One of the 
most popular meat juices in this country is Valentine's. It is said 
to contain the nutritive value of 2 pounds of beef in a fluidounce. 

In a small way meat juice may be made by chopping fresh beef- 
steak fine, enclosing it in a linen cloth, and pressng it in a lemon 
squeezer or a small press. It is much better and more nutritious than 
beef tea. 

Coffee Extract or Essence. Fluidextract of Coffee. Java coffee, 
browned or roasted, 8 ounces av. ; Mocha coffee, browned or roasted, 
8 ounces av. ; alcohol 8 fl. ounces, water sufficient to make 1 pint. 
Grind the coffee to a moderately fine powder, mix the alcohol with 8 
ounces of water and moisten the powder with 8 ounces of the mixture, 
pack firmly in the water-bath percolator, pour the remainder of the 
mixture upon it and set in a warm place for 1 day ; then heat moder- 
ately and, after 1 hour, begin to percolate, adding water through, the 
percolator and continuing the percolation until 14 fl. ounces are ob- 
tained, which reserve ; continue the percolation with water until the 
drug is exhausted, then evaporate to 2 fl. ounces and add the reserved 
liquid to make a pint. This is a fluidextract of coffee. It may be used 
for flavoring soda water syrup etc., or medicinally. It requires about 
4 ounces to flavor a gallon of coffee syrup for soda water. 

Jamaica Ginger Extract or Essence. Fluidextract of Jamaica Gin- 
ger. Extracts or essences of Jamaica ginger are well known as pro- 
prietary remedies, and are considerably used as flavors for pastry and 
other articles of diet. The following formula is for a fluidextract of 
Jamaica ginger, which is used chiefly for flavoring, or may be diluted 
for the proprietary essence of Jamaica ginger : Jamaica ginger, in 
moderately fine powder, 16 ounces av., alcohol a sufficient quantity. 
Moisten the powder with alcohol, pack firmly in a water-bath perco- 
lator, pour upon it sufficient alcohol to cover it and set in a warm 
place for 2 days ; then heat moderately for 1 hour and begin to perco- 



1320 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

late, adding alcohol to the drug and continuing the percolation until 
14 fl. ounces are obtained, which reserve. Cintinue the percolation 
with alcohol until the drug is exhausted, then concentrate the latter 
percolate by distillation to 2 ounces and add to the reserved portion 
to make a pint of fluidextract of Jamaica ginger. 

This is used as a flavoring for soda water syrup and other bever- 
ages. To make the proprietary essence of Jamaica ginger, mix 3 parts 
of this extract with 5 parts of cologne spirit. 

Fluidextract of ginger is official in the U. S. P. 

Orris Extract or Essence. Orris root, in moderately fine powder, 4 
ounces av., cologne spirit sufficient to make 1 pint. Moisten the pow- 
der with cologne spirit, pack firmly in the water-bath percolator, cover 
with cologne spirit, let stand 2 days, then heat moderately 1 hour and 
percolate with cologne spirit until a pint has passed. Used for flavor- 
ing and in compound perfumes, and sometimes in making violet soda 
water syrup. It has the odor of violets. 

Violet Extract. The preceding is also known as Violet Extract or 
Essence, and may be used for flavoring where violet is directed. 

Sherbet Extract or Essence. Vanilla extract (from vanilla beans), 
6 fl. ounces ; oil or orange, fresh, 3 fl.drachms ; oil of rose 3 minims, 
amyl acetate 1 fl. drachm, cologne spirit 8 fl. ounces. Mix them, filter. 

Tonka Extract or Essence. Tonka beans, in fine powder, 4 ounces 
av. ; cologne spirit 1 pint. Moisten the powder with the cologne 
spirit, pack firmly in the water-bath percolator, cover with cologne 
spirit and let stand for 2 days ; then heat moderately and percolate 
with cologne spirit until a pint has passed. 

This was formerly much used to combine with vanilla for making a 
cheap vanilla extract, but is now rapidly going out of use. It is con- 
siderably employed in perfumery, but solution of coumarin is used 
instead in most formulas. 

Vanilla Extract or Essence. A great variety of extracts of vanilla 
are found on the market, and as it is one of the most important ex- 
tracts, the selection of the beans for preparing it and the manner of 
making should be well understood. 

The Mexican vanilla beans have the finest flavor, and the longer the 
bean, as a rule, the better the extract ; but, owing to the increased 
value of the longer beans they are seldom used by large manu- 
facturers. 

The Bourbon beans are considerably used, but they have a ranker 
flavor, more like tonka, and a first-class extract cannot be made from 
them alone. They are, however, used to mix with the Mexican beans, 
and give a strength to the flavor which is considered desirable by 
some manufacturers, but is not liked by the best judges of good van- 
illa extract. 



Part V. Flavoring Essences and Extracts 1321 

Owing to the high price of vanilla beans, they are liable to manipu- 
lation in the hands of unscrupulous dealers, and an extract is fre- 
quently made by soaking the whole bean in spirits, then drying and 
selling them. They are then brittle and lighter colored, and are prac- 
tically worthless. It is best to buy them of a reliable house. 

Several strengths of vanilla extract are made. One containing 4 
ounces to a pint being usually called fluidextract of vanilla ; one con- 
taining 2 ounces to the pint being called concentrated extract of van- 
illa, chiefly used in confectionery and for flavoring soda water etc. ; 
and one for the popular trade, usually made 1 ounce to the pint, and 
called by any name the manufacturers choose to give it. Besides 
these, which rank as first-class, and vary only in strength, are the 
extracts made of vanilla and tonka, or of poorer quality of beans, 
which are much sold by grocers and also by druggists. The following 
are the formulas : 

Fluidextract of Vanilla. Vanilla beans, cut fine, 4 ounces av. ; col- 
ogne spirit 12 fl. ounces, water sufficient to make 1 pint. The beans 
are best cut fine with an Excelsior meat cutter, or by chopping in a 
chopping bowl ; they should then be pounded in an iron mortar until 
they are thoroughly crushed or disintegrated ; then pack them 
firmly in the water-bath percolator and pour upon them 8 ounces 
of cologne spirit, mixed with 4 ounces of water, and set in a warm 
place for 2 days ; then heat moderately for 2 hours and begin to per- 
colate. When the liquid has ceased to drop add the remaining 4 ounces 
of cologne spirit, mixed with 4 ounces of water, and continue the per- 
colation, adding water, if necessary, through the percolator until a 
pint of the extract is obtained, then filter. 

This extract is not sold except as a fluidextract or for special use 
to those who know its strength. It may be diluted 1:2 or 1:4 with 
diluted alcohol for making the two following extracts of vanilla. 

Concentrated Extract of Vanilla. Vanilla beans, cut fine, 2 ounces 
av. ; cologne spirit 12 fl. ounces, water sufficient to make. Make in the 
same manner as the preceding. 

Extract of Vanilla. This is the flavoring extract of vanilla that is 
mostly made and sold by druggists and manufacturers when pure ex- 
tract of vanilla is wanted. Vanilla beans, cut fine. 1 ounce av. ; col- 
ogne spirit 10 fl. ounces, water sufficient to make 1 pint. Reduce the 
cut beans to a coarse powder by grinding in a meat grinder or by beat- 
ing in an iron mortar, and put them in a pint wide-mouth bottle. Mix 
the cologne spirit with 6 ounces of water, pour one-third of the mix- 
ture upon the vanilla, and stop with a perforated cork ; heat for 1 
hour in a water-bath to about i6o c F., pour oft" the liquid and reserve; 
pour on the drugs one-third more of the menstruum and heat as 
before, adding the liquid to the portion previously reserved. Pour on 
the remainder of the liquid, heat as before, and add the product to 



1322 The Fcnner Formulary Part V. 

the reserved extract, then add sufficient water to the vanilla in the 
bottle, heat again and pour off, adding the liquid to the reserved ex- 
tract to make a pint of the extract of vanilla. 

In making larger quantities of this extract it is best made by water- 
bath percolation, the same as the preceding. 

Vanilla extract is much better to stand for several months before 
offering for sale as the flavor is improved by age. It may be made to 
advantage in larger quantities by macerating, stirring occasionally 
and leaving the vanilla in the bottom, pouring off from the top of the 
vessel in which it is made, when wanted, and finally filtering the last 
portion to free it from sediment. The addition of i ounce of sugar to 
each pint of vanilla extract improves it for most purposes. 

A liberal portion of alcohol should be used in making extract of 
vanilla, because if the menstruum is too weak in spirit, the vanilla is 
softened to a mucilaginous mass and the extract will not filter clear, 
but is murky or fluorescent in appearance. 

Vanilla-Tonka Extract. Many druggists mix a portion of tonka 
with vanilla to make an extract of vanilla. Although it gives a 
stronger flavor it is not the same as vanilla. 

This is called by some manufacturers "Fortified Extract of Vanilla" 
but those who are accustomed to the true vanilla flavor think but little 
of it. It may be made by using: Vanilla beans ^4 ounce, tonka beans 
54 ounce, sugar i ounce, alcohol io fl. ounces, water sufficient to make 
i pint. Make in the same manner as extract of vanilla. Some man- 
ufacturers use a still larger proportion of tonka. 

Extract Vanilla with Coumarin. A variety of tastes prevail regard- 
ing extract of vanilla. While some have been educated to the flavor 
of pure vanilla and are not satisfied with a mixed extract, the majority 
have been accustomed to a mixed extract and think it stronger 
than the pure vanilla. The following formula makes a good extract 
for general sale : Vanilla beans, cut fine and bruised, 6 ounces av. ; 
coumarin 6o grains, sugar 8 ounces, cologne spirit 5 pints, water 
sufficient to make 1 gallon. Macerate the vanilla and coumarin in the 
spirit and water, with occasional agitation, or make the extract of van- 
illa as above directed by percolation or water-bath percolation, to 
measure 1 gallon, and dissolve the coumarin in the extract. A little 
burnt sugar coloring can be added to give it a stronger color. 

Extract Vanillin. An artificial extract of vanilla is very conven- 
iently made, at a much less expense than the regular extract, from 
vanillin. Although it is not an exact representative of vanilla flavor, 
it answers very well, and when combined with coumarin makes an 
excellent substitute for a cheap vanilla extract. The true vanillin ex- 
tract may be " made as follows: Vanillin 1 ounce, cologne spirit 1 
gallon, syrup ]/\ gallon, water 1^2 gallons. Dissolve the vanillin in the 
cologne spirit and add the water and syrup. 



Part V. Flavoring Essences and Extracts 1323 

This may be made "double strength" by using the same quantity of 
vanillin, and only half the quantity of cologne spirit, syrup and water. 

This makes a white vanilla extract which is much used by bakers 
and confectioners. It may be colored with caramel for putting up. 

Extract Vanillin and Coumarin. Many prefer vanilla with the ad- 
dition of tonka, as it gives a stronger flavor. The artificial extract may 
be prepared as follows : Vanillin i ounce, coumarin j/g to y ounce, 
cologne spirit I gallon, syrup y gallon, water ij4 gallons, caramel col- 
oring, sufficient. Dissolve the crystals in the cologne spirit and add 
the syrup, water and coloring. Some prefer the greater quantity of 
coumarin, others do not. This may be made "double strength" by 
using the same quantities of vanillin and coumarin and only half the 
quantity of cologne spirit and water. 

Cheap Extracts. For the grocery and peddler's trade cheap ex- 
tracts, especially of lemon and vanilla, are made with a much lower 
percentage of the flavoring ingredients and spirit. It is necessary, 
however, to maintain the color, which may be done by using the same 
coloring materials as are directed, in sufficient quantities. 

SOLUBLE FLAVORING EXTRACTS. 

Most of the essences and extracts made from essential oils and sub- 
stances containing oleo-resins, are insoluble in aqueous solutions, 
making cloudy or milky mixtures. It is desirable for many purposes 
that some of them should make clear solutions when mixed with 
water or syrup. A general formula is therefore given by which any of 
the essences made from oils may be made soluble, and a few special 
formulae for others are given. 

Some manufacturers also furnish so-called "soluble oils" from which 
soluble extracts may be made with 50% or less of alcohol. These oils 
are generally very expensive and not entirely satisfactory. 

These soluble extracts, are mainly used for soda water syrups and 
for making bottled beverages. 

General Formula for Soluble Extracts. 

The Essential Oil or Oils, . / 2 to 1 fl. ounce 

Cologne Spirit, 9 fl. ounces 

Magnesium Oxide, (Magnesia), y to y 2 ounce av. 

Calcium Hydroxide, (Slaked Lime), * 30 grains 

Boiling Water, sufficient to make 1 pint 

Mix the required oil or oils with the cologne spirit, rub y to y> 
ounce of magnesium oxide and the calcium hydroxide with 8 ounces 
of boiling water, add the mixture to the solution, shaking occasionally, 
then filter, adding enough water through the filter to make a pint. As 
some oils are much less soluble than others in aqueous solutions, the 
filtered product may or may not make a clear solution with water. 



1324 The Fenncr Formulary Part V. 

This may be ascertained by dropping a few drops into a few ounces 
of water. If the solution is cloudy it will be necessary to rub the fil- 
trate with more magnesium oxide and again filter. 

The following improved formula is also given as a pattern for sol- 
uble extracts in general, made from essential oils : 

Soluble Extract of Lemon — 

Oil of Lemon, fresh, y 2 fl. ounce 

Magnesium Oxide, 34 A. ounce 

Calcium Hydroxide, 30 grains 

Cologne Spirit, 9 fl. ounces 

Water, 8 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the oil of lemon in 4 ounces of the cologne spirit and rub 
in a mortar with the magnesium oxide and calcium hydroxide to a 
smooth mixture, put this in a pint bottle, add 4 ounces of water, stop 
and heat by a water-bath moderately for 2 hours, then pour the con- 
tents of the bottle upon a filter and, after the liquid has disappeared 
put the contents of the filter again into a bottle, add to it 5 ounces of 
cologne spirit and 4 ounces of water heat moderately on a water-bath 
for 1 hour, pour upon a filter and mix the filtrate with the previously 
filtered liquid ; finally add through the filter enough water to make the 
measure 16 fl. ounces. 

Other soluble extracts may be made from flavoring oils after the 
same formula, but it may be necessary to use a little magnesium oxide 
with some. Orange requires more than lemon. 

Birch Beer Extract. Oil wintergreen 3 fl. ounces, oil sassafras ]/ 2 
fl.ounce, oil lemon l / 2 fl. ounce, oil of cassia 10 minims, catechu 60 
grains, magnesium oxide 3 ounces av., calcium hydroxide 2 drachms, 
caramel coloring 2 fl. ounces, cologne spirit 4^ pints, water, q. s., or 
4 pints. Dissolve the oils in the cologne spirit, rub the magnesium 
oxide with 4 pints of the boiling water, add the caramel and catechu, 
and add the mixture to the solution, let stand several days, with 
occasional agitation, then filter. 

This soluble extract is much used by bottlers and for flavoring soda 
water syrup. 

For birch beer charged in a fountain or bottled, mix 6 ounces with 
\y 2 gallons of syrup, 2 ounces of caramel, ]/ 2 ounce solution citric acid, 
8 gallons of water, and charge to 30 pounds. 

For birch beer syrup t© be drawn from the fountain, mix 3 ounces 
with 1 gallon of syrup, and add y 2 ounce solution citric acid. Color 
with caramel. 

Ottawa Beer Extract. This was formerly a proprietary preparation, 
but now all the leading soda water manufacturers furnish it. A good 
extract may be made as follows : Burdock root 1 pound, sarsaparilla 
1 pound, sweet flag (calamus), 2 ounces; dandelion root 6 ounces, 
caramel coloring 1 fl.ounce, oil of wintergreen 2 fl. drachms, oil of 



Part V. Flavoring Essences and Extracts 1325 

lemon 2 fl. drachms, magnesium carbonate 1 ounce, alcohol 4^2 pints, 
water, q. s. to make 1 gallon. Grind the drugs to a coarse powder, 
mix 4 pints of alcohol with 4 pints of water, make an extract by water- 
bath percolation, reserving the first 7 pints that pass ; continue the per- 
colation with water, evaporate the remaining percolate to 1 pint and 
add. Dissolve the oils in 8 fl. ounces of alcohol and add ; rub the mag- 
nesium carbonate with a portion of the extract, add to the remainder 
and, after standing, filter. 

For Ottawa Beer charged in a fountain, mix 6 ounces with \y 2 gal- 
lons syrup, 1 ounce solution of citric acid, 2 ounces caramel and 8 gal- 
ions of water, and charge to 30 pounds. 

For Ottawa Beer syrup mix 3 ounces with l / 2 ounce solution citric 
acid and 1 gallon of syrup, and color with caramel. 

Peruvian Beer Extract. Fluidextract sarsaparilla compound 4 fl.- 
ounces, oil of lemon 2 fl. drachms, oil of sassafras 2 fl. drachms, oil of 
wintergreen i l / 2 fl. drachms, oil of spruce 1 fl. drachm, oil of nutmeg y 2 
fl. ounce, magnesium carbonate 1 ounce av., caramel coloring y 2 fl.- 
ounce, alcohol 16 fl. ounces, water 16 fl. ounces. Dissolve the oils in 
the alcohol, rub the magnesium carbonate with the water, add the 
fluidextract and caramel, then add the mixture to the solution and, 
after standing a few days, with occasional agitation, filter. 

Directions for charging, bottling and drawing as a syrup are the 
same as for birch beer. 

Root Beer Extract. American sarsaparilla 16 ounces, sassafras bark 
12 ounces, dandelion 12 ounces, sweet flag (calamus), 3 ounces; nut- 
meg 2 ounces, oil of spruce 1 fl. drachm, oil of wintergreen 2 fl. drachms, 
oil of lemon 2 fl. drachms, caramel coloring 1 fl. ounce, magnesium car- 
bonate 1 ounce, alcohol 4 T / 2 pints, water sufficient to make 1 gallon. 
Grind the drugs to a coarse powder, mix 4 pints of the alcohol with 4 
pints of water ; make an extract by water-bath percolation, reserving 
the first 7 pints that pass, and continue the percolation with water 
until the drugs are exhausted ; evaporate this last percolate to 1 pint 
and add to the reserved extract. Dissolve the magnesium carbonate 
with a portion of the extract, and add the remainder ; then add the car- 
amel and, after standing a few days, with occasional agitation, filter. 

Directions for charging, bottling and drawing as a syrup the same 
as for Ottawa beer. 

Spruce Beer Extract. Oil of hemlock, pure, 4 fl.drachms, oil of 
lemon 1 fl. drachm, oil of wintergreen y 2 fl. drachm, oil of sassafras J /> 
fl. drachm, magnesium carbonate 1 ounce, alcohol 20 fl. ounces, water 12 
fl. ounces. ( Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, rub the magnesium car- 
bonate with 12 ounces of boiling water and add to the solution ; let 
stand for a few days, with occasional agitation, and filter. 

Directions for charging, bottling and drawing as a syrup the same 
as for birch beer, except that the color is omitted. 



1326 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

Soluble Extract of Ginger. Jamaica ginger root, moderately fine 
powder 4 pounds ; alcohol and water, sufficient quantities ; magnesium 
carbonate 3 ounces, sodium carbonate (sal soda), 1 ounce. Pack the 
ginger in a water-bath percolator and pour sufficient alcohol upon it 
to cover it, let stand 48 hours in a warm place, then add more alcohol, 
heat moderately for 1 hour and begin to percolate, adding alcohol 
through the percolator and continuing the percolation until the drug 
is exhausted. Reserve the first 4 pints that pass, and concentrate the 
remainder by distilling off the alcohol until only a pint of the extract 
remains ; add this to the percolate reserved. Dissolve the sodium car- 
bonate in 4 pints of water heated to the boiling point ; rub the mag- 
nesium carbonate to a smooth mixture with the solution and add the 
mixture to the extract. Let stand for several days in a warm place, 
with occasional agitation, and finally filter. 

This is about half the strength of a fluidextract, and makes a clear 
solution with syrup or water. It is used for flavoring syrup for soda 
water, ginger beer and other beverages. For making the U. S. official 
syrup of ginger, mix 1 fl. ounce of this extract with 15 fl. ounces of 
syrup, making a clear syrup of ginger. 

Ginger Ale Extract. Jamaica ginger, moderately fine powder, 4 
pounds, Canada snake root (asarum), 4 ounces; oil of orange 3 fl.- 
drachms, oil of lemon 1 fl. ounce, oil of pimento 1J/2 fl.drachms, mag- 
nesium carbonate 4 ounces, sodium carbonate 1 ounce, caramel color- 
ing 2 fl. ounces, alcohol and water, sufficient quantities. Pack the 
ginger in the water-bath percolator and pour sufficient alcohol upon 
it to cover it, let it stand 48 hours in a warm place, then add more alco- 
hol, heat moderately for 1 hour and begin to percolate, adding alcohol 
to the percolator, and continuing the percolation until the drug is ex- 
hausted. Reserve the first 4 pints that pass, and concentrate the re- 
mainder by distilling off the alcohol until only a pint of the extract 
remains. Add this to the percolate reserved, then add the oils to the 
same. Dissolve the sodium carbonate in 4 pints of water heated to 
the boiling point, rub the magnesium carbonate with the solution, 
add the caramel coloring and then add the mixture to the extract. 
Let stand several days, with occasional agitation, and finally filter. 

This is the popular ginger ale extract so much used for flavoring 
soda water syrups and bottled beverages. 

For making ginger ale to bottle or charge in a fountain, mix 6 
ounces of this extract with iy 2 gallons of syrup, 7 gallons of water, 1 
ounce solution of citric acid and 2 ounces caramel, and charge to 30 
pounds. For making syrup ginger ale to draw from fountain, mix 3 
ounces of the extract with 1 gallon syrup, and add y 2 ounce solution 
of citric acid. 

Soluble Extract of Lemon. Oil of lemon, fresh, y 2 fl. ounce ; mag- 
nesium carbonate J4 ounce, cologne spirit 9 fl.ounces, boiling water, 



Part V. Flavoring Essences and Extracts 1327 

q. s., or 8 fl. ounces. Dissolve the oil of lemon in the cologne spirit, 
rub the magnesium carbonate with the boiling water and add to the 
solution, let stand a few days, with occasional agitation, then filter, 
adding enough water through the filter to make the measure I pint. 

For making lemon pop etc., mix 8 ounces of this extract with 2 
gallons of syrup and 8 gallons of water, add I ounce of citric acid, and 
charge to 30 pounds. For soda w r ater syrup mix 3 ounces with 1 gal- 
lon of syrup and add 1 ounce citric acid solution. 

Soluble Extract of Mead. A great number of formulas have been 
published for making this popular beverage, some being in the form 
of extracts, and others in the form of a syrup. The following makes a 
soluble extract of fine flavor and strength : Oil of lemon 2 fl. ounces, 
oil of sassafras 4 fl. drachms, oil of cloves 3 fl. drachms, oil of pimento 
1 fl. drachm, oil of cinnamon 40 minims, caramel coloring 2 fl. ounces, 
magnesium carbonate 4 ounces, cologne spirit a 1 / 2 pints, water, q. s., 
or 4 pints. Dissolve the oils in the cologne spirit, rub the magnesium 
carbonate with 4 pints of boiling water, and add the caramel coloring, 
then add the mixture to the solution and let stand for a few days, 
shaking occasionally, and filter. 

For charging in a fountain or bottling, mix 6 ounces of this extract 
with i l / 2 gallons of syrup, 7 gallons of water and 1 ounce solution 
citric acid, and charge to 30 pounds. 

For making Syrup of Mead to draw from the fountain, mix 3 ounces 
with 1 pint of strawberry or raspberry juice and y 2 ounce citric acid 
solution, and add enough syrup to make a gallon. 

Excelsior Mead Extract. Fluidextract sarsaparilla compound 4 
fl. ounces, strawberry juice (or other fruit juice), A^/z pints; soluble 
mead extract 8 fl. ounces, caramel coloring 1 fl. ounce, sugar 5 pounds, 
cologne spirit 12 fl. ounces. Mix the liquids and dissolve the sugar in 
the mixture. To charge in a fountain or make bottled mead, mix iy 2 
gallons of this extract with 1 gallon of syrup and y]/ 2 gallons of water, 
and charge to 30 pounds. For Excelsior Mead Syrup to draw from 
the fountain, mix 1 part with 3 parts of syrup. 

Soluble Extract of Orange. Oil of orange y 2 fl. ounce, magnesium 
carbonate ^4 ounce, cologne spirit 9 fl. ounces, water, q. s., or 8 fl- 
ounces. Dissolve the oil in the cologne spirit, rub the magnesium 
carbonate with 8 ounces of boiling water, and add to the solution, let 
stand a few days, shaking occasionally, then filter, adding enough 
water through the filter to make the measure a pint. 

For making Orange Syrup for soda water, mix 3 ounces with 1 gal- 
lon of syrup and y 2 ounce solution citric acid. 

Soluble Extract of Sarsaparilla. Oil of wintergreen 2^ fl.drachms, 
oil of sassafras 1% fl.drachms, oil of anise 15 minims, magnesium car- 
bonate y 2 ounce, cologne spirit 9 fl. ounces, water, q. s., or 8 fl.ounces. 
Dissolve the oils in the cologne spirit, rub the magnesium carbonate 



1328 The Fc nner For miliary Part V. 

with 8 ounces of boiling water, and add to the solution, let stand for 
a few days, then filter, adding enough water through the filter to 
make the measure a pint. 

For charging in a fountain, making Sarsaparilla Pop etc., mix 8 
ounces of this extract with 2 gallons of syrup, 8 gallons of water, y 2 
ounce citric acid and 8 ounces caramel coloring, and charge to 30 
pounds. For soda water syrup, mix 3 ounces with 1 gallon syrup and 
color with caramel. 

Soluble Extract of Wintergreen. Oil of wintergreen 3 fl. ounces, 
magnesium carbonate y 2 ounce, cologne spirit 9 fl. ounces, water, q. s., 
or 8 fl. ounces. Dissolve the oil in the cologne spirit, rub the mag- 
nesium carbonate with 8 ounces of boiling water, and add the solution ; 
let it stand for a few days, shaking occasionally, then filter, adding 
enough water through the filter to make the measure a pint. 

For charging in the fountains etc., use the same as sarsaparilla. For 
soda water syrup, mix 3 ounces with 1 gallon syrup. 



SODA WATER REQUISITES. 

A great change has occurred during the past few years in the man- 
ner of making and serving soda water beverages at the fountain. 
Drinks were formerly drawn with as much foam as possible. White 
of tgg, gelatin or tincture of soap bark were added to syrups, a little 
alcohol was sometimes added to the water before charging with the 
gas, and long draft tubes were devised — all for the purpose of making 
foamy drinks. But now this is all changed and "solid'' drinks are 
almost altogether served ; phosphate drinks have come into prom- 
inence and ice cream soda is generally dispensed at the soda foun- 
tain instead of the cream syrups that were formerly a feature, and 
crushed fruits are used as a dressing for ice cream at many foun- 
tains. Fruit juices, which were the basis of the fruit syrups have 
been partially superseded by "concentrated" fruit syrups, and the 
artificial fruit flavors that were much in vogue years ago are now 
rarely used. All these changes have been of great advantage to the 
quality and attractiveness of soda water beverages and, as a con- 
sequence, soda water, in favorite localities, has become a large and 
profitable business, not only in drug stores, but also in confectionery 
establishments, department stores, restaurants etc. 

The following formulas represent most of the preparations now 
required as soda water beverages, but others may be devised from 
time to time and become more or less popular, according to their at- 
tractiveness and the manner in which they are introduced. With 
these formulas as a guide the intelligent dispenser should have no 
difficulty in preparing almost any combination which may be wanted. 



Part V. Soda Water Requisites 1329 

Plain Syrup for Soda Water. 

Most of the plain syrup now used for soda water syrups is pur- 
chased already made — the "Rock Candy Syrup" supplied by several 
manufacturers being entirely satisfactory for that purpose. 

An excellent plain syrup may be made by taking granulated sugar 
70 pounds, water 5 gallons. This may be made cold by putting the 
water first into a stone-ware crock of 12 to 15 gallons capacity and 
adding part of the sugar, then stirring it with a flat wooden paddle 
until it is mostly dissolved. The remainder of the sugar is then to be 
added in two or three portions, stirring continually until all is dis- 
solved. The syrup may then be strained through a flannel bag into 
jugs or bottles, and put away in a refrigerator or a cool place. 

Syrup may be made with the same ingredients by heating to boil- 
ing, or by percolation, special syrup percolators being now obtainable 
at a reasonable cost, but the stirring process is easier and quicker. 

This forms the basis of all the soda water syrups ; the flavors being- 
added to it, or the fruit juices or concentrated syrups mixed with it 
for the fountain. 

Crushed Fruits. 

Soft fruit of any kind is prepared as for canning; strawberries are 
hulled, cherries are stoned, apricots, peaches, plums, prunes etc. are 
skinned and the stones .removed, pineapples are peeled and cored, 
oranges and lemons are peeled and the seeds and coarse membrane 
removed ; blackberries and raspberries need no treatment but wash- 
ing, grapes require pulping and the removal of seeds, bananas have 
only to be peeled. The fruits, except berries and cherries which are 
to be put up whole, are then to be crushed, chopped or grated, more 
or less as may be required, and put into an enamelled or aluminum 
kettle or pan. Syrup made with 8 pounds of sugar heated with a quart 
of water, to boiling, is then to be poured over the fruit, using as many 
pounds of sugar as of fruit. The fruit and syrup is then to be heated 
nearly or quite to boiling, and at once put up in glass cans, which are 
to be filled full, sealed air-tight and laid on the side until cool ; they 
may then be inspected and put away for future use. 

Sodium benzoate 70 grains to each gallon of the prepared fruit may 
be added as a preservative, although if put up properly no preserva- 
tive is needed. 

When used these fruits are to be mixed with as much or twice as 
much, or more syrup. If served with ice cream soda the ice cream is 
to be first put in the glass or dish, the crushed fruit added, the car- 
bonated water drawn upon it and served with a spoon. If ice cream 
is to be served without the soda water, the plain cream may be 
dressed with the crushed fruits. . 



1330 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

Flossed Fruits. 

These are an improvement over the crushed fruits and are used in 
the same way as .a dressing for ice cream etc. 

Fresh fruit is prepared as for crushed fruits and then run through 
a cutter similar to those used for cutting meats and vegetables. The 
fruit is in this manner ground to a coarse pulp which is to be mixed 
with its weight of sugar and heated quickly to I90°F., stirring 
as little as possible (enough to dissolve the sugar), and put up at once 
in hot glass cans, sealed, inspected etc., the same as crushed fruits. 
All kinds of fruit may be made up as flosses, diluted with syrup from 
i to 4 parts, and sealed in the same manner as crushed fruits. 

Unfermented Fruit Juices. 

Good fruit, well ripened, sound and free from mold is prepared, 
crushed, and the juice obtained in the usual way. The juice is then to 
be strained, put into a porcelain or aluminum kettle and heated to 
180 or iqx>°F., and immediately put into large bottles, demijohns or 
good jugs, which have been heated by hot water or otherwise to about 
the same temperature as the hot juice, filled full of the juice, and im- 
mediately corked with good corks. The bottles or other containers 
are then to be laid on the side until cool, that the corks may be steril- 
ized and that any leakage of air or liquid may be observed. The 
corks should then be well sealed with hot wax or paraffin. The pack- 
ages are then to be put in a cool place and allowed to rest undisturbed 
for several weeks or even months, during which time all sediment sub- 
sides. The juice is then ready to rebottle in small bottles and must 
be carefully siphoned from the large bottles or other receptacles, avoid- 
ing the sediment. The juice thus obtained is again heated to I90°F., 
and put up in heated bottles filled full and well corked and sealed 
while cooling. The bottles are then to be laid on their side until cold, 
then inspected and put away in a cool place. When thus put up they 
will keep for any length of time (until opened) and are suitable for 
making fruit syrups for the soda fountain or for other purposes, i part 
of the juice being generally mixed with 2 or 4 parts of syrup. 

Unfermented Grape Juice. There is a large sale for this article 
aside from its use in making syrups etc. It is made in the same man- 
ner as above described. The grapes should be stripped from the stem 
and crushed before expressing the juice. It is best made by heating 
the grapes in a porcelain or aluminum kettle to about I40°F. before 
expressing the juice. When made this way the juice is much darker 
colored and heavier. 

Other Fruit Juices. Some fruits, as strawberry, red raspberry, 
currants etc., may be pressed without heating; others, as peach, plum, 
pear etc. are better heated before pressing. Black raspberries and 
blackberries are best heated with y A their weight of water before 
pressing. 



Part V. Soda Water Requisites 1331 

Concentrated Fruit Syrups. 

Many manufacturers now supply "concentrated syrups" from which 
the regular syrups for the soda fountain may be made by mixing 
with from three to five times the quantity of plain syrup. These 
syrups have, to an extent, taken the place of the fruit juices which 
were formerly so much used in making the soda water syrups and, 
as they keep better when opened, it is of advantage to the dealer to 
use them. They may be readily prepared by anyone who wishes to 
make them and a considerable saving can be made. 

The process for making the concentrated fruit syrups is as follows: 

Fresh, well-ripened, sound fruit, any convenient quantity ; sugar, 
a sufficient quantity. Prepare the fruit in the same manner as for 
making fruit juices and heat it in an enamelled or aluminum kettle to 
about 1 50 to i6o°F., for from 20 to 60 minutes, depending upon the 
kind of fruit, the object being to soften it so that the juice may be 
readily expressed. Some fruits require a little water added in the 
kettle, or may be steamed to soften them sufficiently. When properly 
softened or disintegrated, drain off the juice and express the pulpy 
residue, mixing the juices obtained, and add to each gallon 70 grains 
sodium benzoate and y± ounce white of egg, well beaten, and mixed 
with a portion of the juice before adding to the remainder. Heat the 
juice thus prepared to boiling, skim it carefully and add 12 pounds of 
sugar for each gallon of juice, and strain the syrup through a flannel 
strainer while still at a temperature of ic)0 F., into hot jugs or bottles, 
which are to be filled and corked at once, and sealed while cooling. 
Then set away in a cool place. As thus prepared, this syrup will keep 
for any length of time until opened, and then, ordinarily, until it is 
used up ; but to insure keeping, if it is to remain open a considerable 
length of time, sodium benzcate, 70 grains, may be dissolved in 1 ounce 
of boiling water and added to each gallon when opened, or if intended 
to be used by those who put it up can, at first, be put into quart bot- 
tles instead of jugs or large bottles. 

Concentrated syrups made in the manner described are variously 
named by manufacturers "True Fruit Syrups," "Liquid Fruits," etc. 
The following may be made, but some remarks apply to certain ones 
as herein noted. 

Apricot. — Prepare in the manner described. 

Blackberry. — Prepare in the manner described. 

Cherry. — Either red or black, prepare in the manner described. 

Currant. — As this jellies readily, the juice should not be boiled, but 
only brought to a simmer, and the sugar should not be added until the 
juice is removed from the fire. When the sugar is dissolved, bring 
the syrup up to i8o°F. and put it up at once. 

Grape. — When boiled with sugar this syrup jellies. ' The juice 
should be brought to a simmer and skimmed and the sugar added after 



1332 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

it is taken off the fire, and the heat should not be less than 180 nor 
more than I90°F. when it is put up. 

Lemon. — When concentrated syrup is made from lemon juice, full 
strength, it is too sour and must be reduced about two-thirds with 
water, then brought just to a simmer and the sugar added, the same 
as for currant. The outside of a portion of the lemon peel should be 
grated and heated with the juice before the sugar is added. When 
strained it is caught on the strainer. 

Orange. — The outside of a portion of the orange peel should be 
grated and heated with the juice before the sugar is added. When it 
is strained it is caught on the strainer. 

Peach. — Prepare in the manner described. 

Pineapple. — Prepare in the manner described. 

Plum.— Prepare in the manner described. 

Quince. — This syrup jellies readily and should be prepared like the 
currant. 

Raspberry. — Red raspberry should be prepared in the same manner 
as described, but black raspberry jellies readily and should be pre- 
pared like the currant. It is customary to mix red and black rasp- 
berries in making the concentrated syrup, unless red or black are es- 
pecially wanted. One part of black with three parts of red rasp- 
berries make a good mixture and the syrup may be known simply as 
raspberry. 

Strawberry. — Prepare in the manner described. 

Other Concentrated Syrups. 

Manufacturers furnish a number of other concentrated syrups des- 
igned to be used in the same manner as the concentrated fruit syrups, 
by mixing with from 3 to 5 parts of plain syrup ; but for the consumer 
it is not desirable to prepare them as they are only made stronger of 
flavoring than the ordinary syrups and are usually flavored with ex- 
tracts. They are: Banana, Birch Beer, Chocolate, Claret, Creme de 
Menthe, Ginger, Nectar, Root Beer, Sherbet, Sarsaparilla, Vanilla and 
some others specially named. 

Soda Foam. 
If a soda foam is desired it may be prepared by the following 
formula : 

Soap Bark (Quillaja), ground, 1 pound 

Alcohol, 8 fl.ounces 

Water, a sufficient quantity. 
Cover the soap bark in a porcelain-lined vessel with boiling water 
and infuse for 1 hour, then pour off the liquid and reserve. Pour fresh 
boiling water on the bark and again infuse, and pour off as before, re- 
peating the operation three times ; mix the decoctions obtained and 
evaporate to i 1 /* pints; to this, when cool, add the alcohol and, after 



Part V. Soda Water Requisites 1333 

standing, filter. Add i ounce of this to a gallon of syrup to make it 
foam. Acid syrups require a larger quantity. 

A still better foam, because it is nearly tasteless, may be prepared 
from soaproot, a species of California lily-bulb, using the same pro- 
portions and making in the same manner as the foregoing. 

Fruit Acid. 
Citric Acid, 4 ounces av. 

Hot Water, 8 fl.ounces 

Dissolve the acids in the water. This is used for giving an acid or 
sour taste to syrups, thereby making many of them more palatable. 
The quantity to be used is usually stated in the formula, but may be 
regulated to suit the taste. 

A similar solution is made from 

Tartaric Acid, 4 ounces av. 

Water, 8 fl.ounces 

For using in a squirt bottle as "acid phosphate," take of either one 
of the solutions as above, 2 ounces, water 6 ounces. Mix them. Use a 
little to make "phosphate" drinks by adding from a squirt bottle to the 
syrup before drawing the carbonated water upon it. 

Fruit Juice Syrups. 

For making fruit syrups from juices as prepared under fruit juices 
it is only necessary to mix the juices l part by measure with 3 parts 
by measure of syrup. If they are desired of stronger flavor mix 1 part 
of juice with 4 parts of syrup. 

The following fruit juices may be prepared in the manner above 
described : 

Apple, Apricot, Banana, Blackberry, Cherry, black; Cherry, red; 
Currant, red ; Grape, Huckleberry, Lemon, Lime, Mulberry, Orange, 
Peach, Pear, Pineapple, Plum or Prune, Quince, Raspberry, black ; 
Raspberry, red ; Strawberry. 

Other Soda Water Syrups. 

Ambrosia Syrup. Raspberry juice or concentrated syrup, 1 pint, 
pineapple juice or concentrated syrup 1 pint, vanilla extract 1 fl. ounce, 
syrup sufficient to make 1 gallon. This is a rich, finely-flavored fruit 
syrup. Other fruit juices besides those mentioned may be used. 

Apple Syrup. Apple essence y 2 fl. ounce, cider, sweet, 1 pint ; fruit 
acid y 2 fl. ounce, syrup sufficient to make 1 gallon. If sweet or bottled 
cider is not readily at hand, use 1 fl. ounce of the essence of apple and 
omit it. Apple juice, unfermented, is now put up the same as other 
fruit juices. A syrup may be made with apple juice 1 pint, fruit acid 
i/2 ounce, syrup 4 pints. 

Apricot Syrup. Apricot juice or concentrated syrup 1 pint, syrup 4 
pints. A good syrup may be made with apricot essence 1 fl. ounce, fruit 
acid y 2 fl. ounce, syrup 1 gallon. 



1334 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

Banana Syrup. Bananas i pound, fruit acid y 2 fl. ounce, syrup 5 
pints. Mash the bananas to a pulp, add 1 pint of water and the syrup 
and heat them together to boiling; strain and add the fruit acid. A 
good syrup may be made with banana essence 1 fl. ounce, fruit acid y 2 
fl. ounce, syrup 1 gallon. 

Birch Beer Syrup. Birch beer extract 3 fl. ounces, fruit acid y 2 
fl. ounce, syrup 1 gallon. Mix and color with caramel. 

The following may be made in the same way from extracts : 

Ottawa Beer Syrup, from Ottawa Beer Extract. 

Peruvian Beer Syrup, from Peruvian Beer Extract. 

Root Beer Syrup, from Root Beer Extract. 

Spruce Beer Syrup, from Spruce Beer Extract. 

Similar other syrups may be made in the same proportion and man- 
ner as birch beer syrup. Unless the business in soda water is quite 
large, it is much the best way to have these in the form of syrup as 
above, and draw the plain soda upon them, the same as other syrups. 

Blackberry Syrup. Blackberry juice 1 pint, fruit acid V 2 fl. ounce, 
syrup 5 pints. Mix them. This may be colored with caramel and 
red coloring. 

Brandy Syrup. Cognac essence y fl. ounce, brandy 2 pints, fruit 
acid 2 fl. drachms, syrup 6 pints. Mix them. 

Other liquor syrups may be prepared with other liquors in a similar 
manner, using the distilled spirits and essences of the kind required. 
Borubon and rye whisky, rum and other liquors are made into syrups 
in this way. They are usually sold under some fancy name. 

Calamus Syrup. Calamus essence 2 fl. ounces, syrup 1 gallon. Mix 
them. , 

Calisaya Syrup. Quinine sulphate 10 grains, cinchonidine sulphate 
30 grains, fruit acid 2 fl. drachms, syrup 1 gallon. Dissolve the salts in 
1 ounce of water and mix with the syrup. Color red with red coloring. 

Calisaya Phosphate Syrup. Calisaya syrup, as above, 5 pints ; fruit 
acid 2 ounces. Mix them. This is an excellent tonic, the valuable 
properties of calisaya bark being combined with phosphates com- 
pound. 

Catawba Syrup. Catawba grape juice 1 pint, brandy y 2 pint, syrup 
5 pints. Mix them. Other varieties of grape syrup may be made in 
the same manner by using other grape juices. 

Champagne Syrup. Rhine wine 3 pints, pear essence y 2 fl.ounce, 
syrup 5 pints. Mix them. 

Cherry Syrup, Red or Black. Cherry juice, red or black, or con- 
centrated cherry syrup 1 pint, syrup 5 pints. Mix them. Made from 
true cherry juice, these syrups are excellent. Very good syrups may 
be made from the artificial extracts as follows : Black or red cherry 
essence 1 fl.ounce, fruit acid 1 fl.ounce, syrup 1 gallon. Mix, color to 
suit. 



Part V. Soda Water Requisites 1335 

Cherry Phosphate Syrup. Concentrated solution phosphate or fruit 
acid i fl. ounce, cherry juice I pint, syrup 5 pints. Mix. This may be 
flavored stronger by adding % rl. ounce cherry essence. It is a popular 
drink at the fountain. 

Wild Cherry Syrup. Fluidextract wild cherry 8 rl. ounces, syrup 1 
gallon. Or wild cherry essence 2 rl. ounces, fruit acid 1 ounce, syrup 1 
gallon. Mix them. 

Wild Cherry Phosphate. Wild cherry syrup as above, acid solution 
sufficient. Draw the wild cherry syrup in a glass, add a squirt of acid 
solution and draw the carbonated water upon it. 

Chocolate Syrup. Chocolate, in powder, 8 ounces av. ; vanilla ex- 
tract 1 rl. ounce, sugar 4 pounds, water 2 pints. Liquefy the chocolate 
by heating with water, then add the sugar, stirring them well together 
until all is dissolved, strain through a wire sieve and, when nearly cold, 
add the vanilla, mixing them well together. Chocolate syrup should 
not be kept in a syrup can, but in a pitcher or bottle in the ice chest 
where it can be kept cool and protected from flies. 

Cinnamon S)irup. Cinnamon essence 1 11. ounce, syrup 1 gallon. Mix 
them. 

Claret Syrup. Claret wine 2 pints, syrup 4 pints. Mix them. 

Coffee Syrup. Coffee extract 8 rl. ounces, syrup 6 pints. Mix them. 
This syrup depends upon the strength of the coffee extract used. It 
may be flavored to suit with any good extract of coffee. 

A prepared coffee, called the G. Washington Prepared Coffee, in the 
form of powder may now be had in the market. A syrup may be made 
with this in a similar manner as chocolate syrup. The prepared coffee 
1 box, granulated sugar 2 pounds, boiling water 2 pints. For cold 
coffee, draw this syrup, the usual quantity in a glass, and draw the 
carbonated water upon it. 

Egg Nogg Syrup, or Milk Punch Syrup. Brandy, Jamaica rum, 
each, 4 ounces ; fresh cream or milk 3 pints, two eggs, corn starch 2 
ounces, extract vanilla 1 ounce, syrup 1 quart. Beat the eggs and the 
corn starch and add the milk ; heat to a custard, stirring constantly ; 
when it thickens remove from the fire, cool, and add the brandy, rum 
and vanilla flavoring. 

Ginger Syrup. Soluble extract of ginger 4 fl. ounces, fruit acid y 2 
fl. ounce, syrup 1 gallon. Mix them. Other extracts of ginger which 
are not soluble may be used but they do not make as satisfactory 
preparations. 

Ginger Ale Syrup. Ginger ale extract 3 fl. ounces, fruit acid y 2 
fl. ounces, syrup 1 gallon. Mix them. This is the most convenient 
manner of drawing ginger ale, and gives as good satisfaction as when 
drawn from a separate fountain. 

Grape Syrup. Unfermented grape juice or concentrated grape 
syrup 1 pint, syrup 3 pints. Mix them. Any grape juice may be used. 



1336 The Tenner Formulary Part V. 

Grape Phosphate Syrup. Solution phosphates concentrated or fruit 
acid iy 2 fl. ounces, grape juice or concentrated grape syrup 3 pints, 
syrup sufficient to make 1 gallon. Mix them. This is a popular syrup. 
It is most generally prepared as wanted by drawing grape syrup in 
a glass, adding a squirt of acid solution, and drawing the carbonated 
water upon it. 

Grape Fruit or Pomelo Syrup. The juice of grape fruit, a sufficient 
quantity; fruit acid, syrup, each a sufficient quantity. Obtain the juice 
by pressure from the grape fruit, and to each pint of the strained juice 
add fruit acid 1 drachm and syrup 3 pints, and mix them thoroughly. 

Lemon Syrup. This is usually made with lemon essence 1 fl.ounce, 
fruit acid iy 2 fl. ounces, syrup 1 gallon. 

If lemon juice is used for making the syrup, take lemon juice 1 pint, 
lemon essence ^4 fl. ounce, syrup 5 pints. 

A clear syrup of lemon may be made by taking soluble extract of 
lemon 4 fl. ounces, fruit acid iy 2 fl. ounces (or lemon juice 1 pint), 
syrup 1 gallon. 

Lemon Syrup from Fresh Juice. As lemons are to be had at most 
seasons of the year, it is best to make the syrup from freshly expressed 
juice, as follows: Freshly expressed lemon juice, strained, 1 pint; 
lemon essence y± fl.ounce, syrup 5 pints. Mix them. This will make a 
cloudy syrup, but it has the real fresh taste of the lemon. Only such 
quantities should be made as will be dispensed in a day or two. 

Lemon syrup deteriorates rapidly, and the very best way to dis- 
pense it is to have a bottle of lemon essence, with a squirt top, a bottle 
of lemon juice, and a bottle of plain syrup ready at hand. The plain 
syrup should be kept for this and other purposes in one of the syrup 
cans. Draw the syrup in the glass, add the juice (some want it more 
acid than others), then a squirt of the essence, and draw the gaseous 
water upon it as usual. 

The same remarks apply also to lime and orange syrups. 

Lemon Phosphate Syrup. Solution phosphates, concentrated or 
fruit acid 2 fl. ounces, lemon essence 1 fl.ounce, syrup 1 gallon. Mix 
them. This drink is best prepared as wanted by adding a squirt of 
acid solution to the required quantity of lemon syrup, and drawing 
the carbonated water upon it. 

Lime Fruit Syrup. Lime juice 1 pint, syrup 5 pints. This syrup is 
strongly acid, which is as usually wanted when lime syrup is ordered. 
It may be flavored more, if desired, by adding y 2 fl.ounce lime essence. 
It is most convenient to have a bottle of lime juice handy, and add to 
plain syrup when wanted, as directed for lemon syrup. 

It is a feature at some soda fountains to have fresh limes in their 
season and press the juice of one into a glass, add syrup and draw car- 
bonated water upon it in the usual manner. 

Lime Fruit Phosphate Syrup. Solution phosphates compound 1 



Part V . Soda Water Requisites 1337 

fl. ounce, lime fruit juice i pint, lime essence i fl. ounce, syrup sufficient 
to make I gallon. The same remarks apply to this as to lemon syrup. 

Malt Tonic Syrup. Liquid malt extract i pint, syrup 5 pints. Mix 
them. A malt syrup may be made by mixing Wyeth's Malt Extract 
or ''Best Tonic" 1 pint, with 5 pints of syrup. 

Maple Syrup. Maple syrup may be used, or maple sugar $y 2 
pounds, water 1 quart. Dissolve by the aid of heat. A maple flavor- 
ing is prepared of which 1 ounce may be added to 5 pints of syrup 
and colored with caramel. It makes a very satisfactory syrup. 

Nectar Syrup. Vanilla extract 2 fl. ounces, pineapple juice or con- 
centrated syrup 1 pint, raspberry juice or concentrated syrup 1 pint, 
syrup 1 gallon. Mix them. 

Nectarine Syrup. Nectarine extract 1 fl. ounce, fruit acid y 2 fl. ounce, 
syrup 1 gallon. Mix them. This may also be made from nectarine 
fruit juice when it can be obtained, in the same manner as other 
fruit syrups. 

Noyau Syrup. Essence of orange 1 fl. ounce, essence of bitter almond 
1 fl. ounce, fruit acid y 2 fl. ounce, syrup 1 gallon. Mix them. 

Orange Syrup. Orange essence 1 fl. ounce, fruit acid y 2 fl. ounce, 
syrup 1 gallon. Mix them. If orange juice is used for making the 
syrup, take orange juice or concentrated syrup 1 pint, orange essence 
Y<\ fl. ounce, syrup 5 pints. 

It may also be made with soluble extract of orange 3 fl. ounces, fruit 
acid y 2 fl. ounce, syrup 1 gallon. This syrup deteriorates by standing 
and may best be dispensed by adding a dash of essence orange and 
fruit acid to plain syrup in a glass and drawing carbonated water upon 
it. 

Orange Syrup from Fresh Juice. As oranges are to had at most 
seasons of the year, it it best to make the syrup from freshly expressed 
juice as follows: Freshly expressed orange juice, strained, 1 pint; 
orange essence £4 A. ounce, fruit acid ^4 A. ounce, syrup 5 pints. Mix 
them. This will make a cloudy syrup, but it has the real fresh taste 
of the orange fruit. It should be freshly made every day to be in the 
best condition for serving. 

Orange Phosphate Syrup. Concentrated solution phosphates 2 
fl.ounces, orange essence iy 2 fl. ounces, syrup 1 gallon. Mix them. 
This drink is usually served by adding a squirt of acid solution to the 
required amount of orange syrup in a glass, and drawing the carbon- 
ated water upon it. 

Maltese Orange Syrup. . Red Orange of Malta Syrup — Blood 
Orange Syrup. Orange essence ij4 fl.ounces, fruit acid y> fl.ounce, 
syrup 1 gallon. Mix them and color red with red coloring. This may 
also be made by coloring regular orange fruit syrup with red coloring. 

Orgeat Syrup. Orgeat essence 1 fl.ounce, syrup 1 gallon. The 
plain bitter almond syrup is frequently dispensed under this title. 



1338 The Fcnncr Formulary Part V. 

Peach Syrup. Peach juice or concentrated syrup I pint, syrup 5 
pints. Mix them. A very good syrup may be made from peach es- 
sence 1 fl. ounce, fruit acid ]/ 2 fl. ounce, syrup 1 gallon. Mix them. 

Pear Syrup. Pear juice or concentrated syrup 1 pint, syrup 5 pints. 
A very good artificial pear syrup may be made with pear essence 1 
fl. ounce, fruit acid y 2 fl. ounce, syrup 1 gallon. Mix them. 

Phosphate Drinks. 

Phosphate drinks are now extensively served at all good fountains. 
It is not advisable to keep syrups made up of each kind required, but 
rather a squirt bottle containing an acid solution from which the 
"phosphate" can be added to the kind of syrup ordered. The fact is 
that acid phosphate is not a suitable addition, as it leaves a hot, un- 
pleasant feeling in the throat after drinking. Tartaric acid solution 
is the best that can be added to make phosphate drinks. One pound 
of tartaric acid may be dissolved in 1 pint of water for a stock solution. 
Of this 3 ounces mixed with 8 ounces of water may be taken for the 
squirt bottle and the dispenser soon learns how much to use for a 
glass. The flavored syrup is drawn in the glass, the "phosphate'' solu- 
tion added and the carbonated water drawn upon it ''solid,'' it is then 
stirred with a spoon and served to the customer either with or without 
a straw. 

Phosphate Syrups. 

A great variety of "phosphate syrups" may be made by combining 
the acid solution with various fruit syrups etc. The principal ones 
have been mentioned under the heading of Syrups, with which the 
combinations are made. The "phosphate syrups" are much in demand 
and take well wherever introduced. It is unnecessary to keep them 
made up except in large establishments as the "phosphate solution" 
may be added as directed in the preceding article. 

Pineapple Syrup. Pineapple juice or concentrated syrup 1 pint, 
fruit acid y 2 fl. ounce, syrup 5 pints. Mix them. A fair syrup of pine- 
apple may also be made with pineapple essence 1 fl. ounce, fruit acid ^4 
fl. ounce, syrup 5 pints. Mix them. 

Pineapple Phosphate Syrup. This is best made as wanted, by add- 
ing a squirt of acid solution to the required quantity of pineapple syrup 
in a glass, and drawing the carbonated water upon it. 

Plum or Prune Syrup. Plum or prune juice or concentrated syrup 
1 pint, syrup 5 pints. Mix them. 

Quince Syrup. Quince juice or concentrated syrup 1 pint, fruit acid 
y 2 .fl. ounce, syrup 5 pints. Mix them. 

Raspberry Syrup, Red or .Black. Raspberry juice, red or black, or 
concentrated syrup, 1 pint; syrup 5 pints. Mix them. The red rasp- 
berry syrup is considered the finest flavor of any of the fruit syrups. 



Part V. Soda Water Requisites 1339 

Black raspberry syrup has a much different flavor and a very dark 
color. A mixture of the two makes a fine syrup. 

Raspberry Phosphate Syrup. This is best made as wanted, by add- 
ing a squirt of acid solution to the required quantity of raspberry 
syrup in a glass, and drawing the carbonated water upon it. 

Roman Punch Syrup. Jamaica rum 8 fl. ounces, brandy 8 fl. ounces, 
fruit acid V 2 fl. ounce, Roman punch essence y 2 fl. ounce, syrup 4 pints. 
Mix them. 

Sarsaparilla Syrup. Sarsaparilla essence iy 2 fl. ounces, fruit acid y 2 
fl. ounce, syrup 1 gallon. Mix and color brown with caramel. This 
syrup is improved by adding 1 drachm of glycyrrhizin, in scales, dis- 
solved in a little water. A perfectly clear syrup may be made with 
soluble extract of sarsaparilla 3 fl. ounces, fruit acid y 2 fl. ounce, syrup 1 
gallon. Color with caramel. 

Sherbet Syrup. Vanilla extract 1 fl. ounce, pineapple juice or con- 
centrated syrup 1 pint, lemon extract, soluble, 1 fl. ounce ; syrup 5 
pints. This may also be mixed extemporaneously from the fountain 
by drawing equal parts of vanilla, pineapple and lemon or orange 
syrups. 

Persian Sherbet. This is usually served by drawing into a glass 
sufficient strawberry or vanilla syrup, then adding from "squirt" bot- 
tles a few drops each of lemon extract, orange extract, fruit acid, and 
drawing the water upon them, or adding ice, drawing most full of 
water and shaking it with a shaker. 

Strawberry Syrup. Strawberry juice or concentrated syrup 1 pint, 
fruit acid y 2 fl. ounce, syrup 5 pints. Mix them. As the color is usually 
defffcient in strawberry juice to satisfy the popular taste, it may be 
colored slightly with red coloring, or by the addition of a little rasp- 
berry juice which improves its flavor. 

Strawberry Phosphate Syrup. This is best made as wanted, by add- 
ing a squirt of acid solution to the required quantity of strawberry 
syrup in a glass, and drawing the carbonated water upon it. 

Tangerine Syrup. Essence of orange 1 flounce, orange juice or 
concentrated syrup 1 pint, strawberry juice or concentrated syrup y 2 
pint, syrup 5 pints. Mix them and color orange red if necessary. 

Tea Syrup. Green tea, good quality, 2 ounces, boiling water 1 pint, 
sugar \y 2 pounds. Infuse the tea in the boiling water, strain, add 
enough water to make 1 pint, then dissolve the sugar in the liquid. 

Tokay Syrup. Tokay wine 2 pints, essence cognac 1 fl. drachm, 
syrup 4 pints. Mix them. 

Vanilla Syrup. Vanilla extract 2^ fl. ounces, syrup 1 gallon. Mix 
them. Vanilla syrup is one of the most popular soda water syrups. 
It is combined with nearly all the other syrups and, drawn with cream, 
is a great favorite. It is necessary that only a pure vanilla extract of 



1340 The Fcnner Formulary Part V. 

fine flavor be used for making this syrup. Inferior or mixed extracts 
will not draw custom. 

Wine Syrups. Wine, of any kind, 2 pints, syrup 3 pints. Mix them. 

Wintergreen Syrup. Wintergreen essence 1^2 fl. ounces, syrup 1 
gallon. Mix them. Perfectly clear syrup may be made with soluble 
extract wintergreen 3 fl. ounces, syrup 1 gallon. Mix them. 

Other Soda Water Syrups. 

The foregoing comprise the regular syrups dispensed at the soda 
fountain, many of them being also useful for other purposes. Besides 
these, many other drinks are served in various ways in connection 
with the fountain. 

Frappe Drinks. 

These are simply iced drinks prepared by adding fruit syrup to 
shaved or ground ice, and drawing carbonated water upon it. In 
large establishments the method of serving frappe drinks is the chief 
attraction. The ice is ground fine by machinery and heaped up on the 
soda water counter in the form of a pyramid. The operator slides 
the edge of the glass up the side of the pyramid, getting it a quarter 
full of the ground ice ; the syrup is then drawn upon it and the car- 
bonated water added. In smaller establishments the ice is shaved 
either into the glass or kept on hand in a bowl and put in the glass 
with a spoon. Any of the fruit syrups may be dispensed as "frappe 
drinks." 

Fruit Juice Drinks. 

Grape juice is served at the soda water counter "plain" — that is, 
without carbonated water. Other juices may be served in the same 
way, but as yet grape juice, only, has been dispensed in this manner. 
Those preferring to serve a sweeter drink than plain grape juice may 
prepare it as follows: Unfermented grape juice 2 pints, fruit acid 1 
fl. drachm, syrup 2 fl. ounces, water 1 pint. Mix them. Keep very cold 
and serve in small glasses in a 6-ounce glass, half full of chipped ice. 

Pineapple juice, which is now put up in the same manner as grape 
juice, may be prepared in a similar way. Most other juices require 
more syrup when served in this way — from 4 to 8 ounces to a quart 
of the juice for orange, pineapple, strawberry or raspberry. 

Orangeade Syrups. Fresh orange juice 1 pint, essence orange }i 
fl. ounce, fruit acid 1 fl. ounce, syrup 5 pints. Mix them. 

Orangeade. To make orangeade take orangeade syrup 2 pints, 
fruit acid 1 fl. ounce, orange coloring, sufficient ; syrup 1 pint, water 1 
gallon. Mix the liquids and add the orange coloring. This is best 
served as a counter drink from a punch bowl with pieces of ice and 
sliced orange floating in it ; or from a glass tank or cooler, without the 
sliced orange. It is of attractive appearance and when served cold 
is a very refreshing beverage. 



Part V. Soda Water Requisites 1341 

Other — ade drinks may be made with other fruit syrups and fruits 
in a similar manner, using the fruit and coloring suited to the drink. 

Ice Cream Soda. 

Practically all well regulated fountains now serve ice cream with 
soda water. A regular ice cream, generally without flavor, is made or 
bought ; a measure of this is put in the glass, the required flavored 
syrup drawn upon it, then the carbonated water, and served with a 
spoon. Full directions for making ice cream may be found in the 
article on Confectionery following this section. Any syrup may be 
combined with ice cream in the manner directed, the most used being 
chocolate, the fruit syrups and vanilla. Ice cream in dishes, without 
soda is served at many soda fountains. The ice cream is usually 
dressed with crushed or flossed fruits. 

KOLA AND COCA DRINKS. 

Under one or another name drinks containing kola and coca have 
become very popular at the soda fountain. "S. K." or Sparking 
Kolafra, Coca-Cola, Grape Cola and others of similar name and nature 
take the lead. While the following formulas make quite similar prep- 
arations, no claim is made that they are exactly like the originals. 

Kolafra Extract. Kola nuts, in moderately fine powder, 8 ounces ; 
tartaric acid 2 ounces, fresh orange peel, cut fine, 8 ounces, cinnamon, 
in powder, 1 ounce ; cologne spirit 3 pints, water sufficient to make 1 
gallon. Mix the kola, orange, cinnamon and acid together, and put 
them in a gallon bottle or jar, and add the cologne spirit; allow to 
macerate in a warm place for 12 hours and pour of! the liquid, draining 
the bottle by inverting it over another bottle, which receives the liquid. 
To the drained drugs in the bottle add 5 pints of hot water, and keep 
in a warm place, with occasional agitation, for 24 hours, then pour 
off the liquid, add to the alcoholic tincture and percolate the drained 
drugs from the bottle with sufficient hot water to make the measure, 
with the mixed liquids, after standing and filtering, 1 gallon. 

Kolafra Syrup. Kolafra extract, as above, 1 pint ; syrup 3 pints. 
Mix them and color with caramel. This may be used as kola syrup. 

Coca Syrup. Fluidextract coca 3 fl. ounces, essence of orange y 2 
fl. ounce, lime juice 1 pint, syrup 4 pints. Mix them and color with 
caramel. 

Coca and Celery Syrup. Fluidextract coca 2 fl. ounces, fluidextract 
celery 1 fl. ounce, essence of orange y 2 fl. ounce, lime juice 1 pint, syrup 
4 pints. Mix them and color with .caramel. 

Kola and Coca Syrup/ Fluidextract coca 4 fl. ounces, fluidextract 
kola, soluble, 2 fl. ounces ; essence of orange \y 2 fl. ounces, lime juice 
i l / 2 pints, ginger ale extract y A fl.ounce, cologne spirit 8 fl.ounces, 
sugar 6 pounds, water 3 pints, caramel coloring sufficient. Mix the 



1342 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

fluidextracts, cologne spirit and water, add the essence of orange and 
set aside, agitating occasionally during 2 days ; then filter, add the 
lime juice and ginger and dissolve the sugar in the mixture ; color 
with caramel coloring. 

This may also be prepared by macerating cola leaves, coarsely 
ground, 4 ounces ; and kola nuts, in powder, 2 ounces ; with cologne 
spirit 8 ounces and water 3 pints, in a warm place for 7 days ; then 
pouring off, expressing and filtering the liquid. To this is then added 
essence of orange iy 2 fl. ounces, lime juice ij£ pints, sugar 6 pounds 
and caramel to color. 

This syrup is used as it is, the carbonated water being drawn upon 
it when it is served at the fountain. The syrup should stand for some 
time to develop the flavor. 

Other kola and coca combinations may be made in a similar man- 
ner as the foregoing. 

SHAKE DRINKS. 

At one time milk shake was very popular and a special apparatus 
was used for shaking it ; but this method soon came into disfavor and 
now shake drinks are generally prepared in a metal lemonade shaker 
which fits over a glass. The following shake drinks are frequently 
called for: 

Milk Shake Punch. This may be made by shaving ice in a glass, 
adding the usual quantity of vanilla or other flavored syrup, drawing- 
part full of soda water, then nearly filling with milk and adding, if 
desired, a little liquor — brandy, rum, whisky or wine — then shaking in 
a lemonade shaker. Without the liquor this may be dispensed as 
Temperance Punch. An egg added is a great improvement. 

Fruit Juice Shakes. Shake drinks may be made with any of the fruit 
juices as follows. They are similar to lemonade or other ades, and 
give excellent satisfaction. Plenty of ice should be used : Any fruit 
juice or concentrated syrup 1 fl. ounce, syrup of the same kind 2 fl.- 
ounces. Shave ice in the tumbler and draw "solid" with soda water, 
shake with a lemonade shaker. 

A dash of lemon essence, orange essence or lime fruit essence, added 
to lemon, orange or lime fruit shakes adds to their flavor and makes 
an attraction. By squeezing the juice from the fresh fruit into the 
glass, the attractiveness of the drink is much increased. 

Cobbler Shakes. These are made by mixing in a small, thin glass : 
Wine, of any kind, 2 ounces; lime or lemon juice y 2 ounce, lemon 
syrup 2 ounces. Shave ice in the glass and draw solid with soda water, 
shaking as before directed. 

Cocktail Shakes. These are made by adding to ice, shaven in a 
glass, brandy, rum, whisky or gin, about i J / 2 ounces, syrup 1 ounce, 



Part V. Soda Water Requisites 1343 

a dash of Stoughton bitters, and then enough soda water to fill a small 
glass, and shaking as directed. 

A pinch of lemon peel or orange peel, twisted over, and thrown into 
the glass adds to the attractiveness of these drinks. 

Egg Phosphate Shake. Shave the ice in a glass, add lemon or other 
fruit syrup 2 ounces, a dash of lemon essence, the contents of one eg'g, 
a dash of acid solution enough to make sour ; draw soda water in the 
glass to nearly fill, and then shake as directed. 

Other similar drinks with tgg may be made in the same way, 

NERVE FOOD AND TONICS. 

Nerve foods and nerve tonics are dispensed at the soda fountain. 
"Acid Phosphate'' is used, the original "HorsfordV being used by 
many druggists, but most of them making or buying in bulk a con- 
centrated solution of phosphates compound, which may be diluted or 
made into a syrup as directed. 

"Malto" is an acid beverage, used as a nerve tonic like acid phos- 
phate. It is put up in bottles, sweetened and charged with gas, making 
a sparkling acid drink. A "Malto Syrup"' is also made. It is to be 
diluted with 4 parts of syrup and drawn from the fountain as any 
other syrup. The "Acid Phosphate Syrup'" will answer the same pur- 
pose as this. 

"Moxie" Nerve Food is an entirely different proposition. The pro- 
prietary "Moxie'' has had a large sale. A similar preparation for use 
at the soda fountain may be prepared and drawn as a syrup like any 
other syrup, as follows: Fluidextract sarsaparilla compound 6 fl.- 
ounces, tincture of gentian compound 1 fl. ounce, sarsaparilla extract, 
soluble, 3 fl. ounces ; concentrated solution phosphates 2 fl. drachms, 
syrup sufficient to make 1 gallon. Mix them. 

HOT SODA DRINKS. 

It is unnecessary to state that the so-called "Hot Soda Water,'" un- 
like the cold soda water, contains no gas, but is simply water heated 
in a tank, or water under pressure, heated in an apparatus specially 
designed for it. 

But comparatively few druggists who have fountains run hot soda 
water, as the demand is not sufficiently large to pay except in central 
locations in large towns. 

The syrups and drinks which are generally supplied are as follows : 

Chocolate Syrup. Chocolate syrup is kept hot in a tank or bottle 
from which it can be drawn, or cold syrup may be used. A sufficient 
quantity, say 2 ounces, is poured or drawn in a cup, and the hot water 
drawn upon it. Milk or cream is usually added before drawing the 
water. 



1344 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

Chocolate syrup for this purpose may be made by melting together 
on a water-bath, chocolate I pound, vanilla chocolate Y / 2 pound, and 
adding hot syrup 3 quarts, mixing them well together. 

Clam Bouillon. Clam juice 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls, hot water, 
sufficient. Put the clam juice into a cup or mug and draw hot water 
upon it to fill. Serve with salt and pepper, and a small cracker. 

Clam juice may be obtained in bottled form from grocery and drug 
jobbers. 

Coffee Syrup. Coffee extract 1 pint, syrup 3 pints. It may be 
served with cream or hot milk added, or plain, drawing about 2 ounces 
of the syrup in a cup and then drawing the hot water upon it. 

A powdered extract of coffee called the G. Washington Prepared 
Coffee is very convenient, ^4 teaspoonful with a teaspoonful of sugar 
with cream and hot water to fill a cup. 

Beef Tea Extract. Extract of beef 4 ounces, black pepper y 2 ounce, 
hot water 1 pint. Infuse the pepper with the water for half an hour 
and strain, then mix the beef extract with the liquid. 

To make beef tea pour a tablespoonful of this into a cup, add a little 
salt and draw the hot water upon it. 

Bouillon Cubes. These cubes are now furnished by manufacturers, 
so prepared that by using one cube in a cup of hot water, an agreeable 
bouillon can be prepared in a moment. By using one of these cubes 
and a tablespoonful of tomato catsup in a cup, with hot water, tomato 
bouillon may be served. 

Hot Lemonade. Lemon juice 1 ounce, syrup 1 ounce. Mix in a cup 
with a dash of lemon essence and draw hot water upon it. A little 
liquor — whisky, brandy or rum — is sometimes added. Lime juice may 
be used instead of lemon. 

Hot Egg Phosphate. This is a shake drink made by drawing lemon 
syrup 2 ounces, in a glass, adding 1 egg and a dash of acid solution. 
Shake well together, pour into a cup and draw hot water upon it. The 
hot water should not be too hot for this purpose. 

Tomato Bouillon. Tomato bouillon 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls, hot water 
sufficient to fill a cup or mug. Serve with salt and pepper, and a thin 
cracker or wafer. Tomato bouillon is prepared from stock soup and 
tomato, properly seasoned. It is generally put up by manufacturers 
but may be made by mixing equal quantities of concentrated soup and 
tomato catsup. 

PUNCH DRINKS. 

A great variety of punch drinks may be made with fruit juices or 
concentrated syrups and flavors, either with or without wines or 
liquors. They may be made into a syrup and drawn from the fountain 
like other syrups, or served from a bottle or cooler like plain grape 
juice. They may also be served from a punch bowl on the soda water 



Part V. Soda Water Requisites 1345 

counter. In this way, with slices of lemon, orange, pineapple or other 
fruit floating in a bowl with large pieces of ice, the drink is very at- 
tractive. 

Grape Juice Punch. This may be put up as an extract for grape 
punch, which may be made by diluting it when a grape punch is 
wanted. Grape juice, unfermented, i gallon; pineapple juice I quart, 
sugar i pound, flavoring extract of lemon y 2 ounce, flavoring extract 
of orange i ounce, tartaric acid V A ounce. Dissolve the sugar in the 
mixed juices, add the acid and heat to i8o c F. ; just before bottling 
add the flavoring extracts and put up immediately into bottles. 

To make grape punch ready to serve, take I quart of the punch 
prepared as above, add to it i quart of water and set into an open 
vessel, i as a punch bowl) in ice. A few pieces of sliced lemon and 
orange floating in the vessel add to the attractiveness of the drink. 
If desired i quart of claret or other wine may be added to the bowl 
containing the punch drink. 

MINERAL WATERS. 

It is most convenient to keep solutions made up for the various 
artificial mineral waters; they can be mixed at once with the water in 
the fountain and charged. 

These solutions are so designed that they represent one gallon of 
the mineral water in 4 ounces of the solutoin. Hence, to make any 
mineral water, for each gallon required, take of the solution 4 ounces, 
water 1 gallon. Mix in a fountain and charge with carbonic acid gas 
to 60 or 80 pounds pressure. 

All the solutions do not make up clear, and some of them do not 
remain clear after they are made ; but it is only necessary to shake 
them before using, as the carbonic acid, when charged, dissolves all 
the sediment. 

Keep the solutions in dark-colored, half-gallon bottles or demijohns, 
in a cool, dark place. Do not forget to shake them thoroughly just 
before using. 

Apollinaris Water Solution. Glauber's salt (sodium sulphate) 1 
ounce, fine dairy salt, sodium bicarbonate, each, 3 ounces ; magnesium 
carbonate 1 ounce, water enough to make 4 pints. Mix them, rubbing 
the magnesium carbonate first through a sieve. Use 4 ounces of the 
mixture for each gallon of water desired, and charge as directed. 

Carlsbad Water Solution. Sodium sulphate 160 grains, sodium car- 
bonate (sal soda) 40 grains, magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts), 
fine dairy salt, calcium chloride, each, 20 grains ; iron and potassium 
tartrate 2 grains, water enough to make 4 pints. 

Congress Water Solution. Fine dairy salt 1 pound, caustic soda 46 
grains, potassium bicarbonate 40 grains, calcined magnesium 2 ounces, 
water enough to make 4 pints. 



1346 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

Friedrichshall Water Solution. Sodium sulphate 2 ounces, sodium 
bicarbonate 1% ounces, potassium sulphate ]/ 2 ounce, fine dairy salt 
1 pound, magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts) 2 pounds, calcium 
chloride \y 2 ounces, water sufficient to make 4 pints. Mix them. Use 
4 ounces of the mixture for each gallon of water desired. Only a small 
portion of the salts are dissolved ; it must be well shaken. 

Hunyadi Janos Water. Epsom salts 28 ounces, Glauber's salt 23 
ounces, fine dairy salt 2 ounces, potassium sulphate 1 drachm, calcium 
sulphite i]/ 2 ounces, water to make 10 gallons. This water is so strong 
of the salts that it is not expedient to make a solution, as in other 
waters. 

Iron Water. There are in the market a great number of natural and 
artificial water, in which some form of iron in solution is the im- 
portant medicinal constituent. These are known by various proprie- 
tary names, but a general formula may be satisfactory. Solution cal- 
cium phosphate 10 rl. ounces, soluble iron phosphate 2 ounces, sodium 
phosphate Y\ ounce, water sufficient to make 10 gallons. Mix, dis- 
solve and charge in a fountain or bottle. In some of the manu- 
factured waters a flavoring of lemon, orange or other soluble extracts 
are added. 

Kissingen Water Solution. Sodium bicarbonate 2 drachms, fine 
dairy salt 1 pound, ammonium chloride 8 grains, sodium sulphate 320 
grains, Epsom salts 4 ounces, sodium phosphate 26 grains, magnesium 
carbonate 1 ounce, water sufficient to make 4 pints. Rub the mag- 
nesium carbonate through a sieve before adding it to the solution. 

Lithia Water. There are a few natural waters in which some form 
of lithium salts in solution are present, but most of the lithia waters 
sold are solutions of some lithium salt compounded with other min- 
eral salts in solution. The following formula will give satisfaction : 
Lithium carbonate 2 ounces, sodium carbonate 4 ounces, sodium 
chloride 4 ounces. Mix the salts in 10 gallons of water and charge in 
a fountain, or bottle. The carbon dioxide dissolves the lithium car- 
bonate, making a clear solution. Tablets are also prepared contain- 
ing 5 grains of lithium citrate. • One of these dropped in a glass of 
water dissolves and is taken as a dose of lithia water. 

Magnesian Aperient, or Citrate of Magnesium Solution. Citric acid, 
magnesium carbonate, each, 8 ounces ; essence lemon 4 ounces. Dis- 
solve the citric acid in 2 pints of hot water and add the magnesium 
carbonate, previously rubbed through a sieve. This does not all dis- 
solve. When effervescence has ceased, add the essence lemon, and 
make up the measure with water to 4 pints. Use 1 pint of this solu- 
tion to each gallon of water before charging. 

This makes an agreeable and effective citrate of magnesia. 

Pullna Water Solution. Sodium sulphate i}i ounces, magnesium 
sulphate (Epsom salts) 234 ounces, sodium carbonate 40 grains, cal- 



Part V. Soda Water Requisites 1347 

cium chloride, magnesium chloride, fine dairy salt, each, I drachm ; 
water enough to make 4 pints. 

Pyrmont Water Solution. Sodium sulphate, Epsom salts, each, 40 
grains; calcium chloride 100 grains, sodium carbonate 180 grains, iron 
sulphate 10 grains, water enough to make 4 pints. 

Seltzer Water Solution. Calcium chloride 1 ounce, magnesium 
chloride 3 ounces, fine dairy salt 1 ounce, sodium carbonate 4 ounces, 
sodium phosphate 140 grains, iron pyrophosphate 30 grains, sodium 
sulphate i^4 ounces, water enough to make 4 pints. Dissolve the 
iron in a portion of the water, mix the other salts with the rest of the 
water and mix the solutions. 

Spa Water Solution. Sodium carbonate 20 grains, calcium chloride 
10 grains, Epsom salts 20 grains, iron sulphate 6 grains, water enough 
to make 4 pints. 

Vichy Water Solution. Potassium sulphate 360 grains, sodium sul- 
phate 160 grains, sodium phosphate 50 grains, fine dairy salt I 1 /* 
ounces, sodium bicarbonate io l / 2 ounces, ammonium carbonate 20 
grains, water sufficient to make 4 pints. 

ICE CREAM, ICES AND FROZEN FRUITS. 

Ice Cream. The best ice creams are made from pure cream, without 
the addition of milk or water. The "separated" cream, which may be 
obtained by the use of a separator, is the best, as it is uniform — neither 
too thick or too thin. The addition of sugar (or syrup) with flavoring, 
if desired, is all that is necessary. 

For use at the soda fountain an unflavored ice cream is generally 
preferred. If any flavor is used a little vanilla is best. The quantity 
of sugar or syrup may be varied to suit the taste. The following for- 
mula will be generally satisfactory : Fresh separated cream 4 quarts, 
sugar 2 pounds (or syrup 1 quart), flavoring, if wanted, a. sufficient 
quantity. Stir the sugar into the cream, (or mix the syrup with it), 
add flavoring if desired, pour the mixture into a 6-quart freezer and 
freeze in the usual manner. This will make 6 quarts of frozen cream, 
as it "swells" some in freezing. 

Ice cream as thus prepared never gets very hard, but is of fine tex- 
ture. Any proportion of milk may be mixed with the cream, and the 
ice cream will be harder and coarser in proportion to the quantity 
added. 

A very fluffy ice cream may be made by using gelatin with the mix- 
ture. It "swells" more than the regular cream and is, therefore, 
cheaper for the same bulk. It may be prepared as follows: Gelatin 
2 ounces, fresh cream 3 quarts, sugar 2 pounds, milk 1 quart, flavoring 
as desired. Soak the gelatin in the milk for an hour or two, then 
heat, dissolve and strain ; mix with the cream, sugar and flavoring 
and freeze in a two-gallon freezer. This will make rather more than 
6 quarts of cream. 



1348 The Fcnncr Formulary Part V. 

Fruit Creams. 
Any kind of fruit creams may be prepared by mixing the fresh 
fruits, before freezing, with the ice cream body as above prepared, the 
proportion of the fruit to the cream may vary from 1:2 to 1:4. The 
fruits must be mashed, grated or otherwise made fine before adding to 
the ice cream, and more sugar is generally required. 

Fruit Ices. 

These are prepared with the juices of fruits, sweetened, diluted with 
water and frozen. Lemon ice and orange ice are the ones usually 
served, but others may be made from other fruits if desired. The fol- 
lowing formulas will be sufficient : 

Lemon Ice. Take fresh lemon juice, strained, 1 pint; sugar 2 
pounds, water 5 pints. Mix, dissolve the sugar and freeze. If boiling 
hot water is poured upon the lemon peel of the lemons from which the 
juice has been squeezed and allowed to cool, and used as a part of 
the water taken, a fine lemon flavor will be obtained. 

Orange Ice. Orange juice 2 pints, lemon juice 4 ounces, sugar V/2 
pounds, boiling water 3^ pints. Strain the juices, pour the boiling 
water upon part of the orange skins from which the juice was ob- 
tained, allow to cool and mix it with the strained juice; dissolve the 
sugar in the liquid and freeze. 

Pineapple Ice. Pineapple juice 2 pints, lemon juice 4 ounces, sugar 
I 1 /* pounds, water 3 pints. Mix, dissolve the sugar and freeze. Other 
fruit juices may be prepared in a similar manner. 

Cream Sherbet. The juice of 4 medium-size oranges and 3 lemons, 
sugar 1 J/2 pounds, cream 1 quart, milk 1 quart. Stir the juices with 
the sugar, add the cream and milk and freeze the mixture. By adding 
the grated outside peel of two oranges and one lemon before freezing 
the flavor will be greatly improved ; grated pineapple added is also an 
improvement. 

Frozen Fruits. 

These may be prepared by mashing or grating- fresh fruits, adding 
a sufficient quantity of sugar and as much water as was taken of the 
fruit pulp, and freezing in the same way as fruit ices preceding. 
Strawberries, oranges, peaches, pineapples and other fruits or a mix- 
ture of fruits may be made up in this manner and make very attract- 
ive ices. 

CANDIES AND FINE CONFECTIONERY. 

Many druggists find it advantageous to make up and keep on hand 
a line of fine candies and confectionery. They are no more difficult to 
make than many other preparations and sell readily and at a better 
profit than most of the goods druggists handle. They are attractive 
window or show case goods and go nicely with soda fountain trade. 



Part V. Confectionery, Etc. 1349 

By making- them themselves, druggists are always sure of having a 
good quality and fresh. The following formulas will suffice for most 
of the demand in that line. 

Butter-Skotch. One cup sugar, one cup molasses, one-half cup but- 
ter, one tablespoonful vinegar, pinch of soda. Boil all together until 
done. Pour into buttered pans and cut into squares when cold, then 
wrap in buttered paper. 

Butter-Skotch No. 2. Two cup sugar, two tablespoonfuls water, 
butter size of an egg. Boil together without stirring until it hardens 
on the spoon. Pour into buttered plates and cut in squares, wrapping 
in paraffin paper. 

Butter-Skotch No. 3. Three pounds "A" coffee-sugar, one-quarter 
pound butter, one-half teaspoonful cream of tartar, extract of lemon 
or vanilla sufficient to flavor. Boil as in preceding receipts. 

Candied Pop Corn. Put into a porcelain-lined kettle one tablespoon- 
ful of butter, three tablespoonfuls of water and one coffee-cup of white 
sugar. Boil until just ready to "snap" when dropped into cold water, 
then pour in three quarts of evenly popped corn. Take the kettle from 
the fire and stir the contents until cooled a little, and you will find 
each grain separate and crystallized with sugar. Take care that the 
corn is not burned. 

Vanilla Caramels. Four cups granulated sugar, one cup molasses 
and y 2 cup water. Boil, stirring most of the time until the mixture 
hardens in cold water. Add one cup rich sweet cream and butter the 
size of an egg. Let it boil up again until it hardens in cold water, 
then remove from the fire and flavor to taste — usually about three 
teaspoonfuls of vanilla, but some extracts are stronger than others. 
Pour into a buttered pan until the candy is about £4 of an inch thick. 
Let it cool, cut up into squares and wrap in paraffin or buttered paper. 
This receipt can be changed into numerous varieties by change of 
flavoring. 

Chocolate Caramels. Like the above receipt, adding 34 pound of 
Baker's chocolate, grated fine. 

Nut Caramels. Same as above, only add two cups of hickory-nut 
meat or walnuts or almond meats, just before removing from the stove. 

Cocoanut Caramels. After the caramel is poured out in the buttered 
pan, sprinkle cocoanut over the top. When it is to be used it should 
be slightly warmed by setting a basin containing it in warm water 
which softens it and it can then be molded into any desired form. 

Cocoanut Candy. One fresh cocoanut, carefully grated; iy 2 pounds 
granulated sugar. Put sugar and milk of the cocoanut together and 
heat slowly until the sugar is melted. Boil for five minutes, add the 
cocoanut and boil ten minutes more. Stir continually to avoid burn- 
ing. Pour out on buttered plates and, when cool enough, cut into 
squares. This candy will not be ready for use before two days. 



1350 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

Cream Candy Bases. 

The delightful creams such as chocolate, date and others, are made 
in two ways. The ordinary creams, made of confectioners' sugar, 
without cooking, are certainly less trouble, but also not near so dainty 
and melting. The following is the receipt: 

Uncooked Creams. In one glass put the white of one egg, in another 
the same quantity of water. Mix them together in a bowl and sift in 
confectioners' sugar, stirring- constantly. When stiff as dough, knead 
it ; the more you knead it the smoother the cream will be. Divide into 
three parts. Flavor one part with vanilla and color pink with rose 
syrup. Flavor the other part with lemon and the third with vanilla 
and color with grated chocolate. Put chopped nuts in some, cocoanut 
in others. Make some into balls with halves of English walnuts on 
both sides. In short, make into any form to suit your fancy, using 
dates and other dainties. Thus you will have confectioners' creams. 

Cooked Creams are made thus : In a saucepan put two pounds of 
granulated sugar and one-half cup of sweet cream. This candy must 
be made in a double boiler, or in a pan that is set into a larger one 
that contains water, as it is easily burned. Boil, trying it all the time 
by dropping from a spoon into cold water. When it begins to harden 
take it quickly from the stove, pour into a buttered bowl and let it 
cool just a little. When luke-warm beat it until it thickens and turns 
into stiff cream. It will soon be stiff as dough. It is then called 
"foundant" and may be kept for a long time. It is the foundation of 
all creams and may be used for the following and many other com- 
binations : 

Cream Chocolates. Make into little balls, let them harden, dip into 
melted chocolate, set in a buttered pan to dry and in 48 hours they 
are ready for use. 

Cream Dates. Put a strip of the foundant into the date where the 
seed was. Cream fruits may be made from soft fruits in a similar 
manner. 

French Candy. White of egg 2 ounces, water 2 ounces. Put into a 
large bowl and beat them well together ; add 2 fl. drachms of vanilla 
extract and sift into the beaten mixture 2 pounds of powdered or con- 
fectioners' sugar, stirring it well while adding and beating it 
thoroughly together. This is the foundation of the French candies 
and may be used for stuffing dates, figs etc., or may be made up into 
balls or forms for nuts, or chocolate creams which are made by 
dipping the balls or cones into melted chocolate and taking them out 
with a fork and placing on paraffin paper to harden. 

Walnut Creams. Make into a ball and put walnut halves or halves 
of almonds or figs on the flattened balls. Chop nuts and raisins 
together and roll into balls with the cream, if desired. 



Part V. Confectionery, Etc. 1351 

Crystallized Oranges and Grapes. Divide ripe oranges into sections, 
carefully remove the seeds. Fasten one section at each end of a long 
thread until you have enough. Make a syrup by boiling white sugar 
and a little water to a point where it will thread, then dip two of the 
orange sections in and suspend over a stick laid across two chairs for 
the candy to harden. Proceed thus until all are done. When hard cut 
off the threads. Grapes and cherries are dropped in and lifted out 
with a spoon on to a buttered plate. 

Green ginger root or sweet rlag may be strung on threads and pre- 
pared in the same manner as orange. 

Fruit Glaces. Take two quarts of granulated sugar and one pint 
of cold water, stir them together in a large sauce pan and boil briskly 
until a little dropped into cold water becomes at once as brittle as 
glass. This is what is called boiling to a "crack." When it is just 
right, as described, take it off the fire and at once dip into it the fruit 
you desire to cover ,and at once remove it with a fork, on to greased 
pans or plates. 

Any kind of pulpy fruit, like cherries, grapes, oranges, figs, peaches, 
plums etc., or the meats of nuts, raisins etc., may be "glaced" in this 
manner but only sound, firm, whole fruit should be taken, and it must 
not be broken so that juice will exude. Fruit thus prepared is very 
handsome and makes elegant confectionery which commands a good 
price. 

"Fudge." Granulated sugar two cups, milk one cup, butter, size of 
a walnut. Place on a hot fire and when the mixture reaches the boil- 
ing point (without stirring) add, according to taste, from y A to 3/3 
cake Baker's chocolate, then stir constantly until it hardens in water ; 
then remove immediately, adding and stirring in a little vanilla. Beat 
constantly with a spoon until it commences to thicken, then pour 
quickly into a buttered pan. If desired, coarsely chopped nuts may 
be added. 

Hickory Nut Candy. One cup hickory nut meats, tw r o cups light- 
brown sugar, half a cup of water. Boil sugar and water without 
stirring until thick enough to spin a thread as you drop it from a 
spin. Flavor it and set off the stove into a pan of cold water. With 
a strong spoon stir it rapidly until white, then pour in the nuts. Turn 
out the mixture into a buttered pan, and when cold cut into small 
squares. 

Maple Cream Candy. Take half as much water as maple sugar, 
cook without stirring, and wdien nearly done put in a piece of butter 
the size of a walnut. Try it in cold water, and when it begins to 
harden stir rapidly until it becomes a w r axy substances. Set the 
kettle off the stove, and when the candy cools enough to handle, make 
it into small balls and put halves of English walnuts on either side, 
putting them on greased plates to cool. 



1352 The Fenner Formulary Part V. 

Marsh-Mallows. Dissolve one-half pound of gum arabic in one pint 
of water, strain, and add one-half pound of fine sugar. Place over the 
fire, stirring constantly until the sugar is dissolved and all is the con- 
sistence of honey. Add gradually the whites of four eggs, well beaten, 
stir the mixture until it is thin and does not adhere to the fingers. 
Flavor to taste with vanilla and pour into a tin slightly dusted with 
powdered starch, and when cool divide into small squares. 

Molasses Candy. Three cups of yellow coffee-sugar, one cup com- 
mon molasses, one cup of water, half teaspoonful of cream tartar, but- 
ter the size of a walnut. Pour the cold water on the sugar, then add 
the molasses, and let them boil until brittle, adding cream tartar just 
as you pour into buttered pans. When cold, pull until light-colored. 

Neapolitan Nougat. Cover two ounces of fine gum arabic with four 
ounces of water and let stand, stirring occasionally for one hour. 
Then heat on a water-bath, stirring occasionally, until the gum is 
dissolved; strain, and add eight ounces of icing sugar and one-half 
pound strained honey and heat over the fire, with constant stirring 
until white and stiff. This will require some little time. Remove 
from the fire, flavor with a teaspoonful of vanilla, or orange flower 
water. Beat well for a few minutes, then pour the mixture on the 
well-beaten whites of four eggs, beating them together as added. To 
this now add one-half pound of blanched sweet almonds, six bitter 
almonds, two ounces of English walnuts and two ounces of glace 
cherries. Cut into squares. 

Taffy. One cup molasses (common or New Orleans), one cup 
sugar, butter the size of an egg, a tablespoonful of vinegar. Boil but 
do not stir until it hardens when dropped from a spoon into a little 
cold water. It is then done and just as you remove the kettle from the 
stove stir in a small teaspoonful of soda, then pour into buttered pans, 
and when cool enough to handle pull it until white. Cut into squares 
or cakes. Flavor with lemon or vanilla. 

Another Taffy Candy. To four pounds of white sugar add one 
quart of water, place over a clear fire, stir until the sugar is dissolved 
and boil it to the "crack;" when the sugar is in the "ball" add half 
a pound of good sweet butter cut in pieces, stir until the butter is 
melted and thoroughly incorporated in it. Flavor with extract of 
vanilla or lemon and when cooked to the "crack" pour it upon a but- 
tered marble slab, and when cool enough cut into squares or tablets. 

Cream Taffy. Three cups granulated sugar, one-half cup of vinegar, 
one-half cup of water, butter the size of a walnut. Boil without stir- 
ring until it hardens when poured from the stirring spoon into a cup 
of water. Flavor and pour into a buttered pan. When cool pull until 
white, then cut into sticks with sharp scissors. 

Another Cream Taffy. Another very fine and rich cream taffy is 
made by boiling the sugar with milk, or part water and part cream, 



Part V. Confectionery, Etc. 1353 

instead of all water; using granulated sugar and flavoring highly with 
extract of vanilla or lemon, the proportion of ingredients being the 
same as in the foregoing formula. These taffies may be flavored with 
chocolate, coffee, ginger, rose or any fruit juice, and may be made of 
maple or light-brown sugar, according to the taste of the maker. 

LOZENGES. 
Medicinal Lozenges. 

All kinds of medicinal lozenges may be made in the same general 
manner as the following by adding the medicinal ingredients in the 
right proportion, and working them well into the mass. See Part II., 
page 1088. The following general formula will do for all as a sample : 

Ordinary Peppermint Lozenges. For 28 pounds of powdered con- 
fectioners' sugar, after making a bay in the center of the sugar, placed 
on a slab, pour into it 2 quarts of thick gum mucilage; on that pour 
1 ounce of the best American oil of peppermint ; work these well 
together. When sufficiently mixed, stir in the sugar from all around 
the sides of the bay and make the whole into a stiff paste with as 
much of the sugar as can be used, and keep it ready on the mixing- 
slab, with a damp, clean cloth covered over it, ready for use. Take 
from the bulk about 2 pounds in weight and work it with the hand 
into a compact, square piece, keeping it free from sticking on the slab 
with powdered starch ; then proceed to roll and cut it into the shapes 
desired. The cuttings left on the slab from each sheet of paste must 
be mixed with the portion taken from the mixture to continue the 
process, until the whole is used up. This is an example for pepper- 
mint, cinnamon, sassafras, spearmint, wintergreen, or any other kind 
of lozenges in which an essential oil is used as a flavoring. 

CHEWING GUMS. 

Formerly spruce gum, Burgundy pitch and paraffin were used as 
bases for chewing gums, but now the Gum Chicle of commerce, other- 
wise known as Balata, Tuno gum, Zapota gum, and by other native 
names, is almost exclusively used. It is the dried, milky juice of the 
Sapota muelleri or Bully tree, a native of Guinea, and is similar to 
gutta percha, but more elastic. It also resembles caoutchouc in its 
properties, but is more plastic and is readily kneaded when warm. 
With these characteristics it is an ideal base for chewing gums, and 
needs only to be made attractive to the palate by the addition of 
sweetening and flavor. The following general directions for preparing 
this gum are given : 

Gum Chicle, 1 pound 

Powdered Sugar, 2 pounds 

Flavoring, sufficient. 

Other Ingredients, as may be desired, sufficient. 



1354 The F oincr Formulary Part VI. 

The gum chicle is to be coarsely powdered and triturated with I 
pound of the sugar, and the powder sifted through a coarse sieve. The 
remainder of the sugar it then to be mixed intimately with the powder, 
and heated in a basin on a sand-bath until the mass softens upon stir- 
ring. It is then to be well worked, the flavoring oils and other in- 
gredients (if any) added, and well worked by kneading into the mass, 
then transferred to a marble or porcelain slab sprinkled with pow- 
dered sugar. It is then to be rolled out into thin sheets like pie crust, 
using a little powdered sugar as a dusting, and while still warm cut 
into flat sticks of the required size with a knife or roller wheel. In a 
large way kneading machines are used for mixing the gum with the 
sugar etc., and other machines for rolling, cutting etc. 

The quantity of flavoring. If essential oils are used for flavoring, as 
peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen, cassia, pennyroyal, sassafras 
etc., or a mixture of oils of a similar kind, i to V/2. drachms are re- 
quired for flavoring each pound of the finished gum. Some of* the 
weaker flavoring oils, as lemon, orange, lime etc., require more, and 
some of the stronger, as rose, almond etc., require less. If extracts are 
used, as extract vanilla, ginger, orris (violet), etc., y 2 ounce will be 
required for each pound. 

Pepsin Gum. Pepsin gum may be made by incorporating ]/ 2 ounce 
of powdered pepsin with each pound of the gum basis before adding 
the flavor. This gum is extensively used for dyspepsia and stomach 
troubles. 

Kola or Kolafra Gum. This may be made by mixing 1 ounce of 
finely powdered kola nut with the gum before adding the flavoring 
ingredients. This is an excellent gum for bicycle riders on account of 
the sustaining qualities of kola. Powdered cola may also be incorpo- 
rated with the gum mass in the same manner. 

Black Gum. Some of these contain powdered extract of liquorice 
which may be mixed in the proportion of 1 ounce to each pound of 
the gum basis. Black pitch is also used sometimes in black gum ; it 
has a taste of tar and may be chewed for coughs, colds etc. 

Flavorings for Gums. A great variety of flavorings are used for 
making chewing gums, and may be compounded from the essences 
and solutions previously given in this work. Spearmint, peppermint 
and wintergreen are favorites ; almond, cinnamon, clove and sarsa- 
parilla are frequently used. Cachou flavoring is a favorite for per- 
fuming the breath. Some of the synthetic solutions, as vanilla, 
rhodinol, coumarin etc. may be used to advantage, either alone or 
combined with flavoring oils. Coloring substances are frequently 
added. as for making blood orange and chocolate chewing gums. 

Anyone desiring to make chewing gum will have no difficulty in 
producing a highly satisfactory product if the foregoing directions 
are carefully followed. 



PART VI 



SPIRITOUS LIQUORS, 

WINES AND CORDIALS 



Spiritous Liquor? and Wines are quite an important part of the 
articles sold and used by druggists, and Cordials, which may be 
classed with them, are considerably in demand. The following for- 
mulas are given with the intention of showing the composition of the 
articles named, but the government restrictions prohibit the manu- 
facture and sale of spiritous liquors without a rectifiers license. 

SPIRITOUS LIQUORS. 

Spiritous liquors are prepared from saccharine or starchy sub- 
stances subjected to fermentation, by which the sugar or starch are 
decomposed and changed into alcohol, carbon dioxide and a small per- 
centage of other products. The carbon dioxide liberated causes effer- 
vescence in the liquid and escapes as a gas into the atmosphere : the 
alcohol remains in the liquid and is recovered by distillation and pur- 
ified, if necessary, by various processes. 

Fruit and other juices, grains of various kinds, or any substances 
which contain sugar or starch in abundance, may be used in making- 
spirits. In this country brandy, distilled from wines or fermented 
grapes, apples etc., rum, distilled from fermented molasses or sugar- 
cane juice, and whisky and gin, distilled from fermented grains or 
other substances containing starch, are the liquors chiefly used: but in 
other countries liquors containing alcohol are made from various sub- 
stances, as rice, the juice of cactus, potatoes etc. 

The general process of making spiritous liquors is briefly described 
under Alcohol in Part II., page 402. For the special processes and 



1356 . The Fenner Formulary Part VI. 

treatment of various substances for the production of spirits or alco- 
hol our readers are referred to standard works upon that subject. The 
following brief suggestions may be of interest : 

Brandy. Brandy is .distilled from fermented grape juice known as 
wine, or the fermented pulp and juice of grapes; the best varieties 
being known as Cognac, obtained from the South of Europe ; good 
brandy is also produced in this country. A brandy is also obtained 
from cider, which is familiarly known as "Apple Jack," and from other 
varieties of fermented fruit juices. 

Brandy contains from 40 to 60 percent, of alcohol, the varieties 
generally sold being about 50 percent., or ioo° proof. 

Artificial Brandy. The high price of brandy makes its artificial 
production quite desirable, and fictitious brandy is often found in the 
market. The simplest way to make artificial brandy is to dilute col- 
ogne spirit, 190 proof, with an equal volume of pure water, adding 
to each gallon about 5 grains of tannic acid, 5 drops oil of cognac, 3 
drops cenanthic ether, and sufficient burnt sugar coloring to give it 
the desired color. This may be improved by adding 1 fl. drachm ex- 
tract of orris and 5 drops essence of almond to a gallon. One ounce 
of syrup is sometimes added. This may also be made from the 
brandy essence and proof spirit, or diluted cologne spirit, as directed. 

Brandy Essence. A flavoring for brandy may be prepared ready 
for use as follows : Oil of cognac, fine, 1 ounce ; cenanthic ether, com- 
mercial, 1 ounce ; oil of bitter almond 2 fl. drachms, orris root, in pow- 
der, 16 ounces ; tannin 2 ounces, cologne spirit sufficient to make 1 
gallon. Macerate the orris root in the spirit for one week and perco- 
late until 1 gallon is obtained ; to this add the tannin, dissolve and fil- 
ter, and then dissolve the oils and ether in the filtrate. Half a pint of 
this essence is sufficient for 40 gallons of brandy (1 ounce to 5 gal- 
lons), added to colored proof spirit. The true oil of cognac is very ex- 
pensive, but upon this depends the fine flavor of the brandy. 

Gin. Aside from whisky, gin is the most used of any of the alco- 
holic liquors. The spirit from which genuine gin is made is distilled 
from grain and malt the same as whisky, and after being properly pur- 
ified by rectification, it is redistilled with juniper berries and some 
aromatics are afterwards added. Like whisky, the old distillers of gin 
have their trade secrets and make favorite brands which have become 
well known. Good gin is made in this country, but Holland has the 
reputation of producing the best in the world. In distilling gin, from 
5 to 10 pounds of juniper berries are used for 100 gallons, and the aro- 
matics are proportioned according to the variety desired to be made. 

As gin is a compounded liquor it cannot be classed as artificially 
made like other liquors, the only difference in the distilled and the 
prepared gins being the use of juniper berries and the aromatic sub- 
stances, instead of the oils or essences of the same. 



Part VI. Spiritous Liquors, Wines and Cordials 1357 

Instead of distilled gin as above described, the following may be 
used and will give very good results. 

Holland Gin. Cologne spirit, 190 proof, 20 gallons ; pure water 
20 gallons, oil juniper berries 2^4 ounces, oil of lemon 20 drops, oil of 
coriander 15 drops, oil bitter almonds 5 drops, oil cassia 5 drops, oil 
fennel 5 drops, syrup of acacia 1 gallon. Dissolve the oils in a gallon 
of the spirits and, having mixed the remainder of the spirit with the 
water, add the solution to it, then add the syrup acacia and mix them 
well together by agitation. After standing for some time draw off and 
filter clear through the filtering mixture, (see below). 

London Cordial Gin. Cologne spirit 20 gallons, pure water 20 gal- 
lons, oil juniper berries 2% ounces, oil calamus 20 drops, oil angelica 
10 drops, oil coriander 5 drops, oil cassia 5 drops, oil bitter almonds 5 
drops, syrup gum acacia 2 gallons. Dissolve the oils in 1 gallon of 
the spirits and, having mixed the remainder with the water, add the 
solution and then the syrup of gum arabic, mix them well together 
and after standing filter clear. 

Schiedam Schnapps. Make a tincture or extract by percolating gen- 
tian, bitter orange peel, agaric, galangal, centaury, each, 4 ounces; 
all in coarse powder, with diluted cologne spirit sufficient to make I 
gallon. Add 1 ounce of this extract to a gallon of Holland or London 
Cordial Gin as above. 

Old Tom Gin. Oil coriander 1 drachm, oil cedar 1 drachm, oil fen- 
nel y 2 drachm, oil bitter almonds 15 drops, oil angelica 30 drops, oil 
juniper berries ]/ 2 ounce, syrup acacia 1 gallon, cologne spirit, 190 
proof, 20 gallons ; water 20 gallons, orange flower water 1 pint. Dis- 
solve the oils in 1 gallon of the spirit and mix the remainder of the 
substances as directed for London Cordial Gin. Other varieties may 
be made in the same general manner. 

To Filter Gin and Other Liquors. AYhen essential oils are used in 
compounding liquors they turn milky and must be filtered. For this 
purpose a mixture of burnt alum 4 ounces, white pipe clay 6 ounces, 
magnesium carbonate 4 ounces, potassium carbonate y 2 ounce, is put 
in a woolen bag or cloth and the liquor filtered through the mixture 
until clear. 

By adding a quart of lime water to a barrel of gin the same result 
may often be accomplished. 

To Clarify Gin or Cordials. Spirit finings for this purpose are used, 
and may be made by first adding 2 ounces of powdered alum dissolved 
in a quart of warm water to a barrel, and after thoroughly stirring, 
adding 1 ounce of sal soda dissolved in 1 pint of water. 

By adding a quart of skimmed milk and 2 ounces of gelatin dis- 
solved in a quart of water to a barrel of gin or other liquor and allow- 
ing it to settle, it is usually made clear, and the blackness which is 
liable to occur in gin is removed ; 3 or 4 eggs beaten to a froth, mixed 



1358 The Feimcr Formulary Part VI. 

with a gallon of liquor and added to a barrel will usually make it clear 
after standing. 

Rum. Rum is distilled from fermented molasses or from the fer- 
mented juice of the sugar-cane. New England rum is distilled from 
molasses, but St. Croix or Santa Cruz and Jamaica Rum, made in the 
West Indies, are distilled from the juice and fragments pi sugar-cane 
and the refuse of sugar factories. The juice, slices of pineapples and 
other tropical fruits are usually added to the distilled rum or mixed 
with the fermented liquid before distillation. Jamaica Rum is the 
most esteemed of any. 

As found on the market the different kinds of rum are about ioo° 
proof, but Jamaica Rum, as imported, contains from 60 to 75 percent, 
of alcohol. Much of the rum found on the market is artificially pre- 
pared after the manner described below. 

Artificial N. E. Rum. Cologne spirit 190 proof, pure water, each, 
10 gallons ; butyric ether 2 ounces, acetic ether 2 fl. drachms, extract 
orris 2 fl. drachms, syrup 1 quart. Mix them. 

Artificial Jamaica Rum. To imitate Jamaica Rum (best), a portion 
(from y 2 to Yz) of imported Jamaica Rum should be used, diluted to 
proof with cologne spirit and water, and flavored with a little essence 
of Jamaica Rum* about 1 ounce to 10 gallons of the finished product. 
A very good imitation, however, may be made as follows : Cologne 
spirit 190° proof, 10 gallons, essence Jamaica Rum 3 ounces, tincture 
catechu 2 ounces, burnt sugar coloring (caramel) sufficient. Mix them. 

Artificial Santa Cruz Rum. This may best be made by mixing 1 
1 gallon of genuine Santa Cruz Rum with 7 gallons of New England 
Rum, and adding 1 ounce of Jamaica Rum essence. 

Imitation Arrack. To 12 gallons of New England or Santa Cruz 
Rum add 1 ounce of benzoin and 1 ounce of tolu and 1 sliced pine- 
apple, macerate for 2 weeks and filter through a little purified talcum. 
The benzoin and tolu are best dissolved as much as possible in a pint 
of cologne spirit before adding. 

Jamaica Rum Essence. Butyric ether 15 fl. ounces, acetic ether 2 
fl.ounces, tincture of vanilla (alcoholic) 2 fl. ounces, extract of orris 2 
fl. ounces, cologne spirit 3 ounces. Mix them. 

Whisky. This is by far the most familiar and most used spiritous 
liquor of this country. Our distillers are famed for the production of 
fine brands of whisky, which, like the wines of certain houses of 
Europe, have their reputation at home and abroad. The production of 
fine whiskies is a trade secret with their manufacturers, all being sim- 
ilar in composition and alcoholic strength, but differing sufficiently in 
flavor to make them distinctive and different to experts. Whiskies 
are made by combining various grains with rye or barley "malt etc., in 
varying proportions, grinding, fermenting, treating in various ways, 
distilling etc., but the limits of this article do not admit even of a des- 



Part VI. Spiritous Liquors, Wines and Cordials 1359 

cription of the processes employed only in a general way. In the 
manufacture of fine whiskies from 8 to 10 quarts only are distilled 
from each bushel of grain used ; but in making the cheaper grades of 
whisky, by improved processes, from 13 to 20 quarts are distilled from 
the mash for each bushel of grain used. Whisky, improves by age and 
is not suitable for use until it is at least two years old. Various treat- 
ments for "ageing" whisky by agitation and otherwise are employed. 

Artificial Whisky. Owing to the moderately low price of good 
whisky as compared with spirits, but a small portion of the amount 
sold is made up from cologne or neutral spirit direct ; but by mixing 
different grades of whisky, or by mixing good high-flavored whisky 
with proof spirit, a great variety of cheap and moderate priced 
whiskies are produced. Nor is this alone the reason for mixing- 
whiskies, for by combining some of the best grades with each other, 
"blends" are produced which surpass in flavor those of which they are 
composed when taken alone. A variety of flavoring essences or oils 
are also made for flavoring whiskies, but they are little used except 
by rectifiers. 

These oils or essences are combinations of amyl and ethyl ethers as 
before described, and have no standard of composition, different man- 
ufacturers furnishing entirely different flavors under the same name. 

A general formula for whisky made from spirits is as follows : Col- 
ogne spirit, 190 proof, 20 gallons ; pure water 20 gallons, good, high- 
flavored Bourbon or Rye whisky 10 gallons. Mix and color with burnt 
sugar (caramel). For wheat whisky leave uncolored. This makes 
a good cheap whisky without any objectionable features. If too ex- 
pensive for the use desired, on account of the addition of the good 
whisky, 8 ounces of any of the following essences may be used instead. 
The proof may also be reduced by adding more water and by the ad- 
dition of 2 ounces of the beading oil it will still "hold its bead." 

Bourbon Whisky Essence. Rectified fousel oil 1 ounce, acetate of 
amyl 4 ounces, pelargonic ether 2 ounces, extract orris 4 ounces, acetic 
ether 1 ounce, cologne spirit 12 fl.ounces. Mix them. Use 1 ounce for 
flavoring 5 gallons. 

Rye Whisky Essences. Butyric ether 1 ounce, rectified fousel oil 
1 ounce, butyrate of amyl 1 ounce, acetic ether 2 ounces, extract of 
orris, extract of vanilla, each, 1 ounce ; extract of musk root 4 ounces, 
cologne spirit 12 fl.ounces. Mix them. Use 1 ounce for flavoring 5 
gallons. 

Scotch and Irish Whisky. These have a smoky flavor, which may 
be imitated by adding soot, or by adding a drachm of creosote dis- 
solved in an ounce of acetic acid, or by adding 2 ounces of purified 
pyroligneous acid to a barrel or ordinary whisky. Many other var- 
ieties of whisky are known, as Malt Whisky, Monongahela Whisky, 
and a large number of popular private brands. 



1360 The Fenner Formulary Part VI. 

Bead or Beading Oil. For low proof liquors an artificial bead is 
required. It may be made by rubbing I ounce of the finest olive or 
almond oil in a mortar, with i ounce of sulphuric acid gradually 
added, and when entirely combined adding sufficient cologne spirit 
to dissolve it, about 20 ounces being necessary. Two or three ounces 
of this is used in a barrel. 

Another beading oil, perhaps better than the foregoing, may be 
made with oleic acid 2 ounces, sulphuric acid 2 ounces, alcohol 32 
ounces. Mix them and after standing, filter. 

Another may be made by dissolving white Castile soap 4 ounces, in 
8 ounces of water by the aid of heat, and adding 4 ounces of alcohol. 
After standing, filter. Two or three ounces. of this is added to a barrel. 

Rye and Rock. Good rye whisky 6 pints, water 1 pint, rock candy 
2 pounds. Dissolve the rock candy by heating with the water ; then 
add the whisky and filter. The whisky and water may also be mixed 
and the rock candy dissolved in the mixture cold, but it is much more 
expeditious to dissolve the rock candy first in the water by heat. 

Tolu, Rock and Rye. Tincture tolu 2 ounces, magnesium carbonate 
y 2 ounce, good rye whisky 6 pints, water 1 pint, rock candy 2 pounds. 
Rub the magnesium to a fine powder and add the tincture tolu, trit- 
urate and gradually add 8 ounces of the whisky, rubbing them 
thoroughly together. Dissolve the rock candy by heating with the 
water and add the whisky, then mix all together, allow to stand 24 
hours and filter clear. This is a much used and very good stimulating 
cough preparation. Dose a tablespoonful or more as required. 

Tolu, Rock, Rye and Redroot. Fluidextract bloodroot *4 ounce, 
tolu, rock and rye 1 gallon. Mix and after standing 48 hours, filter. 
The addition of the bloodroot to the tolu, rock and rye, makes a fine 
preparation for bronchial difficulties, coughs, colds etc. 

WINES. 

Wines. Natural and artificial wines are found in the market in 
great variety, both kinds will be considered in this article. 

Pure Wines are, or should be made by the fermentation of grape or 
other fruit juices, by which their saccharine matter is converted into 
alcohol or spirit, which, if in sufficient quantity, prevents the wine 
from deleterious change ; but if insufficient, is still further oxidized, 
being converted first into an aldehyde, then into acetic acid or vin- 
egar. With light grape juices it is often necessary to add cane or 
grape sugar previous to or during fermentation, that a larger propor- 
tion of alcohol may be produced by decomposition of the sugar, or to 
add a small percentage of cologne spirit to the wine after the fermen- 
tation is completed, and before the acetic acid change has begun. 

White Wines. These are made from many varieties of grapes by 
pressing out their juice, fermenting and treating as already described. 



Part VI. Spiritous Liquors, Wines and Cordials 1361 

These wines are known by various names derived from the variety of 
grapes from which they are obtained, the locality where they are 
produced etc. In medicine imported sherry is preferred, as it con- 
tains a larger percentage of alcohol than other varieties. Our own 
native wines are also much used. California wines, angelica, sherry 
and muscatel being of good body and flavor, and catawba wines, 
made in the east are much esteemed. 

Red Wines. Most of the red wines are made by fermenting the 
juice of red grapes in presence of their skins and pulp. Unlike the 
white wines the juice is not pressed out until the fermentation has 
proceeded for some time. This process secures the red color and the 
astringent qualities which the red wines usually possess. The fav- 
orite medicinal red wine is the Oporto or Port, but similar wines made 
in this country from various varieties of red or purple grapes are much 
used. To be like Port, sugar must be added during fermentation. 

In making red wines the crushed grapes should be put into a fer- 
menting tank which should not be more than three-fourths filled. 
The tank should be fitted with a canvass cover, and allowed to stand, 
with occasional agitation, until fermentation begins ; it should not 
then be disturbed or stirred until active fermentation has subsided. 
Then the juice should be drawn off from the pomace into casks or 
barrels, and allowed to stand until fermentation is completed, adding 
a little more juice from time to time as the pomace and foam works 
off througih the open bung at the top. When fermentation is com- 
pleted the package should be entirely filled and tightly bunged, then 
set away in a cool place, and, after standing a few months, racked off 
into another clean cask, rejecting the sediment at bottom which is 
known as "wine lees." 

Improvement of Wines. It has been found by experiment that 
the quality of wines may be improved and the quantity much in- 
creased in various ways. 

Chaptal's process consists in the addition of sugar to the expressed 
juice before fermentation, which being decomposed, increases the 
alcoholic strength. Marble dust is then added to neutralize the ex- 
cess of acid. 

Dr. Gall's method is to prepare a normal must of juice mixed with 
an equal quantity of water, containing 0.5 to 0.6 percent, of free acid 
and 22 to 24 percent, of sugar, which is treated in the same manner as 
true grape juice. 

Petiot's method of improving, and increasing the quantity of wine 
consists of adding to the expressed juice an equal volume of water con- 
taining the same proportion of sugar as is contained in the natural 
juice. Then to the pulp of the grapes adding a like quantity of water 
sweetened in the same proportion and allowing to ferment for three 
days. Then pouring off and again adding the same quantity of sweet- 



1362 The Fenner Formulary Part VI. 

ened water to the same pulp and allowing to ferment as before, and 
finally mixing' the liquids all together, thus making four times as much 
wine as there was of grape juice to start with, and it is claimed, equal 
in all respects to pure grape juice wine. Wines made in this manner 
have the true bouquet of pure wines, are not subject to diseases like 
pure wines, and mature in a few months instead of two or three years, 
as is required for natural wines. Yeasts prepared from favorite wines 
are now added to give the special bouquet desired. This yeast, in 
different varieties, may now be had from government stations. It 
should be added to the fresh must before fermentation begins in 
order to develop the characteristic bouquet desired. 

Glycerin and sodium benzoate may be added to wines to preserve 
them. To preserve light wines (deficient in alcohol) they are heated 
to I40°F. and put up at once in bottles or casks and closely sealed; 
this process was introduced by Pasteur and is called "Pasteurizing" 
wines. 

Apple Wine or Cider. The ordinary Cider of commerce is fermented 
apple juice. It may be made in the same manner as grape wine pre- 
viously described, and should be treated in the same manner, by rack- 
ing off after fermentation and keeping tightly bunged. Sweet Cider is 
prepared from the juice of apples before fermentation, by adding a pre- 
servative. Sodium benzoate x / 10 of I percent, is allowable, but a less 
quantity is generally used, 4 ounces to a 50-gallon cask being the usual 
amount. 

Apple Wine. An excellent wine may be made from apple juice by 
adding to each 50 gallons, after fermentation has nearly subsided, 25 
pounds of sugar, in divided portions and allowing it to ferment out, 
thus increasing the alcoholic percentage of the wine. This should be 
made in the same manner as grape wine to which sugar is added, and 
should be subsequently treated in the same way. Apple wine, when 
properly prepared, is equal to most of the white wines made from 
grapes, and is considerably used in making some champagnes. 

Artificial Wines. 

Besides the process of improving and diluting wines above des- 
cribed, a great deal of wine entirely factitious is found in the market. 
A few formulas only can be given, and' they are given as suggestions 
rather than formulas, for each kind of wine requires some special 
treatment peculiar to itself ; besides on account of the low price that 
wine now sells for, artificial wines would not be desirable to manu- 
facture. 

Artificial White Wine. As a base for any of the artificial white 
wines the following may be used : Grape sugar 25 pounds, tartaric 
acid y 2 poundj hot water 6 gallons, cold water 19 gallons, grape pulp, 
fresh, 50 pounds (or common raisins 30 pounds). Dissolve the sugar 



Part VI. Spiritous Liquors, Wines and Cordials 1363 

and acid in the hot water and add the cold water, add this to the grape 
pulp or to the raisins chopped fine, stir well together and allow to fer- 
ment for 10 or 12 days, stirring occasionally, then press and transfer 
the liquid to a barrel in the cellar and treat in the same manner as 
other wines. If necessary, after fermentation cologne spirit may be 
added to make up the alcoholic percentage required. 

The grape pulp or raisins used will give the desired flavor to the 
wine according to the kind used, but if a more distinctive flavor is 
desired, the wine yeasts previously mentioned may be added before 
fermentation, or the artificial flavors or oils made for the purpose 
from ethers may be used as directed. In this manner angelica, mus- 
catel, catawba, rhine wine, sherry and other varieties may be made. 
Champagne is artificially prepared from white wine by charging it 
with carbonic acid gas and bottling. 

Artificial Red Wines. As a general base for artificial red wine the 
foregoing formula may be used with the addition of astringents, col- 
oring substances and flavoring. The substances used for coloring are 
juices of fruits, as raspberry, cherry, elderberry, pokeberry etc., or 
decoctions of cochineal, Brazil wood, logwood etc., the former are 
greatly to be preferred ; prunes are also frequently added. The flavor- 
ings are made from combinations of ethers etc. The astringent sub- 
stances added are catechu, kino, oak-bark, tinctures of gall etc., about 
i ounce of catechu or kino being used for 10 gallons of port wine, and 
two to three times the quantity for clarets. Much less sugar is also 
required in the Bordeaux or claret wines. 

Wine Essences or Extracts. 

The true flavor of wines can only be obtained in a concentrated form 
by distilling the wines or the lees from which the juices are pressed, 
and separating their flavoring or oils by various treatments. These 
oils or essences or flavors are ethers, which result from the oxidation 
of alcohol radicals, chiefly of the amyl and ethyl series, and they may 
be artificially produced by combining various ethers obtained by 
the oxidation of fousel oil, potato oil etc. Their production and com- 
bination, however, is still experimental and uncertain, and it cannot 
be said that the true flavor of any particular kind of wine has been 
produced artificially, although close imitations have been arrived at, 
and the manufacturers claim to furnish wine essences or flavors of 
various kinds. The following formulas produce flavors which, added 
to common wines as directed in the formula for wines, will give a 
close imitation of the flavor of the natural wines bearing the same 
name. Of course wines of different localities and of different vin- 
tages differ considerably in body, color and flavor, but very good 
imitations of the average may be made by the formulas given. The 
manipulator must, in a way, use his judgment in regard to sweet- 



1364 The Fenncr Formulary Part VI. 

ness, color and quantity of flavor. The wines made after the formulas 
improve with age, provided they are kept in full packages. 

Blackberry Wine or Brandy Essence. Acetic ether 4 parts, formic 
ether 1 part, benzoic ether 2 parts, cenanthic ether 1 part, amyl ace- 
tate 1 part, almond essence 1 part, essence cinnamon 1 part, essence 
pimento 1 part, glycerin 1 part, cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix them and 
color with red and brown coloring. 

Catawba Wine Essence. Acetic ether 2 parts, aldehyde 3 parts, ex- 
tract of orris 3 parts, cenanthic ether 1 part, amyl acetate I part, 
glycerin 2 parts, cologne spirit 4 parts. Mix them. 

Claret Wine Essence. Acetic ether 2 parts, tincture of castor 1 part, 
cenanthic ether 1 part, aldehyde 2 parts, essence orris 1 part, formic 
ether 1 part, spirit of nitrous ether 2 parts, glycerin 2 parts, claret 
coloring 1 part, cologne spirit 3 parts. Mix them. 

Riesling Wine Essence. CEnanthic ether 2 parts, aldehyde 4 parts, 
extract orris 2 parts, ether 1 part, acetic ether 1 part, glycerin 2 parts, 
cologne spirit 4 parts. Mix them. 

Rhinewine Essence. Acetic ether 1 part, aldehyde 4 parts, 
cenanthic ether 1 part, spirit of nitrous ether 2 parts, glycerin 2 parts, 
cologne spirit 6 parts. Mix them. 

Port Wine Essence. Acetic ether 2 parts, cenanthic ether 2 parts, 
essence of pimento 1 part, aldehyde 3 parts, tincture of castor 1 part, 
tincture of cinnamon 1 part, glycerin 2 parts, cologne spirit 3 parts. 
Mix and color with red and brown coloring. 

Sherry Wine Essence. Acetic ether 1 part, cenanthic ether 2 parts, 
aldehyde 3 parts, tincture of orris 2 parts, tincture of castor 1 part, 
spirit of nitrous ether 2 parts, glycerin 2 parts, cologne spirit 3 parts. 
Mix them. 

Tokay Wine Essence. Acetic ether 1 part, aldehyde 3 parts, essence 
of bitter almond 1 part, tincture of cinnamon 1 part, cenanthic ether 
1 part, amyl acetate 1 part, formic ether 1 part, spirit of nitrous ether 
1 part, glycerin 2 parts, cologne spirit 4 parts. Mix them. 

Tincture Catechu. Catechu 1 pound, water 1 quart, proof spirit 1 
quart. Heat the water, break up the catechu and dissolve in the 
water, adding enough water to keep the measure, then cool, add the 
spirit and filter, add enough water to make 2 quarts. This is used as an 
astringent and to give the "pucker" taste to clarets and red wines. 

Neutralizing Powder. Slaked lime and hard wood ashes, each, 
equal parts. Mix them and sift three or four times to get them well 
mixed. The best ashes to use are those gathered after burning grape 
brush, but good hard wood ashes of any kind will do. This is used to 
neutralize excess of acids in wines by precipitating tartar. The quan- 
tity to be used depends upon the acidity of the wines and must be 
determined chiefly by the judgment of the manipulator. Four ounces 
to a barrel of ordinary new wine is about right. 



Part VI. Spiritous Liquors, Wines and Cordials 1365 

Tincture Kino. Kino 4 ounces, proof spirit 1 quart. Add the kino 
to the spirit and set aside, shake up every day until the kino is dis- 
solved. This is used as an astringent for some kinds of red wine. 

Tincture Red Gum. Red gum (eucalyptus gum) 4 ounces, diluted 
alcohol 2 pints. Mix and macerate until the gum is dissolved and 
filter. This is used as an astringent for clarets and other red wines. 
In combination with catechu it gives a distinguished flavor to claret 
and Burgundy wines. From 2 to 4 ounces may be used for a barrel. If 
mixed with catechu, use half an half. 

Prepared Wines. 

Blackberry Wine. Dark red wine 45 gallons, sugar 50 pounds, proof 
spirit 4 gallons, neutralizing powder 4 ounces, sodium benzoate 4 
ounces, tincture red gum 8 ounces, burnt sugar coloring 1 pint, black- 
berry brandy essence 1 ounce. Mix, dissolve the sugar, let stand and 
rack off and strain. 

Catawba, Dry. White wine 45 gallons, sugar 10 pounds, proof 
spirit 4 gallons, neutralizing powder 4 ounces, sodium benzoate 4 
ounces, catawba essence y 2 ounce. Mix, dissolve the sugar, let stand, 
rack off and strain or filter. 

Catawba, Sweet. White wine 45 gallons, sugar 50 pounds, proof 
spirit 3 g-allons, neutralizing powder 4 ounces, sodium benzoate 4 
ounces, catawba essence y 2 ounce. Mix, dissolve the sugar, let stand, 
rack off and strain or filter. 

Cherry Wine. A good red wine, not very astringent, 45 gallons, 
sugar 60 pounds, proof spirit 2 gallons, neutralizing powder 4 ounces, 
sodium benzoate 4 ounces, essence bitter almonds 4 ounces. Mix, dis- 
solve the sugar, let stand and strain or filter. 

Claret. Very dark red wine, as astringent as you have, 45 gallons ; 
tincture catechu 1 pint, tincture red gum 8 ounces, burnt sugar color- 
ing q. s., about 2 pints ; neutralizing powder 4 ounces, sodium benzoate 
4 ounces, proof spirit 3 gallons, claret flavor or essence y 2 ounce. Mix, 
let stand and rack off. 

Port Wine. Good red wine, not very astringent, 45 gallons ; sugar 
50 to 60 pounds, proof spirit 4 gallons, neutralizing powder 4 ounces, 
sodium benzoate 4 ounces, burnt sugar coloring q. s., about 1 pint ; 
flavoring (port wine essence) J / 2 ounce. Mix well and after standing 
rack off and strain. 

Rhinewine. White wine 45 gallons, proof spirit 3 gallons, neutral- 
izing powder 4 ounces, sodium benzoate 4 ounces. Mix, let stand and 
rack off. 

Raspberry or Strawberry Wine. These wines may be made the 
same as blackberry by omitting the tincture of red gum and using 
raspberry or strawberry essence instead of blackberry. 

Sherry. White wine 45 gallons, sugar 35 pounds, proof spirit 4 
gallons, neutralizing powder 4 ounces, sodium benzoate 4 ounces, 



1366 The Fenncr Formulary Part VI. 

sherry flavor y 2 ounce. -Mix, dissolve the sugar, let stand and rack off. 
A dry sherry can be made by using 15 pounds of sugar instead of as 
above. 

Tokay. White wine 45 gallons, proof spirit 3 gallons, sugar 45 
pounds, neutralizing powder 4 ounces, sodium benzoate 4 ounces, 
tincture kino 2 ounces, tokay essence 1 ounce, burnt sugar coloring 8 
ounces. Mix, dissolve the sugar, let stand and rack off. 

BITTERS AND BITTERS EXTRACTS. 

These extracts are used for flavoring liquors and for making bitters 
to bottle. They are dispensed at bars from squirt bottles, by which a 
few. drops may be added to a glass of liquor, and are used as directed 
for flavoring put up bitters, for which druggists have some demand. 

Angostura Bitters Extract. Angostura bark 16 ounces, bitter 
orange peel 8 ounces, Canada snake root 8 ounces, calisaya bark 8 
ounces, Virginia snake root 8 ounces, gentian root 4 ounces, galangal 
root 4 ounces, sweet flag (calamus) 4 ounces, cardamom seed 2 ounces, 
cinnamon 1 ounce, cloves 1 ounce, coriander 1 ounce, mace 1 ounce, 
alkanet root 2 ounces, alcohol 6 pints, water sufficient to make 1 gallon. 

Grind the drugs to a moderately fine powder and moisten them with 
2 pints of alcohol, pack in the water-bath percolator and, having mixed 
the remainder of the alcohol with 4 pints of water, pour enough of the 
mixture upon the drugs to cover them, and set in a warm place ; let 
stand 2 days, then pour the remainder of the diluted alcohol upon 
them, heat very moderately and, after 1 hour, begin to percolate, add- 
ing water to the drugs and continuing the percolation until the drugs 
are exhausted. Reserve the first jy 2 pints that pass, evaporate the re- 
mainder of the percolate to half a pint, and add to the reserved portion 
to make 1 gallon. This is a very strong extract. 

To make Angostura Bitters for bottling, take 2 ounces of the above 
extract, Y\ gallon pure proof spirits, J4 gallon water, 1 ounce glycerin. 

Aromatic Bitters Extract. Bitter orange peel 2 pounds, sweet flag 
root (calamus) 8 ounces, hops 8 ounces, cardamom seed 2 ounces, 
cassia bark 2 ounces, coriander seed 1 ounce, cloves 1 ounce, mace 1 
ounce, cochineal 1 ounce, alcohol 5 pints, water sufficient for 1 gallon. 

Grind the orange and hops to a coarse powder, and the other articles 
to a fine powder, mix them, moisten with 1 pint of alcohol, pack, per- 
colate, and proceed in the same manner as for making angostura bit- 
ters extract. This is a pleasant aromatic extract. 

To make Aromatic Bitters to bottle, mix 4 fl.ounces of this extract 
with 6 pints pure proof spirit and 2 pints water, and add 1 ounce 
glycerin. 

Bowker's Bitters Extract. Quassia 8 ounces, sweet flag root (cal- 
amus) 8 ounces, bitter orange peel 12 ounces, catechu 4 ounces, car- 



Part VI. Spiritous Liquors, Wines and Cordials 1367 

damom 3 ounces, alcohol 5 pints, water sufficient to make 1 gallon. 
Make by water-bath percolation, same as the preceding. 

Orange Bitters Extract. Fresh orange peel, chopped fine, 2 pounds ; 
bitter orange peel, coarsely ground, 1 pound; oil of orange 1 rl. ounce, 
cologne spirit 6 pints, water sufficient to make 1 gallon. Mix the 
orange peels, fresh and dry, and cover them with cologne spirit 4 
pints ; let stand for a few days and pour off the liquid, pour on 2 pints 
fresh cologne spirit, macerate as before and pour off, then pour 3 pints 
of water on the drugs, macerate as before, pour off and express. Dis- 
solve the oil of orange in the spiritous tincture and add the last por- 
tion obtained by maceration and pressure to it. After standing a few 
days, filter. 

To make Orange Bitters for bottling, add 8 li. ounces of this extract 
to 6 pints pure proof spirit, 2 pints water and 1 ounce of glycerin. 

Peruvian Bitters Extract. Peruvian or calisaya bark, in coarse pow- 
der, i l / 2 pounds; bitter orange peel, coarse powder, 1 pound; galangal 
root, in fine powder, 1 ounce ; cinnamon bark 2 ounces, nutmeg 1 
ounce, cloves 1 ounce, alcohol 6 pints, water sufficient to make 1 gal- 
lon. Make by water-bath percolation, the same as angostura bitters. 

To make Peruvian Bitters or Cinchona Bitters for bottling, mix 8 
fl. ounces of this extract with 6 pints of pure proof spirit and 2 pints 
of water, and add 1 ounce of glycerin. 

Stomach Bitters Extract. Wahoo bark 2 pounds, bitter orange peel 
1 pound, hops 8 ounces, juniper berries 4 ounces, cardamom seed 4 
ounces, cinnamon 3 ounces, cloves 1 ounce, nutmeg 1 ounce, alcohol 
6 pints, water 2 pints. Grind the wahoo, orange and hops to a coarse 
powder, and the other drugs to a fine powder, mix them and make by 
water-bath percolation as directed for angostura bitters. 

To make Stomach Bitters for bottling, mix 4 ounces of this extract 
with 6 pints of pure proof spirit and 2. pints of water, and add 1 ounce 
of glycerin. 

Stoughton Bitters Extract. Gentian, in coarse powder, 1 pound; 
Virginia snake root, in coarse powder, 8 ounces ; bitter orange peel, 
in coarse powder, 1 pound; sweet flag (calamus), in coarse powder, 
8 ounces ; cardamom seed, in fine powder, 4 ounces ; cloves, in fine 
powder, 1 ounce ; coriander seed, in fine powder, 2 ounces ; red 
saunders, in fine powder, 4 ounces ; alcohol 6 pints, water sufficient to 
make 1 gallon. Make by water-bath percolation as directed for an- 
gostura bitters. This is a strong extract and is to be diluted for use. 

Wild Cherry Bitters Extract. Fluidextract of wild cherry 15 fl- 
ounces ; oil of cherry laurel 60 minims, cologne spirit 1 fl. ounce. Dis- 
solve the oils in the cologne spirit and mix with the extract. 

Wild Cherry Bitters may be made by mixing 6 ounces of this ex- 
tract with 6 pints of pure proof spirit and 1 ounce of glycerin. 



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COCKTAILS. 

A variety of bottled cocktails are put up by manufacturers and 
have a considerable sale. They are generally composed of some 
spiritous liquor or liquors mixed with bitters and aromatics and 
sweetened. A few formulas are given here. 

Fruit Cocktails. Whisky y 2 gallon, New England rum I pint, ver- 
mouth i pint, concentrated fruit syrup of any kind of fruit, I pint; 
water i pint, orange bitters extract 2 ounces, fruit acid 1 ounce. Mix 
them, and after standing, filter clear. 

Gin Cocktail. Gin 5 pints, white wine 1 pint, concentrated pine- 
apple syrup 1 pint, aromatic bitters extract (made without cochineal) 
2 ounces, fruit acid 1 ounce. Mix them, and after standing, filter. 

Martina Cocktail. Morning cocktail. Whisky y 2 gallon, vermouth 
1 pint, absinthe 1 pint, syrup 1 pint, water 1 pint, stoughton bitters 
y 2 ounce, essence of lemon J4 ounce, fruit acid 1 ounce. Mix them, 
and after standing, filter clear. 

Rum Cocktail. Old New England rum 5 pints, vermouth \y 2 pints, 
syrup y 2 pint, water 1 pint, angostura or stoughton bitters y 2 ounce, 
fruit acid 1 ounce. Mix them, and after standing, filter clear. 

Whisky Cocktail. Whisky 5 pints, vermouth iy 2 pints, syrup 1 
pint, water y 2 pint, aromatic bitters extract 2 ounces, lemon extract 
j4 ounce, fruit acid y 2 ounce. Mix them and, after standing, filter clear. 

Wine Cocktails. These may be made with either white or red wine. 
They are quite similar to vermouth. White or red wine 6y 2 pints, syrup 
\y 2 pints, aromatic bitters extract 2 ounces. Mix them, and after 
standing, filter clear. 

CORDIALS, ETC. 

A great variety of cordials, sweetened and flavored liquors, ratfias, 
bitters etc., are known to the trade, some of them having a consider- 
able sale. A number of formulas for bitters and cordials have been 
given in other departments of this work, but a few of them will be 
noticed here. 

Absinthe. The best absinthe is prepared by distillation, the gen- 
uine being made chiefly in the canton of Neufchatel in Switzerland. 
Extrait d'absinthe, as it is known in France, is prepared by pounding 
the leaves and flowers of various species of wormwood with angelica 
root, sweet flag root, the leaves of dittany of Crete (Origanum dic- 
tamus), star anise fruit and other aromatics and macerating them in 
alcohol. After macerating for about 8 days, with frequent stirring, 
the compound is distilled, yielding an emerald colored liquor to which 
a small portion of oil of anise is usually added. Dioscorides, in the 
1st century, mentions wine of wormwood, and the Monks of the 
middle ages were in the habit of adding sprigs of wormwood to their 



Part VI. Spirit oits Liquors, Wines and Cordials 1369 

wine. The introduction of absinthe into France seems to have been 
during the Algerian war, 1844-47. The soldiers were advised to mix 
absinthe with their wines as a febrifuge, and thus the habit of absinthe 
drinking became universal. 

The absinthe thus described is the real Swiss absinthe, a strong alco- 
holic liquor; but a large amount of common absinthe made by mix- 
ing essential oils with spirits is used, although much inferior to the 
distilled Swiss product. A good article may be made as follows : 
Wormwood (fluidextract) 2 ounces, wormwood oil y 2 ounce, angelica 
oil y 2 drachm, calamus oil l / 2 drachm, star anise oil y^ ounce, fennel 
oil y± ounce, thyme oil, pure, 15 minims; coriander oil 10 minims, 
cologne spirit 5 gallons, water 5 gallons, sugar 5 pounds, coloring, 
sufficient. Dissolve the sugar in the water and the oils in the cologne 
spirit, mix the solutions and add the fluidextract of wormwood and 
enough green coloring to produce the desired color, or macerate 1 
pound of fresh wormwood tops in the liquor for a few days until the 
desired color is obtained, and filter. 

Ordinary Absinthe may be made with wormwood oil 30 minims ; 
anise oil 15 minims, fennel oil 15 minims, coriander oil 2 minims, col- 
ogne spirit 5 pints, water 5 pints, sugar y 2 pound, wormwood fluid- 
extract y 2 ounce, coloring, sufficient. Mix as above. 

Anisette Essence. Many formulas, all differing somewhat in flavor, 
are employed for making anisette. The following combination will 
be found to be as agreeable as any : Oil of aniseed 8 fl. ounces, oil of 
coriander 1 fl. drachm, oil of cinnamon 1 fl. drachm, oil of nutmeg 30 
minims, oil of neroli 30 minims, cologne spirit 8 fl. ounces. Mix them. 

Anisette or Anisette Cordial. To make anisette mix 2 fl. ounces of 
the above essence with 4 gallons of cologne spirit and add to the mix- 
ture 5 gallons of water and 15 pounds of white sugar. Let stand and 
filter through a little magnesium carbonate if necessary. 

Benedictine. This liqueur was invented by the Benedictine Monks 
in 1510 A. D., being first compounded under the presidency of An- 
tonio II., Abbe of Fecamp, by a Florentine monk, Don Bernard Ven- 
celli. Its renown was wide spread both as an aromatic liqueur and a 
digestive. During the French Revolution the Abbe was destroyed, 
but in 1863 M. Legrand obtained some of the archives of the ancient 
monastery, and among them claims to have discovered the formula 
for the liqueur which he soon began distilling, and now it may be 
had everywhere throughout the civilized world. 

A very good imitation of Benedictine may be made as follows : 
Cloves, nutmegs, each, 2 grammes ; cinnamon 3 grammes, lemon 
balm, peppermint, fresh angelica roots, genepi flowers (Swiss), each, 
6 grammes; sweet flag root 15 grammes, cardamom, small, 50 gram- 
mes ; arnica flowers 8 grammes. Cut and bruise the substances and 
macerate for 2 days in 4 liters of alcohol (85%), then add 3 liters of 



1370 The Fe inter Formulary Part VI. 

water and distil 4 liters, to which a syrup prepared with 4 kilos of 
sugar dissolved in 2 liters of water, and enough water to make the 
volume up to 10 liters. 

Chartreuse. This liqueur was originated about 1830 and is made at 
the principal monastery of the Carthusian Order in the rugged 
mountains near Grenoble in France. At Tourvoisie at the entrance 
to the desert of the Grand Chartreuse, about 5 miles from the mon- 
astery, the monks distil three kinds of liqueurs, the elixir, the yellow 
and the green Chartreuse ; the last named being generally preferred. 
The following formula makes a \ T ery good imitation : 

Green Chartreuse. Chinese cinnamon 1.5 grammes, mace 1.5 gram- 
mes, lemon balm 50 grammes, hyssop (flowering tops) 25 grammes, 
peppermint 25 grammes, thyme 3 grammes, costmary 12.5 grammes, 
genepi flowers 1 gramme, poplar balsam buds 1.5 grammes, angelica 
seeds 12.5 grammes, angelica roots 6.5 grammes, alcohol (85%), 6^4 
liters, sugar 2^ kilos. Cut and crush the aromatic substances, mac- 
erate them for 24 hours in the alcohol, then add water and distil off 
6 liters, add in the still 4 liters more of water and distil as long as the 
distillate shows spirit, mix the distillates, add the sugar dissolved in 
\y 2 liters of water and. finally enough water to make the measure 10 
liters ; color and filter. 

Costmary is a species of tansy grown in southern Europe. Ordinary 
tansy may be used. 

The yellow and white Chartreuse are much the same except in 
color. A very fair Chartreuse may be prepared from the essences. 
Essence of lemon balm 0.2 grammes, essence of hyssop 0.2 grammes, 
essence of angelica 1 gramme, essence of peppermint 2 grammes, es- 
sence of cinnamon 0.2 gramme, essence of nutmeg 0.2 gramme, essence 
of cloves 0.2 gramme, alcohol (85%), 4 liters; sugar 5 kilos, water a 
sufficient quantity to make 10 liters. Add the essence to the alcohol 
and, having dissolved the sugar in 3 liters of water, mix them and 
add enough water to make the measure 10 liters. Color green or 
yellow, or leave without coloring, and filter with magnesium carbon- 
ate in the filter. 

Creme de Menthe. This is best prepared from peppermint and 
other ingredients by distillation by the following formula : Pepper- 
mint 600 grammes, balm 40 grammes, sage 10 grammes, cinnamon 20 
grammes, orris root 10 grammes, ginger 15 grammes, alcohol (80%) 
$y 2 liters, sugar 2^4 kilos, water sufficient to make 10 liters. Cut and 
. bruise the drugs and macerate them for 48 hours in the alcohol, then 
add 3 liters of water and distil 5 liters, add to the still 3 liters of water 
and distil 5 liters ; add to the still 3 liters more of water and distil as 
long as spirit comes over. Mix the distillates, and add a syrup pre- 
pared with the sugar and i l / 2 liters of water and add enough water to 
make the measure 10 liters, color green, and after standing, filter. 



Part VI. Spirit ous Liquors, Wines and Cordials 1371 

The proper green color of this liqueur is one of its attractions. Color- 
ing solutions are furnished by manufacturers especially for this and 
other liqueurs. 

A very good creme de menthe may be prepared from the essences, 
instead of by distillation, by the following formula : Essence of pep- 
permint 240 grammes, essence lemon balm 0.2 gramme, essence sage 
0.2 gramme, essence cinnamon 0.2 gramme, extract orris root 15 gram- 
mes, essence Jamaica ginger 15 grammes, alcohol 4 liters, sugar 5 
kilos, water sufficient to make 10 liters. Add the essences and extract 
to the alcohol, then, having dissolved the sugar in 3 liters of water, 
mix, make up the measure with water to 10 liters and, after standing, 
filter ; adding a little magnesium carbonate to the filter, and color. 

Curacoa. The sweet preparation which is most used is best made 
by distillation as follows: The skins of 18 or 20 oranges are grated 
or run through a meat cutter to break the oil cells, and mixed with 
Ceylon cinnamon 4 grammes, mace 2 grammes, and alcohol (85%) 5 
liters ; allowing to macerate, with frequent agitation, for two weeks. 
Water 3 liters is then added and the mixture distilled until no more 
spirit comes over. A syrup made with sugar 1^4 kilos dissolved in 
water 1 liter is then added and enough water to make the measure 10 
liters and, after standing, filter clear. 

This may also be prepared by dissolving fresh oil of orange Y / 2 
ounce, oil of cinnamon 15 minims, oil of mace or nutmeg 8 minims, in 
1 gallon of alcohol, adding sugar i l / 2 pounds, dissolved in water 1 pint, 
and enough water to make the measure 2]/ 2 gallons, and, after stand- 
ing, filtering, adding a little magnesium carbonate in the filter to make 
clear. 

Bitter Curacoa is made by distillation as described for Chartreuse, 
from anise seed, juniper berries, orange peel, sage, large absinthe, sweet 
flag, each, 40 grammes; cloves, peppermint, lavender flowers, angelica 
root, each 20 grammes; macerated in 5^ liters of alcohol (80%), for 
48 hours, then adding water 3 liters, distilling off 5 liters, adding 
sugar 1% kilos, made into a syrup with water, and enough water to 
make 10 liters; color with caramel and filter. 

Kummel. This may be prepared by distillation from caraway seeds 
450 grammes, anise seed 40 grammes, calamus 20 grammes, coriander 
20 grammes, cinnamon 20 grammes, with alcohol (80%) 5 liters; add- 
ing sugar 2]/ 2 kilos and water sufficient to make 10 liters. 

This may also be prepared as follows: First make an Essence of 
Kummel : Oil of caraway seed 2 ounces, oil of anise 30 minims, oil of 
calamus, oil of coriander, oil of bitter almond, each, 5 minims ; cologne 
spirit 2 fl. ounces. Mix them. To prepare the kummel, mix 2 ounces 
of this essence with 4 gallons of cologne spirit, add 5 gallons of water 
in which 15 pounds of granulated sugar has been dissolved, and, after 
standing, filter through a little magnesium carbonate. 



1372 The Fenner Formulary Part VI. 

Maraschino. This liqueur is prepared in Italy and Dalmatia from 
a variety of cherry. The fruits and seeds are crushed together, honey 
i part to ioo of the pulp added, and the whole fermented, then dis- 
tilled and rectified. Sugar and water are then added and after storing 
for some time it is drawn off and bottled. 

A very good imitation of this liqueur may be made with wild 
cherries, ripe, 90 kilos; raspberries 12 kilos, cherry leaves 5 kilos. 
Crush the fruit, allow to ferment, then add 750 grammes of peach nuts 
and 500 grammes of orris ; distil and add syrup 2 l / 2 liters, alcohol 3 
liters and water to make 10 liters. 

Noyeau and Kirsch are preparations of quite similar flavor pre- 
pared from the pits of cherries or other fruits having a bitter almond 
flavor, with pulp of fruits, spirits and sugar. Similar preparations 
may be made with a solution of essential oil of bitter almonds with 
some fruit juice, as cherry or peach, with cologne spirit and syrup 
added. 

Roman Punch Essence or Extract. Oil of orange peel 3 fl.drachms, 
oil of lemon peel 3 fl.drachms, acetic ether 1 fl. drachm, amyl butyrate 
2 fl.drachms, butyric ether 1 fl. drachm, oil of bitter almond 10 minims, 
glycerin 2 fl.ounces, fresh orange juice 2 fl. ounces, cologne spirit 12 
fl. ounces. Mix them and, after standing, filter. 

Roman Punch, for bottling. Jamaica rum 1 quart, brandy 1 quart, 
sugar 2 pounds, fruit acid ]/ 2 ounce, Roman punch essence 1 ounce, 
water sufficient to make 1 gallon. 

Vermouth. A number of aromatic wines of this name are found 
upon the market, having similar, but distinguishing characteristics. 
They are mostly Italian productions. The following formula will 
produce a satisfactory preparation : Large absinthe 125 grammes, gen- 
tian 60 grammes, angelica root 60 grammes, blessed thistle 125 gram- 
mes, lesser centaury 125 grammes, lesser germander 125 grammes, 
Chinese cinnamon 100 grammes, nutmeg 15 grammes, sliced fresh 
oranges 6 grammes, sweet wine 95 liters, alcohol 5 liters. Mix and 
macerate for one or two weeks, with frequent agitation, draw off and 
filter, then bottle. 



The foregoing represent only a small part of the cordials, liqueurs 
etc., known to the trade, but they are those most in demand, and others 
may be made from fruits and flavors in the same general way. 



PART VII. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The formulae which follow for miscellaneous preparations, often 
required in the drug-gist's business, are, so far as possible, arranged in 
classes according to their uses. Only a limited number of such for- 
mulas can be given in the space which is devoted to this subject, and 
we have endeavored to select such as are best suited for the purpose. 

ADHESIVE PREPARATIONS. 
Cements. 

These are generally to be applied to the edges of the articles to be 
mended, previously warmed, and they are then to be held or bound 
together with twine or otherwise until the cement hardens. The 
cements have to be warmed also. 

Diamond Cement. Gelatin i ounce, water 5 ounces, gum mastic i l / 2 
drachms, gum ammoniac y 2 drachm, alcohol 2 1 /? ounces. Dissolve the 
gelatin in the water and continue the heat until the solution has 
evaporated to about 3 fl. ounces ; have the gums previously dissolved 
in the alcohol, and to this solution, heated nearly to boiling, add the 
hot solution of gelatin and mix them thoroughly. Put up in small 
bottles, tightly stopped. 

This cement may be used for china or glass ware, and for attaching 
wood, ivory, jewels, metallic substances etc. 

Glutina Cement. For glass, china, wood, leather etc. Gelatin 
(Cooper's or Cox's) 3 ounces, acetic acid 2 ounces, carbolic acid 5 
grains, oil of cloves 5 minims, water enough to make 1 pint. Soak the 
gelatin in half a pint of water for 4 hours, then heat by water-bath in 
a glass or porcelain vessel, add the acids, dissolve, add the oil of 
cloves and sufficient hot water to make a pint. Strain. 



1374 The Fenner Formulary Part VII. 

Insoluble or Chrome Cement. For glass and china. This cement, 
which is impervious to hot water, should be freshly made when 
wanted for use. Gelatin, in small pieces, I drachm ; hot water y 2 
ounce, potassium bichromate 15 grains. Dissolve the gelatin in the 
water contained in a small bottle, by means of a water-bath, and, 
while hot, add the potassium bichromate and apply as soon as pos- 
sible, binding the pieces firmly together, and setting in the sunlight. 
The gelatin and chrome salt form an insoluble compound. 

Transparent Cement. For china, glass etc. Mix in a well-stopped 
bottle 20 parts of chloroform and 25 parts of native India rubber, or 
caoutchouc, cut in small pieces ; when dissolved add 5 parts of mastic 
and let the whole macerate for 8 or 10 days, shaking daily, then strain 
quickly through very thin cotton cloth. This makes a very firm, 
transparent cement for china and glass, and may be used for other 
purposes. 

India Rubber Cement or Glue. For rubber etc. Dissolve gutta 
percha chips or sheets in carbon disulphide until the solution has 
assumed the consistence of thick syrup, and strain the mixture with 
pressure, quickly through a thin cotton cloth. To use this on rubber 
shave down the edges to be cemented thin, apply the cement freely 
and warm the parts for a moment, join together and press, clamp or 
hammer down to hold them firmly until dry. 

Aquarium Cement. Water lime or Portland cement, marble dust 
or white sand, litharge, each, 4 ounces ; powdered resin J / 2 ounce. Mix 
the powders and make into a putty with boiled linseed oil just before 
using. 

Cement for Lamps. Plaster of Paris wet up with glue water is 
generally used, but a more permanent cement may be made by dis- 
solving 1 ounce of concentrated lye in 5 ounces of water, adding 3 
ounces of powdered resin, and boiling them together 5 to 10 minutes. 
Then to make the cement, just before using mix plaster of Paris up 
with this solution to the proper consistence and apply. 

Amber Cement. To cement or join amber, paint the edges to be 
united with boiled linseed oil, press firmly together and warm for some 
time at a degree of heat not high enough to melt the amber. 

To Join Glass to Metal. To cement glass, porcelain, earthenware 
or other hard substances to metal, melt a little shellac and join the 
substances with it while it is melted. 

Metal Cement. An excellent cement for metallic substances may 
be made by dissolving shellac to saturation in water glass, by the aid 
of heat. 

Rubber Tire Cement. A cement for rubber tire bicycles and other 
similar uses may be made by dissolving india rubber 1 part in sufficient 
naphtha, by the aid of gentle heat of a water-bath, and when melted 
adding 2 parts of shellac, and melting them together, by water-bath, 



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the naphtha is evaporated. Pour the melted mass on metal plates or 
run into sticks. When used the parts are to be well warmed and the 
cement heated and applied like sealing wax. 

Another formula is : Gum chicle 4 ounces, carbon bisulphide 6 
ounces. Put the gum in a wide-mouthed bottle, add the liquid and 
stop tightly, set in a warm place and agitate freely for several days, 
then, when the gum is all dissolved, strain through thin cloth or fine 
wire strainer. 

Porcelain Cement. White lead 2 ounces, pipe clay ij4 ounces, boiled 
linseed oil 1 ounce. Heat together on a water-bath until well incorpo- 
rated. Paint the edges of the porcelain with the cement, join them 
firmly together and dry slowly in a warm place. 

Universal Cement. Sugar 4 ounces, water 12 ounces, slaked lime 1 
ounce. Dissolve the sugar in the water in a closed flask and add the 
lime. Keep the mixture at a temperature of about 70 to 75 °C. for 
3 days, shaking occasionally. Then cool and pour off the clear liquid. 
Take of this liquid 6y 2 ounces, water 6 l / 2 ounces, gelatin 16 ounces, 
glacial acetic acid \y 2 ounces, oil of lavender 15 minims. Mix the 
liquid with the water and soak the gelatin in the mixture for 3 hours, 
then heat to dissolve and when cool add the acetic acid and oil, 
shaking them well together. 

Liquid Cement. Take 4 ounces of the above saccharated solution 
of lime and dissolve in it 6 ounces of glue by heat, add 145 grains 
oxalic acid to neutralize the lime, and after standing a few hours, 
strain to remove precipitate. 

Glues. 

Glues are prepared from glue, gelatin etc., and are used for joining 
substances like wood, ivory, leather etc. together, and for many other 
purposes. Some are prepared in solid form, requiring to be melted 
before using, and others are made to remain liquid by the addition of 
various substances. See also articles on Gelatin, Liquid Glue and 
Tungstic Glue. 

Glue, Ordinary. This is prepared by melting glue in water by the 
means of a glue pot or water-bath. It is made of different consistence 
for various purposes, more or less water being used as required. It 
must be applied hot and the surfaces to be joined well bound together 
until dry. 

Liquid Glue. Glue may be first made liquid by melting in water 
as above, and then adding alcohol 1 ounce to about 3 ounces of glue, 
used while still liquid, but most liquid glue is prepared with acid, 
either acetic or nitric. It may be made any desired consistence by 
using more or less glue. A little oil of sassafras or cloves is generally 
added to prevent molding. 

A good liquid glue for bottling may be made with good glue 1 
pound, dissolved by means of a water-bath in water 1 pint, in a por- 



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celain vessel, and when dissolved, gradually adding 5 ounces of nitric 
acid, with constant stirring; or good glue $y 2 ounces, acetic acid $y 2 
ounces, oil of sassafras 15 drops, water enough to make 1 pint, made 
in the same manner. 

An excellent liquid glue may be made with ground glue 8 ounces, 
water 16 ounces, borax i l / 2 ounces, oil sassafras 1 drachm, alcohol ]/ 2 
ounce. Dissolve the borax in the water and add the glue, after 1 
hour dissolve by the aid of heat in a glue pot, or by water-bath, strain 
while hot; when nearly cool add the oil of sassafras previously dis- 
solved in the alcohol. This glue will remain liquid in summer and has 
only to be warmed slightly in winter. 

Another formula for liquid glue is: Slaked lime i 1 /* ounces, sugar 
6 ounces, water 18 ounces, glue 6 ounces, oil sassafras 1 drachm. Dis- 
solve the lime and sugar in hot water and add the glue, allow to swell, 
then heat until the glue is dissolved, strain and while cooling add the 
sassafras oil. 

French Liquid Glue. Glue 8 ounces, nitric acid 2^ ounces, water 8 
ounces. Add the water to the glue and, after standing a few hours 
heat until dissolved. To the solution add the nitric acid, gradually 
and in portions, stirring all the time. Effervescence will ensue with 
evolution of nitrous acid fumes. When all the acid has been added 
strain the liquid and allow to cool. Keep in well-stoppered bottles. 

Another formula is : Gelatin 16 ounces, glue 16 ounces, acetic acid 
(20%) 32 ounces, alum 150 grains, alcohol 5 fl. ounces. Soak the gela- 
tin and the glue in the acetic acid for 6 hours, then add the other in- 
gredients and heat together for 6 hours. 

Water-Proof Glue. Marine Glue. This is prepared by dissolving 
separately in a sufficient quantity of pure ether 3 parts of shellac and 
1 part of India rubber and, when dissolved, mixing the solutions and 
keeping in tightly-stoppered bottles. This is insoluble either in hot 
or cold water, acids etc. 

Another kind of glue that will resist moisture etc. may be made by 
adding a solution of sandarach, mastic and turpentine gum, each, 1 
part, in alcohol 16 parts, to ordinary glue or gelatin melted in water. 
The quantity to be used depends upon the use for which it is re- 
quired, about 1 ounce to 2 ounces of glue in a pint being the pro- 
portion for ordinary purposes. 

Elastic or Mouth Glue. This is prepared by dissolving good glue 
in an equal quantity of water, and adding to it one-half as much 
glycerin, and one-fourth as much sugar as was used of the glue. This 
is run into small pieces, and may be moistened and applied to paper 
or other light substances. 

Pad Glue. This is now extensively used for the backs of pads of 
paper to fasten the leaves together, and for other similar purposes. 
Glue j/ 2 pound, water y 2 pint, acetic acid 1 ounce, glycerin 2 ounces, 



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aniline red, green, blue or other color in solution, I fl. drachm, or 
sufficient to color. Make the glue in the usual manner by melting in 
the water in a glue pot or water-bath, and add the glycerin and color- 
ing matter. This may be made more or less brittle or elastic by vary- 
ing the quantity of glycerin. 

Liquid Padding Glue. Either of the above formulas for liquid glue 
makes excellent padding glue. It may be colored red, blue, yellow or 
any color by adding a sufficient quantity of the desired aniline dye. 

Mucilages. 

Adhesive mucilages for sticking labels to bottles, tinware etc., 
papers together, and for gumming the backs of paper used for stamps, 
labels etc., are much used. The following are the various kinds em- 
ployed for various purposes. 

Casein Mucilage. Heat sour milk with a little tartaric acid, which 
causes the casein to separate. Collect and press the mass and while 
still warm add enough of a solution of borax i ounce in I pint of 
water to nearly dissolve the casein. This may be used for the back 
of label paper and other adhesive purposes. 

Label Mucilage. Soak 6 ounces of glue in 20 ounces of warm water, 
and then dissolve by heat ; while warm dissolve in it 3 ounces of gran- 
ulated gum arabic and 8 ounces of rock candy. This is for gumming 
the backs of sheets, for labels etc., and must be applied, while warm, 
with a brush. 

Stamp Mucilage. The following is said to be the same as is used for 
gumming U. S. stamps : Dextrine 2 ounces, gum arabic 1 ounce, 
acetic acid y 2 ounce, sugar 1 ounce, oil of sassafras 10 drops, water 6 
ounces. Mix and dissolve by heat of a water-bath, and apply with a 
brush while warm. 

Good Cheap Mucilage. This may be made by soaking 1 part white 
glue or gelatin and 2 parts of gum arabic in 10 parts of water, adding 
Y\ part of sugar, dissolving by gentle heat, straining and adding a few 
drops of oil of cloves to keep. 

Dextrin Mucilage. Dextrin 3 parts, water 5 parts, dissolve by 
heat of a water-bath. 

Mucilage for Tin and Metal. Most mucilages will not stick on tin 
or bright surfaced metals, and a mucilage must be specially prepared 
for this purpose. The following is A 1 : Starch 1 pound, water y 2 
pint, tin muriate solution 4 fl. ounces, glycerin 1 ounce, oil of sassafras 
30 drops. Mix the tin muriate solution with the water and glycerin, 
and add to the starch, boil them together until a clear mucilage is 
formed, and while cooling add the oil of sassafras. 

The surface of the tin where the label is to stick should be rubbed 
over with a cloth moistened with gasoline. 

Mucilage of acacia and mucilage of tragacanth, which are much used 
for adhesive purposes are noticed elsewhere in this book, 



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Pastes. 

Pastes for adhesive purposes are made from flour or starch, and are 
much cheaper than most mucilages for pasting labels, wrappers etc. 
When druggists are once accustomed to their use they prefer them 
to mucilage for that purpose, as they dry quicker, keep in place better, 
and do not wet the paper like mucilage. The following formulas 
will be sufficient : 

Good Flour Paste. Wheat flour 4 ounces, alum, in powder, 90 
grains ; oil of cloves 5 minims, carbolic acid 10 grains, water 1 pint. 
Mix the flour with enough water to make a thin mixture, heat the re- 
mainder of the water to boiling, add the alum to it and then add it 
quickly to the mixture of flour and water, stirring them well together 
and heating if necessary to make a good smooth paste, while cooling 
adding the oil of cloves and acid. 

Good Starch Paste. This may be made in the same manner as the 
foregoing, only using starch in place of flour ; 1 ounce of glycerin 
added is advantageous. 

Paste for Tin. To either of the foregoing formulas add 1 ounce of 
glycerin, j/4 ounce of lead acetate, in powder, and y^ ounce solution tin 
muriate, to the boiling water, which is added to the flour or starch. 

Another formula is : Brown sugar 1 pound, gelatin 1 drachm, alum 
1 drachm, corn starch 3 ounces, water 16 ounces. Dissolve the alum in 
8 ounces of water and add the glycerin ; after soaking a few minutes 
heat to boiling and add the sugar, continuing the heat until it is dis- 
solved. Beat the corn starch up to a smooth paste with 8 ounces of 
water and add to the mixture the hot solution of sugar etc., continue 
the heat with constant stirring until a smooth translucent paste is 
produced. 

This paste adheres firmly to tin, but as there is always a little grease 
on tin it should be rubbed over with a rag moistened with solution of 
soda, or better yet, with solution antimony chloride, which slightly 
roughens the surface of the tin. 

Library Paste. White dextrin 8 ounces, lead acetate 2 drachms, 
water 16 ounces, nitrobenzol 20 minims. Warm the water nearly to 
boiling and dissolve it in the lead acetate ; then add the dextrin and 
the nitrobenzol, beating them well together until a smooth uniform 
paste is produced. Other flavoring than nitrobenzol may be used. 
Insects will not attack this paste. 

Dextrin Mucilage. Dextrin, yellow or white, 4 ounces; water 6 
ounces, alum 45 grains, glucose (or syrup) 90 grains. Mix the glucose 
with the water and dissolve the alum in the liquid ; then add the dex- 
trin. Stir well together and heat to about I95°F. until it is converted 
into a smooth, uniform mucilage. 

Anatomical Paste. For Specimens, etc. White dextrin 8 ounces, 
corrosive sublimate 20 grains, water 12 ounces, nitrobenzol 20 minims. 



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Dissolve the corrosive sublimate in the water warmed nearly to boil- 
ing and stir in the dextrin and the nitrobenzol, beating- them well 
together to make a smooth, uniform paste. 

BAKING POWDER. 

In making baking powders it is necessary in the first place to choose 
good and appropriate materials, and in the second place to have the 
articles which enter into the composition dry and very finely powdered. 
They must then be combined in such proportions that the acid will 
exactly unite with the alkaline base, setting free the carbonic acid 
gas which is united with it, which causes, by its escape through the 
dough, the lightness of pastry. 

In choosing materials to combine in baking powders it is necessary 
to select such substances as will not react upon each other when mixed 
dry, but which will combine to liberate the carbonic acid gas under 
the influence of moisture and heat. Cream of tartar, because of its 
insolubility, is the most serviceable of the acids for this purpose, and 
sodium bicarbonate, which contains a large quantity of carbonic acid 
gas, readily liberated when acted upon by an acid, is the best of the 
alkaline bases. 

Owing to the uncertain composition and strength of the materials 
used for making baking powder, it is difficult to give definite formulas 
that work every time to the entire satisfaction of the operator, for 
the test of the powder in baking is the only general way by which it 
may be known if the articles used are balanced so as to be neither 
acid nor alkaline. 

It is also very important that the material used be very finely pow- 
dered, thoroughly dry and perfectly mixed. Baking powders cannot 
be thoroughly mixed by hand or in a mortar, because small particles 
of the sodium bicarbonate will adhere together and when used will 
make yellow spots or points in the pastry ; some kind of a mixer is 
therefore required that will thoroughly crush these particles and mix 
all together intimately. Several kinds of mills and mixers are fur- 
nished for this purpose. The following formulas will, if properly 
combined from good material, make excellent baking powders, but it 
should be understood, as previously explained, that the operator 
should test the powder by baking before sending it out, and if it needs 
more acid or more alkali, add it until it is properly proportioned to 
make the best. 

Baking Powder No. i. Pure cream tartar 3 pounds, pure sodium 
bicarbonate 22 l / 2 ounces, best roller flour 1 pound, corn starch y 2 
pound. If preferred ]/ 2 pound corn starch and y 2 pound flour may be 
used in place of 1 pound flour, in which case the starch must be finely 
powdered. Use i)/ 2 teaspoonfuls to 1 quart of flour. This is the best 
formula. 



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Baking Powder No. 2. Pure cream tartar \y 2 pounds, pure sodium 
bicarbonate 13 ounces, tartaric acid 1 ounce, best roller flour 1 pound, 
corn starch y 2 pound. Use 2 teaspoonfuls to 1 quart flour. 

Baking powder No. 3. Pure cream tartar 2 pounds, pure sodium 
bicarbonate 1 pound, roller flour iy 2 pounds, tartaric acid 1 ounce, 
corn starch \y 2 pounds. Use 2 teaspoonfuls to 1 quart flour. 

Baking Powder No. 4. Pure cream tartar 1 pound, pure sodium 
bicarbonate 1 pound, tartaric acid 3 ounces, roller flour 2 pounds, corn 
starch y 2 pound. Use 2 teaspoonfuls to 1 quart flour. This is a good 
cheap powder.- Keep well covered. 

The following formulas for baking powders were published by Geo. 
F. Payne, of Atlanta, Ga., in The Formulary, February, 1895 : 

Cream of Tartar Baking Powder. Cream of tartar 2 pounds, sodium 
bicarbonate 1 pound, starch, powdered, J4 pound. 

Tartaric Acid Baking Powder. Tartaric acid 1 pound, sodium bi- 
carbonate 1 pound, starch, powdered, y> pound. 

Acid Phosphate Baking Powder. Acid calcium phosphate \y 2 
pounds, sodium bicarbonate 1 pound, starch, powdered, i% pounds. 

Phosphate and Alum Baking Powder. Acid calcium phosphate 2 
pounds, dried ammonia alum 2 pounds, sodium bicarbonate 2 pounds, 
starch, powdered, 5 pounds. 

Alum Baking Powder. Dried ammonia alum 1 pound, sodium bi- 
carbonate 1 pound, starch, powdered, 1 pound. 

The ingredients, all finely powdered, should first be sifted separ- 
ately to get rid of hard lumps, then the soda and starch should be well 
mixed together, and finally the acid ingredients should be added and 
all thoroughly incorporated, either by rubbing together in a mortar, 
or by sifting at least three times. Flour can be used in place of starch 
and is considerably cheaper. The amount of starch may be increased 
in any of the recipes. Each receipt will produce a baking powder 
equal to the very best of its respective kind, if the best chemicals are 
used. Adulteration is so common in cream tartar that this chemical 
should always be carefully tested when purchased. 

CLOTH CLEANING COMPOUNDS. 

For cleaning cloth, gloves, lace and delicate fabrics that cannot well 
be washed in the ordinary way, many preparations are put up and 
sold. Most of them are simply gasoline or deodorized benzine, per- 
fumed with some fragrant oil, but other compounds are also used. 
Washing compounds are also included under this heading. The fol- 
lowing are representative of the various preparations : 

Benzin Jelly. White soap 12 ounces, hot water 18 ounces, am- 
monia water 3 ounces. Dissolve the soap in the hot water, pour in a 
bottle and add the ammonia water. Then add to the mixture 2 pints 



Part VII. Miscellaneous 1381 

of gasoline or deodorized benzine and shake thoroughly until the 
mixture is cold and solidified. This is applied by rubbing on the 
grease spots, and afterwards washing out with warm water. 

Cleaning Cream. Ivory, or other white soap 8 ounces, sal tartar y 2 
ounce, borax 2 ounces, oil of sassafras 2 drachms, water i l / 2 pints. 
Cut the soap in small pieces and dissolve in the water by the heat of a 
water-bath, add the borax and sal tartar and, while cooling add the 
oil of sassafras, mixing them well together. This removes grease, 
paint and dirt by rubbing in and washing out with warm water. 

Cloth and Glove Cleaner. Gasoline or deodorized benzine 1 quart, 
alcohol, chloroform, ether, each, y> fl. ounce. Mix them. This may be 
put up and sold at fancy prices for cleaning silks, gloves etc. It may 
be perfumed with lavender or cologne. 

Clothes Cleaning Compound. For removing paint, grease, dirt 
etc. Ammonia water 1 pint, alcohol 9 fl. ounces, soap liniment 6 fl.- 
ounces, borax, in powder, 4 ounces ; Castile soap, cut or shaved, 4 
ounces ; boiling water 6 quarts. Dissolve the soap and borax in the 
boiling water and when cool add the other ingredients. This is to be 
applied by rubbing into the grease spot, and then washed out with 
clear warm water. 

Erasive Soap. White soap 8 ounces, borax 1 ounce, sal tartar 1 
drachm, oil of sassafras 1 drachm, water 8 ounces. Cut the soap in 
shavings and dissolve in the water by heat of a water-bath, add the 
borax and sal tartar and boil until reduced to 1 pound, then while 
cooling add the oil of sassafras and make into cakes of about 2 ounces. 

Fragrant Benzine or Gasoline. Gasoline 1 gallon, oil of bergamot 
Y^. ounce. Mix them. Any other volatile oil, as oil of cloves, cassia, 
lavender, lemon etc., may be used instead of bergamot. This may be 
put up by any fancy name and recommended to clean cloth, silks, 
gloves etc., and remove grease spots. 

Household Ammonia. (Clear). Potassium carbonate 1 ounce, 
rain water 4 pints, ammonia water, 16 , 4 pints. Dissolve the potas- 
sium carbonate (sal tartar) in the water and add the ammonia water. 

Household Ammonia. (Cloudy). Ivory soap (or other good white 
soap) 4 ounces, rain water 4 pints, ammonia water, 16 , 4 pints. Shave 
the soap, dissolve in the water by aid of heat and when cool add the 
ammonia water. 

Imperial Cloth and Glove Cleaner. For silk goods, fine fabrics, rib- 
bons, gloves etc. Wood alcohol 1 gallon, ether 1 ounce, chloroform 
1 ounce, oil of bergamot 1 drachm, essential oil of almonds 10 minims. 
Mix them. To be applied with a soft cloth or sponge. 

Imperial Grease Remover. Acetone 1 flounce, denatured alcohol 2 
fl. ounces. Mix them. This will remove all manner of grease from 
any fabric and will not change the color. A cotton cloth should be 
moistened with the liquid and the grease spots well rubbed, and, 
while still moist rubbed with a dry cloth. 



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Peerless Clothes Cleaner. This compound is used by tailors for 
renovating and cleaning garments. Soap bark, ground, 4 ounces ; 
borax, in powder, 4 ounces; Ivory soap (or other good white soap) 
4 ounces, wood alcohol 1 pint, ammonia water, 16 , 1 pint; boiling 
water 6 pints. Shave the soap fine and dissolve it in the boiling water. 
Pour the solution at once upon the soap bark and borax, stir well 
and let it stand half a day, then strain or filter, adding enough water 
through the filter to make 6 pints, and add the ammonia water and 
wood alcohol. 

Peerless Grease Extractor. . Carbon tetrachloride 1 fl. ounce, de- 
natured alcohol 2 fl. ounces. Mix them. This will remove all manner 
of grease from any fabric. A cotton cloth should be moistened with 
the liquid and the grease spot well rubbed, and, while still moist, 
rubbed with a dry cloth. 

Peerless Washing Fluid. Soap bark, ground, 8 ounces; borax 4 
ounces, concentrated lye or potash 1 pound, white (Ivory) soap 1 
bar, oil of turpentine 2 ounces, ammonia water 1 pint, oil of sassafras 
y 2 ounce, boiling water 1 gallon. A tablespoonful of this may be 
used for each gallon of water in which the clothes are put to soak. 

Washing Fluid. Concentrated lye or caustic soda 1 pound, oil of 
turpentine 2 ounces, borax 2 ounces, camphor y 2 ounce, soap bark, 
ground, T 4 pound ; ammonia water y 2 pint, water sufficient. Steep the 
bark for 2 hours in y 2 gallon of water, strain and press. Dissolve the 
concentrated lye and borax in y 2 gallon of water and add to the de- 
coction of soap bark. Dissolve the camphor in the oil of turpentine 
and add to the solution, then add the ammonia water and, after stand- 
ing, pour off or strain, add a tablespoonful of this to each gallon of 
water used for soaking the clothes before washing, and a little in the 
washing water. 

Washing Fluid. Sal soda 4 pounds, borax 2 ounces, sal tartar 1 
ounce, ammonia water y 2 pint, camphor spirit 2 ounces, oil of turpen- 
tine 1 ounce, hot water 6 pints. Dissolve the salt in the hot water 
and add the liquids. This may be used the same as the foregoing. 

Washing Crystal or Powder is prepared by mixing coarsely ground 
borax 8 ounces with potassium carbonate (sal tartar) 4 ounces, or 
crude potash 3 ounces. The "1776" and other similar compounds are 
made by adding excess of alkali to soap while making and evaporating 
to a mass or granular powder. It requires special machinery, and 
cannot be made except in large factories. 

DISINFECTANTS. 

The following are a few of the disinfectants which have been most 
popular. Many others may be found on the market, either as pro- 
prietary, or regular preparations of pharmacy. 



Part VII. Miscellaneous 1383 

Disinfecting Powders. 

No. i. Crude carbolic acid 5 pounds, iron sulphate 2]/ 2 pounds, 
slaked lime 15 pounds, plaster Paris 75 pounds, Venetian red 10 
pounds. Powder and mix thoroughly. 

No. 2. Plaster Paris 15 pounds, quick lime, powdered, 10 pounds, 
magnesia 10 pounds, crude carbolic acid 15 pounds, whiting 7 pounds. 
Mix thoroughly. 

No. 3. Quicklime, powdered, 70 pounds ; charcoal, powdered, 10 
pounds ; crude carbolic acid 6 pounds, zinc chloride 10 pounds, chlor- 
inated lime 5 pounds, whiting 5 pounds. Mix them thoroughly. 

No. 4. Iron sulphate 10 pounds, plaster Paris 10 pounds, crude car- 
bolic acid 8 pounds. Powder the iron and mix thoroughly with the 
other ingredients. 

No. 5. Iron sulphate 3 pounds, slaked lime 3 pounds, road dust 4 
pounds. Powder the iron sulphate and mix thoroughly with the other 
ingredients. This is a cheap and effective disinfectant for privy vaults. 

No. 6. Crude carbolic acid 2 pounds, slaked lime 3 pounds, road 
dust 5 pounds. Mix them thoroughly. 

Disinfecting Solutions. 

To give formulas for all the disinfecting solutions which have been 
used would require a volume. We can, therefore, only mention those 
which have been best known and have most merit. The formulas for 
many of them are given under other headings, as Solution of Chlorin- 
ated Lime, Solution of Chlorinated Soda, Solution Zinc Chloride etc., 
nearly all having in them free or combined chlorine, which is con- 
sidered the best available disinfectant. 

Aminol. Slaked lime 30 grains, salt (sodium chloride) 60 grains, 
trimethylamine 5 grains, water 34 fLounces. Mix and dissolve. This 
is used as a disinfecting wash for wounds, sores and ulcers, and for 
application by wetting a linen cloth, also for injections. 

Solution Bromo-Chloralum. Under the name Bromo-Chloralum, 
put up by Tilden & Co., a solution for disinfecting etc., is well known. 
A similar preparation may be made as follows: Alum 11 ounces av., 
sodium carbonate (sal soda) 10 ounces av., potassium bromide 8 
ounces av., hydrochloric acid a sufficient quantity, water sufficient to 
make a gallon. Dissolve the alum in 6 pints of boiling water and add 
the sodium carbonate to the solution which precipitates aluminum 
hydrate ; add to the mixture sufficient hydrochloric acid to dissolve the 
precipitate, then dissolve the potassium bromide in the solution and, 
if necessary, add sufficient water to make the measure 1 gallon. 

Condy's Fluid or Solution. A solution of potassium permanganate, 
made by dissolving y 2 ounce potassium permanganate in 1 gallon of 
water. By using the crude salt a very cheap and efficient disinfectant 



1384 The Fenner Formulary Part VII. 

may be made. This solution is also a very valuable wash for foul 
ulcers and sores. 

Coutaret's White Fluid or Solution. Zinc sulphate l 1 /^ ounces, 
water sufficient to make I pint. 

Creolin Disinfectant. This is sold under various titles as a disin- 
fectant for urinals and closets, being usually arranged with a drip ap- 
paratus. It is sometimes flavored with cheap aromatic oils. The 
formula for creolin will be found elsewhere in this work. 

Darby's Prophylactic Fluid or Solution. Potassium permanganate 
5 grains, potassium sulphate 150 grains, potassium carbonate 1^4 
ounces av., potassium chloride J4 ounce av., water sufficient to make 
1 pint. 

De Wessely's Disinfecting Solution. Iron sulphate 1 ounce av., 
iron chloride 3^ ounces av., zinc chloride i}i ounces, water sufficient 
to make 1 pint. 

Farwell's Disinfectant Solution. Iron sulphate 2}i ounces av., car- 
bolic acid 5 drachms, water sufficient to make 1 pint. 

Girondin Disinfectant Solution. Zinc sulphate 4^8 ounces, copper 
sulphate y ounce, lime sulphate ^3 ounce, water sufficient to make 1 
pint. 

Granville Carbolic Alkali. Carbolic acid y, ounce, caustic potassa 
150 grains, water sufficient to make 1 pint. 

Le Doyen's Disinfectant Solution. Lead nitrate 2f/g ounces av., 
water sufficient to make 1 pint. 

Mattenheimer's Disinfecting Fluid. Iron sulphate 1 ounce, carbolic 
acid 7 drachms, water sufficient to make 1 pint. 

Monsell's Disinfecting Solution. Solution of iron subsulphate 8 
fl. ounces, iron nitrate 2.y 2 ounces, water sufficient to make 1 pint. 

Phenol Sodique. Carbolic acid i^g ounces, caustic soda sufficient to 
neutralize, (about y 2 ounce), water sufficient to make 1 pint. A 
cheaper phenol sodique may be made by using crude carbolic acid. 

Seeley's Disinfecting Solution. Manganese sulphate 2^ ounces av., 
iron sulphate 1 ounce av., sulphuric acid i^g ounces av., muriatic acid 
*4 ounce av., water sufficient to make 1 pint. 

Compound Solution of Zinc and Iron. Zinc sulphate 16 tr.ounces, 
iron sulphate 16 tr.ounces, naphthol 20 grains, oil of thyme 60 minims, 
hypophosphorous acid 120 minims, water enough to make 5 pints. 
Dissolve the zinc and iron sulphate in 5 pints of boiling water, add the 
naphthol and oil of thyme and shake the mixture occasionally in a 
stoppered bottle until it is cold. Then add the hypophosphorous acid, 
filter the liquid through a wetted filter and, lastly, pass enough water 
through the latter to make 5 pints. 

Compound Solution of Zinc and Aluminum. Zinc sulphate 16 tr.- 
ounces, aluminum sulphate 16 tr.ounces, naphthol 20 grains, oil of 
thyme 60 minims, water enough to make 5 pints. Dissolve the zinc 



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sulphate and aluminum sulphate in 5 pints of water, by the aid of heat, 
add the naphthol and oil of thyme, and shake the mixture occasionally 
in a stoppered bottle until it cools. Set it aside for a few days, then 
pass through a wetted filter, following it with enough water to make 
5 pints. 

The commercial aluminum sulphate (not alum) may be used for this 
preparation. This generally contains a trace of iron, but by allowing 
the liquid to stand, this will be generally precipitated. 

EXTERMINATORS, DESTROYERS AND POISONS. 

For exterminating or poisoning rats, mice, bugs, flies and vermin 
generally, a great many different kinds of preparations are put up 
and sold. The following represent some of the best for this purpose : 

Bed Bug Poison or Exterminator. Corrosive sublimate, in powder, 
2 ounces av., alcohol 1 pint. Dissolve the powder in the alcohol 
and apply to the bedsteads and crevices where the vermin hide. 

Another poison for the same purpose may be made with potassium 
cyanide 2 ounces av., water 1 pint. Dissolve and apply. These may 
be used for any kind of bugs, ants or vermin to which they can be 
applied. 

Bug and Ant Poison. As a poison for cockroaches, other bugs and 
ants to eat, the following will give satisfaction : Tartar emetic 1 ounce, 
powdered sugar 7 ounces. Mix them intimately together and place 
the powder where the vermin will find it : It is better to dissolve 1 
ounce of this powder in half a pint of hot water and put in dishes 
where the ants etc. will find it. 

Bug and Cockroach Destroyer. Carbon tetrachloride 1 pint, de- 
natured alcohol 3 pints. Mix them. This is to be used with a sprayer 
by which it may be injected into all the haunts of the vermin. It is 
most effectual for any kind of bugs, cockroaches, moths, Buffalo bugs 
etc. that infest beds, carpets, furniture, closets or rooms. It is non- 
inflammable and will not injure the colors of fabrics, carpets, curtains 
etc. 

Sticky Fly Paper. Common resin 1 pound, castor oil about 5 ounces. 
Melt the resin and add sufficient castor oil to make it sufficiently ad- 
hesive when applied to paper. As resins vary, a little less or more than 
5 ounces may be- needed. Prepare manilla paper or other firm paper 
by brushing over each sheet with a size made of glue y± pound, melted 
in hot water 1 gallon. This is applied hot, with a brush, to the paper, 
and the sheets dried by hanging them on lines. The resin compound 
is then applied warm, with a brush, to the sized sheets, which are then 
folded together. 

Anti-moth Paper. Carbolic acid, camphor, oil of cedar, each, 1 part ; 
benzin 8 parts. Dissolve and dip sheets of heavy porous paper in the 
liquid and hang on lines until the benzin evaporates. The paper should 



1386 The Femicr Formulary Part VII. 

then be cut up and kept in tin boxes. These sheets are put away in 
drawers or with furs etc. to prevent moths. 

Rat Poison. A great variety of poison for rats and vermin are put 
up under various names and in various forms. They consist mainly of 
arsenic, with the addition of some coloring matter or other substances. 

Rough on Rats is an example of a proprietary rat poison. It consists 
of arsenic colored a little with ivory black or some other black sub- 
stance. It is mixed with lard and sugar and spread upon bread. 

Rat Paste Poison. This may be made by mixing arsenic with brown 
sugar, equal parts, and making into an ointment or paste with lard, 
the same quantity as is taken of the arsenic. 

Tartar emetic may be used instead of arsenic. 

Luminous Paste for Rats, Roaches etc. This was formerly quite a 
favorite rat poison, as it shines in the night, attracting the attention 
of the rats, and at the same time acts as a poison.- It is best made by 
melting phosphorus I ounce with petrolatum or lard I pound, by 
means of a water-bath, and while melted and well mixed by agitation 
in a closely stopped wide-mouth bottle, allow to cool and solidify. 
This may then be mixed with sugar I pound and flour i pound, or 
sufficient to make a stiff mass. 

A better luminous paste is made with arsenic, luminous paint (made 
without turpentine) and sugar, each i part, well mixed. 

Mosquito or Black Fly Preventive. Hunters or fishers who go into 
the woods during the summer are much annoyed by flies and mos- 
quitoes. The following preparation is for rubbing on the hands and 
face to keep them off. Petrolatum 3 ounces, paraffin y 2 ounce, oil tar 
2 ounces, oil pennyroyal 1 ounce, carbolic acid 2 drachms. Melt the 
solid ingredients and, when nearly cold enough to begin to solidify, 
incorporate the other ingredients. 

To prevent Flies from lighting on marble or glass. Put a few drops 
of oil of wintergreen or pennyroyal on a damp sponge and rub over the 
surface ; they will not light where this is done, but it must be repeated 
every four hours or so. 

Other Poisons. For potato bugs Paris green or London purple 

seem to be the most successful. The same are also used for codling 

moths, and curculio on trees and shrubbery. For lice on plants insect 

powder is good, but washing with a spray of whale oil soap suds seems 

to be the most effective. For squash and cucumber bugs calomel is 

used. 

FOODS. 

A few preparations are known as foods for various purposes, as 
Baby Food, Infant Food, Plant Food, Egg Food etc. The following 
are some of the popular preparations : 

Infants and Invalids Food. These foods are prepared from various 
grains in various ways; the object being to secure in them the most 



Part VII. Miscellaneous 1387 

valuable constituents of the food, and to present them in the form most 
readily digestible. To this end the grains are variously treated, by 
malting, removing some of the less valuable constituents, concentrat- 
ing etc. As these processes require expensive machinery and exper- 
ience, they are not adapted to the use of druggists, and are, therefore, 
not given here. 

Plant Food. For making plants grow and blossom, the following 
are used: 

Ammonium sulphate 4 ounces, sal nitre 2 ounces, sugar 1 ounce, hot 
water 1 pint. Mix and dissolve, keep in a well-stoppered bottle. A 
little is added to the water used for plants. Another formula is potas- 
sium nitrate 2 parts, calcium carbonate (precipitated chalk), sodium 
chloride, calcium phosphate, each, 1 part ; iron silicate 3 parts, water 
20 parts. Mix. 

INKS, BLUINGS AND BLACKINGS. 

A great variety of inks, bluings and blackings are found on the mar- 
ket. The following formulae make good preparations of this kind. It 
must be remembered, however, that there are many qualities of ani- 
lines and other substances used in making inks etc., which have the 
same name, but are of different degrees of excellence. The best should 
always be chosen. 

In the limited space only a few formulas can be given, but they 
will be sufficient. 

Inks. 

Fine Black Aniline Ink. Xegrosine (black aniline crystals) y 
ounce, dextrin y 2 ounce, corrosive sublimate 2 grains, water 2 pints. 
Dissolve the negrosine in a pint of hot water ; dissolve the dextrin and 
corrosive sublimate in the remaining pint of water and mix the solu- 
tions. This ink flows freely, is always black and does not mold. By 
using a less quantity of aniline a very good ink may be made but it is 
not so black. 

Carmine Ink. Carmine, Xo. 40, 80 grains ; potassium carbonate (sal 
tartar) 80 grains, gum arabic, in powder, 80 grains ; formaldehyde 1 
fl. drachm, water 16 fl. ounces. Rub the carmine, sal tartar and gum 
arabic together in a mortar and, having added the formaldehyde to the 
water, rub the powder in the mortar with separate portions of the 
solution until all is added. This makes an excellent red ink. 

Fine Red Aniline Ink. Eosine aniline 180 grains, water 2 pints. 
Dissolve the eosine in the water. This is a brilliant, bright, firey red 
ink. It is put up and sold as "Carmine Ink,'' but is much better and 
cheaper than it. 

Fine Violet Aniline Ink. Violet aniline 120 grains, alcohol y 2 ounce, 
dextrin y 2 ounce, hot water 2 pints. Put the aniline in a bottle with 



1388 The Fenner Formulary Part VII. 

the alcohol and add the hot water in which the dextrin has been dis- 
solved. Different shades of violet, ranging from reddish to blue, may 
be obtained and various shades of ink ma)' be made. The letters B 
and R signify the proportions of blue and red used; the "blue shades" 
are preferred. 

Other aniline inks may be prepared in the same manner as the 
foregoing. 

Blue Ink. Water-blue aniline i~y 2 drachms, dextrin % ounce, hot 
water 2 pints. 

Green Ink. Green aniline 2 drachms, dextrin 34 ounce, hot water 
2 pints. 

Purple Ink. This may be made like violet ink. It is in fact the 
same as the bluish-violet. 

Red Aniline Ink. This may be made from red aniline (fuchsin) ]/ 2 
ounce, alcohol 2 ounces, dextrin ]/ 2 ounce, hot water 2 pints. It is 
not so good as the eosine red ink. Scarlet red ink may also be made 
from scarlet aniline. 

Black Ink, Logwood. School Ink. Extract of logwood 3 ounces, 
potassium bichromate 3 drachms hydrochloric acid 4 fl.drachms, water 
1 gallon. Boil the extract with the water and potassium bichromate 
in 1 quart of water until dissolved, add the hydrochloric acid to the 
balance of the water and mix the solutions while warm. 

This ink flows nicely and has a good color. 

Fountain Pen Ink. This may be made from a special aniline dye 
made for that purpose, by dissolving y 2 ounce of the dye in 16 fl. ounces 
of water, or it may be made from Navy Blue Diamond dye for wool by 
dissolving the contents of one package in 16 fl. ounces of boiling water 
and after standing, pouring off the liquid free from sediment. This 
makes a very satisfactory fountain pen ink. 

Japan Ink. This may be made by boiling borax 3 drachms, shellac 
1 drachm, sugar 2 drachms for 1 hour in a pint of water, then straining 
the solution and dissolving in it y 2 ounce negrosine or black aniline. 
This does not flow so freely as other inks, but is very black and glossy. 

Black Gloss Ink may be made from any other good black ink by add- 
ing to it gum arabic and sugar or a strong solution of shellac and borax 
as above. The very finest Japan ink may be made by dissolving fine 
India ink by rubbing it with a solution of shellac as above made until 
it is of the proper consistence and color. 

Other colored inks may be made gloss inks in the same manner. 

Liquid India Ink. This is prepared with stick India ink by rubbing 
it down on a plate or other glazed surface until an ink of the proper 
shade and consistence is obtained. The finest Stick India Ink is made 
of the finest lampblack made into a paste with an infusion of certain 
native albuminous seeds of China or Japan, and then moulded into 
sticks. The more common kinds are made up with glue, gelatin etc. 



Part VII. Miscellaneous 1389 

Violet-Black Ink. Violet Ink passing to Black. Extract of logwood 
3 ounces, potassium bichromate 3 drachms, alum 2 ounces, lime water 
1 pint, ammonia water 8 ounces, commercial hydrochloric acid, by 
weight, 1 pound ; iron filings or old scraps of nails 1 pound, gum arabic 
3 ounces, water 1 gallon. Boil the extract of logwood and potassium 
bichromate in 1 quart of water until dissolved, add the alum previously 
dissolved in 1 quart of hot water, then add the lime water, then the am- 
monia water ; stir thoroughly and gradually add the hydrochloric acid 
with constant stirring, then add the remainder of the water in which 
the gum arabic is dissolved and pour the mixture upon the scraps of 
iron in an open vessel or crock. Let stand several days and decant. 

Writing Fluid, Blue-Black. Apello nutgalls, coarsely ground, 1 
pound, iron sulphate, copperas, 5 ounces, gum arabic 4 ounces, boric 
acid y 2 ounce, extract of indigo 1 ounce, picric acid 1 drachm, water 
sufficient to make 1 gallon. Macerate the nutgalls in 1 gallon of water 
for 12 hours, then boil in a kettle for 1 hour and pour off the decoction, 
add half a gallon of fresh water to the dregs and boil again for half an 
hour and pour off the liquid, press the residue and mix the product 
with the previous decoction. This will make about 1 gallon of liquid; 
to this, while still warm, add the remaining ingredients and dissolve; 
add water if necessary to make 1 gallon and, after standing 12 hours 
or more strain through a coarse muslin strainer. This is a good 
writing fluid, similar to those most popular in the market. 

Many formulas might be given but this will be sufficient. The color 
may be varied by using more or less indigo extract or picric 
acid. 

Copying Ink, Black. For Moist Sheets. By adding a little gum 
arabic and sugar to almost any of the foregoing inks, fair copying inks 
may be made, but the best copying ink may be made from the writing 
fluid last given by adding to each pint 1 ounce of sugar and J / 2 ounce 
gum arabic. 

An excellent copying ink may also be made from the violet-black 
ink by adding to each pint ^4 ounce each of sugar and gum arabic. 
This is similar to the popular French Copying Ink. 

Colored Copying Inks. Most of the high-colored aniline inks make 
good copies without the addition of other ingredients. If anything is 
required, however, ]/> ounce of gum arabic in a pint is usually 
sufficient. Care must be taken not to make the sheets too wet for 
copying colored inks, as they are apt to blur. 

Copying Inks for Dry Paper. Inks are sometimes wanted for "dry 
copying" as it is termed. This depends upon the ink altogether, which 
may be made by adding to any of the regular black or colored writing 
inks from 3 to 4 ounces of glycerin in each pint, or by making the same 
inks and using 3 ounces of glycerin instead of the same quantity of 
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1390 The Fenner Formulary Part VII. 

The writing is to be quickly done, without blotting and without 
shading and the copy taken at once. 

Chromograph or Hectograph Inks. These inks are designed to be 
used on the hectograph or copying pad, by which a hundred or more 
copies or duplicates may be made from one writing. 

Black, Blue, Red and Violet may be made in the same manner, but 
the violet is most used because a much larger number of clear copies 
may be made from it. The formula is as follows: Violet (or other) 
aniline y 2 ounce av., alcohol J / 2 fl. ounce, white sugar % ounce av., 
glycerin I ounce av., water 6 fl. ounces. Mix the aniline with the alco- 
hol and add the glycerin ; dissolve the sugar and add. Of black aniline 
or negrosine double the quantity is required. 

Hectograph Copying Pad. Hectograph copying pads should be made 
somewhat softer for winter use than for summer, which can be clone 
by adding a little larger proportion of glycerin. Good glue 4 ounces, 
glycerin 16 ounces, water 8 ounces. Break up the glue and soak in 
the water for a few hours, then heat by water-bath until melted and 
add the glycerin and heat together for some time to evaporate part 
of the water, then strain into a shallow square tin to make the desired 
shape, and skim with a card to free from bubles. This is improved 
by adding 1 ounce barium carbonate to the liquid while warm. 

The writing to be copied is done with hectograph ink and trans- 
ferred to the pad, sheets of paper are then put on and copies made. 

Indelible or Marking Ink. For marking linen. Silver nitrate 3*4 
ounces, sodium bicarbonate 4 J / 2 ounces, stronger ammonia water 3^ 
ounces, tartaric acid 1% ounces, archil 1 ounce, powdered acacia 2^2 
ounces, soluble sap gum (or dextrin) 1 ounce, sugar iV 2 ounces, 
water sufficient to make 20 fl. ounces. Dissolve the silver and soda 
salts, each separately, in 2 pints of boiling water, and mix the solu- 
tions. Allow the precipitate to settle, decant the fluid and collect the 
precipitate on a paper filter, wash it with a pint of water and, when 
drained, transfer it to a mortar, then add the acid and mix. When 
effervescence has ceased add the stronger ammonia water and transfer 
the whole to a bottle containing the sugar. Now dissolve the sap gum 
or dextrin in 4 ounces of water, and the archil by the aid of heat. Add 
the acacia to the mixture, stir until dissolved and strain. Add the 
ammoniacal solution to this and make up to 20 ounces with water. 

Indelible Laundry Ink. Sodium carbonate (sal soda) 1 ounce av., 
silver nitrate y 2 ounce av., acacia, powdered, ^ ounce av., ammonia 
water 1 fl. ounce, distilled water 4 fl. ounces. Dissolve the sodium car- 
bonate in the distilled water and rub with the powdered acacia in a 
mortar. Dissolve the silver nitrate in the ammonia water and mix 
with the mucilage. Transfer to a flask of double the capacity of the 
liquid, stop closely and heat by means of a water-bath to boiling, 
leaving the stopper loose during the latter part of the operation. 



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Indelible Ink for Stamp or Stencil. Negrosine i ounce, tannin 2 
drachms, glycerin 4 ounces, ammonium vanadinate 10 grains. Mix 
and dissolve. Other colors may be made from other anilines. 

Another may be made from asphaltum 1 ounce, oil of turpentine 4 
ounces, black printing ink 4 ounces, iron chloride l / 2 ounce. Mix, 
dissolve and rub them well together. 

Marking Ink for Packages and Boxes. Extract logwood 1 pound, 
potassium bichromate 1% ounces, hydrochloric acid V/ 2 ounces, dex- 
trin 8 ounces, water 1 gallon. Boil the extract with the water, add the 
potassium bichromate and the acid, and lastly the dextrin. Allow to 
stand and decant. 

Marking Ink for Cotton Bales etc. Logwood extract 1 pound, 
copperas 10 ounces, potassium bichromate i l / 2 ounces, hydrochloric 
acid 2 ounces, brown sugar 1 pound, water 1 gallon. Boil the extract 
with the water, add the potassium bichromate, then the iron and acid, 
and lastly the sugar. After standing decant. 

Marking Ink in Cakes. For Brush or Stencil. These are made by 
rubbing some pigment with dextrin or gum arabic in solution and 
running the solution into boxes or molds. They are the same as 
water-color paints, and are to be used by wetting their surface with 
water and the brush rubbed over them. Make a thick mucilage of 
dextrin or gum arabic and stir in the pigment to a stiff paste. For 
black use drop or ivory black, for blue soluble Prussian blue or ultra- 
marine blue, for green chrome green, for fine red rose pink, scarlet 
lake or carmine, for cheap red Venetian red, red lead etc. 

Stamping Inks for Rubber Stamps. These are prepared from the 
anilines by mixing with glycerin ]/\ ounce of aniline to 4 ounces of 
glycerin. Black, blue, green, red and violet are the anilines usually 
used for this purpose. The same inks made in this manner may be 
used for marking pens. Cheaper inks for rubber stamps may be made 
with drop black, Prussian blue, chrome green, rose pink etc., but they 
are not in general favor. 

Ink Powders. These are prepared for quickly making inks by the 
addition of hot water. They are usually put up in packages sufficient 
to make a pint of ink, which requires from a teaspoonful to a table- 
spoonful of the powder. The following are the colors usually required : 

Black. Negrosine, in crystals, 1 part ; dextrin 3 parts. 

Blue. Water-blue aniline 1 part, dextrin 5 parts. This may also be 
made with Prussian blue 1 part, dextrin 2 parts. 

Green. Green aniline 1 part, dextrin 4 parts. 

Red. Eosine aniline 1 part, dextrin 1 part. 

Ribbon Inks. Ribbon inks for typewriters, dating stamps etc., are 
prepared by saturating thin silk with a solution of some aniline color 
in glycerin or some oily vehicle. The colors generally used are black, 
dark green, violet or purple. The solution may be made by dissolving 



1392 The Fenner Formulary Part VII. 

Y+ ounce of the aniline in a mixture of alcohol 2 fl. ounces, oleic acid 
2 ounces, lavender oil I drachm. The ribbon is saturated with this 
solution and dried. 

Gold and Silver Inks. Take equal parts of gold leaf (or silver leaf) 
and honey. Triturate them in a mortar until perfectly fine, then add 
about 30 parts of hot water and triturate. Allow to settle and pour off 
the water. Triturate again with fresh hot water. Allow to settle 
and pour off as before. Repeat the washing several times until the 
honey is all wasV.ed out, then dry the powdered gold leaf and mix it 
with water and gum arabic. It must be shaken occasionally while 
writing. 

Very fine bronze may be made into ink by adding water and gum 
arabic and shaking occasionally while writing. 

White Ink. For writing on black cards and some other purposes 
white ink is sometimes desired. It may be made by rubbing flake 
white 6 drachms with acacia mucilage 3 drachms, and enough water to 
make 1 fl. ounce. It may be shaken up before using. 

Horticultural Inks. For writing on Metal. This ink is prepared 
for writing on metal tags for labeling plants, trees etc. Blue vitrol 1 
ounce, sal ammoniac ]/ 2 ounce, both in powder, dissolve in ]/ 2 pint of 
strong vinegar. This may be used on zinc or iron strips or steel ; a 
quill should be used for writing. 

Aluminum strips of metal may be used. They should be first wiped 
with a little weak solution of caustic potash or soda to remove all 
grease, then written on with an ink prepared with hydrochloric acid 
diluted with an equal measure of water and colored with black ink. 
A steel pen may be used for the writing. This metal remains bright 
and retains the writing for a long time. 

Liquid Slating for Blackboards. Shellac 8 ounces, lampblack iJ/£ 
ounce, ultramarine blue 2 x / 2 ounces, powdered rottenstone 4 ounces, 
powdered pumice stone 6 ounces, alcohol 4 pints. Dissolve the shellac 
in the alcohol, add the other ingredients and mix them well together, 
apply quickly with a flat varnish brush. 

Carbon Duplicating Paper. Lard 10 ounces, beeswax 2 ounces, 
Canada balsam \y 2 drachms, lampblack sufficient. Melt the lard, wax 
and balsam together and add enough lampblack to make the desired 
color. This is applied to firm thin paper with a flannel dauber, and 
wiped off with clean rags. Be careful to coat evenly. 

Ink Erasing Fluid. 

Fluids for erasing ink are somewhat in demand and may readily be 
made by druggists. 

Ink Eraser. One preparation. Solution of chlorinated soda (La- 
barraque's Solution) 2 parts, water 1 part. Mix them. This is to be 
applied and as soon as the ink disappears the moisture absorbed with 
clean blotting paper. 



Part VII. Miscellaneous 1393 

Ink Eraser. Two preparations. Xo. i. Hydrochloric acid I ounce, 
water I gallon. Mix them. 

No. 2. Solution of chlorinated soda 2 parts, water 1 part. Mix them. 
To erase the ink apply No. 1 with the end of a penholder, and then ap- 
ply directly No. 2, and when the ink has disappeared absorb the 
moisture with clean blotting paper. 

Bluings. 

These are made both dry and liquid. The dry bluings, aside from 
indigo, consist of soluble Prussian blue, and the liquids are solutions 
of the same in water. They may be prepared as follows : 

Dry Bluing. Prussian blue 4 parts, oxalic acid 1 part. Powder the 
oxalic acid and mix them well together. If soluble Prussian blue is 
used, no acid is necessary. This is put up in various ways for the 
market. 

Liquid Bluing. Soluble Prussian blue 1 ounce, oxalic acid *4 ounce, 
boiling water 1 quart. Dissolve the salts in the water. 

Blacking and Shoe Dressings, Etc. 

A great variety of Blackings and Shoe Dressings, good, poor and 
bad, are found on the market. We have space only to give two or 
three good formulas. 

Shoe Blacking. French Blacking. The paste shoe blackings of the 
market are all made in the same general way, by combining some 
elastic substances with oils, driers, black pigments etc. The difference 
in them consists mainly in the quality of the materials used and the 
skill with which they are compounded. The following will make a 
good blacking: Dissolve India rubber, cut fine, 2 ounces, in cotton 
seed oil 1 pound, by the aid of heat ; and add to the solution ivory 
black, in very fine powder, 7 pounds ; molasses 5 pounds, gum arabic, 
in powder, 2 ounces ; strong vinegar 22 fl. ounces. Mix them thoroughly 
and grind the mixture through a paint mill, then add sulphuric acid 1^3 
pounds, and stir daily for a week or more, or heat gently and incorpo- 
rate the acid while warm. The use of sulphuric acid in this blacking 
is not objectionable as it is neutralized by the lime salts contained in 
the ivory or bone black used. 

Liquid Paste Blacking. A liquid blacking may be made by melting 
the above and mixing it with good vinegar, say 3 gallons for the above 
quantity. This is not like the popular shoe dressings on the market. 

Shoe Dressing. Shellac, dark colored, 1^2 pounds, sal soda, crystals, 
6y 2 ounces; gum arabic 4 ounces, negrosine (black aniline) 1/4 ounce, 
water sufficient to make 1 gallon. Put the sal soda in half a gallon of 
water and heat to boiling, add the shellac to the boiling solution and 
continue the heat for 10 or 15 minutes until all the shellac has been 
dissolved that will be (there is a small portion left undissolved), then 



1394 The Fenner Formulary Part VII. 

add the negrosine and a pint of water in which the gum arabic has 
previously been dissolved. When cool strain and add enough water to 
make a gallon. 

This is similar to most of the "patent" shoe dressings on the mar- 
ket. It may be made to dry more quickly by adding a little alcohol. 
This is usually put up in 4 ounce bottles with a cork. through which a 
wire is inserted with a small sponge attached. 

Bronze Shoe Dressing. Add to the foregoing ]/ 2 to ^4 ounce of red 
aniline in a gallon, and dissolve by gentle heat. Some other colored 
anilines will also make a bronze finish. 

Patent Leather Dressing. This is designed to give a finish like pat- 
ent leather, and is water-proof. It may also be used as a belt polish 
and for other similar purposes. India rubber J4 ounce, shellac 4 
ounces, camphor y 2 ounce, negrosine y 2 ounce, wood alcohol 12 fl.- 
ounces. Dissolve the rubber by heat of a water-bath in the wood 
alcohol, then add the other ingredients and dissolve. 

Government Harness Dressing. Neatsfoot oil 1 gallon, bayberry 
tallow 2 pounds, beeswax 2 pounds, beef tallow 2 pounds, castor oil 
y 2 gallon, lampblack 1 ounce. Melt together the wax and tallow and 
add the oils and lampblack. When thoroughly mixed, strain through 
muslin. 

Waterproof Blacking. For greasing boots, making them water- 
proof etc. Neatsfoot oil 1 gallon, beeswax 2 pounds, shellac y 2 pound, 
beef tallow 8 pounds, castor oil 1 quart, lampblack y± pound. Melt 
and mix them as the preceding. 

Petrolatum Shoe Dressing. Petrolatum 12 ounces, yellow wax or 
cerasin 3 ounces, lampblack 2 ounces. Melt the petrolatum and wax 
together, stir in the lampblack and, while cooling, add sufficient nitro- 
benzol or other flavoring to perfume the dressing, then pour into 
boxes. This is similar to the shoe dressing now used, of which a 
small quantity is rubbed over the shoe and polished off with a cloth. 

POLISHING PREPARATIONS. 

Among the preparations put up and sold by druggists and others 
connected with the business are a great variety of polishes of different 
kinds, and for various uses. The following are formulas for the 
most important ones : 

Furniture Polish. 

For restoring the color or luster of furniture, preparations are des- 
igned to be applied with a cloth and rubbed until dry. 

Furniture Cream. Common white soap 150 grains, sal tartar 60 
grains, white wax 2y 2 ounces, water 5 fl. ounces, oil of turpentine 10 
ounces. Melt the soap in the water by the heat of a water-bath, add 
the sal tartar and then the white wax. When the wax is melted re- 



Part VII. Miscellaneous 1395 

move from the fire and slowly add, with constant stirring, the oil of 
turpentine, mixing them thoroughly while cooling. This is to be ap- 
plied with a cloth and rubbed down with Canton flannel. 

Furniture Polish. Linseed oil 6 fl. ounces, alcohol 3 fl. ounces, shellac 
1 ounce av., "butter" of antimony i~y 2 fl. ounces, hydrochloric acid y 2 
ounce, oil of turpentine 5 fl. ounces. Dissolve the shellac in the alco- 
hol and mix with the linseed oil and turpentine, then, having mixed 
the hydrochloric acid and "butter" of antimony, add them to the prep- 
aration and mix thoroughly. Apply as the preceding. 

Glass Polish. 

For polishing glass, mirrors and bright ware, as silver-plated ware 
etc., the following are recommended: 

Glass and Silver Polish. Prepared chalk 3 ounces, alcohol, ammonia 
water and water, each, 3 ounces. Mix them by rubbing the chalk to 
a smooth paste with the liquids. 

Glass Polish. Calcined magnesia mixed with gasoline into a liquid 
of the consistence of cream is excellent for polishing plate glass, mir- 
rors etc. Calcined magnesia made up into balls with powdered soap 
is also a good preparation for this purpose. 

Silver Polish. 

The following are recommended for polishing silver and nickelplated 
ware etc. They make fine polishes that will not scratch : 

Silver Polishing Liquid. Prepared chalk 1 pound, crocus martis 4 
ounces. Mix well together and to make up put 1 ounce of the mixture 
in a 4-ounce bottle, add 1 ounce ammonia water and water enough to 
fill the bottle. Shake the bottle before using and apply with a cloth, 
then rub off when dry with another cloth. 

Silver Polish Powder. Rouge or fine crocus martis 1 ounce, fossil 
silica 4 ounces, prepared chalk 1 pound. Rub the fossil silica to a fine 
powder and mix intimately with the chalk. This will not scratch the 
finest surface. A cheaper powder may be made of whiting and rotten 
stone, or by using prepared chalk alone. 

Silvering Solution or Polish. Potassium cyanide 2 ounces, silver 
nitrate 1 ounce, or a sufficient quantity; distilled water 12 ounces, pre- 
cipitated chalk 2 ounces. Dissolve the potassium cyanide in the water 
and add to it a concentrated solution of silver nitrate as long as the 
precipitate first formed is redissolved, then add the chalk and mix 
them thoroughly. This serves as a plating and polish for silver. 

Gilding Solution. This is made in the same manner as the foregoing, 
only gold chloride and sodium is used instead of silver nitrate. 

Polishes for Brass and Metal. 

The foregoing polishes may also be used on brass and metals, but 
do not "take hold" like the following: 



1396 The Fenner Formulary Part VII. 

Polishing or Putz Pomade. Iron subcarbonate 6 ounces, fossil 
silica 2 ounces, petrolatum i pound, cotton seed oil 2 ounces, oil of 
mirbane or essential oil of almonds 40 minims. Reduce the fossil silica 
to a very fine powder and mix it with the iron, melt the petrolatum, 
add the cotton seed oil and stir in the powders, run through a sieve 
and while cooling add the flavoring oils and stir until ready to set, 
then run into boxes. 

Instead of fossil silica, prepared chalk or whiting may be used. 

This is applied with a rag and well-rubbed, then wiped off with a 
clean cloth and the surface polished with a little whiting. 

Polishing Liquid. For brass, copper etc. Oxalic acid 1 ounce, cro- 
cus martis 2 ounces, whiting 4 ounces, water 1 pint. Mix. Shake 
before using, apply by rubbing and polish dry with whiting. The 
same substances may also be used dry, or applied with a little oil 
and rubbed dry with whiting. 

Barkeeper's Friend. Whiting 8 ounces, gasoline 1 pint. Rub them 
together to a smooth paste. Shake before using. Apply, allow to dry 
on the metal and polish off with a cotton flannel cloth. Two ounces 
crocus martis may be used in place of an equal quantity of whiting. 

For Polishing Tin. Mix oxide of tin 1 part with whiting 3 parts 
and polish by rubbing with the powder. 

Tripoli. This is a gritty polishing substance made by calcining flint 
and reducing to a powder. Ordinary lime water is used for the same 
purpose. They are not intended for fine, highly-polished surfaces, but 
for brightening and scouring. 

Stove Blacking or Polish. Stove blacking, as it is known in the 
market, is simply black lead, amorphous graphite or plumbago, var- 
iously prepared and molded, pressed or cut into shape. It is obtained 
from mines and consists of carbon mixed with iron, the mixture often 
being called carbide or carburet of iron. It is finely ground and made 
into a stiff paste, molded into bricks or other convenient form and 
dried. It is also furnished in the form of paste and run into boxes. 

Laundry Polish. 

For giving a gloss to linen, preparations are put up in the form of 
liquids, also in cakes of wax. They are mixed with the starch when 
made, and the polish is secured by ironing with a rounded polishing 
iron. 

Laundry Wax or Polish. Starch gloss. White wax, paraffin, sper- 
maceti, stearin, powdered gum arabic, equal parts. Melt the wax and, 
while cooling stir in the powdered gum arabic and run into molds. 
Two drachms of this wax boiled with a pint of starch and thoroughly 
mixed with it is the proper proportion for polishing, half the quantity 
suffices for ordinary polishing. 

Paraffin alone is used for the same purpose. 



Part VII. Miscellaneous 1397 

Liquid Starch Glace. White wax I ounce, spermaceti i ounce, gum 
arabic i ounce, borax 1 ounce, water 10 ounces, oil of cloves 10 drops. 
Dissolve the borax and gum arabic in the water, melt the wax and 
spermaceti and while liquid rub with the solution of borax etc. to 
make an emulsion, mixing them thoroughly. A tablespoonful or two 
of this liquid in a pint of starch gives a fine polish. It may also be ap- 
plied after starching by rubbing over the starch with a cloth, and then 
polishing with a hot iron. 

VARNISHES. 

For coating and finishing the surfaces of wood, metals, glass, labels, 
pictures etc., solutions of resins of various kinds in spirits or oils are 
employed. Most of these varnishes are purchased of manufacturing 
houses which make them in large quantities, but some of them are 
readily prepared and considerably used by druggists, among which 
are the following. Some other varnishes have been mentioned else- 
where. 

Label Varnish. This may be made by dissolving pale shellac 6 
ounces in 12 fl. ounces of alcohol by the aid of heat and adding to the 
warm solution 1 pint of linseed oil and 2 drachms of zinc chloride, 
agitating them until the zinc salt is dissolved. It is applied with a 
brush, or by dipping the label or floating it. 

A spirit varnish made with sandarach, shellac and alcohol may also 
be used. 

Spirit Varnish. Sandarach 3 ounces, pale shellac 2 ounces, alcohol 
20 fl. ounces. Dissolve and add copal varnish 2 ounces, mix well, strain 
through gauze, set aside for a month and decant the clear portion from 
the sediment. This is used for labels, pictures, water colors, litho- 
graphs etc. 

Shellac Varnish. For "killing" knots in wood for polishing and 
many other purposes shellac varnish is used. It is simply shellac dis- 
solved in alcohol. About 3 pounds of shellac with sufficient alcohol 
to make a gallon. It is used thinner for some purposes. 

Transfer Varnish. Mastic, sandarach, each, 2 ounces; alcohol 15 
fl. ounces. Dissolve and add pure Canada balsam 4 ounces. This is 
used for transferring engravings, lithographs, decalcomania pictures 
etc., and for gilding, silvering, bronzing etc. 

Other Varnishes. Of the other varnishes that are used Damar var- 
nish is made by dissolving gum or resin damar in oil of turpentine. 
Copal varnish is made by dissolving copal in oil of turpentine. This is 
also known as Furniture Varnish and Carriage Varnish, many var- 
ieties being made from different qualities of gum or resin. Mastic 
varnish may be made by dissolving mastic either in alcohol or oil of 
turpentine. 



1398 The Fenner Formulary Part VlL 

Crystal varnish is made from Canada balsam mixed with an equal 
volume of oil of turpentine. It is also known as map varnish and is 
used diluted with oil of turpentine for making tracing paper. Wax 
varnish is prepared by melting 2 ounces of wax with 6 ounces of oil of 
turpentine and mixing with a pint of copal varnish. 

Sealing wax varnish is made from shellac sealing wax dissolved in 
alcohol. It is used for chemical and electrical apparatus, cork tops etc. 
Many other varnishes are known and used. 

Glass varnish — for making a film on glass the wax varnish above 
is good. A transparent varnish for glass is made of sandarach and 
mastic, each 2 ounces dissolved in alcohol 20 ounces. 

Paint and Varnish Remover. Acetone 3 fl. ounces, crude fusel oil 
(amylic alcohol) 3 fl. ounces, wood alcohol 6 fl. ounces, gasoline 4 fl.- 
ounces, carbon bisulphide 2 ounces. Mix them. This is similar to 
a preparation called "Ad-el-ite." 

UNCLASSIFIED PREPARATIONS. 

Liquid Court Plaster. This may be made by dissolving resin 
plaster (adhesive plaster) 4 parts by the heat of a water-bath in gaso- 
line 2 parts, adding a little more gasoline so that the finished product 
will have the consistency of syrup. This is applied and the gasoline 
evaporates, leaving a thin coating of the elastic plaster. 

Battery Solutions or Fluids. The solution most commonly used 
for batteries of zinc and copper, which are called gravity batteries, is 
a solution of copper sulphate (blue vitriol) in water, sufficient of the 
salt being used to leave a small portion undissolved in the bottom of 
the jar. The batteries with carbon and zinc plates, known .as high 
resistance batteries, are charged with battery fluid made with potas- 
sium bichromate 1 part, sulphuric acid 2 parts by weight, water 10 
parts ; the zincs being amalgamated with mercury. The Leclanche 
battery, which has a porous cup filled with carbon, and a zinc anode, 
is charged with a solution of ammonium chloride about 1 part to 4 
parts of water. Small batteries for medicinal use are usually made 
with copper and zinc and charged with a solution of mercury sulphate. 
Platinum batteries are charged with the same, some mercury being 
left in the bottom of the jar, which keeps the zincs amalgamated. 
Many other kinds of batteries are known and used, but these men- 
tioned are the most common. 

Silvering Solution. For silvering the inside of glass vessels, vases 
etc., the following solution is used: 

No. 1. Distilled water 12 fl. ounces, Rochelle salt 12 grains, silver 
16 grains. Dissolve the Rochelle salt in the water and heat to boiling, 
then add the silver nitrate dissolved in 1 ounce of distilled water, and 
continue the boiling for 10 minutes, adding enough distilled water, 
when cold, to make the measure 12 fl. ounces. 



Part VII. Miscellaneous 1399 

Xo. 2. Distilled water to fl. ounces, silver nitrate i ounce, ammonia 
water a sufficient quantity, alcohol I flounce. Dissolve the silver salt 
in the water and add enough ammonia water to nearly but not quite 
dissolve the precipitate first formed ; lastly add the alcohol and dis- 
tilled water to make the measure 12 fl. ounces. 

Allow the solutions to stand several days, then mix equal parts of 
each and pour into the glass vessels desired to be silvered, or, for 
making mirrors, lav glass flat on the surface of the solution. 

Soldering Solution. Hydrochloric acid 5 fl. ounces, zinc, in small 
pieces, a sufficient quantity ; sal ammoniac 1 ounce av. Add the zinc 
to the acid until nearly all has dissolved that will, then add the sal 
ammoniac and heat to a simmer for 5 minutes. For making solder 
flow freely. 

Plating Solutions. 

For electro-plating with silver, nickel, gold etc., it is necessary to 
use batteries to generate the electrolytic action, and deposit the 
metals from their solutions upon the surfaces which are to be plated. 
The details of the processes are too voluminous to be repeated here, 
and the solutions from which the metal is deposited can only be briefly 
mentioned. 

Silver-Plating Solution. This may be made with potassium cyanide 
4 ounces av., silver cyanide 1J4 ounces av., water 160 fl. ounces. 

Gold-Plating Solution. This may be made with potassium cyanide 
1 pound av., gold cyanide r / 132 ounce av., water 160 fl. ounces. 

Nickel-Plating Solution. This may be made with double salts of 
nickel (sulphate of nickel and ammonium) 4 ounces, water 160 
fl. ounces. 

Many other plating solutions are used, and the metal is deposited in 
various ways on different articles. 

Plating Liquor is intended to brighten and increase the luster of 
plated-ware. It is made by dissolving 1 ounce each of alum, cream of 
tartar and salt in 80 fl. ounces of water. The articles are to be boiled 
in the liquor. 

Permissible Aniline Colors. 

Besides the colors mentioned under the title Colores in Part II. of 
this work, the following coal-tar colors are now permitted by the U. S. 
Government as harmless ingredients in beverages, foods and med- 
icines : the numbers of the dyes preceding their names are as listed by 
Green : 

Red shades: 107, Amaranth; 56, Ponceau 3 R; 517, Erythrosin. 
Orange shades: 85, Orange 1. Yellow shades: 4. Xaphthol yellow S. 
Green shades: 435, Light green S. F. yellowish. Blue shades: 92, 
Indigo disulpho acid. 



1400 The Fenner Formulary Part VII. 

A circular has recently been issued by the U. S. department of agri- 
culture giving methods for the examination of these seven permitted 
colors and their identification when occurring in mixtures. 

The French government allows 21 coal-tar colors to be used, they 
are as follows: Rose: (1) Elosine, (2) Erythrosine, (3) Rose Ben- 
gale. Red: (4) Bordeaux B, (5) Ponceau crystallized, (6) Bordeaux 
S, (7) New Coccine, 8 solid red, 9 Ponceau RR, (10) Scarlet R, (11) 
fuschine, acid. Orange: (12) Orange 1. Yellow: (13), (14) 
Chrysoine, 15 Auromine O. Green: (16) blue, (19) patent blue. 
Violet: 20 Paris violet, (21) acid violet. 

Purifying Bees' Wax. Melt 10 pounds of wax with 1 pint of vin- 
egar and a quart of water ; when melted strain and wrap the vessel and 
cover it with several thicknesses of cloth so that it will cool slowly. 
All sediment settles to the bottom and may readily be scraped off. 

Prepared Corks. Corks may be prepared for resisting the action of 
acids etc. by immersing them in melted paraffin, and when removed 
putting them at once into cold water ; this gives them a coating of 
paraffin and fills all cavities, making them impervious to acids etc. 

Burnt cork may be prepared by placing a quantity of corks in an 
iron kettle, covering closely and heating them until they are reduced 
to charcoal; they may then be powdered. 

Bleaching Sponges. To bleach sponges first dip them in a solution 
of potassium permanganate 1 ounce in 1 gallon of water, squeeze out 
the water as much as possible, then pour upon them a solution pre- 
pared with sodium hyposulphite 1 pound, water 7 pints, hydrochloric 
acid 1. pint, until they are white, then to prevent turning yellow when 
dry dip in a solution of 2 drachms sodium bicarbonate in 1 gallon of 
water and drain. 

Sulphur Lotion. Zinc sulphocarbolate 20 grains, zinc oxide 120 
grains, lac sulphur 60 grains, cologne 1 ounce, glycerin 1 ounce, rose 
water 5 ounces. Rub the zinc oxide with the lac sulphur and then with 
the cologne ; add the glycerin and rose water in which the zinc carbo- 
late has been dissolved. 

Curry Powder. Coriander seed, turmeric, dessicated cocoanut, each, 
4 ounces; cassia buds, fenugreek seed, poppy seed, each, 2 ounces; 
mustard, ginger, mace, each, 1 ounce; capsicum, allspice and garlic, 
each, y 2 ounce. Grind them all together to a fine powder. This is a 
fair imitation of the genuine Indian curry powder. Used for seasoning. 

Celery Salt. Celery seed, in fine powder, 1 ounce ; fine dry table salt 
7 ounces. Mix them well together. 

Pepper Sauce. This is conveniently made by adding good vinegar 
to whole bird pepper or capsicum contained in a pepper sauce bottle, 



Part VII. Miscellaneous 1401 

Worcestershire Sauce. The composition of this sauce is a trade 
secret, but a variety of similar sauces are found on the market. A 
good imitation may be made as follows : Chop the green outer cover- 
ing of unripe walnuts 5 pounds, bruise them to a pulp in a mortar, 
pour upon them 6 pints of good strong vinegar and, after standing a 
day heat to boiling and strain with strong pressure. To the liquid 
thus obtained add garlic, grated to a pulp, 2 ounces ; capsicum, in fine 
powder, 2 ounces; black pepper 1 ounce, cinnamon \ l / 2 ounces, nut- 
meg y 2 ounce, allspice 1 ounce, cloves y 2 ounce, all in fine powder ; salt 
12 ounces, brown sugar 8 ounces, and enough good vinegar to make 1 
gallon of the finished product. This is to stand for some time, with 
frequent agitation, and then to be put up in bottles. 

Sugar of Lemons. Citric acid 1 ounce, extract of lemon 1 ounce, 
sugar 1 pound. Powder the acid and mix thoroughly with the sugar, 
rub the extract of lemon first with a small quantity of the mixture and 
then with the remainder gradually added. A tablespoonful of this 
makes a small glass of lemonade. 



INDEX. 



This Index includes all drugs, chemicals and preparations official in the U. S. 
and Br. pharmacopoeias, together with such other unofficial drugs and prepar- 
ations as are essential or important to pharmacy or medicine in English- 
speaking countries. 

In the Organic Materia Medica Section, (Part I., pages 106 to 236) vegetable 
and animal drugs are described under their Latin pharmaceutical names and 
appear in alphabetical order in this index. The botanical names of plants and 
the families to which they belong are given in the text, but are not generally 
given in this index. ; 

In the Chemical Section (Part I., pages 237 to 326) are included all the 
chemical elements and their simple compounds and salts generally listed, but 
only those official or important to the trade appear in the index, the others may 
be found by referring in the Chemical Section to the chemical element from 
which they are formed. In Part II. of this work all the official chemicals, 
together with the more important unofficial salts and compounds, are des- 
cribed, and their names appear in this index. 

Under the heading "Medical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Terms," (pages 
31 to 56) definitions useful in medicine, chemistry and pharmacy are given, 
alphabetically arranged in dictionary form. These are not generally in- 
cluded in this index. 

Preparations allied to the drug trade but not a part of regular pharmacy 
will be found in Parts III., IV., V., VI., VII. They are included in this index 
in general alphabetical arrangement. 

To avoid repeating names of drugs, chemicals etc., one or more' dashes, 
indicating repetition of the word or words of the title, are used in this index. 



Abbreviations and 
Signs, 17. 

— Pharmaceutical 

authorities, 22. 

references, 22. 

Abies, 114. 

— balsamea, 114. 

— canadensis, 115. 

— communis, 115. 
-T- Douglasii, 115. 

— excelsa, 115. 

— Frazeri, 115. 

— Menziesii, 115. 

— pectinata, 115. 

— picea, 115. 
Abraum-salze, 261. 
Abric acid, 116. 



Abrin, 116. 

Abrus precatorius, 116. 

Abscess root, 208. 

fluidextract, 208. 

Absinth, 117. 
Absinthe, 1368. 

— ordinary, 1369. 
Absinthic acid, 117. 
Absinthin, 117. 
Absinthol, 117. 
Absinthium, 116. 

— ponticum, 116. 

— tincture, 1033. 
Absolute alcohol, 406. , 

- — temperature scale, 78. 

— zero, 78. 
Absorbent cotton, 733. 
Absorption, 81. 
Abstracta, 328. 



Abstracts, list of, 328. 
-Acacia, 117, 1304. 

— bark. 118. 

— mucilage, 820. 
syrup, 636. 

— syrup, 985. 

— triple extract, 1295. 
Acacise cortex, 118. 

— gummi, 117. 
Acalypha, 118. 
Acalyphine, 118. 
Acanthea, 118. 

— viridis, 118. 
Acerdol, 264. 
Acetal, 328. 
Acetals, 411. 
Acetamid, 329. 
Acetamide, 329. 
Acetanilide, 329. 



1404 

Acetanilide elixirs, 
542, 543. 

— powder corap., 904. 
Acetanilidum, 329. 
Aceta Medicata, 336. 
Acetate, 333. 

— ion, 333. 

— of iron, 

etherial tinct., 1054. 

tincture, Rade- 

macher's, 1054. 
Acetates, 332, 345. 
- — chemicals, 332. 

— solutions or 

liquors, 332. 
Acetic acid, 345. 

— — diluted, 346. 

crystallizable, 347. 

glacial, 347. 

— aldehyde, 411. 

— fluidextracts, 332. 

— tinctures, 333. 
Acetification, 334. 
Acetocaustin, 363. 
Acetonal, 421. 
Acetone, 330, 968. 

— chloroform, 330, 502. 

— collodion, 330, 516. 

— salicylic ether, 331. 

— alcohol, 331. 
Acetoform, 330. 
Acetolados, 336. 
Acetole de col- 

chique, 338. 
Acetoles, 336. 
Acetophenone, 331. 
Acetophenone-pheneti- 

did, 331. 
Acetophenonum, 331. 
Aceto-salicylate of 

antipyrine, 331. 
Acetopyrine, 331, 342. 
Acetozone, 331. 
Acet-para- 

phenetidin, 332. 
Acetphenetidin, 332. 
Acetphenetidinum, 332. 
Acetum, 333. 

— antisepticum, 336. 

— aromaticum, 337. 

— belladonnse, 339. 

— Britannicum, 338. _ 

— camphorse composi- 

tum, 338. 

— camphoratum, 337. 

— cantharides, 338. 

— colchici, 338. 

bulbi,338. 

seminis, 339. 

— commune, 346. 

— crudum, 346. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Acetum crudum 

cum acido carbol- 
ico, 339. 

— destillatum, 346. 

— digitalis, 339. 

— ipecacuanhas, 339. 

— lavendulae, 339. 

— lobeliae, 339. 

— opii, 340. 
compositus, 340. 

— purum, 346. 

— pyrolignosum, 346. 

— radicale, 346. 

— rosarum, 340. 
— ■ rosmarini, 339. 

— rubi idaei, 341. 

— rutae, 339. 

— sabadillse, 339. 

— scillce, 341. 

— sanguinariae, 341. 

— Thebiacum, 340. 
Acetyl, 342. 

— chloride, 342, 362. 

— ethoxy-phenyl- 

urethane, 342. 

— naphthalin, 342. 

— para-amido-salol, 342. 

— phenyl-hydrazin, 342. 

— salicylate of anti- 

pyrine, 342. 
methyl, 342. 

— salicyl-phenete- 

din, 342. 

— salicylic acid, 342, 458. 

— tannin. 342. 

— trimethyl colchi- 

cine acid, 342. 
Acetylene, 342. 
Achillea, 118. 
Achilleic acid, 118. 
Achillein, 118. 
Acida— Acids, 343. 
Acid abric, 116. 

— absinthic, 117. 

— absolute, 344. 

— acetic, 345. 

crystallizable, 347. 

diluted, 346. 

glacial, 347. 

— achilleic, 118. 

— aconitic, 388. 

— acrylic, 390. 

— agaric, 121. 

— amylic, 388. 

— anacardic, 126. 

— anisic, 127. 

— antimonious, 253. 

— arabic, 117. 

— arsenic, 347. 

— arsenious, 347. 
solution, 772, 



Acid, arthanic, 194. 

— benzoic, 134, 348. 
lozenge, 1089. 

— bismuthic, 471. 

— boracic, 349, 474. 

— boric, 349, 474. 

ointment, 1095. 

solution, 955. 

— bromacetic, 478. 

— bromic, 359, 477. 

— butyric, 479. 

— cacodylic, 350. 

— camphoric, 140, 350. 

— camphoronic, 140. 

— carbazotic, 376. 

— carbolic, 351, 510, 
864, 866. 

antidote, 352. 

crude, 351. 

crystallized, 351. 

ointment, 1095. 

solution, 948. 

— carbonic, 353. 

liquid, 353. 

true, 267, 353. 

— carminic, 151. 

— caryophyllic, 143. 

— cathartic, 222. 

— ceratic, 146. 

— chelidonic, 147. 

— chloric, 268, 503. 

— chlorous, 503. 

— chromic, 353, 506. 
solution, 772. 

— chrysophanic, 
212, 354. 

— cinnamic, 150, 509. 

— citric, 354. 

solution, 948. 

syrup, 985. 

— cresolic, 529. 

— cresylic, 528, 866. 

— cubebic, 157. 

— cyanic, 364. 

— dextro-tartaric, 386. 

— dichloracetic, 362. 

— diethylbar- 
bituric,' 1114. 

— dioxysuccinic. 386. 

— dithionic, 387. 

— drops, Haller's, 381. 

— ergotinic, 164. 

— filicic, 132. 

— former, 343. 

— formic, 355. 
spirit, 968. 

— gallic, 356. 

— gallotannic, 385. 

— gaulthero- salicy- 
lic, 925. 

— gelsemic, 171. 



Index 



1405 



Acid glycerino- 

phosphoric, 357. 

— guaiac, 176. 

— guaiacic, 176. 

— guaiaretic, 176. 

— hydrazoic, 292. 

— hydriodic, 277, 357, 

759. 

concentrated, 358. 

syrup, 985. 

— hydrobromic, 359. 

concentrated, 359. 

diluted, 360. 

— hydrochloric, 361, 503. 
diluted, 363. 

— hydrocyanic, 363, 531. 
diluted, 364, 531. 

— hydrofluoric. 273, 362. 
diluted, 366. 

— hypochlorous, 268,503. 

— hypophosphorous, 

297, 366, 868. 

— iodic, 277, 358, 759. 

— ipecacuanhic, 183. 

— juglandic, 185. 

— lactic, 367. 
diluted, 368. 

— la?vo-tartaric, 386. 

— lithic, 1111. 

— maizenic, 235. 

— malic. 380. 

— manganic, 288. 

— meconic, 368. 

— metaboric, 475. 

— metaphosphoric, 

297. 374, 868. 

— meta-tartaric. 386. 

— methylic, 356. 

— meso-tartaric. 386. 

— molybdic, 290. 

— monochlor- 

acetic, 362. 

— muriatic, 361. 
diluted. 363. 

— myrrhic, 197. 

— nascent phenic 

syrup, 1015. 

— nitric, 368. 
diluted, 370. 

— nitrohydro- 

chloric, 370. 
diluted, 371. 

— nitromuriatic. 370. 
diluted, 371. 

— nitrous, 371. 

— oleic, 371, 847. 

— ophelic, 148. 

— orthophenol- 

sulphonic, 379. 

— orthophosphoric, 

297, 374. 



Acid, osmic, 372. 

— oxalic, 373. 

— oxysuccinic, 380. 

— pannic, 132. 

— paratartaric, 386. 

— pentathionic, 387. 

— perchloric, 503. 

— periodic, 277, 759. 

— perosmic. 294, 372.^ 

— phenol-salicylic, 925. 

— phosphate. 

376, 952, 1138. 

— phosphoric, 297, 373. 
concentrated, 375. 

— — diluted, 375. 

glacial, 374. 

monobasic. 375. 

— phosphorous, 297. 

— phosphorous, 376, 868. 

— picric, 376. 

— potassium anti- 

moniate, 297. 

tartrate, 895, 903. 

— - prussic, 363, 531. 

— pyramidon cam- 

phorate. 910. 

— pyroboric, 475. 

— polygallic, 222. 910. 

— pyrophosphoric, 

297. 374. 868. 

— racemic. 386. 

— rosalic, 429. 

— salicylic. 376, 925. 
ointment, 1095. 

— salicylous, 925. 

— salt, 344. 

— sclerotic, 164, 378. 

— selenic, 304. 

— selenous, 304. 

— silicic, 305. 

— - solution mercuric 
nitrate, 785. 

— sozoiodolic, 378. 

— stannic, 318. 

— stearic, 379. 

— succinic, 379. 

— sulpho-carbolic, 315. 

— sulphoricinic, 315. 

— sulphovinic, 315. 

— sulphuric, 315, 380. 

— — aromatic, 381. 
diluted, 382. 

— sulphurous, 315, 383. 

— tannic. 384. 

— — ointment. 1095. 
troches, 1089. 

— tartaric, 385. 

— tartrates. 387. 

— telluric, 316. 

— tellurous, 316. 

— thiosulphuric, 387. 



Ac 



Ac 



Ac 



id, titanic, 319. 
trithionic, 387. 
trichloracetic, 362,387. 
tungstic, 320. 
uric, 1111. 
valerianic, 232, 387. 
valeric. 387, 1112. 
vanadic, 321. 
ide azotique 

officinal, 369. 
bromhydrique 

dissous, 360. 
idification. 344. 
idimeter. 344. 
idimetry, 344. 
ids, 343. 

in pharmacy, 344. 
of chlorine, 503. 
of nitrogen, 293. 
of phosphorus, 868. 
of sulphur, 978. 
idum aceticum, 345. 

— aromaticum, 346. 

— camphoratum, 346. 

— dilutum, 346. 

— glaciale, 347. 
arsenicum. 347. 
arseniosum, 347. 
benzoicum, 348. 
boricum, 349, 474. 
boroglycer- 

inatum. 350. 
cacodylicum, 350. 
camphoricum. 350. 
carbolicum, 351. 

— crudum, 352. 

— liquefactum, 352. 
carbonicum, 353. 
chloronitrosum, 370. 

— dilutum, 371. 
chromicum, 353, 506. 
chrysophanicum. 354. 
citricum, 354. ' 
formicum, 355. 
gallicum, 356. 
glycerino- 

phosphatum. 357. 
hydriodicum. 357. 

— dilutum, 358. 
hydrobromicum, 359. 

— dilutum, 360. 

— gasiforme, 359. 
hydrochloricum, 361. 

— dilutum, 363. 
hydrocyanicum, 

363. 365. 

— dilutum, 364. 
hydrofluoricum, 365. 

— dilutum, 366. 
hypophosphor- 



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Acidvm hypophosphor- 
osum dilutum, 366. 

— lacticum, 367, 705. 

— meconicum, 368. 

— nitricum, 368. 

crudum, 369. 

dilutum, 370. 

fumans, 369. 

— nitrohydro- 

chloricum, 370. 
dilutum, 371. 

— nitro-nitrosum, 369. 

— nitrosum, 371. 

— oleicum, 371, 847. 

— osmicum, 372. 

— oxalicum, 373. 

— phosphoricum. 373. 
concentratum, 375. 

— — dilutum, 375. 

— phosphorosum, 376. 

— picricum, 376. 

— salicilicum, 376. 

— scleroticum, 378. 

— sozoiodolicum, 378. 

— sozolicum, 379. 

— stearicum, 379. 

— succinicum, 379. 

— sulphuricum, 380. 

alcoholisatum, 381. 

aromaticum, 381. 

dilutum, 382. 

— sulphurosum. 383. 

— tannicum, 384. 

— tartaricum, 385. 

— thiosulphuricum, 387. 

— trichloraceticum, 387. 

— valericum, 387. 
Acme liquid soap, 1313. 
Acne lotion. 1290. 
Aconine, 388. 
Aconite, 390. ^ 

— dialysate, 535. 

— elixir, 543. 

— fluidextract, 686. 

— liniment, 766. 

— tincture (leaves) 1035. 

(root), 1034. 

etherial, 1035. 

Fleming's, 1035. 

Aconitic acid, 388. 
Aconitina, 388. 
Aconitine, 119, 388. 

— nitrate, 389. 

— ointment, 1095. 

— oleate, 849. 
Aconitinum nitri- 
cum, 389. 

Aconitum, 118, 390. 

— Napellus, 118. 
Acorin. 139. 
Acoustic oil, 846. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Acrolein. 390. 
Acryl, 390, 415. 
Acrylic acid, 390. 
Actsea, 119. * 

— alba, 119. 

— racemosa, 119. 

— rubra. 119. 

— spicata. 119. 

— tincture, 1047. 
Active principles, 920. 
Actol, 306. 

Adansonia digitata, 119. 
Adder's tongue, 165. 
Ade drinks. 1341. 
Ad-el-ite. 1398. 
Adeps. 113, 119, 390. 

— benzoatus, 119, 392. 

— benzoinatus, 119, 391. 

— lame. 113, 119, 392. 

hydrosus, 119, 392. 

Adnephrin, 393. 
Adhatoda. 119. 

— juice. 119. 

— liquid extract, 119. 

— tincture, 119. 
Adhesive plaster, 

628, 633. 
— - preparations, 1373. 
Adiantum, 119. 

— capillas, 119. 

— pedatum, 119. 

— syrup, 1019. 
Adjuvant elixir, 543, 544. 
Adonidin, 120. 

— tannate, 120. 
Adonis aestivalis 

tincture, 1223. 

— vernalis, 119. 
Adonite, 120. 
Adrenal, 393. 

— gland, 120. 
Adrenalin, 393. 

— hydrochloride, 393. 
Adrenaline, 173. 
Adrenamine, 393. 
Adrin, 393. 

Adrue. 120. 

— fluidextract, 120. 

— rhizoma, 120. 
Aeration. 81. 
^Esco-quinine, 120. 
/Esculin, 120. 
.^sculus hippocast- 

anum, 120. 

— glabra, 120. 

— pavia. 120. 
;Ether, 395. 

— aceticus, 396. 

— amyl-nitrosus, 397. 

— formicus, 397. 

— hydrochloricus, 399. 



JEther nitrosus, 398. 
JEtheres— Ethers, 394. 
^teriske oljer, 833. 
.Etherolea, 833. 
.Etheroles, 398. 
^Ethylis chloridum, 399. 

— carbamas, 399. 
African mahogany, 227. 
Agar-agar. 121. 
Agarase, 121. 
Agaracin, 121. 
Agaracine, 121. 
Agaric acid, 121. 

— surgeon's, 121. 

— white, 120. 
Agaricus albus, 120. 

— chirurgorum, 121. 
Agaroma, 121. 
Agate, 305. 
Agave, 121. 
Aginine, 393. 
Agitation. 82. 
Agrimonia. 121. 
Agrimony, 121. 
Aguacate, 204. 
Ague cures, 1139. 

— cure or syrup, 1139. 
tasteless, 1040. 

— mixture or chola- 
gogue, 1139. 

— pills, 1140. 
Ailanthus glandu- 

losa. 121. 
Air, gaseous, 24fi. 

— compressed. 246. 

— liquefied, 246. 

— the atmosphere. 246. 

weight of. 246. 247. 

chemical com- 

postion of, 247. 
Airol. 259. 
Alantol, 182. 
Albolene, 726. 
Albumen, 113, 122. 

— dried, 122. 

— ovi, 122. 

— siccum, 122. 
Albumenoids, 122. 
Albuminates, 122. 
Alcho, 421. 
Alcohol, 401. 

— absolute, 406. 

— Br. P., 966. 

— allyl, '415. 

— amylic, 409. 

— amylicum, 409. 

— Atwood's patent, 408. 

— butylic. 479. 

— denaturized, 407. 

— deodoratum, 408. 

— deodorized, 408. 



Index 



1407 



Alcohol, diluted, 409. 

— dilutum, 409. 

— ethyl, 401. 

— Food and Drugs 

Law, 405. 

— industrial, 407. 

— in pharmacy, 405. 

— methylic, 410. 

— methylicum, 410. 

— perfumer's, 409. 

— percentage of, 403. 

— proof of, 402. 

— radicals, 400. 

— solid. 408. 

— stronger, 403. 

— wood, 410. 

— wood, Food and 

Drugs Act, 410. 

Alcoholates, 405. 

Alcoholes — Alco- 
hols, 400. 

Alcoholometer. 

— Gay-Lussac's, 72. 

— Tralles', 72. 
Alcohols, primary, 400. 
Alcool. 405. 
Alcoolats, 405. 
Alcoolatures. 1086. 
Aldehyde, 411. 

— acetic, 411. 

— ammonia, 411. 

— cinnamic. 509. 
Aldehydes. 411. 

— aromatic, 411. 
Alder. 123. 
Aletrin/123. 
Aletris. 122. 

— cordial, 545, 1197. 

— elixir comp., 545. 

— fluidextract, 123. 
Alisma. 123. 
Alizarin, 214. 
Alkali, animal, 412. 

— vegetable, 412. 

— mineral. 412. 
Alkalies. 411. 
Alkaline earths, 412. 

— copaiba mixt., 1216. 

— elixir. 545, 617. 

— ointment, 1110. 
Alkaloids, 412. 

— and their salts, 414. 

— cinchona. 507. 

— cod liver oil. S26. 

— general formulas 

for. 413. 

Alkamides, 249. 

Alkanet root. 126. 

Alkanin. inspis- 
sated, 126. 

Alkanna root, 126. 



Allen's, Mrs. hair 

restorative, 1286. 
Allium, 123. 
Alligator pear, 204. 

— fluidextract, 204. 
Allotropic forms of 

phosphorus, 867. 
Allspice, 206. 

— essence, 1318. 

— wild, 189. 
Allyl, 415. 

— alcohol, 415. 

— hydrate, 415. 

— iodide, 415. 

— isothiocyanate, 415. 

— sulphide, 415. 

— sulphocarba- 

mide. 415. 1081.' 

— sulphocyanate, 415. 

— sulphocyanide, 843. 

— tribromide, 415. 
Almond, 125. 

— bitter, 125. 

— bitter spirit. 962. 

— blanched, 125. 

— cosmetic, 1284. 

— emulsion, 637. 

— essence, 1296. 

— hair lotion, 1280. 

— meal, 1311. 

— mixture. 812. 

— oil, 825. 

bitter, 834. 

artificial. 462. 

— sweet. 125. 

— syrup, 986. 

— tooth cream, 1272. 
Almonds, powder 

compound, 904. 

— milk of, 1292. 
Alnuin, 123. 
Alnus. 123. 

— fluidextract. 123. 
Aloe, 415. 

— American. 121. 

— Barbadensis, 123. 416. 

— liquida. 416. 

— purificata. 416. 

— Socotrina. 123, 416. 
Aloes, 123, 415. 

— Barbados. 416. 

— Cape. 123, 416. 

— crocata tincture, 1036. 

— comp. decoction, 533. 

— extract, 649. 

— liquid. 416. 

— pills, 877. > 

— and asafetida 

pills. 877. 

— and iron pills, 878. 

— and mastich pills, 878, 



Aloes and myrrh 
pills, 878. 

— purified, 416. 

— Socotrine, 123, 416. 

— suppository, 981. 

— tincture. 1035. 

— and myrrh tinc- 

ture, 1036. 
Aloin. 124, 417. 

— elixir, 545. 

— and strychnine 

elixir, 546. 

— strychnine and bel- 

ladonna elixir, 546. 
Aloinum, 417. 
Alopecia remedy, 1276. 
Alpha-eucaine, 645. 

— Pure Food and 

Drugs Act, 645. 

Alpha-naphthol sali- 
cylate. 417. 

Alphol. 417. 

Alphozone, 417. 

Alpine wormwood, 130. 

Alstonia. 124. 

— constricta. 124. 

— scholaris, 124. 
Alstonidine. 124. 
Alstonine, 123. 
Alterative comp., 1141. 

— elixir. 1203. 

— extract or juice, 1141. 

— syrup, 1020. 
Alteratives, 1041. 

— iodide. 1203. 
Althaea, 124. 
Alum, 417. 

— ammonia, 417. 

— ammonio-ferric, 669. 

— compound oint- 

ment. 1111. 

— curd, 418. 

— dried or burnt, 418. 

— glycerin, 729. 

— potassium, 417. 

— root. 179. 

fluidextract. 179. 

— whey, 418. 
Alumen. 417. 

— exsiccatum, 418. 
Alumina. 248, 421. 
Alumini et potassii 

sulphas, 417. 

— hydroxidum, 420. 

— sulphas. 421. 
Aluminum (element), 

247. 
Aluminium, 247, 418. 
Aluminum. 247, 418. 

— acetotartrate, 421. 

— alloys, 247, 419. 



1408 

Aluminum beta-naphthol 
sulphonaie, 421. 

— carbonate, 421. 

— caseinate, 421. 

— gallate, 421. 

— hydroxide, 420. 

— oxide, 421. 

— salts, general, 248. 

— sulphate, 421. h 

— tannate, basic, 1026. 
Alumnol, 421. 
Alveloz, 166. 

— milk of, 166. 
Alypin, 422. 
Amalgam, ammon- 
ium, 249. 

— bismuth, 257. 

— gold, 274. 

— mercury, 288. 
Amalgamation, 81. 
Amandine, 1267. 
Amara, tincture, 1036. 
Amaranth, 1399. 
Amaryline, 1305. 
Amber, 226. 

— cement, 1376. 

— oil, 226, 843. 
Ambergris, 113, 124. 

— extract, 1296. 

— oil, 846. 

— tincture, 124. 
Ambra grisea, 124. 
Ambrosia, 124. 

— syrup, 1333. 
American aloe, 121. 

— centaury, 216. 
fluidextract, 216. 

— columbo, 169. 

— hellebore, 233. 

— ipecac, 172. 

fluidextract, 172. 

— ivy, 125. 

— saffron, 142. 

— sarsaparilla, 129. 

— wormseed oil, 837. 
Amethyst, 305. 
Amides, 249, 412. 
Amidogen, 249. 
Amines. 249, 412. 
Aminoform. 737. 
Aminol, 1383. 
Ammonia, 250, 422. 
alum, 417. 

— anisated spirit, 960. 

— aromatic spirit, 960. 

— etherate, 398. 

— fetid spirit. 961. 

— gas, 250, 422. 
liquefied, 250. 

— liniment, 767. 

— solution, 772. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Ammonia solution, 
strong, 773. 

— spirit, 959. 

— water, 441, 772. 

stronger, 442, 773. 

Ammoniac-gum, 125. 
Ammoniacum, 125. 

— and mercury, 

plaster, 629. 

— mixture, 812. 
Ammoniated glycy- 

rrhizin, 732. 

— mercury, 739. 
ointment, 1101. 

— opium liniment, 769. 

— phenylacetam- 

ide, 1143. 

— tincture ergot, 1053. 
guaiac, 1058. 

— ■ — opium, 1069. 

quinine, 1074. 

valerian, 1082. 

Ammonii bromidum, 423. 

— benzoas, 422. 

— carbonas, 423. 

— chloridum, 424. 

— iodidum, 424. 

— nitras, 425. 

— phosphas, 425. 

— salicylas, 425. 

— sulphas, 426. 

— valeras, 426. 
Ammonio-ferric 

alum, 669. 

sulphate, 669. 

tartrate, 670. 

Ammonium, 249, 442. 
— - amalgam, 249. 

— salts, general, 250. 
— - acetate solution, 773. 

— benzoate, 422. 

— bromide, 423. 

elixir, 546. 

— ■ carbonate, 423. 

— chloride, 424. 

elixir, 546. 

— - — syrup, 1015. 
troches, 1090. 

— citrate solution, 773. 

— hydrate, 250, 422. 

— ichthyol sul- 

phonate, 750. 

— iodide, 424. 

— — liniment, 1212. 

— nitrate, 425. 

— phosphate, 425. 

— salicylate, 425. 

— salts, _ 422. 

— sesquicarbonate, 423. 

— sulphate, 426. 

— valerate, 426. 



Ammonium valerate 
elixir, 547. 

compound, 547. 

Ammonol, 1143. 
Amorphous carbon, 265. 

— phosphorus, 867. 

— sulphur, 314, 977. 
Ampelopsis, 125. 

— fluidextract, 125. 
Amygdala, 125. 

— amara, 125. 

— dulcis, 125. 
Amygdalol, 1300. 

— solution, 1303. 
Amygdophenin, 866. 
Amyl, 426. 

— acetate, 427. 

— alcohol, tertiary, 42S. 

— butyrate, 427, 479. 

— chloride, 427. 

— formate, 427. 

— hydrate, 409. 

— hydrated oxide, 427. 

— iodide, 427. 

— nitrate, 427. 

— nitrite, 397, 427. 

— — pearls. 428. 
tubules, 428. 

— salicylate, 428. 

— valerate, 428. 
— ■ valerianate, 427. 
Amylamine, 827. 

— hydrochlorate, 428. 
Amylenal, 428. 
Amylene, 428, 968. 

— hydrate, 428. 

— hydrochloride, 968. 
Amylic acid. 388. 
Amylis nitris, 427. 
Amylum, 125. 
Amyris linaloae, 840. 
Anacardic acid, 126. 
Anacardium occiden- 
tals 126. 

Anaesthetic, local, 
(teeth), 1248. 

Analgen, 499. 

Analgesic elixir, 548. 

-— powder, 1143. 

Analgesics and 

antipyretics, 1042. 

Analgine. 1143. 

Anaphrodisiacs, 1148. 

Anatomical paste. 1378. 

Anchusae radix, 126. 

Andrographis. 126. 

Anemonin, 210. 

Anemopsis, 127. 

Anesthesin, 428. 

— paraphenolsul- 

phonate, 429, 



Index 



1409 



Anesthol, 429. 
Anethene, 835. 
Anethi fructus, 127. 
Anethol, 127, 835. 
Angelica, 127. 

— comp. spirit, 967. 

— extract, 1297. 

or essence, 1318. 

Angelicas fructus, 127. 

— radix, 127. 
Angleworm oil, 829. 
Anguentum, 1102. 
An^ustura bark, 157. 

— bitters, 1366. 

extract, 1366. 

Angosturine, 157. 
Anhydride, anti- 

monic, 253. 

— arsenious, 457. 

— chromium, 506. 

— cyanogen, 363. 

— iodic, 759. 

— periodic, 277, 759. 

— tungstic, 320. 
Anhydrides, 295. 344. 
Anil. 429. 

Anilina, 429. 

Aniline, 429, 510, 866. 

— colors, permis- 

sible. 1399, 1400. 

— black, 429. 

— blue, 429. 

— brown, 430. 

— gray, 429. 

— gfeen, 430. 

— inks. 1387. 

— oil. 429, 510. 

— orange, 430. 

— purple, 430. 

— red, 430. 

— violet, 430. 

Hoffman's, 430. 

— yellow, 430. 
Animal alkali. 250, 412. 

— charcoal. 266, 491. 

— drugs, 112. 

— extracts, 114. 

— oil, Dippell's. 829. 

— products, 114. 

— soap, 929. 
Anisated spirit of 

ammonia, 960. 
Anise, 127. 

— camphor, 835. 

— elixir, 548. 

— essence, 1316. 

— fruit, 127. 

— green, 127. 

— oil, 182, 835. 

— spirit, 962. 

— star, 127. 



Anise water, 443. 
Aniseed, 127. 

— cordial, 548. 
Anisette, 1369. 

— cordial, 1369. 

— essence, 1369. 
Anisi fructus, 127. 

— stellata fructus, 182. 
Anisic acid, 127. 
Anisum, 127. 
Annatto coloring, 519. 
Annottoine, 130, 519. 
Annidalin, 456. 
Anodyne ball, 1260. 

— balsam, 1153. 

— chlor- 1144. 
— ■ cordial, Fos- 

gate's, 1258. 
— - elixir, 1144. 

— tincture, golden, 1144. 

— tooth-ache, 1247. 
Anodynes and 

hypnotics, 1143. 
Antacedin, 264. 
Anthelmintic elixir, 612. 
Anthemidis flores, 127. 
Anti-asthmatic 

elixir, 549. 
Anthemis, 127. 

— cotula, 127. 
Anti-dyspeptic 

elixir, 626. 
Antidote, arsenic, 674. 

— antimony. 431. 

— barium, 256. 

— carbolic acid, 352. 
Antidotes for 

morphine, 819. 

Anti-calor, 1143. 

Anti-epileptic mix- 
ture, 1216. 

Antifebrin,^ 329. 

— elixir, 542. 
Anti-freckle 

lotion, 1290. 

Antihydropin, 137. 

Antikamnia, 435. 

Antikol, 1143. 

Antimonial plaster, 633. 

— - powder, 904. 

Antimoniates of pot- 
assium, 298. 

Antimonic an- 
hydride, 253. 

Antimonii et potassii 
tartras, 431. 

— oxidum, 432. 

— sulphidum, 432. 
Antimonious acid, 253. 

— oxide, 432. 

— sulphide, 432, 



Antimonium, 430. 
— - nigrum purifi- 

catum, 432. 
— ■ sulphuratum, 433. 

— tartaratum, 431. 
Antimony, 252, 430. 

— (element), 252. 

— alloys, 253. 

— and potassium 

tartrate, 431. 

— antidote, 431. 

— black, 432. 

— - butter of, 254. 

— chloride solution, 254. 

— chlorides, 253. 

— diaphoretic, 298. 

— oxide, 432. 

— regulus of, 431. 

— salts, general, 253. 

— sulphide or sul- 

phuret, 432. 

— sulphide, purified, 432. 

— sulphurated, 433. 

— tartarated, 431. 

— trichloride, 253. 

— trioxide, 432. 

— trisulphide, 432. 

— wine, 1115. 

— vitrified, 254. 
Anti-moth paper, 1385. 
Antinervine, 435. 
Antineuralgic mixture, 

Bert's, 1215. 

Antinosm, 435, 1029. 

Antiperiodic oint- 
ment, 1110. 

Antiphlogistine, 1256. 

Antipyrina, 433. 

Antipyrine, 433, 864. 

— aceto-salicylate, 331. 

— amygdalate, 434. 

— benzoate, 434. 

— carbazoate, 435. 

— chloral, 434. 

— citrate, 434. 

— combinations, 434. 

— elixir, 549. 

— ferrated, 434. 

— iodide, 434. 

— picrate, 435. 

— salicylate, 435. 

— salol, 435. 

— tannate, 435. 
Anti-rheumatic 

elixir, 626. 
Antisclerosin, 436. 
Antisepsin, 435. 
Antiseptic camphor 

cream, 1314. 

— foot powder, 1195. 

— mouth wash, 1272. 



1410 

Antiseptic nebulizer 
liquid, 1217. 

— powder, 1046. 

— solution, 773, 1046. 

— styptic collodion, 516. 

— tooth powder, 1275. 

— vinegar, 336. 
Antiseptics, 1145. 
Antispasmin, 436. 
Antiseptol, 436. 
Antithermin, 436. 
Antitoxin, diph- 
theria, 931. 

Antitoxins, 436, 932. 

Antogoutteau de 

villette elixir, 626. 

Apallagin, 1029. 

Aperient, magnes- 
ium, 1147. 

— seltzer, 1147, 1234. 
Aperients, 1147. 
Aphrodisiacs, 1147. 
Apiin, 204. 
Apiol, 128, 204. 

— liquid, 128. 

— oleo-resin, 128. 

— pearls, 205. 
Apioline, 128. 
Apis, honey bee, 113. 
Apis mellinca, 146. 
Apium, 128. 

— graveolens, 128. 

— petroselinurn, 128. 
Apocodeine, 854. 

— hydrochloride, 437. 
Apollinaris water, 

solution, 1345. 
Apocynein, 128. 
Apocynin, 128. 
Apocynum, 128. 

— fluidextract, 686. 
Apomorphinae hydro- 

chloridum, 437. 
Apomorphine, 854. 

— hydrochloride, 437. 

— hypodermic in- 

jection, 755. 
Apothecaries' weight, 
58, 61. 

— liquid measure, 59, 64. 

equivalents, 64. 

Apple, brandy, 210. 

— bark, 210. 

— cider, 1362. 

— fluidextract, 210. 

— jack, 210. 

— jelly, 210. 

— juice, 210, 

— sauce, 210. 

— syrup, 1333. 

— wine, 1362. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Apple tree, 210. 
Apricot fruit 

syrup, 1331. 

— syrup, 1333. 
Aqua, 440. 

Aquae— Waters, 438, 440. 
Aquae medicatae, 438. 
Aqua ammoniae, 441, 772. 
fortior, 442, 773. 

— amygdalae 

amarae, 443. 

— anethi, 443. 

— anisi, 443. 

— aurantii floris, 444. 

— aurantii riorum, 443. 
fortior, 444. 

— calcariae, 444. 

— calcis, 444. 

— camphorae, 444. 

— carui, 445. 

— chloroformi, 445. 

— cinnamomi, 446. 

— creosoti, 446. 

— destillata, 441. 

— foeniculi, 447. 

— fortis, 369. 

— hamamelidis, 447. 

— hydrogenii 

dioxidi, 447. 

— laurocerasi, 448. 

— menthae piperitae, 449. 

— menthae viridis, 450. 

— phagendica, 801. 

— pimentae, 450. 

— regia, 294. 

— rosae, 450. 
fortior, 451. 

— sambuci, 451. 
Aquarium cement, 1376. 
Arabic acid, 117. 
Arabin, 117. 

— sugar, 118. 
Arabinose, 118. 
Aralia, 128. _ 

— canadensis, 128. 

— hispida, 128. 

— nudicaulis, 129. 

— racemosa, 129. 

— spinosa, 129. 

— syrup comp., 1020. 
Araroba, 129, 149. 
Arbor vitae, 229. 

— fluidextract, 229. 
Arbutin, 148, 232. 
Arbutus, trailing, 163. 
Areca catchu, 129. 

— nut, 129. 

— fluidextract, 129. 
Arecine, 129. 
Arecoline, 129. 

— hydrobromide, 129. 



Arecoline 

eserene, 129. 
Aristochin, 456. 
Aristol, 456. 
Aristoquin, 456. 
Argenol, 455. 
Argentamine, 306, 455. 
Argenti cyanidum, 452. 

— nitras, 452. 

fusus, 453. 

mitigatus, 453. 

— oxidum, 454, 
Argentol, 455. 
Argentose, 455. 
Argentum — Silver, 

305, 451. 

— (element), 305. 
Argentum Crede, 455. 

— purificatum, 452. 
Argon, 254. 
Argonin, 306, 455. 
Argyrine, 120. 
Argyrol, 455. 
Armoraciae radix, 129. 
Arnotta, 130. 
Arnatto, 519. 
Arnica, 129. 

— (flowers) tinct., 1036. 

— fluidextract, 130. 

— glycerite, 732. 

— jelly, 1289. 

— liniment, 1208. 

— rhizome, 129. 

— (root) extract, 650. 
tincture, 1037. 

— salve, carbo- 

lated, 1226. 

— tooth wash, 1272. 
Arnicated oil, 1223. 
Arnicine, 130. 
Aromatic bitters, 1336. 
extract, 1366. 

— cachous, 1366. 

— elixir, 549, 550. 
glycyrrhiza, 601. 

— extract Jamaica 

ginger, 1192. 

— fluidextract, 687. 

— ointment, 1110. 

— powder, 905. 

of chalk, 905. 

and opium, 905. 

— series, 464. 

— solution of 

pepsin, 609. 

— spirit of 

ammonia, 960. 

— sulphuric acid, 381. 

— syrup, 986. . 

blackberry, 1020. 

cascara, 988. 



Index 



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Aromatic syrup 

rhubarb, 997. 

of terebene, 1019. 

yerba santa 

compound, 1023. 

— tincture, 1037. 

rhubarb, 1075. 

yerba santa, 1084. 

— vinegar, 337, 1313. 

— waters, 438. 

— wine, 1115, 1121. 
Arrack, imitation, 1358. 
Arrow poison, S. A. 

Indian, 157. 
Arrowroot, 126. 
Arsenates, 255. 
Arsenauro, 457. 
Arsen-ferratin, 457. 
Arsenhemol, 736. 
Arsenic, 254, 347, 456. 

— (element), 254. 

— acid, 347. 

— antidote, 457, 674. 

— compounds, gen- 

eral, 255. 

— elixir, 550. 

compound, 551. 

— hydrochloric sol- 

ution, 772. 

— iodide, 456. 

— trioxide, 457. 

— white, 347. 
Arsenical solution, 774. 
Arseni iodidum, 456. 

— trioxidum. 347, 457. 
Arsenicum, 456. 
Arsenii iodidum, 456. 
Arsenious acid, 347. 

— iodide, 456. 
Arsenites, 255. 
Arsenous acid 

solution, 772. 

— and mercuric io- 

dides solution, 774. 
Arsen-protylin, 457. 
Arsylin, 457. 
Artemisia, 130. 

— abrotanum, 130. 

— absinthium, 116. 

— comp. syrup, 1020. 

— dracunculus, 130. 

— frigida, 130. 

— Mexicana, 130. 

— pontica, 116. 

— rupestris, 130. 

— vulgaris, 130. 
Arthanic acid, 194. 
Artificial brandy, 1356. 

— butter. 480. 

— Carlsbad salts, 1234. 

— gum, 534. 



f Artificial musk, 1300. 
solution, 1303. 

— oil of garlic, 415. 
mustard, 415. 

— ■ — wintergreen, 811. 

— rum, 1358. 

— ■ whisky, 1359. 

— wines, 1362. 
Arum, 130. 

— maculatum, 130. 

— triphyllum, 130. 
Arzneisabchen, 496. 
Asafcetida, 131. 
Asafetida, 131. ^ 

— emulsion, 637. 

— pills, 878. 

— pill comp., 882. 

— and magnesia 

mixture, 815. 

— tincture, 1037. 
Asarum, 131. 

— canadense, 131. 

— comp. syrup, 1020. 
Asclepias, 131. 

— curassavica, 131. 

— incarnata, 131. 

— syriaca, 131. 

— tuberosa, 131. 
Asclepin, 131. 
Asclepidin. 921. 
Aseptol, 3/9. 

— tooth-ache 

remedy, 1247. 
Ash, black, 169. 

— American, 169. 
— ■ European, 169. 

— fluidextract, 169. 

— prickly, 235. 

— soda, 412. 
Asiatic tincture for 

cholera, 1171. 
Asimina, 131. 
Asparagin, 132. 

— fluidextract, 132. 
Asparagus, 132. 
Asparol, 132. 
Aspidium, 132. 

— filix mas, 168. 

— oleo-resin, 849. 
Aspidosperma, 132. 

— fluidextract, 132. 
Aspidospermine, 132. 
Aspirin, 342. 458. 
Asseline, 827. 
Asthma inhalant, 1150. 

— cure, 1149. 

— mixture, 

Fothergill's, 1216. 

— nebulizer liquid, 1218. 

— pastilles, 1150. 

— relief, 1149. 



Asthma remedy, 1149. 

— remedies, 1148. 

— vaporizing rem- 

edy, 1150. 

Asthmatic cigar- 
ettes, 1150. 

Astringent ball, 1260. 

— eye salve, 1195. 

— ointment, 1110. 
Atherische Ole, 833. 
Atomic weight, 238. 

— weights, table of, 239. 
Atoms, (chemical), 238. 
Atropia, 458. 
Atropina, 458. 
Atropinse sulphas, 458. 
Atropine, 135, 458. 

— discs of, 766. 

— elixir, 551. 

— methylbromide, 459. 

— ointment, 1096. 

— oleate, 847. 

— sulphate, 458. 

solution, 775. 

Augai siensis, 134. 
Aurantii amari 

cortex, 132. 

— cortex siccatus, 132. 

— dulcis cortex, 132. 
Aurates, 274. 

Auri et sodii 

chloridum, 460. 
Auric chloride, 274. 

— acid, 274. 

— oxide, 274. 

Aurin or auromine, 429. 
Aurous chloride, 274. 

— oxide, 274. 
Aurum — Gold, 460. 
Australian cholera 

specific, 1171. 

— fever bark, 124. 

— kino, 165. 
Ava kava, 195. 
Avena, 133. 

— concentrated 

tincture, 133. 

— farina, 133. 

— sativa tincture, 1258. 
Avenine, 133. 
Avenase, 133. 

Avens, European, 172. 

— water, 172. 
Avocado pear, 204. 
Avoirdupois 

weight, 58, 62. 

— equivalents, 62. 
Azadirachta Indica, 133. 
Azotates, 460. 

Azote, 283, 460, 823. 
Azotites, 460. 



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Azotum, 460. 

B 

Babbitt-metal, 253. 
Babul bark, 118. 
Baby cough syrup, 1176. 
Baby-soother, 1238. 
Baccae, 133. 
Bael fruit, 135. 
Baking powders, 1379. 

— soda, 935. 

Balance, hydrostatic, 72. 
Baldness, cure for, 1276. 

— remedies for, 1276. 
Ball, anodyne, 1260. 

— astringent, 1260. 

— cough, 1260. 

— diuretic, 1260. 

— physic, 1260. 
Balls or masses, 1260. 

— condition, 1260. 

— worm, 1260. 
Balm, 194. 

— Bernhardt's, 1268. 

— comp. spirit of, 967. 

— eucalyptus, 1151. 

— fluidextract, 194. 

— of Gilead, 134, 208. 

ointment, 209. 

tree, 114. 

— magic, 1151. 

— magnetic, 1151. 

— pain cure, 1152. 

— ready, 1152. 

— wizard, 1152. 
Balmony, 147. 

— fluidextract, 148. 
Balms or panaceas, 1150 
Balsam anodyne, 1153. 

— Calaba, 133. 

— Canada, 

115, 134, 228, 1028. 

— canker, 1153. 

— ■ carpathina, 135. 

— caustic, 1152. 

— copaiba, 134, 154. 

— cough, 1176. 

— fir, 115, 228, 1028. 

— Friar's, 1040. 

— green, 134. 

— Gombault's, 1153. 

— gurjun, 134, 852. 

— hair, 1284. 

— Hungarian, 134, 852. 

— Japan varnish, 134. 

— Locatelle's, 1153. 

— lung, 1180. 

— mecca, 134. 

— Oregon fir, 115. 

— Peckham's, 1154. 

— Peru, 134. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Balsam pine, 115. 
— ■ Rackasiri, 135. 

— Riga, 135. 

— Thibault's, 1154. 

— tolu, 134. 
syrup, 1003. 

- tincture, 1081. 

— Turlington's, 1154. 

— turpentine, 135. 

— vegetable heal- 

ing, 1154. 

— Venice turpen- 

tine, 135. 
Balsama, 133. 
Balsamic tooth 

wash, 1272. 

— tincture, 1039. 
Balsams, 110, 133. 

— proprietary, 1152. 
— • true, natural, 133. 

— veterinary, 1260. 
Bamboo brier root, 224. 

— fluidextract, 224. 
Banana syrup, 1334. 

— oil, 427. 
Bandoline, 1265. 

— rose, 1265. 
Baneberry, 119. 
Baptisia, 135. 
Baptisin, 135. 
Barbados aloes, 416. 

— tar, 846. 
Barber's itch 

— ointment, 1227. 

— pomade, 1283. 
— ■ shampoo, 1286. 
Barberry, 136. 

— fluidextract, 136. 
Barii dioxidum, 461. 
Barium, 255, 460. 

— (element), 255. 

— antidotes for, 256. 

— dioxide, 461. 

— peroxide, 461. 

— salts of, general, 255. 
Bark, acacia. 118. 

— babul, # 118. 

— Peruvian, 149. 

— sacred, 143. 
Barkeeper's friend, 1396. 
Barks, 110. 
Barosmin, 137. 
Barometer, aneroid, 246. 

— cistern, 246. 

— siphon, 246. 
Barometers, early 

history of, 246. 
Barometry. 246. 
Baryta, 460^ 

— water, 256. 
Baryte, 256. 



Base hair oil, 1281. 

Bases, synthetic 

perfumes, 1303. 

Basilicon ointment, 
495, 1097, 1107. 

Basis, troches, 1088. 

Bassorin, 230. 

Baswood, 229. 

Baume's hydro- 
meter, 71, 74. 

Baume vert, 133. 

Bayberry, 197. 

— fluidextract, 197. 

— oil, 830. 

— tallow, 146. 

Bay cosmetic, 1284. 

— essence, 1316. 

— hair grower, 1280. 
lotion, 1281. 

— leaves, 197. 

— oil, 197, 841. 

— rum, 

197, 841, 966, 1281. 
Bdellium, 135. 
Bean, Calabar, 205, 869. 

— Calabar tincture, 1071. 

— ordeal, 205. 

— pichurum, 206. 

— St. Ignatius, 181. 
Beans, 110. 
Bearberry leaves, 232. 

— fluidextract, 232. 

— infusion, 754. 
Bearsfoot, 208. 

— fluidextract, 208. 
Bear's grease, 829. 

— oil, 829. 
Beauxite, 247. 
Bebeeru cortex, 135. 

— bark, 135. 

— fluidextract, 135. 
Beberine, 461. 

— sulphate, 461. 
Beberinum, 461. 
Bed-bug poison, 1385. 
— - exterminator, 1385. 
Bedstraw, 170. 
Beecham's pills, 1258. 
Beech drops, 163. 

— fluidextract, 163. 
Beech-nut oil, 830. 
Beef and coca 

elixir, 1241. 
tonic, 1241. 

— and iron, wine, 1121. 
elixir, 551. 

— extract, 1319. 

— iron and cin- 

chona elixir, 552. 

cinchona 

wine, 1122. 



Index 



1413 



Beef juice, 1319. 

— tea extract, 1344. 

— wine of, 1121. 
Beer extracts, 1324. 

— syrups, 1334. 
Beeswax, 146. 

— bleached, 146. 

— purifying, 1400. 

— white, 146, 493. 

— yellow, 146, 493. 
Belae fructus, 135. 
Belladonna, 135. 

— dialysate, 536. 

— elixir, 552. 

— extract, 650, 

alcoholic, 651. 

green, 651. 

— folia, 135, 461. 

— fluidextract, 135. 

— leaves, 461. 

— liniment, 764. 

— oil, 846. 

— ointment, 1097. 

— plaster, 629. 

— root, 462. 

fluidextract, 687. 

— suppositories, 981. 

— tincture, 

(leaves), 1039. 
- root, 1039. 

— vinegar, 339. 
Belladonnse radix, 

135, 462. 
Bell metal, 271. 
Benedictine, 1369. 
Benjamin, (benzoin), 134. 
Benne, 223. 

— oil, 223, 828. 
Benzaldehyde, 

462. 464, 1300. 
Benzaldehydum, 462. 
Benzene, 463, 510. 

— series, 464. 
Benzin, 463, 863. 

— jelly, 1380. 

— petroleum, 463. 

purified, 466. 

Benzine, 463, 863. 
Benzinum, 463. 

— purificatum, 466. 
Benzoated lard, 391. 
Benzoates, 349. 
Benzoic acid, 134, 348. 

— — lozenge, 1089. 

— ether, 644. 
Benzoin, 134, 136. • 

— flowers of, 348. 

— oil, 846. 

— ointment, 1097. 

— tincture, 1040. 

— tincture, comp., 1040. 



Benzoinated lard, 
391, 1097. 

— petrolatum, 1097. 
Benzoinum, 134, 136. 
Benzol, 463, 510. 
Benzo-naphthol, 465. 

phenoneid, 465. 

Benzosol, 465. 
Benzosulphinide, 

466, 723. 

Benzosulphinidum, 

465, 466, 723, 924. 

Benzoyl, 134, 464. 

Benzoyl-acetyl per- 
oxide, 331. 

— anilid, 464. 

— ecgonine, 464. 

— eugenol, 465. 

— guaiacol, 465. 
— ■ naphthol, 465. 

— peroxide, 465. 

— phenetidine, 465. 

— pseudotropine, 1093. 

— sulphonic imide, 465. 
— ■ tropine, 466. 
Benzozone, 331. 
Benzyl bezoate, 134. 

— cinnamate, 134. 
Berberina, 467. 
Berberinas hydro- 

chloras, 467. 

— sulphas, 467. 
Berberine, 136, 467. 

— carbonate, 468. 

— elixir, 552. 

— elixirs, comp., 553. 

— hydrochloride, 467. 

— phosphate, 468. 

— sulphate, 467. 
Berberis, 136.' 

— aquifolium, 136. 

— fluidextract, 687. 

— vulgaris, 136. 
Bergamot essence, 1296. 

— oil, 834. 

Bernhardt^ balm, 1268. 
Berries, 111, 133. 
Bert's antineuralgic 

mixture, 1215. 
Beryl. 257. 
Beryllium, 257. 

— (element), 257. 

— salts of, 257. 
Beta-eucaine, 645. 

— Pure Food and 

Drugs Act. 645. 
Betanaphthol, 468, 822. 

— benzoate, 465, 469. 

— bismuth, 469. 

— salicylate. 468, 469. 
Betel nut, 129. 



Beth root, 230. 

fluidextract, 230. 

Betol, 468. 

— ointment, 469. 
Betonica, 136. 
Betula oil, 836. 
Biborate of sodium, 475. 
Bidens bipinnata, 136. 
Bindweed, tropical, 179. 
Biologicals, 932. 

Birch beer extract, 1224. 
syrup, 1334. 

— oil, empyreu- 

matic, 842. 

— tar oil, 842. 
Bird glue, 205. 

— lime, 205. 
Birth root, 230. 

— fluidextract, 230. 
Bisformasal, 259. 
Bismal, 259. 
Bismon, 474. 
Bismuth, 257, 469. 

— (element). 257. 

— alloys, 257. 

— amalgam, 257. 

— agaricinate, 473. 

— and ammonium 

citrate, 471. 

— and ammonium cit- 

rate solution, 946. 

— anhydride, 471. 

— benzoate, basic, 474. 

— citrate, 470. 

— comp. lozenge, 1090. 
mixture, 813. 

— elixirs, comp., 553. 

— glycerite, 732. 

— hair dye, 1297. 

— (metal), 470. 

— oxide, 471. 

colloid, 474. 

hydrated, 471. 

— oxycarbonate, 470. 

— proteinate, 474. 

— pyrogallate, 474. 

— resorcinate, 474. 

— salicylate, 473. 

— oxynitrate, 472. 

— salts of, general, 258. 

— subbenzoate, 474. 

— subcarbonate, 472. 

— subnitrate, 472. 

— subsalicylate, 473. 
Bismuthi carbonas, 470. 

— citras, 470. 

— et ammonii 

citras, 471. 

— oxidum, 471. 

— salicylas, 473. 

— solution, cone, 947. 



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Bismuthi 

subcarbonas, 472. 

— subgallas, 472. 

— ■ subsalicylas, 473. 

— subnitras, 472. 
Bismuthic acid, 471. 
Bismuthose, 474. 
Bismutum, 469. 
Bisol, 259. 
Bistort, 136. 
Bitartrates, 387. 
Bitter almond oil, 834. 

spirit, 962. 

water, 443. 

— bark, 124. 

— curagoa, 1371. 

— elixir, 546, 553. 

— orange peel, 132. 

> peel tincture, 1038. 

fluidextract, 687. 

— tea, 956. 

— tincture, 1036. 
Bittern, 476. 
Bitters, 

— angostura, 1366. 
extract, 136a 

— aromatic, 1366. 
extract, 1366. 

— blood, 158. 

— extract, 

Bowker's, 1366. 

— burdock, 1158. 

— cinchona, 1367. 

— extracts, 1366. 

— German liver, 1159. 

— hop, 1156. 

— in powder, 1161. 

— iron, 1157. ,_ 

— iron and wine, 1158. 

— jaundice or lax- 

ative, 1160. 

— mandrake, 1161. 

— orange, 1367. 
extract, 1367. 

— Peruvian, 1367. 
extract, 1367. 

— plantation, 1157. 

— poor man's, 1160. 

— proprietary, 1155. 

— rheumatic pow- 

der, 1233. 

— stomach, 1156, 1367. 
extract, 1367. 

— Stoughton, 1367. 

— wild cherry, 1367. 
extract, 1367. 

— wahoo, 1156. 
Bittersweet, 161. 

— fluidextract, 161. 

— oil, 846. 
Bittersweet, false, 145. 



The Penner Formulary 

Bittersweet, false, 

fluidextract, 145. 

— ointment, 145. 
Black alder, 209. 

— fluidextract, 209. 

— aniline, 429. 
ink, 1387. 

— antimony, 432. 

— chewing gums, 1354. 

— cohosh, 149. 

elixirs, 554. 

extract, 652. 

tincture, 1047. 

— draught, 753, 816. 

— drop, British, 340. 

— fly preventive, 1386. 

— hair dye, 1278. 

— haw, 234. 
fluidextract, 

— haw elixir, 555, 623. 

— ink powder, 1391. 

— Sampson, 161, 215. 
fluidextract, 

161, 215. 

— shot, 1215. 

— snakeroot, 149. 

— sulphur, 314. 

— wash, 801. 
Blackberry, 214. 

— brandy essence, 1364. 

— carminative, 1162. 

— cordial, 1184. 

— elixir, 554. 

— fluidextract, 704. 

— fruit juice, 1330. 

— root, 214. 

— syrup, 998, 1334. 

aromatic, 1020. 

concentrated, 1330. 

— wine, 1365. 

essence, 1364. 

Blackboard slating, 1392. 
Blackings, 1393. 
—shoe, 1393. 
Bladder-wrack, 170. 

— fluidextract, 170. 
Blancard's pills, 881. 
Blatta orientalis, 137. 
Blaud's pills, 880. 
Blazing star, 178. 
Bleach, imperial, 

face, 1266. 
• — peerless, face, 1267. 
Bleaching sponges, 1400. 

— powder, 488. 
Bleisalbe, 1106. 
Blessed thistle, 145. 

fluidextract, 145. 

Blistering cerate, 495. 

— liquid, 338, 778. 

— plaster, 495. 



Blisters, veter- 
inary, 1261. 
Blood bitters, 1158. 

— dragon's, 218. 

— flower, 131. 

— purifiers, pro- 

prietary, 1161. 

— purifying tea, 1162. 
Bloodroot, 217. 

— fluidextract, 217. 704. 

— tincture, 1076. 

— vinegar, 341. 
Bloom of Ninon face 

powder, 1271. 

— roses, 1267. 
Blondine, 748, 1279. 
Blue aniline, 429. 

— cohosh, 145. 

— flag, 183. 

extract, 183. 

fluidextract, 183. 

— ink, 1388. 
powder, 1391. 

— litmus, 519. 

— mass, 809. 

— methylene, 812. 

— ointment, 1102. 

— pill, 809, 882. 

— Prussian, 299. 

— stone, 272, 530. 

— vitriol, 272. 530. 
Blueberry root, 145. 
Bluings, 1393. 
Bogbean, 195. 
Boiling points of ele- 
ments, 245. 

some com- 
pounds, 245. 
Boldine, 137. 
Boldo, 137. 

— fluidextract, 137. 

— glucin, 137. 
Bone, cuttlefish, 201. 

— black, 265, 491. 

— oil, 266, 491. 

— spirit, 266, 491. 
Boneset, 166, 

— fluidextract, 166, 693. 
Bonjean's ergotine, 164. 
Boracic acid, 349, 474. 
Borage, 137. 

Borago, 137. 
Borates, 260, 350. 
Borax, 175, 308, 935. 

— glycerin, 730. 

— honey, 810. 

Boric acid, 260, 349, 474. 

glycerin, 728. 

ointment, 1095. 

Boroglyceride, 476. 

— solution, 729, 



Index 



1415 



Boroglycerin glycer- 

ite, 729. 
Boron, 260, 474. 

— (element), 260. 
Boquet essence, 1298. 
Botanical signs, 21. 
Botany, 107. 

— artificial system, 108. 

— classification in, 107. 

— early history of, 107. 

— natural system, 108. 

— nomenclature, 109. 
Bougies, 496, 497. 
Bouillon, clam, 1344. 

— cubes, 1344. 

— tomato, 1344. 
Bourbon whisky 

essence, 1359. 
Box, 138. - 

— oil, 138. 
Bradycrotine, 1256. 
Brandy, 967. 

— artificial, 1356. 

— essence, 1356. 

— mixture, 816. 

— syrup, 1334. 
Brass, 270. 
Brayera, 158. 
Brazil-nut oil, 830. 

— wood, 219. 
Brechweinstein- 

salbe, 1108. 
Brilliantines, 1266. 
Brimstone, 314. 
Britannia-metal, 253. 
British 

black drop, 340. 

— gum, 534. 

— oil, 846. 
Bromacetic acid, 478. 
Bromacetanilid- 

mono or para, 435. 
Brom-acetan- 

caffeine elixir, 555. 

— acetanilide caffeine 

effervescent, 1188. 

— iodide of calcium 

comp. elixir, 555. 
Bromal, 411, 477. 

— hydrate, 477. 
Bromalin, 477. 
Bromamide, 477. 
Bromates, 359, 477. 
Bromatone, 477. 
Bromic acid, 359, 477. 
Bromide-chloral 

elixir, 613. 

— of iron syrup, 1005. 

— morphine syrup, 1005. 

— quinine syrup, 1006. 
- — sodium syrup, 1006. 



Bromide-chloral strych- 
nine syrup, 1006. 

— syrup comp., 1006. 
Bromidia, 1221. 
Bromine, 261, 476. 

— (dement), 261. 

— combinations, 261. 

— iodide, 478. 
Bromides, 476. 

— compound, 1222. 
elixir, 555. 

— Peacock's, 1222. 
Bromo-caffeine 

elixir, 556. 

— chloral liquor 

comp., 1221. 

solution 

comp., 1221. 

— chloralum solu- 

tion, 1388. 

— seltzer effer., 1189. 
Bromoform, 4/6. 
Bromohemol, 736. 
Bromol, 477. 
Bromoformum, 4/6. 
Bromocoll, 477. 
Bromopin, 478. 

— solid, sacchar- 

ated, 478. 
Bromosin, 478. 
Bromum, 476. 
Bronze, 271. 

— casting, 271. 

— phosphor, 271. 

— gold, 271. 

— silicon, 270. 
Broom, 221. 

— tops, 221. 

fluidextract, 221. 

— infusion, 754. 
Brown aniline, 430. 

— hair dye. 1278. 

— mixture, 814. 

improved, 814. 

Sequard's anti- epi- 
leptic mixture, 1216. 

Brucine, 199, 478, 971. 

— phosphate, 478. 

— ^ulphate, 478. 
Brucinum, 47S. 
Brust-thee, 1182. 
Bryonia, 137. 

— fluidextract, 137. 
Bryonin, 137. 
Buchu, 137. 

— compound, 1206. 

— elixir, 556. 

— elixirs, comp., 557. 

— fluidextract, 137, 688. 

— folia, 137. 

— infusion, 753. 



Buchu leaves, 137. 

— tincture, 1041. 
Buckbean, 195. 

— fluidextract, 195. 
Buckeye, Ohio, 120. 

— red, 120. 
Buckhorn brake, 201. 

— fluidextract, 201. 
Buckthorn bark, 

169, 212. 

— berries, 169, 212. 

— fluidextract, 

169, 212, 693. 

— juice, 212. 

— syrup, 212. 
Buds, cassia, 150. 

— Balm Gilead, 208. 

fluidextract, 209. 

Bottled electricity, 1202. 
Bug and ant 

poison, 1385. 

— and cockroach des- 

troyer, 1385. 
Bugle weed, 191. 

fluidextract, 191. 

Bulbi, 137. 
Bulbs, 137. 
Bulbus alii, 137. 

— cepa?, 138. 

— colchici, 138. 

— lilii, 138. 

— scillse, 138. 
Burdock, 187. 

— fluidextract, 187, 697. 

— oil, 830. 

Burgundy pitch, 115, 886. 
Burning bush, 165. 
Burnt alum, 418. 

— sugar coloring, 517. 
Butea, 138. 

— frondosa, 138. 

— gum, 138. 
Butter, artificial, 480. 

— cacao, 828. 

— of cacao, supppos- 

itories, 981. 

— color, 519. 

— skotch, 1349. 
Butterine, 480. 

— Pure Food Laws, 480. 
Butterfly-weed, 131. 
Butternut, 184. 

— bark, 185. 

— fluidextract, 185. 

— oil, 185. 
Button bush, 145. 
fluidextract, 145. 

— snakeroot, 164. 

fluidextract, 164. 

Butyl-chloral, 41, 479. 
hydrate, 479, 



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The Fenner Formulary 



Butyl-chloral 

or tetryl, 478. 
Butyrates, 479. 

— ether, 479. 
Butylic alcohol, 479. 
Butyrate of amyl, 479. 

— of ethyl, 479. 
Butyric ether, 644. 

— acid, 4v9. 
Butyrin, 479. 
Butyrum, 479. 
Buxus, 138. 



Cacao, 228, 505. 

— butter, 229, 828. 

— seeds, 228. 

— suppositories, 981. 
Cachets, 480. 
Cacodylate strych- 
nine, 972. 

Cacodylic acid, 350. 
Cactus grandiflora, 138. 
Cade oil, 836. 
Cad-formol, 262. 

ointment, 262. 

Cadmium, 261. 

— element), 261. 

— salts, 261. 
Caesium (element), 262. 
Caffea, 138. 

Caffeina, 481. 

— citrata, 481. 
Caffeinae citrata 

effervescens, 481. 

— citras, 481. 
Caffeine, 139, 481. 

— and sodium ben- 

zoate, 483. 
— salicylate, 483. 

— benzoate, 482. 

— brom-acetani- 

lide, 1188. 

— citrate, 481. 
elixir, 576. 

— citrated 

effervescent, 1189. 

— elixir, 558. 

— hydrobromide, 482. 
efferv., 1189. 

— hydrochloride, 482. 

— salicylate, 483. 

— sulphate, 483. 

— valerate, 483. 
Caffeotanilid, 1143. 
Cajuput oil, 836. 

— spirit, 963. 

— tooth-ache rem- 

edy, 1247. 
Calabar bean, 205, 869. 
extract, 205, 661. 



Calabar bean 

fluidextract, 

205, 661. 

tincture, 1071. 

Calamine, 139. 
Calamus, 139. 

— essence, 1316. 

— fluidextract, 139, 688. 

— oil, 139. 

— syrup, 1334. 

— tincture, 1041. 
Calcedony, 305. 
Calcii bromidum, 483. 

— carbonas, 

prsecipitatus, 484. 

— chloridum, 485. 

— hydras, 485. 

— hypophosphis, 486. 

— phosphas, 486. 
prsecipitatus, 486. 

— sulphas 

exiccatus, 487. 
Calcination, 92. 
Calcined magnesia, 804. 

heavy, 803. 

light, 803. 

— plaster, 264. 
Calcium, 262, 483. 

— (element), 262. 

— compounds, 263. 

— salts, general, 263. 

— bromide, 483. 

— carbonate precip- 

itated, 484. 

— carbonate, prep., 484. 

— comp. syrups, 1009. 

— elixirs, 558. 

— ■ glycerophos- 
phate, 727. 

— hydroxide, 485. 
solution, 775, 

— hydroxide, syrup, 987. 
— ■ hypophosphite, 486. 
syrup, 1008. 

— iodide syrup, 1011. 

— iodo-bromide 

comp., 1204. 

— lactophosphate 

solution, 947. 
syrup, 987, 1014. 

— — - and pepsin 

syrup, 1014. 

— oxide, 487. 

chlorinated, 487. 

— phosphate, 486. 

precipitated, 486. 

solution, 947. 

syrup, 1015. 

— sulphate, exsic- 

cated, 487. 
Calendula, 139. 



Calendula 

fluidextract, 139. 

— glycerite, 732. 

— tincture, 1041. 
California fever 

bush, 171. 

— fluidextract, 171. 

— fig laxative, 1168. 

— poppy, 165. 

— fluidextract, 165. 
Calisaya, 139. 

— chinas, 139. 

— cordial, 524. 

— elixirs, comp., 

559 to 569. 

— essence, 642. 

— iron and strych- 

nine wine, 1122. 

— or cinchona 

elixir, 560. 

— phosphate syrup, 1334. 

— syrup, 1334. 

— wine, 1123. 
Calmant elixir, 626. 
Calomel, 741. 

— compound pill, 882. 

— ointment, 1104. 
Calorie, 78. 
Calorimeters, 79. 
Calorimetry, 79. 
Calumba, 139. 

— cone, solution, 777. 

— elixir, 576. 

— fluidextract, 688. 

— radix, 139. 

— root, 139. 

— tincture, 1042. 
Calx, 487. 

— chlorinata, 487. 

— sulphurata, 488. 
Cambogia, 140. 
Campho salicyl, 1257. 

— phenique, 1257. 
Camphor, 140, 488. 

— crude, 140. 

— refined, 140. 

— artificial, 140. 

— cerate, 494. 

— chloral, 501. 

— — tooth-ache 

cure, 1247. 

— cream, antiseptic, 1314. 

— etherate, 398. 

— ice, 1225. 
with glyc- 
erin, 1288. 

— liniment, 768. 

ammoniated, 768. 

comp., 768. 

— mixture, Hope's, 1216. 

— monobromated, 489. 



Index 



1417 



Camphor monobro- 
mated elixir, 569. 

— peppermint, 840. 

— plaster, 633. 

— salol, 926. 

— spirit, 963. 

— tincture comp., 1042. 

— water, 444. 
Camphora, 140, 488. 
Camphora mono- 

bromata, 489. 

Camphorated glycerin 

honey, 1289. 

— cream salve, 1165. 

— oil, 768. 

— tine, of opium, 1069. 

— tooth powder, 1275. 

— vinegar, 337. 
Camphoric acid, 140, 350. 
Camphoronic acid, 140. 
Canada balsam, 

115, 228, 1028. 

— pitch, 887. 

— snakeroot, 131. 

— turpentine, 

- 115, 134, 228, 
851, 1028. 
Canadian hemp, 128. 

— fluidextract, 128. 
Cancer plaster, 634. 
Candle-nut oil, 830. 
Candies and Confec- 

ionery, 1348. 
Candy, French, 1350. 

— hickory nut, 1351. 

— maple cream, 1351. 

— molasses, 1352. 

— taffy, 1352. 
Cane sugar, 923. 
Canella, 140. 

— alba, 140. 

— cortex, 140. 

— bark, 140. 

— fluidextract, 140. 
Canker balsam, 1153. 
Cannabin, 141. 
Cannabine, 141. 

— tannate. 141. 
Cannabis Indian, 141. 

— fluidextract, 141. 

— indica extract, 651. 

— sativa, 141. 
Cantharides, 113. 

— ointment, 1098. 
veterinary, 1098. 

— liniment, 768. 

— plaster, 630. 

— tincture, 1043. 

— vinegar, 338. 
Cantharadin, 141 
Camtharidine, 141. 



Cantharis, 141. 

— vesicatoria, 141. 
Caoutchouc, 141, 162. 
Capparis Coriaceae 

tincture, 1079. 
Capsella bursa pas- 

toris, 141. 
Capsici fructus, 142. 
Capsicum, 142. 

— fastigiatum, 142. 

— fluidextract, 142, 688. 

— minimum, 142. 

— ointment, 1098, 

— oleoresin, 142, 850. 

— plaster, 630. 

— tincture, 1044. 
Capsules, 111, 489. 

— hard, 490. 

— poppy, 202. 

— soft or elastic, 490. 
Caramel, 51/. 
Caramels, coconut, 1349. 

— vanilla, 1349. 
Caraway, 143. 

— fruit, 143. 

— fluidextract, 143. 

— essence, 1316. 

— oil, 133, S36. 

— water, 445. 
Carbazotates, 376. 
Carbazotic acid, 376. 
Carbide, 266. 
Carbides, 266. 
Carbinol. 410. Sll. 

— dimethyl, 428. 
Carbo — Carbon, 490. 

— ligni, 491. 
Carbolate of iodine 

inhalant, 1201. 
Carbolated arnica 
salve, 1226. 

— camphor, 1257. 

ice, 1288._ 

glycerin, 1289. 

— glycerin honey. 12S9. 

— tooth wash, 1272. 
Carbolates or phen- 

ates, 352. 
Carbolic acid or 
phenol, 351. 

— acid, 351, 864, 866. 

crude, 351, 352. 

— ■ — crystallized, 351. 

glycerin. 731. 

liquefied. 352. 

— ■ — ointment, 1095. 

solution. 948. 

suppositories, 980. 

troches. 1089. 

— — with vinegar, 339. 

— alkali, 1384. 



Carbolic salve or oint- 
ment, 1226. 

— tooth-ache cure, 1247. 
Carboline hair 

grower, 1280. 
Carbon, 264. 

— (element), 264. 

— amorphous, 264. 

— animalis, 491. 
puriticatus, 491. 

— bisulphidum, 492. 

— compounds, 265. 

— disulphide, 492. 

— dioxide, 353. 

— duplicating 

paper. 1392. 
— ■ forms of, 265. 

— oil, 863. 
Carbonates. 266, 353. 
Carbonei disulphi- 

dum, 492. 
Carbonic acid, 353. 

liquid, 353. 

true. 353. 

— anhydride, 353. 

— bisulphidum, 492. 
Carburet, 266. 
Carburetted, 266. 

— hydrogen, 267. 
Carborundum, 266. 
Cardamom, 142. 

— essence, 1316. 

— fluidextract. 142. 
comp., 142. 

— oil, 142, 830. 

— seeds, 142, 

— tincture, 1045. 

comp., 1045. 

Cardamomi semina, 142. 
Cardamomum, 142. 
Cardiac stimulant 

elixir, 627. 
Cardol, 126. 
Carica papaya, 203. 
Carlsbad salts, 

artificial. 1190. 
Carlsbad salt, 

effervescent. 1190. 

— water solution, 1345. 
Carminative, black- 

berrv, 1062. 

— cordial. 1163. 

— Dewee's, 815. 

— ginger. 1163. 

— mixture. Paris, 1216. 

— soecies. 957. 

— tincture, 1046. 
Carminatives. 1162. 
Carmine. 151. 

— ink. 1387._ 

— red coloring, 517. 



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Carmine solution, 517. 
Carminic acid, 151. 
Carnation (per- 
fume), 1304. 
Carnauba wax, 146. 
Caroba, 1S4. 

— fluidextract, 1S4. 
Carobin, 184. 
Carota, 142. 

— fluidextract, 142. 
Cascara sagrada, 143, 212. 

— amarga, 143. 

— aromatic syrup, 988. 

— cordials, 569, 570. 

— extract, 662. 

— fluidextract, 143. 

— liquidextract, 144. 

— sagrada aromatic 

fluidextract, 703. 
cordials, 1166. 

— sagrada fluid- 

extract, 702. 

— sagrada liquid 

extract, 702. 

— sagrada wine, 1123. 
Cascarilla, 144. 

— fluidextract, 144. 

— tincture, 1046. 
Cascarillin, 144. 
Cascarilline, 144. 
Casein, 122, 764. 

— mucilage, 1377. 

— saccharated, 765. 
Cashew-nut, 126. 
Cassia cinnamon, 150. 

— bark, 150. 

— buds, 150. 

— cosmetic, 1284. 

— essence, 1296. 

— fistula, 144. 

— pulp, 144. 

— or acacia per- 

fume, 1295. 

— or cinnamon 

essence, 1316. 
Cassiae pulpa, 144. 
Castanea, 144. 

— vulgaris, 144. 
Castile soap, 929. 
Castor, 144. 

— beaver, 144. 

— fiber, 144. 

— oil, 213, 828. 

hair oil base, 1281 

mixture, 815. 

plant, 213. 

— tincture, 1046. 
Castoreum, 113, 144. 
Castoria, 1167. 
Castorol, 1167. 
Carrageen syrup, 1021, 



The Fenner Formulary 

Carragheen, 148. 
Carron oil, 767. 
Carthamus, 142. 
Carum, 143. 

— carvi, 143. 
Carui fructus, 143. 
Carvol, 143. 
Carya alba, 143. 
Caryophyllic acid, 143. 
Caryophyllin, 143. 
Caryophyllum, 143. 
Caryophyllus, 143. 
Cataplasma 

kaolini, 492, 1256. 
Cataplasm of kaolin, 492. 
Cataria, 144. 
Catarrh cure, 

Katona, 1165. 

— cream balm, 1165. 

— oil, 1164. 

— remedies, 1163. 

— remedy, 1164. 

— root, 170. 

— salve, 1166, 

— snuff, 1166. 
Catarrhal balm,, 1164. 

— nebulizer liquid, 1218. 

— powder, Bir- 

ney's, 1164. 
Catarrholeum, 1164. 
Catawba syrup, 1334. 

— wine, 1114. 
essence, 1364. 

— — dry, 1365. 

sweet, 1365. 

Catechu, 721. 

— areca, 129. 

— lozenge, 1090. 

— tincture, 1046. 
Cathartic acid, 222. 

— comp. pills, 879. 
improved, 897. 

— cordial, 1166. 

— elixirs, 571, 572. 

— liver pills, 1169. 

— pills, vegetable, 879. 
Catholicon, uterine, 1249. 
Catnep, 144. 

— oil, 144. 

— tea, 144. 
Caulophyllin, 145. 
Caulophyllum, 145. 
Caustic balsam. 1153. 

— lunar, 452, 453. 

— mitigated, 453. 

— potash, 892. 

— potassa, 892. 

— soda, 939. 

— toughened. 453. 
Cayenne pepper, 142. 
Ceanothus, 145. 



Ceanothus 

fluidextract, 145. 

— syrup, comp., 1021. 
Cedar, red, 185. 

— oil, 185. 
Celastrus, 145. 

— scandens, 145. 
Celerina, 1221. 
Celery, 128. 

— compound, 1220. 

— elixirs, comp., 572, 573. 

— essence, 1316. 

— fluidextract, 128. 

— oil, 128. 

— seed, 128. 
Cements, 1373. 
Candleberry 146. 
Candied pop corn, 1349. 
Cannabis Indian 

tincture, 1043. 
Cement, amber, 1374. 

— chrome, 1374. 

— diamond, 1373. 

— for lamps, 1374. 

— glass to metal, 1374. 

— glutina, 1373. 

— liquid, 1375. 

— metal, 1374. 

— porcelain, 1375. 

— rubber, 1374. 
tire, 1374. 

— transparent, 1374. 

— universal, 1375. 
Centaury, 145. 

— American, 216. 

— European, 145. 

fluidextract, 216. 

Centrifugator, 97. 
Centurea, 145. 

— benedicta, 145. 
Cephalanthus, 145. 
Cera alba, 146, 493. 

— beeswax, 113. 

— flava, 146, 493. 
Cerae— Waxes, 146, 493. 
Cerata — Cerates, 493. 
Cerate, 494. 

— blistering, 495. 

— camphor, 494. 

— cantharides, 495. 

— lead subacetate, 495. 

— rosin, 495. 
Cerates, 493. 
Ceratic acid, 146. 
Ceratum, 494. 

— camphors, 494. 

— cantharides, 495. 

— plumbi subace- 

tatis, 495. 

— resinae, 495. 

compositum, 496, 



Index 



1419 



Cereus, night-bloom- 
ing, 138. 

— Bonplandii, 138. 

— McDonaldiae, 138. 
Ceresin, 146. 
Cerevisiae fer- 

mentum, 167. 
Ceria, 317. 
Ceric salts, 267. 
Cerii oxalas, 497. 
Cerite, 267. 
Cerium, 267, 496. 

— (element), 267. 

— oxalate, 497. 
Cerolein, 146. 
Cereoli, 496. 
Cerous salts, 267. 
Cetaceum, 113, 147. 
Cetraria, 147. 

— decoction, 532. 
Cevadilla, 215. 

— vinegar, 339. 
Ceylon cinnamon, 150. 
Chalk and opium pow- 
der, aromatic, 905. 

— French, 1025. 

— mixture, 813. 
Richard's, 1216. 

— powder, aromatic, 905. 
compound, 906. 

— prepared, 484. 

— precipitated, 484. 
Chalybeate pills, 880. 
Chamaelirin, 178. 
Chamomile, 127. 

— extract, 650. 

— flowers, 127. 

— fluidextract, 127. 

— German, 194. 
fluidextract, 194. 

— oil, 127, 835. 
Champagne syrup, 1334. 
Charcoal, 265, 491. 

— animal, 266, 491. 

— tooth paste, 1274. 

— wood, 265, 491. 

— willow, 492. 
Charts, 497. 
Charta potasii 

nitratis. 498. 

— sinapis, 497. 
Chartreuse, 1370. 

— elixir, 1370. 

— green, 1370. 

— yellow, 1370. 
Chaulmogra. 176. 

— oil, 176, 830. 
Cheap extracts, 

flavoring. 1323. 

— mucilage, 1377. 
Cheese rennet, 170, 



Chelidonic acid, 147. 
Chelidonium, 147. 

— fluidextract, 147. 
Chelone, 147. 
Chelonin, 148 L 
Chemistry, 237. 
Chemical elements, 

237. 326. 

— combinations, 326. 

— compounds de- 

fined, 326. 

— electrical state, 326. 

— food, 1017. 

— ions, 326. 

— nomenclature, 238. 

— terms and defini- 

tions, 31. 

— thermometers, 78. 
Chenopodium, 148. 

— oil, 148. 

Cherry essence, 1316. 

— fruit syrup, 1331. 

— laurel leaves, 188. 

water, 188, 448. 

quadruple. 449 

— pectoral, 1229. 

— phosphate 

syrup, 1335. 

— syrup, 1334. 

— tooth paste, 1274. 

— wild, elixirs, 624. 

— wine, 1365. 
Chestnut, 144. 

— leaves. 144. 

fluidextract. 144. 

Chewing gums, 1353. 
Chewstick, 174. 
Chian turpentine. 852. 
Chilblain ointment, 1174. 
Child's laxative, 1167. 
Chill cure. 1140. 
Chimaphila, 148. 

— fluidextract. 689. 
Chimapbilin, 148. 
China, 498. 

— clay. 421, 762. 

— rhizome. 224. 

— root. 170, 224. 
fluidextract, 224. 

— varnish balsam, 134. 
Chinaphenine. 866. 
Chinawein, 1116. 
Chinese sumach, 121. 
Chininum. 498. 
CMonantrms. 148. 

Chi no— 498. 
Chinoidin. 508. 
Chinoidine. 508. 
Chinol. 499. 
Chinolina, 498. 
Chinoline, 498, 916. 



Chinoline 

bisulphate, 499. 

— hydrochloride, 499. 

— mono-hypo- 

chloride, 499. 

— ortho-ethox-anamo- 

benzoylamide, 499. 

— phenolsulphone, 499. 

— salicylate, 499. 

— tartrate, 499. 
Chirata, 148. 

— fluidextract, 148. 
Chiratin, 148. 
Chiretta, 148. 

— concentrated 

solution, 777. 

— fluidextract, 689. 

— infusion, 753. 

— tincture, 1046. 
Chittem bark, 212. 
Chlor-acetic acids, 362. 
Chloral, 411. 
Chloralamide, 500, 501. 
Chloral-ammonium, 501. 

— bromide 

compound, 1221. 

— camphor, 501. 

— carbamide, 501. 

— carbol, 501. 

— formamide, 501. 

— hydras, 500. 

— hydrate, 500. 

— menthol, 502. 
^- syrup, 988. 

* — urethane, 502. 
Chloralum hy- 

dratum, 500. 
Chlor-anodyne, 1144. 
Chloramide, 502. 
Chlorates, 268. 
Chlorbutanol, 502. 
Chloretone, 330, 502. 
Chloric ether, 963. 

spirit, 963. 

Chlorides, 268, 362. 

— elixirs, 574. 

— of lime, 487. 
Chlorinated lime, 487. 

— lime solution, 776. 

— soda solution, 794. 
Chlorine, 267, 502. 

— compounds, 268. 

with hydrogen, 268. 

with oxygen, 268. 

— acids of, 503. 

— solution comp., 777. 

— water, 777. 
Chlorodyne, 1047, 1222. 
Chlorodynia, 1222. 
Chloroform, 503. 

— albuminated, 504, 



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Chloroform and mor- 
phine tincture 
compound, 1047. 

— benzoated, 504. 

— camphor, 504. 

— emulsion, 637. 

— glycerinated, 504. 

— glycerinatum, 504. 

— liniment, 768. 

— mixture, 637. 

— phosphorated, 504. 

— spirit, 963. 

— tincture comp., 1046. 

— water, 445. 
Chloroformamide, 500. 
Chloroformamidum, 500. 
Chloroformates, 504. 
Chloroformum, 503. 

— albuminatum, 504. 

— benzoinatum, 504. 

— phosphoratum, 504. 
Chlorophyl, 505. 

— solutions, 505. 
Chocolata, 505. 
Chocolate and 

coca, 505. 

— caramels, 1349. 

— syrup, 1335, 1343. 
Cholagogue, 1139. 

— Osgood's, 1140. 
Cholera drops, 

Russian, 1172. 
Thielmann's, 1172. 

— mixture, Jack- 

son's, 1216. 
New York 

Sun, 1171. 

Sparkman's, 1172. 

Squibb's, 1172. 

— powder, hog, 1262. 

— remedy, sed- 

ative, 1171. 
stimulating, 1170. 

— remedies, 1170. 

— tincture, 

Asiatic, 1171. 

— specific, Aus- 

tralian, 1171. 
Chondrus, 148. 
Chrisarobinum, 149. 
Christopher's root, 119. 
Chromates, 354. 
Chrome alum, 269. 

— green, 269. 

— yellow, 269. 
Chromic acid, 506. 

— acid solution. 772. 

— anhydride, 353. 

— salts, 269. 

— sesquioxide, 354. 
Chromii trioxidum, 506. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Chromium, 269, 505. 

— (element), 269. 

— compounds, 269, 506. 

— anhydride, 506. 

— sulphate, 269. 

— trioxide, 269, 353, 506. 
Chromographic 

inks, 1390. 
Chromous salts, 269. 
Chrysarobin, 149,354,506. 

— crude, 129. 

— ointment, 1099. 
Chrysarobinum, 506. 
Chrysene, 888. 
Chrysophan, 212. 
Chrysophanic acid, 212. 
Cicily, sweet, 210. 

fluidextract, 201. 

Cicuta virosa, 154. 

— maculata, 154. 
Cider, 1362. 

— apple, 1362. 

— vinegar, 334. 
Cigarettes, asth- 
matic, 1150, 

Cimicifuga, 149. 

— elixir, 554. 

— liquid extract, 689. 
Cimicifugin, 149. 
Cincho-quinine, 915. 
Cinchona, 149, 507. 

— alkaloids, 507. 

— and iron wines, 1122. 

— calisaya, 149. 

— flava, 149. 

— fluidextract, 689. 

— infusion acid, 753. 

— liquid extract, 690. 

— rubra, 149. 

— tincture, 1048. 
compound, 1049. 

— wine, 1123. 
Cinchonidine, 508. 

— dihybromide, 508. 

— elixirs, comp., 575. 

— salicylate, 508. 

— sulphate, 508. 
Cinchonidinae sul- 
phas, 507. 

Cinchonidinum. 508. 
Cinchonina, 508. 
Cincbonina? sulphas, 509. 
Cinchonine, 508. 

— sulphate, 509. 
Cineol. 838. 
Cinkola tonic, 1242. 
Cinnabar, 288, 290. 
Cinnaldehydum, 150, 509. 
Cinnamic acid. 150, 509. 

— aldehyde, 509. 
Cinnamol, solution, 1303. 



Cinnamomi cortex, 150. 

— fructus immatura, 150. 
Cinnamomum, 150. 

— cassia, 150. 

— Saigonicum, 150. 

— Zelanicum, 150. 
Cinnamon, 150. 

— cassia, 150. 

— saigon, 150. 

— essence, 1316. 

— oil, 837. 
* synthetic, 1302. 

— powder, comp., 905. 

— spirit, 964. 

— syrup, 1335. 

— tincture, 1050. 

— water, 446. 
Cinnamyl, 509. 
Cissampeline. 203. 
Cis>tamine, 737. 
Cistogen, 737. 
Citral, 839. 
Citrates, 354. 
Citrated caffeine, 481. 
Citric acid, 354. 

solution, 948. 

syrup, 985. 

Citrine ointment, 1102. 
Citrophen, 866. 
Citutine, 523. 
Civet, 151. 

— extract, 1297. 
Civetta, 151. 
Clam bouillon, 1344. 

— juice, 1344. 
Claret syrup, 1335. 

— wine, 1365. 

essence, 1364. 

Clarified honey, 810. 
Clay, China, 421. 
Cleaning cream, 1381. 
Cleavers, 170. 

— fluidextract, 170. 
Clevite, 275. 
Clifford's shampoo 

comp., 1286. 

Clinical thermo- 
meters, 78. 

Cloth and glove 
cleaner, 1381. 

< Imperial, 1381. 

— cleaning comp., 1380. 
Clothes cleaning 

comp., 1381. 

— cleaner, Peer- 
less, 1382. 

Clove anodyne tooth- 
ache cure, 1247. 

— essence. 1316. 
Cloves, 143. 

— essence, 1296. 



Index 



1421 



Cloves fluidextract, 143. 

— infusion, 753. 

— oil, 143, 836. 
Clover, red, 

blossoms, 230. 
fluidextract, 230. 

— sweet, 194. 
Coal, 265, 266. 

— anthracite, 266. 

— cannel, 266. 

— soft, 266. 

— tar, 509, 888. 

derivatives, 509. 

creosote, 528. 

prepared, 887. 

solution, 789. 

Coated tablets, 1024. 
Coating, gelacacia 

pill, 876. 

— gelatin pill, 876. 

— pills, 875. 

— sugar pill, 875. 
Cobalt, 269. 

— compounds, 269. 

— salts, 269. 

— sulphate, 269. 
Cobaltic oxide, 269. 
Cobaltous chloride, 269. 

— nitrate, 269. 
Cobbler shakes, 1342. 
Coca, 151, 510. 

— and beef wine, 1124. 

— celery syrup, 1341. 

— guarana elixir, 577. 

— kola drinks, 1341. 

— cream, 1280. 

— elixir, 576, 580. 

— elixirs, comp., 576. 

— essence, 643. 

— fluidextract, 690. 

— koumiss, 764. 

— leaves, 151, 510. 

— liquid extract, 690. 

— syrup, 1341. 

— wine, 1116, 1123. 

— wine of, 1251. 
Coca? folia, 151, 510. 
Cocaina, 510. 
Cocainse hydrochlor- 

icum, 511. 
Cocaine, 151, 510, 1280. 

— borate, 511. 

— discs of. 766. 

— elixir, 577. 

— hydrochloride, 511. 

— hypodermic in- 

jection, 756. 

— liniment. 1208. 

— nitrate, 511. 

— ointment. 1099. 

— oleate, 847. 



Cocaine phenate, 511. 

— solution, 954. 

— tooth-ache cure, 1247. 
Cocculus Indicus, 151. 

fluidextract, 151. 

Cocus, 113, 151. 
Cochineal, 151. 

— fruit, red, 518. 

— red coloring, 518. 
— - tincture, 1051. 
Cochlearia, 152. 

— confection, 520. 

— fluidextract, 152. 

— spirit, 967. 
Cocillana bark, 227. 

— fluidextract, 227. 
Cocklebur, 235. 

— fluidextract, 235. 
Cockroach and bug 

destroyer. 1385. 

— Russian, 137. 
Cocktail shakes, 1342. 
Cocktails, 1368. 

— fruit, 1368. 

— other, 1368. 
Cocoa, butter of, 505. 
Coconut candy, 1349. 

— oil. 826. 
Codamine. 854. 
Codeina, 512. 
Codinre phosphas, 512. 

— sulphas, 513. 
Codeine, 512, 854. 

— hvdrochloride, 512. 

— nitrate, 512. 

— phosphate, 512. 

— Pure Food and 

Drugs Law, 513. 

— sulphate. 513. 

— syrup. 989. . 
Cod liver oil, 826. 

• — alkaloids. 826. 

bases.^ 827. 

emulsions, 

638, 640, 641. 

— — com- 

pound. 638, 640. 
iodo fer- 

rated, 1224. 
phosphor- 

ized, 1224. 

wine of, 1251. 

Coffee. 138. 

— arabica. 138. 

— elixir. 577. 

— extract or 

essence. 1319. 

— fluidextract. 139, 1319. 

— roasted. 139. 

— syrup, 1335, 1344. 
Cognac essence, 1316. 



Cohosh, black, 119, 149. 

fluidextract, 689. 

tincture, 1047. 

— blue, 145. 

fluidextract, 145. 

— red, 119. 

— white, 119. 
Coke, 265. 
Colchici cormus, 152. 

— semen, 152. 

— semina, 152. 
Colchicina, 152, 513. 
Colchicine, 152, 513. 
Colchicum, 152. 

— corm, 152. 

— extract, 652, 653. 

— seed, 152. 

fluidextract, 690. 

tincture, 1051. 

wine, 1117. 

— vinegar, 338. 

— wine, 1116. 
Colcothar, 280. 
Cold cream, thea- 
tre, 1270. 

Colic cure, 1264. 

— remedies, 1264. 

— remedy, hypo- 

dermic, 1264. 

— root, 122. 
Collinsonia, 152. 

— fluidextract, 152. 
Collinsonin, 152. 
Collodia — Collo- 
dions, 514. 514. 

Collodion, 514. 

— acetone, 516. 
flexible, 517. 

— antiseptic styptic, 516. 

— blistering, 514, 515. 

— cantharidal, 514. 

— corn, German, 516. 

— — Liebig's. 516. 

— depilatory, 1277. 

— flexible, 515. 

— haemostatic, 516. 

— iodoform, 516. 

— iodonal, 516. 

— Liebig's corn, 516. 

— salicylic acid 

comp., 516. 

— styptic, 515. 
antiseptic, 516. 

— thiol, 1031. 

— tooth-ache, 1249. 
Collodium, 514. 

— cantharidatum, 514. 

— flexile, 515. 

— stypticum, 515. 

— vesicans, 338, 515. 
Colocynth, 152. 



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Colocynth apple, 153. 

— fluidextract, 153. 

— and hyoscyamus 

pills, 880. 

— comp. pills, 880. 

— extract, 653. 

compound, 653. 

Colocynthin, 153. 
Colocynthis, 152. 
Cologne, floral, 1308. 

— Florida flowers, 1309. 

— formula, gen- 

eral, 1307. 

— forest flowers, 1309. 

— fragrant flowers, 130Q. 

— German, 1308. 
Hoyt's, 1308. 

— lavender, 1309. 

— musk, 1309. 

— spirit, 408. 

— white rose, 1309. 
Colognes and toilet 

waters, 1307. 

— standard, 1308. 
Colombo root, 139. 

— fluidextract, 140. 

— tincture. 140. 
Colophony, 916. 
Coloring, blue, 519. 

— burnt sugar, 517. 

— butter, 519. 

— carmine red, 517. 

— for hair oils, 1281. 

— green, 518. 

— orange, 519. 

— red, 518. 
Colorless solution 

hydrastine, 1250. 

Colores — Colors, 517. 

Colors, aniline, per- 
missible, 1399. 

— for perfumes, 1307. 

— for powders, 520. 

— Pure Food and 

Drugs Law, 517. 
Coltsfoot, 231. 

— fluidextract, 231. 
Columbia infusion, 753. 
Columbium, 270. 

— (element), 270. 

— compounds, 270. 
Columbo, American, 169. 

— fluidextract, 169. 
Combination, 82. 
Combinations of phos- 
phorus, 868. 

Combustion, 92. 
Comedones lotion, 1291. 
Comfrey, 227. 
Comminution. 83. 
Composita, 882. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Composition of the 

earth, 242. 
Compressed tablets, 1024 
Concentrates, 

eclectic, 920. 

— general formula, 920. 
Concentrated fruit 

syrups, 1331. 

— nitrous ether, 959. 
Concentration, 84. 
Condensed cream, <64. 

— milk, 764. 
Condition balls, 1260. 

— powders, 1261. 

diuretic, 1261. 

mineral, 1261. 

vegetable, 1261. 

Condurango, 153. 

— bark, 153. 

— fluidextract, 153. 

— wine, 1117. 
Condy's fluid or 

solution,- 1383. 
Cone-flower, 161. 

— fluidextract, 161. 
Confectio opii, 521. 

— piperis, 521. 

— rosae, 521, 522. 
gallicse, 522. 

— scammonii, 522. 

— sennse, 522. 

— sulphuris, 523. 
Confection of cherry 

laurel, 521. 

— hips, 521. 

— opium, 521. 

— pepper, 521. 

— roses, 522. 

— scammony, 520. 

— scurvy grass, 520. 

— senna, 522. 

— sulphur, 523. 
Confectiones — Con- 
fections, 520, 523. 

Confections and con- 
serves, 520. 

— other, 523. 
Congress water 

solution, 1345. 
Conii folia, 153. 

— semen, 153. 
Conicine, 523. 
Coniina, 153. 
Coniine, 153, 523. 

— hydrochloride, 523. 
Conium, 153. 

— fruit, 153. 

— leaves, 153 

— and iron elixir. 577. 

— fluidextract, 690. 

— juice, 973. J 



Conserve de coch- 
leria, 520. 

— de laurier cer- 
ise, 520. 

Consumption rem- 
edy, 1178 L 

Convallaria, 154. 

Convallamarin, 154. 

Conveniences for pill 
making, 872. 

Convulvulic acid, 184. 

Convulvulin, 184, 851. 

Copaiba, 154, 851. 

— balsam, 154. 

— emulsion, 641. 

— mixture, 1216. 

— oil, 837. 

— resin, 917. 

— santal and cubeb 
mixture, 1216. 

Copaiva, 154. 

— balsam, 154. 
Copper, 270. 

— albumin. 530. 

— alloys. 270, 530. 

— nucleinate, 531. 

— oleate. 849. 

— salts of, general, 271. 

— sulphate, 530. 

anhydrous, 530. 

dried, 530. 

— tempered, 2/1. 
Coptis, 154. 

- anemons folia, 154. 

— fluidextract, 154. 

— trifolia, 154. 

— teeta, 154. 
Copying inks, 1389. 

— pad. hectograph, 1390. 
Coral lip salve, 1280. 
Corallin, 430. 
Cordial, aletris, 1197. 

— anise seed. 548. 

— anisette, 1369. 

— aromatic, 524. 

— blackberry, 1184. 

— calisaya, 524. 

— carminative, 1163. 

— cascara. 569, 1166. 

— cathartic or 
laxative. 1166. 

— curacao, 524. 

— diuretic. 1205. 

— Fosgate's ano- 
dyne, 1258. 

— gentian, 525. 

— gin. London. 1357. 

— Godfrey's, 1257. 

— mother's, 1197. 

— strengthening. 
McLean's, 1245, 



Index 



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Cordial, tonic 

health, 1157. 
Cordiales — Cordials, 524. 

— cascara, 570. 

— spiritous, 1355, 1368. 
Coriander, 154. 

— fluidextract, 155. 

— fruit, 154. 

— essence, 1317. 

— oil, 155, 837. 

— seed, 155. 
Coriandrol, 154. 
Corks, prepared, 1400. 
Corn, Bunion and Chill- 

blain Remedies, 
117"L. 
Corn cure, German, 516. 

— ergot, 231. 

fluidextract, 231. 

— killer, 1173. 

— plaster, 634, 1173. 

— remover for soft 

corns, 1174. 

— remover, night, 1174. 

— salve, caustic, 1173. 

— salve, magic, 1173. 

— silk, 192, 235. 
fluidextract, 

192, 235. 
Cornsmut, 231. 
Cornelian, 305. 
Cornin, 155. 
Cornu cervi, 113, 155. 

artificiale, 155. 

praeparatum, 155. 

ustum, 155. 

Cornutein, 164. 
Cornus, 155. 

— circinata, 155. 

— florida, 155. 

— sericea, 155. 
Corrector, heart, 1200. 
Corrigens elixir, 625. 
Corrosive mercuric 

chloride, 740. 

— sublimate, 289, 740. 

solution. 785. 

elixir. 577. 

Cortex coto, 156. 

— cornus, 155. 
Cortices — Barks, 

155, 256. 
Corundum, 247. 
Corvdalis, 156. 

— fluidextract, 156. 
Corydalin, 156, 
Corydaline, 156. 
Corydalis elixir, 578. 

— comp. elixir, 578. 

— elixir, 578. 

— syrup, comp., 1021. 



Cosmetic base, 

stick, 1283. 
Cosmetics for the 

complexion, 1266. 

— liquid, 12J36. 

— lip, 1290. 

— stick (pomades), 

1283. 

Cosmoline, 861. 

Cotarine, 854. 

Cotarnine hydro- 
chloride, 526. 

— phthalate, 526. 
Coto, 156. 

— bark, 156. 

fluidextract, 156. 

— tincture, 1052. 
Cotoin, 156. 
Cotton, 174. 

— absorbent, 733. 

— gun, soluble, _911. 

— purified, 174, 733. 

— root bark, 174. 
fluidextract, 174. 

— root wine, 1124. 

— seed oil, 174. 

— wool, 175, 733. 
Cottons, medicated, 734. 
Cottonseed oil, 826. 
Couch grass, 230. 

— — fluidextract, 

230, 709. 
Cough balls, 1260. 

— balsam, 1176. 

— candy, 1183. 

— comp., terpin, 1181. 
terpin and 

heroin, 1181. 

— cordial, 1176. 

— drops, 1183. 

— honey, 1177. 

— lozenges or 

troches, 1183. 

— mixture, 1177. 

Jackson's, 1216. 

Pancoast's, 1216. 

— .pills, 1230. 

— remedy, 1175. 

■ sedative, 1181. 

without 

sugar, 1175. 

— remedies, 1174. 

— syrup, 1177. 

baby, 1176. 

Coumarin, 230, 1300. 

— solution, 1303. 
Court plaster, 631. 
Coutaret's white 

fluid, 1384. 
Cowhage, 197. 
Crab orchard salt, 1234. 



Crab orchard salt, 

effervescent, 1190. 

Cramp bark, 234. 

elixir comp., 623. 

fluidextract, 

234, 710. 

Cranberry, 

high bush, 234. 

— tree, 234. 
Cranesbill, 172.' 

— fluidextract, 172. 
Crealbin, 527. 
Cream, almond 

tooth, 1272. 
j — balm, catarrh, 1165. 

— camphor, 1268. 
antiseptic, 1314. 

— cleaning, 1381, 
Creams, com- 
plexion, 1267. 

— condensed, 764. 

— cocoa, 1280. 

— cold, theater, 1270. 

— dates, 1350. 

— fragrant, 1268. 

— glycerin, 1269. 

— ice, 1347. 

— imperial vanish- 

ing, 1269. 

— malvina, 1269. 

— marshmallow, 1269. 

— massage, 1293. 

— of lilies, 1266. 

— of roses, 1266. 

— of tartar, 903. 

— peerless vanish- 

ing, 1269. 

— shaving. 1269. 
for metal 

tubes, 1269. 

— sherbet, 1348. 

— soda, ice, 1341. 

— taffy, 1352. 

— tooth, almond, 1272. 

— - — ■ imperial, 1273. 
Creams, cooked, 1350. 

— uncooked. 1350. 

— walnut, 1350. ^ 
Crede's antiseptic, 306. 
Creme de menthe, 1370. 
Creoform, 528. 
Creolin, 526, 529. 

— disinfectant. 1384. 

— Pearson, 527. 
Creosotal, 528. 
Creosote carbonate, 528. 

— coal-tar, 528. 

— compounds. 527. 

— magnesol. 528. 

— mixture, 813. 

— ointment, 1099. 



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Creosote phosphate, 528. 

— phosphite, 528. 

— tannate, 528. 

— water, 446. 
Creosotum, 527. 

— beech wood, 527. 
Cresal, 528. 
Cresalbin, 528. 
Cresalol, 529. 
Cresoform, 528. 
Cresol, 528, 866, 888. 

— comp. solution, 778. 

— iodide, 529. 

— naphthol, 529. 

— salicylates, 529. 

— salols, 529. 

— valerianate, 528. 
Cresylic acid, 528, 866. 
Cresolic acids, 529. 
Creyat, 126. 

Crocus, 156. 

— martis, 280. 

— of antimony, 254. 
Croton chloral- 
hydrate, 479. 

— eluteria, 144. 

— oil, 829. 

liniment, 769. 

Crude petroleum oil, 845. 

Crushed fruits, 1329. 

Cryolite, 273. 

Cryptogams, 108. 

Cryptopine, 854. 

Crystallization, 

systems of, 84. 

Crystals and Crystal- 
lization, 84. 

Crystals, washing, 13822. 

Cubeb, 156. 

— fluidextract, 157, 691. 

— oil, 837. 

— oleoresin, 850. 

— troches, 1090. 
Cubeba, 156. 
Cubebne fructus, 156. 
Cubebs, 156, 1053. 
Cubebin, 157. 
Cubebic acid, 157. 
Cubes, (bouillon), 1344. 
Cucumber elder flower 

cream, 1268. 

— seed oil, 830. 

— squirting, 162. 
Curcubita citrullus, 203. 

— melo, 204. 

— pepo, 204. 
Cudbear, 204. 

— tincture, 204. 

— red, 5m 
Culina mariana. 161. 
Culver's root, 189. 



The Fenner Formulary 

I Culver's root ext., 658. 

— fluidextract, 189, 698. 
Cumin seed, 157. 

oil, 157. 

Cuminum, 157. 
Cuprated hemol, 531. 
Cupratin, 530. 

Cupri sulphas, 530. 
Cupric sulphate, 530. 

— salts, 270. 
Cuprohemol, 531, 736. 
Cuprol, 531. 
Cuprous salts, 270. 
Cuprum — Copper, 529. 
Curagoa, 1371. 

— bitter, 1371. 

— cordial, 524. 

— elixir, 524. 

— essence, 1317. 
Curare, 157. 

— hypodermic injec- 

tion, 756. 
Curarine, 157. 

— hydrochloride, 157. 
Curative syrup, Mother 

Seigle's, 1193. 
Curcuma, 157. 
Curd soap, 929. 
Cure, ague, 1139. 

— asthma, 1149. 

— chill, 1140. 

— dandruff, 1277. 
peerless, 1277. 

— earache, 1188. 

— for baldness, 1276. 

— gall, 1264. 

— gold hypo, inj., 1215. 
tonic, 1215. 

— pain, 1152. 

— rheumatic, 1233. 

— spavin, 1214. 
Cures, ague, 1139. 

— gonorrhoea, 1199. 

— liquor and habit, 1214. 

— tooth-ache, 1247. 
Currant fruit syrup, 1331. 
Curry powder, 1400. 
Cyanates, 364, 531. 
Cyanic acid, 364, 531. 
Cyanide of mercury, 741. 
Cyanides, 364, 531. 
Cyanogen, 364, 531. 

— hydroxide, 364. 
Cyanurets, 531. 
Cyclamen (per- 
fume), 1304. 

Cydonium, 158. 
Cymogene, 863. 
Cynoglossum, 158. 
Cypripedin, 921. 
Cypripedium, 158. 



Cypripedium fluid- 
extract, 691. 

D 

Dalby's carminative 

elixir, 626. 
Damiana, 159. 

— bitters, 159. 

— comp. elixirs, 578. 

— elixir, 578. 

— fluidextract, 159. 

— lozenges, 1148. 

— tonic, 1147. 

— wine, 1124. 
Dandelion elixir, 579. 

— comp. elixir, 579. 

— extract, 665. 

— fluidextract, 708. 

— juice, 973. 
Dandruff cure, 1277. 
peerless, 1277. 

— remedy, 1277. 
Danzig-spruce, 115. 
Dates, cream, 1350. 
Daucus carota, 142. 
Dead oil, 351. 
Decimal scale, 1136. 
Decocta — Decoctions, 97. 

— by water-bath per- 

colation, 531. 

— aloes comp., 533. 

— cetraria, 532. 

— jequirity, 533. 

— logwood, 533. 

— pomegranate 

bark, 533, 

— sarsaparilla comp. ,532. 
Decoctum aloes com- 

positus, 533. 

— cetrarise, 532. 

— granati corticis, 533. 

— haematoxyli, 533. 

— sarsaparilla? 

compositus, 532. 
Deer's horn, 155. 

preparations, 155. 

Diarrhcea mixture, 

Velpeau's, 1217. 
Delphinine, 159, 225. 
Delohinum, 159. 
Deliquescence, 87. 
Denatured alcohol, 407. 
Densities of gases, 245. 

— metals, 244. 

— ■ not-metals. 244. 
Densimeters, 72. 
Dentifrices. 1271. 
Dentist's plaster, 264,497. 
Deodorized alcohol, 408. 

— tinct. of opium, 1070, 
Depilatories, 1277. 



Index 



1425 



Depilatory collo- 
dion, 12 / i . 

— liquid, 1277. 

— powder, 1277. 
Dermatol, 259. 
Desiccated suprarenal 

glands, 172. 

— thyroid glands, 

_ 173, 1032. 

Desiccation, 92. 

Desiccator, 92. 

Deslaurier's elixir, 627. 

Destillatse — Distil- 
lates, 534. 

Destroyer, bug and 
cockroach, 1385. 

Detannated sherry, 1120. 

Deuterotine, 854. 

Devil's bit, 178. 

Dewee's carminative, 815. 

Dextrin, 125, 531. 

— mucilage, 

534, 1377, 1378. 

— syrup, 534. 

— white, 534. 

— yellow, 534. 
Dextrinum, 534. 
Dextro-quinine, 915. 
Diacetyl morph- 
ine. 737, 819. 

Diachylon oint- 
ment, 1100. 

Dialysatae — Dialy- 
sates, 535. 

Dialysate of aconite, 535. 

— of belladonna, 535. 
Dialysed iron, 535. 

— soap, 536. 

— — syrup, 1008. 

in scales, 535. 

Dialysis, 87. 
Dialyzer, 87. 
Diamines, 250. 
Diamond. 265. 

— cement, 1373. 
Diarrhoea mixture, 

Gould's. 1217. 

— tablets. 1185. 
Diastase, 536. 
Dictamus, 159. 

— fluidextract, 159. 
Diethelen-diamine, 885. 
Diethyl-acetal, 328. 
Diethyl-aldehyde. 328. 
Diethylamide. 1112. 
Diethylbarbituric 

acid, 1114. 
Dietbvlmalonylurea. 

1114. 
Diffusate, 87. 88. 

— battery, 88. 



Diffusion, 88. 
Digalen, 160. 
Digestic elixir, 620. 
Digestive dyspepsia 
remedy, 1186. 
Digipuratum, 160. 
Digistrophan, 160. 
Digitalein, 159, 
Digitalin, 159. 

— verum, 160. 
Digitalis, 159. 

— elixir, 580. 

— extract, 654. 

— fluidextract, 691. 

— infusion, 752, 753. 

— - — concentrated, 755. 

— vinegar, 339. 
Digitalone, 160. 
Digitalysatum, 160. 
Digitin, 159. 
Digitol, 160. 
Digitonin, 159. 
Digitoxin, 159. 
Di-iodo-para-phenol 

sulphuric acid, 37S. 
Dill fruit, 127. _ 

— essence, 131/. 

— oil, 835. 

— pickles, 12/. 

— water, 443. 
Dimethylarsenate, 308. 
Dimethyl carbinol, 42>. 
Dimethyl-isoamyl- 

benzene, 464. 
Dinitro-cellulin, 912. 
Dionine, 854. 
Dioscorea, 160. 
Dioscorein, 160. 
Diospyros. 160. 

— kaki, 160. 

— virginiana. 160. 
Dioxydiamino-arseno- 

benzol. 926. 

Diphtheria anti- 
toxin. 931. 

Dippel's animal oil, 829. 

Dirca, 160. 

Discoverv, medical, 1237. 

Discs, 766. 

— or pellets, 1136. 

— of atropine, 766. 

— cocaine, 766. 

— homatropine, 766. 

— physostigmine, 766. 
Discutient ointment,llll. 
Disinfectants, 1382. 
Disinfecting pow- 
ders, 1383. 

— solutions, 1383. 

proprietary, 1384. 

Distillate, 91, 463. 



Distillation, 88. 

— dry, 89. 

— fractional, 91. 

— history of, 88. 

— kinds of, 89. 

— of oils, 852. 

— ■ principles of, 89. 
Distilled water, 441. 
Distilling apparatus, 90. 
Dita bark, 124. 
Ditamine, 124. 
Dithymoldiiodide, 456. 
Dittany, 161. 

— oil, 161. 
Diuretic condition 

powders, 1261. 

— cordial, 1205. 

— elixir, 55/. 
Wayne's, 557. 

— species, 957. 
Diuretin, 1030. 

— lithium, 1111. 

— sodium, 1111. 
Dobell's solution, 1147. 
Dog button, 198. 

— violet, 165. 
Dogwood bark, 155. 

— fluidextract, 155. 

— Jamaica, 207. 

— swamp, 155. 
Donovan's solution, 

774. 
Double spruce, 115. 
Dover's powder, 907. 

— syrup, 1022. 

— tincture, 1061. 
Dracontium, 161. 

— fluidextract, 161. 
Dragon root, 130. 
Dragon's blood, 218. 
Draught, blacky 753. 
Dressing, patent 

leather, 1394. 

— government 

harness. 1394. 

— petrolatum shoe, 1394. 

— bronze shoe, 1394. 

— shoe, 1393. 
Dried alum, 418. 
— - sodium carbon- 
ate 937 

Driers for pills, 873, 874. 
Drops, cholera, 

Russian, 1172. 

Thielmann's, 1172. 

— cough, candy, 1183. 

— pectoral, Bate- 

man's, 1229. 
Drosera, 161, 

— fluidextract, 161. 
Drugs, animal, 112, 



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Drugs, chemicals and 
preparations, 327. 

— vegetable, 110. 

Dry catawba wine, 1365 

— heat processes, 92. 

— thyroid, 173, 1032. 

— shampoo, 1286. 
Dubosia, 161. 

— fluidextract, 161. 
Duboisine, 161. 

— sulphate, 161. 
Dulcamara, 161. 

— fluidextract, 161. 
Dulcit, 923. 
Dulcite, 724. 
Dulcitose, 923. 
Duotal, 735. 

Duplex extracts, 328, 649 
Dusting powder, 
thiol, 1031. 
Dutch liquid, 399. 

— metal, 271. 
Dwarf elder, 128. 
Dye, hair, black, one 

preparation, 1279. 

bismuth, 1279. 

vanadium, 1279. 

— lac, 187. 

— lightning, black, 1278. 

brown, 1278. 

Dyes, hair, 1278. 
Dyoprosium 

(element) 272. 
Dyspepsia, Rem- 
edies, 1185. 

— remedy, 1186. 

— tablets, 1187. 

— tonic, 1186. 
Earache cure, 1188. 

— oil, 1187. 
Earth, composition 

of, 242. 

— wax, 146. 
Earths, alkaline, 412. 

— rare, (chemistry), 

267. 
Easton's syrup, 991. 
Eau de Botot, 1276. 

— angelique, 1273. 
Ecballium elaterium, 162. 
Ecboline, 164. 
Ecgonine, 151. 
Echafolta, 162. 
Echidine, 162. 
Echinacea angus- 

tifolia, 161. 

— purpurea, 161. 

— fluidextract, 161. 
Echitamine, 124. 
Echitemine, 124. 
Eclectic extracts, 920. 



The Fenner Formulary 



Eclectric liniment, 1209. 

— oil, 1209. 
Ecthol, 162. 
Ecuelle, 832. 
Eczema lotion, 1286. 
Effervescent brom- 

acetanilide 
caffeine, 1188. 

— bromo-caffeine, 1188. 

— bromopyrine, 1189. 

— bromo-seltzer, 1189. 

— caffeine citrate, 481. 

— Carlsbad salt, 1190. 

— crab orchard 

salt, 1190. 

— citrated caffeine, 1189. 

— Kissingen salts, 1190. 

— lithium citrate, 800. 

— phenacetin with 

caffeine, 1190. 

— potassium citrate, 897. 

— powder of artificial 

Carlsbad salt, 1191. 

— salts, general 

directions for 
preparing, 1188. 

— sodium citro- 

tartrate, 939. 
phosphate, 941. 

— tablets, 1025. 

— vichy salt, 1191. 
Effervescing powder 

compound, 906. 
EfBorescence, 86. 
Egg food, 1263. 

— hen's egg, 201. 

— nogg syrup, 1335. 

— ointment, 110. 

— phosphate 

shake, 1343. 

— shampoo, 1286. 

— shell, 201. 

— white of, 122. 
dried, 122. 

— white of, 201. 

— yolk of, 201, 234. 
Egyptian oint- 
ment, 1110. 

Eisenzuckersirup, 990. 
Elastic or mouth 

glue, 1376. 
Elastica, 141, 162. 
Elaterin, 162, 537. 

— compound powd., 906. 

— trituration, 1087. 
Elaterium, 162, 536. 
Elder berries, 217. 
juice, 217. 

— dwarf, 128. 

■ fluidextract, 217. 

— flowers, 217. 



Elder flowers 

cream, 1268. 
water, 217, 451. 

— prickly, 129. 
Elecampane, 182. 

— fluidextract, 182. 
Electricity, bottled, 1202. 
Electrotype molds, 257. 
Electrolysis, 326. 
Electuaries, 520, 523. 
Elements, chemical, 237. 

— melting points of, 245. 

— boiling points of, 245. 

— periodic arrange- 

ment, 240. 
Elemi, 852. 
Elephantopus, 163. 
Elephant's foot, 163. 

— fluidextract, 163. 
Elixir acetanilide, 542. 

and caffeine, 543. 

compound, 543. 

— aconite, 543. 

— adjuvans, 543, 544. 

— adjuvant, 544. 

— album, 617. 

— aletris como., 545. 

— alkaline, 545, 617. 

— aloin, 545. 
and strych- 
nine, 546. 

and bella- 
donna, 546. 

— alteratives, 1203. 

— amarum, 546. 

— ammonia muriate, 546. 

— ammonium 

bromide, 546. 

chloride, 546. 

valerate, 547. 

and iron, 547. 

and. mor- 
phine, 547. 

quinine, 548. 

strychnine, 548. 

with hvdrated 

chloral, 54?. 

— analgesic. 548. 

— anise, 548. 

— anti-asthmatic, 

(Dr. Hare's), 549. 

— anti-dysoeptic. 626. 

— antifebrin, 542. 

— antio-outteux de 

Villette, 626. 

— antimony and potas- 

sium tartrate, 549. 

— antipyrine, 549. 

— aperitivam, 627. 

— apii graveolentis 

comp., 573. 



Index 



1427 



Elixir aromatic, 549, 550 

— arsenic, 550. 
and mercury 

iodide, 551. 
strychnine, 551. 

— atropine, 551. 

— aurantii, 604. 

— bark and iron, 565. 

— beef, 551. 

and coca, 1241. 

— ■ — iron, 551. 
iron and cin- 
chona, 552. 

— belladonna, 552. 

— berberine, 552. 

and iron, 553. 

bismuth and 

iron, 553. 

— bismuth, 553. 

and iron, 553. 

strychnine, 554. 

— — iron and 

strychnine, 553. 

— bitter, 546. 

— blackberry, 554. 

— black cohosh, 554. 

comp., 554. 

haw, 555, 623. 

— brom-acetan- 

caffeine, 555. 
— ■ bromo-caffeine, 556. 

— bromide-chloral, 613. 

— bromides comp., 555. 

— brom-iodide of 

calcium comp., 555. 

— buchu. 556. 
and potassium 

acetate, 557. 

pareira brava. 557. 

compound, 557. 

juniper and 

acetate of potas- 
sium, 557. 

— buckthorn. 582. 

— caffeine, 558. 
citrate. 576. 

— calcium bromide, 558. 

— — hvpophos- 

phite. 558. 

iodide, 558. 

lactoprosphate. 

558. 
with pepsin, 

559. 

— calisaya with various 

combinations, 
oages 5^1 to 568. 

— caimans, 626. 

— calumba, 576. 

— camphor, mono- 

bromated, 569. 



Elixir cardiac stim- 
lant, 627. 

— carminative, 

Dalby's, 626. 

— cascara sagrada, 569. 

aromatic, 570. 

— tasteless, 570. 

— cathartic, 571. 

comp., 571. 

or laxative, 572. 

— celery and black 

haw comp., 572. 

coca comp., 572. 

guarana, 573. 

compound, 572, 

— chloral, 573. 

— chloroform, 575. 

— cimicifuga, 554. 

— cinchona ferrated, 561. 
with bis- 
muth, 562. 

— and 

strychnine, 562. 

iron and 

strychnine, 562. 

— cinchonidia, 575. 

— cinchonidine, 575. 

and iron, 575. 

strychnine, 575. 

arsenic, 575. 

— Clauder's, 627. 

— coca, 576, 580. 

and calisaya, 576. 

ferriphos- 

phated, 576. 
guarana, 577. 

— cocaine, 577. 

— coffee, 577. 

— conium and iron, 577. 

— corrigens, 625. 

— corrosive sub., 577. 

— corydalis, 578. 
compound, 578. 

— cramp bark. 623. 

— damiana, 578. 

compound, 578. 

iron, nux vomica 

and phos- 
phorus, 579. 

nux vomica and 

phosphorus. 579. 

— dandelion, 579. 
compound. 579. 

— de Garus, 627. 

— Deslaurier's, 627. 

— digesticum, 626. 

— digitalis, 580. 

— diuretic, 557. 
Wayne's. 557. 

— Dover's. 592. 

— emmenagogue, 627. 



Elixir ergot, 580. 

— erythroxylon 576, 580. 
compound, 580. 

— euonymus, 581. 

— ferri, quininse et 

strychninse phos- 
phatum, 581. 

— five bromides, 555. 
iodides, 592. 

— flavoring, 538. 
soluble, 539. 

— four iodides, 592. 

— frangula, 582. 

— gelsemium, 582. 

— gentian with various 

combinations, 
pages 582 to 586. 

— ginger, 586. 

— ■ glycerophospha- 
tes comp., 587. 
lime and soda, 587. 

— glycyrrhiza, 601. 

aromatic, 601. 

comp., 601. 

— gluside, 586. 

— golden seal, 590. 

— gout, 626. 

— grindelia ro- 

busta, 588. 

— guarana, 588. 
and celery, 588. 

— Haller's, 381. 

— henbane, 591. 

— ■ helonias comp., 588. 

— hops, 589. 
•— heroin, 588. 

compound, 589. 

and terpin 

hydrate, 589. 

— humulus, 589. 

— hydrangea, 590. 

and lithium, 590. 

lithium comp., 590. 

— hydrastis, 590. 

and iron, 590. 

and bismuth, 

591. 
strychnine, 591. 

— hyoscyamus. 591. 

— hypophosphites 

compound, 591. 

— iron with various 

combinations, 
pages 593 to 598. 

— jaborandi, 598. 

— iunioer berries, 598. 

— kairine. 598. 

— kola. 599. 

and celery com- 
pound, 599. 
celery, 599, 



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Elixir lactated 

pepsin, 599. 
compound, 599. 

— lactopeptine, 600. 

and bismuth, 600. 

and strych- 
nine, 600. 

— lactucarium, 600. 

— laxative, 600. 

— liquorice, 601. 
compound, 601. 

— lithium citrate, 601. 
salts, 602. 

— lithiated strontium 

compound, 602. 

— manaca and salicy- 

lates, 602. 

— mandrake comp., 602. 
— ■ matico comp., 603. 

— mercury bi- 

chloride, 577. 

— migraine, 627. 

— mono-bromated cam- 

phor comp., 603. 

— morphine, 603. 

bromide, 603. 

valerate, 603. 

— muriate of iron, 

tasteless, 593. 

— musk root, 622. 
compound, 622. 

— nitroglycerin 

compound, 603. 

— nux vomica, 604. 

— of gold, 627. 

— of health, 627. 

— of opium, 

McMunn's, 628. 

— of vitriol, 381. 

— one iodide, 591. 

— opium, 604. 

— orange, 604. 
compound, 604. 

— pancreatin, 605. 

and pepsin, 605. 

pepsin and bis- 
muth, 605. 

— paraldehyde, 606. 

— pareira brava, 606. 

— pectoral, 627. 

— pepsin, 606. 

and bismuth, 607. 

iron, 608. 

lactic acid, 609. 

quinine, 609. 

ptelea, 610. 

strychnine, 608. 

bismuth, iron and 

strychnine, 608. 

and iron, 607. 

■ strychnine, 608 



The Fenner Formulary 

Elixir pepsin, iron and 
strychnine, 609. 

lactated, 609. 

compound, 609. 

quinine and 

iron, 609. 

— percolating men- 

struum, 539. 

— Peruvian bark with 

"protoxide" of 
iron, 568. 

— phosphates 

compound, 610. 

— phosphates of iron, 

quinine and 
strychnine, 581. 

— phosphori, 611. 

— phosphoric acid, 610. 

— phosphorus, 611. 
and nux vom- 
ica, 611. 

compound, 611. 

iron, quinine and 

strychnine, 612. 

— pichi and saw 

palmetto comp., 612, 

— pilocarpus, 598. 

— pink root comp., 612. 

— podophyllum 

compound, 602. 

— potassium 

acetate, 612. 

arsenite, 550. 

bromide, 612. 

and hydrated 

chloral, 613. 

compound, 613. 

iodide, 614. 

— proprietatis, 

628, 1036, 

— propylamine salicy- 

late, 614. 

— protoxide iron, 614. 
and calcium 

iodide, 614. 

and qui- 
nine, 614. 

potassium 

iodide, 614. 

— quinine, 615. 

bisulphate, 615. 

bismuth and 

pepsin, 615. 

strych- 
nine, 615. 

bromide, 615. 

phosphate, 615. 

valerate, 616. 

— red, 617. 

— rhubarb, 616. 

and columbo, 616. 



Elixir rhubarb and 
magesnia, 617. 

potassium 

compound, 617, 

compound with 

pancreatin, 545. 

— roborans, 627. 

— rubrum, 617. 

— saccharine, 586. 

— salicylic acid 

compound, 618. 

— salutis, 627. 

— sarsaparilla 

comp., 618. 

— saw palmetto 

compound, 619. 

and coca 

compound, 619. 

— sedative, 613. 

— senna, 619. 

compound, 620. 

— simple, 541. 

— sodium bromide, 620. 
salicylate, 620 

— squill comp., 619. 

— stillingia, 620. 

— — compound, 620. 

— Stoughton's, 627. 

— strontium salicy- 

late comp., 621. 

— strychnine, 621. 
valerate, 621. 

— sumbul, 622. 
compound, 622. 

— tartar emetic, 594. 

— taraxacum, 579. 
compound, 579,622. 

— terpin hydrate, 622. 
and codeine, 

623. 
compound, 623. 

— three iodides, 592. 

— tonic, 627. 

— two iodides, 592. 

— veratrum viride, 623. 

— valerian, 623. 

— viburnum comp., 623. 
prunifolium, 623. 

— vicerale, Hoff- 

mann's, 604. 

— vitriol, 628. 

— wafer ash, 610. 

— wahoo, 581. 

— white, 617. 

— wild cherry, 624. 

comp., 625. 

— detan- 

nated, 624. 

ferrated, 624. 

ferriphos- 

phated, 624. 



Index 



1429 



Elixir wild cherry ferro- 
phosphorated, 624. 
from pitts, 624. 

— yellow jasmine, 582. 

— yerba santa, 625. 

— — • — compound, 625. 

— zinc valerate, 626. 
Elixiria — Elixirs, 537. 
Elixirs chlorides, 573,574. 

— detannating, 591. 

— iodides, 591. 

— made from fluid- 

extracts, 540. 

— of malt and com- 

pounds, 602. 

— of pepsin, 607. 

— requiring percola- 

tion, 540. 

— of strontium 

salts, 621. 

— with salts in solu- 

tion, 541. 
Elm, 231. 
Embelia ribes, 103. 

— fluidextract, 163. 
Emery, 247. 
Emetin, 183, 761. 
Emetine, 193, 761. 
Emmenagogue 

elixir, 627. 
Emollient species, 957. 
Emplastra — Plasters, 628. 

— extensa, 628. 
Emplastrum ad- 

hesivum, 628. 

— ammoniaci cum hy- 

drargyro, 629. 

— belladonna?, 629. 

— calefaciens, 630. 

— cantharidis, 630. 

— capsici, 630. 

— hydrargyri 630. 

— ichthyocollae, 631. 

— menthol, 631. 

— opii, 631. 

— picis, 632. 

— plumbi, 632. 
iodidum, 633. 

— resin?e, 628. 

— saponis, 633. 
Empyreumatic oil of 

birch, 842. 
Empyroform, 634. 
Emulsa — Emulsions, 634. 
Emulsification, 635. 
Emulsio petrolei cum 

hypophosphiti- 

bus, 639. 
Emulsin, 125. 
Emulsion almonds, 637. 

— asafetida, 637. 



Emulsion chloro- 
form. 637. 

— cod liver oil, 638, 639. 
and wild 

cherry, 641. 

pepton- 
ized, 641. 

with hypo- 
phosphites, 638. 

lactophos- 

phates comp., 640. 

lime lacto- 

phosphate, 640. 

pancreatin 

and pepsin, 640. 

pepsin, 640. 

yolk of 

egg, 641. 

— copaiba, 641. 

— oil of turpentine, 639. 

— petroleum, 639. 
with hypophos- 

phites, 639. 

Emulsions, general 
directions, 635. 

Emulsum ammon- 
iaci, 812. 

— amygdala, 637, 812. 

— asafcetidae, 637. 

— chloroform!, 637. 

— olei morrhuae, 638. 
— cum hypo- 

phosphitibus, 638. 
— ■ — terebinthinse, 639. 

— petrolei, 639. 
Enamel, liquid 

pearl, 1267. 
Endogens, 108. 
Endosmosis, 87. 
English ivy, 178. 

— vinegar, 338. 
Eosolates, 528. 
Eosote, 528. 
Ephredra antisyphilit- 

ica, 163. 

— fluidextract, 163. 
Epigsea repens, 163. 
Epilobium angusti- 

folium, 163. 

— fluidextract. 163. 
Epinephrin, 393. 
Epinephrine, 393. 
Epiphegus, 163. 

— fluidextract. 163. 
Epsom salt, 805. 
Equisetum, 163. 

— fluidextract. 163. 
Equivalents,- thermo- 

metric, 79. 

— weight and 

measure, 61, 68. 



Erasing fluid for 

ink, 12,92. 
Erasive soap, 1381. 
Erbium (element), 272. 
Erechthites, 164. 

— fluidextract, 164. 
Ergone, 164. 
Ergot, 163. 

— corn, 231. 

— elixir, 580. 

— extract, 654. 

— fluidextract, 

164, 231, 691. 

— hypodermic injec- 

tion, 756. 

— infusion, 754. 

— liquid extract, 692. 

— tincture, ammon- 

iated, 1053. 

— wine, 1117. 
Ergotin, 164, 921. 

— Bonjean's, 164. 
Ergotinic acid, 164. 
Ergotinine, 164. 
Ergotole, 164. 
Erigeron, 164. 

— fluidextract, 164. 

— oil, 164. 838. 
Ericolin, 232. 
Eriodictyon, 164. 

— fluidextract, 164, 692. 
Eryngium, 164. 

— fluidextract, 164. 
Erythromannit, 923. 
Erythronium, 165. 
Erythrophlceum, 165. 
Erythroxylon elixir, 580. 

— wine, 1123. 
Eschscholtzia, 165. 
Esculetin, 120. 
Esculin, 120. 
Eseridine, 642. 
Eserine. 205, 641, 869. 

— hydrobromide, 641. 

— hydrochloride, 641. 

— pilocarpine, 642. 

— salicylate. 642, 869. 

— sulphate, 642. 
Essence bouquet, 

sachet, 1310. 

— brandy, 1356. 

— calisaya, 642. 

— coca, 643. 

— de Templine, 115. 

— Jamaica ginger, 

643, 1191. 

— — — aromatic, 1192. 
rum, 1358. 

— of peppermint. 965. 

— of sarsaparilla, 1000. 

— of spearmint, 966. 



1430 

Essence x>f spruce, 115. 

— pancreatin, 643. 

— pepsin, 643. 

— Roman punch, 1372. 
Essences and Ex- 
tracts, 1191. 

— flavoring, 

1315, 1316, 1328. 

— from essential 

oils, 1206. 
Essentia^ — Essences, 

642. 
Essential oils, 

solutions, 1315. 
Ether, 395. 

— acetic, 394, 396, 644. 

— benzoic, 644. 

— butyric, 394, 479, 644. 

— chloric, 963. 
spirit of, 963. 

— commercial, 396. 

— ethylidine- 

diethyl, 328. 

— formic, 394, 397, 644. 

— fortior, 395. 

— hydrobromic, 394, 644. 

— hydriodic, 394, 644. 

— hydrochloric, 

394, 644. 

— nitrous spirit of, 

395, 398, 958. 
cone, 398, 957. 

— oenanthic, 395. 

— pelargonic, 395. 

— petroleum, 463, 863. 

— purified, 396. 

— salicylic, 644. 

— sebacic, 395, 644. 

— spirit of, 957. 
compound, 957. 

— sulphuric, 395. 

— valerianic, 645. 

— washed, 396. 
Etherate of am- 
monia, 398. 

■ — camphor, 398. 

— iodine, Magendie, 398. 

— mercury, 

Hufland's, 398. 

— phosphorus, 398. 

— sulphur, 399. 

— turpentine, 399. 

— zinc, 9G0. 
Etherial oil, 833. 

— tincture lobelia, 1066. 

valerian, 1082. 

Etheroles, 398. 
Ethers, ethyl, 394. 
Ethiops of anti- 
mony, 254. 

Ethyl, 644. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Ethyl acetate, 396, 644. 

— alcohol, 401. 

— benzoate, 644. 

— bromide, 644. 

— butyrate, 479, 644. 

— carbamate, 399, 644. 

— carbamide, 1111. 

— chloride, 399, 644. 

— cinnamate, 134. 

— ethers, 394. 

— formate, 644. 

— hydrate, 401. 

— iodide, 644. 

— morphine, 854. 

— nitrite, 398. 
solution, 779. 

— oxide, 395. 

— salicylate, 644. 

— sebacate, 644. 

— urethane, 644. 

— valerate, 645. 
Ethylamine, 645. 
Ethylene, 645. 

— bromide, 645. 

— bichloride, 399. 
Ethylidene, 645. 
Ethylidine-<diethyl- 

ether, 328. 
Eucaine, 645. 

— acetate, 645. 

— lactate, 645. 
Eucalyn, 923.- 
Eucalyptol, 165, 645, 838. 
Eucalyptus, 165. 

— balm, 1151. 

— compound, elixir, 580. 

— elixir, 580. 

— fluidextract, 165, 692. 

— gum, 165. 

— oil, 838. 

— ointment, 1100. 
Eudoxin, 1029. 
Eugallol, 911. 
Eugenol, 143, 646. 
Euonymi cortex, 165. 

— extract, 655. 
dry, 655. 

— fluidextract, 692. 
Euonymin, 166. 
Euonymus, 165, 

— bark, 165. 

— extract, 165. 

— fluidextract, 165. 

— tincture, 1054. 
Eupatorin, 166. 
Eupatorium, 166. 

— fluidextract, 166, 693. 

— purpureum, 166. 
Euphorbia, 166. 

— corollata, 166. 

— drummondii, 166. 



Euphorbia fluid- 
extract, 166. 

— gum, 166. 

— heterodoxa, 166, 

— ipecacuanha, 166. 

— piluifera, 166. 
Euphorbium, 166. 

tincture, 1054. 
Eupurpurin, 166. 
Euquinine, 646. 

— hydriodate, 646. 

— salicylate, 646. 
European centaury, 145. 

— silver- fir, 115. 
Europhin, 646. 

— di-isobutyl ortho- 
cresol-iodide, 646. 

Europium 

(element), 272. 
Evaporation, 94. 
Evening primrose, 199. 

— fluidextract, 199. 
Exalgine, 647. 
Excelsior inhalant, 1201. 

tonic, 1242. 

Excipient for pills, 873. 
Exodine, 647. 
Exogens, 108. 
Exosmosis, 87. 
Expectorant, 1179. 

— spruce gum, 1183. 

— white pine, 1181. 
Expeller, tape 

worm, 1255. 
Expressed almond 
oil, 825. 

— oil of laurel, 826. 

of mustard, 828. 

of nutmeg, 826. 

— vegetable oils, 830. 
Expression, 95. 
Exsiccation, 92. 
Extract, alterative, 1141. 

— aloes, 649. 

— arnica root, 650. 

— belladonna, 
alcoholic, 651. 

green, 651. 

leaves, 650. 

— black cohosh, 652. 

— calabar bean, 661. 

— cascara sagrada, 662. 

— chamomile, 650. 

— cimicifuga, 652. 

— colchicum, 653. 
corm, 652. 

— colocynth, 653. 
compound, 653. 

— Culver's root, 658. 

— dandelion, 665. 

— digitalis, 654. 



Index 



1431 



Extract ergot, 654. 

— euonymus, 655. 

— — dry, 655. 

— gentian, 655. 

— Goulard's, 789^ 790. 

— glycyrrhiza, 656. 
pure, 656. 

— hematoxylon, 656. 

— hyoscyamus, 657. 
green, 657. 

— Indian cannabis, 651. 
hemp, 651. 

— jalap, 657. 

- — krameria, 657. 

— leptandra, 658. 

— liquorice, 656. 

— logwood, 656. 

— male fern, 849. 

— malt, 658. 

— nux vomica, 659. 

— opium, 660. 

— physostigma, 661. 

— quassia, 662. 

— rhatany, 657. 

— pinus canaden- 

sis, 1192. 

— rhubarb, 663. 
compound, 663. 

— scopola, 663. 

— stramonium, 664. 

— strophanthus, 664. 

— sumbul, 665. 

— taraxacum, 665. 

— Shaker's roots, 1193. 
Extracta — Extracts, 647, 
Extracta duplicia, 328. 
Extraction, 95. 
Extracts bitters, 1366. 

— duplex, 328, 649. 

— eclectic, 920. 

— flavoring, 

1315, 1316, 1328. 

— for perfumes, 1296. 

— from expressed 

juices, 648. 

— general formula 

for, 648. 

— or essences, 

wine, 1363. 
Extractum aloes, 649. 

— anthemidis, 650. 

— arnica? radicis, 650. 

— belladonna? 

foliorum, 650. 

alcoholicum, 651. 

viride, 651. 

— cannabis indicae, 651. 

— cascarae sagradae 

652, 662. 
liquidum, 702. 

— cimicifugae, 652. 



Extractum cimicifugae 
liquidum, 680. 

— cincnonae • 
liquidum, 690. 

— cocae liquidum, 690. 

— colchici, 653. 

— colchici cormi, 652. 

— colocynthidis, 653. 
comp., 653. 

— digitalis, 654. 

— ergotae, 654. 

— euonymi, 655. 
siccum, 655. 

— ergotae liquidum, 692. 

— rilicis liquidum, 

393, 693. 

— gentianae, 656. 

* — glycyrrhizae, 656. 

purum, 656. 

liquidum, 694. 

— haematoxyli, 656. 

— hyoscyami, 657. 

— hamamelidis 

liquidum, 696. 

— hydrastis 

liquidum, 696. 

— hyoscyami viride, 657. 

— ipecacuanhas 

liquidum, 697. 

— jaborandi 

liquidum, 701. 

— jalapa, 657. 

— kramariae, 657. 

— leptandrae, 658. 

— malti, 658. 

— nucis vomicae, 659. 
— liquidum, 699. 

— opii, 660. 

— opii, liquidum, 699. 

— pareira, 700. 

— physostigmatis, 661. 

— quassiae, 662. 

— rhamni 

purshianae, 662. 

— rhei, 663. 

— rheum comp., 663. 

— sarsae liquidum, 705. 

— scopolae, 663. 

— stramonii. 664. 

— strophanthi, 664. 

— sumbul, 655. 

— taraxaci, 655. 

liquidum, 708. 

Eye salves, 1194. 

— waters, 1193. 



Fabae— Beans, 167. 
Face bleach, 

peerless, 1267. 
— lotion, 1291, 



Face powder, bloom 
of Ninon, 1271. 

flesh, 1270. 

invisible, 1271. 

peerless, 1271. 

theater, 1271. 

white, 1270. 

False bittersweet, 145. 
fluidextract, 145. 

— gromwell, 199. 
fluidextract, 199. 

— unicorn, 178. 
Fareol, 679. 
Farwell's disinfecting 

solution, 1384. 
Favorite female 
remedy, 1197. 

— rheumatic rem- 
• edy, 1031. 

Feet remedies, 1195. 

— tablets, 1196. 

— tender, 1196. 

Fel bovis, 113, 167, 665. 

— — inspissatum, 

167, 666. 
purificatum, 

167, 666. 

praeparatus, 167. 

Female remedy, 1198. 

— pills, 1198. 
Fennel, 168. 

— essence, 1317. 

— fruit, 168. 

— fluidextract, 168, 199. 

— oil, 168, 838. 

— water, 199, 447. 
Fenner's water-bath 

and still, 91. 
Fermentation, 167. 
Fern, maiden-hair, 

syrup, 1019. 

— male, liquid 

extract, 850. 

oil of, 850. 

Ferralbumin, 679. 
Ferrapyrine, 680. 
Ferrated cordial 

elixir, 565. 
Feratin, 679. 
Feratose, 679. 
Ferri arsenas, 667. 

— carbonas sacchar- 

atus, 667. 

— chloridum, 668. 

— citras, 668. 

— et ammonii 

citras, 668. 

sulphas, 669. 

;tartras, 670. 

quininae citras, 671. 

solubilis, 672. 



1432 

Ferri et ammonii strych- 
nine citras, 673. 

— hydroxidum, 673. 
cum mag- 

nesii oxido, 674. 

— hypophosphis, 674. 

— phosphas, 675. 
solubilis, 6/5. 

— pyrophosphas 

solubilis, 676. 

— sulphas, 676. 

exsiccatus, GtJ_. 

granulatus, 677. 

Ferric acetate 

solution, 779. 

— ammonium sul- 

phate, 669. 

— chloride, 668. 

solution, 779, 781. 

strong, 782. 

tincture, 1054. 

— citrate, 668. 
solution, 780. 

— hydroxide, 673. 
with magnesium 

oxide, 674. 

— hypophosphite, 6/4. 

— nitrate solution, 782. 

— persulphate 

solution, 783. 

— phosphate, 

soluble, 675. 

— pyrophosphate, 

soluble, 676. 

— subsulphate 

solution, 783. 

— sulphate 

solution, 782, 783. 
Ferrichtol. 679. 
Ferrinol, 679. 
Ferripyrine, 680. 
Ferro-mangan, 680. 
Ferropyrine, 434. 
Ferro-somatose, 680. 
Ferrotonal, 679. 
Ferrous arsenate, 667. 

— carbonate mass, 808. 
pills, 880. 

saccharated, 667. 

— iodide pills, 881. 
syrup, 980 L 

— phosphate, 6/5. 

— — syrup, 990. 

— sulphate, 676. 

exsiccated, 677. 

granulated, 677. 

Ferrum dialy- 

satum, 535. 
Figs. 167. 
Figwort, 220. 

— fluidextract, 220. 



The Fenncr Formulary 

Filter racks, 97. 
Filix mas, 132, 168. 

liquid extract, 168. 

Filmogen, 330, 516. 
Filtering gin and 
liquors, 1357. 
Filters, 96. 
Filtration, 96. 
Fine aniline inks, 138/. 

— orange flower 

perfume, 12S2. 
■ — pomades, 1283. 

— rose oil 

perfumes, 1282. 
Fineness of powder, 83. 
Ferrum — Iron, 666, 678. 

— pulveratum,_667. 
■ — ■ redactum, 678. 

— reductum, 678. 

— tartaratum, 670. 
Fetid spirit of 

ammonia, 961. 
Feverbush, 189. 
Fever few, 203. 

— — fluidextract, 203. 

— root, 230. 
Fibrin. 122. 
Fibrolusin, 1032. 
Ficus, 167. 

— carica, 167. 
Fig laxative, 1168. 

— — California, 1168. 
Fioravanti spirit, 967. 
Fir, 114. 

— balsam tree, 114. 

— European silver, 115. 

— oil, 115. 

— silver tree, 114. 

Oregon, 115, 850. 

Fire-damp, 267. 
Fireweed, 164. 

— fluidextract, 164. 

— oil. 164. 
Fish-berries, 151. 

— glue, 181. 
Five bromides 

elixir, 555. 

— iodides elixir, 592. 
Fixed oils, 824. 
Flame, color of. 93. 
Flashing point, 93. 
Flavoring elixir, 538. 

— essences and 

extracts, 1315. 
. — for gums, 1354. 
Flaxseed, 190. 

— poultice, 190. 
Fleabane, 164. 

— fluidextract, 164. 

— oil. 164. 
Flesh food, 1268. 



Flexible acetone 

collodion, 517. 
Flores — Flowers, 16S. 

— aurantii, 133. 
Florida flowers 

cologne, 1309. 

— water, 1309. 

Flour paste, good, 1378. 
Flowers, 111. 

— summit, 111. 

— chamomile, 127. 

— of sulphur, 314, 976. 
Fluidextract alter- 
ative comp., 713. 

— aconite, 686. 

— ailanthus, 122. 

— apocynum, 686. 

— aromatic, 687. 

— Bael fruit, 712. 

— belladonna root, 6S7. 

— berberis, '687. 

— bitter orange x peel, 687. 

— blackberry, 704. 

— blackberry comp., 713. 

— black cohosh, 689. 

— black cohosh 

compound, 713. 

— black haw, 710. 

— blue cohosh 

compound, 713. 

— bloodroot. 704. 

— boneset, 693. 

— broom, aqueous, 712. 

— buchu, 6S8. 

— buchu comp., 714. 
and pareira 

brava, 714. 
juniper and potas- 
sium acetate, 714. 

— buckthorn, 693. 

— burdock, 697. 

— calamus, 688. 

— calumba, 688. 

— cannabis, 688. 

— cardamom comp., 714. 

— cascara sagrada, 702. 

aqueous, 712. 

aromatic, 703. 

— chimiphila, 689. 

— chirata, 6S9. 

— cimicifuga, 689. 

— cinchona, 689. 

— cinchona comp., 714. 
detannated, 716. 

— coca, 690. 

— colchicum seed, 690. 

— colocynth comp., 714. 

— conium, 690. 

— convallaria, 691. 

— couch grass, 709. 

— cramp bark, 710. 



Index 



1433 



Fluidextract, cubeb, 691. 

— Culver's root, 689. 

— cypripedium, 691. 

— dandelion, 708. 
compound, 714. 

— digitalis, 691. 

— ergot, 691. 

— enodictyon, 692. 

— eucalyptus, 692. 

— euonymus, 693. 

— eupatorium, 693. 

— foxglove, 691. 

— frangula, 693. 

— gelsemium, 693. 

— gentian, 693. 

— gentian comp., 714. 

— geranium, 694. 

— glycyrrhiza, 694. 

— golden seal, 696. 
aqueous, 712. 

— ginger, 710. 

— grindelia, 695. 

— guarana, 695. 

— hamamelis, 695. 

— helonias comp., 714. 

— hoarhound comp., 714. 

— hydrastis, 696. 

— hydrastis pur- 

ified, 716. 

— hyoscyamus, 696. 

— ignatia bean, 716. 

— Indian cannabis, 688. 
hemp, 688. 

— ipecac and senega,714. 

— ipecac, aqueous, 712. 

— ipecacuanha, 697. 

— jaborandi, 700. 

— krameria, 697. 

— ladies' slipper, 691. ■ 

— lappa, 697. 

— leptandra, 698. 

— licorice, 694. 

— liquorice, 

aqueous, 712. 
compound, 714. 

— lily of the valley, 691. 

— lobelia, 698. 

— lupulin, 698. 

— male fern, 693. 

— mandrake, 701. 

— mandrake comp., 714. 

— matico, 698. 

— matico comp., 714. 

— mezereum, 699. 

— mitchella comp., 714. 

— musk root, 708. 

— nux vomica, 699. 

— opium, aqueous, 713. 

— pareira, 700. 

— Phytolacca, 700. 

— pink and senna, 715. 



Fluidextract pinus can- 
adensis, color- 
less, 716. 

— pinus compound, 715. 

— podophyllum, 701. 

— poke root comp., 715. 

— pomegranate, 695. 

— poke root, 700. 

— pilocarpus, 700. 

— pink root, 707. 

— pipsissewa, 689. 

— prickly ash, 710. 

— quassia, 701. 

— queen's root, 707. 

— quercus, 702. 

— quillaja, 702. 

— rhatany, 697. 

— rhubarb, 703. 

— rhubarb, aromat, 715. 
and senna, 715. 

— rhus glabra, 703. 

— rose, 704. 

— rubus, 704. 

— rumex comp., 715. 

— sanguinaria, 704. 

— sarsaparilla, 704. 

— sarsaparilla com- 

pound, 705. 

— sarsaparilla and 

dandelion, 715. 
compound, 715. 

— savin, 704. 

— saw palmetto 

compound, 715. 

— scopola, 706. 

— scullcap comp., 715. 

— Scutellaria, 706. 

— senega, 706. 

— senna, 706. 

— senna comp., 715. 

— serpentaria, 707. 

— skullcap, 706. 

— soap bark, 702. 

— spigelia, 707. 

— spikenard comp., 715. 

— squill, 705. 

— squill comp., 715. 

— staphisagria, 707. 

— stavesacre, 707. 

— stillingia. 707. 

— stillingia comp., 715. 

— stramonium, 708. 

— sumbul, 708. 

— sumach, 703. 

— taraxacum, 708. 

— triticum, 709. 

— uva ursi, 709. 

— valerian, 709. 

— vanilla, 716, 1321. 

— veratrum, 709. 

— viburnum opulus, 710. 



Fluidextract viburnum 
prunifolium, 710. 

— wild cherry 

comp., 715. 
— detannated, 717. 

— xanthoxylum, 710. 

— yerba santa, 692. 

— yerba santa 

aromatic, 716. 

— wahoo, 692. 

— wild cherry, 701. 

— witch hazel, 695. 
Fluidextracta — 

Fluidextracts, 680. 
Fluidextracts, 

— acetic, 717. 

— aqueous, 711. 

— compound, 711. 
other, 716. 

— etherial, 717. 

— general formulas, 684. 

— green plant, 718. 

— manner of mak- 

ing, 681. 

— official, 680. 

— of gums, resins 

etc., 718. 

— requiring special 

treatment, 716. 

— unofficial, 710. 

— unofficial are mostly 

indexed with the 
name of the drug 
from which they 
are prepared. 
Fluidextractum 

— aconiti, 686. 

— apocyni, 686. 

— aromaticum, 687. 

— aurantii amara, 687. 

— belladonnae 

radicis, 687. 

— berberidis, 687. 

— buchu, 688. 

— calami, 688. 

— calumbse, 688. 

— cannabis indicae, 688. 

— capsici, 688. 

— chimaphilae, 689. 

— chirat^e, 689. 

— cimicifugse, 689. 

— cinchonse, 689. 

— cocse, 690. 

— colchici seminis, 690. 

— conii, 690. 

— convallarise, 691. 

— cubebae, 691. 

— cypripedii, 691. 

— digitalis, 691. 

— ergotae, 691. 

— eriodictyi, 692. 



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Fluidextractum 

eucalypti, 692. 

— euonymi, 692. 

— eupatorii, 693. 

— frangulae, 6V3. 

— gelsemii, 693. 

— gentianae, 693. 

— geranii, 694. 

— glycyrrhizae, 694 

— granati, 695. 

— grindeliae, 695. 

— guaranae, 695. 

— hamamelidis 

foliorum, 695. 

— hydrastis, 696. 

— hyoscyami, 696. 

— ipecacuanhas, 697. 

— krameriae, 697. 

— lappae, 697. 

— leptandrae, 698. 

— lobelias, 698. 

— lupulini, 698. 

— matico, 698. 

— mezeri, 699. 

— nucis vomicae, 699. 

— pareirae, 700. 

— phytolaccae, 700. 

— pilocarpi, 700. 

— podophylli, 701. 

— pruni virginianae, 701. 

— quassiae, 701. 

— quercus, 702. 

— quillajae, 702. 

— rhamni pursh- 

ianae, 702. 

aromat- 

icum, 703. 

— rhei, 703. 

— rhois glabrae, 703. 

— rosae, 704. 

— rubi, 704. 

— sabinae, 704. 

— sanguinariae, 704. 

— sarsaparillae, 704. 
compositum, 705. 

— scillae, 705. 

— scopolae, 706. 

— Scutellariae, 706. 

— senegae, 706. 

— sennas, 706. 

— stramonii, 708. 

— sumbul, 708. 

— taraxici, 708. 

— tritici, 709. 

— uva ursi, 709. 

— Valerianae, 709. 

— veratri. 709. 

— viburni opuli, 710. 
prunifolii. 710. 

— xanthoxyli, 710. 

— zingiberis, 710. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Fluid magnesia, 789. 

— battery, 1398. 

— measure, 64. 

— washing, 1382. 

— disinfecting, 1384. 

— writing, 1389. 
Fluorescein, 920. 
Fluorides, 272, 365. 
Fluorine (element), 

272, 719. 

— compounds, 272. 
Fluor spar, 272. 
Foam, soda, 1332. 
Fceniculi fructus, 168. 
Fceniculum ; 168. 
Folia— Leaves, 168, 718. 
Food, chemical, 1017. 
Foot-ease powder, 1195. 
Foot-fetor powder, 1196. 
Foot-powder, anti- 
septic, 1195. 

Foot-sweat powder, 1196. 
Forest flowers 

cologne, 1309. 
Formalbumin, 720. 
Formaldehyde, 719. 

— combinations, 720. 

— gelatin, 720. 

— solution, 720, 784. 

— tannin, 720, 1027. 
Formaldehydlosung, 720. 
Formaldehydum, 719. 

— solution, 720. 
Formalin, 720. 
Formanilid, 720. 
Formates, 356. 
Formatone, 721. 
Formic acid, 355. 

spirit, 968. 

Formin, 737. 
Formium, 737. 
Formol, 719. 
Formosal, 721. 
Formopyrine, 721. 
Forms of sulphur, 977. 
Formyl, 356. 
Fosgate's anodyne 

cordial, 1258. 
Fountain pen ink, 1388. 
Four iodides elixir, 592. 
Fousel oil, 409, 426. 
Fowler's solution, 774. 
Foxglove fluidext., 691. 
Fragrant benzine, 1381. 

— cream, 1268. 

— flowers cologne, 1309. 
Frangipanni 

extract, 1299. 

— sachet, 1310. 
Frangula, 169. 

— bark, 109. 



Frangula berries, 169. 

— elixir, 582. 

— fluidextract, 693. 
Frangulin, 169. 
Frankenia, 169. 
Frankincense, 

199, 228, 1028. 
Frappe drinks, 1340. 
Frasera, 169. 
Fraserin, 169. 
Fraxinus, 169. 

— Americana, 169. 
— excelsior, 169. 

— sambucifolia, 169. 
Freckle lotion, 

1290, 1291. 
Freleigh's rheumatic 
remedy, 1031. 

— tonic, 1243. 
French candy, 1350. 

— chalk, 1025. 

— cologne spirit, 409. 
Fresh herb tinctures, 

1086. 
Fringe tree, 148. 

— — fluidextract, 148. 
Frosticream, 1268. 
Frostwort, 178. 

— fluidextract, 178. 
Frozen fruits, 1348. 
Fructus— Fruits, 169, 721. 
Fructus avenae, 133. 
excorticatus, 133. 

— aurantii im- 

maturi, 133. 

— cumini, 157. 
Fruit, 111. 

— acid, 355, 1333. 

— angelica, 127. 

— anise, 127. 

— cocktails, 1368. 

— creams, 1348. 

— dill, 127. 

— glaces, 1351. 

— grape syrup, 1336. 

— ices, 1348. 

— juice drinks, 1340. 

shakes, 1342. 

syrups, 1333. 

— — unfermented, 1330. 

— laxative 

lozenge, 1169. 

— or grape salt, 1234. 

— phosphate syrups, 

1336, 1338. 

— syrup lime, 1336. 
lemon, 1336. 

— syrups, con- 

centrated, 1331. 

— tablets or lozen- 

ges, 1025. 



Fruits, crushed, 1329. 

— flossed, 1330. 

— oils from, 831. 
Fuchsine, 430. 
Fucus, 170. 

— vesiculosus, 170. 

fluidextract, 1223. 

Fudge, 1351. 
Fumaria, 170. 
Fumarine, 170. 
Fumatory, 170. 

— juice, 170. 
Furniture cream, 1394. 

— polish, 1395. 
Fusible metals, 257. 
Fused silver nitrate, 453. 
Fusel oil, 409. 
Fusion, 93. 

Fustic yellow, 519. 

G 

Gadberry's spleen 
mixture, 1217. 

Gay-Lussac's alcoholo- 
meter, 72. 

Gadolin, 273. 

Gadolinium 

(element), 273. 

Gaduol, 820. 

Galactose. 725, 923. 

Galanga, 170. 

Galangal, 170. 

— fluidextract, 170. 
Galbanum, 170. 

— compound pill, 882. 

— gum, 170. 

Galega officinalis, 170. 
Galegol, 170. 
Galium, 170. 

— aparine. 170. 

— verum, 170. 
Gall cure, 1264. 

— ointment, 1100. 
Galls, 171. 

— tincture, 1055. 
Galla, 171. 
Gallal, 421. 
Gallates, 357. 
Gallic acid, 356. 
Gallium (element). 273. 

— combinations. 273. 
Gallotanic acid, 385. 
Galvanized iron, 323. 
Gambir, 721. 

— tincture, 1055. 

— troches, 1091. 
Gamboge comp. pill, 879 
Garlic, 123, 137. 

— oil. artificial, 415. 
Garrya, 171. 
Garryine, 171. 



Index 

Gas mantles, 317. 
Gases, atmospheric, 326. 

— densities of, 245. 
Gasoline, 466, 863. 
Gastrosan, 258. 
Gaultheria, 171. _ 

— fluidextract, 171. 

— oil, 171. 

— spirit, 964. 
Gaultheriline, 838. 
Gaultherio-salicylic 

acid, 838, 925. 
Gauze, boric acid, 722. 

— carbolized, 722. 

— corrosive subli- 

mate, 722. 

— iodoform, 722. 

— salicylated, 722. 

— salol, 722, 
Gauzes, 722. 

— prepared, 722. 
Gay feather, 189. 
Gelatin, 723. 

— glycerinated, 723. 
Gelatinum, 113, 723. 

— glycerinatum, 723. 
Gelose, 121. 
Gelsemic acid, 171. 
Gelsemii radix, 171. 
Gelsemin, 171. 
Gelseminine, 171. 

— hydrochloride, 171. 

— sulphate. 171. 
Gelsemium. 171. 

— elixir, 582. 

— fluidextract, 171, 693. 

— root, 171. 

— tincture. 171, 1056. 
Genepi, 130. 
Gentian, 172. 

— and iron elixirs, 583. 

— comp. tincture. 1056. 
improved, 1057 

— cordial, 525. 

— elixir, 582. 

— extract, 655. 

— fluidextract, 172,^693 

— infusion, comp., 754. 
concentrated, 754. 

— root, 172. 
Gentiana, 172. 
Gentianae radix, 172. 
Gentianin, 172. 
Gentianose, 172. 
Gentiopicrin. 172. 
Gentisin, 172. 
Gentisein, 172. 
Geosote, 735. 
Geraniin, 172. 
Geranium, 172. 

— fluidextract, 172, 694. 



1435 

German chamomile, 194. 

— fluidextract, 194. 

— cologne, 1308. 

Hoyt's, 1308. 

— - corn cure, 516. 

— - liver bitters, 1159. . 

— silver, 271. 

— tonic, 1243. 
Germanium 

(element), 272. 

— compounds, 273. 
Geum, 172. 

— rivale, 172. 

— urbanum. 172. 
Gillenia, 172. 

— - stipulaceae, 172. 

— trifoliata. 172. 
Gillenin, 1/2. 
Gin, 1356. 

— cocktail, 1368. 

— Holland, 1357. 

— London cordial, 1357. 

— Old Tom, 1357. 

— to clarify, 1357. 
Ginger, African, 236. 
— ■ essence, 236. 

— Jamaica, 236. 

extract, 1191, 1319. 

aromatic, 1191 

— oil, 236. 
Ginger ale, 1326. 

extract, 1326. 

syrup. 1335. 

— carminative, 1163. 

— elixir, 5S6. 

— essence, 1085. 

— fluidextract, 710. 

— stronger 

tincture, 1085. 

— syrup, 1004, 1335. 

— tincture, 1084. 

— tonic, 1243. 
Ginseng, 202. 

— fluidextract, 202. 
Glaces, fruit, 1351. 
Glandulse, 113. 

— suprarenales 

siccae, 172. 
Glass, 305. 

— and silver 

polish, 1395. ^ 

— of antimony, 254. 

— to metal cement, 1374. 

— polish. 1395. 
Glauber's salt. 311, 943. 
Glechoma, 173. 

— fluidextract, • 173. 
Glononin, spirit of, 964. 
Glove cleaner, 1381. 
Glucinum 

(element), 257, 273. 



1436 

Glucose, 126, 724. 

— syrup, 991. 
Glucoses, 921, 923. 
Glucosides, 725. 
Glucusimide, 723. 
Glue, 723. 

— hsh, 181. 

— for rubber, 1374. 

— liquid, 1375. 

French, 137<3._ 

padding, 13//. 

— mouth or elastic, 1376. 

— ordinary, 1375. 

— pad, 1376. 

— water-proof, 1376. 
Glues, 1375. 
Gluside, 723. 

— elixir, 586. 

— solution, 955. 
Glusidum, 723, 921. _ 
Glutina cement, 1373. 
Glutol, 720. . 
Glycerin, 725. 

— alum, 729. 

— borax, 730. 

— lead subacetate, 731. 

— cream, 1269. 

— honey, 1289. 
carbolated, 1289. 

— ice, 1289. 

— jelly, 1289. 

— lotions, 1291. 

— mineral, 726. 
nitro, 726. 

— of boric acid, 728. 

— pepsin, 731. 

— phenol. 731. 

— solidified, 1289. 

— suppositories, 981. 

— tannic acid, 729. 

— tragacanth, 731. 
Glycerinated gelatin, 723. 
Glycerinophosphate 

calcium, 727. 

— other salts of, 727. 

— strychnine, 972. 
Glycero- 
phosphates, 727. 

— comp. elixir, 727. 

— lime and soda 

elixir, 587. 

— mixtures, 727. 

— solutions, 727. 

— syrups, 727. 

compound, 1007. 

Glycerinophosphoric 

acid; 357. 
Glycerinum. 113, 725. 

— acidi borici, 728. 

carbolici, 731. 

tannici, 729. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Glycerinum aluminis, 729. 

— amyli, 729. 

— boracis, 730. 

— pepsini, 731. 

— plumbi sub- 

acetatis, 731. 

— tragacanthae, 731. 
Glycerita, 728. 
Glycerite, arnica, 732. 

— bismuth, 732. 

— boro-glycerin, 729. 

— calendula, 732. 

— of glyceryl 

borate, 729. 

— of hydrastis, 730. 

— iodine, /32. 
carbolate, 732. 

— phenol, 731. 

— starch, 729. 

— tannic acid, 729. 

— tar, 732. 

compound, 733. 

— thiol, 1031. 

— yerba santa, 733. 
Glycerites, 728. 

— of phosphates of iron, 

quinine and 
strychnine, 730. 
Glyceritum acidi 
tannici, 729. 

— amyli, 729. 

— boroglycerini, 729. 

— ferri, quinin?e et 

strych. phos., 730. 

— hydrastis, 730. 

— phenolis, 731. 

— vitelli, 732. 
Glycerol, 725. 
Glyceryl trinitrate, 

spirit, 964. 
Glycoleum, 726, 862. 
Glyconin. 234, 732. 
Glycosine, 724. 
Glymol, 726, 862. 
Glycyrrhiza, 173. 

— aromatic elixir, 601. 

— and opium 

troches. 1091. 

— comp. elixir, 601. 

— comp. mixture, 814. 

— comp. powder, 906. 

— comp. syrup, 1021. 

— elixir, 601. 

— extract. 656. 
pure, 656. 

— fluidextract, 694. 

— radix, 173. 
Glycyrrhizin, 174. 

— ammoniated, 174. 
Glycyrrhizinum am- 

moniatum, 174, 733. 



Gnaphalium, 174. 
Gnoscopine, 854. 
Goa powder, 129, 149. 
Goat s rue, 170. 

— fluidextract, 170. 
Gold, 460. 

— (element), 2/3. 

— alloys, 2/4. 

— amalgam, 274. 
— - and silver inks, 1392. 

— and sodium 
chloride, 460. 

— chlorides, 274. 

— compounds, 273. 

— cure, hypo- 
dermic, 1215. 

tonic, 1215. 

— cures, 460, 1214. 

— elixir, 627. 

— leaf, 273, 460. 

— methods of sep- 
arating, 2/3. 

— oxides, 274. 

— plating, 274. 
solution, 1399. 

— thread, 154. 
Golden anodyne 

tincture, 1144. 

— drops, Dr. De la 
Motte's, 027. 

— emulsion, 1199. 

— ointment, 1226. 

— injection, 1199. 

— rod, 224. 

fluidextract, 224. 

oil, 224. 

— seal, 180, 746. 

— fluidextract, 180, 696. 

— — elixir, 590. 

tincture, 1059. 

Gombault's caustic 

balsam, 1153. 
Gonorrhoea cures, 1199. 
Gorit, 264. 

Gossypii cortex, 174. 
Gossypium, 174, 733. 

— purificatum, 174, 733. 
Gout elixir, 626. 

— mixture, 
Laville's, 1217. 

Government harness 

dressing, 1394. 
Gouania, 174. 

— fluidextract, 174. 

— Goulard's 
extract, 789, 790. 

— solution. 790. 

— water, 790. 
Granati cortex, 174. 
Granatose, 724. 
Granatum, 174. 



Index 



1437 



Granulated opium, 853. 
Granulation, 97. 
Granular salts, 97. 
Grape fruit syrup, 1336. 

— juice punch, 1345. 

— phosp. syrup, 1336. 

— salt, 1234. 

— sugar, 126, 721, 923. 

— syrup, 1335. 

concentrated, 1331. 

Gratiola, 175. 

— fluidextract, 175. 
Gravity, specific, 70. 

— of solids, 73. 

— of liquids, 73. 
Grease extractor, 

peerless, 1382. 

— remover, Im- 

perial, 1381. 
Green aniline, 430. 

— bladder, 519. 

— chlorophyl, 519. 

— Chartreuse, 1370. 

— grass, 518. 

— iodide of mer- 

cury. 712. 

— plant fluid- 

extracts, 1086. 

— sap, 519. 

— soap, 929. 
Gregory's powder, 908. 
Griffeth's mixture, 814. 
Grindelia, 175. 

— fluidextract, 1/5. 

— robusta elixir, 588. 
Gromwell. false, 199. 

fluidextract, 199. 

Ground cherry, 205. 

— ivy, 173. 

fluidextract, 173. 

Guaco leaves, 196. 
fluidextract, 196. 

— root, 175. 

fluidextract, 175. 

Guaiac, 176, 919. 

— ammoniated 

tincture^ 1058. 

— tincture, 

Dewee's, 1058. 

— tincture, 1057. 

alkaline, 176, 919. 

Guaiacene. 176, 919. 
Guaiaci lignum. 175. 

— resina, 175, 919. 
Guaiacic acid, 176, 919. 
Guaiacol, 

176, 734, 888, 919. 

— biniodide, 735. 

— carbonate, 735. 

— phosphite, 735. 

— salol, 735. 



Guaiacol sulphonate of 
potassium, 1030. 

— valerate, 735. 
Guaiacolis carbonas, 735. 
Guaiacophosphal, 735. 
Guaiacum, 919. 

— mixture, 815. 

— resin lozenge, 1091. 
— - wood, 175. 

fluidextract, 176. 

— resin, 176, 919. 
Guaiaperol, 886. 
Guaiaretic acid, 176. 
Guarana, 1/6, 735. 

— and celery elixir, 588. 

— elixir, 588. 

— fluidextract, 176, 695. 
Guaranine, 176, 481, /36. 
Gum, acacia, 117. 

— Arabic, 117. 

— artificial, 534. 

— British, 534. 

— chicle, 1353. 

— euphorbium, 166. 

— galbanum, 170. 

— gedda. 117. 

— hemlock, 115, 887. 

— mastic, 919. 

— myrrh, 197. 

— sagepenum, 216. 

— Senegal, 117. 

— sweet. 134, 190. 

— tuno. 1353. 

— thus, 135. 

— turpentine, 851. 

— Zapota, 1353. 
Gummi Gutta, 139. 
Gums and Gum- 
Resins. 111. 

Gums, chewing, 1353. 
Gun cotton, 292. 
soluble. 911. 

— metal, 2/1. 
Gurjun balsam, 852. 
Gutta-percha, 176. . 
Gynocardia odorata, 176. 
Gypsum, 264. 

H 

Hematoxylin, 177. 
Haematoxylon, 177. 
Hair balsam. 1284. 

— dve, bismuth, 1279. 

1 black, 1279. 

brown, 12/8. 

vanadium, 1279. 

— dyes, 1278. 

— food. 1288. 

— gloss, 1281. 

— grower, bay, 1280. 
carbolic, 1280. 



Hair grower 

pomade, 1280. 

— growers, 1280. 

— lotion, almond, 1280. 
bay, 1281. 

— — or wash, 1287. 

rose, 1281. 

stimulating, 1281. 

— lotions, 1280. 

— oil bases, 1281. 

colorings, 1281. 

— ■ — perfumes, 1282. 
walnut, 1282. 

— oils, 1281. 

— pomades, 1282. 

— powders, 12S4. 

— renewers, 1284. 

— renovator, 1285. 

— restoratives, 12S4. 

— restorer, 1285. 

Mrs. Allen's, 1286. 

— tonic, 1287. 

Imperial, 1288. 

Peerless, 1288. 

— vigor, 1285. 

— vitalizer, 1285. 

— water, peerless. 1279. 
Hair-cap moss. 208. 

fluidextract, 208. 

Hale's honey of hoar- 
hound and tar, 1180 

Haller's acid drops, 381. 

— elixir, 381. 
Halogen elements, 261. 
Halogens, 758. 
Hamamelidis_ folia, 177. 

— cortex. 1/7. 
Hamamelis, 177. 

— bark, 177. 

— fluidextract, 695. 

— leaves. 17/. 

— - liquid extract, 696. 

— solution, 785. 

— tincture, 1058. 
— - water, 447. 
Hamatoxyli lignum, 

177. 
Hamburg tea, 1182, 1230. 
Hamburger drops, 125/. 
Hard soap, 929. 
Harlem oil, 846. 
Harness dressing, 

government, 1394. 
Harter's wild cherry 

bitters. 1244. 
Hart's horn, 155. 423. 
Haw. black, 234. 
Hawkweed. 179. 
— - syrup, 179. 
Hayden's viburnum 

compound, 1250. 



1438 

Hay fever nebulizing 
liquid, 1218. 

remedies, 

1148, 1199. 
Headache powders, 1200. 

— remedies, 1200. 
Healing balsam, 

vegetable, 1154. 

— ointment, 1226. 
Health cordial, 

tonic, 1157. 

— elixir, 627. 

— restorative, 

women's, 1198. 
Heart corrector, 1200. 

— preparations, 1200. 

— regulator, 1200. 
Hearts-ease, 234. 
Heat, defined, 77. 

— latent, 80. 

— specific, 80. 

— equivalents, 79. 

— measures, 77. 

— red and white, 93. 

— unit, 78. 

Heave powders, 1262. 
Heavy calcined 

magnesia, 803. 

— magnesia, 803, 804. 

— magnesium carbon- 

ate, 803. 

oxide, 803, 804. 

Hedeoma, 177. 
Hedera helix, 178. 
Hederine, 178. 
Hedge hyssop, 175. 

fluidextract, 175. 

Hedonal, 736. 
Helenin, 182. 
Helianthella, 178. 

— fluidextract, 178. 
Helianthemum, 178. 
Helianthus, 178. 
Heliotrope per- 
fume, 1304. 

— sachet, 1310. 
Heliotropin, 1301. 

— crystals solu- 

tion, 1303. 

— solution, 1303. 
Helium (element), 275. 
Hellebore, 178. 

— American, 233. 

— black, 178. 

— fluidextract, 178. 

— white, 178. 
Helleborein, 178. 
Helleborus, 178. 

— alba, 178. 
Helonias, 178. 

— fluidextract, 178. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Helonias comp. 
elixir, 588. 
Helonin, 178. 
Hema- hemi- hemo- 736. 
Hematin, 177. 

— albumin, 736. 
Hematoxylon 

extract, 656. 
Hemidesmi radix, 178. 
Hemidesmus root, 178. 

— syrup, 991. 
Hemisine, 393. 
Hemitol, 737. 
Hemlock (conium), 153. 
Hemlock spruce, 115. 

— essence, 1317. 

— gum, 115, 887. 

— juice, 973. 

— oil, 115. 

— pitch, 887. 

— tincture, 1052. 

— water, 154. 
Hemogallol, 736. 
Hemoglobin, 736. 
Hemol, 736. 

— arsenated, 736. 

— bromide, 736. 

— cuprated, 736. 

— iodized, 736. 
Hemostatin, 393. 
Hemp, Canadian, 128. 

— Indian, tincture, 1043. 
Henbane, 180. 

— fluidextract, 180. 

— elixir, 591, 

— juice, 973. 

— leaves, 750. 
Henry's magnesia, 803. 
Hepar, 978. 

— sulphur, 314. 

— sulphuris, 978. 
Hepatic salt. 1235. 
Hepatica, 179. 

— fluidextract. 179. 
Heracleum, 179. 

— fluidextract, 179. 
Herbae— Herbs, 179, 737, 
Herbs, 111. 

— fresh, tinctures, 1085, 
Heroin, 737, 819, 854. 

— and terpin hydrate 

elixir, 589. 

— comp. elixir, 589. 
syruo. 1007. 

— elixir, 589. 

— hydrochloride, 737. 

— Pure Food and 

Drugs Law, 737. 
Hetralin, 737. 
Henchera, 179. 
I — fluidextract, 179. 



Hoang-nan, 179. 

— tincture, 179, 1080. 
Hoarhound, 193. 

— and tar syrup, 1179. 

— comp. syrup, 1022. 

— fluidextract, 193. 
Hoffman's anodyne, 959. 
Hoffmann's visceral 

elixir, 604. 

Hoffmannscher lebens 
balsam, 1217. 

Hog cholera 

powder, 1262. 

Holocaine hydro- 
chloride, 738. 

Holloway's pills, 1258. 

Holly, 181. 

— fluidextract, 181. 
Homatropine, 

discs of, 766. 

— hydrobromide, 738. 

— sulphate, 738. 

— salicylate, 738. 
Homatropinae hydro- 

bromidum, 738. 
Homcepathic med- 
icines, 1133. 

— solutions, 1134. 

— tinctures, 1133. 

— triturations, 1135. 
Honduras bark, 143. 
Honey, 194, 809. 

— borax, 810. 

— clarified, 810.^ > 

— compound spirit, 968. 

— cough, 1177. 

— of hoarhound and 

tar, 1179. 

— of rose. 810. 
Honeys, 809. 

Hoof ointment, 1264. 
Hope's camphor 

mixture, 1216. 
Hop bitters, 1156. 
Hods, 179. 

— fluidextract. 180. 

— infusion, 754. 

— or humulus elixir,589. 

— tincture, 1066. 
Horse brimstone, 

314, 978. 

— chestnut, 120. 
Horseminl:, 196. 

— oil, 196,. 
Horseradish.^ 129. 

— corno. SDint, 962. 
r-iorsetail, 163. 
Horticultural inks. 1392. 
Hospital quinine, 915. 

— specific. 1240. 

Hot egg phosphate, 1344. 



Hot lemonade, 1344. 

— soda drinks, 1344. 
Hound's tongue, 158. 

fluidextract, 158. 

Household am- 
monia, 1381. 

Hevea, 141. 

— varieties, 162. 
Hexamethylamina, 737. 
Hexamethylenamine, 

737. 
Hexamethylenetramine- 

tannin, 1027. 
Hexamine, 737. 
Hexane, 463. 
Hickory, 143. 

— rluidextract, 143. 

— extract, 143. 

— nut oil, 143. 

— nut candy, 1351. 
Hieracium, 179. 

— syrup, 179. 
riigh wines, 403. 
Hips, confection, 521. 
nirudo, 179. 

Hirudo, the leech, 113. 
Hive syrup, 1000. 
Huiles volatiles, 833. 
Humulus, 179. 
Hungarian balsam, 852. 

— turpentine, 852. 
Hunn's life drops, 1209. 
Hunyadi Janos 

water, 1346. 
Husband's 

magnesia, 803 . 
Huxham's tincture, 1049. 
Hy, 750. 

Hyacinth perfume, 1305. 
Hyacinthol, 1301. 

— solution, 1303. 
Hydracetin. 342. 
Hydracids, 276, 748. 
u vdramides, 4il. 
Hydrangea, 180. 

— rluidextract, 180. 

— and lithium comp. 

elixir. 590. 

— elixir. 590. 
Hydrargyri chlori- 

dum cor- 
rosivum, 740. 

— cvanidum. 741. 

— iodidum flavum, 742. 
— - — rubrum, 743. 

— oleas, 743. 

— oxidum flavum. 744. 
rubrum, 744. 

— perchloridum, 740. 

— subchlondum. 741. 
Hydrargyrum, 738. 



Index 

Hydrargyrum ammon- 
iatum, 739. 

— cum creta, 739. 
Hydrastin, 467, 746. 
Hydrastina, 745. 
Hydrastinse hydro- 

chloridum, 746. 
Hydrastine, 180, 745. 

— hydrochloride, 746. 

— solution, color- 

less, 1250. 

— sulphate, 746. 
Hydrastinine hydro- 
chloride, 746. 

Hydrastis, 180, 746. 

— Canadensis, 746. 

— elixir, 590. 

— fluid, 180. 

— fluidextract, 180, 696. 
— r- glycerite, 730. 

— iron and bismuth 

elixir, 591. 

— liquid extract, 

180, 696. 

— rhizome, 180, 746. 

— tincture, 1059. 
Hydrated alumina, 420. 

— chloral, 500. 

elixir, 573. 

Hydrazine, 292, 746. 
Hydrazoic acid, 292. 
Hydric formate, 356. 
Hydrides, 275. 
Hydriodic acid, 

277, 357, 759. 

cone, 358. 

syrup, 985. 

— ether, 644. 
Hydroacids, 74/. 
Hydrobromic acid, 359. 

cone, 359. 

diluted, 360. 

— — gasiforme, 359. 

— ether, 644. 
Hydrocarbons, 747, 831. 
Hydrochinonum, 748. 
Hydrochlorates, 362. 
Hydrochloric acid, 361. 

— ether, 644. 
Hydrochlorides, 362. 
Hydrocotarine, 854. 
Hydrocvanic acid, 531. 

diluted, 531. 

Hydrofluoric acid, 

273, 365. 

diluted. 366, 

Hydrogen, 

(element), 275. 

— borate, 349. 

— citrate, 355. 

— compounds, 275. 



1439 

Hydrogen dioxide, 747. 
solution, 447. 

— fluoride, 273, 365. 

— gas, 275. 

— liquid, 275. 

— iodide, 277. 

— oxide, 276. 

— peroxide, 276, 747. 
solution, 447, 785. 

— solid, 275. 

— sulphide, 314. 
Hydrogenum — Hydro- 
gen, 747. 

Hydrolats, 439.. 
Hydrometers, 71. 
Hydrometry, 71. 
Hydroquinone, 748. 
Hydrostatic balance, 72. 
Hydrosulphuric 

acid, 387. 
Hvdrous wool fat, 393. 
Hydroxides, 276, 748. 
Hydroxyl, 276. 
Hygrine, 151. 
Hygrometers, 247. 
Hygrometry, 247. 
-Hyoscinae hydro- 

bromidum, 748. 
Hyoscine, 748. 930. 

— hydrobromide, 748. 

— hydrochloride. 748. 

— hydriodide. 748. 

— sulphate, 748. 
Hyoscvami folia, 

180, 750. 
Hyoscyamina? hydro- 
bromidum, 749. 

— sulphas. 749. 
Hyoscyamine. 749. 

— hydrochloride, 749. 

— hydriodide, 749. 

— sulphate, 749. 
Hyoscvamus, 180, 750. 

— elixir, 591. 

— extract, 657. 
green, 657. 

— fluidextract, 181, 696. 

— leaves. 180, 750. 

— juice, 657. 

— oil, 181. 

— tincture, 973. 
Hyoericum, 181. 

— fluidextract, 181. 
Hyperidal. "606." 750. 
Hypnal, 434. 
Hypnon, Hvpnone, 331. 
Hypnotic, Sylvia's, 1145. 
Hypnotics. 1145. 

— : and sedatives, 1219. 
Hypo-bromic com- 
pound, 1145. 



1440 



The Fenner Formulary 



Hypodermic injection 
apomorphine, 755. 

cocaine, 756. 

curare, 756, 

ergot, 756. 

morphine, 756. 

— injections, 755. 

— tablets, 1025. 
Hypophosphites, 297,366. 

— compounds, 1201. 

elixir, 591, 

solution, 786. 

syrup, 992. 

— syrups, 

992, 1008, 1011. 
Hypophosphorous 

acid, 366, 868. 

diluted, 366. 

Hyssop, 181. 

— fluidextract, 181. 

— oil, 181. 

— wild, 234. 

fluidextract, 231. 

Hyssopus, 181. 

— fluidextract, 181. 



Ibit, 259. 
Ice, 322. 

— camphor, 1225. 

— cream and ices, 1317. 

— cream soda, 1341. 

— glycerin, 1289. 

— lemon, 1348. 

— orange, 1348. 

— pineapple, 1348. 
Ices and jellies, 

"toilet, 1288. 

— fruit, 1348. 
Iceland moss, 147. 

— comp. syrup, 1021. 
Ichthyocolla, 113, 181. 
Ichthyol, 750. 

— ■ (ammonium), 252. 

— — sulphonate, 750. 
Ichthyolidin, 886. 
Ignatia, 181. 

— fluidextract, 181. 
Ignition, 93. 
Ilang-ilang 

essence. 1296. 

— extract, 1298. 
Ilex, 181. 

— fluidextract, 181. 

— Paraguavensis, 182. 
Illicium, 182. 
Illuminating oil. 863. 
Imperatoria, 182.. 
Imperial cloth and 

glove cleaner, 1381. 

— face bleach, 1266. 



Imperial grease 

remover, 1381. 

— greaseless massage 

paste, 1293. 

— lotion, 1291. 

— moth and freckle 

lotion, 1291. 

— pimple lotion, 1292. 

— tooth cream, 1273. 

— tooth powder, 12/5. 

— tooth wash, 1273. 

— vanishing 

cream, 1269. 

— weight and 

measure, 59. 

— fluid measures, 65. 

equivalents, 66. 

Incineration, 94. 
Incandescence, 93. 
India-rubber, 141, 162. 

— — solution, 777. 
Indian arrow poison, 157. 

— azadirach, 133. 

— Bael, 135. 

— cannabis extract, 651. 

fluidextract, 688. 

tincture, 1043. 

— hemp, 141. 

— hemp extract, 651. 

tincture, 1043. 

tincture, 143. 

— liniment, 1209. 

— myrrha, 135. 

— physic, 172. 

fluidextract, 172. 

— sarsaparilla, 178. 

fluidextract, 178. 

syrup, 991. 

— tobacco, 190. 

— turnip, 130. 
Indigo, 182. 

— wild, 135. 

fluidextract, 135. 

Indium (element), 276. 

— compounds, 276. 
Industrial alcohol, 407. 
Infants and invalids 

food, 1386. > 
Influenza remedies, 1264. 
Infusa — Infusions, 751. 
Infusion, 97. 

— of bearberry, 754. 

— broom, 754. 

— cascarilla. 753. 

— chirata, 753. 

— ■ cinchona acid, 753. 

— cloves, 753. 

— columba, 753. 

— cusparia, 753. 

— digitalis, 752, 753. 

— digitalis cone, 755. 



Infusion ergot, 754. 

— gentian comp., 754. 

— gentian cone, 755. 

— hops, 754. 

— jequirity, 116. 

— kramena, 754. 

— orange, 753. 

compound, 753. 

— - quassia, 754. 

— rhubarb, 754. 

— roses, 754. 

— senega, 754. 

— senna, 754. 

— senna comp., 752. 

— serpentaria, 754. 

— uva ursi, 754. 

— wild cherry, 752. 
Infusions, 751. 

— general formula 

for, 751. 
Infusum aurantii, 753. 
compositum, 753. 

— buchu, 753. 

— calumbae, 753. 

— caryophylli, 753. 

— cascarilla?, 753. 

— chirata?, 753. 

— cinchona? acidum, 753. 

— cusparia?, 753. 

— digitalis, 752, 753. 

— digitalis cone, 755. 

— ergots, 754. 

— gentiana? comp., 754. 

— gentian?e cone, 755. 

— krameria?, 754. 

— lupuli, 754. 

— - pruni virginiana?, 752. 

— quassise, 754. 

— rhei, 754. 

— rosa? acidum, 754. 
-— scoparii, 754. 

— senegae, 754. 

— senna?, 754. 

— - senna? comp.. 752. 

— serpentaria?, 754. 

— uva ursi, 754. 
Inhalant iodine 

carbolate, 1201. 

— excelsior, 1201. 

— lightning, 1202. 
Inhalants and in- 
halers, 1201. 

Injectio apomorphina* 
hyoodermica, 755. 

— cocainae hypoder., 756. 

— curara? hypoder., 756. 

— ergotne hypoder.. 756. 

— hypodermica, 755. 

— morphinae hypo.. 756. 
Injection brou. 1202. 

— golden, 1199. 



Index 



1441 



Injection hydrastis 
compound, 1203. 

— rose, 1202. 
Injections, 1202. 

Ink erasing fluid, 1392. 

— fountain pen, 1388. 

— powders, 1391. 
Inks, 1387-1392. 
— , Bluings and 

Blackings, 1387. 

— gold and silver, 1392 

— hectograph, 1,890. 

— horticultural. 1392. 

— indellible, 1390. 

— marking, 1391. 

— stamping, 1391. 

— writing. 1387-1390. 
Inosit, 923. 

Insect flowers, 210. 
Inspissated juices, 648. 
Inula, 182. 
Inulin, 182. 
Invisible face 

powder, 1271. 
Iodal, 411. 
Iodalbin, 759. 
Iodantipyrine, 759. 
Iodates, 277, 758. 
Iodia, 1203. 
Iodic acid, 277, 358. 
Iodide alteratives, 1203. 

— of lime syrup, 1011. 

— of manganese 

syrup, 1012. 

— of starch syrup, 1012. 

— potassium elixir 

compound, 1203. 

— sulphur, 977. 

— thymol. 1032. 
Iodides, 277, 758. 

— elixirs, 591. 
Iodinal collodion, 516. 
Iodine, 758. 

— (element^ 276. 

— acids of, 276, 759. 

— bromide, 277, 759. 

— carbolate 

inhalant, 1201. 
glycerite. 732. 

— chloride, 277. 759. 

— comp. solution, 786. 

— compounds. 276, 759. 

— cyanide, 277. 759. 

— etherate, 398. 

— glycerite. 732. 

— ointment, 1104. 

— solution, strong, 786. 

— tincture. 1060. 
decolorized. 1061. 

— trichloride, 277, 759. 
Iodipin, 759. 



Iodized cod liver 

oil, 1223. 
Iodo-bromide calcium 

compound, 1204. 
Iodo-caffeine, 760. 
lodo-caseine, 757. 
Iodo-ferrated cod 

liver oil, 1224. 
lodo-phenine, 760. 
Iodoform, 756. 

— collodion, 516. 

— ointment, 1105. 

— suppositories, 982. 

— substitutes, 757. 
Iodoformum, 756.. 
Iodohemol, 736. 
Iodol, 758, 760. 

— caffeine, 757. 
Iodolum, 760. 
Iodomuth, 758. 
lodophen, 1029. 
Iodopyrine, 434, 759. 
Iodothyrine, 760. 
Iodum, 758. 
Ionone, 1301. 

— solution, 1303. 
Ipecac, 183, 760. 

— and opium comp. 

syrup, 1022. 

elixir, 592. 

powder, 907. 

tincture, 1061. 

— elixir, 592. 

— fluidextract, 183, 697. 

— liquid extract, 183. 

— syrup, 993. 

— tincture, 1061. 

— troches, 1091 

— wild, 166. 

— with squill pill, 882. 
Ipecacuanha, 183, 760. 

— comp. powder, 907. 

— fluidextract, 183. 

— liquid extract, 183. 

— root, 183. 

— vinegar, 339. 
Ipecacuanhas radix, 

183, 760. 
Ipecacuanhic acid, 183. 
Iridin, 183. 
Iridium (element), 277. 

— compounds, 277. 

— chlorides, 278. 

— oxides, 278. 
Iris. 183. 

— florentina, 183. 

— versicolor, 183. 

fluidextract, 183. 

Irish moss, 148. 
Iron, 666. 

— (element), 278. 



Iron acetate tinct, 1054. 

— albuminate, 679. 
solution, 679. 

— and ammonium ace- 

tate solution, 781. 

— and ammonium 

citrate, 668. 

sulphate, 669. 

tartrate, 670. 

— and calcium hypo- 
" phos. syrup, 1009. 

lactophos- 

phates, 1015. 

— and cinchona 

wine, 1123. 

— arsenate, 667. 

— bitter wine of, 

1118, 1122. 

— bitters, 1157. 

— bromide elixir, 593. 
syrup, 1005. 

— carbonate, 667. 
saccharated, 667. 

— chloride, 668. 
and arsenic 

elixir, 593. 

elixir, 593. 

syrup, 1007. 

tincture, (citro- 

chloride), 949. 

— citrate, 668. 
and quinine 

elixir, 594. 

syrup, 1008. 

and strychnine 

syrup, 1008. 

elixir, 593. 

quinine and 

strychnine, 672. 

elixir, 594 

— — syrup, 1008. 

soluble. 668. 

syrup, 1008. 

wine of, 1118. 

— compounds, 278. 

— conium mixture, 

Tully's, 1217. 

— dialysed, 535. 

in scales, 535. 

syrup, 1008. 

— forms of, 278. 

— galvanized. 323. 

— glycerophos- 

phate, 679. 

— hydrated oxide, 673. 

— hypophosphite, 674. 

elixir. 594. 

solution, 950. 

syrup, 1009. 

— iodide elixir, 

tasteless, 594. 



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Iron iodide syrup, 
tasteless, 1011. 

— lactate and pepsin 

elixir, 594. 

elixir, 594. 

syrup, 1013. 

— lactophosphate 

solution, 950. 
syrup, 1014. 

— manganese iodides 

syrup, 1012. 
hypo, syrup, 1010. 

— mixture comp., 814. 

— muriate elixir, 593. 
tincture, 1054. 

— nucleide, 679. 

— oxide syrup, 990. 

— peptonate, 679. 

— peptonized, 679. 

— phosphate, 675. 

elixir, 595. 

soluble, 675. 

syrup, 1016. 

and quinine 

elixir, 595. 

quinine and strych- 
nine elixir, 595. 

solution, 950. 

— pill, 880. 

— potassium tar- 

trate, 670. 
— : powdered, 667. 

— protoxide sol., 953 
syrup, 1018. 

— pyrophosphate 

elixir, 595. 

soluble, 676. 

solution, 951. 

syrup, 1018. 

and quinine 

elixir, 596. 
neutral, 

elixir, 596. 
and arsenic, 

elixir, 597. 
strychnine 

elixir, 597. 
neutral, 597. 

— quinine and strych- 

nine citrate, 672. 

elixir, 597. 

hypophos- 

phates syrup, 1011. 
phosphates 

syrup, 990. 

— quinine citrate, 781. 
soluble, 672. 

— reduced, 678. 

— salts of, general, 279. 

— sodium albuminate 

syrup, 1012. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Iron soluble citrate, 679. 

— strychnine citrate, 673. 
elixir,_598. 

— succinate, 6/9. 

— sulphate, 676. 

dried, 677. 

granulated, 677. 

— tartarated, 678. 

— tonic, 1244. 

— valerianate elixir, 598. 

— water, 1346. 

— wine bitters, 1158. 

— wine of, 1117, 1124. 

— wood, 201. 

fluidextract, 201. 

Isinglass, 113, 181. 

— (Ichthyocolla), 

113, 181. 

— plaster, 631. 

Iso amyl benzene, 464. 
Iso butyl benzene, 464. 
Isodulcit, 923. 
Isonandra gutta, 176. 
Isopral, 761. 
Itch ointment, 1227. 

barber's, 1227. 

Itrol, 758. 

Ivory black, 266. 

Ivy, American, 125. 

— English, 178. 

— ground, 173. 

— poison, 213. 
Izal, 761. 



Jaborandi, 206, 871. 

— fluidextract, 206, 700. 

— folia, 206, 183, 871. 

— elixir, 598. 

— leaves, 206, 183, 871. 

— liquid extract, 

184, 701. 

— tincture, 1062. 
Jacandra, 184. 
Jacinth perfume, 1305. 
Jacob's oil, 1224. 
Jalap, 184. 

— comp. powder, 907. 

— extract, 184, 657, 761. 

— fluidextract, 184. 

— resin. 184, 761, 917. 

— tincture, 1062. 
Jalapa, 184, 761. 
Jalapae resina, 761, 917. 
Talapic acid, 184. 
Jalapin, 184, 761. 
Jamaica dogwood, 207. 
fluidextract, 207. 

— ginger essence, 

643. 1191, 1319. 
extract, aro., 1192. 



Jamaica sarsaparilla, 219. 

fluidextract, 219. 

Jamboo, 184. 
j ambul, 814. 

— fluidextract, 184. 
James' powder, 904. 
Japan lacquer, 134. 

— wax, 146. 

Jasmine, triple ext., 1295. 

— yellow, 171. 
Jatropha, 184. 

— fluidextract, 184. 
Jaundice laxative 

bitters, 1160. 
Java plum, 184. 

— tree, 200. * 

leaves, fl.ext, 200. 

Jeffersonia, 184. 
Jelly arnica, 1289. 

— glycerin, 1289. 
Jellies, toilet, 1288. 
Jequiritin, 116, 
Jequiritol, 116. 

— serum, 116. 
Jequirity, 116. 

— infusion, 116. 
Jersey tea, 145. 
Jicoma, 184. 
Jockey club 

extract, 1298. 

perfume, 1305. 

sachet, 1310. 

Jonquil perfume, 1305. 
Juglans, 184. 
Juglandic acid, 185. 
Tuglandin, 185. 
Trice of belladonna, 973. 

— broom, 973. 

— dandelion, 973. 

— grape, unfer- 

mented, 1330. 

— hemlock, 973. 

— henbane, 973. 

— lemon, 973. 

— lime, 973. 

— meat, 1319. 

— taraxicum, 973. 
Juices, 973. 

— fruit ; 973, 1330. 

— insoissated, 648. 

— unfermented 

fruit, 1330, 
Tuniper, 185. 
Juniper, 185. 

— berries, 185. 
elixir, 598. 

— comp. spirit, 965. 

— fluidextract, 185. 

— oil 185, 839. 

— spirit, 965. 

— tar, 839, 887. 



Index 



1443 



Juniper tar oint- 
ment, 1110. 

— wood, 185. 
Juniperi lignum, 185. 
Juniperus, 185. 

— communis, 185. 

— Virginiana, 185. 

K 

Kairine elixir, 598. 
Kalium, 287, 891. 
Kalkwasser, 444. 
Kalmia, 185. 

— fluidextract, 185. 
Kamala, 185. 
Kaolin, 421, 762. 

— cataplasm, 492. 
Kaolinum, 762, 
Katharion hair 

tonic, 1287. 
Katona catarrh 

cure, 1165. 
Kava kava, 195. 

fluidextract, 195. 

Keratin, 762. 

Kermes mineral, 253, 433. 

Kidney and liver 

remedy, 1206. 
remedies, 1204. 

— and liverwort 

tea, 1207. 

— pills, 1207. 
Kino, 185, 762. 

— Australian, 165. 

— Bengal, 138. 

— comp. powder, 907. 

— tincture, 1062. 

for wines, 1365. 

Kiryat, 126. 
Kissengen salts, 

effervescent, 1190. 

— water, solution, 1346. 
Kola, 186. 

— and celery elixir, 599 

— coca syrup, 1341. 
drinks, 1341. 

— chewing gum, 1354. 

— elixir, 599. 

— fluidextract, 186. 

— nuts, 186. 

— tincture. 1063. 

— wine, 1252. 
Kolafra chewing 

gum, 1354. 

— syrup, 1341. 
Kosin, 158. 
Koumiss. 763. 

— coca, 764. 

— euonymized, 764. 

— malted, 764. 

— peptonized, 764. 



Kousso, 158. 
Koussein, 158. 
Krameria, 186. 

— and cocaine 

lozenge, 1092. 

— fluidextract, 697. 

— extract, 65/. 

— infusion, 754. 

— radix, 186. 

— solution cone, 786. 

— syrup, 994. 

— tinctures, 1063, 1074. 

— troches, 1091. 
Krypton (element), 281. 
Kummel, 143, 1371. 

— essence, 1371. 
Kutnow's powder, 1235. 

L 

Labarraque's 

solution, 794. 
Labdanum 

ointment, 1110. 
Labrador tea, 188. 

fluidextract, 188. 

Lac dye, 187. 
Lac— Milk, 113, 186, 763. 
Lac sulphur, 314. 
Lacca, 186, 

— resina, 186. 

Lactate iron syrup, 1013. 
Lactated pepsin with 
phos. syrup, 1013. 

— elixir, 599. 
Lactates, 368, 765. 
Lactic acid, 367, 765. 

diluted, 368. 

Lactin, 923. 
Lactopeptine and bis- 
muth elixir, 600. 

and strychnine 

elixir, 600. 

— comp. syrup, 1013. 

— elixir, 600. 

— syrup, 1013. 

Lactophenin, 765. 

Lactophosohates com- 
bination syrup, 
1014. 

— comp. solution, 951. 
Lactose, 923. 
Lacto-somatose, 764. 
Lactuca, 187. 

— virosa, 187. 
Lactucarium, 

187, 766. 994. 

— elixir, 600. 

— tincture. 1064. 
Lactucin, 187, 766. 
Lactvl-ohenetidine. 765. 
Ladies' slipper, 158. 



Ladies' slipper fluid- 
extract, 158, 691. 

Laevo-glucose, 923. 

Lsevulose, 725, 923. 

Lallemand's gout 
specific, 1232. 

Lamellae — Discs, 766. 

Lamellae atropinae, 766. 

— cocainae, 766. 

— homatropinae, 766. 

— physostigminae, 766. 
Lampblack, 265. 
Lamps, cement for, 1374. 
Lanalin, 393, 829. 

— ointment, 1096. 
Lanthanum, 

(element), 281. 

— oxide, 281. 
Lanthropine, 854. 
Lapis, "crab's eye," 113. 
Lapis infernalis, 453. 

— lazuli, 248. 
Lappa, 187. 

— fluidextract, 697. 

— major, 187. 

— minor, 187. 

— tomentosa, 187. 
Larch bark, 187. 

decoction, 187. 

tincture, 187. 

Lard, 119, 390. 

— benzoated, 391, 1097. 

— benzoinated, 391, 1097. 

— oil, 391, 825. 

— prepared, 391. 

— washed, 391. 
Laricis cortex, 187. 
Larix Americana, 188. 
Larkspur, 159. 

— fluidextracj. 159. 
Latent heat 80. 
Laudanine, 854. 
Laudanosine, 854. 
Laudanum, 1068. 
Laughing gas, 293. 
Laundry indellible 

ink, 1391. 
Laurel, 188. 

— bay, 188. 

— berries, 188. 

— fluidextract, 188. 

— oil, 188. 

expressed, 826. 

Laurier-cerise 

conserve, 521. 
Laurus nobilis. 188. 
Laurocerasi folia, 188. 
Lavender, 188. 

— cologne. 1309. 

— comp. tincture, 1065. 

— essence, 1296. 



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The Fenner Formulary 



Lavender flowers, 188. 
oil, 839. 

— oil, 188. 

— spirit, 965. 

compound, 1065. 

— vinegar, 339. 

— water, 1309. 
Lavendula, 188. 

— vera, 188. 
Laville's gout 

mixture, 1217. 
Laxative bitters, 1160. 

— California fig, 1168. 

— child's, 1167. 

— comp. pills, 882. 

— cordial, 1166. 

— elixir, 600. 

— fig, 1168. 

— fruit lozenge, 1169. 

— tea, 957, 1170. 
Laxatives, 1166. 
Leaches, 179. 
Leaching, 98. 
Lead, 889. 

— (element), 281. 

— alloys, 281. 

— and opium pill, 884. 

— acetate, 889. 
ointment, 1106. 

— carbonate, 890. 
ointment, 1106. 

— iodide, 890. 

ointment, 1106. 

plaster, 633. 

— nitrate, 891. 

— ointment, 1106. 

— oxide, 891. 

— plaster, 632. 

— red, 282. 

— salts of, general, 281 

— subacetate 

cerate, 495. 

glycerin, 731. 

liniment, 769. 

ointment, 1100. 

solution, 789. 

diluted, 790. 

— sugar of, 281, 889. 

— suppositories 

compound, 982. 

— white, 281. 
Leatherwood, 160. 

— fluidextract, 160. 
Leaves, 111. 
Ledum, 188. 

— ralustra, 188. 

— latifolium, 188. 
Lemon, 189. 

— essence, 1296, 1317. 

— extract, soluble, 1326. 
grass essence, 1296. 



Lemon ice, 1348. 

— juice, 189, 973. 

— oil, 839. 

— peel, 189. 

crystallized, 189. 

— phosphate 

syrup, 1336. 

— syrup, 995, 1336. 

— yellow, 519. 
Leonurus, 188. 
Leptandra, 189. 

— extract, 189, 658. 

— fluidextract, 189, 698. 
Leptandrin, 189. 
Lethon, 396. 
Lettuce, 187. 

— opium, 187. 

— wild, 187. 

fluidextract, 187. 

Leucoline, 498. 
Levant wormwood, 218. 
Levisticum, 189. 
Liatrin, 189. 
Liatris, 189. 

— fluidextract, 189. 
Licorice compound 

syrup, 1021. 

— comp. elixir, 601. 

— elixir, 601. 
Liebig's corn 

colodion, 516. 
Life drops, Hunn's, 1209 

— everlasting,, 174. 
fluidextract, 174. 

— root, 222. 

— — fluidextract, 222. 
Light calcined 

magnesia, 802. 

— magnesia, 802. 

— magnesium car- 

bonate, 803. 

oxide. 802. 

Lightning, fluid. 1212. 

— hair dye, 1278. 

— inhalant, 1202.« 

— tooth ache 

remedy, 1248. 
Lignite, 266. 
Lilies, cream of, 1266. 
Lily of the valley, 154. 

fluidextract, 691. 

perfume, 1298. 

— — tincture, 1052. 
Limatura martis 

prseparata, 667. 
Lime. 487. 

— chloride of, 487. 

— chlorinated, 487. 

— essence. 1317. 

— fruit syrup, 1336. 
phosphate, 1336. 



Lime hydrate, 485. 

— hypophosphites 

syrup, 1008. 

— iodide syrup, 1011. 

— liniment, 767; 

— phosphate 

syrup, 1015. 

— slaked, 485. 

— solution, 444, 775. 
chlorinated, 776. 

— sulphurated, 488. 

— syrup, 987. 

— water, 444, 775. 

stronger, 636. 

Limette oil, 840. 
Limones, 189. 
Limonis cortex, 189. 

— succus, 189. 
Linaloa oil, 840. 

— essence, 1296. 
Linden, American, 229. 

— flowers, 229. 
Lindera, 189. 
Linear, surface and 

cubic measure, 60. 
Liniment, ammonium 
iodide, 1212. 

— aconite, 766. 

— ammonia, 767. 

— arnica, 1208. 

— belladonna, 767. 

— camphor, 768. 

— — ammoniated, 768. 

— camphor comp., 786. 

— cautharides, 768. 

— chloroform, 768. 

— cocaine, 1208. 

— crotcgi oil, 769. «- 

— eclectric, 1209. 

— gargling oil, 1212. 

— Indian, 1209. 

— lime, 767. 

— menthol, 1210. 

— mercury, 769. 

— Mexican, 1212. 

— mustard, 771. 

compound, 771. 

— nerve and bone, 1213. 

— neuralgia, 1213. 

— ready oil, 1213. 

— rheumatic, 1213. 

— rosemary comp., 1107. 

— soap, 770. 

— soft soap, 770. 

— Stoke's, 1214. 

— thymol-chloral, 1211 

— turpentine, 771. 
and acetic 

acid, 771. 

— veterinary, 1214, 

— volatile, 767, 



Index 



1445 



Liniment, wizard, 1211. 

— wonder, 1214. 
Linimenta — 

Liniments, 766. 

Liniments, pro- 
prietary, 1208. 

Linimentum 

aconiti, 706. 

— ammoniae, 767. 

— belladonnae, 767. 

— calcjs, 76/. 

— camphorae, 768. 
ammoniatum, 768. 

— cantharidis, 768. 

— crotonis, 769. 

— hydrargyri, 769.. 

— opii, 769. 

ammoniatum, 769. 

— plumbi sub- 

acetatis, 769. 

— potasii iodidi 

cum sapone, 769. 

— saponis, 770. 
mollis, 770. 

— sinapis comp., 7J1. 

— terebinthinae, 771. 

aceticum, 771. 

Linotype-metal, 253. 
Linseed, 190. 

— crushed, 190. 

— meal, 190. 

— oil, 826. 
Linum, 190. 

— contusum, 190. 
Lip salves and 

cosmetics, 1290. 
Lippia Mexicana, 190. 

tincture, 190. 

Liquefied carbolic 

acid, 352, 865. 

— phenol. 352, 865. 
Liquidambar, 134, 190. 

— orientalis, 134. 

— styraciflua, 134. 
Liquid aloes, 416. 

— blistering, 778. 

— carbonic acid, 353. 

— cement. 1375. 

— cosmetics, 1266. 

— depilatory. 1277. 

— extract cascara 

sagrada, 702. 

cinchona, 690. 

cimicifuga, 689. 

coca. 690. 

ergot. 692. 

hamamelis, 696. 

hydrastis, 696. 

ipecacuanha. 697. 

iaborandi, 701. 

liquorice, 694, 



Liquid extract 

male fern, 693. 

nux vomica, 699. 

opium, 699. 

pareira, 700. 

sarsaparilla, 705. 

taraxacum, 708. 

— glue, 1375. 
French, 1376. 

— India. ink, 1388. 

— opodeldoc, /70. 

— padding glue, 1377. 

— paraffin, 858, 862. 

— pearl enamel, 1267. 

— petrolatum, 862. 

— rennet, 1257. 

— rouge, 518, 1267. 

— slating for 

blackboards, 1392. 

— soap, acme, 1313. 
peerless, 1313. 

— soaps, 1313. 
Liquids, nebulizing, 1217. 

— shampoo, 1286. 
Liquor acidi 

phosphorici, 1138. 
comp., 1138. 

— acidi arsenosi, 772. 

— and Habit 

Cures, 1214. 

— ammonii anisatus, 960. 

— arsenici hydro- 

chloricus, 772. 

— ammoniae, 772. 
fortis, 773. 

— ammonii acetatis, 773. 
citratis, 773. 

— antisepticus, 773. 

— arsenicalis, 774. 

— arseni et hydrargyri 

iodidi, 774. 

— atropinae 

sulphatis, 775. 

— bismuthi, 775. 

— brom-chloral 

comp.. 1221. 

— calcis chlorinatae. 776. 
saccharatus, 776. 

— calumbae cone, 777. 

— caoutchouc, 777. 

— chiratae cone, 777. 

— chlori comp., 777. 

— chromici, 772. 

— cresoli comp., 778. 

— cresoli saponis, 526. 

— cuspariae cone. 778. 

— epispasticus, 778. 

— ethyl nitratis, 779. 

— ferri acetatis, 779. 

chloridi, 779. 

citratis, 780. 



Liquor ferri et am- 
monii acetatis, 781. 

et quininae 

citratis, 781. 

— ■ — nitratis, 782. 

perchloridi, 781. 

fortis, 782. 

pernitratis, 782. 

persulphatis, 782. 

subsulphatis, 783. 

— — tersulphatis, 783. 

— ferratini, 679. 

— formaldehydi, 

720, 7S4. 

— gutta percha, 784. 

— hamamelidis, 785. 

— hydrargyri 

nitratis, 785. 

acidus, 785. 

perchloridi, 785. 

— hydrogenii per- 

oxidi, 447, 785. 

— hypophosphitum com- 

positum, 786, 949. 

— iodi comp., 786. 
fortis, 786. 

— krameriae cone, 786. 

— magnesii carb., 787. 
citratis, 787. 

— morphinae 

acetatis, 788. 

hydrochloridi, 788. 

tartratis, 788. 

— pancreatis, 789. 

— picis carbonis, 789. 

— plumbi sub- 

acetatis, 789. 

dilutus, 790. 

fortior, 790. 

— potassae,. 791, 792. 

— potasii arsenitis, 791. 
hydroxidi, 792. 

— permangan- 

atis, 792. 

— quassiae cone, 792. 

— rhei cone, 792. 

— sarsae compositus 

concentratus, 793. 

— senegae cone, 793. 

— sennae cone, 793. 

— serpentariae cone, 794. 

— sodae chlorinatae, 794. 
chloratae, 794. 

— sodii arsenitis. 795. 

ethylatis, 795. 

hydroxidi, 795. 

phosphatis 

compositus. 796. 
silicatis, 796. 

— strychninae hydro- 

chloridi, 796. 



1446 

Liquor thyroidei, 796. 

— trinitrini, 797. 

— sedativus, 340. 

— zinci chloridi, 797. 
Liquorice root, 173 

— extract, 656. 

— fluidextract, 173. 

— liquid extract, 173, 694 

— powder comp., 906. 
Liquores, 946. 
Liquores — Solutions, 772. 
Liquors, — Spiritous, 

1355. 
Liriodendrin, 19Q. 
Liriodendron, 190. 
Lisol, 801. 
Listerine, 773, 1146. 
Litharge, 282, 890. 
Lithia water, 1345. 
Lithiated 

hydrangea, 1232. 

— strontium com- 

pound elixir, 602. 
Lithic acid, 1111. 
Lithii benzoas, 798. 

— bromidum, 798. 

— carbonas, 799. 

— citras, 799. 

effervescens, 800. 

— salicylas, 800. 
Lithium, 798. 

— (element), 282. 

— combinations, 283. 

— benzoate, 798. 

— bromide, 798. 

— carbonate, 799. 

— citrate, 799. 

effervescent, 800. 

— citrate elixir, 601. 

— diuretic, 1111. 

— salicylate^ 800. 

— salts, elixirs, 602. 

— salts of, general, 283. 

— salts, other, 801. 
Litmus blue, 519. 
Liver and Kidney 

Remedies, 1204. 
Liver bitters, 

German, 1150. 

— of antimony, 254. 

— of sulphur, 893. 

— pills, cathartic, 1169. 

— — little giant, 1169. 
Liverwort, 179. 

— fluidextract, 179. . 
Lixiviation. 98. 
Lobelia, 190. 

— etherial tinct.. 1066. 

— fluidextract, 190, 698. 

— tincture. 1066. 

— vinegar, 339. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Lobelin, 190. 
Lobeline, 190. 
Local anaesthetic, 

tooth-ache, 1248. 
Locatelle's balsam, 1153. 
Logwood, 177. 

— decoction, 533. 

— extract, 177, 656. 

— fluidextract, 177. 
London cordial 

gin, 1357. 
Losophan, 529. 
Lotio hydrargyri 

flava, 801. 
Lotio nigra, 801. 

— hydrargyri nigra, 801. 
Lotion acne, 1290. 

— almond hair, 1280. 

— anti-freckle, 1290. 

— bay hair, 1281. 

— black heads, 1291. 

— chilblain, 1174. 

— comedones, 1291. 

— eczema, peer- 

less, 1292. 

— face, 1291. 

— freckle, 1291. 

— glycerin, 1291. 

— hair, 1287. 

— moth, 1291. 

— pimple, 1292. 

— rose hair, 1281. 

— stimulating hair, 1281. 

— wrinkle, 1292. 
Lotiones — Lotions, 801. 
Lotions for the 

toilet, 1290. 

— hair, 1280. 
Lovage, 189. 

— root, 189. 

— seed, 189. 
Low's magnetic 

liniment, 1212. 
Low wines, 403. 
Lozenges, 1025, 1353. 

— cough, 1183. 

— other, 1353. 

— peppermint, 1353. 
Lugol's solution, 786. 
Luminous paste for 

rats etc., 1386. 
Lunar caustic, 307, 453. 
Lung balsam, 1108. 

— moss, 225. 
Lungwort, 209. 

— fluidextract, 209. 
Lupulin, 180, 191. 

— fluidextract. 191, 698. 

— oleoresin, 191. 
Lupulinum, 191. 
Lupulus, 179. 



Lupus metallorum, 431. 
Lutecium (element), 284. 
Lycopin, 191. 
Lycopodium, 191. 

— powder, 191. 
Lycopus, 191. 

— fluidextract, 191. 

— Europoeus, 191. 

fluidextract, 191. 

Lymph, 113. 
Lysol, 529, 801. 

M 

Mace, 191. 

— essence, 1317. 

— oil, 191. 
Macerated oils, 846. 
Maceration, 98. 
Machine suppos- 
itories, 979. 

Macis, 191. 
Macrotin, 149. 
Madder, 214. 
Magic balm, 1151. 

— corn salve, 1173. 
Magnesia, 804. 

— and asafetida 
mixture, 815. 

— calcined, 804. 

— fluid, 787. 

— heavy, 803. 
calcined, 803. 

— Henry's, 803. 

— Husband's, 803. 

— levis, ,802. 

— light, 802. 
calcined, 802. 

— milk of, 804. 

— ponderosa, 803. 
Magnesian 

aperient, 1346. 
Magnesii carbonas, 803. 

— oxidum, 804. 
ponderosum, 804. 

— sulphas, 805. 

effervescens, 805. 

Magnesium, 284, 802. 

— (element), 284. 

— aperient, 1147. 

— carbonate, 803. 

solution, 787. 

heavy, 803. 

light, 803. 

— citrate solution, 787. 

— combinations^ 284. 

— flash light, 284. 

— oxide, 804. 

heavy, 803, 804. 

light, 802. 

— salts of, 285. 

— salts, other, 806. 



Index 



1447 



Magnesium sulphate, 805. 

effervescent, 805. 

Magnetic balm, 1151. 

— uniment, Low's, 1212. 

— - ointment, 1227. 
Magnolia, 191. 

— ttuidextract, 192. 
Magnolin, 192. 
Mauogany, African, 227. 
Maiden hair, 119. 

fern syrup, 1019. 

fluidextract, 119. 

syrup, 119. 

Madis stigmata, 192. 
Maizenic acid, 235. 
Majorana, 192. ■ 

Malarin, 331. 
Male fern, 132. 

extract, 849. 

fluidextract, 

132, 393. 

liquid extract, 850. 

oleoresin, 132. 

Malic acid, 380. 
Mallotus philippinensis, 

185. 
Mallow, 193. 
Malt, 192. 

— extract, 658. 

— and compound 

elixirs, 602. 

— soothing syrup, 1238, 

— tonic syrup, 1337. 

— vinegar, 334. 
Malto, 1343. 
Maltose, 725, 923. 
Maltum, 192. 
Malva, 193. 

— flowers, black, 193. 

blue, 193. 

Malvina cream, 1269. 
Manaca, 192. 

— and salicylates 

elixir, 602. 

— fluidextract, 192. 
Manacine, 192. 
Mancona bark, 165. 

— fluidextract, 165. 
Mandelate, 866. 
Mandrake bitters, 1160. 

— comp. elixir, 602. 

— fluidextract, 207. 

— root, 207. 
Manganese, 286, 806. 

— (element), 286. 

— combinations, 286. 

— dioxide precip., 807. 

— hypophosphite 

syrup, 1010. 
solution, 951. 

— iodide syrup, 1012. 



Manganese lactophos- 
pnate solution, 951. 

— oxides, 287, 288. 

— phospnate soiu., 95L 

— saits of, general, 28/. 

— saits, other, 60S. 

— suipnate, 8U8. 
Mangani dioxidum 

pratcipitatum, 807. 

— hypopnospnis, 807. 

— suipnas, 60S. 
Manganic acid, 288. 
.vianganous hypopnos- 

phite, 807. 
Mangostana, 193. 
iviangosteen, 193. 

— fluidextract, 193. 
Manicure powder, 1294. 

— salve, 1294. 
Manna, 193. 
Manniieim gold, 271. 
Mannit, 92b. 

Mannite (mannitol), 193. 
Mannitose, 923. 
Manometer, 246. 
Manzanita, 193. 

— fluidextract, 193. 
Maple cream 

candy, 1351. 

— syrup, 1337. 
Maranta, 126. 
Marashino, 1372. 
Margose bark, 133. 
Margosine, 133. 
Marine glue, 1376. 
Maritina cocktail, 1368. 
Marjoram, wild, 200. 
Marigold tincture, 1041. 
Marking inks, 1392. 
Marrubium, 193. 

— comp syrup, 1022. 
Marseilles vinegar, 336. 
Marsh gas, 267. 
Marshmallow, 124. 

— cream, 1269. 
Marshmallows, 1352. 
Marsh rosemary, 225. 
fluidextract, 225. 

— tea, 188. 

Mary Stewart per- 
fume, 1298. 
Mass. blue, 809. 

— of ferrous car- 

bonate, 808. 

— of mercury, 809. 

— Vallet's, 808. 
Massa ferri car- 

bonatis, 808. 

— hydrargyri, 809. 882. 
Mass?e — Masses, 808. 
Massage cream, 1293. 



Massage cream, 

greaseiess,1293. 

— ointment, 1293. 

— pastes, 1293. 

— pomade, 1293. 

— preparations, 1293. 
Masses., veterinary, 1260. 
Masterwort root, 182. 
Mastic, 919. 

— gum, 193, 

— spirit comp., 968. 
Mastiche, 193, 919. 
Mate, 182. 
Matico, 194. 

— comp. elixir, 603. 

— fluidextract, 194, 698. 

— oil, 194. 

Matricaria, 194. 

Mattenheimer's disin- 
fecting solu- 
tion, 1384. 

Mauvine, 430. 
Maw seed, 202. 
May apple, 207. 

— weed, 128. 
Mayer's ointment, 1110. 
McLean's strengthen- 
ing cordial, 1245. 

Mead extract 

excelsior, 1327. 

— extract, soluble, 1327. 
Meal, almond, 1311. 
Measures and 

weights. 57. 

— — early history, 57. 
Measures of length, 67. 

— surface, 68. 

— cubic, 68. 

— heat, 77. 

Meat extract, 1319. 

— juice or essence, 1319. 
Meconates, 368. 
Meconic acid, 368, 854. 
Meconidina, 854. 
Meconidine, 854. 
Meconine, 854. 
Meconisin, 854. 
Medical prefixes, 23. 

— suffixes and 

terminations, 29. 

— terms and 

definitions, 31. 

— discovery, 1237. 
Medicated cottons, 734. 

— globules, 1136. 

— oils, 1223. 

— pellets or discs, 1136. 

— vinegars. 335. 
general 

formula. 336. 

— waters, 438, 440. 



1448 

Medicinal wines, 1251. 

other, 1120. 

Medicines 

Proprietary, 1137. 

— Homcepathic, 1183. 
Medleys, 432. 

Mel, 194, 809. 

— boracic, 810. 

— depuratum, 810. 

— despumatum, 810. 

— rosse, 810. 
Melezitose, 923. 
Melilot, 194. 
Melilotus, 194. 
Melissa, 194. 

— rluidextract, 194. 
Melitose, 923. 
Melting point of 

elements, 245. 
MendeljefFs periodic 

table, 240. 
Menispermin, 194. 
Menispermum, 194. 
Mentha piperita, 194. 

— arvensis, 195. 

— viridis, 195. 
Menthol, 195, 810, 840. 

— cones, 811. 

— Japanese, 195. 

— inhalers, 1202. 

— liniment, 1210. 

— plaster, 631. 

— tooth-ache 

remedy, 1248. 

— valerate, 1112. 

— valerianate, 232. 
Menyanthes, 195. 
Menzies' spruce, 115. 
Mercurial lotion, 

black, 801. 

— ointment, 1101. 

— plaster, 630. 
Mercurialis annua, 195. 
Mercuric ammonium 

chloride, 739. 

— chloride, 740. 
solution, 785. 

— compound, 288. 

— iodide, 743. 
ointment, 1102. 

— nitrate 

ointment, 1002. 
diluted, 1103. 

— nitrate solution, 785. 
acid. 785. 

— oleate, 743. 
ointment, 1003. 

— oxides oint- 

ment, 1103. 

— oxide red, 744. 

— oxide yellow, 744, 



The Fenner Formulary 

Mercurio-vegetal, 192. 
Mercurous chloride, 741. 

ointment, 1104. 

comp. pill, 882. 

— compounds, 288. 

— iodide yellow, 742. 
Mercury, 738. 

— (element) 288. 

— amalgams, 288. 

— ammoniated, 739. 
ointment, 1101. 

— bichloride, 740. 
elixir, 577. 

— biniodide, 743. 

— chlorides, 741, 742. 

— compounds, 288. 

— comp. ointment, 1102. 

— cyanide, 741. 

— etherate, 398. 

— green iodide, 742. 

— ointment, 1101. 

— oleate, 848. 

— pill, 882. 

— protiodide, 742. 

— red iodide, 743. 
oxide, 744. 

— salts of, general, 288. 

— subchloride, 741. 

— weed, 195. 

rluidextract, 195. 

— with chalk, 739. 

— yellow iodide, 742. 

oxide, 744. 

Metaboric acid, 475. 
Metacresol, 528. 
Metal, fusible, 257. 

Darcet's, 258. 

Newton's, 258. 

Wood's, 258. 

— cement, 1374. 
Metaldehyde, 859. 
Metaloids, 243. 
Metals, 243. 

Metals, densities of, 244. 

— oleates, 849. 
Metaphosphoric 

acid, 868. 
Methane, 267. 
Methyl, 811. 
Methvl salicylate, 

811, 1303. 
Methylacetanilid, 647. 
Methylacetone, 331. 
Methylated spirit, 401. 
Methylene blue, 

430, 812. 
Methylic acid, 356. 

— alcohol, 410. 
Methyl-iso amyl- 

benzene, 464. 
Methylis salicylas, 811. 



Methylproto catechuic 
aldehyde, 1112. 

Methyl-pyro- 

catechin, 734. 

Methylthioninae hydro- 
chloridum, 812. 

Methylthyonine hydro- 
chloride, 812. 

Methysticum, 195. 

Metol, 888. 

Metric Fluid 

Measures, 66. 

equivalents, 67. 

— weight and 
measure, 59. 

— weights, 63. 

equivalents, 63. 

Metrology, 57. 

Mexican liniment, 1212. 

— wormwood, 130. 
Mezerei cortex, 195. 
Mezerein, 195. 
Mezereon bark, 195. 
Mezereum, 195. 

— rluidextract, 699. 
Microcidin, 310. 
Micromeria, 196. 
Migraine elixir, 627. 
Mikania, 196. 
Mild mercurous 

chloride, 741. 
Milfoil, 118. 
Milk, 186, 766. 

— condensed, 764. 

— malted, 764. 

— of almonds, 1292. 

— of magnesia, 804. 

— of roses, 1292. 

— of sulphur, 976. 

— powdered, 764. 

— punch syrup, 1335. 

— sugar, 765, 923. 

— shake punch, 1342. 
Mineral alkali, 412. 

— glycerin, 726. 

— oils, 845. 
Mineral Waters, 1345. 
Minerals, 243. 
Minium, 282. 
Mint, soda, 1259. 
Mirbane, oil of, 464. 
Mishmi teeta, 154. 
Mistletoe, 

American, 205. 

rluidextract, 205. 

Mistura ammoniaci, 812. 

— amygdalae, 637, 812. 

— asafoetid?e, 637. 

— bismuthi comp., 813. 

— chloroformi, 637. 

— creosoti, 813. 



Index 



1449 



Mistura cretse, 813. 

— ferri comp., 814. 
et ammonii 

acetatis, 814. 

— glycyrrhizae 

composita, 814. 

— guaiaci, 815. 

— magnesii et 

asafoetidae, 815. 

— oleo-balsamica, 1217. 

— olei ricini, 815. 

— potassii citratis, 791. 

— rhei et sodae, 815. 

— sennae comp., 816. 

— spiritus vini 

Gallici, 816. 
Misturae — Mixtures, 812. 
Mitchella, 196. 

— comp. syrup, 1022. 
Mithridate, 1030. 
Mitigated caustic, 453. 

— silver nitrate, 453. 
Mixing, 82. 
Mixture, ague, 1139. 

— alkaline 

..copaiba, 1216. 

— almond, 812. 

— ammoniacum, 812. 

— anti-epileptic, 1216. 

— asafetida, 637. 

— Bert's antineural- 

gic, 1215. 

— bismuth comp., 813. 

— brandy, 816. 

— brown, 814. 

— castor oil, 815. 

— chalk, 813. 

— Chapman's 

copaiba, 1216. 

— copaiba, santal 

and cubeb, 1216. 

— creosote, 813. 

— diarrhoea, 

Gould's, 1217. 

Squibb's, 1217. 

Velpeau's, 1217. 

— Fothergill's 

asthma. 1216. 

— Gadbury's 

spleen, 1217. 

— glycyrrhiza 

compound, 814. 

— gout. Laville's, 1217. 

— Griffith's, 814. 

— guaiacum, 815. 

— Hope's cam- 

phor, 1216. 

— hydrate, 410. 

— iron and 

conium, 1217. 
compound, 814. 



Mixture, Jackson's 

choiera, 1216. 

cough, 1216. 

— magnesia and 

asafetida, 815. 

— Paris' carmin- 

ative, 1216. 

— Pancoast's 

cough, 1216. 

— rhubarb and 

soda, 815. 

— senna comp., 816. 

— theobromine, 481. 

— Townsend's, 1217. 
Mixtures, cholera, 1172. 

— cough, 1177. 

— proprietary, 1215. 
Molasses candy, 1352. 
Molecular weight, 238. 
Molecules 

(chemical), 238. 
Molybdenum 

(element), 290. 

— alloys, 290. 

— compounds, 290. 
Molybdic acid, 290. 
Monamines, 250. 
Monarda, 196. 
Monazotic sand, 267. 
Monesia, 196. 

— extract, 196. 

Monkey bread, 119. 

Mono-bromated cam- 
phor comp. 
elixir, 603. 

Monol, 264. 
Monomethyl- 

catechin, 734. 
Mononitro- 

cellulin, 912. 
Monsell's disinfecting 

solution, 1384. 

— salt, 280. 
Moonseed, 

Canadian, 194. 
Moosewood, 160. 

— fluidextract, 161. 
Morrhuic acid. 827. 
Morrhuine, 827. 
Morrhuol. 820. 
Morrhuolines, 826. 
Morrhuolum, 820. 
Morphina, 816. 
Morphine, 816, 854. 

— acetate, 817. 
solution, 788. 

— and ipecac 

lozenge, 1092. 

— antidote. 819. 

— borate. 819. 

— bromide elixir, 603. 



Morphine bromide 
syrup, 1005. 

— bromides comp. 

syrup, 1005. 

— comp. powder, 908. 

— diacetal, 737, 819. 

— elixir, 603. 

— hydrochloride, 818. 
solution, 788. 

— hypodermic 

injection, 751. 

— lozenge, 1092. 

— oleate, 849. 

— phtalate, 819. 

— Pure Food and 

Drugs Law, 817. 

— sulphate, 818. 

— suppositories, 982. 

— syrup, 1014. 

— tartrate, 819. 
solution, 788. 

— valerate elixir, 603. 
Morphinae acetas, 817. 

— hydrochloridum, 818. 

— sulphas, 818. 

— tartras, 819. 
Morus, 196. 
Moschus, 196. 
Mosquito and black fly 

preventive, 1386. 
Moss, hair-cap, 208. 

— Iceland, 147. 

— Irish, 148. 

— lung, 225. 
Moth, camphor, 822. 
Mother of vinegar, 335. 

— Siegle's curative 

syrup, 1193. 
Motherwort, 188. 

— fluidextract, 188. 
Moulded silver 

nitrate, 453. 
Moustache wax, 1283. 
Mouth waters, 1276. 

— glue, 1376. 

Moxie nerve food, 1343. 
Mountain sage, 130. 
Moyrapuama, 118. 
Mrs. Allen's hair res- 
torer, 1286. 
Mucilage, acacia, 820. 

— casein, 1377. 

— dextrin, 534, 1377. 

— for tin or_ metal, 1377. 

— gum arabic, 820. 

— label, 1377. 

— of elm, 821. 

— sassafras pith, 821. 

— stamp, 1377. 

— syrup acacia, 631. 
Mucilages, 1377. 



1450 

Mucilagines — 

Mucilages, 820. 
Mucilago acaciae, 820. 

— sassafras 

medullas, 821. 

— ulmi, 821. 
Mucana, 197. , 
Mugwort, 130. 

— comp. syrup, 1020. 

— fluidextract, 130. 
Muirapuama, 196. 

— fluidextract, 196. 
Mulberry, 196. 

— fruit, 196. 

— juice, 196. 

— leaves, 196. 
Mullein, 233. 

— flowers, 233. 

— fluidextract, 233. 

— leaves, 233. 

— root, 233. 
Muriate ammonia 

syrup, 1015. 

— of ammonia, 424. 

— of iron tincture, 1054, 
Muriatic acid, 361. 
Musk, 113, 196. 

— artificial, 1300. 

— cologne, 1039. 

— extract, 1297. 

— oil, 846. 

— perfume, 1299. 

— root elixir, 622. 

comp., 622. 

extract, 1297. 

fluidextract, 708. 

— seed extract, 1297. 

— tincture, 196, 1067. 
Muskmelon seed, 204. 
Mustard, 223. 

— comp. liniment, 771. 

— essence, 1317. 

— leaves, 224, 497. 

— liniment, 771. 

— oil, 224. 

artificial, 415. 

expressed, 828. 

volatile, 843. 

— plaster, 497. 

— seed, 223. 

black, 223. 

white, 223. 

— spirit comp., 968. 
Mutisia viciaefolia, 197. 

fluidextract, 197. 

Mutton, suet, 223. 

— tallow, 223. 
My cose, 923. 
Myrcia spirit, 966. 
Myricin, 197. 
Myrica, 197. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Myricia, 197. 

— oil, 197. 
Myricin, 146, 197. 
Alyristica, 198. 
Myristicae adeps, 827. 
Myrrh, 197, 821. 

— Indian, 135. 

— tincture, 1067. 
Myrrha, 197, 821. 
Myrrhic acid, 197. 
Myrrhol, 197. 
Myrtle -wax, 197. 

— Dutch, 197. 

fluidextract, 198. 

— oil, 198. 
Myrtol, 197. 

N 

Nail cosmetics, 1294. 

— powder, 1294. 

— salve, 1294. 
Naphthalin, 510. 
Naphtha, 463, 863. 

— petroleum, 464. 

— wood, 968. 
Naphthalene, 822. 
Naphthalenum, 822. 
Naphthalol, 468, 469. 
Naphthol, 822. 

— alpha, 468. 

— aristol, 468. 

— beta, 468. 
Naphto-salol, 468, 469. 
Naphtol, 468. 
Narceine, 854. 
Narcotfne, 854. 
Nargol, 455. 
Nascent phenic acid 

syrup, 1015. 
Natrium, 307, 932. 

— aceticum, 933. 

— benzoicum, 934. 

— bicarbonicum, 935. 

— causticum, 851. 
Natural oieo- 

resins, 851. 
Neapolitan nougat, 1352. 
Neatsfoot oil, 829. 
Nebulizing liquids, 1217. 
Nectandra bark, 135. 
Nectar syrup, 1337. 
Nectarine syrup, 1337. 
Neem bark, 133. 
Negrosine, 429. 
Neodymium 

— (element), 291. 
Neotterbium, 323. 
Nephritic comp., 1207. 
Neroli essence, 1296. 

— oil, 835. 
Nerolin, 1302. 



Nerve and bone 

liniment, 1213. 

— food, Moxie, 1343. 

— soda tonic, 1343. 
Nervine balsam, 1111. 

— elixir, 1219. 

— ointment, 1111. 

— sedative elixir, 1220. 

— tonic, 1219. 
Nervines, Hypnotics 

and Sedatives, 1219. 
Nervurina, 1220. 
Nesbit's specific, 1216. 
Nettle, 231. 

— fluidextract, 231. 
Nettle-leaved 

verbena, 233. 
Neuralgia remedy, 1213. 
Neurodin, 342. 
Neurosin, 263. 
Neutralizing powder 
for wine, 1364. 

— syrup, 1022. 
New skin, 51/. 
New York "Sun" 

cholera mixture, 
1171. 
Nickel (element), 291. 

— alloys, 291. 

— compound, 291. 

— plating, 291. 

— salts of, 291. 
Nicotina, 198. 
Nicotine, 198. 
Niccolum — Nickel, 823. 
Nicomorrhuine, 827. 
Night blooming 

cereus, 138, 1299. 

fluidext., 138. 

tincture, 138. 

Night corn 

remover, 1174. 
Nitrates, 369. 
Nitre, 901. 
Nitric acid, 368. 

diluted, 370. 

Nitrification, 293. 

Nitrites, 293. 

Nitrogen (element), 292. 

— acids of, 293. 

— compounds, 293. 
Nitrogenium — 

Nitrogen, 823. 
Nitrogenized oils, 831. 

— iron syrup, 1012. 
Nitroglycerin, 292, 726. 

— comp. elixir, 603. 

— solution, 797. 

— spirit, 964. 

— tablets, 1025. 
Nitrobenzol, 464. 



Index 



1451 



Nitrohydrochloric 
acid, 370, 371. 
Nitromuriatic acid, 370. 
Nitroso-nitric acid, 294. 
Nitrous acid, 371. 

— ether, 398. 

cone, 398, 959. 

spirit, 958. 

Nomenclature, 

chemical, 238. 
Nordhausen sulphuric 

acid, 381. 
Non-metals, 243, 244. 
Normal tartrates, 387. 
Norway spruce, 115. 
Norwood's tincture 

veratrum, 1084. 
Nosophen, 1029. 

bismuth, 1029. 

mercury, 1029. 

sodium, 1029. 

Not-metals, 

densities of, 244. 
Noyau syrup, 1337. 
Noyeau, 1372. 
Nuclein, 824. 
Nuphar advena, 198. 
Nut caramels, 1349. 

— oils, 830. 
Nutgall, 171. 

— fluidextract, 171. 

— ointment, 1100. 

— tincture, 1055. 
Nutmeg, 198. 

— butter, 827. 

— essence, 1317. 

— oil, 198, 841. 
expressed, 827. 

— spirit, 966. 
Nutritive soothing 

syrup, 1239. 
Nuts, 111. 
Nux— Nuts, 198. 
Nux vomica, 198. 

elixir, 604. 

extract, 

198, 659, 824. 

fluidext., 198, 699. 

liquid ext., 198, 699. 

tincture, 

1067, 1080. 
Nymphaea, 199. 

O 

Oak, poison, 213. 

— white, 211. 

fluidextract, 211. 

Oat meal, 133. 
Oats, concentrated 
tincture, 1258. 

— rolled, 133. 



Oats, decorticated, 133. 

Obesity remedies, 1223. 

Obstetrical 

ointment, 1111. 

Ocean spray, per- 
fume, 1299. 

Odontine tooth- 
paste, 1274. 

Odontunder, 1248. 

Odors of flowers, 1297. 

— synthetic, 1304. 
Odorous substances, 

extracts for per- 
fumes, 1296. 

CEnothera biennis, 199. 

CEnanthe phellan- 
drium, 199. 

Oh-ren, 154. 

Oil, almond, ex- 
pressed, 825. 

— amber, 843. 

— ambergris, 846. 

— angleworm, 829. 

— aniline, 429. 

— anise, 835. 

— arnicated, 1223. 

— bay, 841. 

— bayberry, 830. 

— bear's, 829. 

— beech nut, 830. 

— benne, 828. 

— benzoin, 846. 

— bergamot, 834. 

— betula, 836. 

— birch, empyreu- 

matic, 842. 

— bitter almond, 834. 
artificial, 462. 

— bone, 491; 

— brazil nut, 830. 

— burdock, 830. 

— cable, 841. 

— cade, 836, 839. 

— cajuput, 836. 

— camphorated, 768. 

— candle nut, 830. 

— caraway, 836. 
chaff, 836. 

— carbon, 863. 
flashing 

point, 863. 
test, 863. 

— cardamom. 830. 

— carron, 767. 

— castor, 828. 

— catarrh, 1164. 

— chamomile, 835. 

— chaulmoogra, 830. 

— chenopodium. 837. 

— cinnamon. 837. 

— cloves, 836. 



Oil, coconut, 826, 830. 

— copaiba, 837. 
— . coriander, 837. 

— cotton seed, 174, 826. 

— croton, 829. 

— cubeb, 837. 

— cucumber, 830. 

— dill, 835. 

— dugong, 830. 

— earache, 1187. 

— eclectric, 1209. 

— ergot, 830. 

— erigeron, 838. 

— etherial, 833. 

— eucalyptus, 838. 

— eulachon, 830. 

— fennel, 838. 

— fir, 115. 

— flaxseed, 826. 

— fousel or fusel, 

409, 426. 

— garlic, artificial, 415. 

— golden, 1211. 

— goose, 829. 

— hair base, 1281. 
coloring, 1281. 

— Harlem, 846. 

— hemlock, 115. 

— hempseed, 830. 

— hen's, 829. 

— hyoscyamus 

seed, 830. 

— juniper, 839. 

empyreumatic, 839. 

tar, 836. 

— lard, 391, 825. 

— larkspur seed, 830. 

— laurel expressed, 826. 

— lavender flowers, 839. 

— lemon, 839. 

— limes, 840. 

— linaloa, 840. 

— mace, 840. 

— mangosteen, 831. 

— menhaden, 830. 

— mineral, 845. 

— musk, 846. 

— mustard, 

artificial, 415. 
expressed, 828. 

— volatile, 8^3. 

— myrbane, 464. 

— neatsfoot, 829. 

— neroli, 835. 

bigarde. 835. 

petale, 835. 

petit grain. 836. 

— nicker seed, 830. 

— nutmeg, 841. 
expressed, 827. 

— oilve, 827. 



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Oil, omega, 1224. 

— orange flowers, 835. 
peel, 835. 

— origanum, 844. 

— palm, 828. 

— paraffin, 845, 

— peach pit or 

persico, 830. 

— pennyroyal, 838. 

— peppermint, 840. 

— pimento, 841. 

— pine, 841. 
needles, 841. 

— pineapple, 479. 

— pinus pumilio, 841. 

— porpoise, 830. 

— pumpkin seed, 830. 

— rape seeds, 828. 

— rattlesnake, 829. 

— red, 847. 

— rhodium, 846. 

— rock, 846. 

— rose, 842. 

— rosemary, 842. 

— rue, 842. 

— sandal wood, 843. 

— santal, 843. 

— savin, 842. 

— seal, 830. 

— Seneka, 845. 

— sesamum, 828. 

— shark, 830. 

— signal, 863. 

— skunk's, 829. 

— soot, 727. 

— spearmint, 840. 

— sperm, 829. 

— spike, 846. 

— spruce, 115. 

— St. Jacob's, 1224. 

— styrax, 846. 

— sweet birch, 836. 

— sunflower seed, 830. 

— tanner's, 830. 

— tar, 841. 

— theobroma, 505, 828. 

— thyme, 844. 

— tonka bean, 830. 

— train oil, 830. 

— tucum, 831. 

— turpentine, 844. 

emulsion, 639. 

rectified. 844. 

— valerian, 845. 

— vitalized, 1225. 

— walrus, 830. 

— whale, 830. 

— wine, heavy, 834. 

— wintergreen, 838. 
artificial, 811. 

— witch hazel, 1225. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Oil, wizard, 1152. 

— woodchuck, 829. 
Oils, fatty, 846. 

— tixed, 824. 

— hair, 1281. 
perfumes, 1282. 

— macerated, 846. 

— medicated, 1223. 

— nitrogenized, 831. 

— nut, 830. 

— oxygenated, 831. 

— sulphurated, 831. 

— volatile, 831. 

other, 845. 

Ointment, 

aconitine, 1095. 

— alkaline, 1110. 

— alum, 1110. 

— ammoniated mer- 

cury, 1101. 

— antiperiodic, 1110. 

— aromatic, 1110. 

— astringent, 1110. 

— atropine, 1096. 

— barber's itch, 1227. 

— basilicon, 495, 1097. 

— belladonna, JL097. 

— benzoin, 1097. 

— calomel, 1104. 

— cantharides, 1098. 
veterinary, 1098. 

— capsicum, 1098. 

— carbolic, 1226. 
acid, 1105. 

— chilblain, 1174. 

— chrysarobin, 1099. 

— citrine, 1102." 

— cocaine, 1099. 

— conium, 1099. 

— creosote, 1099. 

— diachylon, 1100. 

— discutient, 1111. 

— egg, 1110. 

— Egyptian, 1110. 

— eucalyptus, 1100. 

— gall, 1100. 
and opium, 1100. 

— golden, 1226. 

— hamamelis, 1100. 

— healing. 1226. 

— hoof, 1264. 

— iodine. 1104. 

— iodoform, 1105. 

— itch, 1227. 

— juniper tar, 1110. 

— labdanum. 1110. 

— lanolin. 1096. 

— lead, 1106. 

acetate, 1106. 

carbonate. 1106. 

iodide, 1106. 



Ointment, lead 

subacetate, 1100. 
tannate, 1106. 

— magnetic, 1227. 

— mercurial, 1101. 

— mercuric 

iodide, 1102. 

nitrate, 1102. 

diluted, 1103. 

oleate, 1103. 

— mercurous 

chloride, 1104. 

— mercury, 1101. 

compound, 1102. 

diluted, 1102. 

— Mayer's, 1110. 

— nervine, 1111. 

— nutgall, 1100. 

— obstetrical, 1111. 

— paraffin, 1095, 1105. 

— petroleum, 861. 

— phenol, 1095, 1105. 

— pile, 1227. 

— potassium 

iodide, 1106. 

— red iodide of 

mercury, 1102. 
mercuric 

oxide, 1104. 
precipitate, 1104. 

— resin, 1107. 

— resorcinol 

compound, 1111. 

— ringworm, 1227. 

— rose water, 1096. 

— salicylic acid, 1095. 

— salt rheum, 1227. 

— simple, 1094. 

— skin, 1228.^ 

— spermaceti, 1099. 

— stavesacre, 1107. 

— stramonium, 1107. 
compound, 1111. 

— sulphur, 1108. 
iodide^ 1108. 

— tannic acid, 1095. 

— tar, 1105. 

— tartar emetic, 1108. 

— tetter, 1228. 

— thymol. 1228. 

— turpentine, 1108. 

— veratrine, 1108. 

— veterinary, 1228. 

— wax, 1098. _ 

— white precipi- 

tate, 1101. 

— witch hazel, 1229. 

— yellow mercuric 

oxide. 1103. 

— zinc. 1109. 
oleate, 1109. 



Ointment, zinc 
oxide, 1109. 

stearate, 1100. 

Ointments and 

Salves, 1225, 1228. 

Ointments, com- 
pound, 1110. 

— other, 1109. 

— simple, 1110. 
Olea— Oils, 199, 824. 
Oleata— Oleates, 846. 
Oleate, aconitine, 849. 

— atropine, 847. 

— cocaine, 847. 

— copper, 849. 

— mercury, 848. 

— morphine, 849. 

— quinine, 848. 

— strychnine, 849. 

— veratrine, 848. 
Oleates, 372, 847. 

— liquid, 847. 

— of metals, 849. 
Oleatum atropinae, 847. 

— cocainae, 847. 

— hydrargyri, 848. 

— quininae, 848. 

— veratrinae, 848. 
Olefiant gas, 267. 
Oleic acid, 371, 847. 
Olein, 391. 
Oleomargarine, 480. 

— Pure food laws, 480. 
Oleoresin of 

aspidium, 849. 

— capsicum, 850. 

— cubeb, 850. 

— ginger, 851. 

— lupulin, 851. 

— male fern, 849. 

— pepper, 851. 
Oleoresina 

aspidii, 132, 849. 

— capsici, 850. 

— cubeba, 850. 

— lupulini, 851. 

— piperis, 851. 

— zingiberis, 851. 
Oleoresinae — 

Oleoresins, 849. 
Oleoresins, natural, 851. 
Oleo-saccharates, 924. 
Oleum adipis, 825. 

— aethereum, 833. 

— amygdalae 

amarae, 834. 
expressum, 825. 

— anethi, 835. 

— animale aetherum, 829 

— anisi, 835. 

— anthemidis, 835. 



Index 

Oleum aurantii, 835. 

— — florum, 835. 

— bergamottas, 834. 

— betulae, 836. 

— cadinum, 836. 

— cajuputi, 836. 

— cari, 836. 

— carui, 836. 

— caryophylli, 836. 

— chenopodii, 837. 

— cinnamomi, 837. 

— cochlearia, 129. 

— cocos, 826. 

— copaiba, 837. 

— coriandri, 837. 

— crotonis, 829. 

— cubebae, 837. 

— erigerontis, 838. 

— eucalyptus, 838. 

— fceniculi, 838. 

— gaultheriae, 838. 

— gossypii seminis, 826. 

— hedeomae, 838. 

— juniperi, 839. 

— lanae, 393, 829. 

— lauri, 826. 

— lavendulae 

florum, 839. 

— limettae, 840. 

— limonis, 839. 

— linaloae, 840. 

— lini, 826. 

— macidis, 840. 

— menthae piperitae, 840. 
viridis, 840. 

— morrhuae, 826. 

— myrcias, 841. 

— myristicas, 841. 
expressum, 827. 

— olive, 827. 

— ovi vitelli, 830. 

— palmae, 828. 

— picis liquidae, 841. 

— pimentae, 841. 

— pini, 841. 

— rapae, 828. 

— ricini, 828. 

— rosae, 842. 

— rosmarinus, 842. 

— rusci, 842. 

— rutae, 842. 

— sabinae, 842. 

— santali, 843. 

— sesami, 828. 

— sinapis 

expressum, ,.828. 
volatile. 843. 

— succini, 843. 

— terebinthinae, 844. 
rectificatum, 844. 

— theobroma. 505. 



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Oleum theobromatis, 828. 

— thymi, 84£. 

— tiglii, 829. 

— Valerianae, 845. 
Old man, 130. 

— Tom gin, 1357. 
Olibanum, 199. 

— gum, 199. 
Olive oil, 827. 
Omega oil, 1224. 
One iodide elixir, 591. 
Onion, 138. 
Onosmodium 

Virginianum, 199. 
Onyx, 305. 
Opals, 305. 
Ophelic acid, 148. 
Opii pulvis, 852. 
Opium, 200, 852. 

— and ipecac 

syrup, 1022. 

— alkaloids, 854. 

— comp. powder, 908. 
tincture, 1217. 

— confection, 521. 

— deodoratum, 853. 

— deodorized, 200, 853. 
tincture, 1070. 

— elixir, 604. 

— extract, 660. 

— granulated, 200, 853. 
— - granulatum, 853. 

— liniment, 769. 

— liquid extract, 699. 

— pills, 883. 

— plaster, 631. 

— powdered, 200, 852. 

— principal 

alkaloids, 854. 

— Pure Food and 

Drugs Law, 853. 

— tincture, 1067. 

ammoniated, 1069. 

camphorated, 1069. 

— vinegar, 340. 
aromatic, 340. 

— wine, 1118. 
Opodeldoc liquid, 770. 
Opoponax. 200. 

— gum, 200. 
Orange, 132. 

— aniline, 430. 

— bitter, peel, 132. 

— bitters. 1367. 
extract, 1367. 

— blossom, 1250. 

— coloring, 519. 

— comp. elixir, 604. 

— comp. spirit, 539. 

— elixir, 604. 

— essence, 1296, 1317. 



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Orange extract, 
soluble, 1327. 

— flower water, 443. 

stronger, 444. 

triple, 444. 

oil, 835. 

— flowers, 133. 

— ice, 1348. 

— immature fruit, 133. 

— oil, 132. 

— peel bitter, 

tincture, 1038. 

infusion, 753. 

comp., 753. 

oil, 835. 

sweet tincture,, 

— sweet, peel, 132. 

1038. 

— phosphate syrup, 1337. 

— syrup, 986, 1337. 

— spirit, comp., 962. 

— tincture, comp., 1038. 

— wine, 1115. 
Orangeade, 1340. 

— syrup, 1340. 
Orangette, 133. 
Orchil, 204. 
Ordeal bean, 205. 
Oregon fir 

balsam, 115, 852. 

— grape root, 136. 
Organic Materia 

Medica, 106, 114. 
Orgeat syrup, 1337. 
Origanum, 200. 

— oil, 200, 844. 
Orismoriza longi- 

stylis, 201. 
Orphol, 469. 
Orpiment, 255. 
Orris root, 183. 

— essence or ext., 1320. 

— extract, 1297. 

— oil, 183. 

— tincture, 1297. 
Orthocresol, 528. 
Orthoform, 854. 
Ortho-phenolsul- 

phonic acid, 379. 
Orthophosphoric 

acid, 868. 
Orthosiphon 

stamineus, 200. 
Oryzse semina. 200. 

— farina, 201. 
— ■ amylum, 201. 

— aqua, 201. 
Osmiates, 294, 
Osmic acid, 294. 
Osmium (element), 294. 

— compounds, 294. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Osmium, salts of, 294. 
Osmosis, 87. 
Osmunda regalis, 201. 
Ossa sepias, 201. 
Ossae, bones, 113. 
Ostrya Virginica, 201. 
Ottawa beer ext., 1324. 
Otto of ro_se, 842. 
Ourari, 157. 
Ovi albumen, dried, 201 

— siccum, 201. 
Ovum, tgg, 201. 
Oxalates, 373. 
Oxalic acid, 373. 
Ox bile, purified, 666. 

— gall, 167, 655. 

— inspissated, 167, 666. 

— prepared, 167. 

— purified, 167, 666. 
Oxidation, 295, 855. 
Oxides, 295. 

— of nitrogen, 293. 
Oxyacid, 343. 
Oxycollidine, 827. 
Oxydendron 

arboreum, 201. 
Oxygen. 855. 

— element, 294. 

— combinations, 295. 

— compounds, 295. 

— group, 294. 
Oxygenated oils, 831. 
Oxygenium, 855. 
Oxymel, 855. 

— of squill, 856. 

— scillae, 856. 
Oxynarcotine, 854. 
Oxysuccinic acid, 380. 
Ozier, green, 155. 
Ozokerite, 146. 
Ozone, 295, 855. 



Pad glue, 1376. 
Padding glue, 137. 
Pseonia, 202. 

— moutan, 202. 
Pain cure or 

killer, 1152. 
Pain-I-Cure, 1210. 
Pale rose, 213. 
Palladium 

(element), 295. 

— compounds, 295. 

— salts of. 295. 
Palm oil, 828. 
Palmitin, 391. 
Panaceas, 1150. 
Panama bark, 211. 
Panax, 202. 
Pancreas, 113. 



Pancoast's cough 

mixture, 1216. 
Pancreatic solution, 789. 
Pancreatin, 202, 856. 

— and pepsin elixir, 605. 

— elixir, 605. 

— essence, 463. 

— pepsin and bismuth 

eli/ir, 605. 

— saccharated. 857. 

— wine, 1125 
Pancreatinum, 202, 856. 

— saccharatum, 857. 
Pansy, wild, 234. 
Papagostin, 857. 
Papain, 203, 857. 
Papaverine, 854. 
Papaveris capsular, 202. 

— semina, 202. 
Papaw juice, 203. 

— milk, 203. 

dried, 203. 

Papaya, 203. 

Paper, mustard, 497. 

— parchment, 87. 

— potassium nitrate, 498. 
Papine, 857, 1145. 
Papoid, 857. 
Pappoose root, 145. 
Paracotoin, 156, 857. 
Paracresol, 529. 
Paradioxybenzo- 

lum, 748. 
Paraffin, 857. 

— hard, 858. 

— liquid, 858, 862. 

— oil, 727, 845. 

— ointment, 1095, 1105. 

— soft, 858. 

— wax, 147, 
Paraffinum, 857. 

— durum, 858. 

— liquidum, 858, 862. 

— molle, 858. 
Paraform, 858. 
Paraformaldehyde, 858. 
Paregoric elixir, 1042. 
Paraguay tea, 182. 

— fluidextract, 182. 
Paraldehyde, 411, 858. 
Paraldehyde elixir, 606. 

— Pure Food and 

Drugs Law, 859. 
Paraldehydum, 858. 
Paramorphine, 854. 
Paranephrin, 393. 
Parasaccharose, 923. 
Parchment paper, 87. 
Paregoric, 1042, 1069. 

— rapid process, 1070. 
Pareira, 202. 



Pareira brava, 203, 606. 

— fluidextract, 203, 700. 

— liquid extract, 

203, 700. 

— radix, 203. 

— root, 203. 
Parilla, yellow, 194. 

fluidextract, 194. 

Paris' carminative 

mixture, 1216. 
Parsley, 128. 

— essence, 1317. 

— fluidextract, 128. 

— oil, 128. 

— seed, 128. 
Parthenium, 203. 
Parsley fruit ,204. 

— root, 204. 

fluidextract, 204. 

— seed, 204. 

— oil, 204. 
Partridge-berry, 196. 

— comp. syrup, 1022. 

— fluidextract, 196. 
Paste, anatomical, 1378. 

— depilatory, 1277. 

— flour, 1378. 

— for tin, 1378. 

— library, 1378. 
Pastes, 1378. 

- — massage, 1293. 
Pastilles, asthma, 1150. 
Patchouly essence, 1296. 

— perfume, 1299. 
Paullinia cupana, 176. 
Pawpaw, 131. 
Peach syrup, 1338. 
Pearl ash, 412. 

— barley, 126. 
Peat, 266. 

Pear syrup, 1338. 
Peckham's balsam. 1154. 
Pectoral, cherry, 1229. 

— drops, 1229. 

— elixir, 627. 

— pills, 1230. 

— tea, 957,. 1182, 1230. 
Pectorals, 1229, 
Peerless clothes 

cleaner, 1382. 

— dandruff cure, 1277. 

— eczema lotion, 1292. 

— face bleach, 1267. 

— face powder, 1271. 

— grease extractor, 1382. 

— hair remover, 1278. 

— hair tonic, 1288. 

— hair water, 1279. 

— liquid soap, 1313. 

— skin food, 1293. 

— vanishing cream, 1269. 



Index 

Peerless washing 

fluid, 13S2. 
Pelletierine, 175, 859. 

— sulphate, 859. 

— tannate, 175, 859. 
Pelletierina, 859. 
Pelletierinae sulphas, 859. 

— tannas, 859. 
Pellitory, 210. 

— fluidextract, 210. 

— root, 210. 

— tincture, 1072. 
Pencil flower, 226. 

fluidextract, 226. 

Pelosine, 203. 
Pennyroyal, 177. 

— essence, 131/. 

— - fluidextract, 177. 

— oil, 177, 838. 
Pentane, 463. 
Pentene, 428. 
Penthorium 

sedoides, 203. 
Pentiodides elixir, 592. 
Peony. 202. 

— fluidextract, 202. 

— tree, 202. 
Pepo, 203. 
Pepper, 207. ■. 

— black. 207. 

— confection, 521. 

— oleoresin, 207. 

— red, 142. 
Peppermint, 194. 

— camphor, 840. 

— essence, 965, 1317. 

— lozenge. 1353. 

— oil. 195, 840. 

— spirit, 965. 

— water, 449. 
Pepsin, 113, 859. 

— and iron wine, 1126. 

— compound, 861. 
powder, 861. 

— crystal, 860. 

— essence, 643. 

— elixir, 606. 

— elixirs comp., 607, 610. 

— glycerin, 731. 

— gum, 1354. 

— purified, 860. 

— saccharated, 860. 

— syrup, 1015. 

— wine, 1119, 1125. 
Pepsinum, 859. 

— saccharatum, 860. 
Pepsinwein, 1119. 
Peptonized koumiss, 764. 

— milk, 764. 
Peptones, 861. 
Percolation, 98. 



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Percolation, directions 
for, 99.. 

— economy in, 101. 

— history of, 99. 

— water-bath, 102. 
Percolator, 

water-bath, 102. 
Perfume bases, 

synthetic, 1303. 

— essences, 1296. 
Perfumer's alcohol, 409. 
Perfumes, 1294-1310. 

— colorings for, 1307. 

— fixers for, 1306. 

— for hair oil, 1282. 

— handkerchief, 1294. 

— synthetic, 1300. 
Periodic arrangement, 

elements, 240. 

— groups, chemical 240. 

— table, Mendel- 

ejeff's, 240. 
Peronine, 854. 
Perosmic acid, 872. 
Peroxide of 

benzoyl-acetyl, 331. 
Persea gratissima, 204. 
Persian sherbet, 1339. 
Persica, 204. 
Persico oil, 204. 
Peach, 204. 

— leaves, 204. 

fluidextract, 204. 

Persimmon, 160. 

— Japanese, 160. 

— fluidextract, 160. 
Persio. 204. 

Peru balsam, 134. 
Peruvian bark, 149, 507. 

— beer extract, 1325. 

— bitters, 1367. 
extract, 1367. 

— tonic, 1245. 
Petit grain, 133. 
Petrolatum, 861, 862. 

— album, 862. 

— liquid, 862. 

— white, 862. 
Petroleum benzin, 463. 
purified, 466. 

— emulsions, 639. 

— emulsion with hypo- 

phosphites, 639. 

— ether, 463, 863. 

— ointment, 861. 

— refined^ 863. 
Petroselini fructus, 204. 
Petroselinum, 204. 

— radix, 204. 

— fluidextract, 204. 
Pewter, 253. 



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The Fenner Formulary 



Pharmaceutical signs, 21. 

— prefixes, 23. 

— terms and defini- 

tions, 31. 
Phenacetin, 332, 864. 

— with caffeine, 1190. 
Phenacetinum, 864. 
Phenazone, 433, 864. 
Phenazonum, 433, 864. 
Phenetidin, 865. 

- — amido-aceto 

hydrochloride, 866. 

— amygdalate, 866. 

— citrate, 866. 

— quinine-carbonic- 

ester, 866. 

— tartrate, 866. 
Phenic acid nascent 

syrup, 1015. 
Phenocoll hydro- 
chloride, 866. 

— salicylate, 925. 
Phenogams, 108. 
Phenol, 351, 864, 866. 

— glycerite, 731. 

- — or carbolic acid, 510. 

— liquefied. 352, 865. 

— liquefactum, 865. 

— lozenge, 1089. 

— ointment, 1095, 1105. 

— propyl-alcohol, 904. 

— sodique, 1384. 
Phenolphtalein, 865. 
Phenolpyrin, 865. 
Phenolsalyl, 865. 
Phenol-salicylic 

acid, 925. 
Phenyl, 866. 

ethyl-ketone, 331. 

ethyl-urethane, 646. 

— -hydrazin hydro- 

chloride, 867. 

— hydride, 464. 
propyl 

cinnamate, 134. 

— salicylate, 867, 925. 
Phenylacetamide, 329. 
Phenylamine, 429,866. 
Phenyldimethyl- 

pyrazolon, 433. 
Phenylis salicylas, 

867, 925. 
Philonium 

Romanum, 1030. 
Phoradendron, 205. 
Phosote, 528. 
Phosphate acid, 1138^ 

— calcium syrup, 1015. 

— combinations 

svrups, 1016. 

— drinks, 1338. 



Phosphate syrups, 1338. 
Phospates, 297, 375. 

— acid, 376. 

— comp. concentrated 

solution, 952. 

— comp. solution, 952. 

— comp. syrup, 1017. 

— elixir comp., 610. 

— of iron, quinine and 

strych. elixir, 581. 

— of iron, quinine and 

strychnine 

glycerite, 730. 
Phosphites, 297,376, 868. 
Phospho-muriate 

quinine comp., 1245. 
Phosphoric acid, 373. 

concentrated, 375. 

diluted, 375. 

elixir, 610. 

glacial, 374. 

monobasic, 375. 

Phosphorized cod liver 

oil, 1224. 
Phosphorol, 1224. 
Phosphorous acid, 376. 
Phosphorus, 867. 

— (element), 295. 

— acids of, 297, 868. 

— allotropic forms, 

296, 867. 

— amorphous, 867. 

— and nux vomica 

elixir, fill. 

— black, 868. 

— chloride, 868. 

— combinations, 

296, 868. 

— comp. tincture, 1071. 

— elixir, 611. 

— - — compound, 611. 

— etherate, 398. 

— hydride, 868. 

— iron, quinine and 

strych. elixir., 612. 

— oxides. 868. 

— pills, 883. 

— red, 867. 

— white, 868. 
Phosphotal, 528. 
Phytolacca comp. 

syrup, 1022. 
Physalin, 205. 
Physalis, 205. 
Physostigma, 205, 869. 

— extract, 661. 

— semina, 205, 869. 

— tincture. 1071. 
Physostigmina, 205, 869. 
Physostigminae sali- 
cylas, 869. 



Physostigminae 

sulphas, 869. 
Physostigmine, 

205, 641, ,869. 

— discs of, 766. 

— salicylate, 869. 

— sulphate, 869. 
Phytolacca, 205. 

— fluidextract, 700, 1223. 
Phytolacca; fructus, 205. 

— radix, 205. 
Phytolaccin, 206. 
Phytoxylin, 912. 
Picea, 114. 
Pichi, 206. 

— and saw palmetto 

comp. elixir, 612. 

— comp. elixir, 612. 

— folia, 206. 

— fluidextract, 206. 

— leaves, 206. 
Pichurunt semina, 206. 

— beans, 206. 
Picra, 123. 

Picrsena excelsa, 210. 
Picraconitine, 388. 
Picramine, 143. 
Picrates, 376. 

Picric acid, 376. 
Picrol, 920. 
Picrotoxin, 870. 
Picrotoxinum, 870. 
Pile ointment. 1227. 
Pilocarpina, 206, 870. 

— hydrochloride, 870. 

— nitrate, 871. 
Pilocarpine nitras, 871. 

— hydrochloridum, 870. 
Pilocarpine, 206, 870. 
Pilocarpus, 206, 871. 

— elixir, 598. 

— fluidextract, 700. 
— tincture, 1062. 
Pill, blue, 809, 882. 

— aloes and 

asafetida, 877. 

— calomel comp., 882. 

— colocynth comp., 880. 

— driers, 873. 

— excipients, 873. 

— gamboge comp., 879. 

— iron, _ 880. 

making conven- 
iences, 872. 

— asafetida comp., 882. 

— Barbados aloes, 877. 

— colocynth and 

hyoscyamus, 880. 

— galbanum comp., 882. 

— ipecacuanha with 

squill, 882. 



Index 



1457 



Pill, lead with opium, 884. 

— mercurous chloride 

compound, 882. 

— mercury, 882. 

— phosphorus, 883. 

— Plummer, 882. 

— quinine sulph., 884. 

— scammony 

comp., 885. 

— soap comp., 885. 

— Socotrine aloes, 877. 

— squill comp., 885. 
Pills, aloes, 877. 

and iron, 878. 

and mastic, 878. 

and myrrh, 878. 

— asafetida, 887. 

— Beecham's, 1258. 

— Blancard, 881. 

— Blaud's, 880. 

— cathartic comp., 879. 

improved, 878. 

vegetable, 879. 

— chalybeate, 880. 

— coating, 875. 

— cough, 1230. 

— female, 1198. 

— ferrous carb., 880. 

— ferrous iodide, 881. 

— gelatin coating, 876. 

— gilding, 876. 

— Holloway's, 1258. 

— kidney, 1207. 

— laxative comp., 882. 

— making, 875. 

— official, 877. 

— opium, 883. 

— podophyllum, bella- 

donna and capsi- 
cum, 884. 

— rhubarb comp., 

884,_ 885. 

— silvering, 876. 

— sugar coating, 876. 
Pilula aloes et assa- 

fetidse, 877.^ 

Barbadensis, 877. 

et ferri, 878. 

et myrrhse, 878. 

Socotrinse, 877. 

— colocynthidis 

composita, 880. 
et hyoscyami, 88C 

— ferri, 880. 

— galbani comp., 882. 

— hydrargyri, 882. 

— — subchloridi, 882. 

— ipecacuanhas cum 

— phosphori, 883. 

— quininse sulph., 884. 

— rhei comp., 885. 



Pilula saponis com- 
postius, 885. 

— scammonii 

comp., 885. 
scilla, 882. 
Pilulae— Pills, 871. 

— aloes, 877. 

et ferri, 878. 

et mastiches, 878. 

et myrrha, 878. 

— asafoetidae, 878. 

— cathartics comp., 879. 
vegetabilis, 879. 

— ferri carbonatis, 880. 

— ferri iodidi, 881. 

— laxativae comp., 882. 

— opii, 883. 

— phosphori, 883. 

— plumbi cum 

opio, 884. 

— podophylli, bella- 

donna? et cap- 
sici, 884. 

— rhei comp., 885. 
Pimenta, 206. 
Pimento, 206. 

— essence, 1318. 

— oil, 206, S41. 

— water, 450. 
Pimpernel, 206. 

— fluidextract, 206. 
Pinchbeck, 271. 
Pine oil, 841. 

— white, 207. 

fluidextract, 207. 

Pineapple ice, 1348. 

— oil, 479. 

— phosphate syrup, 

133S. 

— syrup, 1338. 
Pinit, 923. 

Pink and senna, 224. 

— saucers, 143. 
Pinkroot, 224. 

— fluidextract, 224. 

— comp. elixir, 612. 
Pinus balsamea, 114. 

— canadensis, 115. 
extract, 1192. 

— picea, 113. 

— pumelio oil, 841. 

— strobus, 207. 

Pip or pep menthol, 811. 
Piper, 207. 

— nigrum, 207. 
Piperazidine, 885. 
Piperazine, 885. 

— quinate, 886. 

— salicylate, 886. 

— sulphoichthyolate, 



Piperazinum, 885. 
Piperidine 

bitartrate, 886. 

— guaiacolate, 886. 
Piperina, 207, 886. 
Piperine, 207, 886. 
Piperonal, 1301. 
Pipsissewa, 148 

— fluidextract, 148. 
Piscidia, 207. 
Piscidise radix, 207. 
Piscidin, 207. 
Pitch, 886. 

— Burgunda, 115. 

— Burgundy, 886. 

— black, 888. 

— Canada, 887. 

— hemlock, 887. 

— plaster, 632. 

— white pine, 887. 
Pitchblend, 301. 

— (uranium oxide), 320. 
Pitcher plant, 219. 

fluidextract, 219. 

Pix— Pitch, 886. 

Pix Burgundica, 115,886. 

— Canadensis, 115, 887. 

— carbonis 

praeparata, 887. 

— juniperi, 887. 

— lithanthracis, 888. 

— liquida, 887. 

— navalis, 888. 

— nigra, 888. 

— pini, 887. 
Pixol, 888. 
Plant food, 1387. 
Plants, 111. 
Plantain, 207. 

— fluidextract, 207. 
Plantation bitters, 1156. 
Plantigo major, 207. 
Plaster, adhesive, 628. 

— ammoniacum and 

mercury, 629. 

— antimonial, 633. 

— belladonna, 629. 

— blistering, 495. 

— camphor. 633, 

— cancer, 634. 

— cantharides. 630. 

— capsicum, 630. 

— corn, 634, 1173. 

— court, 631. 

— dentist's, 264. 

— isinglass, 631. 

— lead, 632. 
iodide, 633. 

— menthol, 631. 

— mercurial, 630. 

— opium, 631.- 



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Plaster of Paris, 264, 487. 

— pitch, 632. 

— resin, 628, 633. 

— soap, 633. 

— warming, 630. 
Plasters,, 628-634. 

— adhesive, 628. 

— unofficial, 633. 
Platinic oxide, 889. 
Platinous oxide, 889. 
Platinum, 888. 

— (element), 888. 

— black, 888. 

— chloride, 889. 

— oxides, 889. 

— sponge, 889. 

— spongy, 889. 
Pleurisy root, 131. 
Plumbi acetas, 889. 

— carbonas, 890. 

— iodidum, 890. 

— nitras, 891. 

— oxidum, 891. 
Plumbum, 281. 
Plumbum— Lead, 889. 

— (element), 281. 
Plummer's pill, 882. 
Podophylli, 918. 

— rhizoma, 207. 
Podophyllin, 918. 
Podophyllum, 207. 

— belladonna and cap- 

sicum pill, 884. 

— comp. elixir, 602. 

— fluidextract, 701. 

— resin, 208, 918. 

— root, 207. 

— tincture, 1072. 
Poeonin, 430. 
Poison ivy, 213. 

— oak, 213. 
Poisons for insects, 

1385. 
Poke, 205. 

— berries, 205. 

— fruit, 205. 

— comp. syrup, 1022. 

— fluidextract, 

205, 700, 1223. 

— root, 205. 
Polemonium, 208. 
Polisher's putty, 319. 
Pollux, 262. 

Polyform liniment. 1213. 
Polygalic acid, 222. 
Polygonatum, 208. 
Polygonum, 208. 
Polymnia, 208. 
Polymniae radix, 208. 
Polypodii rhizoma, 208. 
Polypodium, 208. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Polypody, 208. 
Polytrichum, 208, 
Pomade, barber's, 1283. 

— hair grower, 1280. 

— Hongroise, 1283. 

— pour ie toucher, 1111. 

— massage, 1293. 

— for hair, 1282. 

— from flowers, 1295. 

— stick, 1283. 
Pomegranate, 174. 

— bark, 174. 
decoction, 533. 

— fluidextract, 174, 675. 
Pomelo syrup, 1336. 
Pond lily, white, 199. 

fluidextract, 199. 

yellow, 198. 

Poor man's bitters, 1160. 
Poplar, white, 208. 
fluidextract, 208. 

— buds, 208. 
Poppy, California, 165. 
fluidextract, 165. 

— capsules, 202. 

— oil, 202. 

— seed, 202. 
Populi gemnice, 208. 
Populus, 208. 

— candicans, 208. 

— tremuloides, 208. 
Porcelain cement, 1375. 
Porphyrine, 124. 
Portulaca, 209. 
Port wine, 1365. 

essence, 1364. 

Potash, 412. 

— caustic, 892. 

— prussiate, yellow. 899. 

— solution. 791. 
Potassa, 299, 899. 

— caustica, 892/ 

— cum calce, 892. 

— sulphurata, 893. 

— sulphurated, 893. 

— with lime, 892. 
Potassii acetas, 893. 

— bicarbonas, 893. 

— bichromas, 894. 

— bitartras, 895. 

— bromidum, 895. 

— carbonas., 895. 

— citras, 897. 
effervescent, 897. 

— cyanidum, 897. 

— dichromas, 898. 

— et sodii tartras, 898. 

— ferrocyanidum, 899. 

— hydroxidum, 899. 

— hypophosphis, 900. 

— iodidum, 900. 



Potassii nitras, 901. 

— peimanganas, 902. 

— sulphas, 903. 

— tartras, 903. 

acidus, 895, 903. 

Potassium 

(element), 297. 
Potassium — Kalium, 891. 

— acetate, 893. 
r elixir, 612. 

— -alum, 417, 

— and sodium 

tartrate, 898. 

— arsenite solution, 791. 

— bicarbonate, 893. 

— bichromate, 894. 

— bitartrate, 895, 903. 

— bromide, 895. 
and hydrated 

chloral elix., 613. 

elixir, 612. _ 

comp. elixir, 613. 

— carbonate, 895. 

— chlorate, 895. 
troches, 1092. 

— chromate, red, 894. 

— citrate, 897. 

effervescent, 897. 

— — solution, 791, 952. 

— combinations, 297. 

— cyanide, 897. 

— dichromate, 898. 

— ferrocyanide, 899. 

— hydrate, 892, 899. 

— hydrogen car- 

bonate, 893. 

— hydroxide, 892, 899. 
solution, 792. 

— hypophosphite, 900. 

— iodide, 900. 

— iodide elixir, 614. 

comp., 1203. 

ointment, 1106. 

with soap Hn- 

iment,769. 

— nitrate, 901. 
— paper, 498. 

— permanganate, 902. 
solution, 792. 

— quadroxalate, 373. 

— salts of, general, 

297. 

— salts, other, 904. 

— sulphate, 903. 

— tartrate, acid, 895. 

neutral, 903. 

normal, 903. 

Potassio-ferric 

tartrate, 670. 
Potpourri for rose 
jar, 1310. 



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Powder, acetanilide 
comp., 904. 

— almonds comp., 904. 

— antiseptic, 114b. 

— antimonial, 904. 

— aromatic, 905. 

— baking, 1380. 

acid phos., 1380. 

alum, 1380. 

tartaric acid, 1380. 

— bitters, 1161. 

— bloom of Ninon, 1271 

— catarrhal, 1164. 

— catechu comp.., 905. 

— chalk and opium, 905 

aromatic, 905. 

compound, 906. 

— cinnamon, comp., 906 

— depilatory, 1277. 

— Dover's, 907. 

— effervescing 

comp., 906. 

— eletarin comp., 906. 

— fineness of, 83. 

— flesh, face, 1270. 

— glycyrrhiza 

comp., 906. 

— Gregory's, 908. 

— hog cholera, 1262. 

— invisible face, 1271. 

— ipecacuanha 

comp., 907. 

— jalap comp., 907. 

— James', 904. 

— kino comp., 907. 

— liquorice comp., 906. 

— morphine comp., 908. 

— nail toilet, 1294. 

— of Algorath, 253. 

— opium comp., 908. 

— peerless face, 1271. 

— rhubarb comp., 908. 

— rose or violet, 1271. 

— salicylic acid 

and talc, 909. 

— scammony comp., 909. 

— talcum toilet, 1271. 

— tartarated soda 

effervescent, 909. 

— theatre, white, 1271. 

— tragacanth, 

comp., 909. 

— Tully's, 908. 
Powdered milk, 764. 

— opium, 852. 
Powders, baking, 1379. 

— condition, 1261. 

— disinfecting, 1383. 

— hair, 1284. 

— headache, 1200. 

— heave, 1262. 



Powders, ink, 1991. 

— poultry, 1263. 

— sachet, 1310. 

— seidlitz, 906, 909. 

— veterinary, 1261. 
Praseodymium 

(element), 301. 

— salts of, 301. 
Prayer-beads, 116. 
Precipitated chalk, 484. 

— sulphur, 314. 
Precipitates, wash- 
ing, 103. 

Precipitation, 103. 
Prefixes, Med. and 

Pharm., 23. 
Preparations, 

Adhesive, 1373. 

— Heart, 1200. 
Prepared coal tar, 887. 

— chalk, 484. 

— storax, 972. 

— suet, 932. 

— wine, 1120 L 

— wines, 13(55. 
Preston's salts, 1312. 
Prickly ash, 235. 
fluidextract, 

235, 710. 

— elder, 129. 

fluidextract, 129. 

Primary alcohols, 400. 
Primrose, evening, 199. 

fluidextract, 199. 

Prince Rupert's, 
metal, 271. 
Prince's pine, 148. 
Prinos, 209. 

— cortex, 209. 
Principles of opium, 854 
Processes, working, 81. 
Proof spirit, 403. 

— of spirits, 403. 

— vinegar, 336. 
Propylamine, 904. 

— salicylate elixir, 614. 
Propylbenzene, 464. 
Propylic alcohol, 904: 
Prophylactic 

vinegar, 336. 
Propylenyl, 415, 
Proprietary medicines, 

1137. 
Propyl or trityl, 904. 
Protargol, 455. 
Protopine, 854. 
Protoxide of iron 

elixirs, 614. 

syrup, 1018. 

Prune or plum 

syrup, 1338. 



Prunes, 209. 

Pruni Virginianae, 209. 

Prunin, 209. 

Prunum, 209. 

Prunus Virginiana, 209. 

Prussian blue, 280, 299. 

Prussiates, 364. 

Prussic acid, 364, 531. 

Prussiate of potash, 

yellow, 899. 
Pseud-aconine, 388. 
Pseud-aconitine, 388. 
Pseudo-morphine, 854. 
Ptelea, 209. 
Ptelein, 209, 921. 
Pterocarpi lignum, 218. 
Ptyalin, 536. 
Pullna water, 

solution, 1346. 
Pulmonaria, 209. 

— fluidextract, 209. 
Pulp, cassia, 144. 
Pulque, 212. 
Pulsatilla, 209. 

— tincture, 1072. 
Pulveres— Powders, 904. 
Pulvis acetanilidi 

comp., 904. 

— amygdalae comp., 904. 

— antimonialis, 904. 

— aromaticus, 905. 

— catechu comp., 905. 

— cinnamomi 

comp., 905, 

— cretae aromat- 

icus, 905. 

cum opio, 905. 

comp., 906. 

— effervescens 

comp., 906. 

— elaterini comp., 906. 

— glycyrrhizae 

comp., 906. 

— ipecacuanhas 

comp., 907. 

— jalapae comp., 907. 

— kino comp., 907. 

— morphinae comp., 908. 

— opii comp., 908. 

— rhei comp., 908. 

— salicylicus cum 

talco, 909. 

— scammonii 

comp., 909. 

— sodae tartaratae 

effervescens, 909. 

— tragacanthae 

comp., 909. 
Pumpkin seed, 203. 
Punch drinks, 1344. 

— grape juice, 1345, 



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Pungents, 1311. 
Purgamenta, 1230. 
Purgative prepara- 
tions, 1230. 
Purgen, 865, 1230. 
Purglets, 1230. 
Purifiers, blood, 1161. 
Purslane, 209. 

— fluidextract, 209. 
Pycnanthemum, 210. 
Pycnometers, 72. 
Pyoktannin, 430. 
Pyramidon, 909. 

— camphorate, acid, 910 
neutral, 910. 

— salicylate, 910. 
Pyrene, 888. 
Pyrethri flores, 210. 

— radix, 210. 
Pyrethrine, 210. 
Pyrethrum, 210. 

— fluidextract, 210. 

— root, 210. 

— tincture, 1072. 
Pyridina, 910. 
Pyridine, 510, 910. 

— tannate, 910. 
Pyrmont water, 

solution, 1347. 
Pyroacetic spirit, 

330, 968 ; 
Pyroboric acid, 475. 
Pyrocatechin, 888. 
Pyrodin, 342. 
Pvrodone, 910. 
Pyrogallic acid, 910. 
Pyrogallol, 910. 

— diacetate. 911. 

— monacetate, 911. 

— oxidized, 911. 

— triacetate, 911. 
Pyroguaiacin, 176. 
Pyroleum lithanthracis, 

888 
Pyrolusite, 287. 
Pyrometers, 78. 
Pyr r oxylic soirit, 968. 
Pyroxylin. 911. 
Pyroxylinum, 911. 
Pyrus malus, 210. 

Q 

Quassia, 210. 

— extract, 662. 

— fluidextract, 701. 

— infusion, 754. 

— lignum, 210. 

— solution, cone, 792. 

— tincture. 1073. 

— wood, 210. 
Quassin, 211, 223. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Quebracho, 132. 

— tincture, 1073. 
Queen's root, 225. 

com. syrup, 1023. 

fluidextract, 707. 

Quercit, 923. 
Quercitrin, 211. 
Quercitrose, 923. 
Quercus alba, 211. 

— fluidextract, 702. 
Quicksilver, 288. 
Quieting syrup, 1239. 
Quillaja, 211. 

— bark, 211. 

— fluidextract, 702. 

— sea foam, 1287. 

— tincture, 1074. 
Quillaise cortex, 211. 
Quince syrup, 1338. 
Quinia. 912. 

— Laroche tonic, 1245. 
Quinidia, 912. 
Quinidina. 912. 
Quinidine. 912. 

— sulphate, 912. 
Quinina, 912. 
Quinine, 49S. 912. 

— and morphine brom- 

ide syrup, 1006. 

— bisulphate, 913. 

— bromide syrup, 1006. 

— cincho-, 915. 

— comb, syrups, 1016. 

— comp. elixirs, 615. 

— dextro-. 915. 

— elixir, 615. 

— flower, 216. 

— hospital, 915. 

— hydrobromide, 913. 

— hydrochloride, 914. 
acid. 914. 

— oleate, 848. 

— salicylate. 914. 

— sulphate. 915. 
pill, 884. 

— sweet, 915. 

— syrup, tasteless, 1018. 

— tincture, 1074. 

— — ammoniated. 1074. 

— wine, 1116. 1119. 
Quinina? bisulphas, 913. 

— hydrobromidum, 

913. 

— hydrochloridum, 

913. 
acidum. 914. 

— salicylas, 914. 

— sulphas, 915. 
Quinidina? sulphas, 912. 
Ouinoidin. 508. 
Quinol, 748. 



Quinqline, 498, 916. 
R 

Radicals, alcohol, 400. 
Radices— Roots, 211. 
Radium (element), 301. 

— compounds, 301. 

— salts of, 301. 
Ragweed, 124. 
Raisins, 232. 

Jxape seeds oil, 828. 
Raspberry, 214. 

— fluidextract, 214. 

— juice, 214. 

— leayes, 214. 

— phosphate, 1339. 

— syrup, 998, 1338. 

— vinegar, 341. 

— wine, 1365. 
Rat poison, 1386. 

— paste poison, 1386. 
Ready balm or 

relief, 1152. 

— oil liniment, 1213. 

— relief, 1210. 
Realgar, 255. 
Reamur scale, 78. 
Rectal suppos- 
itories, 9/9, 

Rectified spirit, 403, 966. 
Red aniline, 430. 

— carmine, 518. 

— clover blossoms, 230. 

fluidextract, 230. 

comp. syrup, 1237. 

— cochineal coloring, 

518. _ 
fruit acid, 518. 

— cudbear, 518. 

— elixir, 617. 

— gum, 165. 

— — lozenge. 1090. 

— iodide of mer- 

cury, 743. 

— mercuric oxide 

ointment, 1104. 

— oil, 847. 

— oxide of mer- 

cury, 744. 

— pepper, 142. 

— phosphorous, 867. 

— poppy petals, 213. 
syrup, 998. 

— precipitate, 744. 
ointment, 1104. 

— root, 145, 

comp. syrup, 1021. 

— rose, 214. 

fluidextract, 214. 

petals, 214. 

— saunders wood, 218. 



Red wine, 1120. 

— wine, artificial, 1363. 

— wines, 1361. 
Reduced iron, 678. 

lozenge, 1090. 

Refined petrolatum, 863. 

— sugar, 922. 
Refrigeration, 104. 
Regulator, heart, 1200. 
Regulus of 

antimony, 431. 
Relief, asthma, 1149. 

— golden, 1211. 
Remedy, catarrh, 1104._ 

— favorite female,, 1197. 
Remedies, cholera, 1264. 

— colic, 12(34. 

— consumption, 1178. 

— corn and bun- 

ion, 1172. 

— cough, 1174-1183. 

— diarrhoea and 

dysentery, 1184. 

— dyspepsia, 1185-1187. 

— earache, 1187. 

— feet, 1195. 

— female, 1196-1198. 

— for baldness, 1276. 

— for dandruff, 1277. 

— hay fever, 1199. 

— headache, 1200. 

— liver and kidney, 

1204-1208. 

— obesity, 1223. 

— rheumatic, 1231. 

— standard, 1137. 

— tape worm, 1256. 

— tooth-ache, 1246-1249. 
Remover, hair, 1278. 
Renewer. hair, 1284. 
Rennet liquid, 1257. 
Renovator, hair, 1285. 
Requisites, soda 

water, 1328. 
Resina, 916. 

— copaiba?, 917. 

— draconis, 218. 

— jalapa?, 917. 

— podophylli, 918. 

— scammonii, 918. 
Resina? — Resins, 916. 
Resina? jalapa, 761, 917. 
Resin, 916. 

— copaiba. 917. 

— jalap, 761, 917. 

— ointment, 1107. 

— plaster. 628, 633. 

— podophyllum, 

208, 9 IS. 

— scammonv. 918. 
Resinoids, 920. 



Index 

Resinoids, general 
formula, 920. 
Resol, 888. 
Resopyrin, 920. 
Kesorcin, 919. 

camphor, 920. 

phtaiein, 920. 

Resorcinol, 125, 919. 

— comp. ointment, 1111. 
Restoratives, hair, 12b4. 
Ketinol, 91/. 

Rex magnus 

specific, 1241. 
Rhamnin, 212. 
Rhamnus 

catharticus, 212. 

— Purshiana, 212. 

cortex, 143. 

Rhatanine, 186. 
Rhatany, 186. 

— extract, 186, 657. 

— ff'uidextract, 186, 697. 

— root, 186. 

— suppository, 982. 

— tincture, 1063, 1074. 
Rheum, 212. 
Rheumatic bitters, 1233. 

— elixir, 12: '>.">. 

— liniment, 1213. 

— remedies, 1231-1333. 

— tea, 1233. 
Rhei radix, 212. 
Rhinewine. 1365. 

— essence, 1364. 
Rhizoma — Rhizome, 

213, 921. 
Rhizoma? curcuma?, 157. 
Rhodalin, 1931. 
Rhodeoretin, 184, 761. 
Rhoeadine, 854. 
Rhceados petala, 213. 
Rhodium (element), 302. 

— combinations, 302. 

— salts of, 302. 
Rhodinol, 1302. 
Rhodium oil, 846. 
Rhigolene, 863. 
Rhubarb, 212. 

— and columbo 

elixir, 616. 

— and magnesia 

elixir, 616. 

— and potassium 

syrup. 1022. 
comp. elixir, 617. 

— and soda mixture, 815. 

— comp. pills, 885. 

— comp. powder, 908. 

— elixir, 616. 

— extract. 663. 
compound, 663, 



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Rhubarb fluid- 
extract, 212, 703. 
— - infusion, 754. 

— solution cone, 792. 

— soothing syrup, 1239. 

— syrup, 997. 
aromatic, 997. 

— tincture, 1075. 

aromatic, 1075. 

compound, 1076. 

spiced, 1075. 

Rhus glabra, 213. 
fluidextract, 

213, 7U3. 

— succedaneum, 146. 

— toxicodendron, 213. 

tincture, 213. 

Ribbon inks, 1391. 
Kice.- 126, 200. 

— flour, 201. 

— starch, 201. 

— water, 201. 
Richard's chalk 

mixture, 1216. 
Ricini folia, 213. 
fluidextract, 213. 

— oleum, 213. 

— semina, 213. 

fluidextract, 213. " 

Ricinus, 213. 

Riesling wine 

essence, 1364. 

Ringworm oint- 
ment, 1227. 

Roborans elixir, 627. 

Rochelle salt, 898, 933. 

Rock and rye, 1360. 

Rock oil, 846. 

Roman punch 

essence, 1372. 

syrup, 1339. 

Root, alkanet, 126. 

— angelica, 127. 

— beer extract, 1325. 

— colic, 122. 

— unicorn, 122. 
Roots, 112. 

Rosa centifolia, 213. 

— Gallica, 214. 
Rosa? gallica? 

petala, 214. 
Rosalie acid, 429. 
Rose bandoline, 1265. 

— essence^ 1296, 1318. 

— fluidextract, 704. 

— geranium essence, 

1296. 

— honey, 810. 

— jar potpourri, 1310. 

— oil, 842. 

— otto, 842. 



1462 

Rose, pale, 213. 

— pink, 216. 

— sachet, 1310. 

— syrup, 998. 

— tooth-powder, 

1275, 1271. 

— triple extract, 1295. 

— wash injection, 1203. 

— water, 450. 

ointment, 1096. 

stronger, 451. 

triple or 

quadruple, 451. 
Roses, bloom of, 1267. 

— confection, 522. 

— cream of, 1266. 

— infusion, 754. 

— syrup, 998. 

— vinegar, 340. 
Rosemary, 214. 

— comp. liniment, 1107. 

— essence, 1296, 1318. 

— fluidextract, 214. 

— leaves, 214. 

— oil, 214, 842. 

— spirit, 967. 

— vinegar, 339. 

— wild, 188. 
Rosin, 228, 916. 
Rottlera tinctora, 185. 
Rouge, 280. 

— liquid, 518. 
Roxa tonic, 1246. 
Rosin cerate, 495. 
compound, 496. 

— oil, 917. 

— weed, 223. 

fluidextract, 223. 

Rosmarinsalbe, 1107. 
Rosmarinus, 214. 
Rubber,141, 162. 

— hard, 162. 

— Para, 141. 

— tire cement, 1374. 

— vulcanized, 162. 
Rubia, 214. 
Rubidium (element), 303. 

— combinations, 303. 

— salts of, 303. 
Rubrum elixir, 617. 
Rubus, 214. 

— fluidextract, 704. 

— Idasus, 214. 

— syrup, 998. 
Ruby oriental, 247. 

— sulphur, 255. 
Rudbeckia lancinata, 215. 

— purpurea, 215. 
Rue, 215. 

— fluidextract, 215. 

— goat's, 170. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Rue oil, 842. 

— vinegar, 339. 
Rum, 1558. 

— artificial, 1358. 

— bay, 966. 

— cocktail, 1368. 

— essence, 

J amaica, 1358. 
Rumex acetosella, 215. 

— comp. syrup, 1023. 
Ruta, 215. 
Rutae folia, 215. 
Ruthenium 

(^element), 303. 

— combinations, 303. 

— salts of, 303. 
Rutin, 215. 
Russian cholera 

drops, 1172. 
Rye and rock, 1360. 



Sabadilla, 215. 

— fluidextract, 215. 
Sabadilline, 215. 
Sabal, 215. 
Sabbatia, 216. 
Sabina, 216. 
Sacchara — Sugars, 921. 
Saccharated lime 

solution, 776. 

— pepsin, 860. 

— pancreatin, 857. 

— spermaceti, 147. 
Saccharates, 924. 
Saccharatum 

lactis, 923. 
Saccharin, 466, 723. 

— elixir, 586. _ 

— solution, 953. 
Saccharine, 924. 

— substances, 923. 
Saccharoids, 921. 
Saccharose, 921. 
Saccharoses, 923. 
Saccharum, 216, 922. 

— lactis, 765. 

— purificatum, 922. 
Sachet powders, 1310. 

base for, 1310. 

Sacred bark, 143, 212. 
Safrol, 924. 
Safrolum, 924. 
Saffron, 156. 

— orange, 519. 

— tincture, 156, 1052. 
Sage, 126, 217. 

— essence, 1318. 

— mountain, 130. 

— oil, 217. 
Sagepenum, 216. 



Sal absinthii, 117. 

— acetosella, 298. 

— ammoniac, 424. 

— hepatica, 1235. 

— nitre, 901. 

— prunelle, 901. 

— succini volatili, 379. 

— tartar, 895. 

— volatile, 423. 
Salacetol, 331, 925. 
Salad oil, 827. 
Salep, 216. 

— tubera, 216. 
Salicinum, 217. 
Salicin, 217, 924. 
Salicoll, 925. 
Salicyl, 924.^ 

— acetal, 925. 

— bromanilid, 435. 
Salicylamide, 925. 
Salicylates, 378. 
Salicylatrenpulver, 909. 
Salicylic acid, 377. _ 
comp. collodion, 

516. 

elixir, 618. 

and talc 

powder, 909. 
ointment, 1095. 

— ether, 644. 

— mouth water, 1276. 

— tooth-ache cure, 1248. 
Salicylica rheumatic 

remedy, 1232. 
Salicylol, 925. 
Salicylous acid, 925. 
Salicynum, 924. 
Saliformin, 925. 
Saligallol, 911. 
Saligenin, 924. 
Sali-naphthol, 468. 
Salipyrine, 435. 
Salithymol, 1032. 
Salix, 216. 
Salochinin, 925. 
Salol^ 867, 925. 
— antipyrine, 435. 

— camphor, 926. 

— rheumatic 

remedy, 1233. 
Salophen, 342, 925. 
Saloquinine, 925. 
Salt, artificial 

Carlsbad, 1191. 

— common salt, 938. 

— crab-orchard, 1234. 
efferves- 
cent, 1190. 

— effervescent 

Kissingen, 1190. 

— Epsom, 805. 



Index 



1463 



Salt, fruit or grape, 1234. 

— Glauber's, 943. 

— hepatic, 1235. 

— of tartar, 895. 

— rheum ointment, 

1227. 

— Vichy, 1191. 
Saltpetre, 300, 901. 
Salts, amorphous, 87. 

— Carlsbad 

artificial, 1234. 

— effervescent, 

1188, 1191. 
Carlsbad, 1190. 

— of lemon, 300. 

— of wormwood, 117. 

— Preston's,. 1312. 

— proprietary, 1233. 

— smelling, 1311. 

— of sorrel, 300. 

— of tartar, 299. 
Salumin, 925. 
Salversan, "606," 458. 
Salve, arnica, 1226. 

— carbolic, 1226. 

— catarrh, 1166. 

— corn, 1173. 

— nail toilet, 1294. 
Salves, eye, 1194. 

— lip, 1290. 
Salvia, 217. 
Salviol, 217. 
Samarium 

(element), 303. 

— combinations, 303. 

— salts of, 303. 
Sambuci flores, 217. 
Sambucus, 217. 
Sandal-wood, 218. 

— oil, 843. 
Sanguinaria, 217. 

— fluidextract, 

217, 704. 

— tincture, 1076. 
Sanguinarin, 217. 
Sanguinarine. 217. 

— nitrate, 217. 

— sulphate, 217. 
Sanguis draconis, 218. 
Sandarac, 217. 
Sandaracha, 217. 
Sanicele, 218. 

Santa Cruz rum, 1358. 
Santal oil, 843. 

— essence, 1296. 
Santalum citrinum, 218. 

— rubrum, 218. 
Santalwood oil, 218. 

— fluidextract, 218. 

— red, 218. 

— yellow, 218. 



Santiculata 

Maruandica, 218. 
Santonica, 218. 
bantonin, ^18, 926. 

— troches, 1092. 
Santoninum, 926. 
sapo, 929. 

— ammaiis, 929. 

— clurus, 929. 

— mollis, 929. 

— viridis, 929. 
Sapoes — Soaps, 926. 
Saponaceous tooth 

paste, 1274. 

powder, 1275. 

wash, 1273. 

Saponaria, 218. 
Saponin, 218, 
Sappan, 218. 

— wood, 218. 
Sapphire, 247. 
Saponin, 211, 222. 
Sarracenia, 219. 

— flava, 219. 
Sarsa; radix, 219. 
Sarsaparilla, 219. 

— American, 129. 

— fluidextract, 219. 

— compound, 1235. 

concentrated, 1236. 

decoction, 532. 

elixir, 618. 

solution, 

cone, 793. 

— compounds, 1235. 

— essence, 1000, 1318. ^ 

— extract soluble, 1327. 

— flavoring, 1000. 

— fluidextract, 704. _ 
compound, 705. 

— Honduras, 219. 

— Indian, 178. 

fluidextract, 178. 

— Jamaica, 219. 

— liquid extract, 705. 

— Mexican, 219. 

— resolvent, 1237. 

— soda syrup, 1339. 

— stillingia and red 

clover ext., 1236. 

— syrup comp., 999. 
Sassa bark, 165. 

— fluidextract, 165. 
Sassafras, 219. 

— bark, 219. 

— essence, 1318. 

— fluidextract, 219. 

— medulla, 219. 

— oil, 219. 

— pith, 219. 

— pith mucilage, 821. 



Sassafras radix, 220. 

— root, 219. 

— tea, 219. 
Satureja, 220. 
Saunders wood, red, 218. 
Savin fluidextract, /04. 

— oil, 842. 
Savana flower, 231. 

— fluidextract, 231. 
Savine, 216. 

— fluidextract, 216. 

— oil, 216. 

Saw palmetto, 215. 
fluidextract, 215. 

— fruit, 215. 
and coca 

elixir, 619. 
santal comp., 

elixir, 619. 

comp. elixir, 618. 

Scammoniae 

resina, 220, 918. 
Scammonium, 220. 
Scammony, 220. 

— resin, 220. 

— comp. pill, 885. 
powder, 909. 

— confection, 522. 

— resin, 918. 
Scandium 

(element), 303. 

— combinations, 303. 

— compounds, 303. 
Schiedam schnapps, 

1357. 
Scilla, 220. 

— comp. elixir, 619. 
Scillipicrin, 221. 
Scillitin, 221. 
Sclerotic acid, 164, 378. 
Scoparii cacumina, 221. 
Scoparin, 221. 
Scoparius, 221. 

— fluidextract, 221. 
Scopola, 221, 930. 

— extract, 663. 

— fluidextract, 706. 
Scopolamina, 930. 
Scopolamine hydro- 

bromidum, 931. 
Scopolamine, 930. 

— hydrobromide, 

748, 930, 931. 

— hydrochloride, 930. 

— hydriodide, 931. 

— sulphate, 931. 
Scrofularia, 220. 

— fluidextract, 220. 
Scullcap, 221. 

— fluidextract, 221, 706. 
Scurvy-grass, 152, 



1464 

Scurvy-grass con- 
fection, 520. 
Scutellaria, 221. 

— fluidextract, 221, tOQ. 
Scutellarin, 221. 

Sea breeze 

perfume, 1299. 
Sea foam, 12b7. 
Seal, Solomon's, 208. 
Sebacic ether, 644. 
Sebum bovinum, 223. 

— salicylicum, 223. 
Sedative cough 

remedy, 1180. 

— elixir, 613. 

— nervine elixir, 1220. 
Seed, anise, 127. 

— dill, 127. 

— quince, 158. 
Seeds, 112. 
Seeley's disinfecting 

solution, 13S4. 
Seidlitz powders, 909. 
Selenic acid, 304. 
Selenium 

(element), 303. 

— acids of, 304. 

— combinations, 303. 

— salts of, 304. 
Selenous acid, 304. 
Seltzer aperient, 

1147, 1234. 

— water, solution, 1347. 
Semen cydoniae, 158. 
Semina — Seeds, 

221, 931. 
Senecin, 222, 921. 
Senecio. 22*2. 

— fluidextract, 222. 
Senega. 222. 

— fluidextract. 222, 706. 

— infusion. 754. 

— root, 222. 

— solution, cone, 793. 

— syrup. 1001. 

— tincture, 1077. 
Senegas radix. 222. 
Senegin, 222. 
Seneka oil, 845. 
Senna, 222. 

— Alexandria. 222. 

— alcoholized, 222. 

— fluidextract. 222. 

— comp. elixir. 620. 

— comp. mixture, 816. 

— confection. 522. 

— East India, 222. 

— elixir. 619. 

— fluidextract, 706f. 

— Tndica, 222. 

— infusion, 754. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Senna infusion L 
compound, <52. _ 

— solution cone, <93. 

— syrup, 1002. 

— tincture comp., 10/8. 

— Tinnivella, 222. 
Separation, 

methods of, 104. 
Series, aromatic, 464. 

— benzene, 464. 

— thionic, 3S7. 
Seronoa serrulata, 215. 
Serpentaria. 223. 

fluidextract, 707. 
Serpentariae 

rhizoma, 223. 

— fluidextract, 223. 
Serpentary, 223. 

— infusion, 754. 

— tincture, 1078. 

— solution cone, 794. 

— tincture, 1078. 
Serum anti- 
diphtheritic, 931. 

— anti-diph- 

theriticum, 931. 
Serums, 113. 
Sesamum, 223. 

— oil, 82S. 
Seven barks. 180. 

— seals, 1210. 
Sevum, suet, 113. 

— praeparatum, 

223. 923. 
Shake drinks, 1342. 
Shakers' root ext., 1193. 
Shampoo liquids, 1286. 
Shampoos, 1286. 
Shaving cream. 1269. 
for metal 

tubes. 1269. 
Shell-bark hickory, 143. 
Shellac, 186. 

— orange, 186. 

— white, 186. 
Sheep laurel. 185. 

fluidextract, 185. 

Sheep sorrel. 215. 

fluidextract, 215. 

Shepherd's purse, 141. 
Sherbet, cream, 1348. 

— essence or ext., 1320. 

— syrup, 1339. 

Sherry wine. 1120, 1365. 

detannated. 1120. 

essence, 1364. 

Shot, black, 1215. 
Sierra salvia, 130. 
Signs used in 

pharmacy, 21. 

— botanical, 21. 



Silica, 305. 
Silicates, 305. 
Silicic acid, 305. 
Silicon (element), 304. 

— combinations, 304. 

— compounds, 304. 
Silkweed, 131. 
Silphium, 223. 
Silver, 451. 

— (element), 305. 

— albumin, 455. 

— casein, 455. 

— collodial, 455. 

— combinations, 305. 

— compounds, 305. 

— cyanide, 452. 

— German, 271. 

— methods of 

separating, 305. 

— nickel, 271. 

— nitrate, 452. 

fused, 453. 

mitigated, 453. 

moulded, 453. 

— nucleo proteid, 455. 

— oxide. 454. 

— plating, 305. 

— quinaseptolate, 455. 

— refined. 452. 

— vitellin. 455. 
Simple elixir, 541. 

— ointment, 1094. 

— syrup, 983. 
Simulo tincture. 1099. 
Simaruba. 223. 

— bark. 223. 

— fluidextract, 223. 
Sinapis. 223. 

— alba, 223. 

— nigra. 223. 

semina. 223. 

— albae semina. 223. 
Skin food, peerless, 

1293. 

— ointment, 1228. 
Skunk bush, 171. 
cabbage. 161. 

— — fluidextract, 161. 
Slaked lime, 485. 
Slippery elm, 231. 
Sloe. 234. 

Smalt. 270. 
Smaltite. 269. 
Smaragdin, 408. 
Smartweed, 208. 

— compound. 1211. 

— fluidextract, 208. 
Smelling salts. 1311. 
Smilacin. 224. 
Smilax. 224. 

— sarsaparilla, 224. 



Snakehead, 147. 
Snakeroot, black, 149. 

— button, 164. 

— Canada, 131. 

— Virginia, 223. 
Snakeweed, 136, 166. 
Snuff beans, 229. 

— catarrh, 1166. 
Soap, 929. 

— bark, 211. 
fluidextract, 

211, 702. 
tincture, 211. 

— compound, pill, 885. 

— dialysed, 536. 

— green, 9j29. 

— hard L 929. 

— liniment, 770. 

— mottled castile, 929. 

— plaster, 633. 

— soft, 929. 

— tincture, 1077. 

— white castile, 929. 
Soaps, 926. 

— hard, general 

formula, 927. 

— liquid, 1313. 

— soft, general 

formula. 927. 

— toilet, 1312. 
Soapwort, 218. 

— fluidextract, 218. 
Socotrine aloes, 416. 
Soda, 939. 

— ash, 412. 

— caustic, 939. 

— foam, 1332. 

— hypophosphite 

syrup, 1010. 

— ice cream. 1341. 

— mint, 1259. 

— tartarata, 898. 933. 

— tartarated, 898, 933. 

— water 

requisites, 1328. 

syrup, 1329. 

syrups, 1333. 

Sodii acetas, 933 

— arsenas, 933, 934. 
exsiccatus, 934. 

— benzoas, 934. 

— bicarbonas, 935. 

— bisulphis, 935. 

— boras, 935. 

— bromidum, 936. 

— carbonas, 936. 

exsiccatus, 937. 

monohydratus, 

937. 

— chloras, 937. 

— chloridum, 938. 



Index 

Sodii citratis, 938. 

— citro-tartras 

effervescens, 939. 

— hydroxidum, 939. 

— hypophosphis, 939. 

— hyposulphis, 945. 

— iodidum, 940. 

— nitras, 940. 

— nitris, 940. 

— phenolsulphonas, 

941. 

— phosphas, 941. 

effervescens, 941. 

exsiccatus, 942. 

— pyrophosphas, 942. 

— salicylas, 943. 

— sulphas, 943. 

effervescens, 944. 

— sulphis, 944. 

— sulphocarbolas, 945. 

— thiosulphas, 945. 

— thiosulphis, 945. 
Sodium (element), 307. 

— acetate, 933. 

— arsenate, 933. 
exsiccated, 934. 

— arsenate solution, 795. 

— benzoate, 934. 

— biborate, 475, 935. 

— bicarbonate, 935. 
lozenge, 1093. 

— bisulphite, 935. 

— borate, 475, 935. 

— bromide, 936. 

elixir, 620. 

syrup. 1006. 

— carbonate. 936. 

dried, 937. 

exsiccated, 937. 

monohydrated, 

937. 

— chlorate. 937. 

— chloride. 938. 

— citrate, 938. 

— citro-tartrate, 

effervescent, 939. 

— combinations, 307. 

— compounds, 307. 

— ethylate solu- 

tion, 7895. 

— hydroxide, 939. 
solution, 795. 

— hypophosphite, 939. 
syrup, 1010. 

— hyposulphite, 945. 

— iodide. 940. 

— metallic. 307. 

— nitrate, 940. 

— nitrite, 940. 

— or Natrium, 932. 

— paracresolate, 529. 



1465 

Sodium paraphenol- 
sulphonate, 945. 

— phenolsuiphonate, 941. 

— phosphate, 941. 
compound 

solution, 796. 
effervescent, 941. 

— — exsiccated, 942. 

— potassium 

tartrate, 933. 

— pyrophosphate, 942. 

— salicylate, 943. 
elixir, 620. 

— salts of, general, 307. 

— salts, other, 945. 

— silicate solution, 796. 

— sulphate, 943. 
effervescent, 944. 

— sulphite, 944. 

— sulphocarbolate, 

945. 

— thiosulphate, 945. 
Soft corn 

remover, 1174. 

— soap, 929. 
liniment, 770. 

— solder, 258. 
Solidago, 224. 

— odora, 224. 

— virgaurea. 224. 
Solomon's seal, 208. 

fluidextract, 208. 

Soluble blue, 280. 

— flavoring 

extracts, 1323. 

— ginger extract, 1326. 
ale extract, 1326. 

— lemon extract, 1326. 

— mead extract, 1327. 

— orange extract, 1327. 

— sarsaparilla ext., 1327. 

— wintergreen ext., 1327. 
Solutio ammoniase 

spirituosa 
anisata, 960. 
Solution, 105. 

— ammonia, 772. 

— ammonium 

acetate, 773. 
citrate, 773. 

— antiseptic, 773, 1146. 

— arsenical, 774. 

— arsenous acid, 772. 
and mercuric 

iodides, 775. 

— atropine sulphate, 775. 

— bismuth and ammon- 

ium citrate, 
775, 946. 
cone, 947. 

— boric acid, 955. 



1466 

Solution calcium _ 
hydroxide, 7/5. 

lactophosphate, 

947. 

phosphate, 947. 

— calumba cone, 777. 

— carbolic acid, 948. 

— carmine, 517. 

— chiretta comp., 777. 

— chlorinated lime, 776. 
soda, 794. 

— chlorine comp., 777. 

— chlorophyl, 519. 

— chromic acid, 772. 

— citric acid, 948. 

— coal tar, 789. 

— cocaine, 954. 

— corrosive subli- 

mate, 785. 

— cresol, 778. 

— cusparia cone, 778. 

— Dobell's, 1147. 

— Donovan's, 775. 

— ethyl nitrite, 779. 

— ferric acetate, 779. 

chloride, 779. 

strong, 782. 

citrate, 780. 

nitrate, 782. 

sulphate, 782. 

subsulphate, 783. 

— formaldehyde, 

720, 784. 

— Fowler's, 774. 

— gluside, 953. 

— Goulard's, 790. 

— gutta percha, 784. 

— hamamelis, 785. 

— hydrastis, color- 

less, 1250. 

— hydrogen dioxide, 447. 
peroxide, 447, 785. 

— hypophosphites 

compound. 948. 

— India rubber, 777. 

— iodine comp., 786. 
strong, 786. 

— iron and ammonium 

acetate, 781. 

citrate, 949. 

chloride, 949. 

citro-chloride, 949. 

hypophos- 

phite, 950. 
lactophosphate, 

950. 

pernitrate, 782. 

persulphate, 783. 

phosphate, 950. 

pyrophosphate, 

951. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Solution krameria, 

concentrated, 786. 

— Labarraque's, 794. 

— lactophosphates 

comp., 951. 

— lead subacetate, 789. 

diluted, 790. 

strong, 790. 

— lime, 444, 7 < 5. 

chlorinated, 776. 

lactophos- 
phates, 947. 

phosphate, 94/. 

saccharated, 776. 

— Lugol's, 786. 

— magnesium 

carbonate, 7S7. 
citrate, 787. 

— manganese hypophos- 

phite, 951. 

lactophos- 
phate, 951. 

phosphate, 951. 

— mercuric 

chloride, 785. 

nitrate, 785. 

— acid, 785. 

— morphine acetate, 788. 

hydrochloride, 788. 

tartrate, 788. 

— nitroglycerin, 797. 

— pancreatic, 789. 

— phosphates 

compound, 952. 
cone, 952. 

— potash, 791. 

— potassium 

arsenite, 791. 

citrate, 791, 952. 

hydroxide, 792. 

permanganate, 792 

— protoxide of iron, 953 

— rhubarb, cone, 792. 

— quassia, cone, 792. 

— saccharated lime, 776. 

— saccharum, 953. 

— sarsaparilla comp., 

concentrated, 793. 

— senna, cone, 793. 

— serpentary, 

cone, 794. 

— sodium arsenate, 795. 

ethylate, 795. 

hydroxide, 795. 

phosphate, 796. 

silicate, 796. 

— strychnine hydro- 

chloride, 796. 
sulphate, 953. 

— thyroid, 796. 

— trinitrin, 797. 



Solution zinc 

cnioride, 79/. 
Solutions, 94b. 

— aisintecting, 1383. 

— essential ons, l5lo. 

— nomcepatiiic, 1134. 

— hypodermic, 9o4. 

— percentage, 954. 

— saturated, 105, 955. 

— supersaturated, 105. 

— synthetic bodies, 

1303. 
Solutol, 529, 956. 
Solveol, 529, 956. 
Somatose, 956. 
Somnal, 502. , 
Somnoform, 956. 
Soot oil, 727. 
Soothing and Teething 

Syrups, 1238. 
Soothing syrup, 1239. 
Sorbit, 923. 
Sorrel tree, 201. 

fluidextract, 202. 

Southernwood, 130. 

— fluidextract, 130. 
Sozodont, 1273. 
Sodoiodol, 378. 
Sozolic acid, 379. 

Spa water solution, 1347. 
Spanish needles, 136. 

fluidextract, 136. 

Sparadraps, 628. 
Sparkman's cholera 
mixture, 1172. 
Sparteine sulphas, 946. 
Sparteine, 221. 

— sulphate, 221, 946, 
Spavin cure, 1214. 
Spearmint, 195. 

— essence, 965, 1318. 

— oil, 195, 840. 

— spirit, 966. 

— water, 450. 
Species — Teas, 956. 

— amarae, 956. 

— aromaticse, 956. 

— carminative, 957. 

— diureticse, 957. 

— emollientes, 957. 

— laxantes, 957. 

— lignorum, 957. , 

— pectorales, 957. 
Specific heat, 80. 

— hospital, 1240. 

— Rex magnus, 1241. 

— weight or gravity, 69. 

early history, 69. 

Specifics. 124o. 
Speedwell, 233. 
Spelter, 323. 



Sperm oil, 829. 
Spermaceti, 147. 

— ointment, 1099. 

— saccharated, 147. 
Spice-bush bark, 189. 

berries, 189. 

Spigelia, 224. 

— liuidextract, 224, 707. 
Spigeline, 225. 

Spike oil, 846. 
Spikenard, 129. 

— fluidextract, 129. 
Spindle tree, 165. 
Spiny burr-weed, 235. 

fluidextract, 235. 

Spirit ammonia, 957. 

fetid, 961. 

aromatic, 960. 

anisated, 960. 

— angelica comp., 967. 

— anise, 962. 

— balm, comp., 967. 

— bitter almond, 962. 

— bone, 491. 

— bryony comp., 967. 

— cajuput, 963. 

— camphor, 963. 

— chloric ether, 963. 

— chloroform, 963. 

— cinnamon, 964. 

— cochlearia, 967. 

— cologne, 408. 

— ether, 957. 

compound, 958. 

— fioravanti, 967. 

— formic acid, 968. 

— French cojogne, 409. 

— gaultheria, 964. 

— glyceryl trinitrate, 

964. 

— gum, 1283. 

— honey comp., 968. 

— horseradish 

comp., 962. 

— juniper, 965. 
comp., 965. 

— lavender, 965. 
compound, 1065. 

— mastic comp., 968. 

— methylated. 401. 

— mustard, 968. 

— myrcia, 966. 

— nitroglycerin, 964. 

— nitrous ether, 958. 

— nutmeg, 966. 

■ — of nitre, sweet, 958. 

— orange comp., 

538, 962. 

— peppermint, 965. 

— proof, 403. 

— pyroacetic, 330, 968. 



Index 

Spirit pyroxylic, 968. 

— rectified, 403, 966. 

— rosemary, 967. 

— spearmint, 966. 

— vulnerary, 968. 

— wood, 968. 
Spirits, 403. 

— of wine, 403. 

— proof of, 402. 

— pure, neutral, 403. 
Spiriti — Spirits, 957. 
Spiritous Liquors, 1355. 
Spiritus setheris, 957. 

comp., 959. 

nitrosi, 958. 

— ammoniaae, 959. 

anisatus, 959, 960. 

aromaticus, 959. 

fcetidus, 961. 

— amygdalae 

amarae, 962. 

— anisi, 962. 

— armoraciae 
comp., 962. 

— aurantii comp., 962. 

— camphorae, 963. 

— chloroformi, 963. 

— cinnamomi, 964. 

— cajuputi, 963. 

— frumenti, 964. 

— gaultheriae, 964. 

— glononi, 964. 

— glycerylis 

nitratis, 964. 

— juniperi, 965. 
comp., 965. 

— lavendulae, 965. 

— menthae piperitae, 965. 
viridis, 966. 

— myristicae, 966. 

— rectificatus. 403, 966. 

— rosmarini, 967. 

— tenuior, 409. 

— vini gallaci, 967. 

— weingeist, 403. 
Spleen mixture, 

Gadberry's, 1217. 
Sponge, 225. 
Spongia, 225. 
Sponges, cup, 225. 

— sheep's wool, 225. 
Spoonwood, 185. 

— fluidextract. 185. 
Squaw root, 145. 

— vine, 196. 
vine comp. 

syrup. 1022. 
Squibb's cholera 
mixture, 1172. 

— diarrhoea 

mixture, 1217. 



1467 

Squill, 220. 

— comp. elixir, 619. 
pill, 885. 

— fluidextract, 220, 705. 

— oxymel, 856. 

— syrup, 1000. 
comp., 1000. 

— tincture, 220, 1077. 

— vinegar, 220, 341. 
Squirrel corn, 156. 
Squirting cucumber, 162. 
Spruce, 114. 

— beer, 115. 

— beer extract, 1325. 

— black, 115. 

— double, 115. 

— essences, 115. 

— fir, 115. 

— gum, 115. 

expectorant, 1182. 

— hemlock, 115. 

— Menzies, 115. 

— Norway, 115. 

— oil, 115. 

— white, 115. 

S. S. Specific, 1240. 
Stafftree, climbing, 145. 
Stagbush, 234. 
Stamping inks, 1391. 
Standard colognes, 
1308. 

— remedies, 1137. 

— worm syrup, 1253. 
Stannic chloride, 318. 

— acid, 318. 

— iodide, 319. 

— oxide, 319. 

— sulphide, 319. 
Starwort, 178. 
Statice, 225. 
Stavesacre seeds, 225. 
fluidextract, 

225, 707. 

— ointment, 1107. 
Steam, 322. 
Stearates, 379. 
Stearic acid, 379. 
Stearin, 379, 391. 
Stearopten, 831. 
Steel, 278. 

— crucible, 278. 
Stephanotis 

perfume, 1299. 
Stereotype-metal, 253. 
Stibium, 252. 430. 
Stibnite, 252. 
Stick cosmetic 

base, 1283. 
Stannous chloride, 318. 

— oxide, 319. 

— sulphide, 319. 



1468 

Stannum, 317. 

— granuiatum, 318. 

— pulveratum, 318. 

— raspatum, 318. 
Stapnisagria, ^25. 

— liuidextract, 707. 

— seniina, 225. 
Starch, 125, 

— glycerin, 729. 

— iodide syrup, 1012. 

— syrup, 534. 
Star-anise, 182. 

fruit, 182. 

Stargrass, 122. 

Sticta pulmoriaris, 225. 
Sticky fly paper, 1385. 
St. Ignatius bean, 181. 

fluidextract, 181. 

Still, 91. 

— Fenner's, 92. 
Stillingia, 225. 

— comp. syrup, 1023. 

— elixir, 620. 

— fluidextract, 225, 707. 
Stillingine, 225, 226. 
St. Jacob's oil, 1224. 
St. John's wort, 181. 

— fluidext., 181. 

Stoke's liniment, 1214. 
Stomach bitters, 

1156, 1367. 

extract, 1367. _ 

Stone crop, Virginia, 

203. 
■ fluidextract, 203. 

— oil, 846. 

— root, 152. 
Storax, 134. 

— - prepared, 134. 
Storecin, 134. 
Stoughton bitters 

extract, 1367. 
Stoughton's elixir, 627. 
Stovaine, 968. 
Stramonii folia, 

226, 968. 

— semina, 226. 
Stramonium, 226, 968. 

— compound oint- 

ment, 1111. 

— extract, 664 

— fluidextract. 226, 708. 

— leaves, 226, 968. 

— ointment, 1107. 

— seeds, 226. 

— tincture, 1097. 
Strasburg turpen- 
tine, 115, 852. 

Strawberry phos- 
phate. 1339. 

— syrup, 1339. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Strengthening cordial, 
ivtcj^ean s, l2io. 

Stick pomades, 1283. 

Strong solution of 
ammonia, 773. 

Stronger ammonia 
water, 442, //3. 

— lime water, 636. 

— orange flower 

water, 444. 
Strophanthin, 226, 970. 
Strophanthinum, 9/0. 
Strophanthus, 226. 

— extract, 664. 

— tincture, 226, 1080. 
Strontii bromidum, 969. 

— iodidum, 969. 

— salicylas, 969. 
Strontium, 969. 

— (element), 312. 

— combinations, 312. 

— bromide, 969. 

— iodide, 969. 

— salicylate, 969. 

— — comp. elixir, 621. 

— salts, elixirs, 621. 
other, 969. 

— salts of, general, 312. 
Strychnina, 9/0. 
Strychninae hydrochlor- 

idum, 971. 

— nitras, 971. 

— sulphas, 972. 
Strychnine ,199. 970. 

— arsenate, 972. 

— bromide syrup, 1006. 

— bromides comp., 1007. 

— cacodylate, 972. 

— elixir, 621. 

— glycerophos- 

phate, 972. 

— hydrochloride, 971. 

— — solution, 976. 

— nitrate, 971. 

— oleate, 849. 

— salts, other, 972. 
— - sulphate, 972. 
solution, 953. 

— valerate, elixir, 621. 
Stvlosanthes, 226. 

— fluidextract, 226. 
Stypticin, 526. 
Styptol, 626. 
Styracin, 134. 
Styracol, 134. 
Styrax. 134, 972. 

— pneparatis. 134. 

— benzoin, 134. 
Styrol. 134. 
Subcutin, 429. 
Sublimate, 94. 



Sublimation, 94. 
bUDnmed suipliur, 314. 
bucci — Juices, 573. 
succinates, 5bU. 
Succinic acid, 379. 

— peroxide, 41/. 
Succus aiterans, 1141. 

— belladonnas, y/3. 

— conn, 9/3. 

— hyoscyami, 9/3. 

— limonis, 9/3. 

— scoparii, 973. 

— taraxaci, 973. 
Suet, beef, 223. 

— mutton, 223. 

— prepared, 223, 932. 

— veal, 223. 
Suffixes and Termi- 
nations, 29. 

Sugar, 216, 922. 
cane, 922. 

— grape, 724. 

— of lead, 889. 

— of milk, 765, 923. 

— refined, 922. 
Sugars, non-fer- 
mentable, 923. 

Sucrose, 922. 
Sulphates, 315, 381. 
Sulphides, 344, 978. 
Sulphites, 384. 
Sulphonal, 974. 
Sulphonethyl- 

methane, 974. 
Sulphonethylmeth- 

anum, 974. 
Sulphur, 975. 

— (element), 313. 

— acids of, 314, 978. 

— amorphous, 977. 

— black, 978. 

— combinations, 313. 

— confection, 523. 

— etherate, 399. 

— flowers of, 976. 

— forms of, 314. 

— fuscum, 977. 

— hepar, 978. 

— iodide, 977. 
ointment, 1108. 

— iodidum, 977. 

— lac, 976, 

— liver of, 893. 

— lotum, 975. 

— lozenge, 1093. 

— milk of, 976. 

— ointment, 1108. 

— prnecipitatum, 976. 

— precipitated, 976. 

— roll, 977. 

— salts of, 314, 978. 



Sulphur sublimatum, 9*6. 

— sublimed, 9/6. 

— vivum, 978 1 

— washed, 975. 
Sulphurated oils, 831. 
Sulphuric acid, 381. 

diluted, 382. 

crude, 381. 

aromatic, 381. 

Nordhausen, 381. 

Sulphurets, 314, 978. 
Sulphuretted hydro- 
gen, 314. 

Sulphurous acid, 383. 
Sumach, 213. 

— Chinese, 121. 

— fluidextract, 213, 703. 
Sumbul, 226. 

— compound elixir, 622. 

— elixir, 622. 

— extract, 665. 

— radix, 226. 

— root, 226. 

— tincture, 1081. 
Summer savory, 220. 

fluidextract, 220. 

Sundew, 161. 

— fluidextract, 161. 
Sunflower, 178. 

— seeds, 178. 

oil, 178. 

Suppositoria — 

Suppositories, 978. 
Suppositoria acidi 

carbolici, 980. 
tannici. 981. 

— belladonna, 981. 

— cacao, 981. 

— glycerini, 981. 

— iodoformi, 982. 

— morphinae, 982. 

— plumbi comp., 982. 
Suppositories, 

general formula, 979 

— belladonna. 981. 

— glycerin, 981. 

— iodoform, 982. 

— lead comp., 982. 

— morphine, 982. 

— phenol, 980. 

— rectal, 979. 

— tannic acid, 981. 

— urethral, 979. 

— vaginal. 979. 
Suppository, aloes, 981. 

— machines. 979. 

— rhatania, 982. 
Suprarenal gland, 120. 

dried. 172. 

Suprarenaline, 173, 393. 
Suprarenin, 393. 



Index 

Surgeon's agaric, 121. 
Sweet cicily, 201. 
fluidextract, 201. 

— clover, 194. 

— flag fluidext, 688. 
essence, 1316. 

— gum, 134, 190. 

— marjoram, 192. 

— orange peel, 132. 

— quinine. 915. 

— spirit of nitre, 958. 
Swietenia, 227. 

— fluidextract. 227. 
Succinum, 22ti. 
Sycocarpus Rusbyi, 227. 
Sylvia's hypnotic, 1145. 
Sympathetic inks, 

cobalt. 269. 
Symphyti radix^ 22/. 
Symphytum. 227. 
Synthetic bodies, 

solutions, 1304. 

— odors, flowers, 1304. 

— perfumes. 1300, 1306. 

— perfumes, bases, 1303. 

— sachets, 1311. 
Syrup, 983. 

— acacia. 985. 

— adiantum. 1019. 

— ague, 1139. 

— almonds, 986. 

— alterative, 1020. 

— alterative comp., 1141. 

— ammonium 

chloride, 1015. 

— aralia comp., 1020. 

— aromatic. 986. 

— artemisia comp., 1020. 

— asarum comp., 1020. 

— balsam of tolu, 1003. 

— blackberry 

comp., 1020. . 

— blood and liver, 1141. 

— bromide iron, 

(tasteless), 1005. 

morphine, 1005. 

quinine, 1006. 

and mor- 
phine. 1001. 

and 

strychnine, 1005. 

sodium, 1006. 

strychnine, 1006. 

and mor- 
phine, 1006. 

iron and 

quinine, 1007. 

— calcium hydroxide, 

987. 

lactophos- 

phate, 987. 



1469 

Syrup capillaire, 1019. 

— carrageen comp., 

1021. 

— cascara, aro- 

matic, 988. 

— ceanothus 

compound, 1021. 

— chloral, 988. 

— chloride of iron, 1007. 

— citrate iron, quinine 

and strych., 1008. 

— of iron, 1008._ 
and quinine, 

1008. 

and 

strychnine, 1000. 

— citric acid, 985. 

— codeine, 989, 1015. 

— corydalis comp., 1021. 

— dextrine. 534. 

— dialysed iron,' 1008. 

— Dover's, 1022. 

— ferrous iodide. 989. 
phosphate. 990. 

— flavored. 1005. 

— ginger, 1004. 

— glycerophos- 

phates comp., 1007. 

— glycyrrhiza 

comp., 1021. 

— golden, 1030. 

— glucose, 991. 

— hemidesmus, 991. 

— heroin comp., 1007. 

— hive, 1000. 

— hoarhound 

comp.. 1022. 

— hydriodic acid, 985. 

— hypophosphite 

calcium, 1008. 
lime, 1008. 

— hypophosphites, 992. 
calcium com- 
binations. 1009. 

compound, 

992, 1008, 1011. 

— Churchill's, 992. 

iron com- 
binations, 1009. 

with quinine and 

strychnine, 1011. 

— Iceland moss 

comp., 1021. 

— Indian sarsa- 

parilla, 991. 

— iodide comb., 1012. 

of calcium, 1011. 

of iron, 

(tasteless), 1011. 

— ipecac, 993. 

— iron oxide, 990. 



1470 

Syrup iron oxide and 
sodium albumin- 
ate, 1012. 

— krameria, 994. 

— lactatcd pepsin, 1013. 

— lactophosphate 

combinations, 
1013, 1014. 

— lactucarium, 994. 

— iemon, 995. 

— licorice comp, 1021. 

— lime, 987. _ 

— maiden-hair fern, 

1019. 

— manganese combi- 

nations, 1010, 1016. 

— marrubium 

comp.. 1022. 

— mitchella comp., 1022. 

— morphine, 1014. 

— mugwort 

comp, 1020. 

— muriate ammon- 

ium, 1015. 

— nascent phenic 

acid, 1015. 
— neutralizing, 1022. 

— of Virginia 

prune, 996. 

— opium and 

ipecac, 1022. 

— orange, 986. 

— orange flowers, 987. 

— partridgeberry 

comp., 1022. 

— pepsin, 1015. 

— phosphates com- 

binations, 
1015, 1017. 
comp., 1017. 

— Phytolacca comp, 

1022. 

— phosphate of iron, 

quinine and strych- 
nine, 990, 991. 

— poke root comp, 1022. 

— pyrophosphate 

iron, 1018. 

— queen's root 

comp, 1023. 

— quinine comb, 1016. 
tasteless. 1018. 

— raspberry, 998. 

— red clover 

comp, 1237. 

— red poppy, 998. 

— red root comp, 1021. 

— rhubarb, 997. 

aromatic, 997. 

and potas- 
sium, 1022. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Syrup rose, 998. 

— roses, 998. 

— rubus, 998. 

— rumex comp, 1023. 

— sarsaparilla 

comp, 999. 

— senega, 1001. 

— senna, 1002. 

— simple, 983. 

— soda water, 1329. 

— squaw vine 

comp, 1022. 

— squill, 1000. 
comp, 1000. 

— starch. 534. 

— stillingia comp, 1023. 

— tar, 995. 

— terpin hydrate with 

codeine, 1019. 

— terebene aro- 

matic, 1019. 

— tolu, 1003. 

— turkey corn 

comp, 1021. 

— Weld's, 1007. 

— wild cherry, 996. 
and tar, 1178. 

— worm, standard, 1253. 

— yellow dock 

comp, 1023. 

— yerba santa 

comp, 1023. 
Syrupi — Syrups, 983. 
Syrups, chemical 

substances, 1004. 

— cough, 1177. 

— fruit, concen- 

trated. 1331. 

— fruit juice. 1333. 

— soothing. 1239. 

i — unofficial, 1004. 

— vegetable sub- 

stances, 1019. 
Syrupus, 983. 

— acacia?, 985. 

— acidi citrici, 985. 
hydriodici, 985. 

— amygdala?, 986. 

— aromaticus. 986. 

— aurantii, 986. 
floris, 987. 

| florum, 987. 

— calcii lactophos- 

phatis. 987. 

— calcis, 987. 

— cascara 1 aromat- 

icus. 988. 
I — chloral, 988. 
i — codein?e. 989. 
, — ferri iodidi, 989. 
] oxydati, 990. 



Syrupus ferri phos- 

phatis, 990. 
quininae et strych- 

nina? phosp, 990. 

— ferri phosphatis cum 

quinina et 
strychnina, 990. 

— glucosi, 991. 

— hemidesmi, 991. 

— hypophosphitum, 992. 
comp, 992, 1009. 

— ipecacuanha?, 993. 

— krameria?, 994. 

— lactucarii, 994. 

— limonis, 995. 

— picis liquida?, 995. 

— pruni Virginiana?, 

996. 

— rhei, 997. 

aromaticus, 997. 

— rho?ados, 998. 

— rosa?, 998. 

— rubi, 998. 
ida?i, 998. 

— sarsaparilla? 

comp., 1000. 

— scilla?, 1000. 
comp, 1000. 

— senega?, 1001. 

— senna?, 1002. 

— tolutanus, 1003. 

— zingiberis, 1004. 
System, periodic, 241. 
Systems of crystalliza- 
tion, 84. 



Tabella?— Tablets, 1024. 
Tabella? trinitrini, 1025. 
Tablet triturates, 1025. 
Tablets, compressed, 
1024. ' 

— coated, 1024. 

— diarrhoea, 1185. 

— dyspepsia, 1187. 

— effervescent, 1025. 

— fruit, 1025. 

— hypodermic, 1025. 

— nitroglycerin, 1025. 

— uterine, 1251. 
Tacamahaca, 133. 
Taffy, 1352. 

— cream, 1352. 
Talc, 1025. 

— purified, 1026. 
Talcum, 1025. 

— purificatum. 1026. 

— toilet powder, 1271. 
Tallow, bayberry, 146. 
Tamar-Indien, 1169. 
Tamarack, 188. 



Index 



1471 



Tamarack fluid- 
extract, 188. 

— gum, 188. 
Tamarind, 227, 1026. 
Tamarindico, 227, 1026. 
Tamacetin, 227. 
Tangerine syrup, 1339. 
Tannal, 1026. 
Tannalbin, 1027. 
Tannates, 385. 
Tannic acid, 384. 

glycerin, 729. 

' glycerite, 729. 

ointment, 1075. 

troches, 1089. 

Tannigen, 342, 1027. 
Tannin, 384. 

— albuminate, 

exsiccated, 1027. 

— compounds, 1026. 

— formaldehyde, 1027. 
Tannipine, 1027. 
Tannipyrin, 435. 
Tannismuth. 258, 1027. 
Tannocol, 1027. 
Tannoform, 720, 1027. 
Tannosal, 528. 
Tansy, 227. 

— oil, 227. 

— tea, 227. 
Tantalum 

(element), 315. 

— combinations, 316. 
Tape worm expeller, 

1255. 

remedy. 1256. 

Taphosote, 528. 
Tar. 887. 

— Barbados, 846. 

— birch, 887. 

— coal, 888. 
prepared, 888. 

— compound 

glycerite. 733. 

— glycerite. 732. 

— oil. S41. 

— ointment, 1105. 

— pine, 887. 

— prepared, coal, 887. 

— Stockholm, 887. 

— syrup, 995. 

— wine, 1126. 
Taracanin. 137. 
Taraxaci radix, 227. 
Taraxacum. 227. 

— comp. elixir, 579, 662. 

— elixir, 579. 

— fluidextract. 227, 665. 

— iuice. 993. 

— liquid extract, 708. 

— root. 227. 



Tarragon, 130. 

— vinegar, 130. 
Tartar, cream of, 895. 
purified, 903. 

— emetic, 431. 

elixir, 549. 

ointment, 1108. 

— sal, 895. 
Tartarated antimony, 

431. 

— iron, 670. 

— soda, 898, 933. 

— soda powder, 

effervescent, 909. 
Tartaric acid, 385. 
Tartrates, 386. 

— acid, 387. 

— normal, 387. 
Tartrophen. 866. 
Tea, 228. 

— fluidextract, 228. 

— bitter. 956. 

— blood purifying, 1162. 

— carminative, 957. 

— diuretic, 957. 

— Hamburg, 1230, 1182. 

— Jersey, 154. 

— kidney and 

liverwort. 1207. 

— Labrador. 188. 

— marsh, 188. 

— laxative. 957, 1170. 

— Paraguay, 182. 

— pectoral, 

957. 1182, 1230. 

— rheumatic. 1233. 

— syrup, 1339. 

— teamster's, 163. 

— vermifuge, 1255. 

— whorehouse, 163. 

— wood, 957. 
Teamster's tea. 163. 
Telluric acid. 316. 
Telluride hydride, 316. 
Tellurides, 316. 
Tellurium 

(element), 316. 

— acids of, 316. 

— combinations, 316. 

— compounds, 316. 

— dioxide, 316. 
Tellurous acid, 316. 
Temperature, 

defined, 77. 
Tender feet, 

tablets. 1196. 
Terbium (element), 316. 

— combinations, 316. 
Terebene, 844, 1027. 

— cough mix- 

ture, 1181. 



Terebene syrup, aro- 
matic, 1019. 

Terebenum, 1027. 

Terebinthina, 

228, 851, 1028. 

— Canadensis, 

115, 228, 851, 1028. 
Terms, Medicinal, 

Pharmaceutical and 

Chemical, 31. 
Terpentinsalbe, 1108. 
Terpin cough 

compound, 1181. 

— hydrate, 1028, 
and cocaine 

elixir, 623. 

elixir, 622. 

comp. elixir, 623. 

with codeine 

syrup, 1019. 
Terpine, 1028. 
Terpineol, 1301. 
Terpenes, 831. 
Terpini hydras, 1028. 
Testa ovi, 201. 
Testa, shells, 113. 
Tetanus antitoxin, 932. 
Tetfa-iodo-phenol- 

phtaleate of 

soda, 435. 
Tetra-iodo-phenol- 

phtalein, 1029. 
Tetra-iodo-pyrrol, 758. 
Tetter ointment, 1228. 
Thallin, 1029. 
Thalline. 1029, 

— sulphate. 1029. 

— tartrate. 1029. 
Thallium (element), 316. 

— combinations, 317. 

— compounds. 317. 

— salts of, 317. 
Thallinum, 1029. 
Thapsia, 228. 

— fluidextract, 228. 
Thea. 228. 

These folia, 228. 
Theatre cold 

cream, 1270. 

— face powder, 1271. 
Thebaine. 854. 
Theine, 481, 
Theobroma, 228. 

— oil, 828. 
Theobromine. 229, 1030. 

— and lithium ben- 

zoate, 1030. 
salicylate, 1030. 

— and sodium 

salicylate. 1030. 

— sodium, 1030. 



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The Fenner Formulary 



Tbcobrominum, 1080. 
'iheo'lactin, 1030. 
The periodic system, 

241. 
Thepnorin, 1030. 
'Iheiiaca, 1030. 
— - Andromachi, 1030. 
Theriaque electuaire, 

1050. 
Thermit, 24*. 
Ihermodine, 342. 
inermol, 342. 
lhermometers, 78 i 

— Fahrenheit scale, 77. 

— Leisius scale, 78. 

— Centigrade scaie, 78. 

— Reaumer scale, 78. 
Thermometers, 

clinical, 78. 

— chemical, 78. 
Thermometric 

equivalents, 79. 
Thermometry, 77. 

— early history, 77. 
Thibault's balsam, 1154. 
Thielmann's cholera 

drops, 1172. 
Thimble-weed, 215. 

rluidextract, 215. 

Thiocol, 1030. 
Thiodine, 1032. 
Thioform, 259. 
Thiol. 1031. 

— collodion, 1031. 

— dusting pow- 

der, 1031. 

— glycerite, 1031. 

— liquid, 1031. 

— salve, 1031. 

— solution, 1031. 

— wine, 1031. 
Thiolum. 1031. 
Thionic series, 387. 
Thiosinamin, 120. 
Thiosinamine, 415, 1031. 
Thiosulphuric acid, 387. 
Thistle, blessed, 145. 
Thoria. 317. 

Thorium (element), 317. 

— combinations, 317. 

— compounds, 317. 

— oxide, 317. 

— nitrate, 317. 

— salts of. 317. 

— used for gas 

mantles, 317. 
Thornaople. 968 
Three iodides 

elixir. 592, 
Thrta 220. 

— fluidextract, 229. 



I Thuja tincture, 229. 

| Thulium (element), 317. 

— combinations, 317. 
Thus Americanum, 

228, 1028. 
Thymacetin, 1032. 
'iiiyme, 229. 

— nuidextract, 229. 

— oil, 229, 844. 
Thymene, 229, 844. 
Thymi folia, 229. 
Thymol, 2v9, 845, 1032. 
chloral lin- 
iment, 1211. 

— iodide, 1032. 

— ointment, 1228. 

— salicylate, 1032. 

— tooth-ache 

remedy, 1248. 
Thymolis iodidum, 1032. 
Thymus, 229. 
Thyroid, dry, 1032. 

— glands, des- 

siccated, 1032. 
dried, 1032. 

— solution, 796. 
Thyroideum siccum, 

173, 1032. 
Thyroidin. 173, 760. 
Thyroglandulin, 173. 
Tilia. 229. 
Til ice flores, 229. 
Tin (element), 317. 

— alloys of, 318. 

— combinations, 318. 

— compounds, 318. 

— flossed, 318. 

— foil, 31s. 

— grain, 318. 

— granulated, 318. 

— hydrated oxide, 318. 

— hydrates, 318. 

— iodides, 319. 

— mordants, 319. 

— oxides. 819. 

— protiodide, 319. 

— rasped, 318. 

— salts of 

(chloride), 318. 

— salts, general, 318. 

— spirits of, 318. 

— sulphides. 319. 
Tinctura absinthii, 1033. 
composita, 1034. 

— aconiti, 1034. 

— adonis 

aestivalis, 1223. 
vernal is, 1035. 

— aloes, 1035. 

crocata, 1036. 

et myrrhae, 1036. 



Tinctura amara, 1036. 

— arnicse, 1036, 1037. 
radicis, 1037. 

— aromatica, 1037. 

— asafcetidae, 1037. 

— aurantii amari, 1038. 

composita, 1038. 

dulcis, 1038. 

— balsamica, 1039. 
- belladonnae, 1039. 

foliorum, 1039. 

— benzoini, 1040. 
composita, 1040. 

— buchu, 1041. 

— calami, 1041. 

— calendulae, 1041. 

— camphorae 

composita, 1042. 

— calumbae, 1042. 

— cannabis indicae, 1043. 

— cantharidis, 1043. 

— capsici, 1044. 

— cardamomi, 1045. 
composita, 1045. 

— carminativa, 1046. 

— cascarillae, 1046. 

— catechu, 1046. 

— castorei, 1046. 

— chiratae, 1046. 

— chloroformi 

composita, 1046. 

et morphinae 

composita, 1047. 

— cimicifugae, 1047. 

— cinchonae, 1048. 
composita, 1049. 

— cinnamomi, 1050. 

— cocci, 1051. 

— colchici 

seminis, 1051. 
seminum, 1052. 

— conii, 1052. 

— convallariae, 1052. 

— coto, 1052. 

— croci, 1052. 

— cubebae, 1053. 

— digitalis, 1053. 

— ergotae 

ammoniata, 1053. 

— euonymi, 1054. 

— euphorbiae 

piluliferae, 1054. 

— ferri acetici 

aetherea, 1054. 

chloridi, 1054. 

perchloridi, 1055. 

— gal he. 1055. 

— gambir, comp., 1055, 

— gelsemii, 1056. 

— guaiaci, 1057. 
ammoniata, 1058. 



Tinctura hamamelidis, 
1058. 

— hydrastis, 1059. 

— hyoscyami, 1060. 

— iodi, 106(J. 

decolorata, 1061. 

— ipecacuanha, 1061. 
et opii, 1061. 

— jaborandi, 1062. 

— jalapa, 1062. 

— kino, 1062. 

— kola, 1063. 

— krameriae, 1003. 

— lactucarii, 1064. 

— lavendula 

composita, 1065. 

— limonis corticis, 1065, 

— lobelia, 1066. 
atherea, 1066. 

— lupuli, 1066. 

— moschi, 1067. 

— myrrha, 1067. 

— nucis vomica, 1067. 

— opii, 1068. 

ammoniata, 1069. 

camphorata, 10(^9. 

deodorati, 1070. 

— phosphori 

compositus, 1071. 

— physostigmatis, 1071. 

— podophylli, 1072. 

— pruni Virginiana, 

1072. 

— Pulsatilla, 1072. 

— pyrethri, 1072. 

— quassia-, 1073. 

— quebracho, 1073. 

— quillaja, 1074. 

— quinina, 1074. 
ammoniata, 1074. 

— rhatania\ 1074. 

— rhei, 1075. 

aromatica. 1075. 

58 composita, 1076. 

— sanguinaria. 1076. 

— saponis. 1077. 

— scilla. 1077_. 

— senega, 10 Vi . 

— senna comp., 1078. 

— serpentaria, 1078. 

— simulo, 1079. 

— stramonii, 1079. 

— strophanti^. 1080. 

— strychni. 1080. 
Malaccensis, 1080. 

— sumbul, 1081. 

— tolutana, 1081. 

— Valeriana, 1081. 

atherea. 1082. 

ammoniata. 1082. 

— vanilla, 1083. 



Index 

Tinctura veratri, 1083. 
viride, 1083. 

— yerba santa 

aromatica 
solubilis, 1084. 

— zingiberis, 1084. 

— — fortior, 1085. 
Tincturae — Tinctures, 

1033. 
Tincturae herbarium 

recentium, 1085. 
Tincture or tincture 

of— 1033. 
Tincture acetate 

of iron, 1054. 
Rademacher's, 

1054. 

— aloes, 1035. 

— aconite, 1034. 

etherial, 1035. 

Fleming's, 1035. 

leaves, 1035, 

— actaa, 1047. 

— adhatoda, 119. 

— arnica flowers, 1036. 
root, 1037. 

— aromatic, 1037. 

— asafetida, 1037. 

— avena sativa, 125S. 

— balsamic, 1039. 

— belladonna 

leaves, 1039. 
root. 1039. 

— benzoin. 1040. 

compound, 1040. 

— bitter, 1036. 

orange peel, 1038. 

— black cohosh. 1047. 

— bloodroot, 1076. 

— buchu. 1041. 

— calabar bean, 1071. 

— calamus. 1041. 

— calendula, 1041. 

— calumba, 1042. 

— camphor comp., 1042. 

— cantharides, 1043. 

— capparis 

coriacea, 1079. 

— capsicum, 1044. 

— cardamom, 1045. 
compound, 1045. 

— carminative. 1046. 

— cascarilla, 1046. 

— castor, 1046. 

— catechu, 1046. 

compound, 1055. 

for wine. 1364. 

— chiretta. 1046. 

— chloroform and 

morphine, 1047. 
compound, 1046. 



1473 

Tincture cimicifuga, 1047. 

— cinchona, 1048. 
compound, 1049. 

— cinnamon, 1050. 

— colchicum seed, 

1051, 1052. 

— cochineal, 1051. 

— conium. 1052. 

— coto, 1052. 

— cubebs, 1053. 

— deodorized 

opium, 1070. 

— digitalis, 1053. 

— ergot, ammon- 

iated, 1053. 

— euonymus, 1054. 

— euphorbium, 1054. 

— ferric chloride, 1054. 

— fresh herbs, 1085. 

— gambir, comp., 1055. 

— gelsemium, 1056. 

— gentian comp., 1056. 
improved, 1057. 

— ginger, 1084. 
stronger, 1085. 

— golden seal, 1059. 

— green soap. 1077. 

— guaiac, 1057. 

alkaline, 1058. 

ammoniated, 1058. 

Dewee's, 1058. 

— hamamelis, 1058. 

— hemlock, 1052. 

— hoang nan, 1080. 

— hops, 1066. 

— Huxham's, 1049.. 

— hydrastis, 1059. 

— hyoscyamus, 1060. 

— Indian cannabis, 1043. 
hemp, 1043. 

— iodine. 1060. 

decolorized, 1061. 

— ipecac, 1061. 
and opium. 1061. 

— jaborandi, 1062. 

— jalap, 1062. 

— kino, 1062. 
for wine, 1365. 

— kola, 1063. 

— krameria, 1065. 1078. 

— lactucarium, 1064. 

— lavender comp., 1065. 

— lemon. 1065. 

— lily of the valley, 

1052. 

— lobelia. 1066. 
etherial. 1066. 

— marigold, 1041. 

— muriate of iron, 1054. 

— musk, 1067. 

— myrrh, 1067, 



1474 

Tincture nutgall, 1055. 

— nux vomica, 

1067, 1080. 

— opium, 1068. 

ammoniated, 1069. 

■ camphorated, 1069. 

— opium comp., 1217. 

— orange comp., 1038. 
peel, sweet, 1038. 

— pellitory, 1072. 

— phosphorus 

compound, 1071. 

— physostigma, 1071. 

— pilocarpus, 1062. 

— podophyllum, 1071. 

— Pulsatilla, 1072. 

— pyrethrum, 1072. 

— quassia, 1073. 

— quebracho, 1073. 

— quillaia, 1074. 

— quinine, 1074. 
ammoniated, 

1074. 

— red gum, for 

wine, 1365. 

— rhatany, 1063, 1074. 

— rhubarb, 1075. 

aromatic, 1075. 

special, 1075. 

— saffron, 1052. 

— sanguinaria, 1076. 

— senega, 1077. 

— senna comp., 1078. 

— serpentaria, 1078. 

— serpentary, 1078. 

— soap, 1076. 

— squill, 1077. 

— stramonium, 1079. 

— strophanthus, 1080 

— sumbul, 1081. 

— tolu, 1081. 

— valerian, 1081. 

ammoniated, 1082. 

etherial, 1082. 

— vanilla, 1083. 

— veratrum, 1083. 

viride, 1083. 

Norwood's, 

1081 

— Virginian prune, 

1072. 

— wild cherry, 1072. 

— witch hazel, 1058. 

— wormwood, 1033. 
compound, 1034. 

— yellow jasmine, 1056. 

— yerba santa, 

aromatic, 1084. 
Tinctures for 

perfumes, 1296. 

— homoepathic, 1133. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Tinctures, process 

maceration, 1033. 
percolation, 1033. 

— unofficial, 1086. 
Tinker's weed, 230. 
Tiol, 1031. 
Tisanes, 533, 1087. 
Titanic acid, 319. 
Titanium 

(element), 319. 

— combinations, 319. 

— compounds, 319. 

— chloride, 319. 

— dioxide, 319. 
Tobacco, 198. 

— Indian, 190. 
Toilet preparations, 

1265, 1294. 

— soaps, 1312. 

— vinegars, 1313. 

— waters, 1307, 1313. 
Tokay wine, 1365. 
essence, 1364. 

— syrup, 1339. 

Tolu, rock and rye, 1360. 
red root, 1360. 

— syrup, 1003. 
Toluene, 510, 888. 

— or methyl- 

benzene, 464. 
Toluol, 510. 

Tomato bouillon, 1344. 
Tombac, 271. 
Tonco seminae, 229. 

— seeds, 229. 
Tonga, 230. 

— fluidextract, 230. 
Tonic, beef and 

coca, 1241. 

— celery, 1241. 

— cinkola, 1242. 

— damiana, 1147. 

— dyspepsia, 1186. 

— elixir, 627. 

— excelsior, 1242. 

— Freleigh's, 1243. 

— German. 1243. 

— hair, 1287. 

— iron, 1244. 

— katharion hair, 1287. 

— nervine, 1219, 

— Peruvian, 1245. 

— quinia Laroche, 

1245. 

— roxa, 1246. 

— saka-to-wa, 1246. 

— system regulator, 

1158. 

— vermifuge. 1253. 
Tonics and Restoratives, 

1241. 



Tonka beans, 229. 
fluidextract, 230. 

— essence or 

extract, 1320. 
Tonqua extract, 1297. 
Tonquin beans, 229. 
Tooth-ache 

collodion, 1249. 

pellets, 1249. 

Tooth-ache Remedies, 

1246, 1249. 
wax or gum, 1249. 

— cream, Imperial, 1273. 

— paste, charcoal, 1274. 

cherry, 1274. 

metal tubes, 1274. 

— pastes, 1274. 

— powder, 

antiseptic, 1275. 

camphor- 
ated, 1275. 

Imperial, 1275. 

rose, 1275. 

saponaceous, 1275. 

— powders, 1274. 

— tablets, 1275. 

— wash, Imperial, 1273. 

— washes and 

cosmetics, 1272. 
Tormentil, 230. 

— fluidextract, 230. 
Tormentilla, 230. 
Torrification, 94. 
Townsend's 

mixture, 1217. 
Tragacanth, 230. 

— comp. powder, 909. 

— glycerin, 731. 

— gum, 230. 
Tragacantha, 230. 
Trailing arbutus, 163. 

— fluidextract, 163. 
Tralles' alcoholo- 
meter. 72. 

Transparent cement, 

1374. 
Treacle. 1030. 
Tree of Heaven, 121. 
Trehalose, 923. 
Triamines. 250. 
Tribromphenol, 477. 
Trichloracetic acid, 387. 
Trichlorisopropvl 

alcohol. 716. 
Tricresol, 528. 
Trifolium 

partense, 230. 
Tri-iodo methane, 757. 
Trilliin, 230. 
Trillium, 230. 
Trinitrin solution, 797. 



Index 



1475 



Trinitrin tablets, 1025. 
Trinitro-cellulin, 912. 
Trinitrophenol, 376. 
Triosteum, 230. 
Triple extracts from 

pomades, 1295. 
Trithionic acid, 387. 
Triticum, 230. 

— fluidextract, 709. 
Trituration, 83. 
Trituratio 

elaterini, 1087. 
Trituration of 

elaterin, 1087, 
Triturationes — 

Triturations, 1087. 
Triturations, general 

formula for, 1087. 

— homcepathic, 1135. 
Troches, ammonium 

chloride, 1090. 

— benzoic acid, 1089. 

— bismuth comp., 1090. 

— catechu, 1090. 

— cubebs, 1090. 

— eucalyptus gum, 1090. 

— gambir, 1091. 

— glycyrrhiza and 

opium, 1091. 

— guaiac resin, 1091. 

— ipecac, 1091. 

— krameria, 1091. 

— — and cocaine, 1092. 

— morphine, 1092. 
and ipecac, 1092. 

— phenol, 1089. 

— preparation of, 1088. 
with the fruit 

basis, 1088. 
with rose 

basis. 1089. 
with simple 

basis, 1089. 
with tolu 

basis, 1089. 

— potassium 

chlorate. 1092. 

— reduced iron, 1090. 

— santonin, 1092. 

— sodium bicar- 

bonate. 1093. 

— sulphur, 1092. 

— tannic acid, 1089. 
Trochisci — Troches, 

1088. 
Trochisci acidi 

tannici, 1089. 

— ammonii 

chloridi, 1090. 

— bismuthi comp., 1090. 

— catechu, 1090. 



Trochisci cubebse, 1090. 

— eucalypti 

gummi, 1090. 

— ferri redacti, 1090. 

— gambir, 1091. 

— glycyrrhizse 

et opii, 1091. 

— guaiaci resinse, 1091. 

— ipecacuanha?, 1091. 

— kramerias, 1091. 

— potasii chloratis, 

1092. 

— santonini, 1092. 

— sodii bicar- 

bonatis, 1093. 
Trochiscus acidi 

benzoici, 1089. 

carbolici, 1089. 

tannici, 1090. 

— bismuthi comp., 1090. 

— catechu, 1090. 

— eucalypti 

gummi, 1090. 

— ferri redacti. 1090. 

— guaiaci resinae, 1090. 

— ipecacuanhas, 1091. 

— krameriae, 1092. 

— — et cocainae, 1092. 

— morphinae, 1092. 

— — et ipecacuanhas, 

1092. 

— potassii chloratis, 

1092. 

— santonini, 1093. 

— sodii bicarbon- 

atis, 1093. 

— sulphuris, 1093. 
Tropacocaine, 1093. 

— hydrochloride, 1093. 
Tropical bindweed, 179. 

— fruit laxative, 1169. 
Troy weight, 58. 
Trumpet plant. 219. 
Tuberculin, 932, 1091 
Tuberculinum 

Kochi, 1094. 
Tuberose triple 

extract. 1295. 
Tulip tree, 190. 

fluidextract, 190. 

Tully's mixture, iron 

and conium, 1217. 
Tulley's powder, 908. 
Tumenol. 1094. 
Tungstates. 320. 
Tungsten (element), 319. 

— combinations. 319. 

— compounds, 319. 
Tnngstic acid, 320. 

— anhydride. 320. 

— dioxide, 320. 



Tungstic chloride, 320. 
Turkey corn, 156. 
comp. syrup, 1021. 

— pea, 156. 
Turkish gum, 117. 
Turlington's 

balsam, 1154. 
Turmeric, 157. 

— coloring, 519. 

— tincture, 157. 
Turpentine, 

228, 851, 1028. 

— Canada. 228, 851, 1028. 

— Chian, 852. 

— etherate, 399. 

— Hungarian, S52. 

— liniment, 771. 

— — acetic, 771. 

— oil, 228, S44. 

emulsion, 639. 

rectified, 844. 

— ointment, 1108. 

— spirits of, 228. 

— Strasburg, 115, 852. 

— Venice, 852. 
Turpeth root, 231. 
Turpethum, 231. 
Tussilago, 231. 
Tussol, 434. 
Twaddell's hydro- 
meter, 72. 

Twigs, 112. 
Twin leaf, 184. 

fluidextract, 184. 

Two iodides elixir, 592. 
Type-metal, 253. 

U 

Ulmus, 231. 
Ultramarine 248. 
Uncooked creams, 1350. 
Unfermented fruit 
juices, 1330. 

— grape juice, 1330. 
Unguenta — Ointments, 

1094. 
Unguentine, 1111. 
Unguentum, 1094. 

— acidi borici, 1095. 

carbolici, 1095. 

salicylici, 1095. 

tannici, 1095. 

— aconitinas, 1095. 

— adipis lanae, 1096. 

— atropinae, 1096. 

— basilicum, 1097. 

— belladonnas, 1097. 

— benzoini, 1097. 

— cantharidis, 1098. 

— cantharidum pro usu 

veterinaris, 1098. 



1476 

Unguentum capsici, 1098. 

— cetacei, 1099. 

— cereum, 1095, 1098. 

— chrysarobini, 1099. 

— cocainse, 1099. 

— conii, 1099. 

— Crede, 455, 1111. 

— creosoti, 1099. 

— cresoti, 1099. 

— diachylon, 1100. 

— eucalypti, 1100. 

— gallae, 1100. 
cum opio, 1100. 

— glycerini plumbi sub 

acetatis, 1100. 

— hamamelidis, 1100. 

— hydrargyri, 1101. 

ammoniati, 1101. 

■ compositum, 1102. 

dilutum, 1102. 

iodidi rubri, 1102. 

nitratis, 1102. 

dilutum, 1103. 

oleatis, 1103. 

— — oxidi flava, 1103. 

rubri, 1104. 

subchloridi, 1104. 

— iodi, 1104. 

— iodoformi, 1105. 

— leniens, 1096. 

— paraffini, 1095, 1105. 

— phenolis, 1105. 

— picis liquidse, 1105. 

— plumbi, 1106. 

acetatis, 1106. 

carbonatis, 1106. 

iodidi, 1106. 

tannici, 1106. 

— potassii iodidi, 1106. 

— resinae, 1107. 

— rosmarini comp., 

1107. 

— simplex, 1094. 

— staphisagriae, 1107. 

— stramonii, 1107. 

— sulphuris, 1108. 
iodidi, 1108. 

— tartari stibiati, 1108. 

— terebenthinae, 1108. 

— veratrinae, 1108. 

— zinci, 1109. 
oleatis, 1109. 

— oxidi, 1109. 

stearatis, 1109. 

Unicorn, false, 178. 

— root, 122. 
Unit, heat, 78. 
Universal cement, 1375. 
Unofficial tinctures, 1086. 
Tapper ten perfume, 

1299. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Uralium, 502. 
Uranite, 301. 
Uraninite, 320. 
Uranious salts, 320. 
Uranium (element), 320. 

— carbide, 321. 

— combinations, 320, 

— compounds, 320. 

— salts of, general, 320. 

— acetate, 320. 

— chlorides, 320. 

— oxides, 320. 
Uranyl nitrate, 321. 

— salts, 321. 

— sulphate, 321. 
Urapurgol, 73/. 
Urea, 1111. 

— nitrate, 1111. 
Urechites 

suberecta, 231. 

Urethane, 644, 1111. 

Urethral sup- 
positories, 979. 

Uric acid, 1111. 

Uritone, 737. 

Uropherin, 284, 1111. 

Uropherin B., 1030. 

Uropherin S., 1030. 

Urotropin, 737^ 1111. 

Urotropinum, 737. 

Ursin, 232. 

Ursone, 232. 

Urtica dioica, 231. 

Ustilago, 231. ^ 

Uterine catholicon, 1249. 

— remedies and cath- 

olicons, 1249. 

— tablets or 

wafers, 1251. 

— tonic, 1249. 
Uva ursi, 232. 
fluidextract, 

232, 709. 

infusion, 754. 

Uvae, 232. 

— passae, 232. 

— ursi folu. 232. 



Vaccine lymph, 932. 
Vaccinum crassi- 

folium, 232. 

fluidextract, 232. 

Vaginal suppositories, 

979. 
Valerates, 388. 
Valerene, 428. 
Valerian, 232. 

— elixir, 623. 

— fluidextract, 709. 

— oil, 845. 



Valerian root, 232. 
fluidextract, 232. 

— tincture, 1081. 

ammoniated, 1082. 

etherial, 1082. 

Valeriana, 232. 
Valerianae rhizoma, 232. 
Valerianates, 388. 
Valerianic acid, 232, 387. 
diamine, 232. 

— ether, 645. 
Valeric acid, 1112. 
Validol, 232, 1112. 

— camphorated, 1112. 
Vallet's mass, 808. 
Valyl, 232, 1112. 
Vanadates, 321. 
Vanadic acid, 321. 
Vanadium 

(element), 321. 

— combinations, 321. 

— compounds, 321. 

— chlorides, 321. 

— hair dye, 1279. 

— oxides, 321. 

— salts of, 321. 
Vanilla, 232. 

— caramels, 1349. 

— essence or 

extract, 1320. 

— extract, 

1297, 1321, 1322. 
concentrated, 1321. 

— flavoring ext., 233. 

— fluidextract, 1321. 

— solution, 1304. 

— syrup, 1339. 

— tincture, 232, 1083. 
Vanillin, 233, 1112, 1302. 

— and coumarin 

extract, 1322, 1323. 
Vanillinum, 1112. 
Vanishing cream, 

Imperial, 1269. 

Peerless, 1269. 

Vapor, water, 322. 
Vapores — Vapors, 1112. 
Vaporizine asthma 

remedy, 1150. 
Vaseline, 861. 
Vasicine. 119. 
Vegetable alkali, 412. 

— cathartic pills, 879. 

— drusrs, 110. 

— healing balsam, 1154. 

— preparations, 112. 

— diarrhoea 

mixture, 1217. 
Velvet cream. 1267. 
Venetian red. 280. 
Venice turpentine, 852. 



Veratria, 215. 
Veratrin, 233. 
Veratrina, 1112. 
Veratrine, 233/1112. 

— ointment, 1108. 

— oleate, 848. 

— sulphate, 1114. 
Veratrone, 233. 
Veratrum, 233. 

— fluidextract, 233, 709 

— tincture, 233, 1083. 

— viride elixir, 623. 

tincture, 1083. 

Norwood's, 

1084. 
Verbascum, 233. 
Verbena, 233. 

— nettle-leaved, 233. 

— fluidextract, 233. 
Verbenin, 233. 
Vermifuges, 1253, 1255. 

— tea, 1255, 

— tonic, 1253. 
Vermouth, 1372. 
Veronal, 1114. 

sodium, 1114. 

Veronica, 233. 
Vervain, 234. 

— blue, 234. 

— fluidextract, 234. 
Veterinary balls or 

masses, 1260. 

— liniment, 1214. 

— medicines, 1259. 

— ointment, 1228. 

— worm powder, 1263. 
Viburnin, 234. 
Viburnum comp., 1250. 
elixir, 623. 

Hayden's. 1250. 

— opulus, 234. 
fluidextract, 

234, 710. 

— prunifolium, 234. 
fluidextract, 

234, 710. 

— — elixir, 623. 
Vichy effervescent 

salt, 1191. 

— water solution, 1347. 
Vigor, hair. 1285. 
Vina— Wines, 1114. 
Vinagre Anglais, 338. 

— de colchique, 338. 
Vinagres Medicinaux, 

336. 
Vinaigrettes, 1312. 
Vinegar, 333. 

— antiseptic, 336. 

— aromatic, 337, 1313. 

— belladonna, 339. 



Index 

Vinegar, bloodroot, 341. 

— camphor comp., 338. 

— camphorated, 337. 

— cantharides, 338. 

— cevadilla, 339. 

— cider, 334. 

— colchicum, 338. 

— digitalis, 339. 

— distilled, 346. 

— English, 338. 

— generator, 335. 

— ipecacuanha, 339. 

— lavender, 339. 

— lobelia, 339. 

— malt, 334. 

— Marseilles, 336. 

— mother of, 335. 

— of the four 

thieves, 336. 

— opium, 340. 

aromatic, 340. 

compound, 340. 

— proof, 336. 

— prophylactic, 336. 

— pure food laws, 336. 

— pyroligneous, 346. 

— radical, 346. 

— raspberry, 341. 

— roses, 340. 

— rosemary, 339. 

— rue, 339. 

— squill, 341. 

— tests of, 336. 

— wine, 334. 

— with carbolic 

acid, 339. 

— wood, 346. 
Vinegars. 333. 

— medicated. 336. 
general 

formula, 336. 

— toilet, 1313. 
Vinopyrine, 866. 
Vinum album, 1114. 

— antimoniale, 1115. 

— antimonii, 1115. 

— aromaticum, 1115. 

— aurantii, 1115. 
detannatum, 1115. 

— camphoratum, 1116. 

— Chinas, 1116. 

— cocse, 1116. 

— colchici, 1116, 
seminis, 1117. 

— condurango, 1117. 

— ergotse. 1117. 

— ferri, 1117. 

amarum, 1118. 

citratis. 1118. 

— ipecacuanha?, 1118. 

— opii, 1118. 



1477 

Vinum pepsini, 1119. 

— quinine, 1119. 

— rubrum, 1120. 

— xericum, 1120. 

detannatum, 1120. 

Viola, 234. 

— pedata, 234. 

— tricolor, 234. 

fluidextract, 234. 

Violet, 234. 

— anilines, 430. 

— artificial, 1301. 

— dog, 165. 

— essence or ext, 1320. 

— extract, 1297. 

— mouth water, 1276. 

— perfume, 1299. 

— sachet, 1310. 

— syrup, io4. 

— toilet powder, 1271. 

— triple extract, 1296. 

— water, 1309. 
Virginia creeper, 125. 

— snakeroot, 223. 
fluidextract, 223. 

— stone-crop, 203. 

fluidextract, 203. 

Virginian prune 

bark, 209. 

— syrup, 996. 

tincture, 1072. 

Viscin, 205. 
Vitalized oil, 1225. 

— wine, 1126, 1252. 
Vitalizer, 1285. 
Vitellus, 234. 
Vitriol, white, 1128. 

— blue, 272, 530. 
Volatile alkali,_250. 

— liniment, 76/. 

— oil of mustard, 843. 

— oils, 831. 

official. 833. 

Volatilization, 94. 
Vulnerary spirit, 968. 

W 

Wachsalbe, 1098. 
Wafer ash bark, 209. 

fluidextract, 200. 

Wafers, 480. 
Wahoo, 165. 

— bark; 165. 

— bitters, 1156. . 

— fluidextract, 165, 692. 
Wake-robin. 130. 
Walnut creams, 1350. 

— hair oil. 1282. 
Walpole's hypo-bromic 

compound. 1145. 
Warming plaster, 630. 



1478 

Wash, black, 801. 

— hair, 1287. 

— yellow, 801. 
Washed sulphur, 314, 975. 
Washing crystal, 1382. 

— powder, 1382. 
Water, 321, 440. 

— ammonia, 441, 772. 
stronger, 442, 772. 

— anise, 443. 

— as ice, 322. 

— as steam, 322. 

— avens, 172. 

fluidextract, 172. 

— baryta, 256. 

— bitter almond, 443. 

— boiling point, 322. 

— camphor, 444. 

— caraway, 445. 

— chemical com- 

position, 322. 

— cherry laurel, 448. 

— chlorine, 777. 

— chloroform, 445. 

— cinnamon, 446. 

— creosote, 446. 

— distilled, 441. 

— dill, 443. 

— elder-flower, 451. 

— fennel, 199, 447. 
fluidextract, 199. 

— freezing point, 322. 

— Goulard's, 790. 

— hair, 1279. 

— hamamelis, 447. 

— lime, 444, 775. 

— lime, stronger, 636. 

— of crystallization, 322. 

— orange-flower, 443. 

stronger, 443. 

triple, 444. 

pepper, 208. 

fluidextract, 208. 

— peppermint, 449. 

— plantain, 123. 
fluidextract, 123. 

— proof glue, 1376. 

— pimento, 450. 

— rose, 451. 
stronger, 451. 

— vapor, 322. 

— violet, 1309. 

— spearmint, 450. 

— weight of, 322. 
Watermelon seed, 203. 
Waters, aromatic, 438. 

— eye. 1193. 

— medicated, 438. 
preparation of, 438. 

— mineral, 1345. 

— mouth, 1276. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Waters, toilet, 1307, 1313 
Vvax, carnauba, 146. 

— bay, 146. 

— earth, 146. 

— Japan, 146. 

— mineral, 146. 

— palm, 146. 

— moustache, 1283. 

— myrtle, 146,_197. 

— paraffin, 147. 

— white, 146, 493. 

— yellow, 146, 493. 
Waxes, 493, 
Weight, atomic, 238. 

— molecular, 238. 

— specific, 70. 
Weights and Measures, 

57. 
early history, 57. 

— atomic, table of, 239. 
White fraxinella, 159. 

— hellebore, 178. 

— ink, 1392. 

— lead, 890. 

— oak, 211. 

bark, 211. 

fluidextract, 

211, 702. 

— of egg, 122, 201. 

— petrolatum, 862. 

— pine, 207. 

fluidextract, 207. 

expectorant, 1181: 

pitch, 887. 

— pond lily. 199. 
fluidextract, 199 

— poplar, 208. 

— precipitate, 289, 709. 
ointment, JL101. 

— rose cologne, 1309. 

— rose perfume, 1299. 

— vitriol, 1128. 

— wine, 1360. 

artificial, 1362. 

Whitewood, 229. 
Whiting, 485. 
Whisky, 964. 

— artificial, 1359. 

— cocktail, 1368. 
- — essences, 1359. 

— Scotch and 

Irish, 1359. 
Wild allspice, 189. 

— basil, 210. 
fluidextract, 210. 

— cherry, 209. 
fluidextract, 

209, 701. 
and iron wine, 

1126. 
bitters, 1367. 



Wild cherry bitters 

extract, 1367. 

: Harter's, 1244. 

comp. elixir, 625. 

elixir, 624. 

detannated, 624. 

: ferrated, 624. 

— ferri phos- 

phated, 624. 

infusion, 752. 

— syrup, 996. 

tincture, 1072. 

wine, 1126. 

— ginger, 131. 
fluidextract, 

131, 1297. 

— hyssop, 234. 

— indigo, 135. 

fluidextract, 135. 

— ipecac, 166. 

— lettuce, 187. 

fluidextract, 187. 

— marjoram, 200. 

— olive perfume, 1299. 

— rosemary, 188. 
fluidextract, 188. 

— succory, .216. 

— turnip, 130. 

fluidextract, 130. 

— yam, 160. 
Willow, 216. 

— fluidextract, 216. 

— herb, 163. 

fluidextract, 163. 

Wine, antimony, 1115. 

— apple, 1362. 

— aromatic, 1115, 1121. 

— beef, 1121. 

and iron, 1121. 

and cin- 
chona, 1122. 

— camphor, 1116. 

— calisaya or cin- 

chona, 1123. 
iron and strych- 
nine, 1123. 

— cascara sagrada, 1123. 

— cinchona and iron, 

1122. 

— coca, 1116, 1251. 
or erythroxy- 

lon, 1123. 
with beef, 1124. 

— cocktails, 1368. 

— cod liver oil, 1251. 

— colchicum corm, 1116. 
seed, 1117. 

— condurango, 1117. 

— cotton root, 1124. 

— damiana or 

turneria, 1124. 



Index 



1479 



Wine, ergot, 1117. 

— essences, 1363. 

— gossyprum, 1024. 

— ipecac, 1118. 

— iron, 1117, 1124. 

bitter, 1118, 1122. 

citrate, 1118. 

— kola, 1252. 

— opium, 1118. 

— orange, 1115. 
detannated, 1115. 

— pancreatin, 1125. 

— pepsin, 1119, 1125. 
and iron, 1126. 

— prepared, 1120, 1365. 

— quinine, 1116, 1119. 
improved, 1120. 

— red, 1120. 

artificial, 1363. 

— sherry, 1120. 
detannated, 1120. 

— spirits of, 403. 

— syrups, 1340. 

— tar, 1126. 

— vinegar, 334. 

— vitalized, 1126, 1252. 

— white, 1114. 1360. 
artificial, 1362. 

— wild cherry, 1126. 

and iron, 1126. 

Wines and Cordials, 

1360—1368. 
Wines, 1360. 

— artificial, 1362. 

— high, 403. 

— improvement in, 1361. 

— low, 403. 

— medicinal, 1251. 

— red, 1361. 
Wintera. 234. 
Winters cortex, 234. 
Wintergreen,, 171, 1303. 

— berries, 171. 

— essence, 171, 964, 1318. 
soluble, 1328. 

— fluidextract, 171. 

— oil, 171, 838. 
artificial, 811. 

— syrup, 1340. 
Winter's bark, 234. 

fluidextract, 235. 

Witch hazel, 177. 

distilled ext., 177. 

fluidext., 177, 695. 

liquid extract, 177. 

oil, 1225. 

ointment, 1229. 

tincture, 1058. 

Witherite, 256. 

Wizard balm or oil, 1152. 

— liniment, 1211. 



Wolframium, 319. 

(element), 319. 

Women's health res- 
torative, 1198. 

Wonder liniment, 1214. 

Wood alcohol, 410. 

Food and Drugs 

Act, 410. 

— betony, 136. 

fluidextract, 136. 

— charcoal, 265 4 491. 

— naphtha, 410, 968. 

— oil, 134. 

— spirit, 968. 

— tea, 957. 
Woods, 112. 
Wool^fat, 392. 

hydrous, 392. 

Woorara, 175. 
Working formula?, 327. 

— processes, 81. 
Worm killer, 1253. 

— lozenges, 1254. 

— medicines, 1253, 1256 

— powder, veter- 

inary, 1263. 

— syrup, standard, 1253 
Wormseed, 148. 

— American, 148. 
fluidextract, 148. 

— Levant, 218. 

— oil, S37. 
Wormwood, 116. 

— Alpine, 130. 

— compound, 1034. 

— essence, 1318. 

— Mexican, 130. 

— Roman, 116. 

— salt of, 117. 

— tincture, 1034. 
Wrinkle lotion. 1292. 
Writing inks, 1387, 1391. 



Xanthium, 235. 

— spinosum. 235. 
Xanthorrhiza, 235. 
Xanthoxylin, 235, 921. 
Xanthoxylum, 235. 
Xenon (element), 322. 
Xeroform, 1127. 
Xylene. 888. 

— or ethyl benzene, 464. 

Y 
Yam, wild. 160. 
Yarrow, 118. 
Yeast, 167. 

— Vienna, 167. 

— compressed, 167. 
Yellow aniline, 430. 

— dock comp. 



Yellow dock 

syrup, 1023. 

— fustic, 519. 

— iodide of 

mercury, 742. 

— jasmine, 171, 582. 
tincture, 1056. 

— lemon, 519. 

— mercurial lotion, 801. 

— mercuric oxide 

ointment, 1003. 

— oxide of mercury, 744. 

— parilla, 194. 

— pond lily, 198. 

— root, 235. 

fluidextract, 235. 

— wash, 801. 
Yerba buena, 196. 
fluidextract, 196. 

— mansa, 127. 

— reuma, 169. 

fluidextract, 169. 

— ■ santa. 164. 
fluidextract, 

164, 692. 
— - — comp. elixir, 625. 

syrup, 1023. 

glycerite, 733. 

elixir, 625. 

tincture, 1084. 

Ylang-ylang essence, 

1296. 

sachet, 1310. 

Yohimbe, 235. 

— compound, 1148. 

— fluidextract, 235. 
Yohimbetol, 235. 
Yohimbine hydro- 
chloride, 235. 

Yolk of egg, 234. 

glycerite, 732. 

Youth,_ bloom of, 1266. 
Ytterbium 

(element), 322. 
— - combinations, 322. 

— salts of, 322. 
Yttrium (element), 323. 

— combinations, 323. 



Zea, 235. 

— mays, 235. 
Zeodoaria, 235. 
Zeodary, 235. 

— fluidextract, 236. 
Zero periodic group, 254. 
Zinc, 1127. 

— (element). 323. 

— acetate, 1128. 

— alloys,' 323. 

— bromide, 1128. 






1480 

Zinc carbonate, pre- 
cipitated, 1129. 

— chloride, 1129. 
solution, 797. 

— combinations, 323. 

— etherate, 399. 

— granulated, 1127. 

— iodide, 1130. 

— metallic, 323. 

— oleate ointment, 1109. 

— oxide, 1130. 
ointment, 1109. 

— phenolsulphonate, 

1131. 

— phosphide, 1131. 

— salts of, general, 323. 

— stearate, 1109, 1131. 

— sulphate. 1131. 



The Fenner Formulary 

Zinc sulphocarbolate, 
1131. 

— valerate, 1132. 
— ■ valerianate, 1132. 

elixir, 626. 

Zinci acetas, 1128. 

— bromidum, 1128. _ 

— carbonas prsecipi- 

tatus, 1129. 

— chloridum, 1129. 

— iodidum, 1130. 

— oxidum, 1130. 

— phenolsulphonas, 

1131. 

— phosphidum, 1131. 

— stearas. 1131. 

— sulphas, 1131. 

— valeras, 1132. 



Zinci valerianas, 1132. 
Zincum, 1127. 

— granulatum, 1127. 
Zingiber, 236. 
Zircon, 325. 
Zirconium 

(element), 325. 

— carbide, 326. 

— chloride, 326. 

— combinations, 325. 

— compounds, 326. 

— hydrate, 326. 

— nitrate, 326. 

— sulphate, 326. 

— salts of, 326. 
Zivetha, 151. 
Zomakyne, 1143. 



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